‘‘(2) MATTERS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, with respect to the quarterly period 
covered by the report, the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of any counterintel-
ligence threat to the legislative branch or a legis-
lative branch official (including the identity of 
any such official) identified during such period. 
‘‘(B) An identification of each date on 
which the intelligence community became aware 
of such a threat. 
‘‘(C) An identification of the number of 
briefings provided under subsection (a)(2) during 
such period, including an identification of each 
date on which such a briefing occurred. 
‘‘(D) An identification of the number of re-
ports prepared under subsection (a)(3) during 
such period. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘congressional leadership’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives; 
‘‘(B) the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the majority leader of the Senate; 
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‘‘(D) the minority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(E) the Chairman and Ranking Member of 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(F) the Chairman and Vice Chairman of 
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(2) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.—The term ‘legisla-
tive branch’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 202 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL.—The term 
‘legislative branch official’ includes— 
‘‘(A) a Member of Congress; 
‘‘(B) an elected officer of either House of 
Congress; 
‘‘(C) any employee of, or any other indi-
vidual functioning in the capacity of an em-
ployee of— 
‘‘(i) a Member of Congress; 
‘‘(ii) a committee of either House of 
Congress; 
‘‘(iii) the leadership staff of the House 
of Representatives or the leadership staff of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(iv) a joint committee of Congress; or 
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‘‘(v) a working group or caucus orga-
nized to provide legislative services or other 
assistance to Members of Congress; and 
‘‘(D) any other legislative branch employee 
serving in a position described under section 
13101(13) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 410. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO PERSONS 
HOLDING 
ELECTED 
OFFICES 
AND 
CAN-
DIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICES. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.), as amended by section 409, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section (and con-
forming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 517. CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE OF COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO FEDERAL 
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES IN 
ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 
‘‘(a) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 533 of title 28, United States Code, the delegation of 
the authorities of the Attorney General, or any other delega-
tion of authority, direction, or policy of the executive 
branch, the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall notify congressional leadership not later than 48 hours 
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after the commencement of a counterintelligence investiga-
tion into a person who holds an elected Federal office or 
a candidate in an election for such an office. Such notifica-
tion shall include a summary of the relevant facts associ-
ated with the counterintelligence investigation and the iden-
tity of the person subject to such investigation. 
‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.—The term ‘con-
gressional leadership’ means— 
‘‘(1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(2) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
‘‘(3) the majority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(4) the minority leader of the Senate; 
‘‘(5) the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(6) the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 411. SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091 et seq.), as amended by section 410, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section (and con-
forming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly): 
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‘‘SEC. 518. SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS. 
‘‘Not later than 45 days after the date on which the 
President submits to Congress the budget for each fiscal year 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees any legislative provisions 
that are proposed by the Director to be enacted as part of 
the annual intelligence authorization bill for that fiscal 
year.’’. 
SEC. 412. SUNSET OF CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3091), as amended by section 411, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section (and con-
forming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 519. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) SUNSET.—Effective on December 31, 2025, each 
report described in subsection (b) that is still required to 
be submitted to Congress as of such date shall no longer 
be required to be submitted to Congress. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS DESCRIBED.—Except as provided in 
subsection (c), a report described in this subsection is a re-
curring report that is required to be submitted to Congress 
by the Director of National Intelligence, or by any officer, 
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official, component, or element of the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence, pursuant to— 
‘‘(1) a provision of an annual intelligence au-
thorization Act for fiscal year 2021 or any prior fis-
cal year; 
‘‘(2) any amendment made by such an Act; or 
‘‘(3) any committee report, classified annex, or 
explanatory statement accompanying such an Act. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to any of the following: 
‘‘(1) A reporting requirement imposed on all de-
partments and agencies of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(2) A report required in conjunction with a 
provision of law that requires a certification, deter-
mination or comparable finding, or authorizing waiv-
er with respect to a condition, limitation, or com-
parable restriction. 
‘‘(3) A recurring report required by a provision 
of law that specifies when the requirement to submit 
the report terminates. 
‘‘(4) An annual report required by section 108B 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3043b). 
‘‘(5) A report required to be submitted by an in-
dividual or entity other than an individual referred 
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to in subsection (b) that requires consultation or co-
ordination with an individual described in subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than February 
1, 2024, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(1) a list of all reports that the Director deter-
mines are described in subsection (b) and not subject 
to an exception under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) for each report included on such list, a cita-
tion to the provision of law under which the report 
is required to be submitted.’’. 
SEC. 413. NOTICE AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WITH RE-
SPECT TO SIGNIFICANT UNAUTHORIZED DIS-
CLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
1105 the following new section (and conforming the table 
of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 
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‘‘SEC. 1105A. NOTICE AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WITH RE-
SPECT TO SIGNIFICANT UNAUTHORIZED DIS-
CLOSURE OF CLASSIFIED NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence becomes aware of an actual or po-
tential significant unauthorized disclosure of classi-
fied national intelligence— 
‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, but not later 
than 7 days after the date on which the Director 
becomes so aware, the Director shall notify the 
congressional intelligence committees of such ac-
tual or potential disclosure; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of an actual disclosure, not 
later than 7 days after the date on which the Di-
rector becomes so aware, the Director or the head 
of any element of the intelligence community 
from which the significant unauthorized disclo-
sure originated shall initiate a damage assess-
ment consistent with the procedures set forth in 
Intelligence Community Directive 732 (relating 
to the conduct of damage assessments), or suc-
cessor directive, with respect to such disclosure. 
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF NOTIFICATION.—A notifica-
tion submitted to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an ac-
tual or potential significant unauthorized disclosure 
of classified national intelligence shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the facts and cir-
cumstances of such disclosure; 
‘‘(B) a summary of the contents of the na-
tional intelligence revealed or potentially re-
vealed, as the case may be, by such disclosure; 
‘‘(C) an initial appraisal of the level of ac-
tual or potential damage, as the case may be, to 
the national security of the United States as a 
result of such disclosure; and 
‘‘(D) in the case of an actual disclosure, 
which elements of the intelligence community 
will be involved in the damage assessment con-
ducted with respect to such disclosure pursuant 
to paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(b) DAMAGE ASSESSMENT REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) RECURRING
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the initiation 
of a damage assessment pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)(B), and every 90 days thereafter until the com-
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pletion of the damage assessment or upon the request 
of the congressional intelligence committees, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees copies of any documents or materials 
disclosed as a result of the significant unauthor-
ized disclosure of the classified national intel-
ligence that is the subject of the damage assess-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) provide to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a briefing on such documents 
and materials and a status of the damage assess-
ment. 
‘‘(2) FINAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.—As soon as 
practicable after completing a damage assessment 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B), the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit the final damage as-
sessment to the congressional intelligence committees. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF REFERRAL TO DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE.—If a referral is made to the Department of Jus-
tice from any element of the intelligence community regard-
ing a significant unauthorized disclosure of classified na-
tional intelligence under this section, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence 
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committees of the referral on the date such referral is 
made.’’. 
SEC. 414. IN-STATE TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 135(d) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015d(d)), as amended by 
section 6206(a)(4) of the Foreign Service Families Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117–81), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) an officer or employee of an element of the 
intelligence community (as such term is defined in 
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3003)) who serves in a position of employment 
in such element for a period of more than 30 days.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect at each public institution of 
higher education in a State that receives assistance under 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
for the first period of enrollment at such institution that 
begins after July 1, 2024. 
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SEC. 415. REPEAL OF STUDY ON PERSONNEL UNDER STRA-
TEGIC INTELLIGENCE PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 6435 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3533) 
is repealed (and conforming the table of contents in section 
6001(b) accordingly). 
SEC. 416. AUTHORIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN INTEL-
LIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AC-
TIVITIES OF COAST GUARD. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Consistent with the policies, 
procedures, and coordination required pursuant to section 
811 of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements 
Act of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 3381) and section 902 of the Coun-
terintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382), 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard may obligate and ex-
pend amounts made available under the National Intel-
ligence Program for the intelligence and counterintelligence 
activities of the Coast Guard to conduct such an activity 
without regard to any other provision of law or regulation 
relating to the obligation, expenditure, or accounting of 
Government funds, if— 
(1) the object of the activity is of a confidential, 
extraordinary, or emergency nature; and 
(2) following each such expenditure, the Com-
mandant submits to the congressional intelligence 
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committees a written certification that the object of 
the activity was of a nature described in paragraph 
(1). 
(b) TREATMENT
OF CERTIFICATION.—Each written 
certification under subsection (a)(2) shall be deemed a full 
and sufficient voucher for the expenditure of the amount 
expressed therein, and is final and conclusive upon the ac-
counting officers of the United States. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(d), of the funds made available under the National Intel-
ligence Program for a fiscal year for the intelligence and 
counterintelligence activities of the Coast Guard, not more 
than 5 percent may be expended during the fiscal year 
under subsection (a) to conduct such activities in accord-
ance with such subsection unless, for each intended expendi-
ture in excess of such percentage— 
(1) the Commandant submits to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a notification of the in-
tent to expend the amounts; and 
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the 
date on which the Commandant submits such notifi-
cation. 
(d) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The Commandant may waive 
the limitation under subsection (c) if the Com-
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mandant determines such a waiver is necessary as a 
result of extraordinary circumstances that affect the 
national security of the United States. 
(2) NOTIFICATION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 2 days after issuing a waiver under paragraph 
(1), the Commandant shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees written notice and jus-
tification for the waiver. 
(e) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 417. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COUNTERINTEL-
LIGENCE OFFICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICES.— 
(1) AGREEMENTS
WITH
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—The Director of National Intelligence, 
acting through the Director of the National Counter-
intelligence and Security Center, shall seek to enter 
into an agreement with the head of a designated Fed-
eral department or agency under which the Director 
of National Intelligence and the head of the des-
ignated Federal department or agency shall establish 
within the designated Federal department or agency 
an office, which shall be known as an ‘‘Intelligence 
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Community Counterintelligence Office’’, in accord-
ance with this section. 
(2) LOCATION.—Each office established under 
this subsection within a department or agency shall 
be physically located within the headquarters of the 
department or agency and within reasonable prox-
imity to the offices of the agency or departmental 
leadership. 
(3) SECURITY.—The Director of the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be re-
sponsible for the protection of classified information 
and for the establishment and enforcement of all secu-
rity-related controls within an Intelligence Commu-
nity Counterintelligence Office. 
(b) PERSONNEL.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.— 
(A) APPOINTMENT.—The head of an Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office es-
tablished within a designated Federal depart-
ment or agency pursuant to this section shall be 
the Director of the Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office of the department or 
agency who is appointed by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. The Director of the Intel-
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ligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
shall— 
(i) be supervised and subject to per-
formance evaluations by the Director of the 
National Counterintelligence and Security 
Center, in consultation with the head of the 
department or agency; 
(ii) be an employee of the intelligence 
community with significant counterintel-
ligence experience; and 
(iii) serve for a period of 3 years. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of an 
Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Of-
fice at a designated Federal department or agen-
cy shall carry out the following responsibilities: 
(i) Serving as the head of the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Of-
fice of the department or agency, with su-
pervisory responsibility for the Office and 
any other personnel assigned to the Office. 
(ii) Advising the head of the depart-
ment or agency on counterintelligence and 
intelligence information. 
(iii) Ensuring that counterintelligence 
threat information and, as appropriate, fin-
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ished intelligence on topics related to the 
functions of the department or agency, are 
provided to appropriate personnel of the de-
partment or agency without delay. 
(iv) Ensuring critical intelligence rel-
evant to the head of the department or agen-
cy is requested and disseminated in a time-
ly manner. 
(v) Establishing, as appropriate, mech-
anisms for collaboration through which de-
partment or agency subject matter experts, 
including those without security clearances, 
can share information and expertise with 
the intelligence community. 
(vi) Correlating and evaluating coun-
terintelligence threats identified within in-
telligence community reporting, in coordi-
nation with the National Counterintel-
ligence and Security Center, and providing 
appropriate dissemination of such intel-
ligence to officials of the department or 
agency with a need-to-know. 
(vii) Advising the head of the agency 
or department on methods to improve the 
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counterintelligence posture of the agency or 
department. 
(viii) Where appropriate, supporting 
the agency or department leadership in en-
gaging with the National Security Council. 
(ix) In coordination with the National 
Counterintelligence and Security Center, es-
tablishing counterintelligence partnerships 
to improve the counterintelligence defense of 
the department or agency. 
(2) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—Each Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office established within 
a department or agency shall have a Deputy Director 
who is appointed by the head of the department or 
agency, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence. The Deputy Director shall— 
(A) be supervised and subject to perform-
ance evaluations by the head of the department 
or agency, in consultation with the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence and Security 
Center; 
(B) be a current or former employee of the 
department or agency with significant experience 
within such agency or department; and 
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(C) serve at the pleasure of the head of the 
department or agency. 
(3) OTHER EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—Each Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
shall have such other employees as the Director 
of National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
head of the department or agency, determines 
appropriate. Employment at an Intelligence 
Community Counterintelligence Office is an in-
telligence community joint duty assignment. A 
permanent change of station to an Intelligence 
Community Counterintelligence Office shall be 
for a period of not less than 2 years. 
(B) SUPERVISION.—The Director of the In-
telligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
of a department or agency shall be responsible 
for the supervision and management of employ-
ees assigned to the Office of that department or 
agency, including employees assigned by pro-
gram elements of the intelligence community and 
other Federal departments and agencies, as ap-
propriate. 
(C) JOINT DUTY OR ASSIGNED PERSONNEL 
REIMBURSEMENT.—The Director of National In-
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telligence shall reimburse a program element of 
the intelligence community or a Federal depart-
ment or agency for any permanent change of sta-
tion employee assigned to the Office of that ele-
ment, department, or agency from amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence. 
(D) OPERATION UNDER AUTHORITY OF DI-
RECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.—Employ-
ees assigned to an Intelligence Community Coun-
terintelligence Office under this paragraph shall 
operate under the authorities of the Director of 
National Intelligence for the duration of their as-
signment or period of employment within the Of-
fice, except for temporary duty assignment em-
ployees. 
(E) INCENTIVE PAY.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—An employee who 
accepts employment at an Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office during 
the 120-day period after the date of the es-
tablishment of the Office shall receive an in-
centive payment, which shall be payable by 
the Director of National Intelligence, in an 
amount equal to 10 percent of the base an-
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nual pay of the employee. Such an employee 
who completes 2 years of service in such Of-
fice may receive an incentive payment in 
an amount equal to 10 percent of the base 
annual pay of the employee if the Director 
of the Office determines the performance of 
the employee is exceptional. 
(ii) ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE PAYMENTS 
FOR
OTHER
EMPLOYMENT.—An employee 
who receives an incentive payment or pay-
ments under clause (i) for accepting em-
ployment in an Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office may receive an 
additional incentive payment or payments 
if the employee accepts employment at a 
different Intelligence Community Counter-
intelligence Office. Such payments shall be 
made under the same terms and conditions 
as payments under clause (i), except that 
the amount of each incentive payment shall 
be 5 percent of the base annual pay of the 
employee. 
(iii) ELIGIBILITY.—An employee is 
only eligible for an incentive payment 
under clause (i) or (ii) if the employee en-
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ters into an agreement with the Director of 
National Intelligence to serve in the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Of-
fice for a period of at least 2 years. 
(c) FUNDING.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the National Intelligence Program of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence may be made available 
for— 
(1) the renovation, furnishing, and equipping of 
a Federal building, as necessary, to meet the security 
and operational requirements of an Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office; 
(2) the provision of connectivity to the Intel-
ligence Community Counterintelligence Office of a 
Federal department or agency that is located within 
the building of that department or agency to enable 
briefings, secure audio and video communications, 
and collaboration between employees of the depart-
ment or agency and the intelligence community at the 
unclassified, secret, and top secret levels; 
(3) the provision of other information technology 
systems and devices, such as computers, printers, and 
phones, for use by employees of an Intelligence Com-
munity Counterintelligence Office; 
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(4) the assignment of employees of the intel-
ligence community to support the operation of an In-
telligence Community Counterintelligence Office; and 
(5) the provision of other personal services nec-
essary for the operation of an Intelligence Community 
Counterintelligence Office. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE IN 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than January 
1, 2025, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
seek to establish, in accordance with this section, an 
Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office 
within the Department of Agriculture. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a report on the plan to estab-
lish the Office required under paragraph (1). Such re-
port shall include the costs and schedule associated 
with establishing such Office. 
(e) DESIGNATED FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OR AGEN-
CY.—In this section, the term ‘‘designated Federal depart-
ment or agency’’ means the Department of Agriculture. 
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SEC. 418. TERMINATION OF CLIMATE SECURITY ADVISORY 
COUNCIL. 
(a) TERMINATION.—The Climate Security Advisory 
Council established under section 120 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060) shall terminate on the 
date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) WIND-DOWN PERIOD.—During the 180-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and end-
ing on the date of the termination of the Climate Security 
Advisory Council under subsection (a)— 
(1) the Director of National Intelligence shall 
take such steps as may be necessary to complete the 
termination by such date, including with respect to 
the discharge of any final duties; and 
(2) the Climate Security Advisory Council may 
not carry out operations other than those related to 
such steps for termination. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 120 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3060) is repealed (and 
conforming the table of contents accordingly). 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 419. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PEND-
ING SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION REGARD-
ING CERTAIN MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation has previously agreed to 
provide the information specified in subsection (b). 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available under the 
National Intelligence Program for fiscal year 2024 for the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, not more than 98 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation submits to the congressional 
intelligence committees a list of media backgrounders con-
ducted by personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
relating to the 2020 election for President or foreign malign 
influence in the lead up to such election, the dates of such 
engagements, and the persons with whom such engagements 
were held. 
(c) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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SEC. 420. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PEND-
ING SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN MEMORANDUM 
RELATING TO BUDGET. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available under the 
National Intelligence Program for fiscal year 2024 for the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, not more than 99.9 per-
cent may be obligated or expended until the Director of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, in coordination with the 
Director of National Intelligence, submits to the congres-
sional intelligence committees the memorandum of agree-
ment that governs the policy of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation on budget execution. 
(b) NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 421. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR OF-
FICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE PENDING SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN 
DOCUMENTS AND ANNEXES. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence, not more than 
97 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on 
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which the Director of National Intelligence submits each 
document and, if applicable, each annex that is required 
under section 515 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3114) but that, as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, has not been submitted. 
Subtitle B—Reports and Other 
Matters 
SEC. 431. INCLUSION OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AS SPECIAL 
TOPIC IN CERTAIN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION 
MATERIALS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AS SPECIAL 
TOPIC.—For the purposes of the congressional budget jus-
tification book for the National Intelligence Program (as 
such term is defined in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2027, and for any subsequent fiscal year as the Di-
rector of National Intelligence determines appropriate, in-
formation with respect to the aggregate amount of funding 
requested for counternarcotics required to be included as 
part of the budget justification materials submitted to Con-
gress under section 506(a)(3) of such Act shall be included 
as a provision relating to a special topic in such congres-
sional budget justification book. 
(b) CONTENTS.—With respect to a fiscal year, the spe-
cial topic provision included in the congressional budget 
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justification book pursuant to subsection (a) regarding the 
aggregate amount of funding requested for counternarcotics 
shall include— 
(1) a summary of the main activities and invest-
ments that such requested funding would support; 
(2) a breakdown of such requested funding by 
program, budget category, intelligence discipline, and 
any other appropriate classification; 
(3) a comparison of aggregate requested funding 
and aggregate enacted funding for counternarcotics 
for the current fiscal year and the previous fiscal 
year; 
(4) the number of full-time equivalent civilian 
and military personnel assigned to the counter-
narcotics mission of the intelligence community; and 
(5) such other information as the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence determines appropriate. 
SEC. 432. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO MAKE OPEN-SOURCE 
INTELLIGENCE 
PRODUCTS 
AVAILABLE 
TO 
CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence, in consultation with such heads of the 
elements of the intelligence community as the Director con-
siders appropriate, shall develop and submit to the congres-
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sional intelligence committees a plan to make available to 
covered individuals any covered open-source intelligence 
product. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Policies and procedures to make available to 
covered individuals any covered open-source intel-
ligence product in a manner consistent with the pro-
tection of intelligence sources and methods. 
(2) Policies and procedures to increase the avail-
ability and accessibility to covered individuals of 
publicly available foreign language material that is 
translated by or within the intelligence community. 
(3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the 
head of each element of the intelligence community 
that produces any covered open-source intelligence 
product complies with all policies and procedures 
issued to implement the plan submitted under sub-
section (a). 
(4) Policies and procedures to ensure that any 
covered open-source intelligence product that is made 
available to covered individuals satisfies the require-
ments under any policy, procedure, or standard 
issued by the head of an element of the intelligence 
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community relating to the production and dissemina-
tion of intelligence products. 
(5) Any obstacles to making available to covered 
individuals unclassified products derived from open- 
source intelligence produced by the intelligence com-
munity, including translated foreign language mate-
rial described in paragraph (2). 
(6) With respect to implementation of the plan, 
a discussion of the estimated timeline, any additional 
funding or other resources, and any new authorities 
that would be required for such implementation. 
(7) A discussion of the feasibility and advis-
ability of making unclassified products derived from 
open-source intelligence produced by the intelligence 
community available to State and local government 
officials who would derive value from such unclassi-
fied products. 
(c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE WITH RE-
SPECT TO OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall update Intelligence 
Community Directive 208, Maximizing the Utility of Ana-
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lytic Products (or any successor directive) to specifically 
address— 
(1) the production and dissemination of unclas-
sified intelligence products derived entirely from 
open-source intelligence, including from unclassified 
publicly available information, unclassified commer-
cially available information, or any other type of un-
classified information; and 
(2) the needs and requirements of covered indi-
viduals who do not hold a security clearance or have 
access to the classified systems on which such unclas-
sified intelligence products reside. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means an employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment— 
(A) who is not an employee or contractor of 
an element of the intelligence community; and 
(B) who would derive value from a covered 
open-source intelligence product. 
(2) 
COVERED
OPEN-SOURCE
INTELLIGENCE 
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘covered open-source intel-
ligence product’’ means an unclassified product de-
rived from open-source intelligence that is produced 
by the intelligence community. 
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SEC. 433. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY-WIDE POLICY ON 
PREPUBLICATION REVIEW. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall issue, 
and submit to the congressional intelligence committees, an 
intelligence community-wide policy regarding prepublica-
tion review. 
SEC. 434. REVIEW RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN 
SOURCE PROGRAM OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF 
INVESTIGATION. 
(a) REVIEW
BY INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Inspector General of the Intel-
ligence Community, in coordination with the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Justice, shall con-
duct a review of the policies and procedures governing 
the confidential human source program of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘program)’’ and the compliance by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation with such policies and proce-
dures, including— 
(A) the policy of the Department of Justice 
titled ‘‘The Attorney General’s Guidelines Re-
garding the Use of FBI Confidential Sources’’ 
(or successor policy); and 
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(B) Intelligence Community Directive 304 
(or successor directive). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The review under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the compliance by the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation with the policies 
and procedures governing the program, includ-
ing with respect to the management and valida-
tion of confidential human sources under such 
program. 
(B) An assessment of the means by which 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducts 
risk assessments relating to the continual valida-
tion of long-term confidential human sources 
under the program. 
(C) An assessment of the timeliness and 
completion rates of the reviews of confidential 
human sources under the program. 
(D) An identification of the data points as-
sessed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
during such reviews and the State and local 
databases used in conducting such reviews. 
(E) A list containing an identification of 
each incident of noncompliance with a policy or 
procedure specified in subparagraph (A). 
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(3) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the review under paragraph (1) is 
completed, the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
Community shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report containing the results of 
such review. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, with respect 
to any confidential human source the management of which 
is funded through the National Intelligence Program— 
(1) if an agent of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation has reasonable grounds to believe that such a 
confidential human source, or any immediate family 
member of such a source, has engaged in unauthorized 
criminal activity, including any misdemeanor or fel-
ony crime, the agent shall promptly notify a con-
fidential human source coordinator or the assigned 
Federal prosecutor; and 
(2) the file of each such confidential human 
source shall be reviewed on at least a quarterly basis 
and in a manner otherwise consistent with the guide-
lines of the Attorney General and other policies of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’ means, with respect to 
an individual, a spouse, domestic partner, parent, 
sibling, child, stepparent, stepsibling, or stepchild of 
the individual. 
(2) NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘National Intelligence Program’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 435. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT OF OVERT HUMAN 
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION PROGRAM OF 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community shall conduct an assess-
ment of the Overt Human Intelligence Collection Pro-
gram administered by the Under Secretary of Home-
land Security for Intelligence and Analysis. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under para-
graph (1) shall include findings and, as appropriate, 
recommendations on the following: 
(A) Whether the Overt Human Intelligence 
Collection Program is authorized or otherwise 
supported by legal authorities. 
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(B) Whether, and to what extent, such Pro-
gram has provided valuable insights on national 
intelligence priorities and intelligence priorities 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(C) Whether there is sufficient training pro-
vided to, and sufficient oversight provided of, of-
ficers and employees of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security who conduct interviews or other engage-
ments for intelligence collection purposes under 
such Program. 
(D) Whether the responsibilities, procedures, 
and requirements for such Program set forth in 
Policy Instruction 907 of the Office of Intel-
ligence and Analysis, issued on June 29, 2016, 
(or any successor instruction) are clear, com-
plete, and consistently complied with by such of-
ficers and employees. 
(E) Whether such Program raises, or, with 
respect to activities conducted under such Pro-
gram prior to the date of such assessment, has 
raised, legal, ethical, or operational concerns, in-
cluding concerns relating to the actual or poten-
tial violation of any applicable policies or proce-
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dures for protecting the constitutional or statu-
tory rights of United States persons. 
(F) Any other matter the Inspector General 
of the Intelligence Community determines appro-
priate. 
(3) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community shall provide 
to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing 
on the preliminary findings and recommendations of 
the Inspector General with respect to the assessment 
under paragraph (1). 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Intelligence Community shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report con-
taining the findings and recommendations of the In-
spector General with respect to the assessment under 
paragraph (1). 
(b) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—None 
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may 
be made available to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 
to conduct or resume a covered activity. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional intelligence commit-
tees. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives. 
(C) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘covered ac-
tivity’’ means an activity the conduct of which under 
the Overt Human Intelligence Collection Program 
was paused in 2022 (as described in the document 
submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives by the 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, titled ‘‘Response to Questions 
during HPSCI Briefing on March 7, 2023’’), involv-
ing the conduct by an officer or employee of the Office 
of Intelligence and Analysis of an interview or other 
engagement for intelligence collection purposes with 
an individual, in connection with a criminal mat-
ter— 
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(A) who has been charged, arraigned, or is 
in the custody of a Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement agency; and 
(B) whose guilt with respect to such matter 
has not yet been adjudicated. 
(3) OVERT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Overt Human Intelligence 
Collection Program’’ means the program established 
by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for In-
telligence and Analysis pursuant to Policy Instruc-
tion 907 of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, 
issued on June 29, 2016 (or any successor program). 
(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 
SEC. 436. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS REGARDING HAITI. 
(a) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT.— The 
Director of National Intelligence, acting through the Na-
tional Intelligence Council, shall produce an intelligence 
community assessment regarding Haiti. Such assessment 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) An analysis of the security, political, and 
economic situation in Haiti, and its effect on— 
(A) the people of Haiti; 
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(B) other countries in the Caribbean region; 
and 
(C) the United States, including Puerto 
Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, as a 
result of increased out-migration from Haiti to 
the United States, the increased use of Haiti as 
a transshipment point for illicit drugs destined 
for the United States, or any other relevant fac-
tor or trend. 
(2) A description of opportunities available to 
improve or stabilize the security, political, and eco-
nomic situation in Haiti. 
(3) An identification of specific events or actions 
in Haiti that, were they to occur individually or in 
combination, would serve as signposts indicating the 
further deterioration or collapse of the security, polit-
ical, and economic situation in Haiti. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall produce an intelligence assessment 
based on a review of the intelligence products pertaining 
to Haiti that were written by elements of the intelligence 
community and provided to policymakers during the period 
of time beginning on January 1, 2021, and ending on July 
7, 2021. Such assessment shall include each of the following: 
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(1) An analysis of whether, during the time pe-
riod covered by the assessment, the intelligence com-
munity provided policymakers with adequate indica-
tions and warning of the assassination of Haitian 
President Jovenal Moise on July 7, 2021. 
(2) An analysis of whether, during such time pe-
riod, the intelligence community provided policy-
makers with useful and unique insights, derived from 
both covertly collected and open-source intelligence, 
that policymakers would not otherwise have been able 
to obtain from sources outside of the intelligence com-
munity. 
(3) Based on the analyses conducted under para-
graphs (1) and (2), any recommendations to improve 
indications and warning or to otherwise enhance the 
utility for policymakers of intelligence products that 
the intelligence community prepares on Haiti, specifi-
cally, or on other countries characterized by chronic 
insecurity, instability, and poverty. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
shall concurrently submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees the intelligence community assess-
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ment produced under subsection (a) and the intel-
ligence assessment produced under subsection (b). 
(2) FORM.— The assessments submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 437. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF INFLUENCE OP-
ERATIONS BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
TOWARD PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 
of State for Intelligence and Research, in consultation with 
the heads of the other elements of the intelligence community 
that the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees an as-
sessment of influence operations by the People’s Republic 
of China toward Pacific Islands countries. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of recent and potential future 
efforts by the People’s Republic of China, using either 
overt or covert means, to enhance its security, polit-
ical, diplomatic, or economic ties with Pacific Islands 
countries. 
(2) An assessment of how the People’s Republic 
of China views the success of its efforts to expand in-
fluence in Pacific Islands countries, and the impor-
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tance of such efforts to its national security, foreign 
policy, and economic development objectives. 
(3) An identification of Pacific Islands countries 
in which the People’s Republic of China has estab-
lished, or is seeking to establish, an intelligence pres-
ence or intelligence partnerships. 
(4) An assessment of the degree to which the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China is using economic or other 
forms of coercion to pressure the Pacific Islands coun-
tries that diplomatically recognize Taiwan (the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru, and 
Tuvalu) into instead recognizing the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(5) An analysis of how specific Pacific Islands 
countries are responding to efforts by the People’s Re-
public of China to increase bilateral engagement. 
(6) An assessment of the influence of the People’s 
Republic of China in the Pacific Islands Forum (the 
main multilateral organization of the region) and of 
the efforts of the People’s Republic of China to estab-
lish parallel regional organizations and recruit Pa-
cific Islands countries to participate. 
(7) An analysis of opportunities for the United 
States to counter influence operations by the People’s 
Republic of China in the Pacific Islands region that 
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undermine the national security or economic interests 
of the United States. 
(c) FORM.—The intelligence assessment under sub-
section (a) may be submitted in classified form. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Select Committee on the Strategic Competi-
tion Between the United States and the Chinese 
Communist Party of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) PACIFIC
ISLANDS
COUNTRIES.—The term 
‘‘Pacific Islands countries’’ includes the Federated 
States 
of 
Micronesia, 
Fiji, 
French 
Polynesia, 
Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, 
Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, 
Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. 
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SEC. 438. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 
MILITARY INVASION OF TAIWAN BY PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall seek to enter into a contract with an eligi-
ble entity to conduct a comprehensive study on the global 
economic impact of a military invasion of Taiwan by the 
People’s Republic of China or certain other aggressive or 
coercive actions taken by the People’s Republic of China 
with respect to Taiwan. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the economic impact glob-
ally, in the United States, and in the People’s Repub-
lic of China that would result from an invasion of 
Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China under var-
ious potential invasion and response scenarios, in-
cluding with respect to the impact on— 
(A) supply chains; 
(B) trade flows; 
(C) financial markets; 
(D) sovereign debt; and 
(E) gross domestic product, unemployment, 
and other key economic indicators. 
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(2) An assessment of the economic impact glob-
ally, in the United States, and in the People’s Repub-
lic of China that would result from of an aggressive 
or coercive military, economic, or other action taken 
by the People’s Republic of China with respect to Tai-
wan that falls short of an invasion, including as a re-
sult of a blockade of Taiwan. 
(3) The development of economic policy options, 
to include sanctions and supply chain restrictions, 
designed to cause escalating impacts on the economy 
of the People’s Republic of China during a preconflict 
phase. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the eligible enti-
ty that the Director of National Intelligence enters 
into an agreement with under subsection (a) shall 
submit to the Director a report containing the results 
of the study conducted under such subsection. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after the date the Director receives the report 
under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit the re-
port to the congressional intelligence committees. 
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(3) FORM
OF
REPORT.—The report required 
under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a federally funded research 
and development center or nongovernmental entity which 
has— 
(1) a primary focus on studies and analysis; 
(2) experience and expertise relevant to the study 
required under subsection (a); and 
(3) a sufficient number of personnel with the ap-
propriate security clearance to conduct such study. 
SEC. 439. REPORTS ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED BY 
CERTAIN OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after for 2 years, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
on civilian casualties caused by covered operations. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, for the year covered by the report, each of 
the following: 
(1) A list identifying each covered operation dur-
ing that year that has resulted in civilian casualties 
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that the Director of National Intelligence has con-
firmed. 
(2) An identification of the total number of civil-
ian casualties resulting from covered operations dur-
ing that year that the Director of National Intel-
ligence has confirmed. 
(3) For each covered operation identified in the 
list under paragraph (1), an identification of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The date on which, and the location 
where, the covered operation occurred. 
(B) The element of the foreign government 
that conducted the covered operation. 
(C) The individual or entity against which 
the covered operation was directed. 
(D) Any other circumstances or facts that 
the Director of National Intelligence determines 
relevant. 
(c) FORM.—Each report required under subsection (a) 
may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted 
shall include an unclassified executive summary. 
(d) COVERED OPERATION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered operation’’ means an operation— 
(1) conducted by a foreign government; 
(2) involving the use of force; and 
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(3) in which intelligence shared by an element of 
the intelligence community plays a significant role. 
SEC. 440. REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE ON UYGHUR GENOCIDE. 
(a) REPORT ON UYGHUR GENOCIDE.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence, in coordination with the rel-
evant heads of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity, shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the Uyghur genocide. 
(2) MATTERS.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall address the following matters: 
(A) Forced sterilization, forced birth con-
trol, and forced abortion of Uyghurs. 
(B) Forced transfer of Uyghur children 
from their families. 
(C) Forced labor of Uyghurs, inside and 
outside of Xinjiang. 
(D) The work conditions of Uyghur laborers 
(including laborers in the textile, automobile and 
electric vehicle, solar panel, polyvinyl chloride, 
and rare earth metals sectors), including an 
identification of any company that is— 
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(i) organized under the laws of the 
People’s Republic of China or otherwise sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of (or over which 
control is exercised or exercisable by) the 
Government of the People’s Republic of 
China; and 
(ii) employing forced Uyghur laborers 
from Xinjiang. 
(E) Any other forms of physical or psycho-
logical torture against Uyghurs. 
(F) Any other actions that infringe on the 
rights of Uyghurs to live freely in accordance 
with their customs, culture, and religious prac-
tices. 
(G) The methods of surveillance of Uyghurs, 
including surveillance via technology, law en-
forcement notifications, and forcing Uyghurs to 
live with other individuals for monitoring pur-
poses. 
(H) Such other matters as the Director of 
National Intelligence may determine appro-
priate. 
(3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘congres-
sional intelligence committees’’, ‘‘intelligence’’, ‘‘intelligence 
community’’, and ‘‘national intelligence’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
SEC. 441. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.—The National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102A(n) (50 U.S.C. 3024(n)) by 
redesignating the second paragraph (5) as paragraph 
(6); 
(2) in section 503(c)(3) (50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(3)), 
by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 
(3) in section 805(6) (50 U.S.C. 3164(6)), by 
striking ‘‘sections 101 (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (a) and (b) of section 101’’; and 
(4) in section 1102A (50 U.S.C. 3232a)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(4)(C)(iv), by striking 
‘‘wavier’’ and inserting ‘‘waiver’’. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2023.—The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (division F of Public Law 117–263) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in section 6422(b) (50 U.S.C. 3334l(b)), by 
striking ‘‘Congressional’’ and inserting ‘‘congres-
sional’’; and 
(2) in section 6732(b) (50 U.S.C. 3024 note; 136 
Stat. 3583), by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (6)’’. 
(c) DAVID L. BOREN NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION 
ACT OF 1991.—The David L. Boren National Security 
Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 802(j)(6) (50 U.S.C. 1902(j)(6))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respec-
tively; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’; 
(2) 
in 
section 
803(d)(9)(D) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1903(d)(9)(D)), by striking ‘‘Local’’ and inserting 
‘‘local’’; and 
(3) in section 808(4)(A) (50 U.S.C. 1908(4)(A)), 
by striking ‘‘a agency’’ and inserting ‘‘an agency’’. 
(d) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT 
ACT.—The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 
U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) 
in 
section 
211(c)(2)(B) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
2021(c)(2)(B)), by striking ‘‘subsection 241(c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 241(c)’’; 
(2) in section 263(g)(1) (50 U.S.C. 2093(g)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘fund’’; 
(3) in section 271(b) (50 U.S.C. 2111(b)), by 
striking ‘‘section 231(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
231(c)’’; and 
(4) in section 304(c) (50 U.S.C. 2154(c))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘title 50’’ and inserting ‘‘title 5’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(e) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 2004.—Section 3001 of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
3341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘);’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (9)(A), by striking ‘‘with 
industry’’ and inserting ‘‘within industry’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)(1)(C)(i), by striking ‘‘(d),’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘section 8H’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(d), and (h) of section 8H’’. 
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(f) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2003.—The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–306; 116 Stat. 2383) is amend-
ed— 
(1) 
in 
section 
313(d)(3)(B) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3361(d)(3)(B)), by adding a period at the end; and 
(2) in section 343(d)(1) (50 U.S.C. 3363(d)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘Not later then’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later 
than’’. 
(g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949.— 
The Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(E) (50 U.S.C. 
3505(a)(1)(E)), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(b)(2) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3505(b)(2)), by striking ‘‘authorized by section’’ 
and inserting ‘‘authorized by sections’’; 
(2) in section 6 (50 U.S.C. 3507), by striking 
‘‘or of the, names’’ and inserting ‘‘or of the names’’; 
(3) 
in 
section 
12(a)(2)(A) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3512(a)(2)(A)), by striking ‘‘used only for—″’’ and 
inserting ‘‘used only for—’’; 
(4) in section 17— 
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(A) in subsection (d)(5)(B)(ii) (50 U.S.C. 
3517(d)(5)(B)(ii)), by adding a period at the 
end; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(e)(4) 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3517(e)(4)), by striking ‘‘which oath affirmation, 
or affidavit’’ and inserting ‘‘which oath, affirma-
tion, or affidavit’’; and 
(5) in section 19(a)(2) (50 U.S.C. 3519(a)(2)), 
by striking ‘‘, as a participant’’ and inserting ‘‘as a 
participant’’. 
(h) CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY
VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION PAY ACT.—Section 2(a)(1) of the Central In-
telligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act (50 U.S.C. 
3519a(a)(1)) is amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end. 
(i) NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ACT OF 1959.—Sec-
tion 16(d)(1) of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 
(50 U.S.C. 3614(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘program 
participant,’’ and inserting ‘‘program participant’’. 
(j) INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 1995.—Section 811(e)(7) of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. 3381(e)(7)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘sections 101 (a) and (b)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsections (a) and (b) of section 101’’. 
(k) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS MADE 
BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amendments 
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made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the 
amendments made by this section shall be treated as having 
been enacted immediately before any such amendments by 
other provisions of this Act. 
TITLE 
V—MATTERS 
RELATING 
TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 
AND 
OVERHEAD 
ARCHITEC-
TURE 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN COM-
MERCIAL ACTIVITIES AS SECURITY FOR IN-
TELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES. 
Section 431(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 
SEC. 502. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
FOR ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OF-
FICE. 
Section 1683(k)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(k)(1)), as 
amended by section 6802(a) of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), is 
further amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DIRECTOR OF 
NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
AND
SECRETARY
OF
DE-
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FENSE’’ and inserting ‘‘ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESO-
LUTION OFFICE’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Director 
of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense 
shall jointly’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office 
shall’’. 
SEC. 503. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND 
ANALYSIS PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—The Director of 
the Defense Intelligence Agency may use not more than 
$10,000,000 of appropriated funds available to the Defense 
Intelligence Agency for each fiscal year to pay for the ex-
penses of partnerships with foreign countries, regional orga-
nizations with defense, intelligence, or security components, 
and security alliances of which the United States is a mem-
ber for military intelligence collection and analysis activi-
ties. 
(b) USE
OF FUNDS OTHER THAN APPROPRIATED 
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Director may use funds other than appropriated funds to 
pay for the expenses of partnerships with foreign countries, 
regional organizations with defense or security components, 
and security alliances of which the United States is a mem-
ber for military intelligence collection and analysis activi-
ties, except that— 
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(1) no such funds may be expended, in whole or 
in part, by or for the benefit of the Defense Intel-
ligence Agency for a purpose for which Congress had 
previously denied funds; 
(2) proceeds from the sale of military intelligence 
collection and analysis items may be used only to 
purchase replacement items similar to the items that 
are sold; and 
(3) the authority provided by this subsection 
may not be used to acquire items or services for the 
principal benefit of the United States. 
(c) LOGISTIC SUPPORT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director 
may exercise the authority under this section to pay for, 
or otherwise facilitate, the logistic support, supplies, and 
services associated with partnerships with foreign countries, 
regional organizations with defense or security components, 
and security alliances of which the United States is a mem-
ber. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF STATE.—The 
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall coordinate 
the military intelligence collection and analysis activities 
funded pursuant to this section with the Secretary of State. 
(e) COORDINATION WITH DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL IN-
TELLIGENCE.—The Director of the Defense Intelligence 
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Agency shall coordinate the military intelligence collection 
and analysis activities funded pursuant to this section with 
the Director of National Intelligence. 
(f) SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
authority to carry out this section shall terminate on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—A military intelligence collec-
tion and analysis activity for which funds have been 
obligated under this section before the date on which 
the authority to carry out this section terminates 
under paragraph (1) may continue until the comple-
tion of the activity. 
(g) MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND ANAL-
YSIS ACTIVITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘mili-
tary intelligence collection and analysis activity’’ means— 
(1) the conduct of a combined human intelligence 
and counterintelligence activity; 
(2) the collection, processing, exploitation, anal-
ysis, and dissemination of all-source intelligence; 
(3) the conduct of a foreign defense intelligence 
liaison relationship or defense intelligence exchange 
program; or 
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(4) the research, development, acquisition, and 
sustainment of an information technology system or 
telecommunication capability in support of an activ-
ity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NA-
TIONAL SPACE INTELLIGENCE CENTER AS 
FIELD OPERATING AGENCY. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law prohibiting the establishment of a field oper-
ating agency, the Secretary of the Air Force may establish 
the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating 
agency of the Space Force to analyze and produce scientific 
and technical intelligence on space-based and counterspace 
threats from foreign adversaries. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—If the Secretary of the Air Force 
decides to establish the National Space Intelligence Center 
as a field operating agency, the Secretary shall consider the 
operational and geographical benefits provided by co-locat-
ing the National Space Intelligence Center with the Na-
tional Air and Space Intelligence Center. 
SEC. 505. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ASSESSMENT 
OF STRATEGIC COMPETITION IN LATIN AMER-
ICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense 
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Intelligence Agency, in consultation with the heads of the 
other elements of the intelligence community that the Direc-
tor determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an intelligence assessment on the 
level of intelligence and defense cooperation between covered 
countries and— 
(1) the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) the Russian Federation. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment under 
subsection (a) shall include a description of any security- 
related cooperation or engagement between covered coun-
tries and the People’s Republic of China or the Russian 
Federation in the following areas: 
(1) Strategic dialogue. 
(2) Training or professional military education. 
(3) Defense agreements. 
(4) Intelligence sharing agreements. 
(5) Arms transfers. 
(6) Defense equipment transfers. 
(7) Military exercises. 
(8) Joint operations. 
(9) Permanent military presence. 
(10) Space cooperation. 
(11) Any other area the Director of the Defense 
Intelligence Agency determines appropriate. 
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(c) FORM.—The assessment under subsection (a) may 
be provided in classified form. 
(d) FORMAT.—To the extent practicable, the Director 
shall present the information contained in the assessment 
under subsection (a) in the format of a chart or other graph-
ic. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional intelligence commit-
tees. 
(B) The congressional defense committees, 
as such term is defined in section 101(a) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(2) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means Mexico and each foreign country or 
territory in Central or South America or in the Car-
ibbean. 
SEC. 506. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS RELATING TO USE OF 
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM FUNDS. 
Not less frequently than once each quarter, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives 
a briefing on— 
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(1) significant military operations of the De-
partment of Defense carried out during the imme-
diately preceding quarter and funded by amounts 
made available under the Military Intelligence Pro-
gram; and 
(2) all clandestine operations in the information 
environment carried out during the immediately pre-
ceding quarter and funded or otherwise enabled by 
amounts made available under the Military Intel-
ligence Program. 
TITLE VI—MATTERS RELATING 
TO 
NATIONAL 
SECURITY 
AGENCY, CYBER, AND COM-
MERCIAL CLOUD ENTERPRISE 
SEC. 601. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION BY NATIONAL 
SECURITY AGENCY OF INTELLIGENCE COL-
LECTION ADJUSTMENTS. 
The National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 
3601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 
22. 
CONGRESSIONAL 
NOTIFICATION 
OF 
INTEL-
LIGENCE COLLECTION ADJUSTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the Director of the National Security Agency 
determines the occurrence of an intelligence collection ad-
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justment, the Director shall submit to the congressional in-
telligence committees a notification of the intelligence collec-
tion adjustment. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘congressional intelligence commit-
tees’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
‘‘(2) INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION ADJUSTMENT.— 
The term ‘intelligence collection adjustment’ includes 
a change by the United States Government to a policy 
on intelligence collection or the prioritization thereof 
that results in a significant loss of intelligence.’’. 
SEC. 602. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT OF CYBERSE-
CURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL SE-
CURITY SYSTEMS. 
Section 6309 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Each head of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community that owns or operates 
a national security system shall submit to the congressional 
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intelligence committees not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subsection a plan detailing the cost 
and schedule requirements necessary to meet all of the cy-
bersecurity requirements for national security systems by 
the end of fiscal year 2026.’’. 
SEC. 603. SUPPORT BY INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FOR 
CERTAIN CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Upon request by the 
cross-functional team of the Department of Defense estab-
lished under section 910 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act of Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 
U.S.C. 111 note) (in this section referred to as the ‘‘cross- 
functional team’’), and consistent with the protection of in-
telligence sources and methods, the head of any element of 
the intelligence community shall provide such team with 
access to any information (including any intelligence re-
porting, analysis, or finished intelligence product) of the 
element potentially relevant to the duties of such team re-
quired under subsection (b)(1) of such section. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection 
(a) shall be construed as waiving the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–191) or any other applicable law regarding privacy 
or the protection of health information. 
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(c) STAFFING OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM BY CER-
TAIN ELEMENTS.— 
(1) STAFFING.—The head of each covered element 
shall detail or assign to the cross-functional team, in-
cluding through a joint duty assignment (as applica-
ble), intelligence or counterintelligence personnel of 
that covered element in such numbers as the head, in 
consultation with such team, determines necessary to 
support such team in fulfilling the duties required 
under section 910(b)(1) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act of Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 
81; 10 U.S.C. 111 note). 
(2) NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.—In carrying 
out paragraph (1) with respect to the National Secu-
rity Agency, the Director of the National Security 
Agency shall ensure there is detailed or assigned to 
the cross-functional team at least 1 individual deter-
mined appropriate by the Director, who, while so de-
tailed or assigned, shall provide such team with tech-
nical expertise of the National Security Agency rel-
evant to the fulfilment of the duties referred to in 
paragraph (1). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DETAIL AUTHORITY.—Upon request 
by the cross-functional team, the head of any element of the 
intelligence community may detail to such team personnel 
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of the element to provide intelligence, counterintelligence, 
or related support. 
(e) COVERED ELEMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered element’’ means the following: 
(1) The National Security Agency. 
(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The intelligence elements of the Army, the 
Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps. 
SEC. 604. COMMERCIAL CLOUD ENTERPRISE NOTIFICA-
TION. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on 
a quarterly basis thereafter, the Director of the Central In-
telligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a notification relating to the Commer-
cial Cloud Enterprise contract entered into by the Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency in November 2020 for 
commercial cloud services for the intelligence community, 
which shall include— 
(1) the number and value of all task orders 
issued under such contract, broken down by vendor, 
for each element of the intelligence community; 
(2) the duration of each task order; 
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(3) the number of sole source task orders issued 
compared to the number of task orders issued on a 
competitive basis under such contract; and 
(4) with respect to each vendor authorized to 
provide commercial cloud services under such con-
tract, an update on the status of the security accredi-
tation and authority to operate decision of each ven-
dor. 
(b) DATA SHARING.—The head of each element of the 
intelligence community shall share such data with the Di-
rector of the Central Intelligence Agency as the Director de-
termines necessary to prepare the notification required 
under subsection (a). 
(c) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit the notifica-
tion under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 
is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 605. COMMERCIAL CLOUD ENTERPRISE SOLE SOURCE 
TASK ORDER NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on 
a semiannual basis thereafter, the head of each element of 
the intelligence community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a notification with respect to any 
sole source task order awarded by such head under the con-
tract relating to the Commercial Cloud Enterprise entered 
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into by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 
November 2020 for commercial cloud services for the intel-
ligence community. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each notification required under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to the task order con-
cerned— 
(1) a description of the order; 
(2) a summary of services provided under the 
order; 
(3) the value of the order; 
(4) the justification for awarding the order on a 
sole source basis; and 
(5) an identification of the vendor awarded the 
order. 
(c) SUNSET.—The requirement to submit the notifica-
tion under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that 
is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 606. ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL CLOUD INITIATIVES 
OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall, in coordination with such heads of ele-
ments of the intelligence community as the Director con-
siders appropriate— 
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(1) complete a comprehensive analysis of the 
commercial cloud initiatives of the intelligence com-
munity relating to the Commercial Cloud Enterprise 
contract entered into by the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency in November 2020; and 
(2) provide to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a briefing on the findings of the Director with 
respect to the analysis conducted pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The analysis conducted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) the current year and 5-year projected costs 
for commercial cloud utilization for each element of 
the intelligence community, including costs related to 
data storage, data migration, egress fees, and any 
other commercial cloud services; 
(2) the termination or planned termination, as 
the case may be, of legacy data storage capacity of an 
element of the intelligence community and the pro-
jected cost savings resulting from such termination; 
(3) efforts underway by the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence and elements of the intel-
ligence community to utilize multiple commercial 
cloud service providers; and 
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(4) the operational value that elements of the in-
telligence community are achieving through utiliza-
tion of commercial cloud analytic tools and services. 
TITLE VII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY 
SEC. 701. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY QUARTERLY EMPLOYEE EN-
GAGEMENT SUMMARIES. 
Section 17 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) QUARTERLY
EMPLOYEE
ENGAGEMENT
SUM-
MARIES.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the last day of 
each fiscal quarter, the Inspector General shall provide to 
the appropriate congressional committees a summary of the 
engagement of Agency employees with the Inspector General 
during that quarter. 
‘‘(2) Each summary required under paragraph (1) 
shall include each of the following for the quarter covered 
by the summary: 
‘‘(A) The total number of reports filed with the 
Inspector General by Agency employees. 
‘‘(B) An identification of the nature of the alle-
gation made in each such report, such as— 
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‘‘(i) fraud, waste, and abuse; 
‘‘(ii) harassment or other personnel issues; 
‘‘(iii) questionable intelligence activities; or 
‘‘(iv) threats to health and safety. 
‘‘(C) For each such report— 
‘‘(i) whether an investigation was initiated 
because of the report; 
‘‘(ii) for any such investigation, whether the 
status of the investigation is initiated, in 
progress, or complete; and 
‘‘(iii) for any completed investigation, 
whether the allegation made in the report was 
found to be substantiated or unsubstantiated, 
and whether any recommendations or criminal 
referrals were made as a result. 
‘‘(D) A copy of any audit, assessment, inspec-
tion, or other final report completed by the Inspector 
General during the quarter covered by the summary. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
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‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 702. IMPROVED FUNDING FLEXIBILITY FOR PAYMENTS 
MADE BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
FOR QUALIFYING INJURIES TO BRAIN. 
Section 19A(d) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act 
of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3519b(d)) is amended by striking para-
graph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Payment under para-
graph (2) in a fiscal year may be made using 
any amounts— 
‘‘(i) appropriated in advance specifi-
cally for payments under such paragraph; 
or 
‘‘(ii) reprogrammed in accordance with 
section 504 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 
‘‘(B) BUDGET.—For each fiscal year, the 
Director shall include with the budget justifica-
tion materials submitted to Congress in support 
of the budget of the President for that fiscal year 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, an estimate of the amounts required 
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in that fiscal year to make payments under 
paragraph (2).’’. 
SEC. 703. BENJAMIN TALLMADGE INSTITUTE AS PRIMARY 
CENTRAL 
INTELLIGENCE 
AGENCY 
ENTITY 
FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN COUNTER-
INTELLIGENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency shall maintain the Benjamin Tallmadge In-
stitute as the primary entity within the Central Intelligence 
Agency for education and training related to all aspects of 
counterintelligence. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—The Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency shall— 
(1) ensure the Institute is fully and properly or-
ganized and has the resources necessary to provide 
counterintelligence education and training for all ca-
reer fields within the Agency, including specialized 
certifications for Agency counterintelligence personnel; 
(2) develop appropriate certification courses that 
are designed to educate, train, and certify Agency 
personnel in— 
(A) 
counterintelligence 
threats, 
insider 
threats, and other counterintelligence processes 
and issues; 
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(B) the conduct and support of counterintel-
ligence inquiries and investigations; 
(C) relevant skills necessary for coordina-
tion with Federal law enforcement; and 
(D) any other skills as the Director deter-
mines necessary; 
(3) identify and designate specific positions for 
which an individual shall be required to have a cer-
tification described in paragraph (2) prior to filling 
such a position; and 
(4) develop necessary infrastructure and capac-
ity to support National Counterintelligence and Secu-
rity Center outreach programs to increase participa-
tion by personnel from other components of the intel-
ligence community in the courses offered by the Insti-
tute. 
(c) TRAINING AND FAMILIARIZATION COURSES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The head of the Institute 
shall— 
(A) develop training and familiarization 
courses at different classification levels, includ-
ing courses at an unclassified level; and 
(B) offer instruction in the courses devel-
oped under subparagraph (A) or make training 
curricula available to other intelligence commu-
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nity components, as appropriate, to support out-
reach efforts. 
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
COURSES.—The training 
and familiarization courses developed under para-
graph (1) shall be made available to any of the fol-
lowing that have a need and appropriate clearance, 
as determined by the Director of the National Coun-
terintelligence and Security Center, for a general edu-
cation on counterintelligence threats, briefings on spe-
cific topics, or other training related to counterintel-
ligence: 
(A) Federal departments and agencies that 
are not elements of the intelligence community. 
(B) State, local, and Tribal governments, as 
the Director determines appropriate. 
(C) Private sector entities, as the Director 
determines appropriate. 
(D) Such other personnel and entities as the 
Director may determine appropriate. 
(d) BASELINE CERTIFICATION COURSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Institute shall develop, in 
coordination with the National Counterintelligence 
and Security Center and the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, and implement a baseline certification course 
for all counterintelligence career professionals that 
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aligns the minimum certification requirements of the 
course and the Defense Counterintelligence Agent 
Course of the Joint Counterintelligence Training Ac-
tivity. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF COURSE.—The baseline cer-
tification course developed under paragraph (1) shall 
be made available, on a space-available basis, to all 
intelligence community professionals and appropriate 
personnel with appropriate security clearance from 
any other agency, committee, commission, office, or 
other establishment in the executive, legislative, or ju-
dicial branch of the Federal Government. 
SEC. 704. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE 
ASSESSMENT 
OF 
SINALOA 
CARTEL 
AND 
JALISCO CARTEL. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, in consultation with the heads of the 
other elements of the intelligence community that the Direc-
tor determines appropriate, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees an intelligence assessment on 
the transnational criminal organizations known as the 
Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment under 
subsection (a) shall include, with respect to each 
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transnational criminal organization specified in such sub-
section, a description of the following: 
(1) The key leaders, organizational structure, 
subgroups, presence in the states within Mexico, and 
cross-border illicit drug smuggling routes (beginning 
in Mexico and ending in the United States) of the 
transnational criminal organization. 
(2) The practices used by the transnational 
criminal organization to import the chemicals used to 
make synthetic drugs, to produce such drugs, and to 
smuggle such drugs across the border into the United 
States. 
(3) The main suppliers based in China, and the 
main brokers based in Mexico, that supply the 
transnational criminal organization with precursor 
chemicals and equipment used in the production of 
synthetic drugs. 
(4) The manner in which the transnational 
criminal organization is tailoring the fentanyl prod-
ucts of such organization to attract a wider variety 
of United States consumers, including unwitting 
users. 
(5) The degree to which the transnational crimi-
nal organization is using human and technical oper-
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ations to undermine counternarcotics efforts by 
United States and Mexican security services. 
(6) An estimate of the annual revenue received 
by the transnational criminal organization from the 
sale of illicit drugs, disaggregated by drug type. 
(7) Any other information the Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency determines relevant. 
(c) FORM.—The intelligence assessment under sub-
section (a) may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 705. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INTELLIGENCE 
ASSESSMENT WITH RESPECT TO EFFORTS BY 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA TO INCREASE 
INFLUENCE IN MIDDLE EAST. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, in consultation with such heads of the 
other elements of the intelligence community that the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence determines appropriate, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an in-
telligence assessment on efforts by the People’s Republic of 
China to increase its influence, through overt or covert 
means, with respect to the political, military, economic, or 
other policies or activities of governments of countries in 
the Middle East in ways that are detrimental to the na-
tional security interests of the United States. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The intelligence assessment required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A summary of the key relationships that the 
People’s Republic of China has developed, or is seek-
ing to develop, with countries in the Middle East, and 
the national security objectives that the People’s Re-
public of China intends to advance through such es-
tablished or emerging relationships. 
(2) A description of the relationship between the 
People’s Republic of China and Iran, including in the 
areas of security cooperation and intelligence sharing. 
(3) An identification of the countries in the Mid-
dle East in which the People’s Republic of China has 
established, or is seeking to establish, an intelligence 
presence or intelligence partnerships. 
(4) An assessment of how the People’s Republic 
of China seeks to weaken the role, influence, and rela-
tionships of the United States with respect to coun-
tries in the Middle East, including through the Global 
Security Initiative of the People’s Republic of China. 
(5) An analysis of whether, and to what degree, 
efforts by the People’s Republic of China to increase 
its influence among countries in the Middle East are 
designed to support the broader strategic interests of 
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the People’s Republic of China, including with respect 
to Taiwan. 
(c) FORM.—The intelligence assessment required under 
subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the following: 
(A) The congressional intelligence commit-
tees. 
(B) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(C) The Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(D) The Select Committee on the Strategic 
Competition Between the United States and the 
Chinese Communist Party of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) COUNTRIES
IN
THE
MIDDLE
EAST.—The 
term ‘‘countries in the Middle East’’ means— 
(A) Algeria; 
(B) Bahrain; 
(C) Egypt; 
(D) Iran; 
(E) Iraq; 
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(F) Israel; 
(G) Jordan; 
(H) Kuwait; 
(I) Lebanon; 
(J) Libya; 
(K) Morocco; 
(L) Oman; 
(M) the Palestinian territories; 
(N) Qatar; 
(O) Saudi Arabia; 
(P) Syria; 
(Q) Tunisia; 
(R) the United Arab Emirates; and 
(S) Yemen. 
SEC. 706. ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL 
HEALTH AND CHAPLAIN SERVICES TO AGEN-
CY EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency shall conduct an assessment on the avail-
ability of the services of mental health professionals and 
chaplains with appropriate security clearances to employees 
of the Agency. Such assessment shall include— 
(1) an evaluation of the current availability of 
and demand for such services globally; 
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(2) an assessment of the feasibility of expanding 
the availability of such services; 
(3) information, including a detailed schedule 
and cost estimate, as to what would be required to in-
crease the availability of such services for Agency em-
ployees located in the United States and abroad; and 
(4) information on the feasibility and advis-
ability of requiring that each employee returning 
from a high risk or high threat tour, as designated by 
the Director, access the services of a mental health 
professional, chaplain, or both, at the option of the 
employee. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 210 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
assessment required by subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence and the Subcommittee on Defense of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
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(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(2) CHAPLAIN.—The term ‘‘chaplain’’ means a 
member of the Chaplain Corps, as established under 
section 26 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
1949 (50 U.S.C. 3527), whom the Director has cer-
tified as meeting common standards for professional 
chaplaincy and board certification by a national 
chaplaincy and pastoral care organization or equiva-
lent. 
(3) MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.—The term 
‘‘mental health professional’’ means an appropriately 
trained and certified professional counselor, medical 
professional, psychologist, psychiatrist, or other ap-
propriate employee, as determined by the Director. 
SEC. 707. ASSESSMENT BY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY ON CERTAIN EFFECTS OF 
ABRAHAM ACCORDS. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, in consultation with the heads of the 
other elements of the intelligence community that the Direc-
tor determines appropriate, shall submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees an assessment of the current 
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effects on the intelligence community of the agreements be-
tween Israel and 4 other foreign countries, collectively 
known as the Abraham Accords, and of the potential effects 
on the intelligence community if the Abraham Accords were 
to be expanded to additional foreign countries. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the agreements referred to in 
such subsection, the following: 
(1) A description of whether, and in what re-
spects, the agreement between Israel and Bahrain has 
resulted in the intelligence community obtaining new 
and valuable insights regarding national intelligence 
priorities. 
(2) A description of whether, and in what re-
spects, the agreement between Israel and Morocco has 
resulted in the intelligence community obtaining new 
and valuable insights regarding national intelligence 
priorities. 
(3) A description of whether, and in what re-
spects, the agreement between Israel and the United 
Arab Emirates has resulted in the intelligence com-
munity obtaining new and valuable insights regard-
ing national intelligence priorities. 
(4) A description of whether, and in what re-
spects, the agreement between Israel and Sudan has 
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resulted in the intelligence community obtaining new 
and valuable insights regarding national intelligence 
priorities. 
(5) An assessment of whether, and in what re-
spects, additional agreements between Israel and other 
foreign countries to normalize or otherwise enhance 
relations would result in the intelligence community 
obtaining new and valuable insights regarding na-
tional intelligence priorities. 
(c) FORM.—The assessment under subsection (a) may 
be submitted in classified form. 
TITLE VIII—REPORTING AND IN-
VESTIGATION 
OF 
ALLEGA-
TIONS OF SEX-RELATED OF-
FENSES AND SEXUAL HAR-
ASSMENT IN CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY 
SEC. 801. REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGA-
TIONS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND SEX-
UAL 
HARASSMENT 
IN 
CENTRAL 
INTEL-
LIGENCE AGENCY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) sexual assault and sexual harassment arise 
from, and are often indicative of, an environment 
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where toxic, provocative, and sometimes significantly 
inappropriate behavior is tolerated; 
(2) when supervisors and senior leaders at head-
quarters and in the field are among the offenders and 
facilitate a work climate in which toxic and dis-
respectful behavior is tolerated, harassment and even 
assault will often go unaddressed and unpunished; 
(3) while establishing clear policies and proce-
dures and enhancing training are necessary first 
steps toward protecting victims and establishing 
stronger internal mechanisms for preventing and re-
sponding to future sexual assault and sexual harass-
ment within the Central Intelligence Agency, com-
prehensive culture change driven by Agency leader-
ship will be necessary to accomplish impactful and 
enduring improvement; and 
(4) it is vital for the Central Intelligence Agency 
to maintain an independent and neutral person with 
whom all employees at all levels, supervisors and non- 
supervisors, may speak confidentially, informally, 
and off-the-record about work-related concerns or 
questions. 
(b) SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND SEXUAL HARASS-
MENT WITHIN
THE AGENCY.—The Central Intelligence 
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Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 30. SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND SEXUAL HARASS-
MENT WITHIN THE AGENCY. 
‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—The Director 
shall carry out the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(1) Establishing professional and uniform 
training for employees assigned to working with all 
aspects of the response of the Agency to allegations of 
sex-related offenses and sexual harassment. 
‘‘(2) Developing and implementing policies and 
procedures to protect the confidentiality of employees 
who report sex-related offenses or sexual harassment 
and to mitigate negative effects on the reputation or 
career of such an employee as a result of such a re-
port. 
‘‘(3) Developing and implementing documented 
standards for— 
‘‘(A) appropriate mitigation and protection 
measures for individuals who make allegations of 
a sex-related offense or sexual harassment to be 
put in place while an investigation proceeds; 
‘‘(B) appropriate employee consequences to 
be imposed as a result of an inquiry or inves-
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tigation into a substantiated allegation of a sex- 
related offense or sexual harassment; 
‘‘(C) appropriate career path protection for 
all employees involved in an incident resulting 
in a reported allegation of a sex-related offense 
or sexual harassment while an investigation or 
review of the allegation is pending; and 
‘‘(D) mitigation measures to protect em-
ployees and mission execution while such allega-
tions are being addressed. 
‘‘(4) Articulating and enforcing norms, expecta-
tions, practices, and policies, including with respect 
to employee promotions and assignments, that are 
published for the workforce and designed to promote 
a healthy workplace culture that is inhospitable to 
sex-related offenses and sexual harassment. 
‘‘(5) Developing and issuing workforce messaging 
to inform Agency employees of policies, procedures, 
resources, and points of contact to obtain information 
related to, or to report, sex-related offenses or sexual 
harassment globally. 
‘‘(6) Developing and implementing sex-related of-
fense and sexual harassment training for all Agency 
employees that— 
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‘‘(A) is designed to strengthen individual 
knowledge, skills, and capacity to prevent and 
respond to sex-related offenses and sexual harass-
ment; 
‘‘(B) includes initial entry and accession 
programs, annual refresher training, and spe-
cialized leadership training; and 
‘‘(C) includes details of the definitions of 
sex-related offense and sexual harassment, the 
distinction between such terms, and what does or 
does not constitute each. 
‘‘(7) Developing and implementing processes and 
procedures applicable to personnel involved in pro-
viding the training referred to in paragraph (6) 
that— 
‘‘(A) are designed to ensure seamless policy 
consistency and reporting mechanisms in all 
training environments; and 
‘‘(B) include requirements for in-person 
training that— 
‘‘(i) covers the reporting processes for 
sex-related offenses and sexual harassment 
that are specific to training environments 
for students and trainers; and 
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‘‘(ii) shall be provided at an appro-
priate time during the first 5 days of any 
extended or residential training course. 
‘‘(8) Developing and implementing, in consulta-
tion with the Victim Advocacy Specialists of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, appropriate training re-
quirements, policies, and procedures applicable to all 
employees whose professional responsibilities include 
interaction with people making reports alleging sex- 
related offenses or sexual harassment. 
‘‘(9) Developing and implementing procedures 
under which current and former employees of the 
Agency are able to obtain documents and records, as 
appropriate and upon request, that are related to a 
report of an allegation of a sex-related offense or sex-
ual harassment. 
‘‘(10) Developing and implementing procedures 
under which an employee who makes a restricted or 
unrestricted report containing an allegation of a sex- 
related offense or sexual harassment may transfer out 
of the current assignment or location of the employee, 
upon the request of the employee making the report. 
Such procedures shall ensure that an employee who 
makes a restricted report maintains the privilege 
against disclosure, strict confidentiality, and with 
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such employee maintaining full control over all deci-
sions related to any further dissemination of the re-
port. 
‘‘(11) Developing policies and procedures for the 
Office of the Victim and Whistleblower Counsel and 
the Special Victim Investigator, as applicable, to fa-
cilitate outside engagement requests of employees re-
porting allegations of sex-related offenses or sexual 
harassment. 
‘‘(12) Coordinating the response of the Agency to 
allegations of sex-related offenses and sexual harass-
ment. 
‘‘(b) BIANNUAL REPORT.—Not less frequently than 
once every 180 days, the Director shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the activities 
of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and the 
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office during the 
period covered by the report. The Director shall personally 
review, approve, and submit each report under this sub-
section on a nondelegable basis. Each such report shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) for the period covered by the report— 
‘‘(A) the number of new allegations of sex- 
related offenses and sexual harassment reported 
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to either such Office, disaggregated by restricted 
and unrestricted reports; 
‘‘(B) the number of employees seeking legal 
assistance or services from either such Office; 
‘‘(C) the number of new or ongoing cases in 
which either such Office has provided services; 
‘‘(D) a description of all training activities 
related to sex-related offenses and sexual harass-
ment carried out Agency-wide, and the number 
of such trainings conducted; and 
‘‘(2) for the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2024 and ending on the last day of the 
period covered by the report— 
‘‘(A) the total number of allegations of sex- 
related offenses and sexual harassment; 
‘‘(B) the disposition of each report of such 
an allegation; 
‘‘(C) any corrective action taken in response 
to each such report; 
‘‘(D) the number of such allegations that 
were not substantiated; and 
‘‘(E) the number of employee reassignment 
and relocation requests, including— 
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‘‘(i) the number of such requests that 
were granted; 
‘‘(ii) the number of such requests that 
were denied; and 
‘‘(iii) for any such request that was de-
nied, the position of the individual who de-
nied the request and the reason for denial. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY.—The policies developed pursuant 
to this section shall apply to each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Any employee of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) Any employee of an entity that has entered 
into a contract with the Agency under which the em-
ployee performs functions at a facility associated with 
the Agency or functions associated with the Agency. 
‘‘(3) Any person who alleges they were sexually 
assaulted or harassed by an employee referred to in 
paragraph (1) or (2) at a facility associated with the 
Agency or during the performance of a function asso-
ciated with the Agency.’’. 
(c) VICTIM AND WHISTLEBLOWER COUNSEL.—Such 
Act is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 31. VICTIM AND WHISTLEBLOWER COUNSEL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 
an Office of the Victim and Whistleblower Counsel. The 
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head of the Office shall be the Victim and Whistleblower 
Counsel who shall report directly to the Chief Operating 
Officer of the Agency. The Office shall have the authority 
of an independent office within the Agency. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Victim and Whistle-
blower Counsel shall carry out the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(1) Providing legal assistance and consultation 
to employees of the Agency who are victims of alleged 
sex-related offenses or sexual harassment, regardless of 
whether the report of that offense is restricted or unre-
stricted. 
‘‘(2) Acting as the primary point of contact and 
entry point for Agency employees with respect to all 
allegations of, or concerns regarding, sex-related of-
fenses and sexual harassment. 
‘‘(3) Managing the victim advocacy activities of 
the Agency for employees reporting sex-related offenses 
or sexual harassment. 
‘‘(4) Maintaining, and making available to 
Agency employees the following: 
‘‘(A) A list of physicians and mental health 
care providers (including from the private sector, 
as applicable) who have experience with the 
physical and mental health care needs of the 
Agency workforce. 
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‘‘(B) A list of chaplains and religious coun-
selors who have experience with the needs of the 
Agency workforce, including information regard-
ing access to the Chaplain Corps established 
under section 26 of this Act. 
‘‘(C) Information regarding how to select 
and retain private attorneys who have experience 
with the legal needs of the Agency workforce, in-
cluding detailed information on the process for 
the appropriate sharing of information with re-
tained private attorneys. 
‘‘(5) Facilitating communications with the In-
spector General, Congress, and other outside entities. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The inclusion of any 
person on a list maintained or made available pursuant 
to subsection (b)(4) shall not be construed as an endorse-
ment of such person (or any service furnished by such per-
son), and the Victim and Whistleblower Counsel shall not 
be liable, as a result of such inclusion, for any portion of 
compensable injury, loss, or damage attributable to such 
person or service. 
‘‘(d) COMMUNICATIONS.—The relationship between the 
Victim and Whistleblower Counsel and a victim in the pro-
vision of legal assistance and consultation shall be the rela-
tionship between an attorney and client. 
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‘‘(e) PURPOSE.—The Office of the Victim and Whistle-
blower Counsel shall— 
‘‘(1) solely function as an advocate for employees 
and not as an advocate for the Agency itself; and 
‘‘(2) not be a proponent of Agency policies for 
sex-related offenses or sexual harassment.’’. 
(d) REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGATIONS 
OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT.— 
Such Act is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 32. REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGA-
TIONS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND SEX-
UAL HARASSMENT. 
‘‘(a) POLICIES RELATING TO RESTRICTED AND UNRE-
STRICTED REPORTING OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES AND 
HARASSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 
and implement policies, regulations, personnel train-
ing, and workforce messaging to establish and provide 
information about restricted reports and unrestricted 
reports of allegations of sex-related offenses and sexual 
harassment within the Agency in accordance with 
this subsection. 
‘‘(2) WORKFORCE MESSAGING.—Workforce mes-
saging developed under paragraph (1) shall be de-
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signed to clearly inform Agency employees of the dif-
ferences between restricted and unrestricted reporting 
of allegations of sex-related offenses and sexual har-
assment, and which individual or office within the 
Agency is responsible for receiving each type of re-
port. 
‘‘(b) ELECTION.—Any person making a report con-
taining an allegation of a sex-related offense or sexual har-
assment shall elect whether to make a restricted report or 
an unrestricted report. Once an election is made to make 
an unrestricted report, such election may not be changed. 
‘‘(c) UNRESTRICTED REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) DISCLOSURE; ASSISTANCE.—A person who 
elects to make an unrestricted report containing an 
allegation of a sex-related offense or sexual harass-
ment may disclose the report to any employee of the 
Agency. A person who elects to make an unrestricted 
report containing an allegation of a sex-related of-
fense or sexual harassment may seek the assistance of 
another employee of the Agency with taking the action 
required under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ACTION REQUIRED.—A person electing to 
make an unrestricted report containing an allegation 
of a sex-related offense or sexual harassment shall sub-
mit the report to the Office of the Victim and Whistle-
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blower Counsel. In the case of a person making an 
unrestricted report of sexual harassment, the Victim 
and Whistleblower Counsel shall facilitate the contact 
by the person with the Office of Equal Employment 
Opportunity. In the case of a person making an unre-
stricted report of a sex-related offense other than sex-
ual harassment, the Victim and Whistleblower Coun-
sel shall facilitate the contact of such person with the 
Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTED REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROCESS FOR MAKING REPORTS.—A person 
who elects to make a restricted report containing an 
allegation of a sex-related offense or sexual harass-
ment shall submit the report to a person authorized 
to receive a restricted report under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) PERSON AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE A RE-
STRICTED
REPORT.—The following individuals are 
persons authorized to receive a restricted report: 
‘‘(A) The Chief Wellbeing Officer. 
‘‘(B) Any employee of the Office of Wellness 
and Workforce Support. 
‘‘(C) Any employee of the Office of the Vic-
tim and Whistleblower Counsel. 
‘‘(D) Any medical professional assigned to 
the Center for Global Health Services, or any 
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successor organization employing Agency sup-
port staff. 
‘‘(E) Any employee of the Chaplain Corps 
of the Agency. 
‘‘(F) The Special Victim Investigator with-
in the Office of Security. 
‘‘(G) Any medical professional, including a 
mental health professional. 
‘‘(H) Any additional employees that the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) ACTION
REQUIRED.—A restricted report 
containing an allegation of a sex-related offense or 
sexual harassment— 
‘‘(A) shall be treated by the person who re-
ceives the report in the same manner as a com-
munication covered by attorney-client privilege; 
‘‘(B) shall be privileged against disclosure 
with strict confidentiality and with the person 
making the report maintaining full control over 
all decisions related to any further dissemina-
tion, except in cases of an imminent threat of se-
rious bodily harm; 
‘‘(C) shall not result in a referral to law en-
forcement or commencement of a formal admin-
istrative investigation, unless the victim elects to 
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change the report from a restricted report to an 
unrestricted report; 
‘‘(D) in a case requiring an employee reas-
signment, relocation, or other mitigation or pro-
tective measures, shall result only in actions that 
are managed in a manner to limit, to the extent 
possible, the disclosure of any information con-
tained in the report; and 
‘‘(E) shall be exempt from any Federal or, 
to the maximum extent permitted by the Con-
stitution, State reporting requirements, includ-
ing the requirements under section 535(b) of title 
28, United States Code, section 17(b)(5) of this 
Act, and section 1.6(b) of Executive Order 12333 
(50 U.S.C. 3001 note; relating to United States 
intelligence activities), except when reporting is 
necessary to prevent or mitigate an imminent 
threat of serious bodily harm. 
‘‘(e) INCIDENT REPORTS WHEN VICTIM OR ALLEGED 
PERPETRATOR IS AN AGENCY EMPLOYEE.— 
‘‘(1) INCIDENT REPORTING POLICY.—The Direc-
tor shall establish and maintain a policy under 
which— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an unrestricted report 
of— 
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‘‘(i) sexual harassment, the head of the 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity is 
required to submit a written incident report 
not later than 8 days after receiving a for-
mal complaint containing an allegation of 
sexual harassment; and 
‘‘(ii) a sex-related offense other than 
sexual harassment, the head of the Sexual 
Assault Prevention and Response Office is 
required to submit a written incident report 
not later than 8 days after receipt of the 
unrestricted report; and 
‘‘(B) each such incident report required 
under subparagraph (A) shall be provided to— 
‘‘(i) the Chief Operating Officer of the 
Agency; 
‘‘(ii) the Special Victim Investigator; 
‘‘(iii) the Office of the Victim and 
Whistleblower Counsel; 
‘‘(iv) the Sexual Assault Prevention 
and Response Office; 
‘‘(v) the Office of Equal Employment 
Opportunity; and 
‘‘(vi) such other individuals as the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
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‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of an incident re-
port required under paragraph (1) is to— 
‘‘(A) record the details about actions taken 
or in progress to provide the necessary care and 
support to the victim of the alleged incident; 
‘‘(B) refer the allegations to the appropriate 
investigatory or law enforcement agency; and 
‘‘(C) provide initial formal notification of 
the alleged incident. 
‘‘(3) ELEMENTS.—Each incident report required 
under paragraph (1) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The time, date, and location of the al-
leged sex-related offense or sexual harassment. 
‘‘(B) An identification of the type of offense 
or harassment alleged. 
‘‘(C) An identification of the assigned office 
and location of the victim. 
‘‘(D) An identification of the assigned office 
and location of the alleged perpetrator, including 
information regarding whether the alleged perpe-
trator has been temporarily transferred or re-
moved from an assignment or otherwise re-
stricted, if applicable. 
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‘‘(E) A description of any post-incident ac-
tions taken in connection with the incident, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) referral to any services available 
to victims, including the date of each refer-
ral; 
‘‘(ii) notification of the incident to ap-
propriate investigatory organizations, in-
cluding the organizations notified and dates 
of notifications; and 
‘‘(iii) issuance of any personal protec-
tion orders or steps taken to separate the 
victim and the alleged perpetrator within 
their place of employment. 
‘‘(F) Such other elements as the Director de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(f) COMMON
PERPETRATOR
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) UNRESTRICTED REPORTS.—Upon receipt of 
an incident report under subsection (e)(1) containing 
an allegation of a sex-related offense or sexual harass-
ment against an individual known to be the subject 
of at least one allegation of a sex-related offense or 
sexual harassment by another reporter, the Special 
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Victim Investigator shall notify each of the following 
of all existing allegations against the individual: 
‘‘(A) The Director. 
‘‘(B) The Chief Operating Officer. 
‘‘(C) The head of the directorate employing 
the individual. 
‘‘(D) The head of the Sexual Assault Pre-
vention and Response Office. 
‘‘(E) The first supervisor of the individual. 
‘‘(F) The Inspector General. 
‘‘(G) The Victim and Whistleblower Coun-
sel. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTED REPORTS.—Upon receipt of a 
restricted report under subsection (d), the Victim and 
Whistleblower Counsel shall notify any victim known 
to have filed a restricted report against the same indi-
vidual who is the subject of the report under para-
graph (1) that another allegation has been made 
against the individual who is the subject of the report 
under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY.—The policies developed pursuant 
to this section shall apply to each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Any employee of the Agency. 
‘‘(2) Any employee of an entity that has entered 
into a contract with the Agency under which the em-
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ployee performs functions at a facility associated with 
the Agency or functions associated with the Agency. 
‘‘(3) Any person who makes an allegation of a 
sex-related offense or sexual harassment against an 
employee referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) at a fa-
cility associated with the Agency or during the per-
formance of a function associated with the Agency. 
‘‘(h) RECORDS.—The Director shall establish a system 
for tracking and permanently maintaining all Agency 
records related to any investigation into an allegation of 
a sex-related offense or sexual harassment made in an unre-
stricted report, including any related medical documenta-
tion.’’. 
(e) SPECIAL VICTIM INVESTIGATOR.—Such Act is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 33. SPECIAL VICTIM INVESTIGATOR. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish in 
the Office of Security a Special Victim Investigator, who 
shall be responsible for investigating all unrestricted reports 
containing allegations of sex-related offenses other than sex-
ual harassment and supporting, as appropriate, the Office 
of Equal Employment Opportunity with investigating for-
mal complaints containing allegations of sexual harass-
ment. The person appointed as the Investigator shall be an 
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appropriately credentialed Federal law enforcement officer 
and may be a detailee from a Federal law enforcement enti-
ty. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Investigator shall be re-
sponsible for— 
‘‘(1) supporting the Office of Equal Employment 
Opportunity with investigations into formal com-
plaints containing allegations of sexual harassment, 
as appropriate; 
‘‘(2) investigating unrestricted reports con-
taining allegations of sex-related offenses, including 
the conduct and management of all internal Agency 
inquiries, investigations, and other fact-finding ac-
tivities related to specific allegations of sex-related of-
fenses; 
‘‘(3) testifying in a criminal prosecution in any 
venue, where appropriate; 
‘‘(4) serving as the case agent for a criminal in-
vestigation in any venue, where appropriate; 
‘‘(5) supporting engagement with law enforce-
ment relating to such allegations, where appropriate, 
including coordinating related cases with other Fed-
eral, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agen-
cies, as necessary and appropriate, pursuant to regu-
lations, requirements, and procedures developed in 
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consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, for any such inquiries, investigations, or other 
fact-finding activities; 
‘‘(6) developing and implementing policies and 
procedures necessary for the Investigator or any law 
enforcement partner to conduct effective investigations 
and also protect sensitive information; 
‘‘(7) serving as the only authorized investigative 
body in the Agency for allegations of sex-related of-
fenses, except that, in the case of an allegation of a 
sex-related offense involving an employee of the Office 
of Security, the Investigator shall coordinate with ap-
propriate criminal investigators who are detailed to 
the Agency for other missions or employed by another 
Federal law enforcement entity, as necessary, to 
maintain the integrity of the investigation and miti-
gate potential conflicts of interest; 
‘‘(8) establishing and coordinating clear policies 
regarding which agency should take the lead on con-
ducting, or be the lead in coordinating with local law 
enforcement when applicable, investigations of sexual 
assault and sexual harassment overseas; and 
‘‘(9) sharing information with the Victim and 
Whistleblower Counsel to facilitate the support and 
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advocacy of such Counsel for victims of alleged sex-re-
lated offenses or sexual harassment. 
‘‘(c) TIMEFRAME FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—The Investi-
gator shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that any investigative support for a 
formal complaint containing allegations of sexual 
harassment shall occur within any investigation 
timelines required by applicable law; 
‘‘(2) ensure that any investigation into an alle-
gation of a sex-related offense contained in an unre-
stricted report is completed by not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the report is referred to the 
Investigator under section 32(e)(1); and 
‘‘(3) if the Investigator determines that the com-
pletion of an investigation will take longer than 60 
days— 
‘‘(A) not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the report is referred to the Investigator 
under section 32(e)(1), submit to the Director a 
request for an extension that contains a sum-
mary of the progress of the investigation, the rea-
sons why the completion of the investigation re-
quires additional time, and a plan for the com-
pletion of the investigation; and 
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‘‘(B) provide to the person who made the re-
port and the person against whom the allegation 
in the report was made notice of the extension of 
the investigation.’’. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION
AND
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 
shall— 
(A) establish the Office of the Victim and 
Whistleblower Counsel, as required by section 31 
of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as 
added by subsection (c); 
(B) establish and implement the policies re-
quired under sections 30 and 32 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by 
subsections (b) and (d), respectively; 
(C) consolidate the responsibilities of the 
Director under such sections 30 and 32 in a sin-
gle Office, as determined by the Director; and 
(D) establish the Special Victim Investi-
gator, as required by section 33 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, as added by 
subsection (e). 
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(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
every 90 days thereafter for 2 years, the Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the implementation of this section and 
the amendments made by this section. The Direc-
tor shall personally review, approve, and submit 
each report under this paragraph on a nondele-
gable basis. 
(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence and the Subcommittee on Defense of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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TITLE I—MATTERS RELATING TO 
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION 
SEC. 901. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INNOVATION UNIT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 103K the following new section (and con-
forming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 103L. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY INNOVATION UNIT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall establish within the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence a unit to be known as the ‘Intel-
ligence Community Innovation Unit’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Unit’). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Unit shall be as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) To identify and evaluate commercial emerg-
ing technologies for potential adoption by the intel-
ligence community to fulfill critical mission needs. 
‘‘(2) To assist the heads of the elements of the in-
telligence community in identifying commercial 
emerging technologies and associated capabilities to 
address critical mission needs of that element. 
‘‘(3) To provide to the heads of the elements of 
the intelligence community seeking to field commer-
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cial emerging technologies technical expertise with re-
spect to such technologies. 
‘‘(4) To manage the prototyping program under 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(5) To facilitate the transition of potential solu-
tions to critical mission needs of the intelligence com-
munity from research and prototype projects to pro-
duction. 
‘‘(6) To serve as a liaison between the intel-
ligence community and the private sector (with a 
focus on small- and medium-sized companies and 
other organizations that do not have significant expe-
rience engaging with the intelligence community) to 
fulfill the duties listed in paragraphs (1) through (5), 
in coordination with the head of the Office of Engage-
ment established under section 122. 
‘‘(c) DIRECTOR OF UNIT.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The head of 
the Unit is the Director of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Innovation Unit, who shall be appointed by the 
Director of National Intelligence and shall report di-
rectly to the Director of National Intelligence. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—In selecting an indi-
vidual for appointment as the Director of the Intel-
ligence Community Innovation Unit, the Director of 
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National Intelligence shall give preference to individ-
uals who the Director of National Intelligence deter-
mines have— 
‘‘(A) significant relevant experience involv-
ing commercial emerging technology within the 
private sector; and 
‘‘(B) a demonstrated history of fostering the 
adoption of commercial emerging technologies by 
the United States Government or the private sec-
tor. 
‘‘(d) STAFF.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the Director 
of the Intelligence Community Innovation Unit, the 
Unit shall be composed of not more than 50 full-time 
equivalent positions. 
‘‘(2) STAFF WITH CERTAIN EXPERTISE.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall ensure that there 
is a sufficient number of staff of the Unit, as deter-
mined by the Director, with expertise in— 
‘‘(A) other transaction authorities and non-
traditional and rapid acquisition pathways for 
emerging technology; 
‘‘(B) engaging and evaluating small- and 
medium-sized emerging technology companies; 
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‘‘(C) the mission needs of the intelligence 
community; and 
‘‘(D) any other skills or experiences the Di-
rector determines necessary. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL HIRING AND RETENTION AUTHORI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall take such steps as may 
be necessary to incentivize the hiring and reten-
tion of staff of the Unit. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
PAY.—In establishing the 
rates of pay for the positions specified in para-
graph (1), and to the extent practicable, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence may use the spe-
cial pay authority under section 113B. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY
RELATING
TO
DETAILEES.— 
Upon request of the Unit, each head of an element of 
the intelligence community may detail to the Unit 
any of the personnel of that element to assist in car-
rying out the duties under subsection (b) on a reim-
bursable or a nonreimbursable basis. 
‘‘(e) PROTOTYPING PROGRAM.—The Director of the In-
telligence Community Innovation Unit shall establish a 
program to transition research and prototype projects to 
products in a production stage for the purpose of fulfilling 
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critical mission needs of the intelligence community (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘program’), including by desig-
nating projects as Emerging Technology Transition 
Projects under section 6713 of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 50 
U.S.C. 3024 note; 136 Stat. 3568). 
‘‘(f) ENCOURAGEMENT OF USE BY ELEMENTS.—The 
Director of National Intelligence shall take such steps as 
may be necessary to encourage the use of the Unit by the 
heads of the other elements of the intelligence community. 
‘‘(g) EMERGING TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘emerging technology’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 6701 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 50 U.S.C. 
3024 note; 136 Stat. 3561).’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY DEFI-
NITION.—Section 6701(8)(A) of the Intelligence Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 50 
U.S.C. 3024 note; 136 Stat. 3561) is amended by striking 
‘‘during the 10-year period beginning on January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during the subsequent 10-year period’’. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall establish the Intelligence 
Community Innovation Unit. 
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(d) PLAN AND BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a plan for the establishment of 
the Intelligence Community Innovation Unit. 
(2) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a bian-
nual basis thereafter for 5 years, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a briefing on the status of 
the Intelligence Community Innovation Unit, the 
staffing levels of such Unit, and the progress of such 
Unit in identifying and facilitating the adoption of 
commercial emerging technologies capable of advanc-
ing the mission needs of the intelligence community. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; and 
(B) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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(2) EMERGING TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘emerg-
ing technology’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 103L of the National Security Act of 1947 (as 
added by subsection (a)). 
(3) 
INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
INNOVATION 
UNIT.—The term ‘‘Intelligence Community Innova-
tion Unit’’ means the Intelligence Community Inno-
vation Unit established under such section 103L. 
SEC. 902. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF ENGAGEMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.), as amended by section 
901, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section (and conforming the table of contents at the 
beginning of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 122. OFFICE OF ENGAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence an Office of Engage-
ment (in this section referred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) HEAD; STAFF.— 
‘‘(1) HEAD.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall appoint as head of the Office an indi-
vidual with requisite experience in matters relating to 
the duties of the Office, as determined by the Director 
of National Intelligence. Such head of the Office shall 
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report directly to the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
‘‘(2) STAFF.—To assist the head of the Office in 
fulfilling the duties of the Office, the head shall em-
ploy full-time equivalent staff in such number, and 
with such requisite expertise in matters relating to 
such duties, as may be determined by the head. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Office shall be as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) To coordinate and facilitate across the ele-
ments of the intelligence community efforts regarding 
outreach, relationship development, and associated 
knowledge and relationship management, with cov-
ered entities. 
‘‘(2) To assist in sharing best practices regarding 
such efforts among the elements of the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(3) To establish and implement metrics to as-
sess the effectiveness of such efforts. 
‘‘(d) COVERED ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘covered entity’ means an entity that is not an entity 
of the United States Government, including private sector 
companies, institutions of higher education, trade associa-
tions, think tanks, laboratories, international organiza-
tions, and foreign partners and allies.’’. 
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(b) DEADLINE.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall establish the Office of Engagement by not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) PLAN AND BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a plan for the establishment of 
the Office of Engagement. 
(2) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the establishment of the Office 
of Engagement, and on a quarterly basis for 5 years 
thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
briefing on the status of the Office, including with re-
spect to the staffing levels, activities, and fulfilment of 
duties of the Office. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Office of 
Engagement’’ means the Office of Engagement established 
under section 122 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by subsection (a). 
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SEC. 903. REQUIREMENT FOR A CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFI-
CER WITHIN EACH ELEMENT OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the head of each element of 
the intelligence community shall ensure there is within such 
element a senior official designated as the chief technology 
officer of such element. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITY.—The chief technology officer of 
each element of the intelligence community shall be respon-
sible for assisting the head of such element in the identifica-
tion and adoption of technology to advance mission needs. 
SEC. 904. REQUIREMENT TO AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL SE-
CURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN CON-
TRACTORS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any provision 
of law to the contrary, consistent with Executive Order 
12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245; relating to access to classified 
information), or any successor thereto and Executive Order 
10865 (25 Fed. Reg. 1583; relating to safeguarding classi-
fied information within industry), or any successor thereto, 
and subject to the limitations described in subsection (b)— 
(1) any entity that enters into a covered contract 
or agreement with an element of the intelligence com-
munity may designate an additional number of cov-
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ered persons who may submit an application for a se-
curity clearance; 
(2) the appropriate authorized investigative 
agency and authorized adjudicative agency, as such 
terms are defined in section 3001(a) of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(50 U.S.C. 3341(a)), shall— 
(A) upon receiving such an application— 
(i) conduct an appropriate investiga-
tion of the background of the additional cov-
ered person; and 
(ii) make a determination as to wheth-
er the additional covered person is eligible 
for access to classified information; and 
(B) if the determination under subpara-
graph (A)(ii) is favorable, upon any of the speci-
fied number of covered persons required to hold 
a security clearance for the performance of work 
under that covered contract or agreement becom-
ing unable to perform such work, make a deter-
mination as to whether the additional covered 
person has a demonstrated need-to-know under 
such an Executive Order (without requiring an 
additional investigation to be conducted under 
subparagraph (A)(i)); and 
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(3) if the additional covered person receives a fa-
vorable determination regarding the need-to-know 
under paragraph (2)(B) and signs an approved non-
disclosure agreement, the additional covered person 
may perform such work in lieu of such covered per-
son. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The limitations described in this 
subsection are as follows: 
(1) LIMITATION ON NUMBER DESIGNATED PER 
CONTRACT.—The additional number designated by an 
entity under subsection (a) for each covered contract 
or agreement may not exceed the greater of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) 10 percent of the number of security 
clearances required to be held by covered persons 
to perform work under the covered contract or 
agreement. 
(B) 1 person. 
(2) LIMITATION ON NUMBER DESIGNATED PER 
ENTITY.—The total additional number designated by 
an entity under subsection (a) may not exceed the 
greater of the following: 
(A) 10 percent of the sum total number of 
security clearances required to be held by covered 
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persons to perform work under all covered con-
tracts or agreements of the entity. 
(B) 1 person. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—No application for a security 
clearance may be submitted by a covered person of an entity 
or granted pursuant to subsection (a) in excess of the limi-
tations under subsection (b) applicable to such entity. 
(d) COSTS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO CHARGE AND COLLECT.—The 
head of each element of the intelligence community 
may charge fees or collect amounts to cover the exact 
costs associated with granting or maintaining a secu-
rity clearance an application for which is submitted 
to the head pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 
(2) RETENTION OF AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding 
section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code— 
(A) the head of each element of the intel-
ligence community may retain amounts received 
under paragraph (1); and 
(B) any amount so retained shall be depos-
ited into an account to be determined by such 
head and shall be made available without subse-
quent appropriation until expended for the pur-
pose of granting or maintaining the respective 
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security clearance for which such amount was re-
ceived. 
(3) PROHIBITION ON BEARING COSTS.—No head 
of an element of the intelligence community may bear 
any cost associated with granting or maintaining a 
security clearance the application for which is sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (a)(1). 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement under sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to contracts and other 
agreements entered into on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed as requiring the head of an element of 
the intelligence community to grant any covered person ac-
cess to classified information if a favorable determination 
of eligibility to access such classified information is not 
made with respect to such person. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘covered contract or agreement’’, with respect to 
an entity, means a contract or other agreement be-
tween that entity and an element of the intelligence 
community the performance of which requires a speci-
fied number of covered persons to hold a security 
clearance. 
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(2) COVERED PERSON.—In this section, the term 
‘‘covered person’’, with respect to an entity, means a 
contractor or employee of that entity. 
SEC. 905. INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION 
BOARD.—There is established a board to be known as the 
Intelligence Innovation Board (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Board’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Board is to provide 
to the Director of National Intelligence, the heads of the 
other elements of the intelligence community, and the con-
gressional intelligence committees advice and recommenda-
tions on changes to the culture, organizational structures, 
processes, and functions of the intelligence community nec-
essary to address the adoption of emerging technologies by 
the intelligence community and to accelerate such adoption. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT
OF
MEMBERS.—The Board 
shall be composed of 9 members appointed by the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, after consultation with 
the Chair and Ranking Member of the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Chair and Vice Chair of the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, from 
among citizens of the United States— 
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(A) who are not officers or employees of an 
element of the intelligence community; 
(B) who are eligible to hold an appropriate 
security clearance; 
(C) who have demonstrated academic, gov-
ernment, business, or other expertise relevant to 
the mission and functions of the intelligence 
community; and 
(D) who the Director of National Intel-
ligence determines— 
(i) meet at least 1 of the qualifications 
described in paragraph (2); and 
(ii) do not present a conflict of inter-
est. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The qualifications de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) A proven track record of sound judg-
ment in leading or governing a large and com-
plex private sector corporation or organization. 
(B) A proven track record as a distin-
guished academic or researcher at an accredited 
institution of higher education (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
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(C) Demonstrated experience in identifying 
emerging technologies and facilitating the adop-
tion of such technologies into the operations of 
large organizations in either the public or pri-
vate sector. 
(D) Demonstrated experience in developing 
new technology. 
(3) CHAIR.—The Board shall have a Chair, who 
shall be appointed by the Director of National Intel-
ligence from among the members of the Board, after 
consultation with the Chair and Ranking Member of 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Chair and Vice 
Chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
(4) NOTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Director of National Intel-
ligence appoints a member to the Board under para-
graph (1), or appoints a member of the Board as 
Chair under paragraph (3), the Director shall notify 
the congressional intelligence committees of such ap-
pointment in writing. 
(5) TERMS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each member of the Board 
shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. 
(B) VACANCIES.—A member of the Board 
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which the predecessor 
of the member was appointed shall be appointed 
only for the remainder of that term. A vacancy 
in the Board shall not affect the powers of the 
Board and shall be filled in the manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
(C) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member of the 
Board may only be reappointed for 1 additional 
2-year term. 
(6) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (7), members of the Board 
shall serve without pay. 
(7) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each member of the 
Board 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. 
(8) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet as nec-
essary to carry out its purpose and duties under this 
section, but shall meet in person not less frequently 
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than on a quarterly basis. A majority of the members 
of the Board shall constitute a quorum. 
(d) STAFF.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed 
of full-time staff with requisite experience to assist the 
Board in carrying out its purpose and duties under 
this section in such number as the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence determines appropriate. Such staff 
may be appointed by the Director of National Intel-
ligence or detailed or otherwise assigned from another 
element of the intelligence community. 
(2) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Staff of the Board, 
shall, as a condition of appointment, detail, or as-
signment to the Board, as the case may be, hold ap-
propriate security clearances for access to the classi-
fied records and materials to be reviewed by the staff, 
and shall follow the guidance and practices on secu-
rity under applicable Executive orders and Presi-
dential or agency directives. 
(e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Board may contract 
with and compensate government and private agencies or 
persons to enable the Board to carry out its purpose and 
duties under this section, without regard to section 6101 
of title 41, United States Code. 
(f) REPORTS.— 
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(1) SUBMISSION.—Beginning on the date that is 
2 years after the date on which the Board is estab-
lished, and once every 2 years thereafter until the 
date on which the Board terminates under subsection 
(i), the Board shall submit to the Director of National 
Intelligence and the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a report on the activities of the Board, which 
shall include, with respect to the period covered by the 
report, the following: 
(A) An assessment of the efforts of the intel-
ligence community taken during such period to 
accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies 
by the intelligence community, including such ef-
forts taken with respect to the culture, organiza-
tional structures, processes, or functions of the 
intelligence community. 
(B) Recommendations on how the intel-
ligence community may make further progress to 
accelerate such adoption, including recommenda-
tions on changes to the culture, organizational 
structures, processes, and functions of the intel-
ligence community necessary for such accelerated 
adoption. 
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(C) Any other matters the Board or the Di-
rector of National Intelligence determines appro-
priate. 
(2) FORM.—Each report under paragraph (1) 
may be submitted in classified form, but if so sub-
mitted shall include an unclassified executive sum-
mary. 
(g) 
NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’’) 
shall not apply to the Board. 
(h) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Board shall terminate on September 
30, 2028. 
(2) RENEWAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence may renew the Board for an additional 4-year 
period following the date of termination specified in 
paragraph (1) if the Director notifies the congres-
sional intelligence committees of such renewal. 
(i) CHARTER.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall establish a charter for the Board, consistent 
with this section. 
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SEC. 906. PROGRAMS FOR NEXT-GENERATION MICROELEC-
TRONICS IN SUPPORT OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, acting through the Director of the Intel-
ligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, shall establish 
or otherwise oversee a program to advance microelectronics 
research. 
(b) RESEARCH FOCUS.—The Director of National In-
telligence shall ensure that the research carried out under 
the program established under subsection (a) is focused on 
the following: 
(1) Advanced engineering and applied research 
into next-generation computing models, materials, de-
vices, architectures, and algorithms to enable the ad-
vancement of artificial intelligence and machine 
learning. 
(2) Efforts to— 
(A) overcome challenges with engineering 
and applied research of microelectronics, includ-
ing with respect to the physical limits on tran-
sistors, electrical interconnects, and memory ele-
ments; 
(B) promote long-term advancements in 
computing technologies, including by fostering a 
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unified and multidisciplinary approach encom-
passing research and development into— 
(i) next-generation algorithm design; 
(ii) next-generation compute capa-
bility; 
(iii) generative and adaptive artificial 
intelligence for design applications; 
(iv) photonics-based microprocessors, 
including electrophotonics; 
(v) the chemistry and physics of new 
materials; 
(vi) optical communication networks, 
including electrophotonics; and 
(vii) safety and controls for generative 
artificial intelligence applications for the 
intelligence community. 
(3) Any other activity the Director determines 
would promote the development of microelectronics re-
search for future technologies, including optical com-
munications or quantum technologies. 
(c) COLLABORATION
AND PARTNERSHIPS.—In car-
rying out the program established under subsection (a), the 
Director of National Intelligence shall actively collaborate 
with relevant Government agencies, academic institutions, 
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and private industry to leverage expertise and resources in 
conducting research. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts 
authorized to be appropriated for the National Intelligence 
Program of the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence may be made available to award contracts and 
grants, and to enter into transactions other than contracts, 
to carry out the program established under subsection (a). 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the 
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity shall pro-
vide to the congressional intelligence committees regular 
briefings on— 
(1) the progress, achievements, and outcomes of 
the program established under subsection (a); 
(2) the partnerships and collaborations con-
ducted pursuant to subsection (c); and 
(3) recommendations for future research prior-
ities. 
SEC. 907. PROGRAM FOR BEYOND 5G. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, acting through the Director of the Intelligence Ad-
vanced Research Projects Activity, may initiate or other-
wise carry out a program dedicated to research and devel-
opment efforts relevant to 6G technology and any successor 
technologies. 
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(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out any program 
under subsection (a), the Director shall consult with— 
(1) relevant— 
(A) heads of Federal departments and agen-
cies; 
(B) private sector entities; 
(C) institutions of higher learning; and 
(D) federally funded research and develop-
ment centers; and 
(2) such other individuals and entities as the Di-
rector determines appropriate. 
(c) 6G TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘6G technology’’ means hardware, software, or other 
technologies relating to sixth-generation wireless networks. 
SEC. 908. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL RE-
MOTE SENSING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States benefits from a robust com-
mercial remote sensing industry that supports a 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
academic pipeline, enables skilled manufacturing jobs, 
and fosters technological innovation; 
(2) commercial remote sensing capabilities com-
plement and augment dedicated Government remote 
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sensing capabilities, both when integrated into Gov-
ernment architectures and leveraged as stand-alone 
services; 
(3) the Director of National Intelligence and 
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Secu-
rity should serve as the United States Government 
leads for commercial remote sensing procurement and 
seek to accommodate commercial remote sensing needs 
of the intelligence community, the Department of De-
fense, and Federal civil organizations under the pre-
view of the cognizant functional managers; and 
(4) a transparent, sustained investment by the 
United States Government in commercial remote 
sensing capabilities— 
(A) is required to strengthen the United 
States commercial remote sensing commercial in-
dustry; and 
(B) should include electro-optical, synthetic 
aperture radar, hyperspectral, and radio fre-
quency 
detection 
and 
other 
innovative 
phenemonology that may have national security 
applications. 
(b) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense 
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for Intelligence and Security shall jointly develop guidance 
requiring the Commercial Strategy Board or, if that is not 
feasible, such other entities within the intelligence commu-
nity and the Department of Defense that the Director and 
the Under Secretary determine appropriate, to perform, on 
a recurring basis, the following functions related to com-
mercial remote sensing: 
(1) Validation of the current and long-term com-
mercial remote sensing capability needs, as deter-
mined by the relevant functional managers, of the De-
partment of Defense, the intelligence community, and 
Federal civil users under the preview of the cognizant 
functional managers. 
(2) Development of commercial remote sensing 
requirements documents that are unclassified and re-
leasable to United States commercial industry. 
(3) Development of a cost estimate that is un-
classified and releasable to United States commercial 
industry, covering at least 5 years, associated with 
fulfilling the requirements contained in the commer-
cial remote sensing requirements documents referred 
developed under paragraph (2). 
(c) FUNDING LEVELS.—In the case of any fiscal year 
for which a cost estimate is developed under subsection 
(b)(3) and for which the budget of the President (as sub-
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mitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code) requests a level of funding for the pro-
curement of commercial remote sensing requirements that 
is less than the amount identified in the cost estimate, the 
President shall include with the budget an explanation for 
the difference. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Intelligence and Security shall jointly sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the implementation of subsection (b). 
(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the congressional defense committees; 
(C) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(D) the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 909. REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY 
DIRECTIVES 
APPROPRIATELY 
AC-
COUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 
MACHINE 
LEARNING 
TOOLS 
IN 
INTEL-
LIGENCE PRODUCTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall provide to the congressional intelligence 
committees a briefing on whether intelligence community 
directives in effect as of the date such briefing is provided 
furnish intelligence community analysts with sufficient 
guidance and direction with respect to the use of artificial 
intelligence and machine learning tools in intelligence prod-
ucts produced by the intelligence community. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) a determination by the Director as to— 
(A) whether Intelligence Community Direc-
tive 203, Analytic Standards, Intelligence Com-
munity Directive 206, Sourcing Requirements 
for Disseminated Analytic Products, and any 
other intelligence community directive related to 
the production and dissemination of intelligence 
products by the intelligence community in effect 
as of the date the briefing under subsection (a) 
is provided furnish intelligence community ana-
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Union Calendar No. 129 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3932 
[Report No. 118–162] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for 
intelligence and intelligence related activities of 
the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 18, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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