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(b) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the efforts of the United States Government regarding atrocity 
prevention and response through interagency coordination, such 
as the Atrocity Warning Task Force, are critically important and 
that the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of 
Defense should, as appropriate and in compliance with the Amer-
ican Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et 
seq.), do the following: 
(1) Require each element of the intelligence community 
to support the Atrocity Warning Task Force in its mission 
to prevent genocide and atrocities through policy formulation 
and program development by— 
(A) collecting and analyzing intelligence identified as 
an atrocity, as defined in the Elie Wiesel Genocide and 
Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–441; 
132 Stat. 5586); 
(B) preparing unclassified intelligence data and 
geospatial imagery products for coordination with appro-
priate domestic, foreign, and international courts and tribu-
nals prosecuting persons responsible for crimes for which 
such imagery and intelligence may provide evidence 
(including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war 
crimes, including with respect to missing persons and sus-
pected atrocity crime scenes); and 
(C) reassessing archived geospatial imagery containing 
indicators of war crimes, other atrocities, forced disappear-
ances, and atrocity crime scenes. 
(2) Continue to make available inputs to the Atrocity 
Warning Task Force for the development of the Department 
of State Atrocity Early Warning Assessment and share open- 
source data to support pre-atrocity and genocide indicators 
and warnings to the Atrocity Warning Task Force. 
(3) Provide the President and Congress with recommenda-
tions to improve policies, programs, resources, and tools relating 
to atrocity intelligence collection and interagency coordination. 
(4) Regularly consult and participate with designated inter-
agency representatives of relevant agencies and departments 
of the United States Government. 
(5) Ensure resources are made available for the policies, 
programs, and tools relating to atrocity intelligence collection 
and coordination with the Atrocity Warning Task Force. 
TITLE LXVI—INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY WORKFORCE MATTERS 
SEC. 6601. IMPROVING ONBOARDING OF PERSONNEL IN INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ONBOARD PERIOD.—In this section, the term 
‘‘onboard period’’ means the period beginning on the date on which 
an individual submits an application for employment and ending 
on— 
(1) the date on which the individual is offered one or 
more entrance on duty dates; or 
(2) the date on which the individual enters on duty. 
(b) POLICY GUIDANCE.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall establish policy guidance appropriate for all elements of the
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intelligence community that can be used to measure, consistently 
and reliably, the onboard period. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to 
the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives a report on the time 
it takes to onboard personnel in the intelligence community. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall cover the mean and median time it takes to onboard 
personnel in the intelligence community, disaggregated by mode 
of onboarding and element of the intelligence community. 
(d) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in coordination 
with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a plan to 
reduce the onboard period for personnel in the intelligence 
community, for elements of the intelligence community that 
currently have median onboarding times that exceed 180 days. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall include milestones to achieve certain specific goals with 
respect to the mean, median, and mode time it takes to onboard 
personnel in the elements of the intelligence community 
described in such paragraph, disaggregated by element of the 
intelligence community. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The heads of the elements of the intel-
ligence community, including the Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, shall implement the plan submitted under sub-
section (d) and take all such actions each head considers appropriate 
and necessary to ensure that by December 31, 2023, the median 
duration of the onboard period for new employees at each element 
of the intelligence community is equal to less than 180 days. 
SEC. 6602. REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE ACTION REQUIRED TO IMPLE-
MENT TRUSTED WORKFORCE 2.0 INITIATIVE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall, in the Deputy 
Director’s capacity as the Chair of the Security, Suitability, and 
Credentialing Performance Accountability Council pursuant to sec-
tion 2.4 of Executive Order 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating 
to reforming processes related to suitability for Government employ-
ment, fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for access 
to classified national security information), submit to Congress a 
report on the legislative action required to implement the Trusted 
Workforce 2.0 initiative. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Specification of the statutes that require amendment 
in order to implement the initiative described in subsection 
(a). 
(2) For each statute specified under paragraph (1), an 
indication of the priority for enactment of an amendment.
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(3) For each statute specified under paragraph (1), a 
description of the consequences if the statute is not amended. 
SEC. 6603. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
ASSESSMENT OF ADMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHS IN 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Inspector General of the Intel-
ligence Community shall conduct an assessment of the administra-
tion of polygraph evaluations that are needed in the intelligence 
community to meet current annual personnel hiring requirements. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment completed under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of the number of polygraphers currently 
available at each element of the intelligence community to 
meet the requirements described in subsection (a). 
(2) If the demand described in subsection (a) cannot be 
met, an identification of the number of polygraphers that would 
need to be hired and certified to meet it. 
(3) A review of the effectiveness of alternatives to the 
polygraph, including methods being researched by the National 
Center for Credibility Assessment. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community shall brief the congressional intelligence committees, 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives on the prelimi-
nary findings of the Inspector General with respect to the assess-
ment conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community shall submit to the committees described in subsection 
(c) a report on the findings of the Inspector General with respect 
to the assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 6604. TIMELINESS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPHS. 
(a) STANDARDS REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall, in the Director’s capacity as the Security Execu-
tive Agent pursuant to section 803(a) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(a)), issue standards for timeliness 
for Federal agencies to administer polygraphs conducted for 
the purpose of— 
(A) adjudicating decisions regarding eligibility for 
access to classified information (as defined in the proce-
dures established pursuant to section 801(a) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161(a))); and 
(B) granting reciprocity pursuant to Security Executive 
Agent Directive 2, or successor directive. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—The Director shall publish the standards 
issued under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register or such 
other venue as the Director considers appropriate. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Congress 
a report on how Federal agencies will comply with the standards 
issued under subsection (a). Such plan shall specify the resources 
required by Federal agencies to comply with such standards and 
the timeline for doing so.
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SEC. 6605. POLICY ON SUBMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR ACCESS TO 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in the Director’s 
capacity as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to section 803(a) 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3162a(a)), issue 
a policy that allows a private person to submit a certain number 
or proportion of applications, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 
employee access to classified information for personnel who perform 
key management and oversight functions who may not merit an 
application due to their work under any one contract. 
SEC. 6606. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING FEDERAL POLICY 
ON SHARING OF COVERED INSIDER THREAT INFORMA-
TION. 
Section 806(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117–103) is amended by striking ‘‘contracting 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘contractor that employs the contractor 
employee’’. 
SEC. 6607. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
REPORT ON USE OF SPACE CERTIFIED AS SENSITIVE 
COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 
the utilization of space owned or sponsored by an element of the 
intelligence community, located in the continental United States, 
that is certified as a sensitive compartmented information facility 
under intelligence community or Department of Defense policy. 
SEC. 6608. IMPROVING PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL PRAC-
TICES IN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO 
CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES. 
Section 1104(c)(1)(A) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3234(c)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a supervisor of the contracting agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a supervisor of the employing or contracting 
agency or employing contractor’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘contracting agency (or an employee des-
ignated by the head of that agency for such purpose)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘employing or contracting agency (or an employee 
designated by the head of that agency for that purpose) or 
employing contractor’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘appropriate inspector general of the con-
tracting agency’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate inspector general 
of the employing or contracting agency’’. 
SEC. 6609. DEFINITIONS REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS 
AND INFORMATION OF URGENT CONCERN RECEIVED BY 
INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY. 
(a) 
NATIONAL
SECURITY
ACT
OF
1947.—Section 
103H(k)(5)(G)(i)(I) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3033(k)(5)(G)(i)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘within the’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘policy matters.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘of the Federal Government that is— 
‘‘(aa) a matter of national security; and