projects, and activities as are specified by law or are des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense.
SEC. 462. TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE AND RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES (TIARA).
(a) IN GENERAL.—The set of programs, projects, and
activities in the Department of Defense referred to as Tac-
tical Intelligence and Related Activities are those programs,
projects, and activities of the Department of Defense that—
(1) provide intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance capabilities that are unique to one of the
military services; and
(2) are part of a force structure organic to one
of the military services at the component level and
below.
(b) INCLUDED PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES.—Those activi-
ties include activities that train personnel for intelligence
duties or provide an intelligence reserve.
(c) CERTAIN WEAPONS TARGETING PROGRAMS EX-
CLUDED.—Those activities do not include programs that
are so closely integrated with a weapons system that their
primary function is to provide immediate-use targeting
data.
SEC. 463. NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CHANGES IN JMIP AND
TIARA.
The Secretary of Defense may not add to or remove
program elements from (other than a change provided by
law) the Joint Military Intelligence Program or the Tac-
tical Intelligence and Related Activities aggregation for any
fiscal year unless the Secretary included notice of the pro-
posed change with the budget justification materials sub-
mitted to the congressional intelligence committees for the
preceding fiscal year. The Secretary shall include with any
such notice a statement providing an explanation and jus-
tification for the proposed change.
Subtitle F—Civilian Intelligence
Personnel Policy
SEC. 481. STANDARDIZATION OF PERSONNEL POLICIES FOR
INTELLIGENCE COMPONENTS OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE
(a) CONSOLIDATION AND STANDARDIZATION.—Chap-
ter 83 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 1602 as section 1607
and transferring that section so as to appear after
section 1606; and
(2) by striking out sections 1601, 1603, and 1604
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘§ 1601. Management of civilian intelligence per-
sonnel
‘‘(a) GENERAL PERSONNEL AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may, without regard to the provisions of
any other law relating to the appointment, number, classi-
fication, or compensation of employees—
‘‘(1) establish such excepted service positions, in-
cluding positions in the Intelligence Senior Executive
Service and positions that may be designated as In-
telligence Senior Level positions under section 1602(c)
of this title, for civilian intelligence officers and em-
ployees of the intelligence components of the Depart-
ment of Defense as may be necessary to carry out the
intelligence functions of such components;
‘‘(2) appoint individuals to such positions with
appropriate consideration of veterans’ preference; and
‘‘(3) fix the compensation of such individuals for
service in such positions.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO FIX RATES
OF BASIC PAY,
OTHER ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS.—(1) The Secretary
of Defense shall, subject to subsection (c), fix the rates of
basic pay for positions established under this section in re-
lation to the rates of basic pay provided in subpart D of
part III of title 5, for positions subject to that title which
have corresponding levels of duties and responsibilities. Ex-
cept as otherwise provided by law, a civilian intelligence
employee of an intelligence component of the Department
of Defense, including an Intelligence Senior Level employee
or a member of the Intelligence Senior Executive Service,
may not be paid basic pay in excess of the maximum rate
payable under section 5306(e), section 5376, or section 5382
of title 5, respectively.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may provide civilian
employees of the intelligence components of the Department
of Defense compensation (in addition to basic pay) includ-
ing benefits, incentives, and allowances consistent with, and
not in excess of the level authorized for, comparable posi-
tions authorized by title 5.
‘‘(c) PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS.—The Secretary of
Defense may, consistent with section 5341 of title 5, adopt
such provisions of that title as provide for prevailing rate
systems of basic pay and may apply those provisions to
positions for civilian employees in or under which the De-
partment may employ individuals described by section
5342(a)(2)(A) of such title.
‘‘(d) ALLOWANCES BASED ON LIVING COSTS AND EN-
VIRONMENT.—(1) In addition to the basic pay payable
under subsection (b), civilian intelligence officers and em-
ployees of the intelligence components of the Department of
Defense who are citizens or nationals of the United States
and are stationed outside the continental United States or
in Alaska may be paid allowances, in accordance with regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, at a rate not
in excess of the allowance authorized to be paid by section
5941(a) of title 5 for employees whose rates of basic pay
are fixed by statute.
‘‘(2) Such allowances shall be based on—
‘‘(A) living costs substantially higher than in the
District of Columbia;
‘‘(B) conditions of environment which differ sub-
stantially from conditions of environment in the con-
tinental United States and warrant an allowance as
a recruitment incentive; or
‘‘(C) both of the factors specified in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B).
‘‘§ 1602. Intelligence Senior Executive Service
‘‘(a) INTELLIGENCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—
With regard to any positions equivalent to the Senior Exec-
utive Service which may be established pursuant to section
1601 of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations which are consistent with the requirements set
forth in sections 3131, 3132(a)(2), 3396(c), 3592, 3595(a),
5384, and 6304 of title 5 and subsections (a), (b), and (c)
of section 7543 of title 5 (except that any hearing or appeal
shall be held or decided pursuant to regulations issued by
the Secretary). To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall
also prescribe regulations to implement such other provi-
sions of title 5 as apply to members of the Senior Executive
Service or to individuals applying for positions in the Sen-
ior Executive Service.
‘‘(b) AWARD OF RANK TO MEMBERS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—The President,
based on the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense,
may award a rank referred to in section 4507 of title 5
to members of the Intelligence Senior Executive Service
whose positions may be established pursuant to this section.
The awarding of such rank shall be made in a manner con-
sistent with the provisions of that section.
‘‘(c) INTELLIGENCE SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS.—In
carrying out section 1601(a) of this title, the Secretary of
Defense may designate positions as Intelligence Senior
Level positions. Positions which may be so designated are
those which require functional expertise and advisory ca-
pacity, but do not have the organizational or program man-
agement functions necessary for inclusion in the Intel-
ligence Senior Executive Service. Before designating any
such position, the Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
implement this subsection.
‘‘§ 1603. Administrative provisions
‘‘(a) TIME LIMITED APPOINTMENTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense may by regulation authorize the use of
time-limited appointments when hiring and appointing an
employee to certain prescribed positions within an intel-
ligence component of the Department of Defense. An em-
ployee who has a time-limited appointment is not eligible
for conversion to a permanent Intelligence Senior Executive
Service position without competition.
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘time-limited appoint-
ment’ means an appointment to a position within an intel-
ligence component of the Department of Defense for a period
not to exceed five years.
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE EM-
PLOYEES.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Defense may terminate the employment of
any civilian intelligence officer or employee of an intel-
ligence component of the Department of Defense if the Sec-
retary—
‘‘(A) considers that action to be in the interests
of the United States; and
‘‘(B) determines that the procedures prescribed
in other provisions of law that authorize the termi-
nation of the employment of such officer or employee
cannot be invoked in a manner consistent with na-
tional security.
‘‘(2) A decision by the Secretary under this subsection
is final and may not be appealed or reviewed outside the
Department of Defense.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate whenever the Secretary terminates the
employment of any officer or employee under the authority
of this section.
‘‘(4) Any termination of employment under this sub-
section does not affect the right of the officer or employee
involved to seek or accept employment with any other de-
partment or agency of the United States if that officer or
employee is declared eligible for such employment by the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
‘‘(5) The authority of the Secretary of Defense under
this subsection may be delegated only to the Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense or (with respect to officers and employees
under their respective jurisdictions) the heads of the intel-
ligence components of the Department of Defense. An action
to terminate employment of any civilian intelligence officer
or employee of the Department by any such officer may be
appealed to the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT IN FORCE.—(1) Notwithstanding
sections 3501(b) and 3502 of title 5 and subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Defense may prescribe regula-
tions for the separation of civilian employees of the intel-
ligence components of the Department of Defense including
members of the Intelligence Senior Executive Service and
employees assigned to Intelligence Senior Level positions,
in an adjustment in force which give effect to—
‘‘(A) performance;
‘‘(B) tenure of employment;
‘‘(C) length of service as computed under section
3502(a)(A), (B), and (C) of title 5; and
‘‘(D) veterans’ preference, subject to sections
3501(a)(3) and 3502(b) of title 5.
‘‘(2) An adjustment in force in the Intelligence Senior
Executive Service shall be consistent with section 3595(a)
of title 5.
‘‘(3) The regulations prescribed under paragraph (1)
shall include provisions for appeal rights within the De-
partment in lieu of the provisions of any other law or regu-
lations for all employees affected by actions under this sub-
section.
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—The Secretary of
Defense shall notify Congress of any regulations prescribed
to carry out this section or section 1601 or 1602 of this
title. Such notice shall be provided by submitting a copy
of the regulations to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate at least 60 days
before such regulations take effect.
‘‘§ 1604. Intelligence components of the Department of
Defense defined
‘‘In this chapter, the term ‘intelligence component of
the Department of Defense’ means any of the following:
‘‘(1) The National Security Agency.
‘‘(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
‘‘(3) The Central Imagery Office.
‘‘(4) The National Reconnaissance Office.
‘‘(5) The intelligence components of the military
departments.
‘‘(6) Any other intelligence component of the De-
partment of Defense so designated by the Secretary of
Defense.
‘‘(7) Any successor to any such agency or of-
fice.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISIONS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of law are repealed:
(1) Section 1590 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) Section 303 of the Internal Security Act of
1950 (50 U.S.C. 833).
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1)(A) The heading of
chapter 83 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 83—DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL’’.
(B) The items relating to such chapter in the tables
of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A, and at the begin-
ning of part II of subtitle A, of such title are amended by
striking out ‘‘Agency and Central Imagery Office’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
81 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating
to section 1590.
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
83 of such title is amended—
(A) by striking out the items relating to sections
1601, 1602, 1603, and 1604 and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘1601. Management of civilian intelligence personnel.
‘‘1602. Intelligence Senior Executive Service.
‘‘1603. Administrative provisions.
‘‘1604. Intelligence components of the Department of Defense defined.’’; and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section
1606 the following new item:
‘‘1607. Merit pay system: Defense Intelligence Agency and Central Imagery Of-
fice.’’.
(3) The heading of section 1607, as transferred and
redesignated by subsection (a), is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘§ 1607. Merit pay system: Defense Intelligence Agency
and Central Imagery Office’’.
SEC. 
482. 
TEMPORARY 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
CIVILIAN
WORKFORCE REDUCTION IN THE NATIONAL
SECURITY AGENCY.
(a) VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT PROGRAM.—The
Secretary of Defense may authorize the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency to permit eligible employees to retire
early from service voluntarily by obtaining a lump-sum
payment representing the present value of the 2 percent per
annum early retirement penalty provided in section
8339(h) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) CONDITIONS FOR PAYMENT.—Under the program,
the payment may be offered only—
(1) with the prior consent, or on the authority,
of the Secretary of Defense;
(2) to employees of the National Security Agen-
cy;
(3) to employees within such occupational groups
or geographic locations, or subject to such other simi-
lar limitations or conditions as the Director of the
National Security Agency may require; and
(4) for a period not to exceed 90 consecutive days
during the period from October 1, 1996, to September
30, 1997.
(c) TERMS OF PAYMENT.—Such payment shall—
(1) be paid in a lump sum;
(2) be equal to the present value of the total re-
duction in the annuity pursuant to section 8339(h) of
title 5, United States Code, as calculated using ap-
propriate present value factors supplied by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Personnel Management;
(3) not be a basis for payment, and not be in-
cluded in the computation, of any other type of Gov-
ernment benefit;
(4) not be provided to employees who elect to re-
ceive separation pay under section 5597 of title 5,
United States Code; and
(5) be subject to the availability of appropria-
tions pursuant to subsection (e).
(d)
REPAYMENT UPON REEMPLOYMENT
BY
THE
UNITED STATES.—(1) An individual who has received a
payment under this section and subsequently accepts em-
ployment with the United States shall be required to repay,
before the individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the lump-sum payment to the National Security
Agency.
(2) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘employ-
ment’’ includes—
(A) employment of any length or under any type
of appointment, but does not include employment that
is without compensation; and
(B) employment under a personal services con-
tract, as defined in the Federal Procurement Regula-
tions.
(e) SOURCE OF PAYMENT.—(1) A lump-sum payment
under this section may be paid by the Director of the Na-
tional Security Agency only out of appropriations available
to the National Security Agency for salaries and expenses.
(2) Funds authorized to be appropriated for operation
and maintenance for the National Security Agency in the
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 are au-
thorized to be made available for lump sum payments under
this section.
(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the term
‘‘employee’’ means an individual who on the date of the
enactment of this Act is an employee of the National Secu-
rity Agency, serving under an appointment without time
limitation, who has been employed as of that date for a
period of at least 60 months, and who is in the Civil Service
Retirement System and is eligible for an annuity under sec-
tion 8336(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code. Such term
does not include—
(1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 of such title; or
(2) an employee having a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for dis-
ability retirement under chapter 83 of such title.
TITLE V—NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL 
AND 
RELATED
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
SEC. 501. RECODIFICATION OF LAWS RELATING TO NA-
TIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND RELATED
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES IN EXECUTIVE OF-
FICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended
by striking out the title heading and sections 101 through
107 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL 
AND 
RELATED
BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
‘‘SEC. 101. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Executive Office
of the President the National Security Council. The Council
is composed of the following:
‘‘(1) The President.
‘‘(2) The Vice President.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of State.
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS.—Subject to the di-
rection of the President, the following officers may attend
and participate in meetings of the National Security Coun-
cil:
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE.—
The Director of Central Intelligence (or, in the Direc-
tor’s absence, a Deputy Director of Central Intel-
ligence), in the performance of the Director’s duties
under this Act and the Intelligence Community Act.
‘‘(2) CHAIRMAN
OF
THE
JOINT
CHIEFS
OF
STAFF.—The Chairman (or, in the Chairman’s ab-
sence, the Vice Chairman) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
in the Chairman’s role as principal military adviser
to the National Security Council.
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR
OF
NATIONAL
DRUG
CONTROL
POLICY.—The Director of National Drug Control Pol-
icy, in the Director’s role as principal adviser to the
National Security Council on national drug control
policy, but only through the date specified in section
1009 of the National Narcotics Leadership Act of
1988 (21 U.S.C. 1506).
‘‘(4) OTHERS
DESIGNATED
BY
THE
PRESI-
DENT.—Such additional officers as may be designated
by the President.
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The function of the Council shall be
to advise the President with respect to the integration of
domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the na-
tional security so as to enable the military services and the
other departments and agencies of the Government to co-
operate more effectively in matters involving the national
security. In addition to performing such other functions as
the President may direct, the Council (subject to the direc-
tion of the President) shall, for the purpose of more effec-
tively coordinating the policies and functions of the depart-
ments and agencies of the Government relating to the na-
tional security—
‘‘(1) assess and appraise the objectives, commit-
ments, and risks of the United States in relation to
our actual and potential military power, in the inter-
est of national security, for the purpose of making
recommendations to the President in connection there-
with; and
‘‘(2) consider policies on matters of common in-
terest to the departments and agencies of the Govern-
ment concerned with the national security and make
recommendations to the President in connection there-
with.
‘‘(d) RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS.—The Council
shall, from time to time, make such recommendations and
such other reports to the President as it considers appro-
priate or as the President may require.
‘‘(e) STAFF.—The Council shall have a staff to be head-
ed by a civilian executive secretary who shall be appointed
by the President. The executive secretary, subject to the di-
rection of the Council, may subject to the civil-service laws,
appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may
be necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed
by the Council in connection with the performance of its
functions.
‘‘SEC. 104. BOARD FOR LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF BOARD.—The President
shall establish within the National Security Council a
board to be known as the ‘Board for Low Intensity Conflict’.
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The principal function of the board
shall be to coordinate the policies of the United States for
low intensity conflict.
‘‘SEC. 
105. 
NATIONAL 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
POLICY
BOARD.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.—There is within the
executive branch of the Government a National Counter-
intelligence Policy Board. The Board shall report to the
President through the National Security Council.
‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF THE BOARD.—The Board shall
serve as the principal mechanism for—
‘‘(1) developing policies and procedures for the
approval of the President to govern the conduct of
counterintelligence activities; and
‘‘(2) resolving conflicts, as directed by the Presi-
dent, which may arise between elements of the Gov-
ernment which carry out such activities.’’.
SEC. 502. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Title I of the National Security Act of 1947, as amend-
ed by section 501, is further amended by inserting after sec-
tion 101 the following new section 102:
‘‘SEC. 102. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es-
tablished within the National Security Council a Commit-
tee on Foreign Intelligence. The Committee shall be com-
posed of the following:
‘‘(1) The Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, who shall serve as chairman of the
Committee.
‘‘(2) The following officers or their respective
deputies:
‘‘(A) The Director of Central Intelligence.
‘‘(B) The Secretary of State.
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(D) The Attorney General.
‘‘(E) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
‘‘(3) Such other members as the President may
designate.
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The function of the Committee on
Foreign Intelligence shall be—
‘‘(1) to establish, consistent with the policy and
objectives of the President, the overall requirements
and priorities for the Intelligence Community; and
‘‘(2) to assess regularly, on behalf of the Presi-
dent, how effectively the Intelligence Community has
performed its responsibilities under this Act and the
Intelligence Community Act.
‘‘(c) SEMIANNUAL STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
PROCESS WITH CONGRESS.—Not less often than every six
months, the Committee on Foreign Intelligence shall con-
vene a meeting with the members of the congressional intel-
ligence committees to conduct a comprehensive, global stra-
tegic intelligence review. Each semiannual meeting shall re-
view significant strategic intelligence trends, strategic intel-
ligence reporting, and anticipated Intelligence Community
requirements for the following six to twelve months.’’.
SEC. 503. TRANSNATIONAL THREATS.
Title I of the National Security Act of 1947, as amend-
ed by sections 501 and 502, is further amended by inserting
after section 102 the following new section 103:
‘‘SEC. 103. COMMITTEE ON TRANSNATIONAL THREATS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within
the 
National 
Security 
Council 
a 
Committee 
on
Transnational Threats. The Committee shall be composed
of the following:
‘‘(1) The Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, who shall serve as chairman of the
Committee.
‘‘(2) The following officers or their respective
deputies:
‘‘(A) The Director of Central Intelligence.
‘‘(B) The Secretary of State.
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(D) The Attorney General.
‘‘(3) Such other members as the President may
designate.
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The function of the Committee on
Transnational Threats shall be to coordinate and direct the
activities of the United States Government relating to com-
bating transnational threats. In carrying out its function,
the Committee shall—
‘‘(1) identify transnational threats;
‘‘(2) develop strategies to enable the United
States Government to respond to transnational
threats identified under paragraph (1);
‘‘(3) monitor implementation of such strategies;
‘‘(4) make recommendations as to appropriate
responses to specific transnational threats;
‘‘(5) assist in the resolution of operational and
policy differences among Federal departments and
agencies in their responses to transnational threats;
‘‘(6) develop policies and procedures to ensure
the 
effective 
sharing 
of 
information 
about
transnational threats among Federal departments
and agencies, including law enforcement agencies and
the elements of the intelligence community; and
‘‘(7) develop guidelines to enhance and improve
the coordination of Federal law enforcement activities
overseas.
‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF TRANSNATIONAL THREAT.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘transnational threat’
means the following:
‘‘(1) Any transnational activity (including
international terrorism, narcotics trafficking, the pro-
liferation of weapons of mass destruction and the de-
livery systems for such weapons, and organized
crime) that threatens the national security of the
United States.
‘‘(2) Any individual or group that engages in an
activity referred to in paragraph (1).’’.
TITLE VI—TECHNICAL AND CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS AND
EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 601. RESTATEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY
ACT OF 1959.
The National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C.
402 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘Na-
tional Security Agency Act of 1959’.
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
‘‘Sec. 2. General personnel authorities.
‘‘Sec. 3. Protection of identities of employees.
‘‘Sec. 4. Authority to lease real property outside the United States.
‘‘Sec. 5. Benefits for personnel assigned to special cryptologic activities outside
the United States.
‘‘Sec. 10. Language training for cryptologic personnel.
‘‘Sec. 11. Protection of facilities by General Services Administration.
‘‘Sec. 12. Senior Cryptologic Executive Service.
‘‘Sec. 13. Grants for cryptologic research.
‘‘Sec. 14. Availability of certain appropriations.
‘‘Sec. 15. Protection of agency name from unauthorized use.
‘‘Sec. 16. Recruitment of qualified personnel.
‘‘Sec. 17. Authority to pay certain expenses for employees dying while on rota-
tional tour of duty in the United States.
‘‘SEC. 2. GENERAL PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—General personnel authorities of
the Secretary of Defense with respect to the National Secu-
rity Agency are provided in chapter 83 of title 10, United
States Code.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY
FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.—Officers and employees of the
National Security Agency who are citizens or nationals of
the United States may be granted additional compensation,
in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by
the Secretary of Defense, not in excess of additional com-
pensation authorized by section 5941 of title 5, United
States Code, for employees whose rates of basic compensa-
tion are fixed by statute.
‘‘SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF IDENTITIES OF EMPLOYEES.
‘‘Nothing in this Act or any other law shall be con-
strued to require the disclosure of the organization or any
function of the National Security Agency, of any informa-
tion with respect to the activities thereof, or of the names,
titles, salaries, or number of the persons employed by such
agency.
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO LEASE REAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 322 of the
Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 278a), section 5536 of title
5, United States Code, and section 2675 of title 10, United
States Code, the Director of the National Security Agency,
on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, may lease real prop-
erty outside the United States, for periods not exceeding ten
years, for the use of the National Security Agency for spe-
cial cryptologic activities and for housing for personnel as-
signed to such activities.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION TO APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The au-
thority of the Director of the National Security Agency, on
behalf of the Secretary of Defense, to make payments under
subsection (a), and under contracts for leases entered into
under subsection (a), is effective for any fiscal year only
to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such
purpose.
‘‘SEC. 5. BENEFITS FOR PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL
CRYPTOLOGIC 
ACTIVITIES 
OUTSIDE 
THE
UNITED STATES.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN BENEFITS.—
The Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of
the Secretary of Defense, may provide to certain civilian
and military personnel of the Department of Defense who
are assigned to special cryptologic activities outside the
United States and who are designated by the Secretary of
Defense for the purposes of this subsection the following:
‘‘(1) Allowances and benefits—
‘‘(A) comparable to those provided by the
Secretary of State to members of the Foreign
Service under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) or
any other provision of law; and
‘‘(B) in the case of selected personnel serv-
ing in circumstances similar to those in which
personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency
serve, comparable to those provided by the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence to personnel of the
Central Intelligence Agency.
‘‘(2) Housing (including heat, light, and house-
hold equipment) without cost to such personnel, if the
Director of the National Security Agency, on behalf of
the Secretary of Defense, determines that it would be
in the public interest to provide such housing.
‘‘(3) Special retirement accrual in the same
manner provided in section 303 of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2153) and
in section 18 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act
of 1949.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION TO APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The au-
thority of the Director of the National Security Agency, on
behalf of the Secretary of Defense, to make payments under
subsection (a) is effective for any fiscal year only to the
extent that appropriated funds are available for such pur-
pose.
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OF DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.—
Members of the Armed Forces may not receive benefits
under both subsection (a)(1) and under title 37, United
States Code, for the same purpose. The Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out this subsection.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—Regulations prescribed under
subsection (a)(1) shall be submitted to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate be-
fore such regulations take effect.
‘‘SEC. 10. LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR CRYPTOLOGIC PER-
SONNEL.
‘‘(a) LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Director
of the National Security Agency shall arrange for, and shall
prescribe regulations concerning, language and language-
related training programs for military and civilian
cryptologic personnel. In establishing programs under this
section for language and language-related training, the Di-
rector—
‘‘(1) may provide for the training and instruc-
tion to be furnished, including functional and geo-
graphic area specializations;
‘‘(2) may arrange for training and instruction
through other Government agencies and, in any case
in which appropriate training or instruction is un-
available through Government facilities, through non-
governmental facilities that furnish training and in-
struction useful in the fields of language and foreign
affairs;
‘‘(3) may support programs that furnish nec-
essary language and language-related skills, includ-
ing, in any case in which appropriate programs are
unavailable at Government facilities, support through
contracts, grants, or cooperation with nongovern-
mental educational institutions; and
‘‘(4) may obtain by appointment or contract the
services of individuals to serve as language instruc-
tors, linguists, or special language project personnel.
‘‘(b) 
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY
INCEN-
TIVES.—(1) In order to maintain necessary capability in
foreign language skills and related abilities needed by the
National Security Agency, the Director, without regard to
subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code,
may provide special monetary or other incentives to encour-
age civilian cryptologic personnel of the Agency to acquire
or retain proficiency in foreign languages or special related
abilities needed by the Agency.
‘‘(2) In order to provide linguistic training and sup-
port for cryptologic personnel, the Director—
‘‘(A) may pay all or part of the tuition and
other expenses related to the training of personnel who
are assigned or detailed for language and language-
related training, orientation, or instruction; and
‘‘(B) may pay benefits and allowances to civil-
ian personnel in accordance with chapters 57 and 59
of title 5, United States Code, and to military person-
nel in accordance with chapter 7 of title 37, United
States Code, and applicable provisions of title 10,
United States Code, when such personnel are assigned
to training at sites away from their designated duty
station.
‘‘(c) CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST RESERVE.—(1) To the
extent not inconsistent, in the opinion of the Secretary of
Defense, with the operation of military cryptologic reserve
units and in order to maintain necessary capability in for-
eign language skills and related abilities needed by the Na-
tional Security Agency, the Director may establish a
Cryptologic Linguist Reserve.
‘‘(2) The Cryptologic Linguist Reserve may consist of
former or retired civilian or military cryptologic personnel
of the National Security Agency and of other qualified indi-
viduals, as determined by the Director of the Agency. Each
member of the Cryptologic Linguist Reserve shall agree that,
during any period of emergency (as determined by the Di-
rector), the member shall return to active civilian status
with the National Security Agency and shall perform such
linguistic or linguistic-related duties as the Director may
assign.
‘‘(3) In order to attract individuals to become members
of the Cryptologic Linguist Reserve, the Director, without
regard to subchapter IV of chapter 55 of title 5, United
States Code, may provide special monetary incentives to in-
dividuals eligible to become members of the reserve who
agree to become members of the cryptologic linguist reserve
and to acquire or retain proficiency in foreign languages
or special related abilities.
‘‘(4) In order to provide training and support for
members of the Cryptologic Linguist Reserve, the Direc-
tor—
‘‘(A) may pay all or part of the tuition and
other expenses related to the training of individuals
in the Cryptologic Linguist Reserve who are assigned
or detailed for language and language-related train-
ing, orientation, or instruction; and
‘‘(B) may pay benefits and allowances in accord-
ance with chapters 57 and 59 of title 5, United States
Code, to individuals in the Cryptologic Linguist Re-
serve who are assigned to training at sites away from
their homes or regular places of business.
‘‘(d) SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Director, before
providing training under this section to any individual,
may obtain an agreement with that individual that—
‘‘(A) in the case of current employees, pertains
to continuation of service of the employee, and repay-
ment of the expenses of such training for failure to
fulfill the agreement, consistent with the provisions of
section 4108 of title 5, United States Code; and
‘‘(B) in the case of individuals accepted for
membership in the Cryptologic Linguist Reserve, per-
tains to return to service when requested, and repay-
ment of the expenses of such training for failure to
fulfill the agreement, consistent with the provisions of
section 4108 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(2) The Director, under regulations prescribed under
this section, may waive, in whole or in part, a right of
recovery under an agreement made under this subsection
if it is shown that the recovery would be against equity
and good conscience or against the public interest.
‘‘(e) LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.—
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Director may provide to
family members of military and civilian cryptologic per-
sonnel assigned to representational duties outside the Unit-
ed States, in anticipation of the assignment of such person-
nel outside the United States or while outside the United
States, appropriate orientation and language training that
is directly related to the assignment abroad.
‘‘(2) Language training under paragraph (1) may not
be provided to any individual through payment of the ex-
penses of tuition or other cost of instruction at a non-Gov-
ernment educational institution unless appropriate instruc-
tion is not available at a Government facility.
‘‘(f) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Director may waive
the applicability of any provision of chapter 41 of title 5,
United States Code, to any provision of this section if he
finds that such waiver is important to the performance of
cryptologic functions.
‘‘(g) LIMITATION TO APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The au-
thority of the Director to enter into contracts or to make
grants under this section is effective for any fiscal year only
to the extent that appropriated funds are available for such
purpose.
‘‘(h) REGULATIONS.—Regulations prescribed under
this section shall be submitted to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate before
such regulations take effect.