I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6393 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Commu-
nity Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 
Mr. NUNES (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 
Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 
Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 303. Support to nonprofit organizations assisting intelligence community 
employees. 
Sec. 304. Promotion of science, technology, engineering, and math education in 
the intelligence community. 
Sec. 305. Retention of employees of the intelligence community who have 
science, technology, engineering, or math expertise. 
Sec. 306. Modifications to certain requirements for construction of facilities. 
Sec. 307. Protections for independent inspectors general of certain elements of 
the intelligence community. 
Sec. 308. Modification of certain whistleblowing procedures. 
Sec. 309. Congressional oversight of policy directives and guidance. 
Sec. 310. Notification of memoranda of understanding. 
Sec. 311. Technical correction to Executive Schedule. 
Sec. 312. Maximum amount charged for declassification reviews. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
Sec. 401. Designation of the Director of the National Counterintelligence and 
Security Center. 
Sec. 402. Analyses and impact statements by Director of National Intelligence 
regarding investment into the United States. 
Sec. 403. Assistance for governmental entities and private entities in recog-
nizing online violent extremist content. 
Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency 
Sec. 411. Enhanced death benefits for personnel of the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
Sec. 412. Pay and retirement authorities of the Inspector General of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency. 
Subtitle C—Other Elements 
Sec. 421. Clarification of authority, direction, and control over the information 
assurance directorate of the National Security Agency. 
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Sec. 422. Enhancing the technical workforce for the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation. 
Sec. 423. Plan on assumption of certain weather missions by the National Re-
connaissance Office. 
TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
Sec. 501. Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation to 
exert covert influence over peoples and governments. 
Sec. 502. Limitation on travel of accredited diplomats and consulars of the 
Russian Federation in the United States from their diplomatic 
post. 
Sec. 503. Study and report on enhanced intelligence and information sharing 
with Open Skies Treaty member states. 
TITLE VI—PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD 
Sec. 601. Information on activities of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board. 
Sec. 602. Authorization of appropriations for Privacy and Civil Liberties Over-
sight Board. 
TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 701. Declassification review with respect to detainees transferred from 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 702. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National 
Cryptologic Museum. 
Sec. 703. Oversight of national security systems. 
Sec. 704. Joint facilities certification. 
Sec. 705. Leadership and management of space activities. 
Sec. 706. Advances in life sciences and biotechnology. 
Sec. 707. Reports on declassification proposals. 
Sec. 708. Improvement in Government classification and declassification. 
Sec. 709. Report on implementation of research and development recommenda-
tions. 
Sec. 710. Report on Intelligence Community Research and Development Corps. 
Sec. 711. Report on information relating to academic programs, scholarships, 
fellowships, and internships sponsored, administered, or used 
by the intelligence community. 
Sec. 712. Report on intelligence community employees detailed to National Se-
curity Council. 
Sec. 713. Intelligence community reporting to Congress on foreign fighter 
flows. 
Sec. 714. Report on cybersecurity threats to seaports of the United States and 
maritime shipping. 
Sec. 715. Report on counter-messaging activities. 
Sec. 716. Report on reprisals against contractors of the intelligence community. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 for the conduct of the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 
the United States Government: 
(1) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(5) The National Security Agency. 
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(6) The Department of the Army, the Depart-
ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 
Force. 
(7) The Coast Guard. 
(8) The Department of State. 
(9) The Department of the Treasury. 
(10) The Department of Energy. 
(11) The Department of Justice. 
(12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 
(14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
(15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, sub-
ject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as 
of September 30, 2017, for the conduct of the intelligence 
activities of the elements listed in paragraphs (1) through 
(16) of section 101, are those specified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this 
Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
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(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and to the President. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 
suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-
thorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of ap-
propriate portions of such Schedule, within the exec-
utive branch. 
(3) LIMITS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The President 
shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement 
the budget; or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of 
National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil-
ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 
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year 2017 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-
ferred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National In-
telligence determines that such action is necessary to the 
performance of important intelligence functions, except 
that the number of personnel employed in excess of the 
number authorized under such section may not, for any 
element of the intelligence community, exceed 3 percent 
of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such 
schedule for such element. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 
that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu-
nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 
under section 102(a), including any exemption from such 
personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— 
(1) a student program, trainee program, or 
similar program; 
(2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu-
itant; or 
(3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time 
training. 
(c) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in 
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writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an au-
thority described in subsection (a). 
(d) CONTRACTOR CONVERSIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—In addition 
to the authority under subsection (a), the Director 
of National Intelligence may authorize employment 
of civilian personnel in an element of the intelligence 
community in excess of the number authorized for 
fiscal year 2017 by the classified Schedule of Au-
thorizations referred to in section 102(a), as such 
number may be increased pursuant to subsection 
(a), if— 
(A) the Director determines that the in-
crease under this paragraph is necessary to 
convert the performance of any function of the 
element by contractors to performance by civil-
ian personnel; and 
(B) the number of civilian personnel of the 
element employed in excess of the number au-
thorized under such section 102(a), as such 
number may be increased pursuant to both sub-
section (a) and this paragraph, does not exceed 
10 percent of the number of civilian personnel 
authorized under such schedule for the element. 
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(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.—Not less than 30 days prior to exer-
cising the authority described in paragraph (1), the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees, in writing— 
(A) notification of exercising such author-
ity; 
(B) justification for making the conversion 
described in subparagraph (A) of such para-
graph; and 
(C) certification that such conversion is 
cost effective. 
SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-
COUNT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account of the Director of National In-
telligence for fiscal year 2017 the sum of $559,796,000. 
Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) 
for advanced research and development shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele-
ments within the Intelligence Community Management 
Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au-
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thorized 787 positions as of September 30, 2017. Per-
sonnel serving in such elements may be permanent em-
ployees of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the 
United States Government. 
(c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-
count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Community Management Ac-
count for fiscal year 2017 such additional amounts 
as are specified in the classified Schedule of Author-
izations referred to in section 102(a). Such addi-
tional amounts for advanced research and develop-
ment shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi-
tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) 
for elements of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account as of September 30, 2017, there are 
authorized such additional personnel for the Com-
munity Management Account as of that date as are 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
referred to in section 102(a). 
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TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 
for fiscal year 2017 the sum of $514,000,000. 
TITLE 
III—GENERAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY MAT-
TERS 
SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 
not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 
any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 
by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 
BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 
retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 
be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts 
as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 
or benefits authorized by law. 
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SEC. 303. SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS-
SISTING 
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY 
EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—Sec-
tion 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3024) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(y) FUNDRAISING.—(1) The Director of National 
Intelligence may engage in fundraising in an official ca-
pacity for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that— 
‘‘(A) provide support to surviving family mem-
bers of a deceased employee of an element of the in-
telligence community; or 
‘‘(B) otherwise provide support for the welfare, 
education, or recreation of employees of an element 
of the intelligence community, former employees of 
an element of the intelligence community, or family 
members of such employees. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘fundraising’ means 
the raising of funds through the active participation in the 
promotion, production, or presentation of an event de-
signed to raise funds and does not include the direct solici-
tation of money by any other means. 
‘‘(3) Not later than 7 days after the date the Director 
engages in fundraising authorized by this subsection or 
at the time the decision is made to participate in such 
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fundraising, the Director shall notify the congressional in-
telligence committees of such fundraising. 
‘‘(4) The Director, in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Government Ethics, shall issue regulations 
to carry out the authority provided in this subsection. 
Such regulations shall ensure that such authority is exer-
cised in a manner that is consistent with all relevant eth-
ical constraints and principles, including the avoidance of 
any prohibited conflict of interest or appearance of impro-
priety.’’. 
(b) DIRECTOR
OF
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY.—Section 12(f) of the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3512(f)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Not later than the date that is 7 days after the 
date the Director engages in fundraising authorized by 
this subsection or at the time the decision is made to par-
ticipate in such fundraising, the Director shall notify the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives of the fundraising.’’. 
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SEC. 304. PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGI-
NEERING, AND MATH EDUCATION IN THE IN-
TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR 
STEM RECRUITING AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.—Along 
with the budget for fiscal year 2018 submitted by the 
President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit a five-year investment strategy for outreach and 
recruiting efforts in the fields of science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics (STEM), to include cybersecu-
rity and computer literacy. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
PLANS FOR STEM RECRUITING AND OUTREACH ACTIVI-
TIES.—For each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022, 
the head of each element of the intelligence community 
shall submit an investment plan along with the materials 
submitted as justification of the budget request of such 
element that supports the strategy required by subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 305. RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR MATH EX-
PERTISE. 
(a) SPECIAL RATES OF PAY FOR CERTAIN OCCUPA-
TIONS
IN
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The Na-
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tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 113A the following: 
‘‘SEC. 113B. SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY FOR SCIENCE, TECH-
NOLOGY, 
ENGINEERING, 
OR 
MATH 
POSI-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO SET SPECIAL RATES OF PAY.— 
Notwithstanding part III of title 5, United States Code, 
the head of each element of the intelligence community 
may establish higher minimum rates of pay for one or 
more categories of positions in such element that require 
expertise in science, technology, engineering, or math 
(STEM). 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM SPECIAL RATE OF PAY.—A minimum 
rate of pay established for a category of positions under 
subsection (a) may not exceed the maximum rate of basic 
pay (excluding any locality-based comparability payment 
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, or simi-
lar provision of law) for the position in that category of 
positions without the authority of subsection (a) by more 
than 30 percent, and no rate may be established under 
this section in excess of the rate of basic pay payable for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION
OF REMOVAL FROM SPECIAL 
RATE OF PAY.—If the head of an element of the intel-
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ligence community removes a category of positions from 
coverage under a rate of pay authorized by subsection (a) 
after that rate of pay takes effect— 
‘‘(1) the head of such element shall provide no-
tice of the loss of coverage of the special rate of pay 
to each individual in such category; and 
‘‘(2) the loss of coverage will take effect on the 
first day of the first pay period after the date of the 
notice. 
‘‘(d) REVISION OF SPECIAL RATES OF PAY.—Subject 
to the limitations in this section, rates of pay established 
under this section by the head of the element of the intel-
ligence community may be revised from time to time by 
the head of such element and the revisions have the force 
and effect of statute. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The head of each element of 
the intelligence community shall promulgate regulations to 
carry out this section with respect to such element, which 
shall, to the extent practicable, be comparable to the regu-
lations promulgated to carry out section 5305 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(f) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, 
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the head of each element of the intelligence commu-
nity shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on any rates of pay established 
for such element under this section. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required by 
paragraph (1) shall contain for each element of the 
intelligence community— 
‘‘(A) a description of any rates of pay es-
tablished under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) the number of positions in such ele-
ment that will be subject to such rates of pay.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents in the first section of the National Security 
Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 113A the following: 
‘‘Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or math 
positions.’’. 
SEC. 306. MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS 
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES. 
(a) INCLUSION IN BUDGET REQUESTS OF CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.—Section 8131 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (50 U.S.C. 3303) is repealed. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Section 602(a)(2) of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. 
3304(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘improvement project 
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to’’ and inserting ‘‘project for the improvement, repair, or 
modification of’’. 
SEC. 307. PROTECTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT INSPECTORS 
GENERAL OF CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE IN-
TELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEES OF 
AN OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall develop and im-
plement a uniform policy for each covered office of 
an inspector general to better ensure the independ-
ence of each such office. Such policy shall include— 
(A) provisions to prevent any conflict of in-
terest related to a matter any employee of a 
covered office of an inspector general personally 
and substantially participated in during pre-
vious employment; 
(B) standards to ensure personnel of a cov-
ered office of an inspector general are free both 
in fact and in appearance from personal, exter-
nal, and organizational impairments to inde-
pendence; 
(C) provisions to permit the head of each 
covered office of an inspector general to waive 
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the application of the policy with respect to an 
individual if such head— 
(i) prepares a written and signed jus-
tification for such waiver that sets out, in 
detail, the need for such waiver, provided 
that such a waiver shall not be issued for 
in fact impairments to independence; and 
(ii) submits to the congressional intel-
ligence committees each such justification; 
and 
(D) any other protections the Director de-
termines appropriate. 
(2) COVERED OFFICE OF AN INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL DEFINED.—The term ‘‘covered office of an in-
spector general’’ means— 
(A) the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community; and 
(B) the office of an inspector general for— 
(i) the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence; 
(ii) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(iii) the National Security Agency; 
(iv) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(v) 
the 
National 
Geospatial-Intel-
ligence Agency; or 
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(vi) the National Reconnaissance Of-
fice. 
(3) BRIEFING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMITTEES.—Prior to the date that the 
policy required by paragraph (1) takes effect, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall provide the 
congressional intelligence committees a briefing on 
such policy. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ROTATION OF EMPLOYEES OF AN 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 102A(l)(3) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(l)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) The mechanisms prescribed under subpara-
graph (A) and any other policies of the Director— 
‘‘(i) may not require an employee of an office 
of inspector general for an element of the intel-
ligence community, including the Office of the In-
spector General of the Intelligence Community, to 
rotate to a position in an office or organization of 
such an element over which such office of inspector 
general exercises jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be implemented in a manner that ex-
empts employees of an office of inspector general 
from a rotation that may impact the independence 
of such office.’’. 
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SEC. 308. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN WHISTLEBLOWING 
PROCEDURES. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWING PROCE-
DURES
AVAILABLE
TO
CERTAIN
PERSONNEL.—Sub-
section (a)(1)(A) of section 8H of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘Security Agency,’’ the following: ‘‘including any such em-
ployee who is assigned or detailed to a combatant com-
mand or other element of the Federal Government,’’. 
(b) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.— 
(1) ROLE OF DIRECTOR.—Section 17(d)(5) of 
the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking clause (ii); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(i) Not’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘to the Director’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to the intelligence committees’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘the intelligence 
committees’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
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(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General’’; and 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General, in consultation with the 
Director,’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 17(d)(5) of 
such Act is further amended— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(D) through (H) as subparagraphs (C) 
through (G), respectively. 
(B) INTELLIGENCE
REFORM
AND
TER-
RORISM
PREVENTION
ACT
OF
2004.—Section 
3001(j)(1)(C)(ii) of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
3341(j)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraphs (A), (D), and (H)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraphs (A), (C), and (G)’’. 
(c) OTHER ELEMENTS OF INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY.— 
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(1) ROLE OF HEADS.—Section 8H of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1) Not’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘to the head of the es-
tablishment’’ and inserting ‘‘to the intel-
ligence committees’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
head of the establishment’’ and inserting 
‘‘the intelligence committees’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘the head of the establishment, 
through the Inspector General,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Inspector General’’; 
and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘the head of the establish-
ment, through the Inspector General,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Inspector General, 
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in consultation with the head of the 
establishment,’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 8H 
of such Act is further amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(d) 
through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), re-
spectively; and 
(C) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘subsections (a) through (e)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsections (a) through (d)’’. 
(d) OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the 
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3033(k)(5)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to 
the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘to the congres-
sional intelligence committees’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘the congressional 
intelligence committees’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
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(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General’’; and 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General, in consultation with the 
Director,’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
103H(k)(5) of such Act is further amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (I) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), 
respectively. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—None of the amend-
ments made by this section may be construed to prohibit 
or otherwise affect the authority of an Inspector General 
of an element of the intelligence community, the Inspector 
General of the Central Intelligence Agency, or the Inspec-
tor General of the Intelligence Community to notify the 
head of the element of the intelligence community, the Di-
rector of the Central Intelligence Agency, or the Director 
of National Intelligence, as the case may be, of a com-
plaint or information otherwise authorized by law. 
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SEC. 309. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF POLICY DIREC-
TIVES AND GUIDANCE. 
(a) COVERED POLICY DOCUMENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘covered policy document’’ means any 
classified or unclassified Presidential Policy Directive, 
Presidential Policy Guidance, or other similar policy docu-
ment issued by the President, including any annex to such 
a Directive, Guidance, or other document, that assigns 
takes, roles, or responsibilities the intelligence community. 
(b) SUBMISSIONS TO CONGRESS.—The Director of 
National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional in-
telligence committees the following: 
(1) Not later than 15 days after the date that 
a covered policy document is issued, a notice of the 
issuance and a summary of the subject matter ad-
dressed by such covered policy document. 
(2) Not later than 15 days after the date that 
the Director issues any guidance or direction on im-
plementation of a covered policy document or imple-
ments a covered policy document, a copy of such 
guidance or direction or a description of such imple-
mentation. 
(3) Not later than 15 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, for any covered policy docu-
ment issued prior to such date that is being imple-
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mented by any element of the intelligence commu-
nity or that is in effect on such date— 
(A) a notice that includes the date such 
covered policy document was issued and a sum-
mary of the subject matter addressed by such 
covered policy document; and 
(B) if the Director has issued any guid-
ance or direction on implementation of such 
covered policy document or is implementing 
such covered policy document, a copy of the 
guidance or direction or a description of such 
implementation. 
SEC. 310. NOTIFICATION OF MEMORANDA OF UNDER-
STANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each element of the 
intelligence community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a copy of each memorandum of 
understanding or other agreement regarding significant 
operational activities or policy between or among such ele-
ment and any other entity or entities of the United States 
Government— 
(1) for such a memorandum or agreement that 
is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
not later than 60 days after such date; and 
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(2) for such a memorandum or agreement en-
tered into after such date, in a timely manner and 
not more than 60 days after the date such memo-
randum or other agreement is entered into. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
MEMORANDUM
OR
AGREE-
MENT.—Nothing in this section may be construed to re-
quire an element of the intelligence community to submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees any memo-
randum or agreement that is solely administrative in na-
ture, including a memorandum or agreement regarding 
joint duty or other routine personnel assignments. 
SEC. 311. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO EXECUTIVE SCHED-
ULE. 
Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to ‘‘Director of the 
National Counter Proliferation Center.’’. 
SEC. 312. MAXIMUM AMOUNT CHARGED FOR DECLAS-
SIFICATION REVIEWS. 
In reviewing and processing a request by a person 
for the mandatory declassification of information pursuant 
to Executive Order No. 13526, a successor executive 
order, or any other provision of law, the head of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community— 
(1) may not charge the person reproduction 
fees in excess of the amount of fees that the head 
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would charge the person for reproduction required in 
the course of processing a request for information 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa-
tion Act’’); and 
(2) may waive or reduce any processing fees in 
the same manner as the head waives or reduces fees 
under such section 552. 
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 
TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence 
SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NA-
TIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECU-
RITY CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 902 of the Counter-
intelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 
3382) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 902. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be a Director of 
the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘Director’), who shall be 
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appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Director shall be 
to serve as the head of national counterintelligence for the 
United States Government. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—Subject to the direction and control 
of the Director of National Intelligence, the duties of the 
Director are as follows: 
‘‘(1) To carry out the mission referred to in 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) To act as chairperson of the National 
Counterintelligence Policy Board established under 
section 811 of the Counterintelligence and Security 
Enhancements Act of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 3381). 
‘‘(3) To act as head of the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center established under 
section 904. 
‘‘(4) To participate as an observer on such 
boards, committees, and entities of the executive 
branch as the Director of National Intelligence con-
siders appropriate for the discharge of the mission 
and functions of the Director and the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center under sec-
tion 904.’’. 
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on covered academic programs, including with re-
spect to— 
(A) the number of applicants for such pro-
grams; 
(B) the number of individuals who have 
participated in such programs; and 
(C) the number of individuals who have 
participated in such programs and were hired 
by an element of the intelligence community 
after completing such program; 
(2) to the extent that the Director and the 
heads independently collect the information de-
scribed in paragraph (1), a chart, table, or other 
compilation illustrating such information for each 
covered academic program and element of the intel-
ligence community, as appropriate, during the three- 
year period preceding the date of the report; and 
(3) to the extent that the Director and the 
heads do not independently collect the information 
described in paragraph (1) as of the date of the re-
port— 
(A) whether the Director and the heads 
can begin collecting such information during 
fiscal year 2017; and 
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