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appropriate congressional committees and make available 
to appropriate industry partners a plan to carry out this 
section. Such plan shall include recommended interim mile-
stones for the goals set forth in subsections (b) and (c) for 
2019, 2020, and 2021. 
SEC. 2605. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 803 and 804 as sec-
tions 804 and 805, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 802 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 803. SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, or such other officer of the United States as the 
President may designate, shall serve as the Security Execu-
tive Agent for all departments and agencies of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Security Executive 
Agent are as follows: 
‘‘(1) To direct the oversight of investigations, re-
investigations, adjudications, and, as applicable, 
polygraphs for eligibility for access to classified infor-
mation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position made 
by any Federal agency. 
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‘‘(2) To review the national security background 
investigation and adjudication programs of Federal 
agencies to determine whether such programs are 
being implemented in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(3) To develop and issue uniform and con-
sistent policies and procedures to ensure the effective, 
efficient, timely, and secure completion of investiga-
tions, polygraphs, and adjudications relating to deter-
minations of eligibility for access to classified infor-
mation or eligibility to hold a sensitive position. 
‘‘(4) Unless otherwise designated by law, to serve 
as the final authority to designate a Federal agency 
or agencies to conduct investigations of persons who 
are proposed for access to classified information or for 
eligibility to hold a sensitive position to ascertain 
whether such persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining 
and retaining access to classified information or eligi-
bility to hold a sensitive position, as applicable. 
‘‘(5) Unless otherwise designated by law, to serve 
as the final authority to designate a Federal agency 
or agencies to determine eligibility for access to classi-
fied information or eligibility to hold a sensitive posi-
tion in accordance with Executive Order 12968 (50 
U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to access to classified infor-
mation). 
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‘‘(6) To ensure reciprocal recognition of eligi-
bility for access to classified information or eligibility 
to hold a sensitive position among Federal agencies, 
including acting as the final authority to arbitrate 
and resolve disputes among such agencies involving 
the reciprocity of investigations and adjudications of 
eligibility. 
‘‘(7) To execute all other duties assigned to the 
Security Executive Agent by law. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES.—The Security Executive Agent 
shall— 
‘‘(1) issue guidelines and instructions to the 
heads of Federal agencies to ensure appropriate uni-
formity, centralization, efficiency, effectiveness, time-
liness, and security in processes relating to deter-
minations by such agencies of eligibility for access to 
classified information or eligibility to hold a sensitive 
position, including such matters as investigations, 
polygraphs, adjudications, and reciprocity; 
‘‘(2) have the authority to grant exceptions to, or 
waivers of, national security investigative require-
ments, including issuing implementing or clarifying 
guidance, as necessary; 
‘‘(3) have the authority to assign, in whole or in 
part, to the head of any Federal agency (solely or 
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jointly) any of the duties of the Security Executive 
Agent described in subsection (b) or the authorities 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2), provided that 
the exercise of such assigned duties or authorities is 
subject to the oversight of the Security Executive 
Agent, including such terms and conditions (includ-
ing approval by the Security Executive Agent) as the 
Security Executive Agent determines appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(4) define and set standards for continuous 
evaluation for continued access to classified informa-
tion and for eligibility to hold a sensitive position.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISING 
AUTHORITIES.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Chairman of the Council submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees the report required by sec-
tion 2602(b)(2)(A), the Chairman shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees such recommendations 
as the Chairman may have for revising the authorities of 
the Security Executive Agent. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
103H(j)(4)(A) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3033(j)(4)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in section 804’’ and inserting ‘‘in sec-
tion 805’’. 
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(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
the matter preceding section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3002) 
is amended by striking the items relating to sections 803 
and 804 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 803. Security Executive Agent. 
‘‘Sec. 804. Exceptions. 
‘‘Sec. 805. Definitions.’’. 
SEC. 2606. REPORT ON UNIFIED, SIMPLIFIED, GOVERN-
MENTWIDE STANDARDS FOR POSITIONS OF 
TRUST AND SECURITY CLEARANCES. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and the Suit-
ability and Credentialing Executive Agent, in coordination 
with the other members of the Council, shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees and make 
available to appropriate industry partners a report regard-
ing the advisability and the risks, benefits, and costs to the 
Government and to industry of consolidating to not more 
than 3 tiers for positions of trust and security clearances. 
SEC. 2607. REPORT ON CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that to reflect the greater mobility of the modern workforce, 
alternative methodologies merit analysis to allow greater 
flexibility for individuals moving in and out of positions 
that require access to classified information, while still pre-
serving security. 
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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive 
Agent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees and make available to appropriate industry part-
ners a report that describes the requirements, feasibility, 
and advisability of implementing a clearance in person 
concept described in subsection (c). 
(c) CLEARANCE IN PERSON CONCEPT.—The clearance 
in person concept— 
(1) permits an individual who once held a secu-
rity clearance to maintain his or her eligibility for 
access to classified information, networks, and facili-
ties for up to 3 years after the individual’s eligibility 
for access to classified information would otherwise 
lapse; and 
(2) recognizes, unless otherwise directed by the 
Security Executive Agent, an individual’s security 
clearance and background investigation as current, 
regardless of employment status, contingent on enroll-
ment in a continuous vetting program. 
(d) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(b) shall address— 
(1) requirements for an individual to voluntarily 
remain in a continuous evaluation program validated 
by the Security Executive Agent even if the indi-
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vidual is not in a position requiring access to classi-
fied information; 
(2) appropriate safeguards for privacy; 
(3) advantages to government and industry; 
(4) the costs and savings associated with imple-
mentation; 
(5) the risks of such implementation, including 
security and counterintelligence risks; 
(6) an appropriate funding model; and 
(7) fairness to small companies and independent 
contractors. 
SEC. 2608. REPORTS ON RECIPROCITY FOR SECURITY 
CLEARANCES INSIDE OF DEPARTMENTS AND 
AGENCIES. 
(a) RECIPROCALLY RECOGNIZED DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘reciprocally recognized’’ means reciprocal 
recognition by Federal departments and agencies of eligi-
bility for access to classified information. 
(b) REPORTS TO SECURITY EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The 
head of each Federal department or agency shall submit an 
annual report to the Security Executive Agent that— 
(1) identifies the number of individuals whose se-
curity clearances take more than 2 weeks to be recip-
rocally recognized after such individuals move to an-
other part of such department or agency; and 
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(2) breaks out the information described in para-
graph (1) by type of clearance and the reasons for 
any delays. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Security Executive Agent shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and make available 
to industry partners an annual report that summarizes the 
information received pursuant to subsection (b) during the 
period covered by such report. 
SEC. 2609. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) despite sustained efforts by Congress and the 
executive branch, an unacceptable backlog in proc-
essing and adjudicating security clearances persists, 
both within elements of the intelligence community 
and in other departments of the Federal Government, 
with some processing times exceeding a year or even 
more; 
(2) the protracted clearance timetable threatens 
the ability of elements of the intelligence community 
to hire and retain highly qualified individuals, and 
thus to fulfill the missions of such elements; 
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(3) the prospect of a lengthy clearance process 
deters some such individuals from seeking employ-
ment with the intelligence community in the first 
place, and, when faced with a long wait time, those 
with conditional offers of employment may opt to dis-
continue the security clearance process and pursue 
different opportunities; 
(4) now more than ever, therefore, the broken se-
curity clearance process badly needs fundamental re-
form; and 
(5) in the meantime, to ensure the ability of ele-
ments of the intelligence community to hire and re-
tain highly qualified personnel, elements should con-
sider, to the extent possible and consistent with na-
tional security, permitting new employees to enter on 
duty immediately or nearly so, and to perform, on a 
temporary basis pending final adjudication of their 
security clearances, work that either does not require 
a security clearance or requires only a low-level in-
terim clearance. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 506H of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3104) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
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(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS.—(1) Not 
later than March 1 of each year, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees, the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report 
on the security clearances processed by each element of the 
intelligence community during the preceding fiscal year. 
Each such report shall separately identify security clear-
ances processed for Federal employees and contractor em-
ployees sponsored by each such element. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
include each of the following for each element of the intel-
ligence community for the fiscal year covered by the report: 
‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations sponsored for new ap-
plicants. 
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‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance peri-
odic reinvestigations sponsored for existing employees. 
‘‘(C) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations for new applicants 
that were adjudicated with notice of a determination 
provided to the prospective applicant, including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adjudicated 
favorably and granted access to classified infor-
mation; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adjudicated 
unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revoca-
tion of a security clearance. 
‘‘(D) The total number of security clearance 
periodic background investigations that were adju-
dicated with notice of a determination provided to the 
existing employee, including— 
‘‘(i) the total number that were adjudicated 
favorably; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number that were adjudicated 
unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revoca-
tion of a security clearance. 
‘‘(E) The total number of pending security clear-
ance background investigations, including initial ap-
plicant investigations and periodic reinvestigations, 
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‘‘(I) The percentage of security clearance inves-
tigations that did not result in enough information to 
make a decision on potentially adverse information. 
‘‘(3) The report required under this subsection shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsections (a)(1) and (b)’’. 
SEC. 2610. PERIODIC REPORT ON POSITIONS IN THE INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE CON-
DUCTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION, NETWORKS, OR FACILITIES. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and not less frequently than once every 5 years 
thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
to the congressional intelligence committees a report that 
reviews the intelligence community for which positions can 
be conducted without access to classified information, net-
works, or facilities, or may only require a security clearance 
at the secret level. 
SEC. 2611. INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM FOR POSI-
TIONS OF TRUST AND SECURITY CLEAR-
ANCES. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex-
ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 
Executive Agent shall establish and implement a pro-
gram to share between and among agencies of the 
Federal Government and industry partners of the 
Federal Government relevant background information 
regarding individuals applying for and currently oc-
cupying national security positions and positions of 
trust, in order to ensure the Federal Government 
maintains a trusted workforce. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The program established 
under paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Trusted 
Information Provider Program’’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
(b) PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS.—The Security Executive 
Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Executive 
Agent shall ensure that the Program includes such safe-
guards for privacy as the Security Executive Agent and the 
Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent consider ap-
propriate. 
(c) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT.—The Program shall include requirements 
that enable investigative service providers and agencies of 
the Federal Government to leverage certain pre-employment 
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information gathered during the employment or military 
recruiting process, and other relevant security or human 
resources information obtained during employment with or 
for the Federal Government, that satisfy Federal investiga-
tive standards, while safeguarding personnel privacy. 
(d) INFORMATION AND RECORDS.—The information 
and records considered under the Program shall include the 
following: 
(1) Date and place of birth. 
(2) Citizenship or immigration and naturaliza-
tion information. 
(3) Education records. 
(4) Employment records. 
(5) Employment or social references. 
(6) Military service records. 
(7) State and local law enforcement checks. 
(8) Criminal history checks. 
(9) Financial records or information. 
(10) Foreign travel, relatives, or associations. 
(11) Social media checks. 
(12) Such other information or records as may 
be relevant to obtaining or maintaining national se-
curity, suitability, fitness, or credentialing eligibility. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex-
ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 
Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and make available 
to appropriate industry partners a plan for the im-
plementation of the Program. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na-
tional 
security, 
suitability 
or 
fitness, 
credentialing, and human resources or military 
recruitment processes. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative or 
administrative action as the Security Executive 
Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Ex-
ecutive Agent consider appropriate to carry out 
or improve the Program. 
(f) PLAN FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON TWO-WAY INFORMA-
TION SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security Ex-
ecutive Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing 
Executive Agent shall jointly submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and make available 
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to appropriate industry partners a plan for the im-
plementation of a pilot program to assess the feasi-
bility and advisability of expanding the Program to 
include the sharing of information held by the Federal 
Government related to contract personnel with the se-
curity office of the employers of those contractor per-
sonnel. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Mechanisms that address privacy, na-
tional 
security, 
suitability 
or 
fitness, 
credentialing, and human resources or military 
recruitment processes. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative or 
administrative action as the Security Executive 
Agent and the Suitability and Credentialing Ex-
ecutive Agent consider appropriate to carry out 
or improve the pilot program. 
(g) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Security Executive Agent and 
the Suitability and Credentialing Executive Agent shall 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
and make available to appropriate industry partners a re-
view of the plans submitted under subsections (e)(1) and 
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(f)(1) and utility and effectiveness of the programs described 
in such plans. 
SEC. 2612. REPORT ON PROTECTIONS FOR CONFIDEN-
TIALITY OF WHISTLEBLOWER-RELATED COM-
MUNICATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Security Executive Agent shall, in coordina-
tion with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Commu-
nity, submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report detailing the controls employed by the intelligence 
community to ensure that continuous vetting programs, in-
cluding those involving user activity monitoring, protect the 
confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications. 
TITLE XXVII—REPORTS AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to 
Russia and Other Foreign Powers 
SEC. 2701. LIMITATION RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENT OR 
SUPPORT OF CYBERSECURITY UNIT WITH 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
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(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No amount may be expended 
by the Federal Government, other than the Depart-
ment of Defense, to enter into or implement any bilat-
eral agreement between the United States and the 
Russian Federation regarding cybersecurity, includ-
ing the establishment or support of any cybersecurity 
unit, unless, at least 30 days prior to the conclusion 
of any such agreement, the Director of National Intel-
ligence submits to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on such agreement that includes the 
elements required by subsection (c). 
(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AGREEMENTS.— 
Any agreement between the Department of Defense 
and the Russian Federation regarding cybersecurity 
shall be conducted in accordance with section 1232 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), as amended by sec-
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tion 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—If the Director submits a report 
under subsection (b) with respect to an agreement, such re-
port shall include a description of each of the following: 
(1) The purpose of the agreement. 
(2) The nature of any intelligence to be shared 
pursuant to the agreement. 
(3) The expected value to national security re-
sulting from the implementation of the agreement. 
(4) Such counterintelligence concerns associated 
with the agreement as the Director may have and 
such measures as the Director expects to be taken to 
mitigate such concerns. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 
be construed to affect any existing authority of the Director 
of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, or another head of an element of the intel-
ligence community, to share or receive foreign intelligence 
on a case-by-case basis. 
SEC. 2702. REPORT ON RETURNING RUSSIAN COMPOUNDS. 
(a) COVERED COMPOUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered compounds’’ means the real property in 
New York, the real property in Maryland, and the real 
property in San Francisco, California, that were under the 
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control of the Government of Russia in 2016 and were re-
moved from such control in response to various trans-
gressions by the Government of Russia, including the inter-
ference by the Government of Russia in the 2016 election 
in the United States. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees, and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives (only with respect to the 
unclassified report), a report on the intelligence risks of re-
turning the covered compounds to Russian control. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by this 
section shall be submitted in classified and unclassified 
forms. 
SEC. 2703. ASSESSMENT OF THREAT FINANCE RELATING TO 
RUSSIA. 
(a) THREAT FINANCE DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘threat finance’’ means— 
(1) the financing of cyber operations, global in-
fluence campaigns, intelligence service activities, pro-
liferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and drug 
organizations; 
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(2) the methods and entities used to spend, store, 
move, raise, conceal, or launder money or value, on 
behalf of threat actors; 
(3) sanctions evasion; and 
(4) other forms of threat finance activity domes-
tically or internationally, as defined by the President. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
containing an assessment of Russian threat finance. The 
assessment shall be based on intelligence from all sources, 
including from the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intel-
ligence of the Department of the Treasury. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A summary of leading examples from the 3- 
year period preceding the date of the submittal of the 
report of threat finance activities conducted by, for 
the benefit of, or at the behest of— 
(A) officials of the Government of Russia; 
(B) persons subject to sanctions under any 
provision of law imposing sanctions with respect 
to Russia; 
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(C) Russian nationals subject to sanctions 
under any other provision of law; or 
(D) Russian oligarchs or organized crimi-
nals. 
(2) An assessment with respect to any trends or 
patterns in threat finance activities relating to Rus-
sia, including common methods of conducting such 
activities and global nodes of money laundering used 
by Russian threat actors described in paragraph (1) 
and associated entities. 
(3) An assessment of any connections between 
Russian individuals involved in money laundering 
and the Government of Russia. 
(4) A summary of engagement and coordination 
with international partners on threat finance relating 
to Russia, especially in Europe, including examples 
of such engagement and coordination. 
(5) An identification of any resource and collec-
tion gaps. 
(6) An identification of— 
(A) entry points of money laundering by 
Russian and associated entities into the United 
States; 
(B) any vulnerabilities within the United 
States legal and financial system, including spe-
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cific sectors, which have been or could be ex-
ploited in connection with Russian threat fi-
nance activities; and 
(C) the counterintelligence threat posed by 
Russian money laundering and other forms of 
threat finance, as well as the threat to the United 
States financial system and United States efforts 
to enforce sanctions and combat organized crime. 
(7) Any other matters the Director determines 
appropriate. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 2704. NOTIFICATION OF AN ACTIVE MEASURES CAM-
PAIGN. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional intelligence commit-
tees; 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
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(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP.—The term 
‘‘congressional leadership’’ includes the following: 
(A) The majority leader of the Senate. 
(B) The minority leader of the Senate. 
(C) The Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives. 
(D) The minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR NOTIFICATION.—The Director 
of National Intelligence, in cooperation with the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the head of any 
other relevant agency, shall notify the congressional leader-
ship and the Chairman and Vice Chairman or Ranking 
Member of each of the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, and of other relevant committees of jurisdiction, each 
time the Director of National Intelligence determines there 
is credible information that a foreign power has, is, or will 
attempt to employ a covert influence or active measures 
campaign with regard to the modernization, employment, 
doctrine, or force posture of the nuclear deterrent or missile 
defense. 
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(c) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—Each notification re-
quired by subsection (b) shall include information con-
cerning actions taken by the United States to expose or halt 
an attempt referred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 2705. NOTIFICATION OF TRAVEL BY ACCREDITED DIP-
LOMATIC AND CONSULAR PERSONNEL OF 
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
In carrying out the advance notification requirements 
set out in section 502 of the Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (division N of Public Law 115–31; 
131 Stat. 825; 22 U.S.C. 254a note), the Secretary of State 
shall— 
(1) ensure that the Russian Federation provides 
notification to the Secretary of State at least 2 busi-
ness days in advance of all travel that is subject to 
such requirements by accredited diplomatic and con-
sular personnel of the Russian Federation in the 
United States, and take necessary action to secure full 
compliance by Russian personnel and address any 
noncompliance; and 
(2) provide notice of travel described in para-
graph (1) to the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
within 1 hour of receiving notice of such travel. 
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SEC. 2706. REPORT ON OUTREACH STRATEGY ADDRESSING 
THREATS 
FROM 
UNITED 
STATES 
ADVER-
SARIES 
TO 
THE 
UNITED 
STATES 
TECH-
NOLOGY SECTOR. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the congressional intelligence committees; 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, Committee 
on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report detailing outreach by the intel-
ligence community and the Defense Intelligence Enterprise 
to United States industrial, commercial, scientific, tech-
nical, and academic communities on matters relating to the 
efforts of adversaries of the United States to acquire critical 
United States technology, intellectual property, and re-
search and development information. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (b) 
shall include the following: 
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(1) A review of the current outreach efforts of the 
intelligence community and the Defense Intelligence 
Enterprise described in subsection (b), including the 
type of information conveyed in the outreach. 
(2) A determination of the appropriate element 
of the intelligence community to lead such outreach 
efforts. 
(3) An assessment of potential methods for im-
proving the effectiveness of such outreach, including 
an assessment of the following: 
(A) Those critical technologies, infrastruc-
ture, or related supply chains that are at risk 
from the efforts of adversaries described in sub-
section (b). 
(B) The necessity and advisability of grant-
ing security clearances to company or commu-
nity leadership, when necessary and appro-
priate, to allow for tailored classified briefings 
on specific targeted threats. 
(C) The advisability of partnering with en-
tities of the Federal Government that are not ele-
ments of the intelligence community and relevant 
regulatory and industry groups described in sub-
section (b), to convey key messages across sectors 
targeted by United States adversaries. 
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(D) Strategies to assist affected elements of 
the communities described in subparagraph (C) 
in mitigating, deterring, and protecting against 
the broad range of threats from the efforts of ad-
versaries described in subsection (b), with focus 
on producing information that enables private 
entities to justify business decisions related to 
national security concerns. 
(E) The advisability of the establishment of 
a United States Government-wide task force to 
coordinate outreach and activities to combat the 
threats from efforts of adversaries described in 
subsection (b). 
(F) Such other matters as the Director of 
National Intelligence may consider necessary. 
(d) CONSULTATION ENCOURAGED.—In preparing the 
report required by subsection (b), the Director is encouraged 
to consult with other government agencies, think tanks, aca-
demia, representatives of the financial industry, or such 
other entities as the Director considers appropriate. 
(e) FORM.—The report required by subsection (b) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex as necessary. 
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SEC. 2707. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY 
FORCES IN SYRIA AND LEBANON. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) ARMS
OR
RELATED
MATERIAL.—The term 
‘‘arms or related material’’ means— 
(A) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radio-
logical weapons or materials or components of 
such weapons; 
(B) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or 
materials or components of such weapons; 
(C) destabilizing numbers and types of ad-
vanced conventional weapons; 
(D) defense articles or defense services, as 
those terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and 
(4), respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); 
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(E) defense information, as that term is de-
fined in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403); or 
(F) items designated by the President for 
purposes of the United States Munitions List 
under section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on Iranian support of proxy 
forces in Syria and Lebanon and the threat posed to Israel, 
other United States regional allies, and other specified in-
terests of the United States as a result of such support. 
(c) MATTERS FOR INCLUSION.—The report required 
under subsection (b) shall include information relating to 
the following matters with respect to both the strategic and 
tactical implications for the United States and its allies: 
(1) A description of arms or related materiel 
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011, 
including the number of such arms or related materiel 
and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or air, 
as well as financial and additional technological ca-
pabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah. 
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(2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-con-
trolled personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite mili-
tias, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, 
operating within Syria, including the number and 
geographic distribution of such personnel operating 
within 30 kilometers of the Israeli borders with Syria 
and Lebanon. 
(3) An assessment of Hizballah’s operational les-
sons learned based on its recent experiences in Syria. 
(4) A description of any rocket-producing facili-
ties in Lebanon for nonstate actors, including whether 
such facilities were assessed to be built at the direc-
tion of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leadership, or 
in consultation between Iranian leadership and 
Hizballah leadership. 
(5) An analysis of the foreign and domestic sup-
ply chains that significantly facilitate, support, or 
otherwise aid Hizballah’s acquisition or development 
of missile production facilities, including the geo-
graphic distribution of such foreign and domestic sup-
ply chains. 
(6) An assessment of the provision of goods, serv-
ices, or technology transferred by Iran or its affiliates 
to Hizballah to indigenously manufacture or other-
wise produce missiles. 
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(7) An identification of foreign persons that are 
based on credible information, facilitating the trans-
fer of significant financial support or arms or related 
materiel to Hizballah. 
(8) A description of the threat posed to Israel 
and other United States allies in the Middle East by 
the transfer of arms or related material or other sup-
port offered to Hizballah and other proxies from Iran. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 2708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES 
SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TER-
RORIST ACTIVITIES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not 
less frequently than once each year thereafter, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report 
describing Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar 
year on military and terrorist activities outside the coun-
try, including each of the following: 
(1) The amount spent in such calendar year on 
activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, 
including activities providing support for— 
(A) Hizballah; 
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(B) Houthi rebels in Yemen; 
(C) Hamas; 
(D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or 
(E) any other entity or country the Director 
determines to be relevant. 
(2) The amount spent in such calendar year for 
ballistic missile research and testing or other activi-
ties that the Director determines are destabilizing to 
the Middle East region. 
(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 2709. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF COMMITTEE TO 
COUNTER ACTIVE MEASURES AND REPORT 
ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MALIGN IN-
FLUENCE CENTER. 
(a) SCOPE
OF COMMITTEE
TO COUNTER ACTIVE 
MEASURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
115–31; 50 U.S.C. 3001 note) is amended— 
(A) in subsections (a) through (h)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, the People’s Repub-
lic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 
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