carried out under this paragraph. Each such report shall 
include a description of— 
‘‘(I) each recommendation made to the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis under sub-
paragraph (B); 
‘‘(II) each such recommendation that was carried 
out by the Under Secretary; and 
‘‘(III) each such recommendation that was not 
carried out by the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) The initial report required under clause (i) shall 
be submitted not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Reducing Over-Classification Act and no 
reports shall be required under clause (i) after December 
31, 2014.’’. 
(c) INTERAGENCY THREAT ASSESSMENT AND COORDI-
NATION GROUP ANNUAL REPORT MODIFICATION.—Sub-
section (c) of section 210D of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124k) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon and ‘‘and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) in each report required by paragraph (2) 
submitted after the date of the enactment of the Re-
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ducing Over-Classification Act, include a description 
of the progress made by the head of each Federal de-
partment and agency to share information with the 
ITACG pursuant to section 102A(g)(3)(A) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403– 
1(g)(3)(A)).’’. 
SEC. 6. PROMOTION OF ACCURATE CLASSIFICATION OF IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) DERIVATIVE CLASSIFICATION AND ORIGINAL CLAS-
SIFICATION DEFINED.—In this section, the terms ‘‘deriva-
tive classification’’ and ‘‘original classification’’ have the 
meaning given those terms in Executive Order No. 12958, 
as amended by Executive Order No. 13292 (68 Fed. Reg. 
15315; relating to classification of national security infor-
mation) (or any subsequent corresponding executive order). 
(b) INCENTIVES FOR ACCURATE CLASSIFICATIONS.— 
The head of each department or agency of the United States 
with an officer or employee who is authorized to make origi-
nal classification decisions or derivative classification deci-
sions shall consider such officer’s or employee’s consistent 
and proper classification of information in determining 
whether to award any personnel incentive to the officer or 
employee. 
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL EVALUATIONS.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENT FOR EVALUATIONS.—Not less 
frequently than once each year until December 31, 
2014, the inspector general of each department or 
agency of the United States with an officer or em-
ployee who is authorized to make original classifica-
tions shall carry out an evaluation of that depart-
ment or agency or a component of the department or 
agency— 
(A) to assess whether applicable classifica-
tion policies, procedures, rules, and regulations 
have been adopted, followed, and effectively ad-
ministered within such department, agency, or 
component; and 
(B) to identify policies, procedures, rules, 
regulations, or management practices that may 
be contributing to persistent misclassification of 
material within such department, agency or 
component. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Each inspector gen-
eral who is required to carry out an evaluation 
under paragraph (1) shall submit to the appro-
priate entities a report on each such evaluation. 
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(B) 
CONTENT.—Each 
report 
submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall include a descrip-
tion of— 
(i) the policies, procedures, rules, regu-
lations, or management practices, if any, 
identified by the inspector general under 
paragraph (1)(B); and 
(ii) the recommendations, if any, of the 
inspector general to address any such iden-
tified policies, procedures, rules, regulations, 
or management practices. 
(C) COORDINATION.—The inspectors general 
who are required to carry out evaluations under 
paragraph (1) shall coordinate with each other 
to ensure that evaluations follow a consistent 
methodology, as appropriate, that allows for 
cross-agency comparisons. 
(3) APPROPRIATE ENTITIES DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘appropriate entities’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
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form, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(C) any other committee of Congress with 
jurisdiction over a department or agency referred 
to in paragraph (1); 
(D) the head of a department or agency re-
ferred to in paragraph (1); and 
(E) the Director of the Information Secu-
rity Oversight Office. 
SEC. 7. CLASSIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National In-
telligence, in accordance with Executive Order No. 
12958, as amended by Executive Order No. 13292 (68 
Fed. Reg. 15315; relating to classification of national 
security 
information) 
(or 
any 
subsequent 
cor-
responding executive order), shall require annual 
training for each employee of an element of the intel-
ligence community and appropriate personnel of each 
contractor to an element of the intelligence commu-
nity who has original classification authority, per-
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forms derivative classification, or is responsible for 
analysis, dissemination, preparation, production, re-
ceiving, publishing, or otherwise communicating writ-
ten classified information that includes training— 
(A) to educate the employee and contractor 
personnel regarding— 
(i) the guidance established under sub-
paragraph (G)(i) of section 102A(g)(1) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 403–1(g)(1)), as added by section 
5(a)(3), regarding the formatting of finished 
intelligence products; 
(ii) the proper use of classification 
markings, including portion markings that 
indicate the classification of portions of in-
formation within one intelligence product; 
and 
(iii) any incentives and penalties re-
lated to the proper classification of intel-
ligence information; and 
(B) that is one of the prerequisites, once 
completed successfully, as evidenced by an appro-
priate certificate or other record, for— 
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(i) obtaining original classification au-
thority or derivatively classifying informa-
tion; and 
(ii) maintaining such authority. 
(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—The 
Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the 
training required by paragraph (1) is conducted effi-
ciently and in conjunction with any other security, 
intelligence, or other training programs required by 
elements of the intelligence community to reduce the 
costs and administrative burdens associated with car-
rying out the training required by paragraph (1). 
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Calendar No. 413 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 553 
[Report No. 111–200] 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
develop a strategy to prevent the over-classifica-
tion of homeland security and other information 
and to promote the sharing of unclassified home-
land security and other information, and for 
other purposes. 
MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 26), 2010 
Reported with an amendment 
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