In the Senate of the United States, 
December 9, 2014. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4681) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intelligence and in-
telligence-related activities of the United States Government, 
the Community Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for 
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘In-
telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Budgetary effects. 
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
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Sec. 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations. 
Sec. 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments. 
Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. 
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—General Matters 
Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. 
Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. 
Sec. 303. National intelligence strategy. 
Sec. 304. Software licensing. 
Sec. 305. Reporting of certain employment activities by former intelligence offi-
cers and employees. 
Sec. 306. Inclusion of Predominantly Black Institutions in intelligence officer 
training program. 
Sec. 307. Management and oversight of financial intelligence. 
Sec. 308. Analysis of private sector policies and procedures for countering insider 
threats. 
Sec. 309. Procedures for the retention of incidentally acquired communications. 
Sec. 310. Clarification of limitation of review to retaliatory security clearance or 
access determinations. 
Sec. 311. Feasibility study on consolidating classified databases of cyber threat 
indicators and malware samples. 
Sec. 312. Sense of Congress on cybersecurity threat and cybercrime cooperation 
with Ukraine. 
Sec. 313. Replacement of locally employed staff serving at United States diplo-
matic facilities in the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 314. Inclusion of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities in United 
States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federation and adja-
cent countries. 
Subtitle B—Reporting 
Sec. 321. Report on declassification process. 
Sec. 322. Report on intelligence community efficient spending targets. 
Sec. 323. Annual report on violations of law or executive order. 
Sec. 324. Annual report on intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
Sec. 325. Report on political prison camps in North Korea. 
Sec. 326. Assessment of security of domestic oil refineries and related rail trans-
portation infrastructure. 
Sec. 327. Enhanced contractor level assessments for the intelligence community. 
Sec. 328. Assessment of the efficacy of memoranda of understanding to facilitate 
intelligence-sharing. 
Sec. 329. Report on foreign man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons. 
Sec. 330. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dis-
mantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated or associated 
groups. 
Sec. 331. Feasibility study on retraining veterans in cybersecurity.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL
INTELLIGENCE
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘congressional intelligence commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in-
telligence community’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on pas-
sage.
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TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2015 for the conduct of the intelligence and intel-
ligence-related activities of the following elements of the 
United States Government: 
(1) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
(2) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(5) The National Security Agency. 
(6) The Department of the Army, the Depart-
ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 
Force. 
(7) The Coast Guard. 
(8) The Department of State. 
(9) The Department of the Treasury. 
(10) The Department of Energy. 
(11) The Department of Justice. 
(12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(13) The Drug Enforcement Administration. 
(14) The National Reconnaissance Office.
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(15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(16) The Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) SPECIFICATIONS OF AMOUNTS AND PERSONNEL 
LEVELS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized 
personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2015, for the conduct 
of the intelligence activities of the elements listed in para-
graphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those specified 
in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to ac-
company the bill H.R. 4681 of the One Hundred Thirteenth 
Congress. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The classified Schedule of 
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
made available to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives, and to the President. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION BY THE PRESIDENT.—Subject 
to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suit-
able distribution of the classified Schedule of Author-
izations, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, 
within the executive branch.
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(3) LIMITS
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The President 
shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of 
Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule ex-
cept— 
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Im-
plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Com-
mission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a)); 
(B) to the extent necessary to implement the 
budget; or 
(C) as otherwise required by law. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian 
personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 
2015 by the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred 
to in section 102(a) if the Director of National Intelligence 
determines that such action is necessary to the performance 
of important intelligence functions, except that the number 
of personnel employed in excess of the number authorized 
under such section may not, for any element of the intel-
ligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civil-
ian personnel authorized under such Schedule for such ele-
ment. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.—The Di-
rector of National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that
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Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community in 
accordance with subsection (b)(3), the Director of National 
Intelligence shall, to the extent practicable, issue guidelines 
for the intelligence community on software procurement 
and usage based on such recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 305. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI-
TIES BY FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 
AND EMPLOYEES. 
(a) RESTRICTION.—Title III of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3071 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 303 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. REPORTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT ACTIVI-
TIES BY FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS 
AND EMPLOYEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each element of the 
intelligence community shall issue regulations requiring 
each employee of such element occupying a covered position 
to sign a written agreement requiring the regular reporting 
of covered employment to the head of such element. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENT ELEMENTS.—The regulations re-
quired under subsection (a) shall provide that an agreement 
contain provisions requiring each employee occupying a 
covered position to, during the two-year period beginning 
on the date on which such employee ceases to occupy such 
covered position—
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‘‘(1) report covered employment to the head of 
the element of the intelligence community that em-
ployed such employee in such covered position upon 
accepting such covered employment; and 
‘‘(2) annually (or more frequently if the head of 
such element considers it appropriate) report covered 
employment to the head of such element. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED EMPLOYMENT.—The term ‘covered 
employment’ means direct employment by, represen-
tation of, or the provision of advice relating to na-
tional security to the government of a foreign country 
or any person whose activities are directly or indi-
rectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or 
subsidized, in whole or in major part, by any govern-
ment of a foreign country. 
‘‘(2) COVERED POSITION.—The term ‘covered po-
sition’ means a position within an element of the in-
telligence community that, based on the level of access 
of a person occupying such position to information 
regarding sensitive intelligence sources or methods or 
other exceptionally sensitive matters, the head of such 
element determines should be subject to the require-
ments of this section.
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‘‘(3) GOVERNMENT OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY.— 
The term ‘government of a foreign country’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1(e) of the Foreign 
Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(e)).’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each 
element of the intelligence community shall issue the 
regulations required under section 304 of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a) of 
this section. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence shall submit to the con-
gressional intelligence committees— 
(A) a certification that each head of an ele-
ment of the intelligence community has pre-
scribed the regulations required under section 
304 of the National Security Act of 1947, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section; or 
(B) if the Director is unable to submit the 
certification described under subparagraph (A), 
an explanation as to why the Director is unable 
to submit such certification, including a designa-
tion of which heads of an element of the intel-
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ligence community have prescribed the regula-
tions required under such section 304 and which 
have not. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS.—The table of 
contents in the first section of the National Security Act 
of 1947 is amended— 
(1) by striking the second item relating to section 
302 (Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries) 
and the items relating to sections 304, 305, and 306; 
and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to section 
303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Reporting of certain employment activities by former intelligence offi-
cers and employees.’’. 
SEC. 306. INCLUSION OF PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITU-
TIONS IN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TRAINING 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1024 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3224) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and Pre-
dominantly Black Institutions’’ after ‘‘universities’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and
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(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 318 of the Higher edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).’’. 
SEC. 307. MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF FINANCIAL IN-
TELLIGENCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall prepare a plan for management 
of the elements of the intelligence community that carry out 
financial intelligence activities. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by sub-
section (a) shall establish a governance framework, proce-
dures for sharing and harmonizing the acquisition and use 
of financial analytic tools, standards for quality of analytic 
products, procedures for oversight and evaluation of re-
source allocations associated with the joint development of 
information sharing efforts and tools, and an education and 
training model for elements of the intelligence community 
that carry out financial intelligence activities. 
(c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall brief the congressional intel-
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ligence committees on the actions the Director proposes to 
implement the plan required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 308. ANALYSIS OF PRIVATE SECTOR POLICIES AND 
PROCEDURES 
FOR 
COUNTERING 
INSIDER 
THREATS. 
(a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the National Counterintel-
ligence Executive, shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees an analysis of private sector policies and 
procedures for countering insider threats. 
(b) CONTENT.—The analysis required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) a review of whether and how the intelligence 
community could utilize private sector hiring and 
human resources best practices to screen, vet, and 
validate the credentials, capabilities, and character of 
applicants for positions involving trusted access to 
sensitive information; 
(2) an analysis of private sector policies for 
holding supervisors and subordinates accountable for 
violations of established security protocols and wheth-
er the intelligence community should adopt similar 
policies for positions of trusted access to sensitive in-
formation;
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(3) an assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of applying mandatory leave policies, similar 
to those endorsed by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation and the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission to identify fraud in the financial services in-
dustry, to certain positions within the intelligence 
community; and 
(4) recommendations for how the intelligence 
community could utilize private sector risk indices, 
such as credit risk scores, to make determinations 
about employee access to sensitive information. 
SEC. 309. PROCEDURES FOR THE RETENTION OF INCIDEN-
TALLY ACQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED COMMUNICATION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered communication’’ means any nonpublic telephone 
or electronic communication acquired without the 
consent of a person who is a party to the communica-
tion, including communications in electronic storage. 
(2) HEAD
OF
AN
ELEMENT
OF
THE
INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘head of an element 
of the intelligence community’’ means, as appro-
priate— 
(A) the head of an element of the intel-
ligence community; or
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(B) the head of the department or agency 
containing such element. 
(3) 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). 
(b) PROCEDURES FOR COVERED COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act each 
head of an element of the intelligence community shall 
adopt procedures approved by the Attorney General 
for such element that ensure compliance with the re-
quirements of paragraph (3). 
(2) COORDINATION AND APPROVAL.—The proce-
dures required by paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) prepared in coordination with the Di-
rector of National Intelligence; and 
(B) approved by the Attorney General prior 
to issuance. 
(3) PROCEDURES.— 
(A) APPLICATION.—The procedures required 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to any intelligence 
collection activity not otherwise authorized by 
court order (including an order or certification 
issued by a court established under subsection (a)
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or (b) of section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803)), sub-
poena, or similar legal process that is reasonably 
anticipated to result in the acquisition of a cov-
ered communication to or from a United States 
person and shall permit the acquisition, reten-
tion, and dissemination of covered communica-
tions subject to the limitation in subparagraph 
(B). 
(B) LIMITATION ON RETENTION.—A covered 
communication shall not be retained in excess of 
5 years, unless— 
(i) the communication has been affirm-
atively determined, in whole or in part, to 
constitute foreign intelligence or counter-
intelligence or is necessary to understand or 
assess foreign intelligence or counterintel-
ligence; 
(ii) the communication is reasonably 
believed to constitute evidence of a crime 
and is retained by a law enforcement agen-
cy; 
(iii) the communication is enciphered 
or reasonably believed to have a secret 
meaning;
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(iv) all parties to the communication 
are reasonably believed to be non-United 
States persons; 
(v) retention is necessary to protect 
against an imminent threat to human life, 
in which case both the nature of the threat 
and the information to be retained shall be 
reported to the congressional intelligence 
committees not later than 30 days after the 
date such retention is extended under this 
clause; 
(vi) retention is necessary for technical 
assurance or compliance purposes, includ-
ing a court order or discovery obligation, in 
which case access to information retained 
for technical assurance or compliance pur-
poses shall be reported to the congressional 
intelligence committees on an annual basis; 
or 
(vii) retention for a period in excess of 
5 years is approved by the head of the ele-
ment of the intelligence community respon-
sible for such retention, based on a deter-
mination that retention is necessary to pro-
tect the national security of the United
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States, in which case the head of such ele-
ment shall provide to the congressional in-
telligence committees a written certification 
describing— 
(I) the reasons extended retention 
is necessary to protect the national se-
curity of the United States; 
(II) the duration for which the 
head of the element is authorizing re-
tention; 
(III) the particular information 
to be retained; and 
(IV) the measures the element of 
the intelligence community is taking to 
protect the privacy interests of United 
States persons or persons located inside 
the United States. 
SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION OF REVIEW TO 
RETALIATORY SECURITY CLEARANCE OR AC-
CESS DETERMINATIONS. 
Section 3001(b)(7) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3341(b)(7)) is 
amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘2014—’’ and inserting ‘‘2014, and con-
sistent with subsection (j)—’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to appeal 
a determination to suspend or revoke a security clear-
ance or access to classified information’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘alleging reprisal for having made a protected 
disclosure (provided the individual does not disclose 
classified information or other information contrary 
to law) to appeal any action affecting an employee’s 
access to classified information’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘informa-
tion,’’ inserting ‘‘information following a protected 
disclosure,’’. 
SEC. 311. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CONSOLIDATING CLASSI-
FIED DATABASES OF CYBER THREAT INDICA-
TORS AND MALWARE SAMPLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, the Director of the National Security Agen-
cy, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall con-
duct a feasibility study on consolidating classified data-
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bases of cyber threat indicators and malware samples in 
the intelligence community. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The feasibility study required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An inventory of classified databases of cyber 
threat indicators and malware samples in the intel-
ligence community. 
(2) An assessment of actions that could be car-
ried out to consolidate such databases to achieve the 
greatest possible information sharing within the intel-
ligence community and cost savings for the Federal 
Government. 
(3) An assessment of any impediments to such 
consolidation. 
(4) An assessment of whether the Intelligence 
Community Information Technology Enterprise can 
support such consolidation. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Director of National Intelligence 
completes the feasibility study required by subsection (a), 
the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
committees a written report that summarizes the feasibility 
study, including the information required under subsection 
(b).
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SEC. 
312. 
SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
ON 
CYBERSECURITY 
THREAT AND CYBERCRIME COOPERATION 
WITH UKRAINE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) cooperation between the intelligence and law 
enforcement agencies of the United States and 
Ukraine should be increased to improve cybersecurity 
policies between these two countries; 
(2) the United States should pursue improved ex-
tradition procedures among the Governments of the 
United States, Ukraine, and other countries from 
which cybercriminals target United States citizens 
and entities; 
(3) the President should— 
(A) initiate a round of formal United 
States-Ukraine bilateral talks on cybersecurity 
threat and cybercrime cooperation, with addi-
tional multilateral talks that include other law 
enforcement partners such as Europol and 
Interpol; and 
(B) work to obtain a commitment from the 
Government of Ukraine to end cybercrime di-
rected at persons outside Ukraine and to work 
with the United States and other allies to deter 
and convict known cybercriminals;
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(4) the President should establish a capacity 
building program with the Government of Ukraine, 
which could include— 
(A) a joint effort to improve cyber capacity 
building, including intelligence and law enforce-
ment services in Ukraine; 
(B) sending United States law enforcement 
agents to aid law enforcement agencies in 
Ukraine in investigating cybercrimes; and 
(C) agreements to improve communications 
networks to enhance law enforcement coopera-
tion, such as a hotline directly connecting law 
enforcement agencies in the United States and 
Ukraine; and 
(5) the President should establish and maintain 
an intelligence and law enforcement cooperation 
scorecard with metrics designed to measure the num-
ber of instances that intelligence and law enforcement 
agencies in the United States request assistance from 
intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Ukraine 
and the number and type of responses received to such 
requests.
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SEC. 313. REPLACEMENT OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF 
SERVING AT UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FA-
CILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
ensure that, not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, every supervisory position 
at a United States diplomatic facility in the Russian 
Federation shall be occupied by a citizen of the 
United States who has passed, and shall be subject to, 
a thorough background check. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of State may ex-
tend the deadline under paragraph (1) for up to one 
year by providing advance written notification and 
justification of such extension to the appropriate con-
gressional committees. 
(3) PROGRESS
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on progress made 
toward meeting the employment requirement under 
paragraph (1). 
(b) PLAN FOR REDUCED USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED 
STAFF.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with other appropriate government agencies, shall submit
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to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to fur-
ther reduce the reliance on locally employed staff in United 
States diplomatic facilities in the Russian Federation. The 
plan shall, at a minimum, include cost estimates, timelines, 
and numbers of employees to be replaced. 
(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 Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to infringe on the power of the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap-
point ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls.’’ 
SEC. 314. INCLUSION OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED IN-
FORMATION FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES. 
(a) SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACIL-
ITY REQUIREMENT.—Each United States diplomatic facil-
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ity that, after the date of the enactment of this Act, is con-
structed in, or undergoes a construction upgrade in, the 
Russian Federation, any country that shares a land border 
with the Russian Federation, or any country that is a 
former member of the Soviet Union shall be constructed to 
include a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. 
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Secretary of 
State may waive the requirement under subsection (a) if 
the Secretary determines that such waiver is in the national 
security interest of the United States and submits a written 
justification to the appropriate congressional committees 
not later than 180 days before exercising such waiver. 
(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 Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives.
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Subtitle B—Reporting 
SEC. 321. REPORT ON DECLASSIFICATION PROCESS. 
Not later than December 31, 2016, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describ-
ing— 
(1) proposals to improve the declassification 
process throughout the intelligence community; and 
(2) steps the intelligence community could take, 
or legislation that may be necessary, to enable the Na-
tional Declassification Center to better accomplish the 
missions assigned to the Center by Executive Order 
No. 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707). 
SEC. 322. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EFFI-
CIENT SPENDING TARGETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, and 
April 1, 2017, the Director of National Intelligence shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
on the status and effectiveness of efforts to reduce adminis-
trative costs for the intelligence community during the pre-
ceding year. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include for each element of the intelligence community 
the following: 
(1) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to devise alternatives to government travel
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and promote efficient travel spending, such as tele-
conferencing and video conferencing. 
(2) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to limit costs related to hosting and attend-
ing conferences. 
(3) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to assess information technology inventories 
and usage, and establish controls, to reduce costs re-
lated to underutilized information technology equip-
ment, software, or services. 
(4) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to limit the publication and printing of 
hard copy documents. 
(5) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to improve the performance of Federal fleet 
motor vehicles and limit executive transportation. 
(6) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to limit the purchase of extraneous pro-
motional items, such as plaques, clothing, and com-
memorative items. 
(7) A description of the status and effectiveness 
of efforts to consolidate and streamline workforce 
training programs to focus on the highest priority 
workforce and mission needs.
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(8) Such other matters relating to efforts to re-
duce intelligence community administrative costs as 
the Director may specify for purposes of this section. 
SEC. 323. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EX-
ECUTIVE ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 511. ANNUAL REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF LAW OR EX-
ECUTIVE ORDER. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Director of 
National Intelligence shall annually submit to the congres-
sional intelligence committees a report on violations of law 
or executive order relating to intelligence activities by per-
sonnel of an element of the intelligence community that 
were identified during the previous calendar year. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall, consistent with the need to preserve ongo-
ing criminal investigations, include a description of, and 
any action taken in response to, any violation of law or 
executive order (including Executive Order No. 12333 (50 
U.S.C. 3001 note)) relating to intelligence activities com-
mitted by personnel of an element of the intelligence com-
munity in the course of the employment of such personnel 
that, during the previous calendar year, was—
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‘‘(1) determined by the director, head, or general 
counsel of any element of the intelligence community 
to have occurred; 
‘‘(2) referred to the Department of Justice for 
possible criminal prosecution; or 
‘‘(3) substantiated by the inspector general of 
any element of the intelligence community.’’. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required under 
section 511 of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the head of each element 
of the intelligence community, shall— 
(1) issue guidelines to carry out section 511 of 
the National Security Act of 1947, as added by sub-
section (a); and 
(2) submit such guidelines to the congressional 
intelligence committees. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections in the first section of the National Security Act 
of 1947 is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 510 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 511. Annual report on violations of law or executive order.’’.
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(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
or the amendments made by this section shall be construed 
to alter any requirement existing on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act to submit a report under any provision 
of law. 
SEC. 324. ANNUAL REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year and along with 
the budget materials submitted in support of the budget of 
the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary 
for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees a report for 
such fiscal year on each intelligence activity of each intel-
ligence component of the Department, as designated by the 
Under Secretary, that includes the following: 
(1) The amount of funding requested for each 
such intelligence activity. 
(2) The number of full-time employees funded to 
perform each such intelligence activity. 
(3) The number of full-time contractor employees 
(or the equivalent of full-time in the case of part-time 
contractor employees) funded to perform or in sup-
port of each such intelligence activity.
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(4) A determination as to whether each such in-
telligence activity is predominantly in support of na-
tional intelligence or departmental missions. 
(5) The total number of analysts of the Intel-
ligence Enterprise of the Department that perform— 
(A) strategic analysis; or 
(B) operational analysis. 
(b) FEASIBILITY
AND ADVISABILITY REPORT.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
that— 
(1) examines the feasibility and advisability of 
including the budget request for all intelligence activi-
ties of each intelligence component of the Department 
that predominantly support departmental missions, 
as designated by the Under Secretary for Intelligence 
and Analysis, in the Homeland Security Intelligence 
Program; and 
(2) includes a plan to enhance the coordination 
of department-wide intelligence activities to achieve 
greater efficiencies in the performance of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security intelligence functions.
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(c) INTELLIGENCE COMPONENT
OF
THE DEPART-
MENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘intelligence component 
of the Department’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101). 
SEC. 325. REPORT ON POLITICAL PRISON CAMPS IN NORTH 
KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives a report on political prison camps in North Korea. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) describe the actions the United States is tak-
ing to support implementation of the recommenda-
tions of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry 
on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Repub-
lic of Korea, including the eventual establishment of 
a tribunal to hold individuals accountable for abuses; 
and 
(2) include, with respect to each political prison 
camp in North Korea to the extent information is 
available—
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(A) the estimated prisoner population of 
each such camp; 
(B) the geographical coordinates of each 
such camp; 
(C) the reasons for confinement of the pris-
oners at each such camp; 
(D) a description of the primary industries 
and products made at each such camp, and the 
end users of any goods produced in such camp; 
(E) information regarding involvement of 
any non-North Korean entity or individual in-
volved in the operations of each such camp, in-
cluding as an end user or source of any good or 
products used in, or produced by, in such camp; 
(F) information identifying individuals 
and agencies responsible for conditions in each 
such camp at all levels of the Government of 
North Korea; 
(G) a description of the conditions under 
which prisoners are confined, with respect to the 
adequacy of food, shelter, medical care, working 
conditions, and reports of ill-treatment of pris-
oners, at each such camp; and 
(H) unclassified imagery, including satellite 
imagery, of each such camp.
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(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in an unclassified form and may include a 
classified annex if necessary. 
SEC. 326. ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY OF DOMESTIC OIL RE-
FINERIES AND RELATED RAIL TRANSPOR-
TATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall conduct an in-
telligence assessment of the security of domestic oil refineries 
and related rail transportation infrastructure. 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall sub-
mit to the congressional intelligence committees— 
(1) the results of the assessment required under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) any recommendations with respect to intel-
ligence sharing or intelligence collection to improve 
the security of domestic oil refineries and related rail 
transportation infrastructure to protect the commu-
nities surrounding such refineries or such infrastruc-
ture from potential harm that the Under Secretary 
considers appropriate.
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SEC. 327. ENHANCED CONTRACTOR LEVEL ASSESSMENTS 
FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
Section 506B(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3098(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or con-
tracted’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (13); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) The best estimate of the number of intel-
ligence collectors and analysts contracted by each ele-
ment of the intelligence community and a description 
of the functions performed by such contractors.’’. 
SEC. 328. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF MEMORANDA 
OF UNDERSTANDING TO FACILITATE INTEL-
LIGENCE-SHARING. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis, in consultation with the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Program 
Manager of the Information Sharing Environment, shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on the Judi-
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ciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the House of Representatives an assessment of the efficacy 
of the memoranda of understanding signed between Federal, 
State, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to facilitate in-
telligence-sharing within and separate from the Joint Ter-
rorism Task Force. Such assessment shall include— 
(1) any language within such memoranda of un-
derstanding that prohibited or may be construed to 
prohibit intelligence-sharing between Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and territorial agencies; and 
(2) any recommendations for memoranda of un-
derstanding to better facilitate intelligence-sharing be-
tween Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial 
agencies. 
SEC. 329. REPORT ON FOREIGN MAN-MADE ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC PULSE WEAPONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the threat posed by man-made elec-
tromagnetic pulse weapons to United States interests 
through 2025, including threats from foreign countries and 
foreign non-State actors.
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(b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
SEC. 330. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COUNTERTER-
RORISM STRATEGY TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE, 
AND DEFEAT AL-QAEDA AND ITS AFFILIATED 
OR ASSOCIATED GROUPS. 
(a) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a comprehensive report on the 
United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, 
dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its affiliated or 
associated groups. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall be prepared in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, 
and the head of any other department or agency of 
the United States Government that has responsibility 
for activities directed at combating al-Qaeda and its 
affiliated or associated groups. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following:
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(A) A definition of— 
(i) al-Qaeda core, including a list of 
which known individuals constitute al- 
Qaeda core; 
(ii) an affiliated group of al-Qaeda, 
including a list of which known groups con-
stitute an affiliate group of al-Qaeda; 
(iii) an associated group of al-Qaeda, 
including a list of which known groups con-
stitute an associated group of al-Qaeda; and 
(iv) a group aligned with al-Qaeda, in-
cluding a description of what actions a 
group takes or statements it makes that 
qualify it as a group aligned with al- 
Qaeda. 
(B) A list of any other group, including the 
organization that calls itself the Islamic State 
(also known as ‘‘ISIS’’ or ‘‘ISIL’’), that adheres 
to the core mission of al-Qaeda, or who espouses 
the same violent jihad ideology as al-Qaeda. 
(C) An assessment of the relationship be-
tween al-Qaeda core and the groups referred to 
in subparagraph (B). 
(D) An assessment of the strengthening or 
weakening of al-Qaeda and the groups referred to
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in subparagraph (B) from January 1, 2010, to 
the present, including a description of the 
metrics that are used to assess strengthening or 
weakening and an assessment of the relative in-
crease or decrease in violent attacks attributed to 
such entities. 
(E) An assessment of whether or not an in-
dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core if 
such individual is not located in Afghanistan or 
Pakistan. 
(F) An assessment of whether or not an in-
dividual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as 
well as a member of a group referred to in sub-
paragraph (B). 
(G) A definition of defeat of core al-Qaeda. 
(H) An assessment of the extent or coordi-
nation, command, and control between core al- 
Qaeda and the groups referred to in subpara-
graph (B), specifically addressing each such 
group. 
(I) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
counterterrorism operations against core al- 
Qaeda and the groups referred to in subpara-
graph (B), and whether such operations have
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had a sustained impact on the capabilities and 
effectiveness of core al-Qaeda and such groups. 
(4) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(b) 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 Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 331. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RETRAINING VETERANS 
IN CYBERSECURITY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall submit to Congress a feasibility study on retraining
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veterans and retired members of elements of the intelligence 
community in cybersecurity. 
Attest: 
Secretary.