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individuals requiring access to systems, facilities, personnel, 
information, or operations, of the Department of Defense, including 
with respect to the background investigations of covered foreign 
individuals requiring access to classified information. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the standards developed 
under paragraph (1) are consistent with relevant directives of the 
Security Executive Agent. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall designate an official of the Department 
of Defense to be responsible for executing the centralized process 
developed under paragraph (1) and adjudicating any information 
discovered pursuant to such process. 
‘‘(b) OTHER USES.—In addition to using the centralized process 
developed under subsection (a)(1) for covered foreign individuals, 
the Secretary may use the centralized process in determining 
whether to grant a security clearance to any individual with signifi-
cant foreign influence or foreign preference issues, in accordance 
with the adjudicative guidelines under part 147 of title 32, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or such successor regulation. 
‘‘(c) COVERED FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered foreign individual’ means an individual who meets 
the following criteria: 
‘‘(1) The individual is— 
‘‘(A) a national of a foreign state; 
‘‘(B) a national of the United States (as such term 
is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) and also a national of a foreign state; 
or 
‘‘(C) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence (as such term is defined in section 101 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)). 
‘‘(2) The individual is either— 
‘‘(A) a civilian employee of the Department of Defense 
or a contractor of the Department; or 
‘‘(B) a member of the armed forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1564a the following new item: 
‘‘1564b. Security vetting for foreign nationals.’’. 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and to any other appropriate 
congressional committee upon request, a briefing on— 
(A) the process developed under paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 1564b(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added 
by subsection (a); and 
(B) the official designated under paragraph (3) of such 
section 1564b(a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.
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(B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 1623. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE POLY-
GRAPH PROGRAM. 
(a) ADDITION OF DUAL-NATIONALS.—Subsection (b) of section 
1564a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) PERSONS COVERED.—Except as provided in subsection (d), 
the following persons are subject to this section: 
‘‘(1) With respect to persons whose duties are described 
in subsection (c)— 
‘‘(A) military and civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense; 
‘‘(B) personnel of defense contractors; 
‘‘(C) persons assigned or detailed to the Department 
of Defense; and 
‘‘(D) applicants for a position in the Department of 
Defense. 
‘‘(2) A person who is— 
‘‘(A) a national of the United States (as such term 
is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) and also a national of a foreign state; 
and 
‘‘(B) either— 
‘‘(i) a civilian employee or contractor who requires 
access to classified information; or 
‘‘(ii) a member of the armed forces who requires 
access to classified information.’’. 
(b) STANDARDS FOR DUAL-NATIONALS.—Subsection (e)(2) of such 
section is amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) With respect to persons described in subsection (b)(2), 
to assist in assessing any counterintelligence threats identified 
in an authorized investigation of foreign preference or foreign 
influence risks, as described in part 147 of title 32, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or such successor regulations.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘in subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in subsection (b)(1)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘in subsections (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘in subsections (b)(1)’’. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 1564a of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall be con-
strued to prohibit the granting of a security clearance to persons 
described in subsection (b)(2) of such section absent information 
relevant to the adjudication process, as described in part 147 of 
title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, or such successor regulations. 
SEC. 1624. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) STANDARDIZED BUSINESS PROCESS RULES.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than October 1, 2020, the 
Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, in 
coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) 
and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, shall
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develop and implement standardized business process rules 
for the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution 
process for the Military Intelligence Program. 
(2) TREATMENT OF DATA.—The Chief Management Officer 
shall develop the standardized business process rules under 
paragraph (1) in accordance with section 911 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91; 131 Stat. 1519; 10 U.S.C. 2222 note) and section 
2222(e)(6) of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) USE OF EXISTING SYSTEMS.—In developing the standard-
ized business process rules under paragraph (1), to the extent 
practicable, the Chief Management Officer shall use enterprise 
business systems of the Department of Defense in existence 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the Chief 
Management Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Intelligence shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report containing a plan 
to develop the standardized business process rules under para-
graph (1). 
(5) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees. 
(B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 239b. Certain intelligence-related programs: budget jus-
tification materials 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—In the 
budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support 
of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2021 and 
each fiscal year thereafter (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of Defense 
may not include in any single program element both funds made 
available under the Military Intelligence Program and funds made 
available outside of the Military Intelligence Program. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 231(f) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 231(f) of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 239a the following new item: 
‘‘239b. Certain intelligence-related programs: budget justification materials.’’. 
SEC. 1625. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL BRIEFING ON THE INTEL-
LIGENCE, 
SURVEILLANCE, 
AND 
RECONNAISSANCE 
REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1626 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
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Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3635), as amended by 
section 1624 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1732), is further 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) for the year preceding the year in which the briefing 
is provided— 
‘‘(i) the number of hours or amount of capacity of 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance requested by 
each commander of a combatant command, by specific intel-
ligence capability type; 
‘‘(ii) the number of such requests identified under 
clause (i) that the Joint Chiefs of Staff determined to 
be a validated requirement, including the number of hours 
or amount of capacity of such requests that were provided 
to each such commander; and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to such validated requirements, the 
number of hours or amount of capacity of intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance, by specific intelligence 
capability type, that the Joint Chiefs of Staff requested 
each military department to provide, and the number of 
such hours or the amount of such capacity so provided 
by each such military department; and’’. 
(b) CODIFICATION.—Such section 1626, as amended by sub-
section (a), is— 
(1) transferred to chapter 21 of title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) redesignated as subsection (c) of section 426 of such 
title. 
SEC. 1626. FRAMEWORK ON GOVERNANCE, MISSION MANAGEMENT, 
RESOURCING, AND EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF COMBAT 
SUPPORT AGENCIES THAT ARE ALSO ELEMENTS OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) FRAMEWORK REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with section 105 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3038), section 193 
of title 10, United States Code, and section 1018 of the National 
Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 
458; 50 U.S.C. 3023 note), the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop 
and establish in policy a framework and supporting processes 
within the Department of Defense to help ensure that the 
missions, roles, and functions of the combat support agencies 
of the Department of Defense that are also elements of the 
intelligence community, and other intelligence components of 
the Department, are appropriately balanced and resourced. 
(2) SCOPE.—The framework shall include a consistent, 
repeatable process for the evaluation of proposed additions, 
transfers, or eliminations of a mission, role, or functions and