[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2434 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2434

To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a study on 
   the use of contractors for intelligence activities, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2013

 Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Johnson of 
  Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Cummings, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Bass, Mr. Jeffries, 
Ms. Fudge, and Mr. Cicilline) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select)

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a study on 
   the use of contractors for intelligence activities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Civilian Contractors Engaged in 
Intelligence Activities Reduction Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STUDY ON THE USE OF 
              CONTRACTORS IN THE CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Study.--The Director of National Intelligence shall conduct a 
study to ascertain the extent to which contractors are used in the 
conduct of intelligence activities and the type of information to which 
such contractors are exposed or have access.
    (b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2013, the Director of 
Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report containing--
            (1) the results of the study conducted under subsection 
        (a); and
            (2) a plan for reducing by 25 percent the number of 
        contractors to the intelligence community with top secret 
        security clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities 
        (including intelligence analysis).
    (c) Reduction of Contractors.--Not later than December 31, 2014, 
the Director of National Intelligence shall reduce the number of 
contractors to the intelligence community with top secret security 
clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities (including 
intelligence analysis) as of the date of the enactment of this Act by 
25 percent.
    (d) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the term 
``intelligence community'' has the meaning given the term in section 
3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
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