‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and not-
withstanding any other provision of this subchapter, nei-
ther an excepted agency nor any individual employed in 
or under an excepted agency may be included in a leave 
bank program established under any of the preceding pro-
visions of this subchapter. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may au-
thorize an individual employed by the Bureau to partici-
pate in a leave bank program administered by the Depart-
ment of Justice under this subchapter if in the Director’s 
judgment such participation will not adversely affect the 
protection of intelligence sources and methods.’’. 
SEC. 433. ACCOUNTS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR AP-
PROPRIATIONS AND OTHER AMOUNTS FOR 
INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 428 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 429. Appropriations for Defense intelligence ele-
ments: accounts for transfers; transfer 
authority 
‘‘(a) ACCOUNTS FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense
may transfer appropriations of the Department of Defense 
which are available for the activities of Defense intel-
ligence elements to an account or accounts established for 
receipt of such transfers. Each such account may also re-
ceive transfers from the Director of National Intelligence 
if made pursuant to Section 102A of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-1), and transfers and reim-
bursements arising from transactions, as authorized by 
law, between a Defense intelligence element and another 
entity. Appropriation balances in each such account may 
be transferred back to the account or accounts from which 
such appropriations originated as appropriation refunds. 
‘‘(b) RECORDATION
OF
TRANSFERS.—Transfers 
made pursuant to subsection (a) shall be recorded as ex-
penditure transfers. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds transferred 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain available for the 
same time period and for the same purpose as the appro-
priation from which transferred, and shall remain subject 
to the same limitations provided in the act making the 
appropriation. 
‘‘(d) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.— 
Unless otherwise specifically authorized by law, funds 
transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall only be obli-
gated and expended in accordance with chapter 15 of title 
31 and all other applicable provisions of law. 
‘‘(e) 
DEFENSE
INTELLIGENCE
ELEMENT
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Defense intelligence 
element’ means any of the Department of Defense agen-
cies, offices, and elements included within the definition 
of ‘intelligence community’ under section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter I of such chapter is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘429. Appropriations for Defense intelligence elements: accounts for transfers; 
transfer authority.’’. 
SEC. 434. REPORT ON TRAINING STANDARDS OF DEFENSE 
INTELLIGENCE WORKFORCE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intel-
ligence shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate a report on the training standards of the de-
fense intelligence workforce. Such report shall include—
(1) a description of existing training, education, 
and professional development standards applied to 
personnel of defense intelligence components; and 
(2) an assessment of the ability to implement a 
certification program for personnel of the defense in-
telligence components based on achievement of re-
quired training, education, and professional develop-
ment standards. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE COMPONENTS.— 
The 
term 
‘‘defense 
intelligence 
components’’ 
means— 
(A) the National Security Agency; 
(B) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(C) the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency; 
(D) the National Reconnaissance Office; 
(E) the intelligence elements of the Army, 
the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps; 
and 
(F) other offices within the Department of 
Defense for the collection of specialized national 
intelligence through reconnaissance programs.
(2) DEFENSE
INTELLIGENCE
WORKFORCE.— 
The term ‘‘defense intelligence workforce’’ means 
the personnel of the defense intelligence components. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 501. REPORT ON AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE 
OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ALONG 
THE BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES AND 
MEXICO. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
whether restrictions on the use of airspace are hampering 
the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by the Department 
of Homeland Security along the international border be-
tween the United States and Mexico. 
SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTEGRATION 
OF FUSION CENTERS. 
It is the sense of Congress that ten years after the 
terrorist attacks upon the United States on September 11, 
2001, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence, should continue 
to integrate and leverage fusion centers to enlist all of the