113 S1681 PCS: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
U.S. Senate
2013-11-12
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the
Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2014
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—Budget and personnel authorizationsSec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.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 SystemSec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.Sec. 202. CIARDS and FERS special retirement credit for service on detail to another agency.TITLE III—General intelligence community mattersSubtitle A—General mattersSec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.Sec. 303. Open FOIA protections.Sec. 304. Functional managers.Sec. 305. Auditability.Sec. 306. Software licensing.Sec. 307. Public Interest Declassification Board.Sec. 308. Reports of fraud, waste, and abuse.Subtitle B—Targeted lethal force oversightSec. 311. Targeted lethal force oversight reform.Sec. 312. Unclassified annual report on the use of targeted lethal force outside the United States.Subtitle C—ReportingSec. 321. Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel concerning intelligence activities.Sec. 322. Submittal to Congress by heads of elements of intelligence community of plans for orderly shutdown in event of absence of appropriations.Sec. 323. Reports on chemical weapons in Syria.Sec. 324. Reports to the intelligence community on penetrations of networks and information systems of certain contractors.Sec. 325. Repeal or modification of certain reporting requirements.TITLE IV—Matters relating to elements of the intelligence communitySubtitle A—National Security AgencySec. 401. Appointment of the Director of the National Security Agency.Sec. 402. Appointment of the Inspector General of the National Security Agency.Subtitle B—National Reconnaissance Office Sec. 411. Appointment of the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office.Sec. 412. Appointment of the Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office.TITLE V—Security clearance reformSec. 501. Appropriate committees of Congress defined.Sec. 502. Technology improvements to security clearance processing.Sec. 503. Enhanced reciprocity of security clearances.Sec. 504. Report on reciprocity of security clearances.Sec. 505. Improving the periodic reinvestigation process.TITLE VI—Intelligence community whistleblower protectionsSec. 601. Protection of intelligence community whistleblowers.Sec. 602. Review of security clearance or access determinations.Sec. 603. Revisions of other laws.Sec. 604. Regulations; reporting requirements; nonapplicability to certain terminations.TITLE VII—Other mattersSec. 701. Repeal of the termination of notification requirements regarding the authorized disclosure of national intelligence.Sec. 702. Gifts, devises, and bequests.Sec. 703. Budgetary effects.2.In this Act:(1)Congressional intelligence
committeesThe term
congressional intelligence committees
means—(A)the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate; and(B)the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.(2)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. 3003(4)).<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Budget and personnel
authorizations</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecb8773aa7564c19bd285b429c470ee9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds are
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 for the conduct of
the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the following elements
of the United States Government:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1ec30827dd94f8c9b2d40ea6ffd32da"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb92636e711e4563b0812a85449003e9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Central Intelligence Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ef2ccdda9a14a7da86994e6b86bc30e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Defense.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd096309daa74a3eb6ff97bd559d567c"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Defense Intelligence Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida803d31019f9411eba4b89d2b4c29e78"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Security Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b86811eeba1414cbee29d77150e20d3"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of the Army, the Department
of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1eda032dcb549a297d698348ed2ab29"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f1f0b296b6946f1bbce897710c075a8"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of State.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3f9cf4f542c4e8da837ad77ce570f2b"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of the Treasury.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52855a1005464e089803563d9c2ce22d"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Energy.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf8c9ed2c29948449245e01bc7a8d499"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Justice.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id983a20270e91458bb385aee474da2217"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0661816db7dd49e2a29f3b7214ca78dd"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Drug Enforcement Administration.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26c161bbc75b4fa1bd1700c3dcc3efe6"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Reconnaissance Office.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bf5864d3c204c2bb8c5c464d6a678f8"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8ac5a5886aa443db5fa109d80d55671"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A813B3D01EF40609F5D133A52E5EA7D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Classified Schedule of
Authorizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC70857E08601425285ADAA73B1F07DDF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specifications of amounts and personnel
levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts authorized
to be appropriated under section 101 and the authorized personnel ceilings as
of September 30, 2014, for the conduct of the intelligence activities of the
elements listed in paragraphs (1) through (16) of section 101, are those
specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany
the bill S. ___ of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8984558D352841818B08B14FA74B29D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of classified Schedule of
Authorizations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FD5A7B58CF84248B3ABE56849CBB86D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC639173C0784F439F4D4C3776E3D5BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution by the President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (3), the President
shall provide for suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of
Authorizations, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, within the
executive branch.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BEBBB9D94AF42F1B4CE4F26B4C46AF5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limits on disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall not publicly disclose
the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule
except—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H451CECF644E84F6F96308AE061A851A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as provided in section 601(a) of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C.
3306);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AB62760935745C499B870584A4E650C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent necessary to implement the
budget; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H427AA666BA5E4E7EA905231A98524AE4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as otherwise required by law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab379026aebf443ca51c4071add8dd79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel ceiling adjustments</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4612d92ec1d44a258ab9feb9881736c9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority for increases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of National Intelligence may
authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number of
positions for fiscal year 2014 authorized 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 intelligence community, exceed 3 percent of the number of civilian
personnel authorized under such section for such element.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61b452fc751a4932b330d332f841ba17"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of certain
personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of
National Intelligence shall establish guidelines that govern, for each element
of the intelligence community, the treatment under the personnel levels
authorized under section 102(a), including any exemption from such personnel
levels, of employment or assignment in—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43020c81a86748f8be7392ca725aa7af"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a student program, trainee program, or
similar program;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3be4646953c04a68bbfa158ba08b9598"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reserve corps or as a reemployed
annuitant; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ef69b8e7c1b436ba13949aeeeacc08b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">details, joint duty, or long term,
full-time training.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442555cd7c89451fa2f112f540dab877"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice to congressional intelligence
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of
National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in
writing at least 15 days prior to the initial exercise of an authority
described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C46F9B778ED48ACA475A80FA07AECF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intelligence Community Management
Account</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A84CF08BE7F49F79B72D0A75A4BEA4E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account
of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2014 the sum of $568,736,000.
Within such amount, funds identified in the classified Schedule of
Authorizations referred to in section 102(a) for advanced research and
development shall remain available until September 30, 2015.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1734F78F2E4490E9D8347CD5AE6DA3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorized personnel levels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The elements within the Intelligence
Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence are
authorized 855 positions as of September 30, 2014. Personnel serving in such
elements may be permanent employees of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence or personnel detailed from other elements of the United States
Government.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE96DF3A7621C4EADB86C3808892680AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Classified authorizations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CC50E706094434F8BADA6E5040F4CFD"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management
Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for the
Community Management Account for fiscal year 2014 such additional amounts as
are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in
section 102(a). Such additional amounts for advanced research and development
shall remain available until September 30, 2015.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E20B553FF0D4EA580A6F1E66FE4621C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the personnel authorized by
subsection (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community Management Account as
of September 30, 2014, there are authorized such additional personnel for the
Community Management Account as of that date as are specified in the classified
Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1543b45b90b9452089baff7a1a129f1c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability Fund for fiscal year 2014 the sum of $514,000,000.</text></section><section id="ida86774b475af412992c013454ea727c9"><enum>202.</enum><header>CIARDS and FERS special retirement credit for service on detail to another agency</header><subsection id="id61A9B34A143F4479940FFAFC69FBE420"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 203(b) of the Central Intelligence Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2013">50 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>For purposes of this Act,</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting “For purposes of this chapter, qualifying service is service performed by an Agency employee in carrying out duties that are determined by the Director—</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59baa442d8f346a0bc7d016e6cb87494" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idb302c245bbae442e9290e80e7f569e11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to be in support of intelligence activities abroad hazardous to life or health; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1eabab5757b488e81112602184e1cf7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to be so specialized because of security requirements as to be clearly distinguishable from normal government employment.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id2aa74fb5b9724e3d8360c842c787377b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be applied to retired or deceased officers of the Central Intelligence Agency who were designated at any time under section 203(b) or 302(a) of the Central Intelligence Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2013">50 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref> and 2152(a)) prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General intelligence community
matters</header><subtitle id="idBC05A6EC4ECA4C58AB25CB4DB4BFA9AD" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>General matters</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A39212AD60C497FA19DEDFA318FA988" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restriction on conduct of intelligence
activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authorization
of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for
the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise authorized by
the Constitution or the laws of the United States.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E13D4C14C7E42ECA17DBB202F4FC7C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increase in employee compensation and
benefits authorized by law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Appropriations authorized by this Act for
salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees may be
increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for
increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.</text></section><section id="id3eeb5c9f3e0e4b4ead8dc64fe770c7aa"><enum>303.</enum><header>Open FOIA
protections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
103H(g)(3)(A) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3033">50 U.S.C. 3033(g)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>undertaken;</quote> and inserting <quote>undertaken,
and this provision shall qualify as a withholding statute pursuant to
subsection (b)(3) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (commonly known
as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>);</quote>.</text></section><section id="id918E563C6AED47C18847469993C61666"><enum>304.</enum><header>Functional
managers</header><subsection id="id0523f76b7c8944e9afadfab4062bd7a6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall designate officers or employees of
the United States to serve as functional managers for signals intelligence,
human intelligence, geospatial intelligence, and such other intelligence
disciplines as the President determines necessary. Unless the President directs
otherwise—</text><paragraph id="idF0E32A11F7C5413B84E55F98D9409723"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Director of
the National Security Agency shall be designated the functional manager for
signals intelligence;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38E140CA872548B6ACC4A27844ECDDAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency shall be designated the functional manager for
human intelligence; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36F3A0F76E0040079CC6F5BF1B752319"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Director of
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency shall be designated the functional
manager for geospatial intelligence.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida63e96ff022846f1a9305ca8ec5f5ed1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Each
functional manager designated under subsection (a) shall act as the principal
adviser to the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense
for their respective intelligence function.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7e55475f1df945c0aa4876f795bf9d45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual reports
to Congress</header><text>Each year, on a date not later than 2 weeks after the
date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for the next fiscal
year under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, each functional
manager shall report to the congressional intelligence committees and
congressional armed services committees concerning the performance of the
function. In addition to such other information as the functional manager
elects to include in a report, each report shall—</text><paragraph id="id0ac228ea64604bb18940d1e0b4f61713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify all
programs, projects, and activities that fall within the intelligence discipline
for which the functional manager is responsible;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e4e1e143e33471da1ed96eca5f2ce8c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify any
issues related to the application of technical and interoperability standards
in such programs, projects, and activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74096f2a1ccf4477884e5a3a8ab7d1e6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify any
concerns the functional manager has regarding the allocation of resources among
such programs, projects, and activities within the intelligence discipline for
which the functional manager is responsible;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4CED15BD2F774CD38520C05098A5B861"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assess the
sufficiency of resources included in the President's budget request for the
next fiscal year to meet requirements within the intelligence discipline for
which the functional manager is responsible;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc017a8deb1474f409b0eee7018c7ac41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify the
operational overlap and need for de-confliction within the intelligence
discipline for which the functional manager is responsible; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6bad9f4fd2e1443bb381ef1767621a94"><enum>(6)</enum><text>identify any
concerns the functional manager has related to compliance within the
intelligence discipline for which the functional manager is responsible.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0F12229C787747948C53DA08DF03A93F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional
armed services committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>congressional armed services committees</quote> means—</text><paragraph id="id01AE2098CFF84EF1B041DAD1112B3D32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0DE5B0EB80EB4302BDAF6CF9FEFA5FF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id52d589f8738f4e0bb898abec4834c436"><enum>305.</enum><header>Auditability</header><subsection id="idfa59747333004710a4bfa39277b9126c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
annual audits</header><text>Each covered entity shall undergo a full financial
audit each year beginning with each covered entity's fiscal year 2014 financial
statements. Such audits may be conducted by an internal or external independent
accounting or auditing organization.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3C4B90D47F444FBDBD3EA69E799F7116"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for
unqualified opinion</header><text>Not later than the audit required by
subsection (a) of fiscal year 2016 financial statements, each covered entity
shall obtain an audit with an unqualified opinion on its financial statements
for each fiscal year.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA021897510AE4C0788E0CAFF0BE099D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered entity
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <quote>covered entity</quote> means the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency,
the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE0DA84E4D80149AD9A908F5CA37B873C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chief financial
executive of each covered entity shall provide to the congressional
intelligence committees an annual audit report from an accounting or auditing
organization on each audit of the covered entity conducted pursuant to
subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id5458a27149104088a4d768bd007b75a8"><enum>306.</enum><header>Software
licensing</header><subsection commented="no" id="id01be67c051ec439db0bceb907db40b09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
inventories of software licenses</header><paragraph commented="no" id="idCB22D1D4C5FE49EABD07C12AB01F90CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inventories by
elements of the intelligence community</header><text>Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and once every 2 years thereafter,
the chief information officer of each element of the intelligence community, in
consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community,
shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd8c82f2ff3b84fa9a1807a6d382963f3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct an
inventory of all existing software licenses of such element, including utilized
and unutilized licenses;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id55141adf696a4da8b0ceb47dceee794b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assess the
actions that could be carried out by such element to achieve the greatest
possible economies of scale and associated cost savings in software procurement
and usage; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ideb72f5c872de45dbbd00e45eb58057c1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit to the
Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community each inventory required
by subparagraph (A) and each assessment required by subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6729EDEA4A074EA8A1204C3F2EB6E2BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
inventory</header><text>The initial inventory conducted for each element of the
intelligence community under paragraph (1)(A) shall be based on the inventory
of software licenses conducted pursuant to section 305 of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/277">Public Law 112–277</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 2472) for
such element.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id1662c6a6547d499aa7741c47e70bf144"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inventories by
the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, and once every 2 years
thereafter, the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community shall,
based on the inventories and assessments required by subsection (a)—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id594aabd3642d4665b2846848f95018fe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>compile an
inventory of all existing software licenses of the intelligence community,
including utilized and unutilized licenses; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1D07DE88DA544520B9F7D2552AEB87EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the
actions that could be carried out by the intelligence community to achieve the
greatest possible economies of scale and associated cost savings in software
procurement and usage.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id23b59bf560c7424aabc592193440fe3c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>The Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence
Community shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a copy of
each inventory compiled under subsection (b)(1).</text></subsection></section><section id="idD06D68527ACB4B998860EF032CCEC0C9"><enum>307.</enum><header>Public
Interest Declassification Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 710(b) of the Public Interest
Declassification Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/567">Public Law 106–567</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3161">50 U.S.C. 3161</external-xref> note) is
amended by striking <quote>2014.</quote> and inserting
<quote>2018.</quote>.</text></section><section id="id08C3EFA7E57E4C4283A2D49643413EDE"><enum>308.</enum><header>Reports of
fraud, waste, and abuse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8H(a) of the Inspector General Act
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended in paragraph (1)—</text><paragraph id="id30789A960C814A1BAB90F2D34DD4B930"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id20460BFCEE4D43FC8A359382EB2A3813"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF34E6E0A8D8F4963A256C0D3D05057EB" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id67D01A0EAC45411084549F4806375CA0" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An employee of an element of the
intelligence community, an employee assigned or detailed to an element of the
intelligence community, or an employee of a contractor to the intelligence
community, who intends to report to Congress a complaint or information with
respect to an urgent concern may report such complaint or information to the
Inspector General of the Intelligence
Community.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB27527410D6E4CCFAA0FAC3A8D60A672"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idB37C214B89944D40BC4CF137AF076D75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Act or section 17</quote> and inserting <quote>Act, section 17</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F3C97E22A9D40A69D9CAD6C2854A5E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>, or section 103H(k) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3033">50 U.S.C. 3033(k)</external-xref>).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idF5641ED8E5D24A06B01DBFCEE996C09A" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Targeted lethal force oversight</header><section id="id6423402E34684F41898197574C472CA6"><enum>311.</enum><header>Targeted lethal force oversight reform</header><subsection id="idCE4447C0D6B64956B9D7865C7FEACD2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id9499A28F082744E4A0646B483E7A6E2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of National Intelligence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7460B12E45364539AF2FA49AA946DFCD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id14C1E648252C475D989D4491EEEE2287"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternative analysis</header><paragraph id="id7A09A2CFF33A475FBB298003B5FC25B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of director</header><text>Upon a determination by the head of an element of the intelligence community that a particular, known United States person is knowingly engaged in acts of international terrorism against the United States, such that the United States Government is considering the legality or the use of targeted lethal force against that United States person, the head of the element shall, as soon as practicable, notify the Director of the determination.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC68A064349934B249E4DE530A08917ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Independent alternative analysis</header><subparagraph id="id8FA1C3DEB0A14D8C89270C02AACA7E39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement for alternative analysis</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the date the Director receives a notification under paragraph (1), the Director shall complete an independent alternative analysis (commonly referred to as <quote>red-team analysis</quote>) of the information relied on to support the determination made under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEED6F82D82C04F219235B15616DC6F92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Independent leadership</header><text>In completing the independent alternative analysis required by subparagraph (A), the Director shall ensure that the individual appointed to lead such alternative analysis does not report to the head of the element of the intelligence community who made the determination under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id18FA6634F03A448FAA1C5346ACDD82F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community</header><text>As soon as practicable, the Director shall notify the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community of the receipt of a notification under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFAE80800EED04F29A1DDE6A9BF0C1A14"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notification to Congress</header><text>As soon as practicable, the Director shall notify the congressional intelligence committees, in writing, of the receipt of a notification under paragraph (1), including the identity of the United States person, and the results of the independent alternative analysis performed under paragraph (2), including any written product containing the alternative analysis, or if no product has been created, a summary of such analysis.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8AD3F8CDBCA54D73BF2FF9A8720E3D9E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Construction with other law</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to impede the ability of the United States Government to conduct any operation consistent with otherwise applicable law.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id183E6BBB6ABE44C2BDE24B439FFA9CD1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector General of the Intelligence Community review</header><text>On an annual basis the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall—</text><paragraph id="id61C9614AA4FA4A42A06A0B8262CEB9C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a review of any notifications received under subsection (b)(3) with respect to the element of the intelligence community’s compliance with all appropriate policies and procedures related to consideration of the use of targeted lethal force against a particular, known United States person; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id838B92C1B195470590D2E9CB4005EBAE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the Director and the congressional intelligence committees a report on the findings of such review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id397374A8850A4042B8BA48E7A9BC0276"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing in this section may be
construed to authorize the use of targeted lethal force
against a United States person.</text></subsection></section><section id="id691F6D19A6154C8C8EDA74AB8E0E28C5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header>Unclassified annual report on the use of targeted lethal force outside the United States</header><subsection id="ideaa717191c17498480034132763288c8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for annual report</header><text>For each year, the President shall prepare and make public an annual report that sets forth the following:</text><paragraph id="ide4547e4cce9045c89aa6dcbc75f2e0c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The total number of combatants killed or injured during the preceding year by the use of targeted lethal force outside the United States by remotely piloted aircraft.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec4acca281264a5386d5b15f3260ea7e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The total number of noncombatant civilians killed or injured during the preceding year by such use of targeted lethal force outside the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideb59b19d30ae44cabe2099ae94e90136"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Targeted lethal force defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>targeted lethal force</term> means the act of directing lethal force at a particular person or group with the specific intent of killing those persons.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6b713a3ae66d49c48630d02aa55f3c62"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A report required by subsection (a) shall not include—</text><paragraph id="id82E30088220D41AA94BE032F80B40F72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any use of targeted lethal force in Afghanistan prior to the end of combat operations by the United States; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id655D07164E644B9F9951501BE04359BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any use of targeted lethal force in a foreign country described by a future declaration of war or authorization for the use of military force.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idD4C3E905B4554FA08C6FB030FC45D091" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Reporting</header><section id="idFE6C458C49344A0A9AEF5AE141F38152"><enum>321.</enum><header>Opinions of
the Office of Legal Counsel concerning intelligence activities</header><subsection id="idd972098fb06b4f12b13dd4115f8adc5f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual
submission</header><paragraph id="ida8956a75de444b2ab5ab23d2941c6b13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement to
provide list of opinions to Congress</header><text>Except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c), not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Attorney General, in
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide to the
congressional intelligence committees a listing of every opinion of the Office
of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice that has been provided to an
element of the intelligence community.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74752F1F9FC74A0ABD57E8C0D3BB1BC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>Each
listing submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id226C85A4B12649DA818BE9142E228764"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as much detail as
possible about the subject of each opinion;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74cf287855bd4b43a6588a83991a88f9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date the
opinion was issued;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90bbfa74ff3443a29419f425cb6dedbe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a listing of each
recipient agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d315f1d2d3e40858c3ecf362aea2a2e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether the
opinion has been made available to Congress or a specific committee of
Congress, including the identity of each such committee; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0726f1de181f4524a7a548d8d511ddf4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>for any opinion
that has not been made available to Congress or a specific committee of
Congress, the basis for such withholding.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id23ec522b9485463b968016096e39bb52"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception for
covert action</header><text>If the President determines that it is essential to
limit access to a covert action finding under section 503(c)(2) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3093">50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)</external-xref>), the President may limit access to
information concerning such finding that is subject to disclosure under
subsection (a) to those members of Congress who have been granted access to the
relevant finding under such section 503(c)(2).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4688dea6cbf478f973a33017acda4dd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception for
information subject to executive privilege</header><text>If the President
determines that a particular listing subject to disclosure under subsection (a)
is subject to an executive privilege that protects against such disclosure, the
Attorney General shall not be required to disclose such opinion or listing if
the Attorney General notifies the congressional intelligence committees, in
writing, of the legal justification for such assertion of executive privilege
prior to the date by which the opinion or listing is required to be
disclosed.</text></subsection></section><section id="id8F2DEB4B1CB4471183C8A1B7A001FC7B"><enum>322.</enum><header>Submittal to Congress by heads of elements of intelligence community of plans for orderly shutdown in event of absence of appropriations</header><subsection id="id1B76DE8815EE4E84BA7E5EB3B6D8F43F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the head of an applicable agency submits a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with section 124 of Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11, pertaining to agency operations in the absence of appropriations, or any successor circular of the Office that requires the head of an applicable agency to submit to the Director a plan for an orderly shutdown in the event of the absence of appropriations, such head shall submit a copy of such plan to the following:</text><paragraph id="idDE009851583B47E9808B90E898501867"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The congressional intelligence committees.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCF01BE288E042A59363DF1C3E4051E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id416B3C8750D541189248512F2D51AACD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF19382BC51D9406FBD7477060D604E71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8CEEFC3696144850BA1682C311246845"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id25AACB23849547539204FD2813511F2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of an applicable agency defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>head of an applicable agency</term> includes the following:</text><paragraph id="id102E834A2DE9421FB526EF7342353A76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director of National Intelligence.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8A2C760C4C4D4398826DF30378ADBB5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB62AC7FDA7D4F6A962B6E954846AD38"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Each head of each element of the intelligence community that is within the Department of Defense.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idEAC420D0618A469AADBDBB3F757E701C"><enum>323.</enum><header>Reports on chemical weapons in Syria</header><subsection id="id51D12F10BE4546A99DA24D4530FDE59B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the Syrian chemical weapons program.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA58E6AAB96CD4F098C8536C2DADAD2C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:</text><paragraph id="id6bc22e4fea964f5a90f043af0b4b792a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comprehensive assessment of chemical weapon stockpiles in Syria, including names, types, and quantities of chemical weapons agents, types of munitions, and location and form of storage, production, and research and development facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id283d9b4970754eb0bc585276c7913813"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A listing of key personnel associated with the Syrian chemical weapons program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2692d0e29c3347b0a33ef900e478c727"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of undeclared chemical weapons stockpiles, munitions, and facilities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4061ef942f444b4789ad855b8e1e4ccf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of how these stockpiles, precursors, and delivery systems were obtained.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0a9bc955fd5d4790a255bcd45cf0d191"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of key intelligence gaps related to the Syrian chemical weapons program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id567850501d6c4d84a82024d0c7f2366e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An assessment of any denial and deception efforts on the part of the Syrian regime related to its chemical weapons program.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide90c277ddc1448189f454cdca45a5c65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Progress reports</header><text>Every 90 days until the Director of National Intelligence makes the certification described in subsection (d) or 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is earlier, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a progress report providing any material updates to the report required under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4328A829D71B4D3B9D75E4026327616C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The certification described in this subsection is a certification by the Director of National Intelligence to the appropriate congressional committees that the Syrian regime has completely and verifiably destroyed all components of its chemical weapons program.</text></subsection><subsection id="idF51478AAAF1E4806B00C160CC5076720"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idA137BD5F6F5849118C47B98CDFBB4EE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1EE8E3FA80D048C3863AE36A4E7AD4AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5BA865B373714737B41E8BCD88090BF0"><enum>324.</enum><header>Reports to the
intelligence community on penetrations of networks and information systems of
certain contractors</header><subsection id="HE3EC5C963A0A4126B3DDB7844B607907"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Procedures for
reporting penetrations</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence
shall establish procedures that require each cleared intelligence contractor to
report to an element of the intelligence community designated by the Director
for purposes of such procedures when a network or information system of such
contractor that meets the criteria established pursuant to subsection (b) is
successfully penetrated.</text></subsection><subsection id="id654A26C22FBE4195839AB2E5303E578B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Networks and
information systems subject to reporting</header><text>The Director of National
Intelligence shall, in consultation with appropriate officials, establish
criteria for covered networks to be subject to the procedures for reporting
system penetrations under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id26497617C1824CB69C3CFCB1D196B892"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedure
requirements</header><paragraph id="id3670740002A5443DAFACD5ADFEE23AF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rapid
reporting</header><text>The procedures established pursuant to subsection (a)
shall require each cleared intelligence contractor to rapidly report to an
element of the intelligence community designated pursuant to subsection (a) of
each successful penetration of the network or information systems of such
contractor that meet the criteria established pursuant to subsection (b). Each
such report shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idDC3585DD805546F899EA11117E13B958"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A
description of the technique or method used in such penetration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBFC005FDA874BBA8ED89AEF9CAAA6F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A
sample of the malicious software, if discovered and isolated by the contractor,
involved in such penetration.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6736941595F0446D9582E63D1CF4CD4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A
summary of information created by or for such element in connection with any
program of such element that has been potentially compromised due to such
penetration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1879D702E54442A79256C90DA7E58435"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access to
equipment and information by intelligence community personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The procedures established pursuant to
subsection (a) shall—</text><subparagraph id="id52297B433AD54C14A54C5A6D97FE318D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include mechanisms for intelligence
community personnel to, upon request, obtain access to equipment or information
of a cleared intelligence contractor necessary to conduct forensic analysis in
addition to any analysis conducted by such contractor;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90C6E93980A8457F9306F604CCC4D9BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide that a cleared intelligence
contractor is only required to provide access to equipment or information as
described in subparagraph (A) to determine whether information created by or
for an element of the intelligence community in connection with any
intelligence community program was successfully exfiltrated from a network or
information system of such contractor and, if so, what information was
exfiltrated; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58B5628ED43A4B35AC1601D028E8900E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide for the
reasonable protection of trade secrets, commercial or financial information,
and information that can be used to identify a specific person.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8B10FB93928D43B69EB0CED31F8DE06A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
dissemination of certain information</header><text>The procedures established
pursuant to subsection (a) shall prohibit the dissemination outside the
intelligence community of information obtained or derived through such
procedures that is not created by or for the intelligence community except with
the approval of the contractor providing such information.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE318C53817D6446D910541232AAE886C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Issuance of
procedures and establishment of criteria</header><paragraph id="id459729936AF1484E81BCD4A3DE57BDFB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act—</text><subparagraph id="idD8AB35A910414235A6DAC45813CAB5EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Director of
National Intelligence shall establish the procedures required under subsection
(a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1F4F4EF135E42A289437F5AF31624CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the senior
official designated under subsection (b)(1) shall establish the criteria
required under such subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10CCE7FC490C40D6BD82B34D997F2142"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability
date</header><text>The requirements of this section shall apply on the date on
which the Director of National Intelligence establishes the procedures required
under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1C93E636EC184614903632AC396A79A3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination
with the Secretary of Defense To prevent duplicate reporting</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director
of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall establish
procedures to permit a contractor that is a cleared intelligence contractor and
a cleared defense contractor under section 941 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2224">10 U.S.C. 2224</external-xref> note) to submit a single
report that satisfies the requirements of this section and such section 941 for
an incident of penetration of network or information system.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8E18F26AFCBE49F286A6B4240C86C205"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text><paragraph id="id5E0C58A3330E4B6C97A49B997E6887DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cleared
intelligence contractor</header><text>The term <term>cleared intelligence
contractor</term> means a private entity granted clearance by the Director of
National Intelligence or the head of an element of the intelligence community
to access, receive, or store classified information for the purpose of bidding
for a contract or conducting activities in support of any program of an element
of the intelligence community.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DF9A6723F5C4B6B9935E4A40D063094"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
network</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>covered network</quote> means a network or information system of a
cleared intelligence contractor that contains or processes information created
by or for an element of the intelligence community with respect to which such
contractor is required to apply enhanced protection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA69169D032824F24BF228C85012D451D"><enum>325.</enum><header>Repeal or
modification of certain reporting requirements</header><subsection id="id52BBDA5A471D4469A49CA7F91390F701"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of
certain reporting requirements</header><paragraph id="ida649c638462c439d9bfb5143e2ba94a6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual report
on the threat of attack on the United States using weapons of mass
destruction</header><subparagraph id="id561689E917E148CEB841AA879BA94FAD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
114 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3050">50 U.S.C. 3050</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8A45FE5B662429EBCE85377535157A4" style="OLC"><section id="idD9F04FCC58B948008410E1E055FC49C6"><enum>114.</enum><header>Annual report on hiring and retention of minority
employees</header><subsection id="id6C73E753D58E40B5A4EC1360486611D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
report</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence shall, on an annual
basis, submit to Congress a report on the employment of covered persons within
each element of the intelligence community for the preceding fiscal
year.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID48E92178AF9E4C7FAB603E30C1F72E95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>Each
such report shall include disaggregated data by category of covered person from
each element of the intelligence community on the following:</text><paragraph id="IDCFD66D33848F48A9825301803BF3321F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Of all
individuals employed in the element during the fiscal year involved, the
aggregate percentage of such individuals who are covered persons.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0308042BDC41441BBD6AC0EB98305C3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Of all
individuals employed in the element during the fiscal year involved at the
levels referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B), the percentage of covered
persons employed at such levels:</text><subparagraph id="ID65C8A1A76A8A487AA57A94CD124A5854"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Positions at
levels 1 through 15 of the General Schedule.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID216EBD5AEA654283A01F4212664CF0D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Positions at
levels above GS–15.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID55AE75F920C34861B3AEACC9025F6FF7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Of all
individuals hired by the element involved during the fiscal year involved, the
percentage of such individuals who are covered persons.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1C4084D557BA4E0AA88F54E3ADE2F9B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of
report</header><text>Each such report shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may contain a classified annex.</text></subsection><subsection id="ID1344FC040E504D80A80FAD4BF4B6AF55"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed as providing for the substitution of any
similar report required under another provision of law.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDBE8FC4B22A344063BB5224A8F5B595DC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Covered persons
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered persons</term>
means—</text><paragraph id="ID939EF61F64414496B0C889D5AFD3475A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>racial and ethnic
minorities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4BEDB8302BB5427CABA856BCAE1A6482"><enum>(2)</enum><text>women; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5AD61CC172EB44EA851979D3354F296C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>individuals with
disabilities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1434B32260CF4DB9AA26B61F7DE58893"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of
contents amendment</header><text>The table of contents in the first section of
the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3001">50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 114 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id0d4041db-4de4-47f7-9f7e-cddf9a3e20fb" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry idref="idD9F04FCC58B948008410E1E055FC49C6" level="section">Sec. 114. Annual report on hiring and retention of minority
employees.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbb5acdb90ff24b778d794bd4b4c61a88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports on
commerce with, and assistance to, Cuba from other foreign countries</header><subparagraph id="id1904CAFE77694CE096E2B1333E4B5B3C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
108 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22
U.S.C. 6038) is repealed.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EA825AF45104ADC850852F1C2C16C26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Table of
contents amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021
et seq.) is amended by striking the item relating to section 108.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id325790fcd32b4a9e9f8104bc75e5c438"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Annual report on uncontrolled treaty-limited equipment</header><text>Section 2(5)(E) of the Senate resolution advising and consenting to ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna May 31, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-5) (commonly referred to as the "CFE Flank Document"), 105th Congress, agreed to May 14, 1997, is repealed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDE24C4557135482086E1E553B846CEF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of
certain reporting requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id5a6db3d6cf6e42c3b417457e9fdce86f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Intelligence
advisory committees</header><text>Section 410(b) of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3309">50 U.S.C. 3309</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide51042857dfb43d883404b5bfe96f851" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id2e5a4d3d2a9d4a6dbe75a6f195d5c058"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification of
establishments of advisory committee</header><text>The Director of National
Intelligence and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall each
notify the congressional intelligence committees each time such Director
creates an advisory committee. Each notification shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idaae6d10c9ec042fa98d2a944e5108c28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
such advisory committee, including the subject matter of such committee;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id2631cef266de45abbbc853645fbff5a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a list of members
of such advisory committee; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6f53db462e3743e987caf0d133dbb1e8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of an
advisory committee created by the Director of National intelligence, the
reasons for a determination by the Director under section 4(b)(3) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) that an advisory committee
cannot comply with the requirements of such
Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idad3f9173e9254fdbac071413f0ec62ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports on
intelligence community business system transformation</header><text>Section
506D(j) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3100">50 U.S.C. 3100(j)</external-xref>) is amended in
the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2015,</quote> and
inserting <quote>2014,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf8fb4c4024d4db4a5c576c28ce927c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports on the
activities of privacy and civil liberties officers</header><text>Section
1062(f)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42
U.S.C. 2000ee-1(f)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
striking <quote>quarterly,</quote> and inserting
<quote>semiannually,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d45d8dba98a4b82b77a2b3ee12412c2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Notifications
of waivers of conditions for disqualification for security
clearances</header><text>Section 3002(c)(4) of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3343">50 U.S.C. 3343(c)(4)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id903DB9BCE2C04D67A6A7376D5FCFA1C3" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idca71c49a1c2e4d97be0b96769fc86c01"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waivers of
conditions for disqualification for security clearances</header><subparagraph id="id3C75CA2BC2A34D3083C8CF84BFC19993"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
head of a Federal agency shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress if
such agency employs or employed a person for whom a waiver was granted in
accordance with paragraph (2) within 15 days of granting such waiver. Such
notification shall not reveal the identity of such person, but shall include
the disqualifying factor under paragraph (1) and the reasons for the waiver of
the disqualifying factor.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49b5fea9a97f49afbee2b59fd649e9c0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this paragraph:</text><clause id="id809acb5cd82a4ff7b78665b3217f4d09"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Appropriate
committees of Congress</header><text>The term <term>appropriate committees of
Congress</term> means, with respect to a notification submitted under
subparagraph (A) by the head of a Federal agency—</text><subclause id="id81ffac8194cf483fbfed71567c2b28ab"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the congressional
defense committees;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2bfb539a783a4c4a9c5c6d224fc662de"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the
congressional intelligence committees;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide255735bf4be46e39e0fdbec6b288000"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;</text></subclause><subclause id="id44846102adf744ca8c20cba86518d70e"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3cdfa213f89a45e3833faadb28f1a39b"><enum>(V)</enum><text>each Committee of
the Senate or the House of Representatives with oversight authority over such
Federal agency.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id00faf0db76394e25b0e76220613e77de"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Congressional
defense committees</header><text>The term <term>congressional defense
committees</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of
title 10, United States Code.</text></clause><clause id="id118be58910a142f484121f532be7e4eb"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Congressional
intelligence committees</header><text>The term <term>congressional intelligence
committees</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community</header><subtitle id="id180073CF00C34A839432E5B2307540CD" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>National Security Agency</header><section id="id6901d667cbd041839d888b8313a7c533"><enum>401.</enum><header>Appointment of the Director of the National Security Agency</header><subsection id="id803443200a6b413a8806ad1a66782e82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Director of the
National Security Agency</header><text>Section 2 of the National Security
Agency Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3602">50 U.S.C. 3602</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6b1ab4dbba81484882a136904860e3d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(b)</quote> before <quote>There</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2deddfe80f1e4f77adb2d51e6c943ca6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before subsection (b), as so designated by paragraph (1), the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92a8d3e513a34acc82f9caf3487e24ed" style="OLC"><subsection id="idb5834cb1d8a84d5db73fe933bc8659b0"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2252D0801F764BA0A58EC17278A55CA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is a Director of
the National Security Agency.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8D95E658C23A45089E45341115E7AB4D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Director of the National Security
Agency shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id379A97E6C1EC4637B7D86469690C1CB8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Director of the National Security
Agency shall be the head of the National Security Agency and shall discharge
such functions and duties as are provided by this Act or otherwise by
law or executive order.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5b3857ef2e514ce7a0d8efe21f094aea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Position of
importance and responsibility</header><text>The President may designate the
Director of the National Security Agency as a position of importance and
responsibility under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/601">section 601</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida4cb87e856ee4c9ab286c3dce9e5cbcf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date
and applicability</header><paragraph id="id57621864644049A8A340AF4EA15D13A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply upon the earlier
of—</text><subparagraph id="id6809f66897464f5cab0503247012d8cd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the
nomination by the President of an individual to serve as the Director of the
National Security Agency, except that the individual serving as such Director
as of the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to perform such duties
after such date of nomination and until the individual appointed as such
Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, assumes the duties
of such Director; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id858f5e8ae10f46019f50bc825eefdc5e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of the
cessation of the performance of the duties of such Director by the individual
performing such duties as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id147e3b87d73b47319e578215a3af5035"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Positions of
importance and responsibility</header><text>Subsection (b) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6175ff531b914e8b996d05bf1a4e44d2"><enum>402.</enum><header>Appointment of the Inspector General of the National Security Agency</header><subsection id="iddc6fa861196e4273bf37393bcea21b27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide62c10df35a24489a4e2a9dd148ecf4c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8G(a)(2), by striking <quote>the National Security Agency,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6deb92c8265b49a3b9d514249f0f5efb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 12—</text><subparagraph id="id0b827afd5de241ac9d96205635e47a9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code;</quote> and inserting <quote>the Federal Cochairpersons of the Commissions established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; the Director of the National Security Agency;</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2e51dbb72875496aa5a9ad4f30ff0aa4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or the Commissions established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code,</quote> and inserting <quote>the Commissions established under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/15301">section 15301</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, the National Security Agency,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75b9313e388d46f788b2ae0596aba030"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date; incumbent</header><paragraph id="idd0646256419640838c5ab041994fe506"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date on which the first Director of the National Security Agency takes office on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b8eed9ce73148a984f2f307983594cd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incumbent</header><text>The individual serving as Inspector General of the National Security Agency on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be eligible to be appointed by the President to a new term of service under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Inspector General Act of 1978 /3">section 3</external-xref> of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id4A5AC994C584477B95DEE4422EDE7474" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>National Reconnaissance Office </header><section id="id37F5E0B5CE5F46BD9C135C8A0ED41A22"><enum>411.</enum><header>Appointment of the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office</header><subsection id="idADF49772AE8543A792CAA8418476DD48"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The National Security
Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3001">50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding after section 106 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A9F5DC6E0244E148CFD27DE278F895F" style="OLC"><section id="idF9C11EFE5CBE4EED8F0F8DBD2F003597"><enum>106A.</enum><header>Director of the National Reconnaissance Office</header><subsection id="id701B971A15F642F9A92C68805BD80FEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is a Director of
the National Reconnaissance Office.</text></subsection><subsection id="id44F8DE541AC74143AB6B43AC823BAC71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The Director of the National Reconnaissance Office shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate.</text></subsection><subsection id="id659773AC88A547DC9BAD3CAC4DF0B1A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions and duties</header><text>The Director of the National Reconnaissance Office shall be the head of the National Reconnaissance Office and shall discharge
such functions and duties as are provided by this Act or otherwise by
law or executive order.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0B4B0E757B8B4923AB2ACC7280933BC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Position of importance and responsibility</header><text>The President may designate the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office as a position of importance and responsibility under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/601">section 601</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7F2D5D940444E1EB4E50B145608EA27"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Table of contents amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3001">50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 106 the following:</text><quoted-block id="id5d11a03e-970e-455f-87be-95b53aefc37a" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry idref="idF9C11EFE5CBE4EED8F0F8DBD2F003597" level="section">Sec. 106A. Director of the National Reconnaissance Office.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0F121E8C2B524732B254A3652E55B37E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date
and applicability</header><paragraph id="idE16BE5050F49474DA60CBB5EFDE7BDB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (a) shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply upon the earlier
of—</text><subparagraph id="id3981DB763CD54A5397317A61FDD30C96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date of the
nomination by the President of an individual to serve as the Director of the
National Reconnaissance Office, except that the individual serving as such Director
as of the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to perform such duties
after such date of nomination and until the individual appointed as such
Director, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, assumes the duties
of such Director; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id271EC19A4CF944CDBFC5856D51141902"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of the
cessation of the performance of the duties of such Director by the individual
performing such duties as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5D290AEFBC5746A5B9CFF41F06A7907E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Positions of
importance and responsibility</header><text>Subsection (d) of section 106A of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB8B92C3835BA4C8C9CE9073BD4D4E5A5"><enum>412.</enum><header>Appointment of the Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office</header><subsection id="id102771D26DAF42E4AC2E937DD57A14FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)—</text><paragraph id="id5DA11D9450E24BE3BE063B9A7F8B3770"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 8G(a)(2), as amended by section 402, is further amended by striking <quote>the National Reconnaissance Office,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2727F0ECCD4B4461B3E327E85D7AF685"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 12, as amended by section 402, is further amended—</text><subparagraph id="id674A4AEB18244412A83368C490567E58"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office;</quote> before <quote>as the case may be;</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC3385EFBC5249D3A6DEE50F82AA8495"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>or the National Reconnaissance Office,</quote> before <quote>as the case may be;</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEC590BD13A3247F6971BFB3B4F388B85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date; incumbent</header><paragraph id="idA7EC638BAE474828A68656F5378BD308"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date on which the first Director of the National Reconnaissance Office takes office on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC133969FF7174E5D90EEA803CA21A237"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incumbent</header><text>The individual serving as Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office on the date of enactment of this Act shall be eligible to be appointed by the President to a new term of service under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Inspector General Act of 1978 /3">section 3</external-xref> of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Security
clearance reform</header><section id="idc123a3ffbb654a2da96e2f7e626d2d99"><enum>501.</enum><header>Appropriate
committees of Congress defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>appropriate
committees of Congress</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id3A5765A7D1B543648A15411AE9656C6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the congressional
intelligence committees;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBEEB0035B0C44C8FAC48E0285585CB17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0155B7D93E1348C2BA07C3E0C6023166"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idA7B8D933B51149FABE0737E901526A7A"><enum>502.</enum><header>Technology
improvements to security clearance processing</header><subsection id="id84a8f1d8bd604747a605a9c62220d218"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management, shall conduct an analysis of the relative costs and benefits of
potential improvements to the process for investigating persons who are
proposed for access to classified information and adjudicating whether such
persons satisfy the criteria for obtaining and retaining access to such
information.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4e2b98a9f7834bb8ad8cf60e6f93b771"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
analysis</header><text>In conducting the analysis required by subsection (a),
the Director of National Intelligence shall evaluate the costs and benefits
associated with—</text><paragraph id="id7f86c1110860428083005f5f355166d9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the elimination
of manual processes in security clearance investigations and adjudications, if
possible, and automating and integrating the elements of the investigation
process, including—</text><subparagraph id="id43f9aedb9f1d492389d8c3fac5d97ebd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the clearance
application process;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0cbb4b14937e42d099060cc05eeb0e9b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>case
management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d7b8fe58493444c9f0b29eba54370b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adjudication
management;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7fd4a8be163a49288a6b95f8049fabad"><enum>(D)</enum><text>investigation
methods for the collection, analysis, storage, retrieval, and transfer of data
and records; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3c7ad0c82d34fc9a6df65c046ec9140"><enum>(E)</enum><text>records
management for access and eligibility determinations;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id17e5d9b0bf7f45d0a066151b69b00a08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the elimination
or reduction, if possible, of the use of databases and information sources that
cannot be accessed and processed automatically electronically, or modification
of such databases and information sources, to enable electronic access and
processing;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0fd8a095b29404898e7fef76a10340a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the use of
government-developed and commercial technology for continuous monitoring and
evaluation of government and commercial data sources that can identify and flag
information pertinent to adjudication guidelines and eligibility
determinations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34e26fc427bf419a80219ff3cb01ac09"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the
standardization of forms used for routine reporting required of cleared
personnel (such as travel, foreign contacts, and financial disclosures) and use
of continuous monitoring technology to access databases containing such
reportable information to independently obtain and analyze reportable data and
events;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb87646cf56b4d8e8728671738afbdfe"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the establishment
of an authoritative central repository of personnel security information that
is accessible electronically at multiple levels of classification and
eliminates technical barriers to rapid access to information necessary for
eligibility determinations and reciprocal recognition thereof;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a9ae53752554f68b31421af2da2ab0c"><enum>(6)</enum><text>using digitally
processed fingerprints, as a substitute for ink or paper prints, to reduce
error rates and improve portability of data;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde1bac922ca14e0ab45464467f6e6d4a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>expanding the use
of technology to improve an applicant’s ability to discover the status of a
pending security clearance application or reinvestigation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfedfd4862e4f4ba995c86ea7cfb37ee9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>using government
and publicly available commercial data sources, including social media, that
provide independent information pertinent to adjudication guidelines to improve
quality and timeliness, and reduce costs, of investigations and
reinvestigations.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb6e961d069c6411e9acdf09d11b3f3d3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the analysis required by
subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id7f5ca8e2cd474a748b453205fed86eff"><enum>503.</enum><header>Enhanced
reciprocity of security clearances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3001(d) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56730254404140A5AC50DF6C4891678F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idb5202927bfb94040b801a9aa68ee7237" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idE7A4EF2F15DE4FB092E311089F8092C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No agency may reject
another agency's determination that an individual is eligible for access to
classified information on the basis that such eligibility determination is
out-of-scope, unless the head of the entity selected pursuant to subsection (b)
certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that the rejecting agency
does not employ any personnel who have background investigations that are
out-of-scope.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id157051F8C779483185248229C8733524" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In this paragraph, the term
<quote>out-of-scope</quote> means a background investigation or reinvestigation
that is more than—</text><clause id="id022DA819EAF7477FAF8ACBA7F0CD2C01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>7 years old in the case of a top
secret clearance;</text></clause><clause id="id85943BE047544242BA687D8665E9680B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 years old in the case of a secret
clearance; or</text></clause><clause id="idDB8FDFECB76D40A0BD43620698E30FEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>15 years old in the case of a
confidential clearance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id15aac987919e4fb982cdd4056b49c31f" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>All personnel who have been
determined to be eligible for access to classified information shall be
presumed to be suitable for employment, unless and until the head of an agency
determines on a case-by-case basis that an individual is not suitable for
employment, in which case the individual shall be notified of such suitability
determination in writing within 15
days.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id293cda061b02499c9f9cc4e3d78aebd6"><enum>504.</enum><header>Report on
reciprocity of security clearances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head of the entity selected pursuant to
section 3001(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341(b)</external-xref>) shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report each year through 2017 that describes for the preceding year—</text><paragraph id="idab0b6f2a1ce842c1b373a60f578adcc3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the periods of
time required by authorized adjudicative agencies for accepting background
investigations and determinations completed by an authorized investigative
entity or authorized adjudicative agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc753c5825524d3f9df443f8a11f509a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number
of cases in which a background investigation or determination completed by an
authorized investigative entity or authorized adjudicative agency is accepted
by another agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id335045493be542659016d827e164d4cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the total number
of cases in which a background investigation or determination completed by an
authorized investigative entity or authorized adjudicative agency is not
accepted by another agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6981573e6f394fd1a558c32403902869"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such other
information or recommendations as the head of the entity selected pursuant to
such section 3001(b) considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idd3412a0c6912467fabf8748f06ec06aa"><enum>505.</enum><header>Improving the
periodic reinvestigation process</header><subsection id="id60bf902b8ad94efd90b95622b5b6411e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2017, the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management, shall transmit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a strategic plan for improving the process for periodic
reinvestigations.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb9f38892671144a987f98c1fef41565c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan required by subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id14e2d1c931df43e0bdb72e61f9b36ce7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of
the costs and benefits associated with conducting more frequent or less
frequent periodic reinvestigations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf6ebcefb9ebb4bee85fd9e64d907583e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of
the potential benefits of expanding the Government's use of continuous
evaluation tools as a means of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of
procedures for confirming the eligibility of personnel for continued access to
classified information.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id164BF4F923B345BC8318FFDCB83335AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Periodic
reinvestigations defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>periodic
reinvestigations</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3001(a) of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C.
3341(a)).</text></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intelligence community whistleblower
protections</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF08CAEBBA2D4B66AFA85713D2AC7C5B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of intelligence community
whistleblowers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93CCDE48A2334CAEB67BA447BF35A40C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/23">Chapter 23</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 2303 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE3B12E88C30433D82E628BDB07B5D8D" style="USC"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A65E865D11E419E9B42BE6B6E4C06C1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2303A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibited personnel practices in the
intelligence community</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7125788A13944BF9EEEF749AD93010C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ED8FE9FAEBC4F368A795251F47D413E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agency</term> means an
executive department or independent establishment, as defined under sections
101 and 104, that contains an intelligence community element, except the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D45ACE7E48440569AC2C3DA20F3E587"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional intelligence
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>congressional intelligence committees</quote> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A36FB5335AC4C178DD99F07D565AF7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC76709208AD42A897502404A0C7C360"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE76F774493244D58E237DAF171B7CA4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intelligence community element</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>intelligence community
element</term>—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB274456071124CA7BCB10310C532DC24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7CF34FC1296D43C181004A858A0A69AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Central Intelligence Agency, the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the
National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
and the National Reconnaissance Office; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1D68731AA384957A975A7A2B9C64E60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any executive agency or unit thereof
determined by the President under section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) to have as its
principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence
activities; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A951D5915EA41E78F6BC99DA45E6705"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include the Federal Bureau of
Investigation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AB89A3C64F44BE798866732267AA936"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Personnel action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>personnel action</term>
means any action described in clauses (i) through (x) of section 2302(a)(2)(A)
with respect to an employee in a position in an intelligence community element
(other than a position of a confidential, policy-determining, policymaking, or
policy-advocating character).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id605AFC29296148EE8823582A3EAD4624"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any employee of an agency who has authority
to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action,
shall not, with respect to such authority, take or fail to take a personnel
action with respect to any employee of an intelligence community element as a
reprisal for a disclosure of information by the employee to the Director of
National Intelligence (or an employee designated by the Director of National
Intelligence for such purpose), the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, the head of the employing agency (or an
employee designated by the head of that agency for such purpose), the appropriate inspector general of the employing agency, a congressional intelligence committee, or a member of a congressional intelligence committee, which the
employee reasonably believes evidences—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9941D52D321748209419710EBA97BECD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a violation of any law, rule, or
regulation; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22FFC499D92346EDB0BC1447BEA04EF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an
abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or
safety.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id107E3D3489E3419FAEBF37B17412A513"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall provide for the
enforcement of this section in a manner consistent with applicable provisions
of sections 1214 and 1221.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B4C3180DA1E44F082A2A7846FACF9C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Existing rights preserved</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF3D852823BB4F498ED3C9C1BA6C34FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">preempt or preclude any employee, or
applicant for employment, at the Federal Bureau of Investigation from
exercising rights currently provided under any other law, rule, or regulation,
including section 2303;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F1AE13B6B004B21B2BDBE132297D274"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repeal section 2303; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0427D4854ED941B0A7615DB4F3861477"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the President or Director of
National Intelligence the authority to revise regulations related to section
2303, codified in part 27 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B93F19E91AC4F9DAA02127DCC446E0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/23">chapter 23</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 2303 the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27B140F3940046E795293D4996DCBDBC" style="OLC"><toc><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">2303A. Prohibited personnel
practices in the intelligence
community.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40BBCE3EAC354A65997A18B981977776" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of security clearance or access
determinations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID443392562a0840419f008af8708812d3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3001(b) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F42FBA7E9D04F0A96B46DF2821F73A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>Not</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as otherwise provided,
not</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83077CC3EF5749E78B83F3C5A9AC5D76"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE61AE054A75C4071A8F29BCAAFD4D75A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E1F6264287A4988A870F3524D8FD38A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34795BB3C53648DB9C801BE85E93385B" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5ef2452873d4f8f9d8802d914639d4b"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of the <short-title>Intelligence Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2014</short-title>—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4E3E7A5F5004C8AB7ABEC10FD85FDF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing policies and procedures that
permit, to the extent practicable, individuals who in good faith appeal a
determination to suspend or revoke a security clearance or access to classified
information to retain their government employment status while such challenge
is pending; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e06270839574c84996da733e75e58c0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and implementing uniform and
consistent policies and procedures to ensure proper protections during the
process for denying, suspending, or revoking a security clearance or access to
classified information, including the provision of a right to appeal such a
denial, suspension, or revocation, except that there shall be no appeal of an
agency’s suspension of a security clearance or access determination for
purposes of conducting an investigation, if that suspension lasts no longer
than 1 year or the head of the agency certifies that a longer suspension is
needed before a final decision on denial or revocation to prevent imminent harm
to the national security.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE910B3314E6D478DBEC86F172848ED5F"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any limitation period applicable to an
agency appeal under paragraph (7) shall be tolled until the head of the agency
(or in the case of any component of the Department of Defense, the Secretary of
Defense) determines, with the concurrence of the Director of National
Intelligence, that the policies and procedures described in paragraph (7) have
been established for the agency or the Director of National Intelligence
promulgates the policies and procedures under paragraph (7). The policies and
procedures for appeals developed under paragraph (7) shall be comparable to the
policies and procedures pertaining to prohibited personnel practices defined
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2302">section 2302(b)(8)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and provide—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDba7e7a4b8bdc4a8188715473c5a0e863"><enum>(A)<?LEXA-Enum (A)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for an independent and impartial
fact-finder;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID636949e73c8a4a8e8b7317f5553a1092"><enum>(B)<?LEXA-Enum (B)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for notice and the opportunity to be heard,
including the opportunity to present relevant evidence, including witness
testimony;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID63ff500b8113413db77d47ab7d39046c"><enum>(C)<?LEXA-Enum (C)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the employee or former employee may be
represented by counsel;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcdaa4a1eac6f41a7be347f3e189c246c"><enum>(D)<?LEXA-Enum (D)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the employee or former employee has a
right to a decision based on the record developed during the appeal;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID28d366da745f4262801192ec0426a793"><enum>(E)<?LEXA-Enum (E)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that not more than 180 days shall pass from
the filing of the appeal to the report of the impartial fact-finder to the
agency head or the designee of the agency head, unless—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6743CEF8A2D746D58966622D43C70AE0"><enum>(i)<?LEXA-Enum (i)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee and the agency concerned agree
to an extension; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFF4BF4CB8C14BA6AAA54CE9B89C2F89"><enum>(ii)<?LEXA-Enum (ii)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impartial fact-finder determines in
writing that a greater period of time is required in the interest of fairness
or national security;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID161e55ab5ec3417f992f367dc0befb0d"><enum>(F)<?LEXA-Enum (F)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the use of information specifically
required by Executive order to be kept classified in the interest of national
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs in a manner consistent with the
interests of national security, including ex parte submissions if the agency
determines that the interests of national security so warrant; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C11A0FB370B43E3BCC504F890DA5F6C"><enum>(G)<?LEXA-Enum (G)?></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the employee or former employee shall
have no right to compel the production of information specifically required by
Executive order to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or
the conduct of foreign affairs, except evidence necessary to establish that the
employee made the disclosure or communication such employee alleges was
protected by subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection
(j)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83267438C4284312BC7C8443EC4685BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retaliatory revocation of security
clearances and access determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A836018E1E9409B8D88D3052FF10A7B" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdb5348fd350b47779992612e18c6d3f5"><enum>(j)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retaliatory revocation of security
clearances and access determinations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9246bf85f33b42adb84753c8ef85f008"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency personnel with authority over
personnel security clearance or access determinations shall not take or fail to
take, or threaten to take or fail to take, any action with respect to any
employee's security clearance or access determination because of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82a5afa40140469092f79a35c0928489"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any disclosure of information to the
Director of National Intelligence (or an employee designated by the Director of
National Intelligence for such purpose) or the head of the employing agency (or
employee designated by the head of that agency for such purpose) by an employee
that the employee reasonably believes evidences—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71cccc807316479eacbb39d1c75d556d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a violation of any law, rule, or
regulation; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID05afbdb0b10547159297195f76b3c122"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gross mismanagement, a gross waste of
funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or safety;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36a8526b9a78479c865247bcabac289d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any disclosure to the Inspector General of
an agency or another employee designated by the head of the agency to receive
such disclosures, of information which the employee reasonably believes
evidences—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ed7d3127d904b5d8c7d7eca4122aaa8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a violation of any law, rule, or
regulation; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1fb136637e4a4fada225ad8a4a14531b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">gross mismanagement, a gross waste of
funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
health or safety;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID558b657e94c74018b9db744724dca9bf"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any communication that complies
with—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCEEF3F1AC0E649C2A74F2E1AB84347DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsections (a)(1), (d), and (h) of section
8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33BEE217ACC7439CB18C3D747220F0B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraphs (A), (D), and
(H) of section 17(d)(5) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3517">50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD55AE7790D01475C95E14EFBCE53E43C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subparagraphs (A), (D), and (I) of section 103H(k)(5) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3033">50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)</external-xref>); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID30d113ab0efa4ce1a8c18675610c3f3d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the actions do not result in the employee or applicant
unlawfully disclosing information specifically required by Executive order to
be kept classified in the interest of national defense or the conduct of
foreign affairs—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C0BB315392D45728C416DC99A7C4086"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the exercise of any appeal, complaint, or
grievance right granted by any law, rule, or regulation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0887069dd1eb4b8c8cb734bdd706d537"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">testifying for or otherwise lawfully
assisting any individual in the exercise of any right referred to in
clause (i); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1a542402984d42d1b50ef6735e873c87"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperating with or disclosing information
to the Inspector General of an agency, in accordance with applicable provisions
of law in connection with an audit, inspection, or investigation conducted by
the Inspector General.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71D87D537D8B4032A20A21973F39D7AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the protection of sources
and methods, nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize the
withholding of information from Congress or the taking of any personnel action
against an employee who discloses information to Congress.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc26b1e103b6643048f7a0fa1d6c863d0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosures</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8223A94380E64B419A0AF1595DE3414F"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A disclosure shall not be excluded from
paragraph (1) because—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb300b021f8514529874f33c09a7ca024"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the disclosure was made to a person,
including a supervisor, who participated in an activity that the employee
reasonably believed to be covered by paragraph (1)(A)(ii);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID90efa8b323b84599a2fb2bfd7fcde83c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the disclosure revealed information that
had been previously disclosed;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a13ce912a084de8990282e6297f9f71"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the employee's motive for making the
disclosure;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6299dae9fdc74299a286fd7fa952521d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the disclosure was not made in
writing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb2a84b159ec245359a30209b3ed8c550"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the disclosure was made while the employee
was off duty; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71eb96fae8f2451f849587122528af8e"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the amount of time which has passed
since the occurrence of the events described in the disclosure.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d97d2102a024df991d25f8802af1d2c"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reprisals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a disclosure is made during the normal
course of duties of an employee, the disclosure shall not be excluded from
paragraph (1) if any employee who has authority to take, direct others to take,
recommend, or approve any personnel action with respect to the employee making
the disclosure, took, failed to take, or threatened to take or fail to take a
personnel action with respect to that employee in reprisal for the
disclosure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77f7d9bb7fba46e48e9f5a4d42c1f751"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency adjudication</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE5A3DDCFF6F4B838A2B0EE49FFE503C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remedial procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee or former employee who believes
that he or she has been subjected to a reprisal prohibited by paragraph (1) may, within 90 days after the issuance of notice of such
decision, appeal that decision within the agency of that employee or former
employee through proceedings authorized by subsection (b)(7), except that there
shall be no appeal of an agency’s suspension of a security clearance or access
determination for purposes of conducting an investigation, if that suspension
lasts not longer than 1 year (or a longer period in accordance with a
certification made under subsection (b)(7)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58118c2a523d48c5871a7a9c9cd0db71"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corrective action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in the course of proceedings authorized
under subparagraph (A), it is determined that the adverse security clearance or
access determination violated paragraph (1), the agency
shall take specific corrective action to return the employee or former
employee, as nearly as practicable and reasonable, to the position such
employee or former employee would have held had the violation not occurred.
Such corrective action shall include reasonable attorney's fees and any other
reasonable costs incurred, and may include back pay and related benefits,
travel expenses, and compensatory damages not to exceed $300,000.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID895d77eda66e4a2d911114872737d2b7"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contributing factor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether the adverse security
clearance or access determination violated paragraph (1),
the agency shall find that paragraph (1) was violated if a
disclosure described in paragraph (1) was a contributing factor in the adverse
security clearance or access determination taken against the individual, unless
the agency demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have
taken the same action in the absence of such disclosure, giving the utmost
deference to the agency's assessment of the particular threat to the national
security interests of the United States in the instant matter.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65df63d994bb4eec9dcf85ebb0ed2c40"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appellate review of security clearance
access determinations by Director of National Intelligence</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE5073322BBD40A9BFD108DD6DCEB043"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term
<quote>Board</quote> means the appellate review board established under section
604(b) of the <short-title>Intelligence Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2014</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id841B7653D5FF4F6B9302BBBA23BF1CB5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after receiving notice of an
adverse final agency determination under a proceeding under paragraph (4), an
employee or former employee may appeal that determination to the Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1a4bad5568b243cea6859ef0c9544f4c"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policies and procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board, in consultation with the
Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of
Defense, shall develop and implement policies and procedures for adjudicating
the appeals authorized by subparagraph (B). The Director of National
Intelligence and Secretary of Defense shall jointly approve any rules,
regulations, or guidance issued by the Board concerning the procedures for the
use or handling of classified information.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7c78214efb0a4786905435033ad37988"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board’s review shall be on the complete
agency record, which shall be made available to the Board. The Board may not
hear witnesses or admit additional evidence. Any portions of the record that
were submitted ex parte during the agency proceedings shall be submitted ex
parte to the Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1c805579b3874f5e80698b8659e72485"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Further fact-finding or improper
denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Board concludes
that further fact-finding is necessary or finds that the agency improperly
denied the employee or former employee the opportunity to present evidence
that, if admitted, would have a substantial likelihood of altering the outcome,
the Board shall remand the matter to the agency from which it originated for
additional proceedings in accordance with the rules of procedure issued by the
Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8c73a554268042fca1b24daff23ffe58"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">De novo determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall make a de novo
determination, based on the entire record and under the standards specified in
paragraph (4), of whether the employee or former employee received an adverse
security clearance or access determination in violation of paragraph (1). In
considering the record, the Board may weigh the evidence, judge the credibility
of witnesses, and determine controverted questions of fact. In doing so, the
Board may consider the prior fact-finder’s opportunity to see and hear the
witnesses.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ac593bd565a4e33be3f024f5c219032"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adverse security clearance or access
determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Board
finds that the adverse security clearance or access determination violated
paragraph (1), the Board shall separately determine whether reinstating the
security clearance or access determination is clearly consistent with the
interests of national security, with any doubt resolved in favor of national
security, under Executive Order 12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245; relating to access
to classified information) or any successor thereto (including any adjudicative
guidelines promulgated under such orders) or any subsequent Executive order,
regulation, or policy concerning access to classified information.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf5221d8bde3744aba8c68ed486c1ec40"><enum>(H)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remedies</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78e17c4a496a48819fa617466ace31f7"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corrective action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Board finds that the adverse
security clearance or access determination violated paragraph (1), the Board shall
order the agency head to take specific corrective action to return the employee
or former employee, as nearly as practicable and reasonable, to the position
such employee or former employee would have held had the violation not
occurred. Such corrective action shall include reasonable attorney's fees and
any other reasonable costs incurred, and may include back pay and related
benefits, travel expenses, and compensatory damages not to exceed $300,000. The
Board may recommend, but may not order, reinstatement or hiring of a former
employee. The Board may order that the former employee be treated as though the
employee were transferring from the most recent position held when seeking
other positions within the executive branch. Any corrective action shall not
include the reinstating of any security clearance or access determination. The
agency head shall take the actions so ordered within 90 days, unless the
Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Energy, or the Secretary of
Defense, in the case of any component of the Department of Defense, determines
that doing so would endanger national security.</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID982a72d8164f40aea6f1ff42b9d9bb06"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommended action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Board finds that reinstating the
employee or former employee's security clearance or access determination is
clearly consistent with the interests of national security, the Board shall recommend
such action to the head of the entity selected under subsection (b) and the
head of the affected agency.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1371B484E42C49C3955F9BE236647206"><enum>(I)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Notification</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE567A5817B7846AA80360452B3C1FD65"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the protection of sources
and methods, at the time the Board issues an order, the Chairperson of the
Board shall notify—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD213D3AA2A764A9788161508FE5F8572"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security and
Government Affairs of the Senate;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1C6A9BB976EA4211B0E8C5C9BFA7B537"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9162D4EAD13B4AD5A1C12B31C309E259"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B82F931F5AA4FF7B1B1E8950802679F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54fc87a5c43d4c85942c66d5ecc4ca2e"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the committees of the Senate and the House
of Representatives that have jurisdiction over the employing agency, including
in the case of a final order or decision of the Defense Intelligence Agency,
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, or
the National Reconnaissance Office, the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA849EF4EC4E0437AA255068C8707C154"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the agency head and the head of the
entity selected under subsection (b) do not follow the Board’s recommendation
to reinstate a clearance, the head of the entity selected under subsection (b)
shall notify the committees described in subclauses (I) through (V) of clause
(i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd30ca46da1f543dfb6de3df8e3a7b2e3"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to permit or require judicial review of any—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1317A12C4D36475789D8E2E97B757926"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agency action under this section; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74E2A758AE0A451FB13F8D9E55FA3751"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">action of the appellate review board
established under section 604(b) of the <short-title>Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2014</short-title>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C4A45B2B6D348F1A62082406868A143"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Private cause of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed
to permit, authorize, or require a private cause of action to challenge the
merits of a security clearance
determination.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF126AC43297A4841BA0DEA958F89AB16"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access determination defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3001(a) of the Intelligence Reform
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding
at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FB2898294C84BF18BD54EC56DB801AF" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id35600A2CDAA348E8A742A16226776C5B"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>access determination</term>
means the determination regarding whether an employee—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD840CB124831452593C9EAE1274C034F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is eligible for access to classified
information in accordance with Executive Order 12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245;
relating to access to classified information), or any successor thereto, and
Executive Order 10865 (25 Fed. Reg. 1583; relating to safeguarding classified
information with industry), or any successor thereto; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD583ADB43DF4304AD47AB85491C6FA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possesses a need to know under such an
Order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF41DE86F21C4D0BBA9BC42F85E9025F"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in section 3001 of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>), as amended by
this title, shall be construed to require the repeal or replacement of agency
appeal procedures implementing Executive Order 12968 (60 Fed. Reg. 40245;
relating to access to classified information), or any successor thereto, and
Executive Order 10865 (25 Fed. Reg. 1583; relating to safeguarding classified
information with industry), or any successor thereto, that meet the
requirements of paragraph (7) of section 3001(b) of such Act, as added by this
section.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C8E0B054B664B7287095A5B2960C445" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revisions of other laws</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id538890E4FF3E4320B06206103EAE7936"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General Act of 1978</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8H of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB368B58BA39442F79F6F7D51A509A4DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B128DE3EFE54C439EA2E032C7D505A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after
<quote>(b)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5815C8B047C41388F4453EAC4CF806C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52CA81BA15B040AAB817BB12DF837E97" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id244F56ACDAD84DE3B1F1AB7AF4C7CC5F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the head of an establishment determines
that a complaint or information transmitted under paragraph (1) would create a
conflict of interest for the head of the establishment, the head of the
establishment shall return the complaint or information to the Inspector
General with that determination and the Inspector General shall make the
transmission to the Director of National Intelligence and, if the establishment
is within the Department of Defense, to the Secretary of Defense. In such a
case, the requirements of this section for the head of the establishment apply
to each recipient of the Inspector General’s transmission. Each recipient of
the Inspector General's transmission shall consult with the members of the
appellate review board established under section 604(b) of the
<short-title>Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2014</short-title> regarding all transmissions under this
paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1C8B4EB77B54FF2907AF723FF858379"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating subsection (h) as subsection
(i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16F0623DF4044F09BBFCC4B03F6C0383"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (g), the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE7589CA49E24DF398F7A32C087A3256" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a29b2c70a864acaa2227b10f359bbcd"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who has submitted a complaint
or information to an Inspector General under this section may notify any member
of Congress or congressional staff member of the fact that such individual has
made a submission to that particular Inspector General, and of the date on
which such submission was
made.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5fadef8c12c9466181ddb977e9a815dd"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Central Intelligence Agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 17(d)(5) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3517">50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56ed8c1e72094a5ea90c518b534ddcda"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id009CF66256684E11B7533313900CD006"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(i)</quote> after
<quote>(B)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0642B9BAE284E56A061085CCC0CF58F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A90D9CFB5134C3CB1120A29F8C60E34" style="OLC"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id986DB01F5F65483BBB213B31D5015E12" indent="up3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Director determines that a complaint
or information transmitted under paragraph (1) would create a conflict of
interest for the Director, the Director shall return the complaint or
information to the Inspector General with that determination and the Inspector
General shall make the transmission to the Director of National Intelligence.
In such a case, the requirements of this subsection for the Director apply to
the Director of National Intelligence. The Director of National Intelligence
shall consult with the members of the appellate review board established under
section 604(b) of the <short-title>Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014</short-title> regarding all
transmissions under this clause.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID632da7594ac1410d9ff87e0eb678f42e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FC15B9A5921473181FBC69E25003016" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf626ebdda23340fe895d5e935bd73c23" indent="up2"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who has submitted a complaint
or information to the Inspector General under this section may notify any
member of Congress or congressional staff member of the fact that such
individual has made a submission to the Inspector General, and of the date on
which such submission was
made.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2B8993F14CE34E1F8824A130A5626B90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National Security Act of 1947</header><text>Section 103H(k)(5) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3033">50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E371AD0BAD1473D87C3C71AD02E5B47" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD03494AAD57A4986A3904754A4DF00B4" indent="up2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual who has submitted a complaint
or information to the Inspector General under this section may notify any
member of Congress or congressional staff member of the fact that such
individual has made a submission to the Inspector General, and of the date on
which such submission was
made.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA201B6FD22D443CABC74E92F612166B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations; reporting requirements;
nonapplicability to certain terminations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC49E161F5A5F4747B3079FA15EBC6547"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2CECF9898F349608F047E2C676AE534"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congressional
oversight committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>congressional oversight committees</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id353509680B2E469D851E0A690107FF38"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the congressional intelligence
committees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB40763A3218427EB399528955874F69"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Homeland Security and
Government Affairs of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE6FD9CDC52A84BA8B807FF91325B4A78"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B8562D5618F4580BE7541173A1BAE1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intelligence
community element</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>intelligence community element</term>—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB8CC5FCA42643C39660B77A08EA7A05"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3350274C8E2466383637FF588ABA55C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Central Intelligence Agency, the
Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the
National Security Agency, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
and the National Reconnaissance Office; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03468147B06142A48DCEB7CBF165B480"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any executive agency or unit thereof
determined by the President under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2302">section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, to have as its principal function the conduct of foreign
intelligence or counterintelligence activities; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE9B349416804263BFC7A7DAFB89D35A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B6BE673A37741AF9F799DE4E3708C3F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id619ABFE93B1D443C9CA565CECBE61613"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, the Director of National Intelligence shall prescribe regulations to
ensure that a personnel action shall not be taken against an employee of an
intelligence community element as a reprisal for any disclosure of information
described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2303A">section 2303A(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by this
title.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa5231233d4344b7988b7fba7d5a0801b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appellate review board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 Defense, the Attorney General, and the heads of
appropriate agencies, shall establish an appellate review board that is broadly
representative of affected Departments and agencies and is made up of
individuals with expertise in merit systems principles and national security
issues—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB1FB91BF33A4356832DAB4742047CD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to hear whistleblower appeals related to
security clearance access determinations described in subsection (j) of section
3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C.
3341), as added by this title; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25C3A34D2EAD4C56A007C9DAC39BF547"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that shall include a subpanel that reflects
the composition of intelligence community elements, which shall—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9BD3683C67444E1ACDD037A5C148279"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be composed of intelligence community
elements and inspectors general from intelligence community elements, for the
purpose of hearing cases that arise in intelligence community element;
and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id608E281E4D324E7487B27CE38F43894E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the Inspector General of the
Intelligence Community and the Inspector General of the Department of
Defense.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID53639710efb94aaea2fae6921317f4e9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on the status of implementation of
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit a report on the status of the implementation of the
regulations promulgated under subsection (b) to the congressional oversight
committees.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc5fab03a7ac41c6b61a64e689c9229f"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonapplicability to certain
terminations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2303A of
title 5, United States Code, as added by this title, and section 3001 of the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>), as
amended by this title, shall not apply if the affected employee is concurrently
terminated under—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6346a9315a6b401e8288298d2c4fc6ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 1609 of title 10, United States
Code;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9e268a32b82c46e0b74a9844ef0aa6ab"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Director of National
Intelligence under section 102A(m) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3024(m)), if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d255ca1ea53471ca381ee08102a0612"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director personally summarily
terminates the individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a4654af6fda47298de097daf8df7a66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc45f00473f8e4bb3b6c16e7094a3deac"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines the termination to be in the
interest of the United States;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDead2b955386e4a63b84d8bb2aaa84bd4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the procedures prescribed
in other provisions of law that authorize the termination of the employment of
such employee cannot be invoked in a manner consistent with the national
security; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID54a4e2b4611d47fcbef56563e0c09f27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 5 days after such
termination, notifies the congressional oversight committees of the
termination;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5d5e037e9dd54afba6696dbb64898084"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency under section 104A(e) of the National Security Act
of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3036">50 U.S.C. 3036(e)</external-xref>), if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb1521e4c775d4fbd9a85edd94249f7cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director personally summarily
terminates the individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID78794faa14da4937afc01383364838b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Director—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34d6768f2153412da650bc8df92cbed2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines the termination to be in the
interest of the United States;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9f928b4fef64ee7987c348215ef2929"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the procedures prescribed
in other provisions of law that authorize the termination of the employment of
such employee cannot be invoked in a manner consistent with the national
security; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID229e990b171142068ca4bdfef483ef03"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 5 days after such
termination, notifies the congressional oversight committees of the
termination; or</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID136b61887c47464bac4ad76a397ec3f7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 7532 of title 5, United States
Code, if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID76fa208302ab4003bd37a540a0eb2b21"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency head personally terminates the
individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f6c6fb07acd4cadabc7a3e5596fa6ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agency head—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0c326546dffc464c80c665c54797f817"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines the termination to be in the
interest of the United States;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa2b6b26664b4648bd33426ac5afadff"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the procedures prescribed
in other provisions of law that authorize the termination of the employment of
such employee cannot be invoked in a manner consistent with the national
security; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc4cafbe51c05480baf6c12b33877993a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 5 days after such
termination, notifies the congressional oversight committees of the
termination.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other matters</header><section id="idE5DD227DB9274B008A6AA947B8C9C11A"><enum>701.</enum><header>Repeal of the
termination of notification requirements regarding the authorized disclosure of
national intelligence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
504 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law
112–277; 126 Stat. 2477) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text></section><section id="id88f4b0df04f740c8885ce607b5add593"><enum>702.</enum><header>Gifts, devises, and bequests</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3512">50 U.S.C. 3512</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4013cec649de482c90c3e57962f18b31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="appropriations">Gifts, devises, and bequests</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6d0c0a5b1d4463e8529d3e6e2134e49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id3ED0B033E62C46BB8292507C8BCC7777"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>by the Director as a gift to the Agency</quote> after <quote>accepted</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6f6591e8b8204ee0880cc70646ad6956"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this section,</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a),</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id246b9ec7921c4b37bd00f81f6122d943"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>this section,</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a),</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB974832D962F49DF99149B7FA799FA34"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>this section,</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a),</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6545D89F096A4AE5A1B75B56FC480F7B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>this section</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ff4d81f9ec24213ad9b89a676eeaea3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idACA9505D2A824B338987EAEE42C6F6F8"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D2E30D72780455282299B91941C9ABE" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="ide0e9a51c28ef4291956c0b3b8960324d"><enum>(f)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF8DAB96F78C64D3CB5BE1B153F097AF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Director may engage in fundraising in an official capacity for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that provide support to surviving family members of deceased Agency employees or that otherwise provide support for the welfare, education, or recreation of Agency employees, former Agency employees, or their family members.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id27BE200DC2084A9B946D56C97DFEF250" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term <term>fundraising</term> means the raising of funds through the active participation in the promotion, production, or presentation of an event designed to raise funds and does not include the direct solicitation of money by any other means.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fd43a6c7a45486dbff052450662009b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>703.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 <quote>Budgetary Effects
of PAYGO Legislation</quote> 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 passage.</text></section>November 12, 2013Read twice and placed on the calendar