shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the cybersecurity threats to, and the cyber 
vulnerabilities within, the software, communications net-
works, computer networks, or other systems employed 
by— 
(1) entities conducting significant operations at 
seaports in the United States; 
(2) the maritime shipping concerns of the 
United States; and 
(3) entities conducting significant operations at 
transshipment points in the United States. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description of any recent and significant 
cyberattacks 
or 
cybersecurity 
threats 
directed 
against software, communications networks, com-
puter networks, or other systems employed by the 
entities and concerns described in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (a). 
(2) An assessment of— 
(A) any planned cyberattacks directed 
against such software, networks, and systems; 
(B) any significant vulnerabilities to such 
software, networks, and systems; and
(C) how such entities and concerns are 
mitigating such vulnerabilities. 
(3) An update on the status of the efforts of 
the Coast Guard to include cybersecurity concerns in 
the National Response Framework, Emergency Sup-
port Functions, or both, relating to the shipping or 
ports of the United States. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; 
and 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 615. REPORT ON PROGRAMS TO COUNTER TERRORIST 
NARRATIVES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the programs of the Department
of Homeland Security to counter the narratives of the Is-
lamic State and other extremist groups. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of whether, and to what ex-
tent, the Secretary, in carrying out programs to 
counter the narratives of the Islamic State and other 
extremist groups, consults or coordinates with the 
Secretary of State regarding the counter-messaging 
activities undertaken by the Department of State 
with respect to the Islamic State and other extremist 
groups, including counter-messaging activities con-
ducted by the Global Engagement Center of the De-
partment of State. 
(2) Any criteria employed by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security for selecting, developing, promul-
gating, or changing the programs of the Department 
of Homeland Security to counter the narratives of 
the Islamic State and other extremist groups. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees;
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 616. REPORT ON REPRISALS AGAINST CONTRACTORS 
OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community, consistent with the protection of 
sources and methods, shall submit to the congressional in-
telligence committees a report on reprisals made against 
covered contractor employees. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of the number of known or 
claimed reprisals made against covered contractor 
employees during the 3-year period preceding the 
date of the report and any evaluation of such repris-
als. 
(2) An evaluation of the usefulness of estab-
lishing a prohibition on reprisals against covered 
contractor employees as a means of encouraging 
such contractors to make protected disclosures.
(3) A description of any challenges associated 
with establishing such a prohibition, including with 
respect to the nature of the relationship between the 
Federal Government, the contractor, and the covered 
contractor employee. 
(4) A description of any approaches taken by 
the Federal Government to account for reprisals 
against non-intelligence community contractors who 
make protected disclosures, including pursuant to 
section 2409 of title 10, United States Code, and 
sections 4705 and 4712 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
(5) Any recommendations the Inspector General 
determines appropriate. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
CONTRACTOR
EMPLOYEE.—The 
term ‘‘covered contractor employee’’ means an em-
ployee of a contractor of an element of the intel-
ligence community. 
(2) REPRISAL.—The term ‘‘reprisal’’ means the 
discharge or other adverse personnel action made 
against a covered contractor employee for making a 
disclosure of information that would be a disclosure