liferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and drug 
organizations; 
(2) the methods and entities used to spend, store, 
move, raise, or conceal money or value on behalf of 
threat actors; 
(3) sanctions evasion; or 
(4) other forms of threat financing domestically 
or internationally, as defined by the President. 
TITLE VI—REPORTS AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 601. PERIOD OF OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
(a) LENGTH OF PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENT.—Subsection 
(a) of section 502 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3982) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In making assignments under paragraph (1), and 
in accordance with section 903, and, if applicable, section 
503, the Secretary shall assure that a member of the Service 
may serve at a post for a period of not more than six con-
secutive years.’’. 
(b) FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
DEPLOYMENT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 702 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4022) is amended by— 
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(1) redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPLOYMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, with 
the assistance of other relevant officials, shall require 
all members of the Service who receive foreign lan-
guage training in Arabic, Farsi, Chinese (Mandarin 
or Cantonese), Turkish, Korean, and Japanese by the 
institution or otherwise in accordance with subsection 
(b) to serve three successive tours in positions in 
which the acquired language is both relevant and de-
termined to be a benefit to the Department. 
‘‘(2) OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), at least one of the three successive 
tours referred to in such paragraph shall be an over-
seas deployment. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 
waive the application of paragraph (1) for medical or 
family hardship or in the interest of national secu-
rity. 
‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall notify the Committees on Appro-
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priations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Committees on Appropriations and 
Foreign Relations of the Senate at the end of each fis-
cal year of any instances during the prior twelve 
months in which the waiver authority described in 
paragraph (3) was invoked.’’. 
SEC. 602. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1105. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS OF 
UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On a semiannual basis, each cov-
ered official shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report that includes, with respect to the pre-
ceding 6-month period— 
‘‘(1) the number of investigations opened by the 
covered official regarding an unauthorized public dis-
closure of classified information; 
‘‘(2) the number of investigations completed by 
the covered official regarding an unauthorized public 
disclosure of classified information; and 
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‘‘(3) of the number of such completed investiga-
tions identified under paragraph (2), the number re-
ferred to the Attorney General for criminal investiga-
tion. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered official’ means— 
‘‘(A) the heads of each element of the intel-
ligence community; and 
‘‘(B) the inspectors general with oversight 
responsibility for an element of the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘investigation’ means any inquiry, 
whether formal or informal, into the existence of an 
unauthorized public disclosure of classified informa-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘unauthorized public disclosure of 
classified information’ means the unauthorized disclo-
sure of classified information to a journalist or media 
organization.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1104 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1105. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclo-
sures of classified information.’’. 
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SEC. 603. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTS ON SECU-
RITY CLEARANCES. 
Section 506H of the National Security 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; 
(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 a report on the security clearances processed by 
each element of the intelligence community during the pre-
ceding calendar year. Each such report shall separately 
identify security clearances processed by each such element 
and shall cover Federal employees and contractor employ-
ees. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
include each of the following for each element of the intel-
ligence community for the year covered by the report: 
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‘‘(A) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations opened for new appli-
cants. 
‘‘(B) The total number of security clearance peri-
odic re-investigations opened for existing employees. 
‘‘(C) The total number of initial security clear-
ance background investigations for new applicants 
that were finalized and 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 finalized 
and adjudicated with notice of a determination pro-
vided 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. 
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tions, that resulted in a denial or revocation of a se-
curity clearance. 
‘‘(H) The percentage of security clearance inves-
tigations that resulted in incomplete information. 
‘‘(I) The percentage of security clearance inves-
tigations that did not result in enough information to 
make a decision on potentially adverse 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 inserting ‘‘and (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’. 
SEC. 604. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF SECURITY PROTEC-
TIVE SERVICES JURISDICTION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central In-
telligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees a report on the feasibility, justification, 
costs, and benefits of expanding the jurisdiction of the pro-
tective services of the Central Intelligence Agency under sec-
tion 15(a)(1) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
(50 U.S.C. 3515(a)). The report shall include— 
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(1) an explanation of the need for expanding 
such jurisdiction beyond the 500-feet limit specified 
in such section 15(a)(1); and 
(2) an identification of any comparable depart-
ments or agencies of the Federal Government in the 
Washington metropolitan region (as defined in section 
8301 of title 40, United States Code) whose protective 
services jurisdictions exceed 500 feet. 
(b) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) may be 
submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 605. REPORT ON ROLE OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL IN-
TELLIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of 
the intelligence community determined appropriate by the 
Director, shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a report on the role of the Director in preparing 
analytic materials in connection with the evaluation by the 
Federal Government of national security risks associated 
with potential foreign investments into the United States. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall— 
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(1) describe the current process for the provision 
of the analytic materials described in subsection (a); 
(2) identify the most significant benefits and 
drawbacks of such process with respect to the role of 
the Director, including any benefits or drawbacks re-
lating to the time allotted to the Director to prepare 
such materials; and 
(3) include recommendations to improve such 
process. 
SEC. 606. REPORT ON CYBER EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees a report on the potential establishment of a fully 
voluntary exchange program between elements of the intel-
ligence community and private technology companies under 
which— 
(1) an employee of an element of the intelligence 
community with demonstrated expertise and work ex-
perience in cybersecurity or related disciplines may 
elect to be temporarily detailed to a private tech-
nology company that has elected to receive the 
detailee; and 
(2) an employee of a private technology company 
with demonstrated expertise and work experience in 
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cybersecurity or related disciplines may elect to be 
temporarily detailed to an element of the intelligence 
community that has elected to receive the detailee. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) The feasibility of establishing the exchange 
program described in such subsection. 
(2) Identification of any challenges in estab-
lishing the exchange program. 
(3) An evaluation of the benefits to the intel-
ligence community that would result from the ex-
change program. 
SEC. 607. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PARTICI-
PATION 
IN 
VULNERABILITIES 
EQUITIES 
PROCESS. 
(a) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community shall review, with respect to the 3- 
year period preceding the date of the review, the roles and 
responsibilities of the elements of the intelligence commu-
nity in the process of the Federal Government for deter-
mining whether, when, how, and to whom information 
about a vulnerability that is not publicly known will be 
shared with or released to a non-Federal entity or the pub-
lic. 
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(b) REPORT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 240 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a report on the results of the review under 
subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the roles and respon-
sibilities of the elements of the intelligence com-
munity in the process of determining whether, 
when, how, and to whom information about a 
vulnerability that is not publicly known will be 
shared or released to a non-Federal entity or the 
public. 
(B) The criteria used by the Federal Gov-
ernment, including elements of the intelligence 
community, in making such determination. 
(C) With respect to the period covered by 
the review— 
(i) 
a 
summary 
of 
vulnerabilities 
known to elements of the intelligence com-
munity that were reviewed by the Federal 
Government pursuant to such process, in-
cluding— 
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(I) the number of vulnerabilities 
known to the intelligence community 
that were reviewed; and 
(II) of such number of reviewed 
vulnerabilities, the number for which 
information was shared with or re-
leased to a non-Federal entity or the 
public; 
(ii) an assessment of whether there 
were any vulnerabilities known to elements 
of the intelligence community that were not 
reviewed pursuant to such process, and if 
so, the basis and rationale for not con-
ducting such a review; and 
(iii) a summary of the most significant 
incidents in which a vulnerability known to 
the intelligence community, but not shared 
with or released to a non-Federal entity or 
the public, was exploited by an individual, 
an entity, or a foreign country in the course 
of carrying out a cyber intrusion. 
(D) A description of any current mecha-
nisms for overseeing such process. 
(E) Recommendations to improve the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, accountability, and, con-
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sistent with national security, transparency of 
such process. 
(F) Any other matters the Inspector General 
determines appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The report may be submitted in 
classified form. 
(c) VULNERABILITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘vulnerability’’ means, with respect to information 
technology, a design, configuration, or implementation 
weakness in a technology, product, system, service, or appli-
cation that can be exploited or triggered to cause unexpected 
or unintended behavior. 
SEC. 608. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHISTLE-
BLOWER MATTERS. 
(a) REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER MATTERS.—The In-
spector General of the Intelligence Community, in consulta-
tion with the inspectors general for the Central Intelligence 
Agency, the National Security Agency, the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, shall con-
duct a review of the authorities, policies, investigatory 
standards, and other practices and procedures relating to 
intelligence community whistleblower matters, with respect 
to such inspectors general. 
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(b) OBJECTIVE OF REVIEW.—The objective of the re-
view required under subsection (a) is to identify any dis-
crepancies, inconsistencies, or other issues, which frustrate 
the timely and effective reporting of intelligence community 
whistleblower matters to appropriate inspectors general and 
to the congressional intelligence committees, and the fair 
and expeditious investigation and resolution of such mat-
ters. 
(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 
the Intelligence Community shall take such measures as the 
Inspector General determines necessary in order to ensure 
that the review required by subsection (a) is conducted in 
an independent and objective fashion. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a written report containing the re-
sults of the review required under subsection (a), along with 
recommendations to improve the timely and effective report-
ing of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters to in-
spectors general and to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees and the fair and expeditious investigation and reso-
lution of such matters. 
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SEC. 609. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NOTIFICATIONS OF CER-
TAIN DISCLOSURES OF CLASSIFIED INFORMA-
TION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that section 502 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3092) requires 
elements of the intelligence community to keep the congres-
sional intelligence committees ‘‘fully and currently in-
formed’’ about all ‘‘intelligence activities’’ of the United 
States, and to ‘‘furnish to the congressional intelligence 
committees any information or material concerning intel-
ligence activities. . .which is requested by either of the con-
gressional intelligence committees in order to carry out its 
authorized responsibilities.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the authorities described in subsection (a), to-
gether with other intelligence community authorities, 
obligate an element of the intelligence community to 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
written notification, by not later than 7 days after 
becoming aware, that an individual in the executive 
branch has disclosed covered classified information to 
an official of an adversary foreign government using 
methods other than established intelligence channels; 
and 
(2) each such notification should include— 
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(A) the date and place of the disclosure of 
classified information covered by the notifica-
tion; 
(B) a description of such classified informa-
tion; 
(C) identification of the individual who 
made such disclosure and the individual to 
whom such disclosure was made; and 
(D) a summary of the circumstances of such 
disclosure. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘adversary foreign government’’ 
means the government of any of the following foreign 
countries: 
(A) North Korea. 
(B) Iran. 
(C) China. 
(D) Russia. 
(E) Cuba. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered classified information’’ 
means classified information that was— 
(A) collected by an element of the intel-
ligence community; or 
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(B) provided by the intelligence service or 
military of a foreign country to an element of 
the intelligence community. 
(3) The term ‘‘established intelligence channels’’ 
means methods to exchange intelligence to coordinate 
foreign intelligence relationships, as established pur-
suant to law by the Director of National Intelligence, 
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the 
Director of the National Security Agency, or other 
head of an element of the intelligence community. 
(4) The term ‘‘individual in the executive 
branch’’ means any officer or employee of the execu-
tive branch, including individuals— 
(A) occupying a position specified in article 
II of the Constitution; 
(B) appointed to a position by an indi-
vidual described in subparagraph (A); or 
(C) serving in the civil service or the senior 
executive service (or similar service for senior ex-
ecutives of particular departments or agencies). 
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Union Calendar No. 183 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3180 
[Report No. 115–251] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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. 
JULY 24, 2017 
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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