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SEC. 417. DESIGNATION OF SENATOR ROY BLUNT GEOSPATIAL 
LEARNING CENTER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Geospatial Learning Center in the Next 
NGA West facility in St. Louis, Missouri, shall after the date 
of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
‘‘Senator Roy Blunt Geospatial Learning Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
Geospatial Learning Center in the Next NGA West facility referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
‘‘Senator Roy Blunt Geospatial Learning Center’’. 
TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO 
OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 501. HARMONIZATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES IN THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.— 
(1) THREATS RELATING TO PERSONNEL ACTIONS.— 
(A) AGENCY
EMPLOYEES.—Section 1104(b) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(b)) is 
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Any employee of an agency’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Any employee of a covered intelligence 
community element or an agency’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or threaten to take or fail to 
take,’’ after ‘‘take or fail to take’’. 
(B) CONTRACTOR
EMPLOYEES.—Section 1104(c)(1) of 
such Act (50 U.S.C. 3234(c)(1)) is amended, in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or threaten 
to take or fail to take,’’ after ‘‘take or fail to take’’. 
(2) PROTECTION
FOR
CONTRACTOR
EMPLOYEES
AGAINST 
REPRISAL FROM AGENCY EMPLOYEES.—Section 1104(c)(1) of such 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3234(c)(1)), as amended by paragraph (1)(B) 
of this subsection, is further amended, in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘of an agency or’’ after ‘‘Any 
employee’’. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (d) of section 1104 of such 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—The President shall provide for the 
enforcement of this section consistent, to the fullest extent possible, 
with the policies and procedures used to adjudicate alleged viola-
tions of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) RETALIATORY REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES AND 
ACCESS DETERMINATIONS.— 
(1) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 3001(j) of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
3341(j)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) ENFORCEMENT.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
subsection, the President shall provide for the enforcement 
of this section consistent, to the fullest extent possible, with
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the policies and procedures used to adjudicate alleged violations 
of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(2) TOLLING
OF
DEADLINE
FOR
APPEAL
OF
PROHIBITED 
REPRISAL.—Section 3001(j)(4) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(4)) 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(except as pro-
vided by subparagraph (D))’’ after ‘‘within 90 days’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) TOLLING.—The time requirement established by 
subparagraph (A) for an employee or former employee to 
appeal the decision of an agency may be tolled if the 
employee or former employee presents substantial credible 
evidence showing why the employee or former employee 
did not timely initiate the appeal and why the enforcement 
of the time requirement would be unfair, such as evidence 
showing that the employee or former employee— 
‘‘(i) did not receive notice of the decision; or 
‘‘(ii) could not timely initiate the appeal because 
of factors beyond the control of the employee or former 
employee.’’. 
(c) 
CORRECTION
OF
DEFINITION
OF
AGENCY.—Section 
3001(a)(1)(B) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or’’. 
(d) ESTABLISHING CONSISTENCY WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTIONS 
FOR DISCLOSURES OF MISMANAGEMENT.— 
(1) SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ACCESS DETERMINATIONS.— 
Section 3001(j)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(1)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘gross mis-
management’’ and inserting ‘‘mismanagement’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘gross mis-
management’’ and inserting ‘‘mismanagement’’. 
(2) 
PERSONNEL
ACTIONS
AGAINST
CONTRACTOR 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 1104(c)(1)(B) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘gross 
mismanagement’’ and inserting ‘‘mismanagement’’. 
(e) PROTECTED DISCLOSURES TO SUPERVISORS.— 
(1) PERSONNEL ACTIONS.— 
(A) DISCLOSURES
BY
AGENCY
EMPLOYEES
TO
SUPER-
VISORS.—Section 1104(b) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234(b)), as amended by subsection 
(a)(1)(A), is further amended, in the matter preceding para-
graph (1), by inserting ‘‘a supervisor in the employee’s 
direct chain of command, or a supervisor of the employing 
agency with responsibility for the subject matter of the 
disclosure, up to and including’’ before ‘‘the head of the 
employing agency’’. 
(B) DISCLOSURES BY CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES TO SUPER-
VISORS.—Section 
1104(c)(1) 
of 
such 
Act 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3234(c)(1)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘a supervisor in the contractor employee’s direct 
chain of command, or a supervisor of the contracting agency 
with responsibility for the subject matter of the disclosure,
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up to and including’’ before ‘‘the head of the contracting 
agency’’. 
(2) SECURITY CLEARANCE AND ACCESS DETERMINATIONS.— 
Section 3001(j)(1)(A) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(1)(A)) is amended, 
in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘a supervisor 
in the employee’s direct chain of command, or a supervisor 
of the employing agency with responsibility for the subject 
matter of the disclosure, up to and including’’ before ‘‘the head 
of the employing agency’’. 
(f) ESTABLISHING PARITY FOR PROTECTED DISCLOSURES.—Sec-
tion 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), as amended by subsections (a)(1)(A) 
and (e)(1)(A)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving such subpara-
graphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; 
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as 
redesignated and moved by subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph, by striking ‘‘for a lawful disclosure’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) any lawful disclosure’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) any lawful disclosure that complies with— 
‘‘(A) subsections (a)(1), (d), and (g) of section 8H of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); 
‘‘(B) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (H) of section 17(d)(5) 
of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3517(d)(5)); or 
‘‘(C) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of section 
103H(k)(5); or 
‘‘(3) if the actions do not result in the employee unlawfully 
disclosing information specifically required by Executive order 
to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or 
the conduct of foreign affairs, any lawful disclosure in conjunc-
tion with— 
‘‘(A) the exercise of any appeal, complaint, or grievance 
right granted by any law, rule, or regulation; 
‘‘(B) testimony for or otherwise lawfully assisting any 
individual in the exercise of any right referred to in 
subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(C) cooperation with or disclosing information to the 
Inspector General of an agency, in accordance with 
applicable provisions of law in connection with an audit, 
inspection, or investigation conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), as amended by subsections (a), 
(d)(2), and (e)(1)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses, 
as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated 
and moved by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by 
striking ‘‘for a lawful disclosure’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘for— 
‘‘(A) any lawful disclosure’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) any lawful disclosure that complies with— 
‘‘(i) subsections (a)(1), (d), and (g) of section 8H of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); 
‘‘(ii) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (H) of section 17(d)(5) 
of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3517(d)(5)); or 
‘‘(iii) subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of section 
103H(k)(5); or 
‘‘(C) if the actions do not result in the contractor employee 
unlawfully disclosing information specifically required by 
Executive order to be kept classified in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs, any lawful disclosure 
in conjunction with— 
‘‘(i) the exercise of any appeal, complaint, or grievance 
right granted by any law, rule, or regulation; 
‘‘(ii) testimony for or otherwise lawfully assisting any 
individual in the exercise of any right referred to in clause 
(i); or 
‘‘(iii) cooperation with or disclosing information to the 
Inspector General of an agency, in accordance with 
applicable provisions of law in connection with an audit, 
inspection, or investigation conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral.’’. 
(g) CLARIFICATION RELATING
TO PROTECTED DISCLOSURES.— 
Section 1104 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) 
is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
(f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Consistent with the protection 
of intelligence sources and methods, nothing in subsection (b) or 
(c) shall be construed to authorize— 
‘‘(1) the withholding of information from Congress; or 
‘‘(2) the taking of any personnel action against an employee 
who lawfully discloses information to Congress. 
‘‘(e) DISCLOSURES.—A disclosure shall not be excluded from 
this section because— 
‘‘(1) the disclosure was made to an individual, including 
a supervisor, who participated in an activity that the employee 
reasonably believed to be covered under subsection (b)(1)(B) 
or the contractor employee reasonably believed to be covered 
under subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii); 
‘‘(2) the disclosure revealed information that had been pre-
viously disclosed; 
‘‘(3) the disclosure was not made in writing; 
‘‘(4) the disclosure was made while the employee was off 
duty; 
‘‘(5) of the amount of time which has passed since the 
occurrence of the events described in the disclosure; or 
‘‘(6) the disclosure was made during the normal course 
of duties of an employee or contractor employee.’’. 
(h) CORRECTION RELATING TO NORMAL COURSE DISCLOSURES.— 
Section 3001(j)(3) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(3)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘DISCLOSURES.—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘because—’’ and inserting ‘‘DISCLOSURES.—A disclosure 
shall not be excluded from paragraph (1) because—’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(3) by redesignating clauses (i) through (v) as subpara-
graphs (A) through (E), respectively, and moving such subpara-
graphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; 
(4) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(5) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by paragraph 
(3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) the disclosure was made during the normal course 
of duties of an employee.’’. 
(i) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Sec-
tion 3001(j)(2) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
clearance action’’ after ‘‘personnel action’’. 
(j) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO PROHIBITED PRACTICES.—Sec-
tion 3001(j)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(j)(1)), as amended by this section, 
is further amended by striking ‘‘over’’ and inserting ‘‘to take, direct 
others to take, recommend, or approve’’. 
(k) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 3001(j)(1)(C)(i) of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 
U.S.C. 3341(j)(1)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘(h)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(g)’’. 
(l) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intel-
ligence Community shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report assessing the extent to which protections pro-
vided under Presidential Policy Directive 19 (relating to protecting 
whistleblowers with access to classified information) have been 
codified in statutes. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITIES REGARDING WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS 
AND INFORMATION OF URGENT CONCERN RECEIVED BY 
INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE MATTERS OF URGENT CONCERN.—Sec-
tion 103H(k)(5)(G) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3033(k)(5)(G)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as subclauses 
(I), (II), and (III), respectively; 
(2) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated 
by paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘In this’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) Within the executive branch, the Inspector General shall 
have sole authority to determine whether any complaint or informa-
tion reported to the Inspector General is a matter of urgent concern 
under this paragraph.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL TO DETERMINE MAT-
TERS OF URGENT CONCERN.—Subsection (h) of section 8H of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating paragraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively (and indenting 
such clauses accordingly); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively (and indenting such subpara-
graphs accordingly); 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘In this’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Within the executive branch, an Inspector General to whom 
any complaint or information is reported under this section shall 
have sole authority to determine whether the complaint or informa-
tion is a matter of urgent concern under this section.’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY TO DETERMINE MATTERS OF URGENT CONCERN.— 
Section 17(d)(5)(G) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
(50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)(G)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and 
(III) as items (aa), (bb), and (cc), respectively (and indenting 
such items accordingly); 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) 
and (II), respectively (and indenting such subclauses accord-
ingly); 
(3) in the matter preceding clause (I), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘In this’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) Within the executive branch, the Inspector General shall 
have sole authority to determine whether any complaint or informa-
tion reported to the Inspector General is a matter of urgent concern 
under this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 503. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF 
FUNDING FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 504(a) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) those funds were specifically authorized by Congress 
for use for such intelligence or intelligence-related activities; 
or’’. 
SEC. 504. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CONTROLLED ACCESS PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
501 the following new section (and conforming the table of contents 
at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 501A. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CONTROLLED ACCESS 
PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PERIODIC BRIEFINGS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not less frequently than semiannually 
or upon request by one of the appropriate congressional commit-
tees or a member of congressional leadership, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall provide to such committees and 
congressional leadership a briefing on each controlled access 
program in effect. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each briefing provided under paragraph 
(1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
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‘‘(A) A description of the activity of the controlled access 
programs during the period covered by the briefing. 
‘‘(B) Documentation with respect to how the controlled 
access programs have achieved outcomes consistent with 
requirements 
documented 
by 
the 
Director 
and, 
as 
applicable, the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT.—A head of an element 
of the intelligence community may not establish a controlled access 
program, or a compartment or subcompartment therein, until the 
head notifies the appropriate congressional committees and congres-
sional leadership of such controlled access program, compartment, 
or subcompartment, as the case may be. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—On an annual basis, the head of each 
element of the intelligence community shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and congressional leader-
ship a report on controlled access programs administered by 
the head. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the period covered 
by the report, the following: 
‘‘(A) A list of all compartments and subcompartments 
of controlled access programs active as of the date of the 
report. 
‘‘(B) A list of all compartments and subcompartments 
of controlled access programs terminated during the period 
covered by the report. 
‘‘(C) With respect to the report submitted by the 
Director of National Intelligence, in addition to the matters 
specified in clauses (A) and (B)— 
‘‘(i) a certification regarding whether the creation, 
validation, or substantial modification, including termi-
nation, for all existing and proposed controlled access 
programs, and the compartments and subcompart-
ments within each, are substantiated and justified 
based on the information required by clause (ii); and 
‘‘(ii) for each certification— 
‘‘(I) the rationale for the revalidation, valida-
tion, or substantial modification, including termi-
nation, of each controlled access program, compart-
ment, and subcompartment; 
‘‘(II) the identification of a control officer for 
each controlled access program; and 
‘‘(III) a statement of protection requirements 
for each controlled access program. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the congressional intelligence committees; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
and 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘congressional 
leadership’ means— 
‘‘(A) the majority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the minority leader of the Senate;
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‘‘(C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(D) the minority leader of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(3) CONTROLLED ACCESS PROGRAM.—The term ‘controlled 
access program’ means a program created or managed pursuant 
to Intelligence Community Directive 906, or successor direc-
tive.’’. 
(b) FIRST REPORTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the head of each element of 
the intelligence community shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and congressional leadership a report 
on all controlled access programs of the element in effect. 
(2) MATTERS ADDRESSED.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall address, for each controlled access program covered 
by the report, the following: 
(A) Date of initial operational capability. 
(B) Rationale. 
(C) Annual level of funding. 
(D) Current operational use. 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall provide to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees and congressional leadership a briefing on all controlled 
access programs established during the 3-year period preceding 
such date of enactment that have not been previously briefed 
to such committees and leadership. 
(2) LIMITATION.—If the Director does not carry out para-
graph (1) by the date specified in that paragraph, no funds 
may be obligated or expended by an element of the intelligence 
community to carry out a controlled access program described 
in that paragraph, or a compartment or subcompartment 
therein, until the head of that element has provided to the 
appropriate congressional committees and congressional leader-
ship a briefing on the controlled access program. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’, ‘‘congressional leadership’’, and ‘‘con-
trolled access programs’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 501A of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(e) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Section 608 of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 
115–31; 131 Stat. 833; 50 U.S.C. 3315) is amended by striking 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 505. ANNUAL REPORTS ON DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department 
of Homeland Security conduct vital work in enforcing the rule 
of law and safeguarding the people of the United States from 
harm; 
(2) the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3638) sought to facilitate
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greater information sharing between law enforcement and intel-
ligence communities for the purpose of thwarting attacks on 
the homeland from international terrorist organizations; 
(3) National Intelligence Program funds should be expended 
only in support of intelligence activities with a foreign nexus, 
consistent with the definition of ‘‘intelligence’’ provided by Con-
gress in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003); and 
(4) the intelligence community should not engage in the 
collection, assessment, or analysis of information that pertains 
exclusively to United States persons absent a foreign nexus. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Title V of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section (and conforming the table of contents 
at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 513. ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
‘‘(a) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31 of each year, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report— 
‘‘(1) identifying all domestic activities undertaken by each 
element of the intelligence community during the prior fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(2) for each activity identified under paragraph (1), a 
statement of the legal authority authorizing such activity to 
be undertaken. 
‘‘(b) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.’’. 
(c) FIRST REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the first 
report required under section 513 of the National Security Act 
of 1947, as added by subsection (a). 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(2) the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies and the Subcommittees on Homeland Security 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 506. REPORTS RELATING TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) REPORT ON RESPONSES BY INSPECTOR GENERAL TO SUBSTAN-
TIATED ALLEGATIONS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on allegations of reprisal or abuse of 
authority determined to be substantiated by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Defense Intelligence Agency during the 5-year period 
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include, with respect to each allegation determined to 
be substantiated during the 5-year period specified in such 
paragraph, a description of the following:
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(A) Details of each substantiated allegation. 
(B) The rank or grade of the individuals involved in 
the allegation. 
(C) Any disciplinary action recommended by the 
Inspector General in response to the allegation, or, if the 
Inspector General recommended no disciplinary action be 
taken in response, any justification for such recommenda-
tion. 
(D) Any disciplinary action taken by the relevant man-
ager of the Defense Intelligence Agency in response to 
the allegation. 
(E) Whether the relevant manager reduced, or declined 
to take, a disciplinary action recommended by the Inspector 
General in response to the allegation. 
(F) Any justification from the relevant manager 
regarding the decision to take, reduce, or decline to take, 
a disciplinary action recommended by the Inspector Gen-
eral in response to the allegation. 
(G) The process by which Defense Intelligence Agency 
management reviews and makes decisions regarding dis-
ciplinary actions in response to substantiated allegations, 
including— 
(i) the criteria applied by management in making 
the decision to take, reduce, or decline to take, a dis-
ciplinary action; 
(ii) a description of which managers have the 
authority to make such decisions, including the rank 
or grade of the managers; and 
(iii) a description of any formal or informal appeals 
processes available with respect to such decisions. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(b) REPORT ON PROCESSES FOR ENSURING INDEPENDENCE OF 
INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the Council of the Inspectors General on Integ-
rity and Efficiency established under section 11 of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) a report on the processes 
of the Defense Intelligence Agency for ensuring the independ-
ence of the position of the Inspector General of the Defense 
Intelligence Agency. 
(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall include a description of the following: 
(A) The selection criteria used by the Director in the 
appointment of the Inspector General. 
(B) The methods used by the Director to ensure the 
independence of the position of the Inspector General, 
including— 
(i) the process for vetting candidates for such posi-
tion for independence from leadership of the Defense 
Intelligence Agency and from officials occupying posi-
tions in the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive 
Service; and 
(ii) the process for evaluating such candidates for 
conflicts of interest.
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(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) ASSESSMENT BY COUNCIL OF INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEG-
RITY AND EFFICIENCY.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Council of the Inspectors 
General on Integrity and Efficiency shall— 
(A) conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
selection criteria and methods specified in subsection (b)(2) 
with respect to the position of the Inspector General of 
the Defense Intelligence Agency; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report containing the results of such assessment. 
(2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1)(B) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(2) the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
TITLE VI—ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCI-
DENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE 
MATTERS 
SEC. 601. COMPENSATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR CER-
TAIN MEDICAL OFFICERS OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY. 
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), as amended by section 411, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 27. COMPENSATION AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR CER-
TAIN MEDICAL OFFICERS. 
‘‘(a) OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES.—There is in the Agency 
an Office of Medical Services. 
‘‘(b) COMPENSATION.—Beginning not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2022, each medical officer of the Office of Medical 
Services who meets the qualifications under subsection (c) shall 
be compensated during a pay period pursuant to a pay range 
that is equal to the pay range published in the Federal Register 
pursuant to section 7431(e)(1)(C) of title 38, United States Code 
(for the corresponding pay period), for a physician in the Veterans 
Health Administration in the District of Columbia region with 
a medical subspecialty that is the equivalent of the medical sub-
specialty of the officer. 
‘‘(c) CLINICAL PRACTICE QUALIFICATIONS.—A medical officer 
meets the qualifications under this subsection if the officer provides 
direct care services to patients in connection with the official duties 
of the officer and— 
‘‘(1) maintains current, active, full, and unrestricted licen-
sure or registration as a physician from a State, the District
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of Columbia, or a commonwealth or territory of the United 
States; 
‘‘(2) holds active board certification and maintains accredi-
tation in an American Board of Medical Specialties direct care 
clinical specialty; and 
‘‘(3) except as provided in subsection (d), maintains a min-
imum of 96 hours per year of clinical practice in an accredited 
clinic or hospital facility that is not affiliated with the Central 
Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(d) EXCEPTION FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE.—If a medical officer 
is a medical officer located in a duty station outside of the United 
States pursuant to a permanent change of station and greater 
than 50 percent of the official duties of the officer in such duty 
station involve direct patient care, the officer, in lieu of performing 
the minimum hours under subsection (c)(3) on an annual basis, 
may count up to 480 hours of clinical practice performed as specified 
in such subsection prior to such change of station, to fulfill in 
advance the requirement under such subsection for up to 3 years. 
‘‘(e) CLINICAL PRACTICE HOURS.—The head of the Office of 
Medical Services shall make available to medical officers excused 
absence time to allow for the maintenance of clinical practice hours 
in accordance with subsection (c)(3).’’. 
SEC. 602. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), as amended by section 601, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 28. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish within the 
Agency a medical advisory board (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Board’). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct a study on the Office of Medical Services 
of the Agency, and submit reports regarding such study, in 
accordance with subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) upon request, provide advice and guidance in connec-
tion with any independent review of the Office conducted by 
an inspector general. 
‘‘(c) STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—In conducting the study under subsection 
(b)(1), the Board shall seek to— 
‘‘(A) contribute to the modernization and reform of 
the Office of Medical Services; 
‘‘(B) ensure that the activities of the Office are of 
the highest professional quality; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that all medical care provided by the Office 
is provided in accordance with the highest professional 
medical standards. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Board shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees, in writing— 
‘‘(A) interim reports on the study; and 
‘‘(B) a final report on the study, which shall— 
‘‘(i) set forth in detail the findings of the study 
and the recommendations of the Board, based on such 
findings and taking into consideration the objectives
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under paragraph (1), regarding any changes to the 
activities of the Office of Medical Services; and 
‘‘(ii) include, as applicable, any additional or dis-
senting views submitted by a member of the Board. 
‘‘(d) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Board shall be com-
posed of 9 members, appointed as follows: 
‘‘(A) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(B) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(C) 1 member appointed by the majority leader of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(D) 1 member appointed by the minority leader of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(E) 1 member appointed by the Chairman of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives. 
‘‘(F) 1 member appointed by the ranking minority 
member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(G) 1 member appointed by the Chairman of the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
‘‘(H) 1 member appointed by the Vice Chairman of 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
‘‘(I) 1 member appointed by the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON.—During the first meeting under sub-
section (e)(1), the members of the Board shall elect a Chair-
person of the Board. In addition to meeting the criteria under 
paragraph (3), the Chairperson may not be an employee, or 
former employee, of the Agency. 
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The members appointed under paragraph 
(1) shall meet the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) Each member shall be a recognized expert in 
at least 1 medical field, as demonstrated by appropriate 
credentials. 
‘‘(B) Each member shall possess significant and diverse 
medical experience, including clinical experience. 
‘‘(C) Each member shall be eligible to hold an appro-
priate security clearance. 
‘‘(4) TERMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member, including the Chair-
person, shall be appointed or elected, as applicable, for 
the life of the Board. 
‘‘(B) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Board occurring 
prior to the expiration of the term under subparagraph 
(A) shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment or election was made. 
‘‘(5) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), each member of the Board, including the Chair-
person, may be compensated at not to exceed the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for 
a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day
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during which that member is engaged in the actual 
performance of the duties under subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members 
of the Board, including the Chairperson, who are officers 
or employees of the United States shall receive no addi-
tional pay by reason of the service of the member on 
the Board. 
‘‘(C) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Board, 
including the Chairperson, while away from the home or 
regular places of business of the member in the perform-
ance of services for the Board, may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 
5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(6) DETAILEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Upon request of the Board, the 
Director of National Intelligence may detail to the Board, 
without reimbursement from the Board, any of the per-
sonnel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
to assist in carrying out the duties under subsection (b). 
Any such detailed personnel shall retain the rights, status, 
and privileges of the regular employment of the personnel 
without interruption. 
‘‘(B) CLEARANCE.—Any personnel detailed to the Board 
under subparagraph (A) shall possess a security clearance 
in accordance with applicable laws and regulations con-
cerning the handling of classified information. 
‘‘(e) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(1) BOARD MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not less fre-
quently than on a quarterly basis. 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS.—The Board shall meet with 
the congressional intelligence committees on a biannual basis. 
‘‘(f) INFORMATION ACCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Board may secure directly from any department or agency 
of the United States Government information necessary to 
enable it to carry out the duties under subsection (b) and, 
upon request of the Chairperson of the Board, the head of 
that department or agency shall furnish such information to 
the Board. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Director (without delegation) may 
deny a request for information made by the Board pursuant 
to paragraph (1), regardless of the agency from which such 
information is requested. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—If the Director denies 
a request under paragraph (2), not later than 15 days after 
the date of such denial, the Director shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a written notification of such 
denial. 
‘‘(4) BRIEFINGS.—The Director shall ensure that the Board 
receives comprehensive briefings on all activities of the Office 
of Medical Services, including by promptly scheduling such 
briefings at the request of the Board. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—The Board shall terminate on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the first meeting of the Board.
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‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘congressional 
intelligence committees’ and ‘intelligence community’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENTS; FIRST MEETINGS.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENTS.—Each member of the 
medical advisory board established under section 28 of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (as added by subsection 
(a)), including the Chairperson, shall be appointed or elected, 
as applicable, in accordance with subsection (d) of such section 
by not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) FIRST BOARD MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after 
the first date on which at least 5 members of the Board 
described in paragraph (1) hold the security clearance and 
are able to access information in accordance with subsection 
(d)(3)(C) of such section 28, the Board shall meet. During such 
meeting, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 
provide to the Board a comprehensive briefing on all aspects 
of the Office of Medical Services of the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
(3) FIRST
MEETING
WITH
CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the briefing under paragraph (2), the 
Board described in such paragraph shall meet with the staff 
members of the congressional intelligence committees to discuss 
topics for the Board to examine in carrying out the duties 
under subsection (b) of such section 28. 
SEC. 
603. 
CLARIFICATION 
OF 
EFFECT 
OF 
CERTAIN 
BENEFITS 
RELATING TO INJURIES TO THE BRAIN. 
(a) PERSONNEL OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.—Section 
19A(d) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3519b(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) NO
EFFECT
ON
OTHER
BENEFITS.—Payments made 
under paragraph (2) are supplemental to any other benefit 
furnished by the United States Government for which a covered 
dependent, covered employee, or covered individual is entitled, 
and the receipt of such payments may not affect the eligibility 
of such a person to any other benefit furnished by the United 
States Government.’’. 
(b) PERSONNEL OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Section 901(i) of 
title IX of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) NO
EFFECT
ON
OTHER
BENEFITS.—Payments made 
under paragraph (2) are supplemental to any other benefit 
furnished by the United States Government for which a covered 
dependent, dependent of a former employee, covered employee, 
former employee, or covered individual is entitled, and the 
receipt of such payments may not affect the eligibility of such 
a person to any other benefit furnished by the United States 
Government.’’.
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SEC. 604. ACCESS TO CERTAIN FACILITIES OF UNITED STATES 
GOVERNMENT FOR ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALOUS HEALTH 
CONDITIONS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Director of National Intelligence shall 
ensure that the elements of the intelligence community provide 
to individuals described in subsection (c) who are experiencing 
symptoms of anomalous health conditions timely access for medical 
assessment to facilities of the United States Government with exper-
tise in traumatic brain injury. 
(b) PROCESS FOR ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence shall coordi-
nate with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of such Federal 
agencies as the Director considers appropriate to ensure that, by 
not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, there is a process to provide the individuals described in 
subsection (c) with timely access to the National Intrepid Center 
of Excellence, an Intrepid Spirit Center, or an appropriate medical 
treatment facility for assessment as described in subsection (a) 
and, if necessary, treatment. 
(c) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—The individuals described in this 
subsection are employees of elements of the intelligence community 
and the dependents or other immediate family members of such 
employees. 
SEC. 605. REPORT ON PROTOCOLS FOR CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY EMPLOYEES AND DEPENDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall develop, for 
uniform implementation across the elements of the intelligence 
community, each of the protocols described in subsections (c) 
through (f). Such protocols shall be subject to review and revision 
on a periodic basis, and any implementation of such protocols shall 
be conducted in accordance with applicable laws and current clinical 
and professional practices of the interagency medical community. 
(b) PRIVACY.—No data collected pursuant to any protocol under 
this section may be used for research or analytical purposes without 
the written consent of the individual from whom such data was 
collected with respect to such use. 
(c) PROTOCOL ON BASELINE MEDICAL TESTING.—The protocol 
described in this subsection is a protocol for conducting voluntary 
baseline medical testing of covered employees, covered individuals, 
and the dependents of covered employees who are included on 
the overseas travel orders of the covered employee. Such protocol 
shall set forth the required elements of such baseline medical 
testing, such as— 
(1) standard lab collection and testing of relevant biofluids; 
(2) the conduct of relevant visual and auditory examina-
tions; 
(3) the conduct of Acquired Brain Injury Tool assessments, 
or other relevant assessments for balance, eye motion, and 
cognition; 
(4) the assessment of relevant medical histories; and 
(5) the conduct of any other standard relevant medical 
or neurological examinations, testing, or assessments. 
(d) PROTOCOLS
ON POST-INCIDENT MEDICAL TESTING.—The 
protocols described in this subsection are protocols to enable vol-
untary medical testing and the coordination of treatment for covered
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employees, covered individuals, and the dependents of covered 
employees, following a reported anomalous health incident, such 
as— 
(1) a protocol that sets forth elements, similar to the ele-
ments described in subsection (c), of such testing; 
(2) a protocol pertaining to the voluntary testing and treat-
ment for victims of anomalous health incidents who are chil-
dren; 
(3) a protocol for ensuring that all victims of anomalous 
health incidents receive access to prompt and consistent medical 
treatment, including from medical professionals holding appro-
priate security clearances and medical professionals with exper-
tise in child care; 
(4) a protocol for ensuring that all victims of anomalous 
health incidents are offered options for psychological treatment 
for the effects of such incidents; and 
(5) a protocol for ensuring that any testing, evaluation, 
or collection of biofluids or other samples following a reported 
anomalous health incident may be compared against the base-
line for the victim of the anomalous health incident, to the 
extent the individual participated in the baseline medical 
testing, consistent with subsections (b) and (c). 
(e) PROTOCOL
ON INFORMATION COLLECTION, STORAGE, AND 
SAFEGUARDING.—The protocol described in this subsection is a pro-
tocol for the collection, storage, and safeguarding of information 
acquired as a result of the protocols described in subsections (c) 
and (d). 
(f) PROTOCOL
ON
REPORTING
MECHANISMS.—The protocol 
described in this subsection is a protocol for the reporting of matters 
relating to anomalous health incidents by covered employees, cov-
ered individuals, and the dependents of covered employees, 
including the development of a system for the adjudication of com-
plaints regarding medical treatment received by such covered 
employees, covered individuals, and dependents of covered 
employees. 
(g) REPORT AND BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the protocols described in subsections (c) through 
(f). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Such report shall include the following ele-
ments: 
(A) A copy of each protocol under this section. 
(B) A description of the following: 
(i) Any interagency agreements, authorities, or 
policies required to effectively implement the protocols 
under this section. 
(ii) Any new facilities, medical equipment, tools, 
training, or other resources required to effectively 
implement such protocols. 
(C) A timeline for the implementation of the protocols 
under 
this 
section, 
including 
a 
proposal 
for 
the 
prioritization of implementation with respect to various 
categories of covered employees and the dependents of cov-
ered employees.
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(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days following the date 
of submission of the report under paragraph (1), and biannually 
thereafter, the Director shall provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a briefing regarding the implementation of 
the protocols under this section. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered employee’’ 
means an individual who is an employee, assignee, or detailee 
of an element of the intelligence community. 
(3) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered individual’’ 
means a contractor to an element of the intelligence community. 
(4) DEPENDENT
OF
A
COVERED
EMPLOYEE.—The term 
‘‘dependent of a covered employee’’ means, with respect to a 
covered employee, a family member (including a child), as 
defined by the Director of National Intelligence. 
(5) VICTIM OF AN ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENT.—The term 
‘‘victim of an anomalous health incident’’ means a covered 
employee, covered individual, or dependent of a covered 
employee, who is, or is suspected to have been, affected by 
an anomalous health incident. 
SEC. 606. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
INSPECTION OF OFFICE OF MEDICAL SERVICES. 
(a) INSPECTION.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, in coordination with, and with the support 
of, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report con-
taining an inspection of the responsibilities, authorities, resources, 
and performance of the Office of Medical Services of the Central 
Intelligence Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The inspection under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed description of the responsibilities and 
authorities of the Office, as set forth in Federal law and any 
applicable regulation, policy, or other document of the Central 
Intelligence Agency. 
(2) A detailed description of the budgetary, human, and 
other resources available to the Office, including with respect 
to employees and any other personnel. 
(3) An assessment of the ability of the Office to consistently 
discharge the responsibilities of the Office, with an emphasis 
on the provision of medical treatment and care by personnel 
of the Office, including with respect to— 
(A) the roles of personnel of the Office, and of senior 
officials of the Agency outside of the Office, in determining 
what medical evaluation, treatment, and care should be 
provided in a particular case, including the provision of 
specialty care by medical personnel outside of the Office; 
(B) whether personnel of the Office consistently provide 
appropriate and high-quality medical treatment and care
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in accordance with standards set independently by the 
professional medical community; 
(C) whether the Office has sufficient human and other 
resources, including personnel with specialized background, 
qualifications, or expertise, to consistently provide high- 
quality medical treatment and care in accordance with 
standards set independently by the professional medical 
community; 
(D) whether personnel of the Office, including per-
sonnel claiming specialized medical backgrounds and exper-
tise, are required by the Agency to maintain current board 
certifications or other certifications and licenses, and the 
extent to which the Office verifies such certifications and 
licenses; 
(E) the extent to which the Office makes consistent 
and effective use of the specialized medical background, 
qualifications, and expertise of the personnel of the Office 
in providing medical treatment and care; 
(F) an assessment of whether personnel of the Office 
who provide medical treatment and care, or who make 
decisions with respect to such treatment or care, are 
required to have extensive clinical or other experience in 
directly treating patients, including in areas requiring 
specialized background, qualifications, or expertise; 
(G) any factors that have frustrated or delayed the 
provision of medical treatment and care by personnel of 
the Office in significant cases; and 
(H) any factors that have frustrated or could frustrate 
prompt detection, effective oversight, and swift remediation 
of problems within the Office, including such factors that 
frustrate or delay the provision of medical treatment and 
care in significant cases. 
(c) INDEPENDENT ADVICE.—In conducting the inspection under 
subsection (a), the Inspector General may obtain the advice of 
the medical advisory board established under section 28 of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (as added by section 602). 
(d) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in an unclassified form to the extent practicable, consistent with 
the protection of intelligence sources and methods, but may include 
a classified annex. 
TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING TO 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to China 
SEC. 701. UPDATES TO ANNUAL REPORTS ON INFLUENCE OPERATIONS 
AND CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE CHINESE 
COMMUNIST PARTY. 
Section 1107(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3237(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new para-
graph:
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‘‘(9) A listing of all known Chinese talent recruitment pro-
grams operating in the United States as of the date of the 
report.’’. 
SEC. 702. ASSESSMENT OF GENOMIC COLLECTION BY CHINA. 
(a) ASSESSMENT SUBMITTED TO CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the heads of other entities of 
the United States Government the Director determines appro-
priate, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
an assessment of the plans, intentions, capabilities, and 
resources of China devoted to biotechnology, and the objectives 
underlying those plans, intentions, capabilities, and resources. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall 
include— 
(A) a detailed analysis of efforts undertaken by China 
to acquire foreign-origin biotechnology, research and 
development, and genetic information, including technology 
owned by United States companies, research by United 
States institutions, and the genetic information of United 
States citizens; 
(B) identification of China-based organizations con-
ducting or directing efforts described in subparagraph (A), 
including information about the ties between those 
organizations and the Chinese government, the Chinese 
Communist Party, or the People’s Liberation Army; and 
(C) a detailed analysis of the resources of the intel-
ligence community devoted to biotechnology, including syn-
thetic biology and genomic-related issues, and a plan to 
improve understanding of these issues and ensure the intel-
ligence community has the requisite expertise. 
(3) FORM.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(b) ASSESSMENT SUBMITTED TO CERTAIN OTHER COMMITTEES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the heads of other entities of 
the United States Government the Director determines appro-
priate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees an assessment of the plans, intentions, capabilities, and 
resources of China devoted to biotechnology, and the objectives 
underlying those plans, intentions, capabilities, and resources. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by paragraph (1) 
shall include the elements described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (a)(2). 
(3) FORM.—The assessment under paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form. 
(4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 703. REPORT ON THREAT POSED BY EMERGING CHINESE TECH-
NOLOGY COMPANIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intel-
ligence and Analysis and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and consistent with the protection of intelligence 
sources and methods, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the threat to the economic and security 
interests of the United States posed by emerging Chinese technology 
companies. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the threat to the economic and secu-
rity interests of the United States posed by emerging Chinese 
technology companies, including with respect to— 
(A) the practices of such companies and the relation-
ships of such companies to the government of China and 
the Chinese Communist Party; 
(B) the extent to which such companies benefit from 
government financing or contracting vehicles outside of 
China; 
(C) the extent to which such companies facilitate the 
targeting of dissidents and other vulnerable populations; 
(D) the market penetration of such companies among 
allies and strategic partners of the United States; 
(E) the security of the communications, data, and 
commercial interests of consumer and commercial end- 
users of the products of such companies; and 
(F) the privacy interests of such consumers and 
commercial end-users. 
(2) An assessment of the ability of the United States to 
counter any such threat, including with respect to different 
tools that could counter such a threat. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified 
executive summary. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate; 
(C) the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies and the Subcommittees on Financial 
Services and General Government of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) EMERGING CHINESE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.—The term 
‘‘emerging Chinese technology companies’’ means a Chinese
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technology company, including a company listed on the Science 
and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock 
Exchange, that the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
Intelligence and Analysis determines poses a significant threat 
to the national security of the United States. 
SEC. 704. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA 
AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with the heads of elements of the intelligence 
community that the Director determines appropriate, and consistent 
with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, shall pro-
vide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing, and 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, con-
taining the following: 
(1) Details on the cooperation between China and the 
United Arab Emirates regarding defense, security, technology, 
and other strategically sensitive matters that implicate the 
national security interests of the United States. 
(2) The most recent (as of the date of the report or briefing, 
as the case may be) quarterly assessment by the intelligence 
community of measures that the United Arab Emirates has 
implemented to safeguard technology of the United States and 
the reliability of any assurances by the United Arab Emirates 
(with respect to both current assurances and assurances being 
considered as of such date). 
(3) A certification by the Director regarding whether such 
assurances described in paragraph (2) are viable and sufficient 
to protect technology of the United States from being trans-
ferred to China or other third parties. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified 
executive summary. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 705. REPORT ON CREATION OF OFFICIAL DIGITAL CURRENCY 
BY CHINA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President, consistent with the protection 
of intelligence sources and methods, shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the short-, medium- 
, and long-term national security risks associated with the creation 
and use of the official digital renminbi of China, including— 
(1) risks arising from potential surveillance of transactions; 
(2) risks relating to security and illicit finance; and 
(3) risks relating to economic coercion and social control 
by China. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 706. REPORT ON INFLUENCE OF CHINA THROUGH BELT AND 
ROAD INITIATIVE PROJECTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on recent projects negotiated by China with other countries as 
part of the Belt and Road Initiative of China. The Director shall 
include in the report information about the types of such projects, 
costs of such projects, and the potential national security implica-
tions of such projects. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 707. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY TO 
ERODE FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY IN HONG KONG. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to stifle political free-
doms in Hong Kong, influence or manipulate the judiciary of Hong 
Kong, destroy freedom of the press and speech in Hong Kong, 
and take actions to otherwise undermine the democratic processes 
of Hong Kong. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include an assessment of the implications of the efforts of the 
Chinese Communist Party described in such subsection for inter-
national business, investors, academic institutions, and other 
individuals operating in Hong Kong. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
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SEC. 708. REPORT ON TARGETING OF RENEWABLE SECTORS BY CHINA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
assessing the efforts and advancements of China in the wind power, 
solar power, and electric vehicle battery production sectors (or key 
components of such sectors). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (b) shall include 
the following: 
(1) An assessment of how China is targeting rare earth 
minerals and the effect of such targeting on the sectors 
described in subsection (a). 
(2) Details of the use by the Chinese Communist Party 
of state-sanctioned forced labor schemes, including forced labor 
and the transfer of Uyghurs and other ethnic groups, and 
other human rights abuses in such sectors. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Other 
Countries 
SEC. 711. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON SECURITY SITUA-
TION IN AFGHANISTAN AND RELATED REGION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of National Intelligence, acting 
through the National Intelligence Council, shall produce a National 
Intelligence Estimate on the situation in Afghanistan and the cov-
ered region. 
(b) MATTERS.—The National Intelligence Estimate produced 
under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 2-year period 
beginning on the date on which the Estimate is produced, an 
assessment of the following: 
(1) The presence in Afghanistan (including financial con-
tributions to the Taliban, political relations with the Taliban, 
military presence in the covered region, economic presence in 
the covered region, and diplomatic presence in the covered 
region) of China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and any other foreign 
country determined relevant by the Director, respectively, and 
an assessment of the potential risks, or benefits, of any such 
presence, contributions, or relations. 
(2) Any change in the threat to the United States homeland 
or United States entities abroad as a result of the withdrawal 
of the Armed Forces from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021, 
including an assessment of the risk of al-Qaeda or any affiliates 
thereof, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash Sham-Khorasan 
or any affiliates thereof, or any other similar international
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terrorist group, using Afghanistan as a safe haven for launching 
attacks on the United States and its interests abroad. 
(3) The political composition and sustainability of the gov-
erning body of Afghanistan, including an assessment of the 
ability of the United States Government to influence the policies 
of such governing body on the following: 
(A) Counterterrorism. 
(B) Counternarcotics. 
(C) Human rights (particularly regarding women and 
girls and traditionally targeted ethnic groups). 
(D) The treatment and safe transit of Afghans holding 
special immigrant visa status under section 602 of the 
Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) 
and other Afghans who, during the period beginning in 
2001, assisted efforts of the United States in Afghanistan 
or the covered region. 
(4) The effect on the covered region, and Europe, of refugees 
leaving Afghanistan. 
(5) The commitments of the Taliban relating to counterter-
rorism, including an assessment of— 
(A) whether such commitments required under the 
agreement entered into between the United States Govern-
ment and the Taliban in February 2020, have been tested, 
or will be tested during the 2-year period covered by the 
Estimate, and what such commitments entail; 
(B) whether any additional commitments relating to 
counterterrorism agreed to by the Taliban pursuant to 
subsequent negotiations with the United States Govern-
ment following February 2020, have been tested, or will 
be tested during the 2-year period covered by the Estimate, 
and, if applicable, what such commitments entail; 
(C) any benchmarks against which the Taliban are 
to be evaluated with respect to commitments relating to 
counterterrorism; and 
(D) the intentions and capabilities of the Taliban with 
respect to counterterrorism (as such term is understood 
by the United States and by the Taliban, respectively), 
including the relations of the Taliban with al-Qaeda or 
any affiliates thereof, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash 
Sham-Khorasan or any affiliates thereof, or any other 
similar international terrorist group. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees the National Intel-
ligence Estimate produced under subsection (a). In so submit-
ting the Estimate to the congressional intelligence committees, 
the Director shall include all intelligence reporting underlying 
the Estimate. 
(2) FORM.—The National Intelligence Estimate shall be 
submitted under paragraph (1) in classified form. 
(d) PUBLIC VERSION.—Consistent with the protection of intel-
ligence sources and methods, at the same time as the Director 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees the National 
Intelligence Estimate under subsection (c), the Director shall make 
publicly available on the internet website of the Director an
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unclassified version of the key findings of the National Intelligence 
Estimate. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) COVERED REGION.—The term ‘‘covered region’’ includes 
the following countries: 
(A) China. 
(B) The Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including 
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. 
(C) India. 
(D) Iran. 
(E) Pakistan. 
(F) Tajikistan. 
(G) Turkey. 
(H) Turkmenistan. 
(I) Uzbekistan. 
(3) UNITED
STATES
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘United States 
entity’’ means a citizen of the United States, an embassy or 
consulate of the United States, or an installation, facility, or 
personnel of the United States Government. 
SEC. 712. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION POSTURE AND 
OTHER 
MATTERS 
RELATING 
TO 
AFGHANISTAN 
AND 
RELATED REGION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the heads of elements of the intelligence commu-
nity determined relevant by the Director, shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a report on the collection 
posture of the intelligence community and other matters relating 
to Afghanistan and the covered region. 
(b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) A detailed description of the collection posture of the 
intelligence community with respect to Afghanistan, including 
with respect to the following: 
(A) The countering of terrorism threats that are 
directed at the United States homeland or United States 
entities abroad. 
(B) The finances of the Taliban, including financial 
and nonfinancial contributions to the Taliban from foreign 
countries (particularly from China, Iran, Russia, and any 
other foreign country in the Arab Gulf region (or elsewhere) 
determined relevant by the Director, respectively). 
(C) The detection, and prevention of, any increased 
threat to the United States homeland or United States 
entities abroad as a result of the withdrawal of the United 
States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021, 
including any such increased threat resulting from al- 
Qaeda or any affiliates thereof, the Islamic State of Iraq 
and ash Sham-Khorasan or any affiliates thereof, or any 
other similar international terrorist group, using Afghani-
stan as a safe harbor.
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(2) A detailed description of any plans, strategies, or efforts 
to improve the collection posture described in paragraph (1)(A), 
including by filling any gaps identified pursuant to such para-
graph. 
(3) An assessment of the effect of publicly documenting 
abuses engaged in by the Taliban, and a description of the 
efforts of the intelligence community to support other depart-
ments and agencies in the Federal Government with respect 
to the collection and documentation of such abuses. 
(4) An assessment of the relationship between the intel-
ligence community and countries in the covered region, 
including an assessment of the following: 
(A) Intelligence and information sharing with such 
countries. 
(B) Any change in the collection posture of the intel-
ligence community with respect to the nuclear activities 
of such countries as a result of the withdrawal of the 
United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on August 
31, 2021. 
(C) The collection posture of the intelligence community 
with respect to the presence of such countries in Afghani-
stan (including financial contributions to the Taliban, polit-
ical relations with the Taliban, military presence in 
Afghanistan, economic presence in Afghanistan, and diplo-
matic presence in Afghanistan) and the understanding of 
the intelligence community regarding the potential risks, 
or benefits, of any such presence, contributions, or relations. 
(D) The ability of the intelligence community to use 
the airspace of any such countries. 
(5) An assessment of any financial contributions to the 
Taliban from foreign countries (particularly from China, Iran, 
Russia, and any other foreign country in the Arab Gulf region 
(or elsewhere) determined relevant by the Director, respec-
tively) made during the year preceding the withdrawal of the 
United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on August 31, 
2021. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but shall include an unclassified summary. 
(d) BIANNUAL UPDATES.—On a biannual basis during the 5- 
year period following the date of the submission of the report 
under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence, in con-
sultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity determined relevant by the Director, shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees an update to such report. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED REGION.—The term ‘‘covered region’’ includes 
the following countries: 
(A) China. 
(B) The Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including 
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. 
(C) India. 
(D) Iran. 
(E) Pakistan. 
(F) Tajikistan. 
(G) Turkey. 
(H) Turkmenistan. 
(I) Uzbekistan.
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(2) UNITED
STATES
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘United States 
entity’’ means a citizen of the United States, an embassy or 
consulate of the United States, or an installation, facility, or 
personnel of the United States Government. 
SEC. 713. REPORT ON PROPAGATION OF EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES 
FROM SAUDI ARABIA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than May 30, 2022, the Director of 
National Intelligence, in consultation with other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies, and consistent with the protection of 
intelligence sources and methods, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the threat of extremist 
ideologies propagated from Saudi Arabia and the failure of the 
Government of Saudi Arabia to prevent the propagation of such 
ideologies. Such report shall include a detailed description of— 
(1) the role of governmental and nongovernmental entities 
and individuals of Saudi Arabia in promoting, funding, and 
exporting ideologies, including so-called ‘‘Wahhabist ideology’’, 
that inspire extremism or extremist groups in other countries; 
and 
(2) the practical and strategic consequences for vital 
national security interests of the United States as a result 
of such promotion, funding, or export. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 714. REPORT ON LIKELIHOOD OF MILITARY ACTION BY COUN-
TRIES OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
assessing the likelihood of a South Caucasus country taking military 
action against another country (including in Nagorno-Karabakh 
or any other disputed territory). Such report shall include an indica-
tion of the strategic balance in the region, including with respect 
to the offensive military capabilities of each South Caucasus 
country. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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(2) SOUTH CAUCASUS COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘South Caucasus 
country’’ means any of the following: 
(A) Armenia. 
(B) Azerbaijan. 
(C) Georgia. 
SEC. 715. REPORT ON NORD STREAM II COMPANIES AND INTEL-
LIGENCE TIES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, con-
sistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
and in consultation with the heads of other departments and agen-
cies of the United States Government as the Director determines 
appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on Nord Stream II efforts, including— 
(1) an unclassified list of all companies supporting the 
Nord Stream II project; and 
(2) an updated assessment of current or former ties between 
Nord Stream’s Chief Executive Officer and Russian, East Ger-
man, or other hostile intelligence agencies. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on For-
eign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 716. ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATION OF DEFENSIVE INNOVATION 
AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
and in consultation with the heads of other departments and agen-
cies of the United States Government as the Director determines 
appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees an assessment of the activities and objectives of the Organiza-
tion of Defensive Innovation and Research. The Director shall 
include in the assessment information about the composition of 
the organization, the relationship of the personnel of the organiza-
tion to any research on weapons of mass destruction, and any 
sources of financial and material support that such organization 
receives, including from the Government of Iran. 
(b) FORM.—The assessment under subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees;
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 717. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BY UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the effects of economic sanctions imposed 
by the United States. 
(b) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) cover entities, individuals, and governments that the 
Director, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, determines appropriate 
as case studies for the purposes of the report, including with 
respect to China and Iran; and 
(2) include— 
(A) an assessment of whether economic sanctions 
imposed by the United States on entities, individuals, or 
governments have constrained, modified, or otherwise 
affected the ability of the individuals, entities, or govern-
ments to continue the activities for which they were sanc-
tioned; and 
(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of imposing addi-
tional sanctions. 
(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified 
executive summary. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Subcommittees on Financial Services and General 
Government of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(4) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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TITLE VIII—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Personnel 
SEC. 801. PERIODIC REPORT ON POSITIONS IN INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY THAT CAN BE CONDUCTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, NETWORKS, OR FACILITIES. 
Section 6610 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young 
Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 
and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3352e) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘this Act and not less frequently than once 
every 5 years thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act, and biennially 
thereafter,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such 
report shall take into account the potential effect of maintaining 
continuity of operations during a covered national emergency 
(as defined by section 303 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division W of Public Law 116–260)) 
and the assessed needs of the intelligence community to main-
tain such continuity of operations.’’. 
SEC. 802. IMPROVEMENTS TO ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOGRAPHIC 
DATA OF EMPLOYEES OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 5704(c) of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young 
Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, 
and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334b(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘After 
making available a report under subsection (b), the Director 
of National Intelligence shall annually provide a report’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Not later than March 31 of each year, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall provide a report’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) demographic data and information on the status of 
diversity and inclusion efforts of the intelligence community, 
including demographic data relating to— 
‘‘(A) the average years of service; 
‘‘(B) the average number of years of service for each 
level in the General Schedule, Senior Executive Service, 
Senior Intelligence Service, or equivalent; and 
‘‘(C) career categories;’’. 
SEC. 803. PLAN FOR AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH 
PROVIDERS 
OF 
SERVICES 
RELATING 
TO 
SENSITIVE 
COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
for providing elements of the intelligence community with the 
authority to enter into contracts with providers of services relating 
to sensitive compartmented information facilities for the providers 
to facilitate the use of such facilities by businesses and organizations 
performing work, at multiple security levels, in such facilities pursu-
ant to contracts with the element.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An explanation of how the Director of National Intel-
ligence will leverage the contracting methodology of the 
National Reconnaissance Office for leasing sensitive compart-
mented information facilities, or space therein, to businesses 
and organizations. 
(2) Policy and budget guidance to incentivize the heads 
of the elements of the intelligence community to implement 
such plan. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(2) the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 804. STUDY ON UTILITY OF EXPANDED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Intelligence and Security and the Director of National Intelligence 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a study on the utility of providing elements of the intelligence 
community of the Department of Defense, other than the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, personnel management authority 
to attract experts in science and engineering under section 4092 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(2) the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 805. REPORT ON PROSPECTIVE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER COVID– 
19 VACCINES AND OTHER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS TO 
CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PERSONNEL. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in 
consultation with the elements of the intelligence community and 
relevant public health agencies of the United States, shall jointly 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the prospective ability of the intelligence community 
to administer COVID–19 vaccines, and such other medical interven-
tions as may be relevant in the case of a future covered national 
emergency, to covered personnel (particularly with respect to essen-
tial covered personnel and covered personnel deployed outside of 
the United States). 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include an assessment of the following: 
(1) The prospective ability of the elements of the intel-
ligence community to administer COVID–19 vaccines (including 
subsequent booster shots for COVID–19), to covered personnel, 
and whether additional authorities or resources are necessary 
for, or may otherwise facilitate, such administration. 
(2) The potential risks and benefits of granting the addi-
tional authorities or resources described in paragraph (1) to 
the Director, the Under Secretary, or both.
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(3) With respect to potential future covered national emer-
gencies, including future outbreaks of an infectious pandemic 
disease or similar public health emergencies, the following: 
(A) The ability of the intelligence community to ensure 
the timely administration of medical interventions to cov-
ered personnel during the covered national emergency. 
(B) Whether additional authorities or resources are 
necessary to ensure, or may otherwise facilitate, such 
timely administration, including with respect to the ability 
of the Director or Under Secretary to provide an alternative 
means of access to covered personnel with reduced access 
to the interventions provided by the respective element. 
(C) The potential risks and benefits of granting the 
additional authorities or resources described in subpara-
graph (B) to the Director, the Under Secretary, or both. 
(4) A summary of the findings of the survey under sub-
section (c). 
(c) SURVEY.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and prior to submitting the report under 
subsection (a), the Director and the Under Secretary shall jointly 
conduct a survey to determine the process by which each element 
of the intelligence community has administered COVID–19 vaccines 
to covered personnel, to inform continued medical care relating 
to COVID–19 and future responses to covered national emergencies. 
Such survey shall address, with respect to each element, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The timeline of the element with respect to the adminis-
tration of COVID–19 vaccines prior to the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) The process by which the element determined when 
covered personnel would become eligible to receive the COVID– 
19 vaccine (including if certain categories of such personnel 
became eligible before others). 
(3) A general approximation of the percentage of covered 
personnel of the element that received the COVID–19 vaccine 
from the element versus through an alternative means (such 
as a private sector entity, foreign government, State, or local 
government), particularly with respect to covered personnel 
deployed outside of the United States. 
(4) Any challenges encountered by the element with respect 
to the administration of COVID–19 vaccines prior to the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(5) Any other feedback determined relevant for purposes 
of the survey. 
(d) PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the report and 
survey requirements under this section, the Director, the Under 
Secretary, and the heads of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity shall ensure, to the extent practicable, the preservation of 
medical privacy and the anonymity of data. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence committees; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.
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(2) COVERED
NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
national emergency’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 303 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (50 U.S.C. 3316b). 
(3) COVERED PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘covered personnel’’ 
means personnel who are— 
(A) employees of, or otherwise detailed or assigned 
to, an element of the intelligence community; or 
(B) funded under the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
(4) ESSENTIAL COVERED PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘essential 
covered personnel’’ means covered personnel deemed essential 
to— 
(A) continuity of operations of the intelligence commu-
nity; 
(B) continuity of operations of the United States 
Government; or 
(C) other purposes related to the national security 
of the United States. 
(5) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘National 
Intelligence Program’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 806. FEDERAL POLICY ON SHARING OF COVERED INSIDER 
THREAT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CONTRACTOR 
EMPLOYEES IN THE TRUSTED WORKFORCE. 
(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, and the Attorney General, shall 
issue a policy for the Federal Government on sharing covered insider 
threat information pertaining to contractor employees. 
(b) CONSENT REQUIREMENT.—The Director shall ensure that 
the policy issued under subsection (a) requires, as a condition 
of obtaining and maintaining a security clearance with the Federal 
Government, that a contractor employee provide prior written con-
sent for the Federal Government to share covered insider threat 
information with the senior official responsible for the insider threat 
program of the contracting agency. The Director may include in 
such policy restrictions on the further disclosure of such informa-
tion. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—On a quarterly basis during the period 
in which the Director is developing the policy under subsection 
(a), the Director shall consult with Congress and industry partners 
with respect to such development. 
(d) REVIEW.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the issuance of the policy under subsection (a), the Director 
of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall 
jointly submit to Congress and make available to such industry 
partners as the Director and the Secretary consider appropriate 
a review of the policy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The review under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the utility and effectiveness of 
the policy issued under subsection (a).