114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2596 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
and Disability System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations. 
Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 
Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—General Matters 
Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 303. Prior congressional notification of initiations of certain new special 
access programs. 
Sec. 304. Prior congressional notification of transfers of funds for certain intel-
ligence activities. 
Sec. 305. Designation of lead intelligence officer for tunnels. 
Sec. 306. Clarification of authority of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board. 
Sec. 307. Reporting process required for tracking certain requests for country 
clearance. 
Sec. 308. Prohibition on sharing of certain information in response to foreign 
government inquiries. 
Sec. 309. National Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. 
Sec. 310. Intelligence community business system transformation. 
Sec. 311. Inclusion of Inspector General of Intelligence Community in Council 
of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. 
Sec. 312. Authorities of the Inspector General for the Central Intelligence 
Agency. 
Sec. 313. Provision of information and assistance to Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community. 
Sec. 314. Clarification relating to information access by Comptroller General. 
Sec. 315. Use of homeland security grant funds in conjunction with Depart-
ment of Energy national laboratories. 
Sec. 316. Technical amendments relating to pay under title 5, United States 
Code.
Sec. 317. Inclusion of Hispanic-serving institutions in grant program to en-
hance recruiting of intelligence community workforce. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba 
Sec. 321. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals de-
tained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
Sec. 322. Prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in United 
States to house detainees transferred from United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 323. Prohibition on use of funds to transfer or release individuals detained 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to 
combat zones. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
Sec. 331. Reports to Congress on individuals formerly detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 332. Reports on foreign fighters. 
Sec. 333. Reports on prisoner population at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 334. Report on use of certain business concerns. 
Sec. 335. Repeal of certain reporting requirements. 
Sec. 336. Report on hiring of graduates of Cyber Corps Scholarship Program 
by intelligence community. 
Sec. 337. Report on effects of data breach of Office of Personnel Management. 
Sec. 338. Assessment on funding of political parties and nongovernmental orga-
nizations by the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 339. Report on continuous evaluation of security clearances. 
Sec. 340. Report on strategy, efforts, and resources to detect, deter, and de-
grade Islamic State revenue mechanisms. 
Sec. 341. Report on national security cooperation between United States, India, 
and Israel. 
Sec. 342. Cyber attack standards of measurement study. 
Sec. 343. Report on wildlife trafficking. 
Sec. 344. Report on terrorist use of social media. 
Sec. 345. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dis-
mantle, and defeat ISIL, al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, 
associated groups, and adherents. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.— 
The 
term 
‘‘congressional 
intelligence 
committees’’ 
means— 
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘intel-
ligence community’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2016 for the conduct of the intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 
the United States Government: 
(1) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(5) The National Security Agency. 
(6) The Department of the Army, the Depart-
ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 
Force. 
(7) The Coast Guard. 
(8) The Department of State. 
(9) The Department of the Treasury.
(10) The Department of Energy. 
(11) The Department of Justice. 
(12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 
(14) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
(15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL 
LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the author-
ized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, for the 
conduct of the intelligence activities of the elements listed 
in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations pre-
pared to accompany the bill H.R. 2596 of the One Hun-
dred Fourteenth Congress. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and to the President.
(2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Sub-
ject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for 
suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Au-
thorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Sched-
ule, within the executive branch. 
(3) LIMITS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The President 
shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement 
the budget; or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of 
National Intelligence may authorize employment of civil-
ian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal 
year 2016 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations re-
ferred to in section 102(a) if the Director of National In-
telligence determines that such action is necessary to the 
performance of important intelligence functions, except 
that the number of personnel employed in excess of the 
number authorized under such section may not, for any
element of the intelligence community, exceed 3 percent 
of the number of civilian personnel authorized under such 
schedule for such element. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines 
that govern, for each element of the intelligence commu-
nity, the treatment under the personnel levels authorized 
under section 102(a), including any exemption from such 
personnel levels, of employment or assignment in— 
(1) a student program, trainee program, or 
similar program; 
(2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annu-
itant; or 
(3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time 
training. 
(c) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE 
COMMITTEES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in 
writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an au-
thority described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT AC-
COUNT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account of the Director of National In-
telligence for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $501,850,000. 
Within such amount, funds identified in the classified 
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) 
for advanced research and development shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017. 
(b) AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL LEVELS.—The ele-
ments within the Intelligence Community Management 
Account of the Director of National Intelligence are au-
thorized 785 positions as of September 30, 2016. Per-
sonnel serving in such elements may be permanent em-
ployees of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the 
United States Government. 
(c) CLASSIFIED AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the Intelligence Community Management Ac-
count by subsection (a), there are authorized to be 
appropriated for the Community Management Ac-
count for fiscal year 2016 such additional amounts 
as are specified in the classified Schedule of Author-
izations referred to in section 102(a). Such addi-
tional amounts for advanced research and develop-
ment shall remain available until September 30, 
2017.
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF PERSONNEL.—In addi-
tion to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) 
for elements of the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account as of September 30, 2016, there are 
authorized such additional personnel for the Com-
munity Management Account as of that date as are 
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
referred to in section 102(a). 
TITLE 
II—CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE 
AGENCY 
RETIRE-
MENT AND DISABILITY SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund 
for fiscal year 2016 the sum of $514,000,000. 
TITLE III—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—General Matters 
SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND 
BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. 
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, 
retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may 
be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts
as may be necessary for increases in such compensation 
or benefits authorized by law. 
SEC. 302. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall 
not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of 
any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized 
by the Constitution or the laws of the United States. 
SEC. 303. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF INITI-
ATIONS OF CERTAIN NEW SPECIAL ACCESS 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence 
community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate 
any new special access program pertaining to any intel-
ligence or intelligence-related activity or covert action un-
less the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary 
of Defense, as appropriate, submits to the congressional 
intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
by not later than 30 days before initiating such a program, 
written notification of the intention to initiate the pro-
gram. 
(b) WAIVER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appro-
priate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the 
initiation of a new special access program if the Di-
rector or Secretary, as the case may be, determines 
that an emergency situation makes it impossible or 
impractical to provide the notice required under such 
subsection by the date that is 30 days before such 
initiation. 
(2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary 
issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or 
Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees and the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, by not later than 48 
hours after the initiation of the new special access 
program covered by the waiver, written notice of the 
waiver and a justification for the waiver, including 
a description of the emergency situation that neces-
sitated the waiver. 
(c) SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘special access program’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in Executive Order No. 13526 as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 
304. 
PRIOR 
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION 
OF 
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN INTEL-
LIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for the intelligence 
community for fiscal year 2016 may be used to initiate 
a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive 
Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships 
Fund to be used for intelligence activities unless the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, 
as appropriate, submits to the congressional intelligence 
committees, by not later than 30 days before initiating 
such a transfer, written notice of the transfer. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence or the Secretary of Defense, as appro-
priate, may waive subsection (a) with respect to the 
initiation of a transfer of funds if the Director or 
Secretary, as the case may be, determines that an 
emergency situation makes it impossible or imprac-
tical to provide the notice required under such sub-
section by the date that is 30 days before such initi-
ation. 
(2) NOTICE.—If the Director or Secretary 
issues a waiver under paragraph (1), the Director or
Secretary, as the case may be, shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees, by not later 
than 48 hours after the initiation of the transfer of 
funds covered by the waiver, written notice of the 
waiver and a justification for the waiver, including 
a description of the emergency situation that neces-
sitated the waiver. 
SEC. 305. DESIGNATION OF LEAD INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 
FOR TUNNELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall designate an official to manage the collection 
and analysis of intelligence regarding the tactical use of 
tunnels by state and nonstate actors. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than the date that 
is 10 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and biennially thereafter until the date that is 4 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees and the congressional defense 
committees (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code) a report describing— 
(1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state 
and nonstate actors; and
(2) collaboration efforts between the United 
States and partner countries to address the use of 
tunnels by adversaries. 
SEC. 306. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF PRIVACY AND 
CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD. 
Section 1061(g) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(g)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to authorize the Board, or any 
agent thereof, to gain access to information that an 
executive branch agency deems related to covert ac-
tion, as such term is defined in section 503(e) of the 
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3093(e)).’’. 
SEC. 307. REPORTING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR TRACKING 
CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY CLEAR-
ANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—By not later than September 30, 
2016, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish 
a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests 
for country clearance submitted to overseas Director of 
National Intelligence representatives by departments and 
agencies of the United States. Such reporting process shall
include a mechanism for tracking the department or agen-
cy that submits each such request and the date on which 
each such request is submitted. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—By not later than 
December 31, 2016, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall brief the congressional intelligence committees on the 
progress of the Director in establishing the process re-
quired under subsection (a). 
SEC. 308. PROHIBITION ON SHARING OF CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION IN RESPONSE TO FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENT INQUIRIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act for any element of the intel-
ligence community may be used to respond to, share, or 
authorize the sharing of any non-public information re-
lated to intelligence activities carried out by the United 
States in response to a legislative or judicial inquiry from 
a foreign government into the intelligence activities of the 
United States. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
30 days after an element of the intelligence community 
receives a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign gov-
ernment related to intelligence activities carried out by the 
United States, the element shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees written notification of the 
inquiry. 
(c) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
COLLABORATION 
WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall not be construed as limiting routine intel-
ligence activities with foreign partners, except in any case 
in which the central focus of the collaboration with the 
foreign partner is to obtain information for, or solicit a 
response to, a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign 
government related to intelligence activities carried out by 
the United States. 
SEC. 309. NATIONAL CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTE-
GRATION CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 119B as section 
119C; and 
(2) by inserting after section 119A the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 119B. CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION 
CENTER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence a Cyber Threat Intel-
ligence Integration Center.
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—There is a Director of the Cyber 
Threat Intelligence Integration Center, who shall be the 
head of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, 
and who shall be appointed by the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
‘‘(c) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intel-
ligence Integration Center shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as the primary organization within 
the Federal Government for analyzing and inte-
grating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the 
United States pertaining to cyber threats; 
‘‘(2) ensure that appropriate departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government have full access 
to and receive all-source intelligence support needed 
to execute the cyber threat intelligence activities of 
such agencies and to perform independent, alter-
native analyses; 
‘‘(3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the 
President, the appropriate departments and agencies 
of the Federal Government, and the appropriate 
committees of Congress; 
‘‘(4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activi-
ties of the departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government; and
ter preceding subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the sum 
of— 
‘‘(A) the amount in effect under such para-
graph (1) for the preceding fiscal year (determined 
after application of this paragraph), plus 
‘‘(B) such amount multiplied by the annual per-
centage increase in the Consumer Price Index (all 
items; U.S. city average) as of September of the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) ENTERPRISE
ARCHITECTURE
FOR
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEMS.—(1) The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall develop and imple-
ment an enterprise architecture to cover all intelligence 
community business systems, and the functions and activi-
ties supported by such business systems. The enterprise 
architecture shall be sufficiently defined to effectively 
guide, constrain, and permit implementation of interoper-
able intelligence community business system solutions, 
consistent with applicable policies and procedures estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
‘‘(2) The enterprise architecture under paragraph (1) 
shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) An information infrastructure that will en-
able the intelligence community to—
‘‘(i) comply with all Federal accounting, fi-
nancial management, and reporting require-
ments; 
‘‘(ii) routinely produce timely, accurate, 
and reliable financial information for manage-
ment purposes; 
‘‘(iii) integrate budget, accounting, and 
program information and systems; and 
‘‘(iv) provide for the measurement of per-
formance, including the ability to produce time-
ly, relevant, and reliable cost information. 
‘‘(B) Policies, procedures, data standards, and 
system interface requirements that apply uniformly 
throughout the intelligence community. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY BUSINESS SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION.—The Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall be responsible for the en-
tire life cycle of an intelligence community business system 
transformation, including review, approval, and oversight 
of the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the business system trans-
formation. 
‘‘(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SYSTEM 
INVESTMENT REVIEW.—(1) The Chief Information Offi-
cer of the Intelligence Community shall establish and im-
plement, not later than 60 days after October 7, 2010, 
an investment review process for the intelligence commu-
nity business systems for which the Chief Information Of-
ficer of the Intelligence Community is responsible. 
‘‘(2) The investment review process under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) meet the requirements of section 11312 of 
title 40, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) specifically set forth the responsibilities of 
the Chief Information Office of the Intelligence 
Community under such review process. 
‘‘(3) The investment review process under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following elements: 
‘‘(A) Review and approval by an investment re-
view board (consisting of appropriate representatives 
of the intelligence community) of each intelligence 
community business system as an investment before 
the obligation of funds for such system. 
‘‘(B) Periodic review, but not less often than 
annually, of every intelligence community business 
system investment. 
‘‘(C) Thresholds for levels of review to ensure 
appropriate review of intelligence community busi-
ness system investments depending on the scope, 
complexity, and cost of the system involved.
‘‘(D) Procedures for making certifications in 
accordance with the requirements of subsection 
(a)(2). 
‘‘(e) RELATION
TO ANNUAL REGISTRATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to alter the requirements of section 8083 of the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–287; 118 Stat. 989), with regard to information tech-
nology systems (as defined in subsection (d) of such sec-
tion). 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO DEFENSE BUSINESS ENTER-
PRISE ARCHITECTURE.—Intelligence community business 
system transformations certified under this section shall 
be deemed to be in compliance with section 2222 of title 
10, United States Code. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to exempt funds authorized to be appropriated 
to the Department of Defense for activities other than an 
intelligence community business system transformation 
from the requirements of such section 2222, to the extent 
that such requirements are otherwise applicable. 
‘‘(g) RELATION TO CLINGER-COHEN ACT.—(1) Exec-
utive agency responsibilities in chapter 113 of title 40, 
United States Code, for any intelligence community busi-
ness system transformation shall be exercised jointly by—
‘‘(A) the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence 
Community; and 
‘‘(B) the head of the executive agency that con-
tains the element of the intelligence community in-
volved and the chief information officer of that exec-
utive agency. 
‘‘(2) The Director of National Intelligence and the 
head of the executive agency referred to in paragraph 
(1)(B) shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 
to carry out the requirements of this section in a manner 
that best meets the needs of the intelligence community 
and the executive agency. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘enterprise architecture’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3601(4) of title 
44, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) The terms ‘information system’ and ‘infor-
mation technology’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘intelligence community business 
system’ means an information system, including a 
national security system, that is operated by, for, or 
on behalf of an element of the intelligence commu-
nity, including a financial system, mixed system, fi-
nancial data feeder system, and the business infra-
structure capabilities shared by the systems of the 
business enterprise architecture, including people, 
process, and technology, that build upon the core in-
frastructure used to support business activities, such 
as acquisition, financial management, logistics, stra-
tegic planning and budgeting, installations and envi-
ronment, and human resource management. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘intelligence community business 
system transformation’ means— 
‘‘(A) the acquisition or development of a 
new intelligence community business system; or 
‘‘(B) any significant modification or en-
hancement of an existing intelligence commu-
nity business system (other than necessary to 
maintain current services). 
‘‘(5) The term ‘national security system’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3552(b) of 
title 44, United States Code.’’.
SEC. 311. INCLUSION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY IN COUNCIL OF IN-
SPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EF-
FICIENCY. 
Section 11(b)(1)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence’’ and inserting ‘‘the Intelligence Community’’. 
SEC. 312. AUTHORITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.—Paragraph (9) 
of section 17(e) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(9)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(9)(A) The Inspector General may request such in-
formation or assistance as may be necessary for carrying 
out the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General 
provided by this section from any Federal, State, or local 
governmental agency or unit thereof. 
‘‘(B) Upon request of the Inspector General for infor-
mation or assistance from a department or agency of the 
Federal Government, the head of the department or agen-
cy involved, insofar as practicable and not in contravention 
of any existing statutory restriction or regulation of such 
department or agency, shall furnish to the Inspector Gen-
eral, or to an authorized designee, such information or as-
sistance. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 
provide any new authority to the Central Intelligence 
Agency to conduct intelligence activity in the United 
States. 
‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘State’ means each 
of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession 
of the United States.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SELEC-
TION OF EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (7) of such section (50 
U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Subject to appli-
cable law’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Consistent with budgetary and personnel re-
sources allocated by the Director, the Inspector General 
has final approval of— 
‘‘(i) the selection of internal and external can-
didates for employment with the Office of Inspector 
General; and
‘‘(ii) all other personnel decisions concerning 
personnel permanently assigned to the Office of In-
spector General, including selection and appointment 
to the Senior Intelligence Service, but excluding all 
security-based determinations that are not within 
the authority of a head of other Central Intelligence 
Agency offices.’’. 
SEC. 313. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 
TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 103H(j)(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any de-
partment, agency, or other element of the United 
States Government’’ and inserting ‘‘any Federal, 
State (as defined in section 804), or local govern-
mental agency or unit thereof’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘from a 
department, agency, or element of the Federal Gov-
ernment’’ before ‘‘under subparagraph (A)’’. 
SEC. 314. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO INFORMATION AC-
CESS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
Section 348(a) of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–259; 124 Stat.
2700; 50 U.S.C. 3308) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REQUESTS BY CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.—Consistent with the protection of 
classified information, the directive issued under 
paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the Comptroller 
General from obtaining information necessary to 
carry out the following audits or reviews: 
‘‘(A) An audit or review carried out— 
‘‘(i) at the request of the congres-
sional intelligence committees; or 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to— 
‘‘(I) an intelligence authorization 
Act; 
‘‘(II) a committee report or joint 
explanatory statement accompanying 
an intelligence authorization Act; or 
‘‘(III) a classified annex to a 
committee report or joint explanatory 
statement accompanying an intel-
ligence authorization Act. 
‘‘(B) An audit or review pertaining to in-
telligence activities of the Department of De-
fense carried out—
‘‘(i) at the request of the congres-
sional defense committees (as defined in 
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code); or 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to a national defense 
authorization Act.’’. 
SEC. 315. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH DEPARTMENT OF EN-
ERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES. 
Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘including by working 
in conjunction with a National Laboratory (as defined in 
section 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801(3)),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’. 
SEC. 316. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PAY 
UNDER TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Section 5102(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(viii) the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence;’’; and
(3) in clause (x), by striking the period and in-
serting a semicolon. 
SEC. 317. INCLUSION OF HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 
IN GRANT PROGRAM TO ENHANCE RECRUIT-
ING OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORK-
FORCE. 
Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. ) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, His-
panic-serving institutions, and’’ after ‘‘univer-
sities’’; and 
(B) in the subsection heading for such sub-
section, by striking ‘‘HISTORICALLY BLACK’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN MINORITY-SERVING’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 502(a)(5) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)).’’.
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 
United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 
SEC. 321. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 
OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available to an element of the intelligence com-
munity may be used during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31, 2016, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or 
release, to or within the United States, its territories, or 
possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other indi-
vidual detained at Guantanamo (as such term is defined 
in section 322(c)). 
SEC. 322. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 
OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 
TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to an element of 
the intelligence community may be used during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and
ending on December 31, 2016, to construct or modify any 
facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions 
to house any individual detained at Guantanamo for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 
Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo-
ber 1, 2009, who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
SEC. 323. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER 
OR RELEASE INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO COMBAT ZONES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to an element of 
the intelligence community may be used during the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, release, or as-
sist in the transfer or release of any individual detained 
in the custody or under the control of the Department of 
Defense at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to a combat zone. 
(b) COMBAT ZONE DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘combat zone’’ means any area designated as a com-
bat zone for purposes of section 112 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 for which the income of a member of 
the Armed Forces was excluded during 2014, 2015, or 
2016 by reason of the member’s service on active duty 
in such area. 
Subtitle C—Reports 
SEC. 331. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON INDIVIDUALS FOR-
MERLY DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) ADDITIONAL MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN RE-
PORTS.—Subsection (c) of section 319 of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 
123 Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended by add-
ing after paragraph (5) the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) A summary of all contact by any means of 
communication, including telecommunications, elec-
tronic or technical means, in person, written commu-
nications, or any other means of communication, re-
gardless of content, between any individual formerly 
detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
and any individual known or suspected to be associ-
ated with a foreign terrorist group. 
‘‘(7) A description of whether any of the con-
tact described in the summary required by para-
graph (6) included any information or discussion 
about hostilities against the United States or its al-
lies or partners. 
‘‘(8) For each individual described in paragraph 
(4), the period of time between the date on which 
the individual was released or transferred from 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the 
date on which it is confirmed that the individual is 
suspected or confirmed of reengaging in terrorist ac-
tivities.
‘‘(9) The average period of time described in 
paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in 
paragraph (4).’’. 
(b) FORM.—Subsection (a) of such section is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The reports may 
be submitted in classified form.’’. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion or the amendments made by this section shall be con-
strued to terminate, alter, modify, override, or otherwise 
affect any reporting of information required under section 
319(c) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 
(Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1874; 10 U.S.C. 801 
note), as in effect immediately before the enactment of 
this section. 
SEC. 332. REPORTS ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 
days thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a re-
port on foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and to 
and from Iraq. The Director shall define the term ‘‘foreign 
fighter’’ in such reports. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing:
(1) The total number of foreign fighters who 
have traveled to Syria or Iraq since January 1, 
2011, the total number of foreign fighters in Syria 
or Iraq as of the date of the submittal of the report, 
the total number of foreign fighters whose countries 
of origin have a visa waiver program described in 
section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1187), the total number of foreign fight-
ers who have left Syria or Iraq, the total number of 
female foreign fighters, and the total number of de-
ceased foreign fighters. 
(2) The total number of United States persons 
who have traveled or attempted to travel to Syria or 
Iraq since January 1, 2011, the total number of 
such persons who have arrived in Syria or Iraq since 
such date, and the total number of such persons who 
have returned to the United States from Syria or 
Iraq since such date. 
(3) The total number of foreign fighters in Ter-
rorist Identities Datamart Environment and the sta-
tus of each such foreign fighter in that database, the 
number of such foreign fighters who are on a 
watchlist, and the number of such foreign fighters 
who are not on a watchlist.
(4) The total number of foreign fighters who 
have been processed with biometrics, including face 
images, fingerprints, and iris scans. 
(5) Any programmatic updates to the foreign 
fighter report since the last report was issued, in-
cluding updated analysis on foreign country coopera-
tion, as well as actions taken, such as denying or re-
voking visas. 
(6) A worldwide graphic that describes foreign 
fighters flows to and from Syria, with points of ori-
gin by country. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report that includes— 
(1) with respect to the travel of foreign fighters 
to and from Iraq and Syria, a description of the in-
telligence sharing relationships between the United 
States and member states of the European Union 
and member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization; and 
(2) an analysis of the challenges impeding such 
intelligence sharing relationships. 
(d) FORM.—The reports submitted under subsections 
(a) and (c) may be submitted in classified form.
(e) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit re-
ports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 
is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 333. REPORTS ON PRISONER POPULATION AT UNITED 
STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 
CUBA. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 
days thereafter, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, in coordination with the Director of National In-
telligence, shall submit to the Members of Congress speci-
fied in subsection (b) a report on the prisoner population 
at the detention facility at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—The Members of Congress specified in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) The majority leader and minority leader of 
the Senate. 
(2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(3) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(4) The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(5) The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(6) The minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(7) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(8) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(9) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The name and country of origin of each 
prisoner detained at the detention facility at United 
States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 
the date of such report. 
(2) A current summary of the evidence, intel-
ligence, and information used to justify the detention 
of each prisoner listed under paragraph (1) at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba.
(3) A current accounting of all the measures 
taken to transfer each prisoner listed under para-
graph (1) to the individual’s country of citizenship 
or another country. 
(4) A current description of the number of indi-
viduals released or transferred from detention at 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, who are confirmed or suspected of returning 
to terrorist activities after such release or transfer. 
(5) An assessment of any efforts by foreign ter-
rorist organizations to recruit individuals released 
from detention at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(6) A summary of all contact by any means of 
communication, including telecommunications, elec-
tronic or technical means, in person, written commu-
nications, or any other means of communication, re-
gardless of content, between any individual formerly 
detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, and any individual known or sus-
pected to be associated with a foreign terrorist 
group. 
(7) A description of whether any of the contact 
described in the summary required by paragraph (6) 
included any information or discussion about hos-
tilities against the United States or its allies or part-
ners. 
(8) For each individual described in paragraph 
(4), the period of time between the date on which 
the individual was released or transferred from 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, and the date on which it is confirmed that the 
individual is suspected or confirmed of reengaging in 
terrorist activities. 
(9) The average period of time described in 
paragraph (8) for all the individuals described in 
paragraph (4). 
SEC. 334. REPORT ON USE OF CERTAIN BUSINESS CON-
CERNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
communities a report on the representation, as of the date 
of the report, of covered business concerns among the con-
tractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the in-
telligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and 
services. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following:
(1) The representation of covered business con-
cerns as described in subsection (a), including such 
representation by— 
(A) each type of covered business concern; 
and 
(B) each element of the intelligence com-
munity. 
(2) If, as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director does not record and monitor the 
statistics required to carry out this section, a de-
scription of the actions taken by the Director to en-
sure that such statistics are recorded and monitored 
beginning in fiscal year 2016. 
(3) The actions the Director plans to take dur-
ing fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of con-
tracts to covered business concerns by elements of 
the intelligence community. 
(c) COVERED BUSINESS CONCERNS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘covered business concerns’’ means 
the following: 
(1) Minority-owned businesses. 
(2) Women-owned businesses. 
(3) Small disadvantaged businesses. 
(4) Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. 
(5) Veteran-owned small businesses.
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (5). 
(3) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Subsection 
(c)(1) of such section 507 is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(d) REPORTS ON NUCLEAR ASPIRATIONS OF NON- 
STATE ENTITIES.—Section 1055 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371) 
is repealed. 
(e) REPORTS ON ESPIONAGE BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA.—Section 3151 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7383e) 
is repealed. 
(f) REPORTS
ON SECURITY VULNERABILITIES
OF 
NATIONAL LABORATORY COMPUTERS.—Section 4508 of 
the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2659) is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 336. REPORT ON HIRING OF GRADUATES OF CYBER 
CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BY INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report on the employment
by the intelligence community of graduates of the Cyber 
Corps Scholarship Program. The report shall include the 
following: 
(1) The number of graduates of the Cyber 
Corps Scholarship Program hired by each element of 
the intelligence community. 
(2) A description of how each element of the in-
telligence community recruits graduates of the Cyber 
Corps Scholar Program. 
(3) A description of any processes available to 
the intelligence community to expedite the hiring or 
processing of security clearances for graduates of 
the Cyber Corps Scholar Program. 
(4) Recommendations by the Director to im-
prove the hiring by the intelligence community of 
graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship Program, 
including any recommendations for legislative action 
to carry out such improvements. 
(b) CYBER CORPS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Cyber Corps Scholar-
ship Program’’ means the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for- 
Service Program under section 302 of the Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442).
SEC. 337. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF DATA BREACH OF OF-
FICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to the congressional intelligence committees a report on 
the data breach of the Office of Personnel Management 
disclosed in June 2015. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The effects, if any, of the data breach on 
the operations of the intelligence community abroad, 
including the types of operations, if any, that have 
been negatively affected or entirely suspended or ter-
minated as a result of the data breach. 
(2) An assessment of the effects of the data 
breach to each element of the intelligence commu-
nity. 
(3) An assessment of how foreign persons, 
groups, or countries may use the data collected by 
the data breach (particularly regarding information 
included in background investigations for security 
clearances), including with respect to— 
(A) recruiting intelligence assets; 
(B) influencing decision-making processes 
within the Federal Government, including re-
garding foreign policy decisions; and
(C) compromising employees of the Fed-
eral Government and friends and families of 
such employees for the purpose of gaining ac-
cess to sensitive national security and economic 
information. 
(4) An assessment of which departments or 
agencies of the Federal Government use the best 
practices to protect sensitive data, including a sum-
mary of any such best practices that were not used 
by the Office of Personnel Management. 
(5) An assessment of the best practices used by 
the departments or agencies identified under para-
graph (4) to identify and fix potential vulnerabilities 
in the systems of the department or agency. 
(c) BRIEFING.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees 
an interim briefing on the report under subsection (a), in-
cluding a discussion of proposals and options for respond-
ing to cyber attacks. 
(d) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex.
SEC. 338. ASSESSMENT ON FUNDING OF POLITICAL PAR-
TIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 an intelligence community assessment on the 
funding of political parties and nongovernmental organiza-
tions in former Soviet states and countries in Europe by 
the Russian Federation and the security and intelligence 
services of the Russian Federation since January 1, 2006. 
Such assessment shall include the following: 
(1) The country involved, the entity funded, the 
security service involved, and the intended effect of 
the funding. 
(2) An evaluation of such intended effects, in-
cluding with respect to— 
(A) undermining the political cohesion of 
the country involved; 
(B) undermining the missile defense of the 
United States and the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization; and 
(C) undermining energy projects that could 
provide an alternative to Russian energy.
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional intelligence communities. 
(2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 339. REPORT ON CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
and the congressional defense committees (as defined in 
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) a re-
port on the continuous evaluation of security clearances 
of employees, officers, and contractors of the intelligence 
community. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The status of the continuous evaluation pro-
gram of the intelligence community, including a 
timeline for the implementation of such program.
(2) A comparison of such program to the auto-
mated continuous evaluation system of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(3) Identification of any possible efficiencies 
that could be achieved by the intelligence community 
leveraging the automated continuous evaluation sys-
tem of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 340. REPORT ON STRATEGY, EFFORTS, AND RE-
SOURCES TO DETECT, DETER, AND DEGRADE 
ISLAMIC STATE REVENUE MECHANISMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the intelligence community should dedicate nec-
essary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of 
the Islamic State. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the intelligence committees a re-
port on the strategy, efforts, and resources of the intel-
ligence community that are necessary to detect, deter, and 
degrade the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State. 
SEC. 341. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION 
BETWEEN 
UNITED 
STATES, 
INDIA, 
AND 
ISRAEL. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report on possibilities for growing national security co-
operation between the United States, India, and Israel. 
SEC. 342. CYBER ATTACK STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT 
STUDY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out a study 
to determine appropriate standards that— 
(1) can be used to measure the damage of cyber 
incidents for the purposes of determining the re-
sponse to such incidents; and 
(2) include a method for quantifying the dam-
age caused to affected computers, systems, and de-
vices. 
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives the initial findings of the study re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 360 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-
tives a report containing the complete findings of 
such study. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 343. REPORT ON WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 365 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
committees specified in subsection (b) a report on wildlife 
trafficking.
(b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(3) Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate. 
(4) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(5) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(6) Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the major source, transit, 
and destination countries for wildlife trafficking 
products or their derivatives and how such products 
or derivatives are trafficked. 
(2) An assessment of the efforts of those coun-
tries identified as major source, transit, and destina-
tion countries to counter wildlife trafficking and to
adhere to their international treaty obligations relat-
ing to endangered or threatened species. 
(3) An assessment of critical vulnerabilities that 
can be used to counter wildlife trafficking. 
(4) An assessment of the extent of involvement 
of designated foreign terrorist organizations and 
transnational criminal organizations in wildlife traf-
ficking. 
(5) 
An 
assessment 
of 
key 
actors 
and 
facilitators, including government officials, that are 
supporting wildlife trafficking. 
(6) An assessment of the annual net worth of 
wildlife trafficking globally and the financial flows 
that enables wildlife trafficking. 
(7) An assessment of the impact of wildlife traf-
ficking on key wildlife populations. 
(8) An assessment of the effectiveness of efforts 
taken to date to counter wildlife trafficking. 
(9) An assessment of the effectiveness of capac-
ity-building efforts by the United States Govern-
ment. 
(10) An assessment of the impact of wildlife 
trafficking on the national security of the United 
States.
(11) An assessment of the level of coordination 
between United States intelligence and law enforce-
ment agencies on intelligence related to wildlife traf-
ficking, the capacity of those agencies to process and 
act on that intelligence effectively, existing barriers 
to effective coordination, and the degree to which 
relevant intelligence is shared with and acted upon 
by bilateral and multilateral law enforcement part-
ners. 
(12) An assessment of the gaps in intelligence 
capabilities to assess transnational wildlife traf-
ficking networks and steps currently being taken, in 
line with the Implementation Plan to the National 
Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, to rem-
edy such information gaps. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 344. REPORT ON TERRORIST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
committees specified in subsection (b) a report that rep-
resents the coordinated assessment of the intelligence 
community on terrorist use of social media.
(b) SPECIFIED MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CON-
GRESS.—The congressional committees specified in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
(2) Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate. 
(3) Committee on Judiciary of the Senate. 
(4) Committee on Homeland and Government 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(5) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives. 
(6) Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(7) Committee on Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
(8) Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report sub-
mitted under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of what role social media 
plays in radicalization in the United States and else-
where.
(2) An assessment of how terrorists and ter-
rorist organizations are using social media, including 
trends. 
(3) An assessment of the intelligence value of 
social media posts by terrorists and terrorist organi-
zations. 
(4) An assessment of the impact on the na-
tional security of the United States of the public 
availability of terrorist content on social media for 
fundraising, radicalization, and recruitment. 
(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 345. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER-
RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 
AND DEFEAT ISIL, AL-QAEDA, AND THEIR AF-
FILIATED 
GROUPS, 
ASSOCIATED 
GROUPS, 
AND ADHERENTS. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive 
report on the United States counterterrorism strat-
egy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qaeda, and 
their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adher-
ents. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of De-
fense, and the head of any other department or 
agency of the United States Government that has 
responsibility for activities directed at combating 
ISIL, al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, associ-
ated groups, and adherents. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include each of the following: 
(A) A definition of— 
(i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of 
which known individuals constitute al- 
Qaeda core; 
(ii) ISIL, including a list of which 
known individuals constitute ISIL leader-
ship; 
(iii) an affiliated group of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a list of which known 
groups constitute an affiliate group of 
ISIL or al-Qaeda;
(iv) an associated group of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a list of which known 
groups constitute an associated group of 
ISIL or al-Qaeda; 
(v) an adherent of ISIL or al-Qaeda, 
including a list of which known groups 
constitute an adherent of ISIL or al- 
Qaeda; and 
(vi) a group aligned with ISIL or al- 
Qaeda, including a description of what ac-
tions a group takes or statements it makes 
that qualify it as a group aligned with 
ISIL or al-Qaeda. 
(B) An assessment of the relationship be-
tween all identified ISIL or al-Qaeda affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents with 
ISIL leadership or al-Qaeda core. 
(C) An assessment of the strengthening or 
weakening of ISIL or al-Qaeda, its affiliated 
groups, associated groups, and adherents, from 
January 1, 2010, to the present, including a de-
scription of the metrics that are used to assess 
strengthening or weakening and an assessment 
of the relative increase or decrease in violent at-
tacks attributed to such entities.
(D) An assessment of whether or not an 
individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if 
such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan. 
(E) An assessment of whether or not an 
individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as 
well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated 
group, associated group, or adherent. 
(F) A definition of defeat of ISIL or core 
al-Qaeda. 
(G) An assessment of the extent or coordi-
nation, command, and control between ISIL or 
core al-Qaeda and their affiliated groups, asso-
ciated groups, and adherents, specifically ad-
dressing each such entity. 
(H) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
counterterrorism operations against ISIL or 
core al-Qaeda, their affiliated groups, associated 
groups, and adherents, and whether such oper-
ations have had a sustained impact on the ca-
pabilities and effectiveness of ISIL or core al- 
Qaeda, 
their 
affiliated 
groups, 
associated 
groups, and adherents.
(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2596 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of 
the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.