(B) if, in the opinion of the Secretary, the 
DCIPS pay system should be continued with re-
spect to covered positions, with changes— 
(i) a detailed description of the pro-
posed changes; and 
(ii) a description of any administra-
tive action or legislation which may be nec-
essary. 
The requirements of this paragraph shall be carried 
out by the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be considered to affect— 
(1) the provisions of the Defense Civilian Intel-
ligence Personnel System governing aspects of com-
pensation apart from salary or basic pay; or 
(2) the application of such provisions with re-
spect to a covered position or any individual holding 
a covered position, including after June 16, 2009. 
Subtitle B—Education 
SEC. 311. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PAT ROB-
ERTS INTELLIGENCE SCHOLARS PROGRAM. 
(a) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.—Subtitle C of title 
X of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 441m 
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et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘PROGRAM ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF 
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS 
‘‘SEC. 1022. (a) PROGRAM.—(1) The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall carry out a program to ensure that 
selected students or former students are provided funds to 
continue academic training, or are reimbursed for academic 
training previously obtained, in areas of specialization that 
the Director, in consultation with the other heads of the ele-
ments of the intelligence community, identifies as areas in 
which the current capabilities of the intelligence community 
are deficient or in which future capabilities of the intel-
ligence community are likely to be deficient. 
‘‘(2) A student or former student selected for participa-
tion in the program shall commit to employment with an 
element of the intelligence community, following completion 
of appropriate academic training, under such terms and 
conditions as the Director considers appropriate. 
‘‘(3) The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts 
Intelligence Scholars Program. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the program under 
subsection (a), the Director shall— 
‘‘(1) establish such requirements relating to the 
academic training of participants as the Director 
considers appropriate to ensure that participants are 
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prepared for employment as intelligence professionals; 
and 
‘‘(2) periodically review the areas of specializa-
tion of the elements of the intelligence community to 
determine the areas in which such elements are, or 
are likely to be, deficient in capabilities. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available for the 
program under subsection (a) shall be used to— 
‘‘(1) provide a monthly stipend for each month 
that a student is pursuing a course of study; 
‘‘(2) pay the full tuition of a student or former 
student for the completion of such course of study; 
‘‘(3) pay for books and materials that the student 
or former student requires or required to complete 
such course of study; 
‘‘(4) pay the expenses of the student or former 
student for travel requested by an element of the intel-
ligence community in relation to such program; or 
‘‘(5) for such other purposes the Director con-
siders appropriate to carry out such program.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act (50 U.S.C. 401 note), 
as amended by section 303 of this Act, is further 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1021 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1022. Program on recruitment and training of intelligence analysts.’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 318 of 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–177; 50 U.S.C. 441g note) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 312. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle C of title X of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 441m et seq.), as amended 
by section 311 of this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 1023. (a) PROGRAMS.—(1) The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may carry out a grant program in ac-
cordance with subsection (b) to enhance the recruitment and 
retention of an ethnically and culturally diverse intelligence 
community workforce with capabilities critical to the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director of 
National Intelligence shall identify the skills necessary to 
meet current or emergent needs of the intelligence commu-
nity and the educational disciplines that will provide indi-
viduals with such skills. 
‘‘(b) INSTITUTIONAL GRANT PROGRAM.—(1) The Di-
rector of National Intelligence may provide grants to insti-
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tutions of higher education to support the establishment or 
continued development of programs of study in educational 
disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) A grant provided under paragraph (1) may, with 
respect to the educational disciplines identified under sub-
section (a)(2), be used for the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) Curriculum or program development. 
‘‘(B) Faculty development. 
‘‘(C) Laboratory equipment or improvements. 
‘‘(D) Faculty research. 
‘‘(3) An institution of higher education seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application describing 
the proposed use of the grant at such time and in such man-
ner as the Director may require. 
‘‘(4) An institution of higher education that receives 
a grant under this section shall submit to the Director reg-
ular reports regarding the use of such grant, including— 
‘‘(A) a description of the benefits to students who 
participate in the course of study funded by such 
grant; 
‘‘(B) a description of the results and accomplish-
ments related to such course of study; and 
‘‘(C) any other information that the Director 
may require. 
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‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 
Director of National Intelligence.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of 
law are repealed: 
(A) Section 319 of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 
108–177; 50 U.S.C. 403 note). 
(B) Section 1003 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 441g–2). 
(C) Section 922 of the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 50 U.S.C. 402 
note). 
(2) EXISTING
AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
the repeals made by paragraph (1), nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to amend, modify, or ab-
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rogate any agreement, contract, or employment rela-
tionship that was in effect in relation to the provi-
sions repealed under paragraph (1) on the day prior 
to the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 401 note), as amended by section 311 of this 
Act, is further amended by— 
(1) striking the item relating to section 1003; 
and 
(2) inserting after the item relating to section 
1022 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1023. Intelligence officer training program.’’. 
SEC. 313. MODIFICATIONS TO THE STOKES EDUCATIONAL 
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) EXPANSION
OF PROGRAM
TO GRADUATE STU-
DENTS.—Section 16 of the National Security Agency Act 
of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘undergraduate’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘undergraduate and graduate’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the baccalaureate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a baccalaureate or graduate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘under-
graduate’’ and inserting ‘‘undergraduate and grad-
uate’’. 
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(b) TERMINATION.—Section 16(d)(1)(C) of such Act is 
amended by striking ‘‘terminated either by’’ and all that 
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘terminated by— 
‘‘(i) the Agency due to misconduct by the 
person; 
‘‘(ii) the person voluntarily; or 
‘‘(iii) by the Agency for the failure of the 
person to maintain such level of academic stand-
ing in the educational course of training as the 
Director of the National Security Agency speci-
fies in the agreement under this paragraph; 
and’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO WITHHOLD DISCLOSURE OF AF-
FILIATION WITH NSA.—Section 16(e) of the National Secu-
rity Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘(1) When an employee’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(2) Agency efforts’’ and inserting ‘‘Agency efforts’’. 
(d) OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subtitle C of title X of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 441g et 
seq.), as amended by section 312 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘STOKES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 1024. The head of an element of the intelligence 
community may establish an undergraduate and graduate 
training program with respect to civilian employees of such 
element in the same manner and under the same conditions 
as the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish such 
a program under section 16 of the National Security Agen-
cy Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in the first section of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
401 note), as amended by section 312 of this Act, is 
further amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1023 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1024. Stokes scholarship program.’’. 
SEC. 314. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE LANGUAGE IN-
STRUCTION IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the National Security Edu-
cation Board established under section 803(a) of the David 
L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 
U.S.C. 1903(a)), may establish a pilot program for inten-
sive language instruction in African languages. 
(b) PROGRAM.—A pilot program established under 
subsection (a) shall provide scholarships for programs that 
provide intensive language instruction— 
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(1) in any of the five highest priority African 
languages for which scholarships are not offered under 
such Act, as determined by the Director of National 
Intelligence; and 
(2) both in the United States and in a country 
in which the language is the native language of a sig-
nificant portion of the population, as determined by 
the Director of National Intelligence. 
(c) TERMINATION.—A pilot program established in ac-
cordance with subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 
that is 5 years after the date on which such pilot program 
is established. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $2,000,000. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Funds authorized to be ap-
propriated under paragraph (1) shall remain avail-
able until the termination of the pilot program in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
Subtitle C—Congressional 
Oversight of Covert Actions 
SEC. 321. REPORTING ON COVERT ACTIONS. 
(a) GENERAL CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Section 
501(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
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413(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In carrying out paragraph (1), the President shall 
provide to the congressional intelligence committees all in-
formation necessary to assess the lawfulness, effectiveness, 
cost, benefit, intelligence gain, budgetary authority, and 
risk of an intelligence activity, including— 
‘‘(A) the legal authority under which the intel-
ligence activity is being or was conducted; 
‘‘(B) any legal issues upon which guidance was 
sought in carrying out or planning the intelligence 
activity, including dissenting legal views; 
‘‘(C) any specific operational concerns arising 
from the intelligence activity, including the risk of 
disclosing intelligence sources or methods; 
‘‘(D) the likelihood that the intelligence activity 
will exceed the planned or authorized expenditure of 
funds or other resources; and 
‘‘(E) the likelihood that the intelligence activity 
will fail.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—Section 501(c) of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 413(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘such procedures’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such written procedures’’. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—Section 502(a)(2) of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. 413a(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 
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‘‘(including any information or material relating to the 
legal authority under which an intelligence activity is being 
or was conducted, and any information or material relating 
to legal issues upon which guidance was sought in carrying 
out or planning the intelligence activity, including dis-
senting legal views)’’ after ‘‘concerning intelligence activi-
ties’’. 
(d) COVERT ACTIONS.—Section 503 of such Act (50 
U.S.C. 413b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘(including 
any information or material relating to the legal au-
thority under which a covert action is being or was 
conducted, and any information or material relating 
to legal issues upon which guidance was sought in 
carrying out or planning the covert action, including 
dissenting legal views)’’ after ‘‘concerning covert ac-
tions’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) If, pursuant to the procedures established by each 
of the congressional intelligence committees under section 
501(c), one of the congressional intelligence committees de-
termines that not all members of that committee are re-
quired to have access to a finding under this subsection, 
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the President may limit access to such finding or such no-
tice as provided in such procedures.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘is lim-
ited to the Members of Congress specified in 
paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘is not provided to 
all members of one of the congressional intel-
ligence committees in accordance with paragraph 
(2)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(d) The President’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(d)(1) The President’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as designated by sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 
‘‘specified in’’ and inserting ‘‘informed in ac-
cordance with’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an activity shall 
constitute a ‘significant undertaking’ if the activity— 
‘‘(A) involves the potential for loss of life; 
‘‘(B) requires an expansion of existing authori-
ties, including authorities relating to research, devel-
opment, or operations; 
‘‘(C) results in the expenditure of significant 
funds or other resources; 
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‘‘(D) requires notification under section 504; 
‘‘(E) gives rise to a significant risk of disclosing 
intelligence sources or methods; or 
‘‘(F) could cause serious damage to the diplo-
matic relations of the United States if such activity 
were disclosed without authorization.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(g)(1) A Member of Congress to which a finding is 
reported under subsection (c) or notice is provided under 
subsection (d)(1) may submit to the Director of National 
Intelligence an objection to any part of such finding or such 
notice. Not later than 48 hours after such an objection is 
submitted to the Director of National Intelligence, the Di-
rector shall report such objection in writing to the President 
and such Member of Congress. 
‘‘(2) In any case where access to a finding reported 
under subsection (c) or notice provided under subsection 
(d)(1) is not made available to all members of a congres-
sional intelligence committee in accordance with subsection 
(c)(2), the President shall provide such members with gen-
eral information on the content of the finding or notice. 
‘‘(3) The President shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain a record of the Members of Con-
gress to which a finding is reported under subsection 
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(c) or notice is provided under subsection (d)(1) and 
the date on which each Member of Congress receives 
such finding or notice; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date on 
which such finding is reported or such notice is pro-
vided, provide such record to— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a finding reported or no-
tice provided to a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a finding reported or no-
tice provided to a Member of the Senate, the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
‘‘(h) Any requirement under section 501, 502, or this 
section to provide information to the congressional intel-
ligence committees shall be construed to require the submis-
sion of such information to all members of such committees, 
unless such information is specifically authorized not to be 
submitted to all members of one of such committees in ac-
cordance with subsection (c)(2).’’. 
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Subtitle D—Reports and Other 
Congressional Oversight 
SEC. 331. REPORT ON FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE ON TER-
RORIST ASSETS. 
Section 118 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 404m) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SEMIANNUAL’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SEMI-
ANNUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘semiannual basis’’ and 
inserting ‘‘annual basis’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘preceding six-month 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘preceding one-year 
period’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Armed Services,’’ after ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Appropriations,’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Armed Services,’’ after ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Appropriations,’’. 
SEC. 332. ANNUAL PERSONNEL LEVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR 
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
413 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 507 the 
following new section: 
‘‘ANNUAL PERSONNEL LEVEL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
‘‘SEC. 508. (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall, in consultation with the head of 
each element of the intelligence community, prepare an an-
nual personnel level assessment for such element that as-
sesses the personnel levels of such element for the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year in which the assessment is sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(b) SCHEDULE.—Each assessment required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted to the congressional intel-
ligence committees each year along with the budget sub-
mitted by the President in accordance with section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—Each assessment required by sub-
section (a) shall include, for the element of the intelligence 
community concerned, the following information: 
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‘‘(1) The budget submission for personnel costs of 
such element for the upcoming fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) The dollar and percentage increase or de-
crease of such costs as compared to the personnel costs 
of the current fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) The dollar and percentage increase or de-
crease of such costs as compared to the personnel costs 
during the preceding five fiscal years. 
‘‘(4) The number of personnel positions requested 
for such element for the upcoming fiscal year. 
‘‘(5) The numerical and percentage increase or 
decrease of such number as compared to the number 
of personnel positions of such element of the current 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(6) The numerical and percentage increase or 
decrease of such number as compared to the number 
of personnel positions of such element during the pre-
ceding five fiscal years. 
‘‘(7) The best estimate of the number and costs 
of contractors to be funded by such element for the up-
coming fiscal year. 
‘‘(8) The numerical and percentage increase or 
decrease of such costs of contractors as compared to 
the best estimate of the costs of contractors to be fund-
ed by such element during the current fiscal year. 
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‘‘(9) The numerical and percentage increase or 
decrease of such costs of contractors as compared to 
the cost of contractors, and the number of contractors, 
of such element during the preceding five fiscal years. 
‘‘(10) A written justification for the requested 
personnel and contractor levels. 
‘‘(11) The number of intelligence collectors and 
analysts employed or contracted by such element. 
‘‘(12) A list of all contractors that have been the 
subject of an investigation completed by the inspector 
general of such element during the preceding fiscal 
year, or are or have been the subject of an investiga-
tion by such inspector general during the current fis-
cal year. 
‘‘(13) A statement by the Director of National 
Intelligence of whether, based on current and pro-
jected funding, such element will have sufficient— 
‘‘(A) internal infrastructure to support the 
requested personnel and contractor levels; 
‘‘(B) training resources to support the re-
quested personnel levels; and 
‘‘(C) funding to support the administrative 
and operational activities of the requested per-
sonnel levels.’’. 
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SEC. 333. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
PROGRAMS OF IRAN, SYRIA, AND NORTH 
KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.), as amended by section 
332, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
PROGRAMS OF IRAN, SYRIA, AND NORTH KOREA 
‘‘SEC. 509. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Not 
less frequently than every 180 days, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the intentions and capabilities of 
the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic, 
and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with regard 
to the nuclear weapons programs of each such country. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to the Islamic Repub-
lic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Democratic 
People’s Republic of Korea— 
‘‘(1) an assessment of nuclear weapons programs 
of each country; 
‘‘(2) an evaluation of the sources upon which the 
intelligence used to prepare the assessment referred to 
in paragraph (1) is based, including the number of 
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such sources and an assessment of the reliability of 
each source; 
‘‘(3) a summary of any intelligence related to 
any program gathered or developed since the previous 
report was submitted under subsection (a), including 
intelligence collected from both open and clandestine 
sources for each country; and 
‘‘(4) a discussion of any dissents, caveats, gaps 
in knowledge, or other information that would reduce 
confidence in the assessment referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE.—The Direc-
tor of National Intelligence may submit a National Intel-
ligence Estimate on the intentions and capabilities of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran, the Syrian Arab Republic, or the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in lieu of a report 
required by subsection (a) for that country. 
‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means— 
‘‘(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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‘‘(3) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The first report required 
to be submitted under section 509 of the National Security 
Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted 
not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 334. ANNUAL REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO-
FICIENCY IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
413 et seq.), as amended by section 333 of this Act, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
‘‘SEC. 510. Each year on the date provided in section 
507, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to 
the congressional intelligence committees and the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a report on the proficiency in foreign languages 
and, as appropriate, in foreign dialects, of each element of 
the intelligence community, including— 
‘‘(1) the number of positions authorized for such 
element that require foreign language proficiency and 
the level of proficiency required; 
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‘‘(2) an estimate of the number of such positions 
that each element will require during the five-year pe-
riod beginning on the date of the submission of the re-
port; 
‘‘(3) the number of positions authorized for such 
element that require foreign language proficiency that 
are filled by— 
‘‘(A) military personnel; and 
‘‘(B) civilian personnel; 
‘‘(4) the number of applicants for positions in 
such element in the previous fiscal year that indicated 
foreign language proficiency, including the foreign 
language indicated and the proficiency level; 
‘‘(5) the number of persons hired by such element 
with foreign language proficiency, including the for-
eign language and proficiency level; 
‘‘(6) the number of personnel of such element 
currently attending foreign language training, includ-
ing the provider of such training; 
‘‘(7) a description of the efforts of such element 
to recruit, hire, train, and retain personnel that are 
proficient in a foreign language; 
‘‘(8) an assessment of methods and models for 
basic, advanced, and intensive foreign language train-
ing; 
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‘‘(9) for each foreign language and, as appro-
priate, dialect of a foreign language— 
‘‘(A) the number of positions of such ele-
ment that require proficiency in the foreign lan-
guage or dialect; 
‘‘(B) the number of personnel of such ele-
ment that are serving in a position that requires 
proficiency in the foreign language or dialect to 
perform the primary duty of the position; 
‘‘(C) the number of personnel of such ele-
ment that are serving in a position that does not 
require proficiency in the foreign language or 
dialect to perform the primary duty of the posi-
tion; 
‘‘(D) the number of personnel of such ele-
ment rated at each level of proficiency of the 
Interagency Language Roundtable; 
‘‘(E) whether the number of personnel at 
each level of proficiency of the Interagency Lan-
guage Roundtable meets the requirements of such 
element; 
‘‘(F) the number of personnel serving or 
hired to serve as linguists for such element that 
are not qualified as linguists under the stand-
ards of the Interagency Language Roundtable; 
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‘‘(G) the number of personnel hired to serve 
as linguists for such element during the pre-
ceding calendar year; 
‘‘(H) the number of personnel serving as 
linguists that discontinued serving such element 
during the preceding calendar year; 
‘‘(I) the percentage of work requiring lin-
guistic skills that is fulfilled by an ally of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(J) the percentage of work requiring lin-
guistic skills that is fulfilled by contractors; 
‘‘(10) an assessment of the foreign language ca-
pacity and capabilities of the intelligence community 
as a whole; 
‘‘(11) recommendations for eliminating required 
reports relating to foreign-language proficiency that 
the Director of National Intelligence considers out-
dated or no longer relevant; and 
‘‘(12) an assessment of the feasibility of employ-
ing foreign nationals lawfully present in the United 
States who have previously worked as translators or 
interpreters for the Armed Forces or another depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government in Iraq or 
Afghanistan to meet the critical language needs of 
such element.’’. 
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SEC. 335. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE AUDITS 
AND INVESTIGATIONS. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
413 et seq.), as amended by section 334 of this Act, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE ANALYSES, 
EVALUATIONS, AND INVESTIGATIONS 
‘‘SEC. 511. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the Director of National Intelligence shall 
ensure that personnel of the Government Accountability Of-
fice designated by the Comptroller General are provided 
with access to all information in the possession of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community that the Comptroller 
General determines is necessary for such personnel to con-
duct an analysis, evaluation, or investigation of a program 
or activity of an element of the intelligence community that 
is requested by one of the congressional intelligence commit-
tees. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the Director of National Intelligence may restrict ac-
cess to information referred to in subsection (a) by per-
sonnel designated in such subsection if the Director deter-
mines that the restriction is necessary to protect vital na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
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‘‘(B) The Director of National Intelligence may not re-
strict access under subparagraph (A) solely on the basis of 
the level of classification or compartmentation of informa-
tion that the personnel designated in subsection (a) may 
seek access to while conducting an analysis, evaluation, or 
investigation. 
‘‘(2) If the Director exercises the authority under para-
graph (1), the Director shall submit to the congressional in-
telligence committees an appropriately classified statement 
of the reasons for the exercise of such authority within 7 
days. 
‘‘(3) The Director shall notify the Comptroller General 
at the time a report under paragraph (2) is submitted, and, 
to the extent consistent with the protection of intelligence 
sources and methods, provide the Comptroller General with 
a copy of such report. 
‘‘(4) The Comptroller General shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees any comments on a re-
port of which the Comptroller General has notice under 
paragraph (3) that the Comptroller General considers ap-
propriate.’’. 
SEC. 336. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH OVER-
SIGHT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.), as amended by section 
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335 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH OVERSIGHT 
REQUIREMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 512. The head of each element of the intelligence 
community shall semiannually submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees— 
‘‘(1) a certification that, to the best of the knowl-
edge of the head of such element— 
‘‘(A) the head of such element of the intel-
ligence community is in full compliance with the 
requirements of this title; and 
‘‘(B) any information required to be sub-
mitted by such head of such element under this 
Act before the date of the submission of such cer-
tification has been properly submitted; or 
‘‘(2) if such head of such element is unable to 
submit a certification under paragraph (1), a state-
ment— 
‘‘(A) of the reasons such head of such ele-
ment is not able to submit such a certification; 
‘‘(B) describing any information required to 
be submitted by such head of such element under 
this Act before the date of the submission of such 
statement that has not been properly submitted; 
and 
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‘‘(C) that the head of such element will sub-
mit such information as soon as possible after 
the submission of such statement.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY DATE.—The first certification or 
statement required to be submitted by the head of each ele-
ment of the intelligence community under section 512 of 
the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection 
(a) of this section, shall be submitted not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 337. REPORTS ON FOREIGN INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 809(b) of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. app. 
2170b(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and 
inserting ‘‘BIANNUAL’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The President 
shall biannually submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
congressional leadership a report updating the infor-
mation referred to in subsection (a)(1)(D).’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (2); and 
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(4) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required under 
section 809(b)(1) of such Act, as amended by subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, shall be submitted not later than Feb-
ruary 1, 2010. 
SEC. 338. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY CON-
TRACTORS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than No-
vember 1, 2010, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report describing the use of personal 
services contracts across the intelligence community, the im-
pact of the use of such contracts on the intelligence commu-
nity workforce, plans for conversion of contractor employ-
ment into Federal Government employment, and the ac-
countability mechanisms that govern the performance of 
such personal services contracts. 
(b) CONTENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include— 
(A) a description of any relevant regula-
tions or guidance issued by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence or the head of an element of 
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the intelligence community relating to minimum 
standards required regarding the hiring, train-
ing, security clearance, and assignment of con-
tract personnel and how those standards may 
differ from those for Federal Government em-
ployees performing substantially similar func-
tions; 
(B) an identification of contracts where the 
contractor is performing substantially similar 
functions to a Federal Government employee; 
(C) an assessment of costs incurred or sav-
ings achieved by awarding contracts for the per-
formance of such functions referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) instead of using full-time employ-
ees of the elements of the intelligence community 
to perform such functions; 
(D) an assessment of the appropriateness of 
using contractors to perform the activities de-
scribed in paragraph (2); 
(E) an estimate of the number of contracts, 
and the number of personnel working under such 
contracts, related to the performance of activities 
described in paragraph (2); 
(F) a comparison of the compensation of 
contract employees and Federal Government em-
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ployees performing substantially similar func-
tions; 
(G) an analysis of the attrition of Federal 
Government personnel for contractor positions 
that provide substantially similar functions; 
(H) a description of positions that will be 
converted from contractor employment to Federal 
Government employment; 
(I) an analysis of the oversight and ac-
countability mechanisms applicable to personal 
services contracts awarded for intelligence activi-
ties by each element of the intelligence commu-
nity during fiscal years 2008 and 2009; 
(J) an analysis of procedures in use in the 
intelligence community for conducting oversight 
of contractors to ensure identification and pros-
ecution of criminal violations, financial waste, 
fraud, or other abuses committed by contractors 
or contract personnel; and 
(K) an identification of best practices for 
oversight and accountability mechanisms appli-
cable to personal services contracts. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—Activities described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
(A) Intelligence collection. 
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(B) Intelligence analysis. 
(C) Covert actions, including rendition, de-
tention, and interrogation activities. 
SEC. 339. REPORT ON TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE CAPABILITIES OF THE FEDERAL BU-
REAU OF INVESTIGATION. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall submit to the congressional intelligence commit-
tees and the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report describing the Di-
rector’s long-term vision for transforming the intelligence 
capabilities of the Bureau and the progress of the internal 
reforms of the Bureau intended to achieve that vision. Such 
report shall include— 
(1) the direction, strategy, and goals for trans-
forming the intelligence capabilities of the Bureau; 
(2) a description of what the fully functional in-
telligence and national security functions of the Bu-
reau should entail; 
(3) a candid assessment of the effect of internal 
reforms at the Bureau and whether such reforms have 
moved the Bureau towards achieving the goals of the 
Director for the intelligence and national security 
functions of the Bureau; and 
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(4) an assessment of how well the Bureau per-
forms tasks that are critical to the effective func-
tioning of the Bureau as an intelligence agency, in-
cluding— 
(A) identifying new intelligence targets 
within the scope of the national security func-
tions of the Bureau, outside the parameters of an 
existing case file or ongoing investigation; 
(B) collecting intelligence domestically, in-
cluding collection through human and technical 
sources; 
(C) recruiting human sources; 
(D) training Special Agents to spot, assess, 
recruit, and handle human sources; 
(E) working collaboratively with other Fed-
eral departments and agencies to jointly collect 
intelligence on domestic counterterrorism and 
counterintelligence targets; 
(F) producing a common intelligence pic-
ture of domestic threats to the national security 
of the United States; 
(G) producing high quality and timely in-
telligence analysis; 
(H) integrating intelligence analysts into 
its intelligence collection operations; and 
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(I) sharing intelligence information with 
intelligence community partners. 
SEC. 340. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES DEDI-
CATED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and the 
Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees and the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on intelligence collection and analysis re-
sources (1) dedicated to Iraq and Afghanistan during fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009, and (2) planned to be dedicated dur-
ing fiscal year 2010. Such report shall include detailed in-
formation on fiscal, human, technical, and other intel-
ligence collection and analysis resources. 
SEC. 341. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS 
REGULATIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2011, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report assessing 
the threat to national security presented by the efforts of 
foreign countries to acquire, through espionage, diversion, 
or other means, sensitive equipment and technology, and 
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TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING 
TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY 
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence 
SEC. 401. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON COLOCATION 
OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NA-
TIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Section 103 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 403–3), as amended by section 302(1) of this Act, 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘WITH’’ and 
inserting ‘‘OF
HEADQUARTERS
WITH
HEAD-
QUARTERS OF’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Commencing as of October 
1, 2008, the’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1), as designated by 
paragraph (2) of this section, by inserting ‘‘the 
headquarters of’’ before ‘‘the Office’’; 
(D) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘any other element’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
headquarters of any other element’’; and 
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(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The President may waive the limitation in para-
graph (1) if the President determines that— 
‘‘(A) a waiver is in the interests of national se-
curity; or 
‘‘(B) the costs of a headquarters of the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence that is separate 
from the headquarters of the other elements of the in-
telligence community outweighs the potential benefits 
of the separation.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) LOCATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—The headquarters of the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence may be located in 
the Washington metropolitan region (as defined in section 
8301 of title 40, United States Code).’’. 
SEC. 402. MEMBERSHIP OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE ON THE TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY OVERSIGHT BOARD. 
Subparagraph (F) of section 115(b)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) The Director of National Intelligence, 
or the Director’s designee.’’. 
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