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the United States pertaining to the security of the 
energy infrastructure of the United States. 
‘‘(B) Ensuring that appropriate departments 
and agencies have full access to and receive intel-
ligence support needed to execute the plans or activi-
ties of the agencies, and perform independent, alter-
native analyses. 
‘‘(C) Establishing a central repository on known 
and suspected foreign threats to the energy infra-
structure of the United States, including with re-
spect to any individuals, groups, or entities engaged 
in activities targeting such infrastructure, and the 
goals, strategies, capabilities, and networks of such 
individuals, groups, or entities. 
‘‘(D) Disseminating intelligence information re-
lating to the security of the energy infrastructure of 
the United States, including threats and analyses, to 
the President, to the appropriate departments and 
agencies, and to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress. 
‘‘(3) The President may waive the requirements of 
this subsection, and any parts thereof, if the President de-
termines that such requirements do not materially improve 
the ability of the United States Government to prevent 
and halt attacks against the energy infrastructure of the 
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United States. Such waiver shall be made in writing to 
Congress and shall include a description of how the mis-
sions and objectives in paragraph (2) are being met. 
‘‘(4) If the President decides not to exercise the waiv-
er authority granted by paragraph (3), the President shall 
submit to Congress from time to time updates and plans 
regarding the establishment of an Energy Infrastructure 
Security Center.’’. 
SEC. 2423. REPEAL OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY INTEL-
LIGENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND BUDG-
ET REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
Section 214 of the Department of Energy Organiza-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7144a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c). 
Subtitle D—Other Elements 
SEC. 2431. PLAN FOR DESIGNATION OF COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE COMPONENT OF DEFENSE SECU-
RITY SERVICE AS AN ELEMENT OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence and 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, in coordina-
tion with the Director of the National Counterintelligence 
and Security Center, shall submit to the congressional in-
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telligence committees, the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives a plan to designate the coun-
terintelligence component of the Defense Security Service 
of the Department of Defense as an element of the intel-
ligence community by not later than January 1, 2021. 
Such plan shall— 
(1) address the implications of such designation 
on the authorities, governance, personnel, resources, 
information technology, collection, analytic products, 
information sharing, and business processes of the 
Defense Security Service and the intelligence com-
munity; and 
(2) not address the personnel security functions 
of the Defense Security Service. 
SEC. 2432. NOTICE NOT REQUIRED FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES. 
Section 3553 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (k); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the Secretary to provide 
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notice to any private entity before the Secretary issues a 
binding operational directive under subsection (b)(2).’’. 
SEC. 2433. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD FOR NA-
TIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 106A of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the National Reconnaissance Office an advisory 
board (in this section referred to as the ‘Board’). 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 
‘‘(A) study matters relating to the mission 
of the National Reconnaissance Office, includ-
ing with respect to promoting innovation, com-
petition, and resilience in space, overhead re-
connaissance, acquisition, and other matters; 
and 
‘‘(B) advise and report directly to the Di-
rector with respect to such matters. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall 
be composed of five members appointed by 
the Director from among individuals with 
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demonstrated academic, government, busi-
ness, or other expertise relevant to the mis-
sion and functions of the National Recon-
naissance Office. 
‘‘(ii) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
30 days after the date on which the Direc-
tor appoints a member to the Board, the 
Director shall notify the congressional in-
telligence committees and the congressional 
defense committees (as defined in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code) of 
such appointment. 
‘‘(B) TERMS.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 2 years. Except as pro-
vided by subparagraph (C), a member may not 
serve more than three terms. 
‘‘(C) VACANCY.—Any member appointed to 
fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of 
the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
remainder of that term. A member may serve 
after the expiration of that member’s term until 
a successor has taken office. 
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‘‘(D) CHAIR.—The Board shall have a 
Chair, who shall be appointed by the Director 
from among the members. 
‘‘(E) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(F) EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.—The Direc-
tor may appoint an executive secretary, who 
shall be an employee of the National Reconnais-
sance Office, to support the Board. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet not 
less than quarterly, but may meet more frequently 
at the call of the Director. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—Not later than March 31 of 
each year, the Board shall submit to the Director 
and to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on the activities and significant findings of 
the Board during the preceding year. 
‘‘(6) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Board. 
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‘‘(7) TERMINATION.—The Board shall termi-
nate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the 
first meeting of the Board.’’. 
(b) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the National Reconnaissance Office shall appoint 
the initial five members to the advisory board under sub-
section (d) of section 106A of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a), as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 2434. COLLOCATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY PERSONNEL AT FIELD 
LOCATIONS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COL-
LOCATION.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall identify, in 
consultation with the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, the Director of U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement, and the heads of such 
other elements of the Department of Homeland Security 
as the Under Secretary considers appropriate, opportuni-
ties for collocation of officers of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis in the field outside of the greater Wash-
ington, District of Columbia, area in order to support 
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operational units from U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion, the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other ele-
ments of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(b) PLAN FOR COLLOCATION.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report that includes a plan for collocation 
as described in subsection (a). 
TITLE XXV—ELECTION MATTERS 
SEC. 2501. REPORT ON CYBER ATTACKS BY FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS AGAINST UNITED STATES ELEC-
TION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; and 
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(E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory 
or possession of the United States. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Anal-
ysis shall submit to congressional leadership and the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on cyber at-
tacks and attempted cyber attacks by foreign governments 
on United States election infrastructure in States and lo-
calities in connection with the 2016 Presidential election 
in the United States and such cyber attacks or attempted 
cyber attacks as the Under Secretary anticipates against 
such infrastructure. Such report shall identify the States 
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and localities affected and shall include cyber attacks and 
attempted cyber attacks against voter registration data-
bases, voting machines, voting-related computer networks, 
and the networks of Secretaries of State and other election 
officials of the various States. 
(c) FORM.—The report submitted under subsection 
(b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
SEC. 2502. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY’S POS-
TURE TO COLLECT AGAINST AND ANALYZE 
RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE THE PRES-
IDENTIAL ELECTION. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall— 
(1) complete an after action review of the pos-
ture of the intelligence community to collect against 
and analyze efforts of the Government of Russia to 
interfere in the 2016 Presidential election in the 
United States; and 
(2) submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the findings of the Director 
with respect to such review. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review required by subsection 
(a) shall include, with respect to the posture and efforts 
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described in paragraph (1) of such subsection, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of whether the resources of 
the intelligence community were properly aligned to 
detect and respond to the efforts described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) An assessment of the information sharing 
that occurred within elements of the intelligence 
community. 
(3) An assessment of the information sharing 
that occurred between elements of the intelligence 
community. 
(4) An assessment of applicable authorities nec-
essary to collect on any such efforts and any defi-
ciencies in those authorities. 
(5) A review of the use of open source material 
to inform analysis and warning of such efforts. 
(6) A review of the use of alternative and pre-
dictive analysis. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a)(2) shall be submitted to the congressional intel-
ligence committees in a classified form. 
SEC. 
2503. 
ASSESSMENT 
OF 
FOREIGN 
INTELLIGENCE 
THREATS TO FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(3) SECURITY VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘se-
curity vulnerability’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information 
Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501). 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in coordination with the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security 
Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
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SEC. 2504. STRATEGY FOR COUNTERING RUSSIAN CYBER 
THREATS TO UNITED STATES ELECTIONS. 
(a) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional intelligence committees. 
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives. 
(4) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
(5) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR
A STRATEGY.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
develop a whole-of-government strategy for countering the 
threat of Russian cyber attacks and attempted cyber at-
tacks against electoral systems and processes in the 
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United States, including Federal, State, and local election 
systems, voter registration databases, voting tabulation 
equipment, and equipment and processes for the secure 
transmission of election results. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (b) shall include the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A whole-of-government approach to pro-
tecting United States electoral systems and proc-
esses that includes the agencies and departments in-
dicated in subsection (b) as well as any other agen-
cies and departments of the United States, as deter-
mined appropriate by the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(2) Input solicited from Secretaries of State of 
the various States and the chief election officials of 
the States. 
(3) Technical security measures, including 
auditable paper trails for voting machines, securing 
wireless and Internet connections, and other tech-
nical safeguards. 
(4) Detection of cyber threats, including attacks 
and attempted attacks by Russian government or 
nongovernment cyber threat actors. 
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(5) Improvements in the identification and at-
tribution of Russian government or nongovernment 
cyber threat actors. 
(6) Deterrence, including actions and measures 
that could or should be undertaken against or com-
municated to the Government of Russia or other en-
tities to deter attacks against, or interference with, 
United States election systems and processes. 
(7) Improvements in Federal Government com-
munications with State and local election officials. 
(8) Public education and communication ef-
forts. 
(9) Benchmarks and milestones to enable the 
measurement of concrete steps taken and progress 
made in the implementation of the strategy. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall jointly brief the appropriate congres-
sional committees on the strategy developed under sub-
section (b). 
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SEC. 2505. ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANT RUSSIAN INFLU-
ENCE CAMPAIGNS DIRECTED AT FOREIGN 
ELECTIONS AND REFERENDA. 
(a) RUSSIAN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘Russian influence campaign’’ 
means any effort, covert or overt, and by any means, at-
tributable to the Russian Federation directed at an elec-
tion, referendum, or similar process in a country other 
than the Russian Federation or the United States. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report containing an ana-
lytical assessment of the most significant Russian influ-
ence campaigns, if any, conducted during the 3-year pe-
riod preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, as 
well as the most significant current or planned such Rus-
sian influence campaigns, if any. Such assessment shall 
include— 
(1) a summary of such significant Russian in-
fluence campaigns, including, at a minimum, the 
specific means by which such campaigns were con-
ducted, are being conducted, or likely will be con-
ducted, as appropriate, and the specific goal of each 
such campaign; 
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(2) a summary of any defenses against or re-
sponses to such Russian influence campaigns by the 
foreign state holding the elections or referenda; 
(3) a summary of any relevant activities by ele-
ments of the intelligence community undertaken for 
the purpose of assisting the government of such for-
eign state in defending against or responding to 
such Russian influence campaigns; and 
(4) an assessment of the effectiveness of such 
defenses and responses described in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, 
shall contain an unclassified summary. 
SEC. 2506. INFORMATION SHARING WITH STATE ELECTION 
OFFICIALS. 
(a) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means any State of the United States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
any territory or possession of the United States. 
(b) SECURITY CLEARANCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall support the Under Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 
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Analysis, and any other official of the Department 
of Homeland Security designated by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in sponsoring a security clear-
ance up to the top secret level for each eligible chief 
election official of a State or the District of Colum-
bia, and additional eligible designees of such election 
official as appropriate, at the time that such election 
official assumes such position. 
(2) INTERIM
CLEARANCES.—Consistent with 
applicable policies and directives, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may issue interim clearances, for 
a period to be determined by the Director, to a chief 
election official as described in paragraph (1) and up 
to one designee of such official under such para-
graph. 
(c) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall assist the Under Secretary of Home-
land Security for Intelligence and Analysis and the 
Under Secretary responsible for overseeing critical 
infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and other 
related programs of the Department (as specified in 
section 103(a)(1)(H) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1)(H))) with sharing any 
appropriate classified information related to threats 
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to election systems and to the integrity of the elec-
tion process with chief election officials and such 
designees who have received a security clearance 
under subsection (b). 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis 
shall coordinate with the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Under Secretary responsible for 
overseeing critical infrastructure protection, cyberse-
curity, and other related programs of the Depart-
ment (as specified in section 103(a)(1)(H) of the 
Homeland 
Security 
Act 
of 
2002 
(6 
U.S.C. 
113(a)(1)(H))) to facilitate the sharing of informa-
tion to the affected Secretaries of State or States. 
SEC. 2507. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN CYBER 
INTRUSIONS AND ACTIVE MEASURES CAM-
PAIGNS DIRECTED AT ELECTIONS FOR FED-
ERAL OFFICES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACTIVE MEASURES CAMPAIGN.—The term 
‘‘active measures campaign’’ means a foreign semi- 
covert or covert intelligence operation. 
(2) CANDIDATE, ELECTION, AND
POLITICAL 
PARTY.—The terms ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 
‘‘political party’’ have the meanings given those 
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terms in section 301 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101). 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(4) CYBER INTRUSION.—The term ‘‘cyber in-
trusion’’ means an electronic occurrence that actu-
ally or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful au-
thority, electronic election infrastructure, or the in-
tegrity, confidentiality, or availability of information 
within such infrastructure. 
(5) 
ELECTRONIC
ELECTION
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—The term ‘‘electronic election infrastruc-
ture’’ means an electronic information system of any 
of the following that is related to an election for 
Federal office: 
(A) The Federal Government. 
(B) A State or local government. 
(C) A political party. 
(D) The election campaign of a candidate. 
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(6) FEDERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ has the meaning given that term in section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30101). 
(7) HIGH CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘high con-
fidence’’, with respect to a determination, means 
that the determination is based on high-quality in-
formation from multiple sources. 
(8) MODERATE CONFIDENCE.—The term ‘‘mod-
erate confidence’’, with respect to a determination, 
means that a determination is credibly sourced and 
plausible but not of sufficient quality or corrobo-
rated sufficiently to warrant a higher level of con-
fidence. 
(9) OTHER APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘‘other appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. 
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(b) DETERMINATIONS
OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN 
CYBER
INTRUSIONS
AND
ACTIVE
MEASURES
CAM-
PAIGNS.—The Director of National Intelligence, the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out 
subsection (c) if such Directors and the Secretary jointly 
determine— 
(1) that on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, a significant foreign cyber intrusion or 
active measures campaign intended to influence an 
upcoming election for any Federal office has oc-
curred or is occurring; and 
(2) with moderate or high confidence, that such 
intrusion or campaign can be attributed to a foreign 
state or to a foreign nonstate person, group, or other 
entity. 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after 
making a determination under subsection (b), the 
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall jointly provide a briefing 
to the congressional leadership, the congressional in-
telligence committees and, consistent with the pro-
tection of sources and methods, the other appro-
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priate congressional committees. The briefing shall 
be classified and address, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the significant foreign 
cyber intrusion or active measures campaign, as 
the case may be, covered by the determination. 
(B) An identification of the foreign state 
or foreign nonstate person, group, or other enti-
ty, to which such intrusion or campaign has 
been attributed. 
(C) The desirability and feasibility of the 
public release of information about the cyber in-
trusion or active measures campaign. 
(D) Any other information such Directors 
and the Secretary jointly determine appropriate. 
(2) ELECTRONIC
ELECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE 
BRIEFINGS.—With respect to a significant foreign 
cyber intrusion covered by a determination under 
subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, shall offer to the owner or operator of 
any electronic election infrastructure directly af-
fected by such intrusion, a briefing on such intru-
sion, including steps that may be taken to mitigate 
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such intrusion. Such briefing may be classified and 
made available only to individuals with appropriate 
security clearances. 
(3) PROTECTION
OF
SOURCES
AND
METH-
ODS.—This subsection shall be carried out in a man-
ner that is consistent with the protection of sources 
and methods. 
SEC. 2508. DESIGNATION OF COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFI-
CER TO LEAD ELECTION SECURITY MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall designate a national counterintelligence offi-
cer within the National Counterintelligence and Security 
Center to lead, manage, and coordinate counterintelligence 
matters relating to election security. 
(b) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The person 
designated under subsection (a) shall also lead, manage, 
and coordinate counterintelligence matters relating to 
risks posed by interference from foreign powers (as de-
fined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) to the following: 
(1) The Federal Government election security 
supply chain. 
(2) Election voting systems and software. 
(3) Voter registration databases. 
(4) Critical infrastructure related to elections. 
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(5) Such other Government goods and services 
as the Director of National Intelligence considers ap-
propriate. 
TITLE XXVI—SECURITY 
CLEARANCES 
SEC. 2601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; 
(G) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; and 
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(H) the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
(2) APPROPRIATE INDUSTRY PARTNERS.—The 
term ‘‘appropriate industry partner’’ means a con-
tractor, licensee, or grantee (as defined in section 
101(a) of Executive Order No. 12829 (50 U.S.C. 
3161 note; relating to National Industrial Security 
Program)) that is participating in the National In-
dustrial Security Program established by such Exec-
utive order. 
(3) CONTINUOUS VETTING.—The term ‘‘contin-
uous vetting’’ has the meaning given such term in 
Executive Order No. 13467 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; 
relating to reforming processes related to suitability 
for government employment, fitness for contractor 
employees, and eligibility for access to classified na-
tional security information). 
(4) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance 
Accountability Council established pursuant to such 
Executive order, or any successor entity. 
(5) SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The term 
‘‘Security Executive Agent’’ means the officer serv-
ing as the Security Executive Agent pursuant to sec-
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tion 803 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by section 2605. 
(6) SUITABILITY AND CREDENTIALING EXECU-
TIVE
AGENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Suitability 
and 
Credentialing Executive Agent’’ means the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management acting as the 
Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent in ac-
cordance with Executive Order No. 13467 (50 
U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to reforming processes 
related to suitability for government employment, 
fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for 
access to classified national security information), or 
any successor entity. 
SEC. 2602. REPORTS AND PLANS RELATING TO SECURITY 
CLEARANCES AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGA-
TIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) ensuring the trustworthiness and security of 
the workforce, facilities, and information of the Fed-
eral Government is of the highest priority to na-
tional security and public safety; 
(2) 
the 
President 
and 
Congress 
should 
prioritize the modernization of the personnel security 
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framework to improve its efficiency, effectiveness, 
and accountability; 
(3) the current system for security clearance, 
suitability 
and 
fitness 
for 
employment, 
and 
credentialing lacks efficiencies and capabilities to 
meet the current threat environment, recruit and re-
tain a trusted workforce, and capitalize on modern 
technologies; and 
(4) changes to policies or processes to improve 
this system should be vetted through the Council to 
ensure standardization, portability, and reciprocity 
in security clearances across the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
(1) PLANS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Council shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and make available to appropriate industry partners 
the following: 
(A) A plan, with milestones, to reduce the 
background investigation inventory to 200,000, 
or an otherwise sustainable steady-level, by the 
end of year 2020. Such plan shall include notes 
of any required changes in investigative and ad-
judicative standards or resources. 
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(B) A plan to consolidate the conduct of 
background investigations associated with the 
processing for security clearances in the most 
effective and efficient manner between the Na-
tional Background Investigation Bureau and 
the Defense Security Service, or a successor or-
ganization. Such plan shall address required 
funding, personnel, contracts, information tech-
nology, field office structure, policy, governance, 
schedule, transition costs, and effects on stake-
holders. 
(2) REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF PERSONNEL 
SECURITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Chairman of the Council, in coordina-
tion with the members of the Council, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and make available to appropriate industry 
partners a report on the future of personnel se-
curity to reflect changes in threats, the work-
force, and technology. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
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(i) A risk framework for granting and 
renewing access to classified information. 
(ii) A discussion of the use of tech-
nologies to prevent, detect, and monitor 
threats. 
(iii) A discussion of efforts to address 
reciprocity and portability. 
(iv) A discussion of the characteristics 
of effective insider threat programs. 
(v) An analysis of how to integrate 
data from continuous evaluation, insider 
threat programs, and human resources 
data. 
(vi) Recommendations on interagency 
governance. 
(3) PLAN
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chairman of the Council, in coordina-
tion with the members of the Council, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees and 
make available to appropriate industry partners a 
plan to implement the report’s framework and rec-
ommendations submitted under paragraph (2)(A). 
(4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS.—Not less 
frequently than quarterly, the Security Executive 
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Agent shall make available to the public a report re-
garding the status of the disposition of requests re-
ceived from departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government for a change to, or approval under, the 
Federal investigative standards, the national adju-
dicative guidelines, continuous evaluation, or other 
national policy regarding personnel security. 
SEC. 2603. IMPROVING THE PROCESS FOR SECURITY 
CLEARANCES. 
(a) REVIEWS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive 
Agent, in coordination with the members of the Council, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and make available to appropriate industry partners a re-
port that includes the following: 
(1) A review of whether the information re-
quested on the Questionnaire for National Security 
Positions (Standard Form 86) and by the Federal 
Investigative Standards prescribed by the Office of 
Personnel Management and the Office of the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence appropriately supports 
the adjudicative guidelines under Security Executive 
Agent Directive 4 (known as the ‘‘National Security 
Adjudicative Guidelines’’). Such review shall include 
identification of whether any such information cur-
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rently collected is unnecessary to support the adju-
dicative guidelines. 
(2) An assessment of whether such Question-
naire, Standards, and guidelines should be revised to 
account for the prospect of a holder of a security 
clearance becoming an insider threat. 
(3) Recommendations to improve the back-
ground investigation process by— 
(A) simplifying the Questionnaire for Na-
tional Security Positions (Standard Form 86) 
and increasing customer support to applicants 
completing such Questionnaire; 
(B) using remote techniques and central-
ized locations to support or replace field inves-
tigation work; 
(C) using secure and reliable digitization of 
information obtained during the clearance proc-
ess; 
(D) building the capacity of the back-
ground investigation labor sector; and 
(E) replacing periodic reinvestigations with 
continuous evaluation techniques in all appro-
priate circumstances. 
(b) POLICY, STRATEGY, AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
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of this Act, the Security Executive Agent shall, in coordi-
nation with the members of the Council, establish the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A policy and implementation plan for the 
issuance of interim security clearances. 
(2) A policy and implementation plan to ensure 
contractors are treated consistently in the security 
clearance process across agencies and departments 
of the United States as compared to employees of 
such agencies and departments. Such policy shall 
address— 
(A) prioritization of processing security 
clearances based on the mission the contractors 
will be performing; 
(B) standardization in the forms that 
agencies issue to initiate the process for a secu-
rity clearance; 
(C) digitization of background investiga-
tion-related forms; 
(D) use of the polygraph; 
(E) the application of the adjudicative 
guidelines under Security Executive Agent Di-
rective 4 (known as the ‘‘National Security Ad-
judicative Guidelines’’); 
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(F) reciprocal recognition of clearances 
across agencies and departments of the United 
States, regardless of status of periodic reinves-
tigation; 
(G) tracking of clearance files as individ-
uals move from employment with an agency or 
department of the United States to employment 
in the private sector; 
(H) collection of timelines for movement of 
contractors across agencies and departments; 
(I) reporting on security incidents and job 
performance, consistent with section 552a of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 1974’’), that may affect 
the ability to hold a security clearance; 
(J) any recommended changes to the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulations (FAR) necessary 
to ensure that information affecting contractor 
clearances or suitability is appropriately and ex-
peditiously shared between and among agencies 
and contractors; and 
(K) portability of contractor security clear-
ances between or among contracts at the same 
agency and between or among contracts at dif-
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ferent agencies that require the same level of 
clearance. 
(3) A strategy and implementation plan that— 
(A) provides for periodic reinvestigations 
as part of a security clearance determination 
only on an as-needed, risk-based basis; 
(B) includes actions to assess the extent to 
which automated records checks and other con-
tinuous evaluation methods may be used to ex-
pedite or focus reinvestigations; and 
(C) provides an exception for certain popu-
lations if the Security Executive Agent— 
(i) determines such populations re-
quire reinvestigations at regular intervals; 
and 
(ii) provides written justification to 
the appropriate congressional committees 
for any such determination. 
(4) A policy and implementation plan for agen-
cies and departments of the United States, as a part 
of the security clearance process, to accept auto-
mated records checks generated pursuant to a secu-
rity clearance applicant’s employment with a prior 
employer. 
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(5) A policy for the use of certain background 
materials on individuals collected by the private sec-
tor for background investigation purposes. 
(6) Uniform standards for agency continuous 
evaluation programs to ensure quality and reci-
procity in accepting enrollment in a continuous vet-
ting program as a substitute for a periodic investiga-
tion for continued access to classified information. 
SEC. 2604. GOALS FOR PROMPTNESS OF DETERMINATIONS 
REGARDING SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) RECIPROCITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘reciprocity’’ means reciprocal recognition by Fed-
eral departments and agencies of eligibility for access to 
classified information. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall reform the se-
curity clearance process with the objective that, by Decem-
ber 31, 2021, 90 percent of all determinations, other than 
determinations regarding populations identified under sec-
tion 2603(b)(3)(C), regarding— 
(1) security clearances— 
(A) at the secret level are issued in 30 
days or fewer; and 
(B) at the top secret level are issued in 90 
days or fewer; and 
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(2) reciprocity of security clearances at the 
same level are recognized in 2 weeks or fewer. 
(c) CERTAIN REINVESTIGATIONS.—The Council shall 
reform the security clearance process with the goal that 
by December 31, 2021, reinvestigation on a set periodicity 
is not required for more than 10 percent of the population 
that holds a security clearance. 
(d) EQUIVALENT METRICS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Council develops a set 
of performance metrics that it certifies to the appro-
priate congressional committees should achieve sub-
stantially equivalent outcomes as those outlined in 
subsections (b) and (c), the Council may use those 
metrics for purposes of compliance within this provi-
sion. 
(2) NOTICE.—If the Council uses the authority 
provided by paragraph (1) to use metrics as de-
scribed in such paragraph, the Council shall, not 
later than 30 days after communicating such metrics 
to departments and agencies, notify the appropriate 
congressional committees that it is using such au-
thority. 
(e) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make avail-
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able to appropriate industry partners a plan to carry out 
this section. Such plan shall include recommended interim 
milestones for the goals set forth in subsections (b) and 
(c) for 2019, 2020, and 2021. 
SEC. 2605. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 803 and 804 as 
sections 804 and 805, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 802 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 803. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, or such other officer of the United States as the 
President may designate, shall serve as the Security Exec-
utive Agent for all departments and agencies of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Security Executive 
Agent are as follows: 
‘‘(1) To direct the oversight of investigations, 
reinvestigations, adjudications, and, as applicable, 
polygraphs for eligibility for access to classified in-
formation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position 
made by any Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) To review the national security back-
ground investigation and adjudication programs of 
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Federal agencies to determine whether such pro-
grams are being implemented in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(3) To develop and issue uniform and con-
sistent policies and procedures to ensure the effec-
tive, efficient, timely, and secure completion of inves-
tigations, polygraphs, and adjudications relating to 
determinations of eligibility for access to classified 
information or eligibility to hold a sensitive position. 
‘‘(4) Unless otherwise designated by law, to 
serve as the final authority to designate a Federal 
agency or agencies to conduct investigations of per-
sons who are proposed for access to classified infor-
mation or for eligibility to hold a sensitive position 
to ascertain whether such persons satisfy the criteria 
for obtaining and retaining access to classified infor-
mation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(5) Unless otherwise designated by law, to 
serve as the final authority to designate a Federal 
agency or agencies to determine eligibility for access 
to classified information or eligibility to hold a sen-
sitive position in accordance with Executive Order 
No. 12968 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to access 
to classified information). 
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‘‘(6) To ensure reciprocal recognition of eligi-
bility for access to classified information or eligibility 
to hold a sensitive position among Federal agencies, 
including acting as the final authority to arbitrate 
and resolve disputes among such agencies involving 
the reciprocity of investigations and adjudications of 
eligibility. 
‘‘(7) To execute all other duties assigned to the 
Security Executive Agent by law. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES.—The Security Executive Agent 
shall— 
‘‘(1) issue guidelines and instructions to the 
heads of Federal agencies to ensure appropriate uni-
formity, centralization, efficiency, effectiveness, time-
liness, and security in processes relating to deter-
minations by such agencies of eligibility for access to 
classified information or eligibility to hold a sensitive 
position, including such matters as investigations, 
polygraphs, adjudications, and reciprocity; 
‘‘(2) have the authority to grant exceptions to, 
or waivers of, national security investigative require-
ments, including issuing implementing or clarifying 
guidance, as necessary; 
‘‘(3) have the authority to assign, in whole or 
in part, to the head of any Federal agency (solely or 
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jointly) any of the duties of the Security Executive 
Agent described in subsection (b) or the authorities 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2), provided that 
the exercise of such assigned duties or authorities is 
subject to the oversight of the Security Executive 
Agent, including such terms and conditions (includ-
ing approval by the Security Executive Agent) as the 
Security Executive Agent determines appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(4) define and set standards for continuous 
evaluation for continued access to classified informa-
tion and for eligibility to hold a sensitive position.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISING 
AUTHORITIES.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Chairman of the Council submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees the report required by 
section 2602(b)(2)(A), the Chairman shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees such recommenda-
tions as the Chairman may have for revising the authori-
ties of the Security Executive Agent. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
103H(j)(4)(A) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3033(j)(4)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in section 804’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
section 805’’. 
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(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the matter preceding section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
3002) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 
803 and 804 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 803. Security Executive Agent. 
‘‘Sec. 804. Exceptions. 
‘‘Sec. 805. Definitions.’’. 
SEC. 2606. REPORT ON UNIFIED, SIMPLIFIED, GOVERN-
MENTWIDE STANDARDS FOR POSITIONS OF 
TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the 
Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in coordi-
nation with the other members of the Council, shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
make available to appropriate industry partners a report 
regarding the advisability and the risks, benefits, and 
costs to the Government and to industry of consolidating 
to not more than three tiers for positions of trust and se-
curity clearances. 
SEC. 2607. REPORT ON CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that to reflect the greater mobility of the modern 
workforce, alternative methodologies merit analysis to 
allow greater flexibility for individuals moving in and out 
of positions that require access to classified information, 
while still preserving security. 
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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security 
Executive Agent shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and make available to appropriate in-
dustry partners a report that describes the requirements, 
feasibility, and advisability of implementing a clearance in 
person concept described in subsection (c). 
(c) CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT.—The clear-
ance in person concept— 
(1) permits an individual who once held a secu-
rity clearance to maintain his or her eligibility for 
access to classified information, networks, and facili-
ties for up to 3 years after the individual’s eligibility 
for access to classified information would otherwise 
lapse; and 
(2) recognizes, unless otherwise directed by the 
Security Executive Agent, an individual’s security 
clearance and background investigation as current, 
regardless of employment status, contingent on en-
rollment in a continuous vetting program. 
(d) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (b) shall address— 
(1) requirements for an individual to voluntarily 
remain in a continuous evaluation program validated 
by the Security Executive Agent even if the indi-
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vidual is not in a position requiring access to classi-
fied information; 
(2) appropriate safeguards for privacy; 
(3) advantages to government and industry; 
(4) the costs and savings associated with imple-
mentation; 
(5) the risks of such implementation, including 
security and counterintelligence risks; 
(6) an appropriate funding model; and 
(7) fairness to small companies and inde-
pendent contractors. 
SEC. 2608. REPORTS ON RECIPROCITY FOR SECURITY 
CLEARANCES INSIDE OF DEPARTMENTS AND 
AGENCIES. 
(a) RECIPROCALLY RECOGNIZED DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘reciprocally recognized’’ means recip-
rocal recognition by Federal departments and agencies of 
eligibility for access to classified information. 
(b) REPORTS TO SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT.— 
The head of each Federal department or agency shall sub-
mit an annual report to the Security Executive Agent 
that— 
(1) identifies the number of individuals whose 
security clearances take more than 2 weeks to be re-
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ciprocally recognized after such individuals move to 
another part of such department or agency; and 
(2) breaks out the information described in 
paragraph (1) by type of clearance and the reasons 
for any delays. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Security Executive Agent shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make avail-
able to industry partners an annual report that summa-
rizes the information received pursuant to subsection (b) 
during the period covered by such report. 
SEC. 2609. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) despite sustained efforts by Congress and 
the executive branch, an unacceptable backlog in 
processing and adjudicating security clearances per-
sists, both within elements of the intelligence com-
munity and in other departments of the Federal 
Government, with some processing times exceeding a 
year or even more; 
(2) the protracted clearance timetable threatens 
the ability of elements of the intelligence community 
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to hire and retain highly qualified individuals, and 
thus to fulfill the missions of such elements; 
(3) the prospect of a lengthy clearance process 
deters some such individuals from seeking employ-
ment with the intelligence community in the first 
place, and, when faced with a long wait time, those 
with conditional offers of employment may opt to 
discontinue the security clearance process and pur-
sue different opportunities; 
(4) now more than ever, therefore, the broken 
security clearance process badly needs fundamental 
reform; and 
(5) in the meantime, to ensure the ability of 
elements of the intelligence community to hire and 
retain highly qualified personnel, elements should 
consider, to the extent possible and consistent with 
national security, permitting new employees to enter 
on duty immediately or nearly so, and to perform, 
on a temporary basis pending final adjudication of 
their security clearances, work that either does not 
require a security clearance or requires only a low- 
level interim clearance. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 506H of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
REPORTS.—(1) 
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the security clearances processed by each 
element of the intelligence community during the pre-
ceding fiscal year. Each such report shall separately iden-
tify security clearances processed for Federal employees 
and contractor employees sponsored by each such element. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
shall include each of the following for each element of the 
intelligence community for the fiscal year covered by the 
report: 
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‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations sponsored for new 
applicants. 
‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance 
periodic reinvestigations sponsored for existing em-
ployees. 
‘‘(C) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations for new applicants 
that were adjudicated with notice of a determination 
provided to the prospective applicant, including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adju-
dicated favorably and granted access to classi-
fied information; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adju-
dicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or 
revocation of a security clearance. 
‘‘(D) The total number of security clearance 
periodic background investigations that were adju-
dicated with notice of a determination provided to 
the existing employee, including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adju-
dicated favorably; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adju-
dicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or 
revocation of a security clearance. 
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‘‘(E) The total number of pending security 
clearance background investigations, including initial 
applicant investigations and periodic reinvestiga-
tions, that were not adjudicated as of the last day 
of such year and that remained pending as follows: 
‘‘(i) For 180 days or less. 
‘‘(ii) For 180 days or longer, but less than 
12 months. 
‘‘(iii) For 12 months or longer, but less 
than 18 months. 
‘‘(iv) For 18 months or longer, but less 
than 24 months. 
‘‘(v) For 24 months or longer. 
‘‘(F) In the case of security clearance deter-
minations completed or pending during the year pre-
ceding the year for which the report is submitted 
that have taken longer than 12 months to com-
plete— 
‘‘(i) an explanation of the causes for the 
delays incurred during the period covered by 
the report; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of such delays involving a 
polygraph requirement. 
‘‘(G) The percentage of security clearance in-
vestigations, including initial and periodic reinves-
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tigations, that resulted in a denial or revocation of 
a security clearance. 
‘‘(H) The percentage of security clearance in-
vestigations that resulted in incomplete information. 
‘‘(I) The percentage of security clearance inves-
tigations that did not result in enough information 
to make a decision on potentially adverse informa-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The report required under this subsection shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (a)(1) and (b)’’. 
SEC. 2610. PERIODIC REPORT ON POSITIONS IN THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE CON-
DUCTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION, NETWORKS, OR FACILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and not less frequently than once every 
5 years thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report that reviews the intelligence community for which 
positions can be conducted without access to classified in-
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formation, networks, or facilities, or may only require a 
security clearance at the secret level. 
SEC. 2611. INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSI-
TIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEAR-
ANCES. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security 
Executive 
Agent 
and 
the 
Suitability 
and 
Credentialing Executive Agent shall establish and 
implement a program to share between and among 
agencies of the Federal Government and industry 
partners of the Federal Government relevant back-
ground information regarding individuals applying 
for and currently occupying national security posi-
tions and positions of trust, in order to ensure the 
Federal Government maintains a trusted workforce. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The program established 
under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Trusted 
Information Provider Program’’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
(b) PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS.—The Security Executive 
Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive 
Agent shall ensure that the Program includes such safe-
guards for privacy as the Security Executive Agent and 
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the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider 
appropriate. 
(c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.—The Program shall include requirements 
that enable investigative service providers and agencies of 
the Federal Government to leverage certain pre-employ-
ment information gathered during the employment or mili-
tary recruiting process, and other relevant security or 
human resources information obtained during employment 
with or for the Federal Government, that satisfy Federal 
investigative standards, while safeguarding personnel pri-
vacy. 
(d) INFORMATION AND RECORDS.—The information 
and records considered under the Program shall include 
the following: 
(1) Date and place of birth. 
(2) Citizenship or immigration and naturaliza-
tion information. 
(3) Education records. 
(4) Employment records. 
(5) Employment or social references. 
(6) Military service records. 
(7) State and local law enforcement checks. 
(8) Criminal history checks. 
(9) Financial records or information. 
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(10) Foreign travel, relatives, or associations. 
(11) Social media checks. 
(12) Such other information or records as may 
be relevant to obtaining or maintaining national se-
curity, suitability, fitness, or credentialing eligibility. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security 
Executive 
Agent 
and 
the 
Suitability 
and 
Credentialing Executive Agent shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make 
available to appropriate industry partners a plan for 
the implementation of the Program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na-
tional 
security, 
suitability 
or 
fitness, 
credentialing, and human resources or military 
recruitment processes. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative 
or administrative action as the Security Execu-
tive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 
Executive Agent consider appropriate to carry 
out or improve the Program. 
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(f) PLAN FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON TWO-WAY INFOR-
MATION SHARING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Se-
curity Executive Agent and the Suitability and 
Credentialing Executive Agent shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make 
available to appropriate industry partners a plan for 
the implementation of a pilot program to assess the 
feasibility and advisability of expanding the Program 
to include the sharing of information held by the 
Federal Government related to contract personnel 
with the security office of the employers of those 
contractor personnel. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na-
tional 
security, 
suitability 
or 
fitness, 
credentialing, and human resources or military 
recruitment processes. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative 
or administrative action as the Security Execu-
tive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 
Executive Agent consider appropriate to carry 
out or improve the pilot program. 
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(g) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent 
and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and make available to appropriate industry part-
ners a review of the plans submitted under subsections 
(e)(1) and (f)(1) and utility and effectiveness of the pro-
grams described in such plans. 
SEC. 2612. REPORT ON PROTECTIONS FOR CONFIDEN-
TIALITY OF WHISTLEBLOWER-RELATED COM-
MUNICATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent shall, in 
coordination with the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community, submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report detailing the controls employed by the in-
telligence community to ensure that continuous vetting 
programs, including those involving user activity moni-
toring, protect the confidentiality of whistleblower-related 
communications. 
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TITLE XXVII—REPORTS AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to 
Russia and Other Foreign Powers 
SEC. 2701. LIMITATION RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OR 
SUPPORT OF CYBERSECURITY UNIT WITH 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No amount may be ex-
pended by the Federal Government, other than the 
Department of Defense, to enter into or implement 
any bilateral agreement between the United States 
and the Russian Federation regarding cybersecurity, 
including the establishment or support of any cyber-
security unit, unless, at least 30 days prior to the 
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conclusion of any such agreement, the Director of 
National Intelligence submits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on such agreement 
that includes the elements required by subsection 
(c). 
(2) 
DEPARTMENT
OF
DEFENSE
AGREE-
MENTS.—Any agreement between the Department of 
Defense and the Russian Federation regarding cy-
bersecurity shall be conducted in accordance with 
section 1232 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), as 
amended by section 1231 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
115–91). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—If the Director submits a report 
under subsection (b) with respect to an agreement, such 
report shall include a description of each of the following: 
(1) The purpose of the agreement. 
(2) The nature of any intelligence to be shared 
pursuant to the agreement. 
(3) The expected value to national security re-
sulting from the implementation of the agreement. 
(4) Such counterintelligence concerns associated 
with the agreement as the Director may have and 
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such measures as the Director expects to be taken 
to mitigate such concerns. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to affect any existing authority of the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, or another head of an element of the 
intelligence community, to share or receive foreign intel-
ligence on a case-by-case basis. 
SEC. 2702. REPORT ON RETURNING RUSSIAN COMPOUNDS. 
(a) COVERED COMPOUNDS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered compounds’’ means the real prop-
erty in New York, the real property in Maryland, and the 
real property in San Francisco, California, that were 
under the control of the Government of Russia in 2016 
and were removed from such control in response to various 
transgressions by the Government of Russia, including the 
interference by the Government of Russia in the 2016 
election in the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives (only with 
respect to the unclassified report), a report on the intel-
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ligence risks of returning the covered compounds to Rus-
sian control. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by this 
section shall be submitted in classified and unclassified 
forms. 
SEC. 2703. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT FINANCE RELATING 
TO RUSSIA. 
(a) THREAT FINANCE DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘threat finance’’ means— 
(1) the financing of cyber operations, global in-
fluence campaigns, intelligence service activities, pro-
liferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and 
drug organizations; 
(2) the methods and entities used to spend, 
store, move, raise, conceal, or launder money or 
value, on behalf of threat actors; 
(3) sanctions evasion; and 
(4) other forms of threat finance activity do-
mestically or internationally, as defined by the Presi-
dent. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
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a report containing an assessment of Russian threat fi-
nance. The assessment shall be based on intelligence from 
all sources, including from the Office of Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence of the Department of the Treasury. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A summary of leading examples from the 3- 
year period preceding the date of the submittal of 
the report of threat finance activities conducted by, 
for the benefit of, or at the behest of— 
(A) officials of the Government of Russia; 
(B) persons subject to sanctions under any 
provision of law imposing sanctions with respect 
to Russia; 
(C) Russian nationals subject to sanctions 
under any other provision of law; or 
(D) Russian oligarchs or organized crimi-
nals. 
(2) An assessment with respect to any trends or 
patterns in threat finance activities relating to Rus-
sia, including common methods of conducting such 
activities and global nodes of money laundering used 
by Russian threat actors described in paragraph (1) 
and associated entities. 
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(3) An assessment of any connections between 
Russian individuals involved in money laundering 
and the Government of Russia. 
(4) A summary of engagement and coordination 
with international partners on threat finance relat-
ing to Russia, especially in Europe, including exam-
ples of such engagement and coordination. 
(5) An identification of any resource and collec-
tion gaps. 
(6) An identification of— 
(A) entry points of money laundering by 
Russian and associated entities into the United 
States; 
(B) any vulnerabilities within the United 
States legal and financial system, including spe-
cific sectors, which have been or could be ex-
ploited in connection with Russian threat fi-
nance activities; and 
(C) the counterintelligence threat posed by 
Russian money laundering and other forms of 
threat finance, as well as the threat to the 
United States financial system and United 
States efforts to enforce sanctions and combat 
organized crime. 
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(7) Any other matters the Director determines 
appropriate. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 2704. NOTIFICATION OF AN ACTIVE MEASURES CAM-
PAIGN. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
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(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION.—The Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, in cooperation with the Direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the head 
of any other relevant agency, shall notify the congressional 
leadership and the Chairman and Vice Chairman or Rank-
ing Member of each of the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, and of other relevant committees of jurisdiction, 
each time the Director of National Intelligence determines 
there is credible information that a foreign power has, is, 
or will attempt to employ a covert influence or active 
measures campaign with regard to the modernization, em-
ployment, doctrine, or force posture of the nuclear deter-
rent or missile defense. 
(c) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—Each notification 
required by subsection (b) shall include information con-
cerning actions taken by the United States to expose or 
halt an attempt referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 2705. NOTIFICATION OF TRAVEL BY ACCREDITED DIP-
LOMATIC AND CONSULAR PERSONNEL OF 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
In carrying out the advance notification requirements 
set out in section 502 of the Intelligence Authorization 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115– 
31; 131 Stat. 825; 22 U.S.C. 254a note), the Secretary 
of State shall— 
(1) ensure that the Russian Federation provides 
notification to the Secretary of State at least 2 busi-
ness days in advance of all travel that is subject to 
such requirements by accredited diplomatic and con-
sular personnel of the Russian Federation in the 
United States, and take necessary action to secure 
full compliance by Russian personnel and address 
any noncompliance; and 
(2) provide notice of travel described in para-
graph (1) to the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion within 1 hour of receiving notice of such travel. 
SEC. 2706. REPORT ON OUTREACH STRATEGY ADDRESSING 
THREATS 
FROM 
UNITED 
STATES 
ADVER-
SARIES 
TO 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
TECH-
NOLOGY SECTOR. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-
tees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, Com-
mittee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(b) 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 appropriate 
committees of Congress a report detailing outreach by the 
intelligence community and the Defense Intelligence En-
terprise to United States industrial, commercial, scientific, 
technical, and academic communities on matters relating 
to the efforts of adversaries of the United States to ac-
quire critical United States technology, intellectual prop-
erty, and research and development information. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of the current outreach efforts of 
the intelligence community and the Defense Intel-
ligence Enterprise described in subsection (b), in-
cluding the type of information conveyed in the out-
reach. 
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(2) A determination of the appropriate element 
of the intelligence community to lead such outreach 
efforts. 
(3) An assessment of potential methods for im-
proving the effectiveness of such outreach, including 
an assessment of the following: 
(A) Those critical technologies, infrastruc-
ture, or related supply chains that are at risk 
from the efforts of adversaries described in sub-
section (b). 
(B) The necessity and advisability of 
granting security clearances to company or 
community leadership, when necessary and ap-
propriate, to allow for tailored classified brief-
ings on specific targeted threats. 
(C) The advisability of partnering with en-
tities of the Federal Government that are not 
elements of the intelligence community and rel-
evant regulatory and industry groups described 
in subsection (b), to convey key messages across 
sectors targeted by United States adversaries. 
(D) Strategies to assist affected elements 
of the communities described in subparagraph 
(C) in mitigating, deterring, and protecting 
against the broad range of threats from the ef-
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forts of adversaries described in subsection (b), 
with focus on producing information that en-
ables private entities to justify business deci-
sions related to national security concerns. 
(E) The advisability of the establishment 
of a United States Government-wide task force 
to coordinate outreach and activities to combat 
the threats from efforts of adversaries described 
in subsection (b). 
(F) Such other matters as the Director of 
National Intelligence may consider necessary. 
(d) CONSULTATION ENCOURAGED.—In preparing the 
report required by subsection (b), the Director is encour-
aged to consult with other government agencies, think 
tanks, academia, representatives of the financial industry, 
or such other entities as the Director considers appro-
priate. 
(e) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex as necessary. 
SEC. 2707. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 
FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) ARMS OR RELATED MATERIAL.—The term 
‘‘arms or related material’’ means— 
(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio-
logical weapons or materials or components of 
such weapons; 
(B) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or 
materials or components of such weapons; 
(C) destabilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons; 
(D) defense articles or defense services, as 
those terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and 
(4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); 
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(E) defense information, as that term is 
defined in section 644 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403); or 
(F) items designated by the President for 
purposes of the United States Munitions List 
under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
(b) 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 appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on Iranian support of 
proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon and the threat posed 
to Israel, other United States regional allies, and other 
specified interests of the United States as a result of such 
support. 
(c) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The report required 
under subsection (b) shall include information relating to 
the following matters with respect to both the strategic 
and tactical implications for the United States and its al-
lies: 
(1) A description of arms or related materiel 
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 
including the number of such arms or related mate-
riel and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or 
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air, as well as financial and additional technological 
capabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah. 
(2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-con-
trolled personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite mili-
tias, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, 
operating within Syria, including the number and 
geographic distribution of such personnel operating 
within 30 kilometers of the Israeli borders with 
Syria and Lebanon. 
(3) An assessment of Hizballah’s operational 
lessons learned based on its recent experiences in 
Syria. 
(4) A description of any rocket-producing facili-
ties in Lebanon for nonstate actors, including wheth-
er such facilities were assessed to be built at the di-
rection of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leadership, 
or in consultation between Iranian leadership and 
Hizballah leadership. 
(5) An analysis of the foreign and domestic 
supply chains that significantly facilitate, support, or 
otherwise aid Hizballah’s acquisition or development 
of missile production facilities, including the geo-
graphic distribution of such foreign and domestic 
supply chains. 
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(6) An assessment of the provision of goods, 
services, or technology transferred by Iran or its af-
filiates to Hizballah to indigenously manufacture or 
otherwise produce missiles. 
(7) An identification of foreign persons that are 
based on credible information, facilitating the trans-
fer of significant financial support or arms or re-
lated materiel to Hizballah. 
(8) A description of the threat posed to Israel 
and other United States allies in the Middle East by 
the transfer of arms or related material or other 
support offered to Hizballah and other proxies from 
Iran. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 2708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES 
SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TER-
RORIST ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not 
less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a re-
port describing Iranian expenditures in the previous cal-
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endar year on military and terrorist activities outside the 
country, including each of the following: 
(1) The amount spent in such calendar year on 
activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
including activities providing support for— 
(A) Hizballah; 
(B) Houthi rebels in Yemen; 
(C) Hamas; 
(D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or 
(E) any other entity or country the Direc-
tor determines to be relevant. 
(2) The amount spent in such calendar year for 
ballistic missile research and testing or other activi-
ties that the Director determines are destabilizing to 
the Middle East region. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 2709. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF COMMITTEE TO 
COUNTER ACTIVE MEASURES AND REPORT 
ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MALIGN IN-
FLUENCE CENTER. 
(a) SCOPE OF COMMITTEE TO COUNTER ACTIVE 
MEASURES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 115–31; 50 U.S.C. 3001 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsections (a) through (h)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, the People’s Repub-
lic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
the 
Democratic 
People’s 
Republic 
of 
Korea, or other nation state’’ after ‘‘Rus-
sian Federation’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, China, Iran, North 
Korea, or other nation state’’ after ‘‘Rus-
sia’’ each place it appears; and 
(B) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘, 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE 
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, THE DEMO-
CRATIC
PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC
OF
KOREA, 
OR OTHER NATION STATE’’ after ‘‘RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 501 and insert-
ing the following new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 501. Committee to counter active measures by the Russian Federation, 
the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or other nation 
states to exert covert influence over peoples and governments.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE RE-
SPONSE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, in coordination with 
such elements of the intelligence community as the 
Director considers relevant, shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees a report on the 
feasibility and advisability of establishing a center, 
to be known as the ‘‘Foreign Malign Influence Re-
sponse Center’’, that— 
(A) is comprised of analysts from all ap-
propriate elements of the intelligence commu-
nity, including elements with related diplomatic 
and law enforcement functions; 
(B) has access to all intelligence and other 
reporting acquired by the United States Gov-
ernment on foreign efforts to influence, through 
overt and covert malign activities, United 
States political processes and elections; 
(C) provides comprehensive assessment, 
and indications and warning, of such activities; 
and 
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(D) provides for enhanced dissemination of 
such assessment to United States policy mak-
ers. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A discussion of the desirability of the 
establishment of such center and any barriers 
to such establishment. 
(B) Such recommendations and other mat-
ters as the Director considers appropriate. 
(c) REPORT ON ABILITY TO IDENTIFY FOREIGN IN-
FLUENCE EFFORTS.— 
(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 
congressional intelligence committees a report con-
cerning the ability of the intelligence community 
to— 
(A) identify foreign influence efforts aimed 
at sowing discord or interfering, or both, in the 
political processes of the United States; and 
(B) report such efforts to appropriate au-
thorities. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
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(A) A description of the current level of 
ongoing communication and coordination across 
the intelligence community and law enforce-
ment, including the Department of Justice, the 
Department of State, the Department of Home-
land Security, and the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, with respect to combating foreign in-
fluence efforts described in subparagraph (A) of 
such paragraph. 
(B) Identification of the offices or compo-
nents of the departments and agencies of the 
Federal Government that are tasked with any 
responsibility with respect to combating such 
foreign influence efforts. 
(C) Identification of the number of per-
sonnel within each element of the intelligence 
community and other elements of the Federal 
Government that are focused on combating 
such foreign influence efforts, whether on a 
temporary or permanent basis. 
(D) Identification of the legal authorities 
that are most relevant to combating such for-
eign influence efforts, including— 
(i) which such legal authorities pose 
challenges or barriers to effectively combat 
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such foreign influence efforts and a de-
scription of the reasons for such challenges 
or barriers; and 
(ii) which such legal authorities pose 
challenges or barriers with respect to ele-
ments of the intelligence community and 
other elements of the Federal Government 
working together to combat such foreign 
influence efforts and a description of the 
reasons for such challenges or barriers. 
(E) A description of the current level of 
communication or engagement between the in-
telligence community and private internet-plat-
forms or social media companies with respect to 
combating such foreign influence efforts. 
(F) A description of the additional re-
sources the Director determines is necessary to 
effectively identify such foreign influence ef-
forts, and the roles and responsibilities across 
the intelligence community that would best sup-
port the shared objective of identifying such 
foreign influence efforts. 
(G) Any other matters the Director deter-
mines appropriate. 
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(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
may be submitted in classified form. 
Subtitle B—Reports 
SEC. 2711. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL STUDY. 
Section 11001(d) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘AUDIT’’ and inserting ‘‘REVIEW’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘audit’’ and 
inserting ‘‘review’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘audit’’ and 
inserting ‘‘review’’. 
SEC. 2712. REPORTS ON AUTHORITIES OF THE CHIEF IN-
TELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
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(C) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) HOMELAND SECURITY INTELLIGENCE EN-
TERPRISE.—The term ‘‘Homeland Security Intel-
ligence Enterprise’’ has the meaning given such 
term in Department of Homeland Security Instruc-
tion Number 264–01–001, or successor authority. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Under Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report on the authorities of the Under Secretary. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall include each of the following: 
(1) An analysis of whether the Under Secretary 
has the legal and policy authority necessary to orga-
nize and lead the Homeland Security Intelligence 
Enterprise, with respect to intelligence, and, if not, 
a description of— 
(A) the obstacles to exercising the authori-
ties of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De-
partment and the Homeland Security Intel-
ligence Council, of which the Chief Intelligence 
Officer is the chair; and 
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(B) the legal and policy changes necessary 
to effectively coordinate, organize, and lead in-
telligence activities of the Department of Home-
land Security. 
(2) A description of the actions that the Sec-
retary has taken to address the inability of the 
Under Secretary to require components of the De-
partment, other than the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department to— 
(A) coordinate intelligence programs; and 
(B) integrate and standardize intelligence 
products produced by such other components. 
SEC. 2713. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHIS-
TLEBLOWER MATTERS. 
(a) REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER MATTERS.—The 
Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, in con-
sultation with the inspectors general for the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Na-
tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, 
shall conduct a review of the authorities, policies, inves-
tigatory standards, and other practices and procedures re-
lating to intelligence community whistleblower matters, 
with respect to such inspectors general. 
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(b) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the re-
view required under subsection (a) is to identify any dis-
crepancies, inconsistencies, or other issues, which frustrate 
the timely and effective reporting of intelligence commu-
nity whistleblower matters to appropriate inspectors gen-
eral and to the congressional intelligence committees, and 
the fair and expeditious investigation and resolution of 
such matters. 
(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community shall take such measures as 
the Inspector General determines necessary in order to en-
sure that the review required by subsection (a) is con-
ducted in an independent and objective fashion. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a written report containing the re-
sults of the review required under subsection (a), along 
with recommendations to improve the timely and effective 
reporting of intelligence community whistleblower matters 
to inspectors general and to the congressional intelligence 
committees and the fair and expeditious investigation and 
resolution of such matters. 
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SEC. 2714. REPORT ON ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements 
of the intelligence community determined appropriate by 
the Director, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the role of the Director in pre-
paring analytic materials in connection with the evaluation 
by the Federal Government of national security risks asso-
ciated with potential foreign investments into the United 
States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) a description of the current process for the 
provision of the analytic materials described in sub-
section (a); 
(2) an identification of the most significant ben-
efits and drawbacks of such process with respect to 
the role of the Director, including the sufficiency of 
resources and personnel to prepare such materials; 
and 
(3) recommendations to improve such process. 
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SEC. 2715. REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE BY FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS AGAINST UNITED STATES TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS. 
(a) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means the following: 
(1) The congressional intelligence committees. 
(2) The Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(3) The Committee on the Judiciary and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall, in coordination with the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National 
Security Agency, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port describing— 
(1) any attempts known to the intelligence com-
munity by foreign governments to exploit cybersecu-
rity vulnerabilities in United States telecommuni-
cations networks (including Signaling System No. 7) 
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to target for surveillance United States persons, in-
cluding employees of the Federal Government; and 
(2) any actions, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, taken by the intelligence community to 
protect agencies and personnel of the United States 
Government from surveillance conducted by foreign 
governments. 
SEC. 2716. BIENNIAL REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 
RISKS. 
(a) 
INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
INTERAGENCY 
WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH.—The Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall establish an intel-
ligence community interagency working group to 
prepare the biennial reports required by subsection 
(b). 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of National 
Intelligence shall serve as the chairperson of such 
interagency working group. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—Such interagency working 
group shall be composed of representatives of each 
element of the intelligence community that the Di-
rector of National Intelligence determines appro-
priate. 
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(b) BIENNIAL REPORT ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT 
RISKS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
not less frequently than once every 2 years there-
after, the Director of National Intelligence shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives a re-
port on foreign investment risks prepared by the 
interagency working group established under sub-
section (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (1) shall include identification, analysis, and 
explanation of the following: 
(A) Any current or projected major threats 
to the national security of the United States 
with respect to foreign investment. 
(B) Any strategy used by a foreign country 
that such interagency working group has identi-
fied to be a country of special concern to use 
foreign investment to target the acquisition of 
critical technologies, critical materials, or crit-
ical infrastructure. 
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(C) Any economic espionage efforts di-
rected at the United States by a foreign coun-
try, particularly such a country of special con-
cern. 
SEC. 2717. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENT ON TRAVEL OF FOREIGN DIP-
LOMATS. 
Section 502(d)(2) of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 115–31) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the number’’ and inserting ‘‘a best estimate’’. 
SEC. 2718. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED OFFICIAL.—The term ‘covered 
official’ means— 
‘‘(A) the heads of each element of the in-
telligence community; and 
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‘‘(B) the inspectors general with oversight 
responsibility for an element of the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(2) INVESTIGATION.—The term ‘investigation’ 
means any inquiry, whether formal or informal, into 
the existence of an unauthorized public disclosure of 
classified information. 
‘‘(3) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION.—The term ‘unauthorized dis-
closure of classified information’ means any unau-
thorized disclosure of classified information to any 
recipient. 
‘‘(4) UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The term ‘unauthorized 
public disclosure of classified information’ means the 
unauthorized disclosure of classified information to a 
journalist or media organization. 
‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once every 6 months, each covered official shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on investigations of unauthorized public dis-
closures of classified information. 
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‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the pre-
ceding 6-month period, the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of investigations opened 
by the covered official regarding an unauthor-
ized public disclosure of classified information. 
‘‘(B) The number of investigations com-
pleted by the covered official regarding an un-
authorized public disclosure of classified infor-
mation. 
‘‘(C) Of the number of such completed in-
vestigations identified under subparagraph (B), 
the number referred to the Attorney General 
for criminal investigation. 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once every 6 months, the Assistant Attorney General 
for National Security of the Department of Justice, 
in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees, the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
on the status of each referral made to the Depart-
ment of Justice from any element of the intelligence 
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community regarding an unauthorized disclosure of 
classified information made during the most recent 
365-day period or any referral that has not yet been 
closed, regardless of the date the referral was made. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall include, for each referral covered 
by the report, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(A) The date the referral was received. 
‘‘(B) A statement indicating whether the 
alleged unauthorized disclosure described in the 
referral was substantiated by the Department 
of Justice. 
‘‘(C) A statement indicating the highest 
level of classification of the information that 
was revealed in the unauthorized disclosure. 
‘‘(D) A statement indicating whether an 
open criminal investigation related to the refer-
ral is active. 
‘‘(E) A statement indicating whether any 
criminal charges have been filed related to the 
referral. 
‘‘(F) A statement indicating whether the 
Department of Justice has been able to at-
tribute the unauthorized disclosure to a par-
ticular entity or individual. 
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‘‘(d) FORM OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 
under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may have a classified annex.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1104 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1105. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of 
classified information.’’. 
SEC. 2719. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNA-
TION OF COVERED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 
AS PERSONA NON GRATA. 
(a) COVERED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘covered intelligence officer’’ 
means— 
(1) a United States intelligence officer serving 
in a post in a foreign country; or 
(2) a known or suspected foreign intelligence of-
ficer serving in a United States post. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Not later than 
72 hours after a covered intelligence officer is designated 
as a persona non grata, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
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tives a notification of that designation. Each such notifica-
tion shall include— 
(1) the date of the designation; 
(2) the basis for the designation; and 
(3) a justification for the expulsion. 
SEC. 2720. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PAR-
TICIPATION IN VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES 
PROCESS OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) VULNERABILITIES
EQUITIES
POLICY
AND 
PROCESS
DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process document’’ means the 
executive branch document entitled ‘‘Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process’’ dated November 15, 
2017. 
(2) VULNERABILITIES
EQUITIES
PROCESS.— 
The term ‘‘Vulnerabilities Equities Process’’ means 
the interagency review of vulnerabilities, pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process docu-
ment or any successor document. 
(3) VULNERABILITY.—The term ‘‘vulnerability’’ 
means a weakness in an information system or its 
components (for example, system security proce-
dures, hardware design, and internal controls) that 
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could be exploited or could affect confidentiality, in-
tegrity, or availability of information. 
(b) REPORTS ON PROCESS AND CRITERIA UNDER 
VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES POLICY AND PROCESS.— 
(1) 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 congres-
sional intelligence committees a written report de-
scribing— 
(A) with respect to each element of the in-
telligence community— 
(i) the title of the official or officials 
responsible for determining whether, pur-
suant 
to 
criteria 
contained 
in 
the 
Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process 
document or any successor document, a 
vulnerability must be submitted for review 
under the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; 
and 
(ii) the process used by such element 
to make such determination; and 
(B) the roles or responsibilities of that ele-
ment during a review of a vulnerability sub-
mitted to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process. 
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(2) CHANGES TO PROCESS OR CRITERIA.—Not 
later than 30 days after any significant change is 
made to the process and criteria used by any ele-
ment of the intelligence community for determining 
whether to submit a vulnerability for review under 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, such element 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a report describing such change. 
(3) FORM
OF
REPORTS.—Each report sub-
mitted under this subsection shall be submitted in 
unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 
once each calendar year, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a classified report containing, 
with respect to the previous year— 
(A) the number of vulnerabilities submitted 
for review under the Vulnerabilities Equities 
Process; 
(B) the number of vulnerabilities described 
in subparagraph (A) disclosed to each vendor 
responsible for correcting the vulnerability, or 
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to the public, pursuant to the Vulnerabilities 
Equities Process; and 
(C) the aggregate number, by category, of 
the vulnerabilities excluded from review under 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process, as de-
scribed in paragraph 5.4 of the Vulnerabilities 
Equities Policy and Process document. 
(2) UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—Each report 
submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an un-
classified appendix that contains— 
(A) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 
disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; and 
(B) the aggregate number of vulnerabilities 
disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to 
the Vulnerabilities Equities Process known to 
have been patched. 
(3) NON-DUPLICATION.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may forgo submission of an an-
nual report required under this subsection for a cal-
endar year, if the Director notifies the intelligence 
committees in writing that, with respect to the same 
calendar year, an annual report required by para-
graph 4.3 of the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and 
Process document already has been submitted to 
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Congress, and such annual report contains the infor-
mation that would otherwise be required to be in-
cluded in an annual report under this subsection. 
SEC. 2721. INSPECTORS GENERAL REPORTS ON CLASSI-
FICATION. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than October 1, 
2019, each Inspector General listed in subsection (b) shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a re-
port that includes, with respect to the department or agen-
cy of the Inspector General, analyses of the following: 
(1) The accuracy of the application of classi-
fication and handling markers on a representative 
sample of finished reports, including such reports 
that are compartmented. 
(2) Compliance with declassification procedures. 
(3) The effectiveness of processes for identi-
fying topics of public or historical importance that 
merit prioritization for a declassification review. 
(b) INSPECTORS GENERAL LISTED.—The Inspectors 
General listed in this subsection are as follows: 
(1) The Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community. 
(2) The Inspector General of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency. 
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(3) The Inspector General of the National Se-
curity Agency. 
(4) The Inspector General of the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency. 
(5) The Inspector General of the National Re-
connaissance Office. 
(6) The Inspector General of the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 
SEC. 2722. REPORTS ON GLOBAL WATER INSECURITY AND 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
IMPLICATIONS 
AND 
BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DIS-
EASE AND PANDEMICS. 
(a) REPORTS ON GLOBAL WATER INSECURITY AND 
NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS.— 
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
not less frequently than once every 5 years there-
after, the Director of National Intelligence shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on the implications of water insecurity on the 
national security interest of the United States, in-
cluding consideration of social, economic, agricul-
tural, and environmental factors. 
(2) ASSESSMENT SCOPE AND FOCUS.—Each re-
port submitted under paragraph (1) shall include an 
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assessment of water insecurity described in such 
subsection with a global scope, but focus on areas of 
the world— 
(A) of strategic, economic, or humanitarian 
interest to the United States— 
(i) that are, as of the date of the re-
port, at the greatest risk of instability, 
conflict, human insecurity, or mass dis-
placement; or 
(ii) where challenges relating to water 
insecurity are likely to emerge and become 
significant during the 5-year or the 20- 
year period beginning on the date of the 
report; and 
(B) where challenges relating to water in-
security are likely to imperil the national secu-
rity interests of the United States or allies of 
the United States. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In researching a report 
required by paragraph (1), the Director shall consult 
with— 
(A) such stakeholders within the intel-
ligence community, the Department of Defense, 
and the Department of State as the Director 
considers appropriate; and 
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(B) such additional Federal agencies and 
persons in the private sector as the Director 
considers appropriate. 
(4) FORM.—Each report submitted under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex. 
(b) BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
AND PANDEMICS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. 
(2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
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of National Intelligence shall provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees a briefing on the an-
ticipated geopolitical effects of emerging infectious 
disease (including deliberate, accidental, and natu-
rally occurring infectious disease threats) and 
pandemics, and their implications on the national se-
curity of the United States. 
(3) CONTENT.—The briefing under paragraph 
(2) shall include an assessment of— 
(A) the economic, social, political, and se-
curity risks, costs, and impacts of emerging in-
fectious diseases on the United States and the 
international political and economic system; 
(B) the economic, social, political, and se-
curity risks, costs, and impacts of a major 
transnational pandemic on the United States 
and the international political and economic 
system; and 
(C) contributing trends and factors to the 
matters assessed under subparagraphs (A) and 
(B). 
(4) EXAMINATION OF RESPONSE CAPACITY.—In 
examining the risks, costs, and impacts of emerging 
infectious disease and a possible transnational pan-
demic under paragraph (3), the Director of National 
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Intelligence shall also examine in the briefing under 
paragraph (2) the response capacity within affected 
countries and the international system. In consid-
ering response capacity, the Director shall include— 
(A) the ability of affected nations to effec-
tively detect and manage emerging infectious 
diseases and a possible transnational pandemic; 
(B) the role and capacity of international 
organizations and nongovernmental organiza-
tions to respond to emerging infectious disease 
and a possible pandemic, and their ability to co-
ordinate with affected and donor nations; and 
(C) the effectiveness of current inter-
national frameworks, agreements, and health 
systems to respond to emerging infectious dis-
eases and a possible transnational pandemic. 
(5) FORM.—The briefing under paragraph (2) 
may be classified. 
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SEC. 2723. ANNUAL REPORT ON MEMORANDA OF UNDER-
STANDING BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY AND OTHER ENTITIES 
OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT RE-
GARDING SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL AC-
TIVITIES OR POLICY. 
Section 311 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (50 U.S.C. 3313) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each year, concurrent with the 
annual budget request submitted by the President to Con-
gress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
each head of an element of the intelligence community 
shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report that lists each memorandum of understanding or 
other agreement regarding significant operational activi-
ties or policy entered into during the most recently com-
pleted fiscal year between or among such element and any 
other entity of the United States Government. 
‘‘(b) PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS.—Each head of an 
element of an intelligence community who receives a re-
quest from the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate or the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
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of the House of Representatives for a copy of a memo-
randum of understanding or other document listed in a 
report submitted by the head under subsection (a) shall 
submit to such committee the requested copy as soon as 
practicable after receiving such request.’’. 
SEC. 2724. STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF ENCRYPTING 
UNCLASSIFIED 
WIRELINE 
AND 
WIRELESS 
TELEPHONE CALLS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall complete a study on the fea-
sibility of encrypting unclassified wireline and wireless 
telephone calls between personnel in the intelligence com-
munity. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the Director completes the study required by 
subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report on the Director’s 
findings with respect to such study. 
SEC. 2725. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL 
REPORT ON HIRING AND RETENTION OF MI-
NORITY EMPLOYEES. 
(a) EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF REPORT.—Subsection 
(a) of section 114 of the National Security Act of 1947 
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(50 U.S.C. 3050) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the pre-
ceding 5 fiscal years’’ after ‘‘fiscal year’’. 
(b) 
CLARIFICATION
ON
DISAGGREGATION
OF 
DATA.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended, in the 
matter before paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘disaggregated 
data by category of covered person from each element of 
the 
intelligence 
community’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘data, 
disaggregated by category of covered person and by ele-
ment of the intelligence community,’’. 
SEC. 2726. REPORTS ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY LOAN 
REPAYMENT AND RELATED PROGRAMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) there should be established, through the 
issuing of an Intelligence Community Directive or 
otherwise, an intelligence community-wide program 
for student loan repayment, student loan forgive-
ness, financial counseling, and related matters, for 
employees of the intelligence community; 
(2) creating such a program would enhance the 
ability of the elements of the intelligence community 
to recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified per-
sonnel, including with respect to mission-critical and 
hard-to-fill positions; 
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(3) such a program, including with respect to 
eligibility requirements, should be designed so as to 
maximize the ability of the elements of the intel-
ligence community to recruit, hire, and retain highly 
qualified personnel, including with respect to mis-
sion-critical and hard-to-fill positions; and 
(4) to the extent possible, such a program 
should be uniform throughout the intelligence com-
munity and publicly promoted by each element of 
the intelligence community to both current employ-
ees of the element as well as to prospective employ-
ees of the element. 
(b) REPORT ON POTENTIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMU-
NITY-WIDE PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, in cooperation with 
the heads of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity and the heads of any other appropriate depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
report on potentially establishing and carrying out 
an intelligence community-wide program for student 
loan repayment, student loan forgiveness, financial 
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counseling, and related matters, as described in sub-
section (a). 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A description of the financial resources 
that the elements of the intelligence community 
would require to establish and initially carry 
out the program specified in paragraph (1). 
(B) A description of the practical steps to 
establish and carry out such a program. 
(C) The identification of any legislative ac-
tion the Director determines necessary to estab-
lish and carry out such a program. 
(c) ANNUAL
REPORTS
ON
ESTABLISHED
PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) COVERED
PROGRAMS
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered programs’’ means any 
loan repayment program, loan forgiveness program, 
financial counseling program, or similar program, 
established pursuant to title X of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) or any 
other provision of law that may be administered or 
used by an element of the intelligence community. 
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(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS
REQUIRED.—Not less 
frequently than once each year, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on the covered pro-
grams. Each such report shall include, with respect 
to the period covered by the report, the following: 
(A) The number of personnel from each 
element of the intelligence community who used 
each covered program. 
(B) The total amount of funds each ele-
ment expended for each such program. 
(C) A description of the efforts made by 
each element to promote each covered program 
pursuant to both the personnel of the element 
of the intelligence community and to prospec-
tive personnel. 
SEC. 2727. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) CORRECTING LONG-STANDING MATERIAL WEAK-
NESSES.—Section 368 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 110–259; 50 U.S.C. 
3051 note) is hereby repealed. 
(b) INTERAGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CO-
ORDINATION GROUP.—Section 210D of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) 
as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and 
(3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (9). 
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Section 8H of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively. 
SEC. 2728. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY REPORT ON SENIOR EXECU-
TIVES OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE POSITION DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Senior Executive Serv-
ice position’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and includes 
any position above the GS–15, step 10, level of the Gen-
eral Schedule under section 5332 of such title. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
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Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on the number of Senior 
Executive Service positions in the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence. 
(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (b) shall include the following: 
(1) The number of required Senior Executive 
Service positions for the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence. 
(2) Whether such requirements are reasonably 
based on the mission of the Office. 
(3) A discussion of how the number of the Sen-
ior Executive Service positions in the Office compare 
to the number of senior positions at comparable or-
ganizations. 
(d) COOPERATION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall provide to the Inspector General of the Intel-
ligence Community any information requested by the In-
spector General of the Intelligence Community that is nec-
essary to carry out this section by not later than 14 cal-
endar days after the date on which the Inspector General 
of the Intelligence Community makes such request. 
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SEC. 2729. BRIEFING ON FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA-
TION OFFERING PERMANENT RESIDENCE TO 
SOURCES AND COOPERATORS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall provide to the congressional intelligence 
committees a briefing on the ability of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation to offer, as an inducement to assisting the 
Bureau, permanent residence within the United States to 
foreign individuals who are sources or cooperators in coun-
terintelligence or other national security-related investiga-
tions. The briefing shall address the following: 
(1) The extent to which the Bureau may make 
such offers, whether independently or in conjunction 
with other agencies and departments of the United 
States Government, including a discussion of the au-
thorities provided by section 101(a)(15)(S) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(15)(S)), section 7 of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Act (50 U.S.C. 3508), and any other 
provision of law under which the Bureau may make 
such offers. 
(2) An overview of the policies and operational 
practices of the Bureau with respect to making such 
offers. 
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(3) The sufficiency of such policies and prac-
tices with respect to inducing individuals to cooper-
ate with, serve as sources for such investigations, or 
both. 
(4) Whether the Director recommends any leg-
islative actions to improve such policies and prac-
tices, particularly with respect to the counterintel-
ligence efforts of the Bureau. 
SEC. 2730. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF NORTH KOREA 
REVENUE SOURCES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, in coordination with the As-
sistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research 
and the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, shall produce an intelligence assess-
ment of the revenue sources of the North Korean regime. 
Such assessment shall include revenue from the following 
sources: 
(1) Trade in coal, iron, and iron ore. 
(2) The provision of fishing rights to North Ko-
rean territorial waters. 
(3) Trade in gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore, 
copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals, 
and other stores of value. 
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(4) Trade in textiles. 
(5) Sales of conventional defense articles and 
services. 
(6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles, 
and other associated items. 
(7) Other types of manufacturing for export, as 
the Director of National Intelligence considers ap-
propriate. 
(8) The exportation of workers from North 
Korea in a manner intended to generate significant 
revenue, directly or indirectly, for use by the govern-
ment of North Korea. 
(9) The provision of nonhumanitarian goods 
(such as food, medicine, and medical devices) and 
services by other countries. 
(10) The provision of services, including bank-
ing and other support, including by entities located 
in the Russian Federation, China, and Iran. 
(11) Online commercial activities of the Govern-
ment of North Korea, including online gambling. 
(12) Criminal activities, including cyber-enabled 
crime and counterfeit goods. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under 
subsection (a) shall include an identification of each of the 
following: 
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(1) The sources of North Korea’s funding. 
(2) Financial and non-financial networks, in-
cluding supply chain management, transportation, 
and facilitation, through which North Korea accesses 
the United States and international financial sys-
tems and repatriates and exports capital, goods, and 
services; and 
(3) the global financial institutions, money serv-
ices business, and payment systems that assist 
North Korea with financial transactions. 
(c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Upon completion of 
the assessment required under subsection (a), the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a copy of such assessment. 
SEC. 2731. REPORT ON POSSIBLE EXPLOITATION OF VIR-
TUAL CURRENCIES BY TERRORIST ACTORS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Stop Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies Act’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis, shall submit to Congress a re-
port on the possible exploitation of virtual currencies by 
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terrorist actors. Such report shall include the following 
elements: 
(1) An assessment of the means and methods 
by which international terrorist organizations and 
State sponsors of terrorism use virtual currencies. 
(2) An assessment of the use by terrorist orga-
nizations and State sponsors of terrorism of virtual 
currencies compared to the use by such organiza-
tions and States of other forms of financing to sup-
port operations, including an assessment of the col-
lection posture of the intelligence community on the 
use of virtual currencies by such organizations and 
States. 
(3) A description of any existing legal impedi-
ments that inhibit or prevent the intelligence com-
munity from collecting information on or helping 
prevent the use of virtual currencies by international 
terrorist organizations and State sponsors of ter-
rorism and an identification of any gaps in existing 
law that could be exploited for illicit funding by such 
organizations and States. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
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(d) DISSEMINATION TO STATE AND LOCAL PART-
NERS.—Consistent with the protection of classified and 
confidential unclassified information, the Under Secretary 
shall share the report required by subsection (b) with 
State, local, and regional officials who operate within 
State, local, and regional fusion centers through the De-
partment of Homeland Security State, Local, and Re-
gional Fusion Center Initiative established in section 210A 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h). 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 2741. PUBLIC INTEREST DECLASSIFICATION BOARD. 
Section 710(b) of the Public Interest Declassification 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–567; 50 U.S.C. 3161 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2028’’. 
SEC. 2742. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS TO 
THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents at 
the beginning of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions.’’; 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 107; 
(3) by striking the item relating to section 
113B and inserting the following new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics positions.’’; 
(4) by striking the items relating to sections 
202, 203, 204, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, and 
214; and 
(5) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 311 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 312. Repealing and saving provisions.’’. 
(b) OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Such Act is 
further amended— 
(1) in section 102A— 
(A) in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) 
of subsection (g), by moving the margins of 
such subparagraph 2 ems to the left; and 
(B) in paragraph (3) of subsection (v), by 
moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; 
(2) in section 106— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘SEC. 106.’’ before ‘‘(a)’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) 
of subsection (b), by moving the margins of 
such subparagraph 2 ems to the left; 
(3) by striking section 107; 
(4) in section 108(c), by striking ‘‘in both a 
classified and an unclassified form’’ and inserting 
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‘‘to Congress in classified form, but may include an 
unclassified summary’’; 
(5) in section 112(c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
103(c)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102A(i)’’; 
(6) by amending section 201 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
‘‘Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act or other provisions of law, the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, shall be applicable to the De-
partment of Defense.’’; 
(7) in section 205, by redesignating subsections 
(b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 
(8) in section 206, by striking ‘‘(a)’’; 
(9) in section 207, by striking ‘‘(c)’’; 
(10) in section 308(a), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sections 2, 101, 102, 103, and 303 
of this Act’’; 
(11) by redesignating section 411 as section 
312; 
(12) in section 503— 
(A) in paragraph (5) of subsection (c)— 
(i) by moving the margins of such 
paragraph 2 ems to the left; and 
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(ii) by moving the margins of sub-
paragraph (B) of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) of subsection (d), by 
moving the margins of such paragraph 2 ems to 
the left; and 
(13) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) of section 504, by moving the margins 
of such subparagraph 2 ems to the right. 
SEC. 2743. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE DE-
PARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
(a) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
ACT.— 
(1) CLARIFICATION OF FUNCTIONS OF THE AD-
MINISTRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY.—Subsection 
(b) of section 3212 of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2402(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (11) and (12); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 
through (19) as paragraphs (11) through (17), 
respectively. 
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(2) COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 3233(b) of the National Nuclear Security Ad-
ministration Act (50 U.S.C. 2423(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Administration’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Department’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ after 
‘‘the Office of’’. 
(b) ATOMIC
ENERGY
DEFENSE
ACT.—Section 
4524(b)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2674(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Intelligence and’’ 
after ‘‘The Director of’’. 
(c) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—Paragraph 
(2) of section 106(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3041(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and 
Counterintelligence’’ after ‘‘Office of Intelligence’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (F); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), 
and (I) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respec-
tively. 
SEC. 2744. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NOTIFICATION OF CER-
TAIN DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFOR-
MATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(4) INDIVIDUAL IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.— 
The term ‘‘individual in the executive branch’’ 
means any officer or employee of the executive 
branch, including individuals— 
(A) occupying a position specified in article 
II of the Constitution; 
(B) appointed to a position by an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (A); or 
(C) serving in the civil service or the Sen-
ior Executive Service (or similar service for sen-
ior executives of particular departments or 
agencies). 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that section 502 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092) re-
quires elements of the intelligence community to keep the 
congressional intelligence committees ‘‘fully and currently 
informed’’ about all ‘‘intelligence activities’’ of the United 
States, and to ‘‘furnish to the congressional intelligence 
committees any information or material concerning intel-
ligence activities * * * which is requested by either of the 
congressional intelligence committees in order to carry out 
its authorized responsibilities.’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) section 502 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092), together with other intel-
ligence community authorities, obligates an element 
of the intelligence community to submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees written notifica-
tion, by not later than 7 days after becoming aware, 
that an individual in the executive branch has dis-
closed covered classified information to an official of 
an adversary foreign government using methods 
other than established intelligence channels; and 
(2) each such notification should include— 
(A) the date and place of the disclosure of 
classified information covered by the notifica-
tion; 
(B) a description of such classified infor-
mation; 
(C) identification of the individual who 
made such disclosure and the individual to 
whom such disclosure was made; and 
(D) a summary of the circumstances of 
such disclosure. 
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SEC. 2745. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF 
ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES WHEN CONSIDERING 
WHETHER OR NOT TO PROVIDE VISAS TO 
FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS TO BE ACCREDITED 
TO A UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of 
State, in considering whether or not to provide a visa to 
a foreign individual to be accredited to a United Nations 
mission in the United States, should consider— 
(1) known and suspected intelligence activities, 
espionage activities, including activities constituting 
precursors to espionage, carried out by the indi-
vidual against the United States, foreign allies of the 
United States, or foreign partners of the United 
States; and 
(2) the status of an individual as a known or 
suspected intelligence officer for a foreign adversary. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 17, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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