(2) the President should not cooperate with re-
gards to human intelligence collection with a nation 
that is not a party to the Convention Against Tor-
ture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading 
Treatment or Punishment. 
SEC. 502. INTERAGENCY CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ON 
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) CENTER AUTHORIZED.—The President, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Secretary of Defense, shall establish a center to be 
known as the United States Center for Excellence in 
Human Intelligence Collection (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Center’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center shall be 
to educate and train members of the United States Armed 
Forces and personnel of the intelligence community to 
conduct research and examine doctrine and policy related 
to human intelligence collection, with emphasis on prac-
tices related to the interrogation and detention of hostile 
actors and human intelligence collection on the battlefield 
or in relation to United States efforts to combat global 
terrorism. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Center shall— 
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(1) provide and facilitate education and training 
for members of the United States Armed Forces and 
personnel of the intelligence community on the prac-
tice of human intelligence collection, including— 
(A) strategies, techniques, best practices, 
and lessons learned relating to the interrogation 
of individuals for intelligence purposes; 
(B) United States policy, regulations, and 
law regarding authorized interrogation practices 
and techniques; 
(C) strategies, techniques, best practices, 
and lessons learned relating to human source 
operations for intelligence purposes; and 
(D) command, management, and oversight 
of U.S. personnel involved in human intelligence 
collection; 
(2) collaborate with existing agency or service 
specific entities that provide education and training 
on the practice of human intelligence collection, and 
provide advanced training for instructors at such en-
tities; 
(3) foster interoperability and cooperation be-
tween human intelligence collectors working for dif-
ferent elements of the intelligence community; 
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(4) provide and facilitate ongoing study and sci-
entific research into all aspects of operations and 
doctrine relating to human intelligence collection, in-
cluding the identification of best practices and the 
development of recommendations for policy and doc-
trine reform; and 
(5) conduct a regular review of United States 
policies relating to human intelligence collection. 
(d) ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL.—The Center may provide 
training and education to— 
(1) members of the United States Armed 
Forces; 
(2) personnel employed by an element of the in-
telligence community; and 
(3) other personnel of the Federal Government, 
at the discretion of the President. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 31 of 
each year, the President shall submit to Congress a report 
on the activities of the Center during the preceding year. 
(f) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
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SEC. 503. UNITED STATES MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SPE-
CIALISTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Ensuring the national security of the 
United States, including through long-term efforts 
to combat global terrorism, the vigilant defense 
against proliferation and use of weapons of mass de-
struction, and the use of military force as a last re-
sort to defend the Nation, will require a sustained 
capacity for effective human intelligence collection. 
(2) The United States Armed Forces will, in 
the course of carrying out their duties in defense of 
our Nation, be required to carry out human intel-
ligence collection activities. 
(3) Improving the human intelligence collection 
capacity of the United States Armed Forces requires 
the maintenance of a corps of career military profes-
sionals in the discipline of human intelligence who 
are experts in the practice and management of 
human intelligence collection and who can carry out 
sustained long-term intelligence operations. 
(b) IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COL-
LECTION CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop a strategy to— 
(1) reform organizational and incentive struc-
tures to— 
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(A) provide for career-long focus in the 
human intelligence discipline for military offi-
cers of each military department; 
(B) ensure career advancement opportuni-
ties for officers specializing in the human intel-
ligence discipline that are focused on human in-
telligence collection, rather than service with or 
command of a military unit not involved in the 
intelligence discipline; and 
(C) organize, within the human intelligence 
career field, assignments, promotions, and in-
centives structured with the goal of developing 
and increasing expertise in the human intel-
ligence discipline and preparing officers for 
greater responsibilities within that discipline; 
(2) provide ongoing professional education and 
development in specialized intelligence skills, special-
ized language and cultural skills, relevant law and 
doctrine pertaining to the practice of human intel-
ligence activities, and command, management, and 
oversight of personnel involved in human intelligence 
activities; 
(3) provide training in human intelligence ac-
tivities for select personnel not assigned to an intel-
ligence career field in order to enable a surge capac-
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ity for assigning personnel to human intelligence ac-
tivities when additional personnel are needed for 
military intelligence activities; and 
(4) assign human intelligence personnel to posi-
tions according to geographic, language, or cultural 
expertise. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the devel-
opment of the strategy required under subsection (b). 
SEC. 504. STRATEGY FOR DETENTION OF TERRORIST SUS-
PECTS AND CONVICTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) A 2006 study by George Washington Uni-
versity and the University of Virginia entitled ‘‘Out 
of the Shadows’’ found that ‘‘Radicalization in pris-
ons is a global problem and bears upon the national 
security of the U.S.’’. 
(2) The Report of the Task Force on the Fu-
ture of Terrorism, a task force created at the direc-
tion of the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
comprised of members of the Homeland Security 
Advisory Council, recommended to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security that ‘‘The Department should 
develop and immediately implement, in concert with 
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the Department of Justice and State and local cor-
rections officials, a program to address prisoner 
radicalization and post-sentence reintegration’’. 
(3) Since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 
March 2003, the United States has detained more 
than 65,000 Iraqis, with each individual remaining 
in detention for an average of over 300 days. 
(4) On April 8, 2007, the Los Angeles Times 
reported that ‘‘U.S. run detention camps in Iraq 
have become a breeding ground for extremists where 
Islamic militants recruit and train supporters.’’. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the enactment of this Act, the President, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attor-
ney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a strat-
egy for the detention of terrorist suspects and convicts. 
Such strategy shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the threat posed by 
radicalization or recruitment for terrorist activities 
of detained and imprisoned individuals; and 
(2) a plan for minimizing radicalization and 
terrorist recruitment in detention or prison facilities 
operated by the United States that— 
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(A) addresses the potential radicalization 
of prisoners in facilities operated by the Bureau 
of Prisons or by State or local authorities with-
in the United States; and 
(B) addresses the potential radicalization 
of prisoners in detention facilities operated by 
the United States in an area where the United 
States Armed Forces are conducting combat or 
peacekeeping operations, including detention fa-
cilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Æ 
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