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(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional intelligence communities. 
(2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 339. REPORT ON CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
and the congressional defense committees (as defined in 
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) a re-
port on the continuous evaluation of security clearances 
of employees, officers, and contractors of the intelligence 
community. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The status of the continuous evaluation pro-
gram of the intelligence community, including a 
timeline for the implementation of such program. 
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(2) A comparison of such program to the auto-
mated continuous evaluation system of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(3) Identification of any possible efficiencies 
that could be achieved by the intelligence community 
leveraging the automated continuous evaluation sys-
tem of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 340. REPORT ON STRATEGY, EFFORTS, AND RE-
SOURCES TO DETECT, DETER, AND DEGRADE 
ISLAMIC STATE REVENUE MECHANISMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the intelligence community should dedicate nec-
essary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of 
the Islamic State. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the intelligence committees a re-
port on the strategy, efforts, and resources of the intel-
ligence community that are necessary to detect, deter, and 
degrade the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State. 
SEC. 341. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION 
BETWEEN 
UNITED 
STATES, 
INDIA, 
AND 
ISRAEL. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
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shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report on possibilities for growing national security co-
operation between the United States, India, and Israel. 
SEC. 342. CYBER ATTACK STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT 
STUDY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a study 
to determine appropriate standards that— 
(1) can be used to measure the damage of cyber 
incidents for the purposes of determining the re-
sponse to such incidents; and 
(2) include a method for quantifying the dam-
age caused to affected computers, systems, and de-
vices. 
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent 
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Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives the initial findings of the study re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives a report containing the complete findings of 
such study. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 343. REPORT ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 365 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
committees specified in subsection (b) a report on wildlife 
trafficking. 
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(b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(3) Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate. 
(4) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(5) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(6) Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the major source, transit, 
and destination countries for wildlife trafficking 
products or their derivatives and how such products 
or derivatives are trafficked. 
(2) An assessment of the efforts of those coun-
tries identified as major source, transit, and destina-
tion countries to counter wildlife trafficking and to 
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adhere to their international treaty obligations relat-
ing to endangered or threatened species. 
(3) An assessment of critical vulnerabilities that 
can be used to counter wildlife trafficking. 
(4) An assessment of the extent of involvement 
of designated foreign terrorist organizations and 
transnational criminal organizations in wildlife traf-
ficking. 
(5) 
An 
assessment 
of 
key 
actors 
and 
facilitators, including government officials, that are 
supporting wildlife trafficking. 
(6) An assessment of the annual net worth of 
wildlife trafficking globally and the financial flows 
that enables wildlife trafficking. 
(7) An assessment of the impact of wildlife traf-
ficking on key wildlife populations. 
(8) An assessment of the effectiveness of efforts 
taken to date to counter wildlife trafficking. 
(9) An assessment of the effectiveness of capac-
ity-building efforts by the United States Govern-
ment. 
(10) An assessment of the impact of wildlife 
trafficking on the national security of the United 
States. 
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(11) An assessment of the level of coordination 
between United States intelligence and law enforce-
ment agencies on intelligence related to wildlife traf-
ficking, the capacity of those agencies to process and 
act on that intelligence effectively, existing barriers 
to effective coordination, and the degree to which 
relevant intelligence is shared with and acted upon 
by bilateral and multilateral law enforcement part-
ners. 
(12) An assessment of the gaps in intelligence 
capabilities to assess transnational wildlife traf-
ficking networks and steps currently being taken, in 
line with the Implementation Plan to the National 
Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, to rem-
edy such information gaps. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 344. REPORT ON TERRORIST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
committees specified in subsection (b) a report that rep-
resents the coordinated assessment of the intelligence 
community on terrorist use of social media. 
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(b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(3) Committee on Judiciary of the Senate. 
(4) Committee on Homeland and Government 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(5) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(6) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(7) Committee on Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
(8) Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of what role social media 
plays in radicalization in the United States and else-
where. 
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(2) An assessment of how terrorists and ter-
rorist organizations are using social media, including 
trends. 
(3) An assessment of the intelligence value of 
social media posts by terrorists and terrorist organi-
zations. 
(4) An assessment of the impact on the na-
tional security of the United States of the public 
availability of terrorist content on social media for 
fundraising, radicalization, and recruitment. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 345. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER-
RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 
AND DEFEAT ISIL, AL-QAEDA, AND THEIR AF-
FILIATED 
GROUPS, 
ASSOCIATED 
GROUPS, 
AND ADHERENTS. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive 
report on the United States counterterrorism strat-
egy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic 
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State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qaeda, and 
their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adher-
ents. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of De-
fense, and the head of any other department or 
agency of the United States Government that has 
responsibility for activities directed at combating 
ISIL, al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, associ-
ated groups, and adherents. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) A definition of— 
(i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of 
which known individuals constitute al- 
Qaeda core; 
(ii) ISIL, including a list of which 
known individuals constitute ISIL leader-
ship; 
(iii) an affiliated group of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a list of which known 
groups constitute an affiliate group of 
ISIL or al-Qaeda; 
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(iv) an associated group of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a list of which known 
groups constitute an associated group of 
ISIL or al-Qaeda; 
(v) an adherent of ISIL or al-Qaeda, 
including a list of which known groups 
constitute an adherent of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda; and 
(vi) a group aligned with ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a description of what ac-
tions a group takes or statements it makes 
that qualify it as a group aligned with 
ISIL or al-Qaeda. 
(B) An assessment of the relationship be-
tween all identified ISIL or al-Qaeda affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents with 
ISIL leadership or al-Qaeda core. 
(C) An assessment of the strengthening or 
weakening of ISIL or al-Qaeda, its affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents, from 
January 1, 2010, to the present, including a de-
scription of the metrics that are used to assess 
strengthening or weakening and an assessment 
of the relative increase or decrease in violent at-
tacks attributed to such entities. 
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(D) An assessment of whether or not an 
individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if 
such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan. 
(E) An assessment of whether or not an 
individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as 
well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated 
group, associated group, or adherent. 
(F) A definition of defeat of ISIL or core 
al-Qaeda. 
(G) An assessment of the extent or coordi-
nation, command, and control between ISIL or 
core al-Qaeda and their affiliated groups, asso-
ciated groups, and adherents, specifically ad-
dressing each such entity. 
(H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
counterterrorism operations against ISIL or 
core al-Qaeda, their affiliated groups, associated 
groups, and adherents, and whether such oper-
ations have had a sustained impact on the ca-
pabilities and effectiveness of ISIL or core al- 
Qaeda, 
their 
affiliated 
groups, 
associated 
groups, and adherents. 
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(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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