Title: To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide to the congressional intelligence committees briefings regarding counterintelligence activities of the Bureau, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide quarterly briefings to Congress about the FBI's counterintelligence activities.
The FBI shall promptly notify Congress of any counterintelligence investigation regarding a candidate seeking nomination or election for federal office or any campaign or individual related to such a candidate.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2286 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2286

 To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the Director of 
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide to the congressional 
    intelligence committees briefings regarding counterintelligence 
           activities of the Bureau, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

 Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Stewart, Mr. 
Crawford, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Nunes) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
  the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on 
   Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to direct the Director of 
  the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide to the congressional 
    intelligence committees briefings regarding counterintelligence 
           activities of the Bureau, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL 
              BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

    (a) In General.--Title V of section 501 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. 512. BRIEFINGS ON COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL 
              BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

    ``(a) Quarterly Briefings.--Not less frequently than once each 
quarter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
provide to the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on the 
counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Such briefings shall include, at a minimum, an overview and update of--
            ``(1) the counterintelligence posture of the Bureau;
            ``(2) counterintelligence investigations; and
            ``(3) any other information relating to the 
        counterintelligence activities of the Bureau that the Director 
        determines necessary.
    ``(b) Notifications.--In addition to the quarterly briefings under 
subsection (a), the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall promptly notify the congressional intelligence committees of any 
counterintelligence investigation carried out by the Bureau regarding 
any of the following:
            ``(1) A candidate who seeks nomination for election, or 
        election, to a Federal office.
            ``(2) A political campaign of a candidate who seeks 
        nomination for election, or election, to a Federal office.
            ``(3) An individual known to be associated with a political 
        campaign of a candidate who seeks nomination for election, or 
        election, to a Federal office.
    ``(c) Guidelines.--The Director, in coordination with the Attorney 
General and in consultation with the congressional intelligence 
committees, shall develop guidelines governing the scope of the 
briefings provided under subsection (a) and the notifications under 
subsection (b).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents at the beginning of 
such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 511 
the following new item:

``Sec. 512. Briefings on counterintelligence activities of the Federal 
                            Bureau of Investigation.''.
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