SEC. 2435. 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 space, overhead reconnais-
sance, acquisition, and other matters; and 
‘‘(B) advise and report directly the Direc-
tor with respect to such matters. 
‘‘(3) MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The 
Board shall be composed of 5 members ap-
pointed by the Director from among individuals 
with demonstrated academic, government, busi-
ness, or other expertise relevant to the mission 
and functions of the National Reconnaissance 
Office. 
‘‘(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 3 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. 
‘‘(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 of the Board during the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(6) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to 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 5 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). 
TITLE V—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 2501. 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 ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 
SEC. 2502. 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) ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND ENTERTAINMENT IN-
DUSTRY.—Section 308 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115– 
31; 131 Stat. 813; 50 U.S.C. 3222) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (c). 
(c) DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO 
DETAINEES
TRANSFERRED
FROM
UNITED
STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.—Section 
601 of such Act (division N of Public Law 115–31; 131 
Stat. 827) is hereby repealed. 
(d) INTERAGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND CO-
ORDINATION GROUP.—Section 210D of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k) is amended— 
(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).
(e) 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. 2503. NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN CYBER 
INTRUSIONS AND ACTIVE MEASURES CAM-
PAIGNS DIRECTED AT ELECTIONS FOR FED-
ERAL OFFICES. 
(a) 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 (b) 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. 
(b) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days after 
making a determination under subsection (a), the 
Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, shall jointly provide a brief-
ing to the congressional leadership, the congressional 
intelligence committees and, consistent with the pro-
tection of sources and methods, the other appro-
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 (a), 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 
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. 
(c) 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 
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. 
(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 and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives.
SEC. 2504. 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; 
(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 
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) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall annually 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. 
(2) COVERED
PROGRAMS
DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered programs’’ means any 
loan repayment program, loan forgiveness program, 
financial counseling program, or similar programs, 
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. 
SEC. 2505. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
STATES REPORT ON SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF 
THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL 
INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report on the number of Senior Exec-
utive Service positions in the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) 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 levels of the Senior 
Executive Service positions in the Office compare to 
the number of senior positions at other elements of 
the intelligence community.
(c) COOPERATION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall provide to the Comptroller General any infor-
mation requested by the Comptroller General to carry out 
this section by not later than 5 business days after the 
date on which the Comptroller General makes such re-
quest. 
(d) 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. 
SEC. 2506. BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVI-
TIES OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES-
TIGATION. 
(a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quar-
terly basis thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation shall provide to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a briefing on the counterintelligence 
activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such 
briefings shall include, at a minimum, an overview and up-
date of— 
(1) the counterintelligence posture of the Bu-
reau;
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(2) matters of counterintelligence concern; and 
(3) any other information relating to the coun-
terintelligence activities of the Bureau that the Di-
rector determines necessary to keep the congres-
sional intelligence committees fully and currently in-
formed as required by section 501 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091). 
(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director, in coordination with 
the Attorney General and in consultation with the congres-
sional intelligence committees, shall develop guidelines 
governing the scope of the briefings provided under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 2507. BRIEFING ON FBI OFFERING PERMANENT RESI-
DENCE 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
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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. 
(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. 2508. 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—
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(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: 
‘‘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
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(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 
‘‘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;
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(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 
(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. 2509. NORTH KOREA FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT. 
(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.
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(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. 
(4) Trade in textiles. 
(5) Sales of conventional defense articles and 
services. 
(6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles, 
and other associated purposes. 
(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 non-humanitarian 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.
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(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: 
(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 Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate a copy of such assessment. 
SEC. 2510. EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RE-
CRUITMENT EFFORTS. 
In order to further increase the diversity of the intel-
ligence community workforce, not later than 90 days after
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the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in consultation with heads of elements 
of the Intelligence Community, shall create, implement, 
and submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
written plan to ensure that rural and underrepresented re-
gions are more fully and consistently represented in such 
elements’ employment recruitment efforts. Upon receipt of 
the plan, the congressional committees shall have 60 days 
to submit comments to the Director of National Intel-
ligence before such plan shall be implemented. 
SEC. 2511. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 
FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 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.
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(b) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The report required 
under subsection (a) 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 material 
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 
including the number of such arms or related mate-
rial and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or 
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 non-state actors, including 
whether such facilities were assessed to be built at 
the direction of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leader-
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ship, 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. 
(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 
transfer of significant financial support or arms or 
related material 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. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex.
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(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘arms or 
related material’’ means— 
(1) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological 
weapons or materials or components of such weap-
ons; 
(2) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or mate-
rials or components of such weapons; 
(3) destabilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons; 
(4) defense articles or defense services, as those 
terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2794); 
(5) defense information, as that term is defined 
in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2403); or 
(6) items designated by the President for pur-
poses of the United States Munitions List under sec-
tion 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
SEC. 2512. BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE 
AND PANDEMICS. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall provide to the appropriate congressional
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committees a briefing on the anticipated geopolitical ef-
fects of emerging infectious disease (including deliberate, 
accidental, and naturally occurring infectious disease 
threats) and pandemics, and their implications on the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(b) CONTENT.—The briefing under subsection (a) 
shall assess— 
(1) the economic, social, political, and security 
risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious dis-
eases on the United States and the international po-
litical and economic system; 
(2) the economic, social, political, and security 
risks, costs, and impacts of a major transnational 
pandemic on the United States and the international 
political and economic system; and 
(3) contributing trends and factor to the mat-
ters assessed under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(c) EXAMINATION OF RESPONSE CAPACITY.—In ex-
amining the risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infec-
tious disease and a possible transnational pandemic under 
subsection (b), the Director of National Intelligence shall 
also examine in the briefing under subsection (a) the re-
sponse capacity within affected countries and the inter-
national system. In considering response capacity, the Di-
rector shall include—
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(1) the ability of affected nations to effectively 
detect and manage emerging infectious diseases and 
a possible transnational pandemic; 
(2) the role and capacity of international orga-
nizations and nongovernmental organizations to re-
spond to emerging infectious disease and a possible 
pandemic, and their ability to coordinate with af-
fected and donor nations; and 
(3) the effectiveness of current international 
frameworks, agreements, and health systems to re-
spond to emerging infectious diseases and a possible 
transnational pandemic. 
(d) FORM.—The briefing under subsection (a) may 
be classified. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate.
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SEC. 2513. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MA-
LIGN INFLUENCE RESPONSE CENTER. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate a report on the potential establishment of a center, 
to be known as the ‘‘Foreign Malign Influence Response 
Center’’ that— 
(1) is comprised of analysts from all appro-
priate elements of the intelligence community, in-
cluding elements with related diplomatic and law en-
forcement functions; 
(2) has access to all intelligence and other re-
porting acquired by the United States Government 
on foreign efforts to influence, through overt and 
covert malign activities, United States political proc-
esses and elections; 
(3) provides comprehensive assessment, and in-
dications and warning, of such activities; and 
(4) provides for enhanced dissemination of such 
assessment to United States policy makers. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Report required by subsection 
(a)—
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(1) shall contain, at a minimum, a discussion of 
the desirability of the establishment of such center 
and any barriers to such establishment; and 
(2) may contain any recommendations the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
SEC. 2514. 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 one 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, shall submit to Congress a report on the possible ex-
ploitation of virtual currencies by 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