115 HR 3180 RH: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-07-11
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 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 SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Title III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 303. Congressional oversight of intelligence community contractors.
Sec. 304. Enhanced personnel security programs.
Title IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Sec. 401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence.
Sec. 402. Designation of the program manager-information sharing environment.
Sec. 403. Technical correction to the executive schedule.
Subtitle B—Other elements
Sec. 411. Requirements relating to appointment of General Counsel of National Security Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer or elimination of certain components and functions of the Defense Intelligence
Agency.
Sec. 413. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy.
Title V—Matters relating to foreign countries
Sec. 501. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at foreign elections and
referenda.
Sec. 502. Foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to Federal election campaigns.
Sec. 503. Assessment of threat finance relating to the Russian Federation.
Title VI—Reports and other matters
Sec. 601. Period of overseas assignments for certain foreign service officers.
Sec. 602. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclosures of classified
information.
Sec. 603. Intelligence community reports on security clearances.
Sec. 604. Report on expansion of Security Protective Services jurisdiction.
Sec. 605. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to certain foreign
investments.
Sec. 606. Report on Cyber Exchange Program.
Sec. 607. Review of intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities equities process.
Sec. 608. Review of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters.
Sec. 609. Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified information.
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">INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB60D4F02907A43AFBD34ED432F97A1E1" 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 2018 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="HA4D254EAF9624A2F90085A1F803DBFF7"><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="HECFC6E7AF2CD481BA1BBD9FCF935ECEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Central Intelligence Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E207DEE9A81430FABD6A536B38DB053"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Defense.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14A2A118F2D34CDFAB1163D486C094EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Defense Intelligence Agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25F9A55A100A476CAFA43DD166D51B67"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Security Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD6B0DC2FD4E487B87D30C6013E3F549"><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="H595660FE54D3421BAF2C4508AFABD820"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coast Guard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B32C52ABBA54499B903C05BF72B89FA"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D880E8F42FB45F9A13B56FA4FE7E237"><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="HA574A81A91CE4B6BACBAE841BB622994"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H732DE6CD257E4B8096E7A17E536367FA"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Justice.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78A6C940292740599ADB2E17B5932C0C"><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="H2BB4E889AE3749F08E233886E9515CAF"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Drug Enforcement Administration.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE40E5E9049CC4B18B1DC5795A56B882E"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Reconnaissance Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19665D07C3D74901BCA427DCCAF432F4"><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="H1555B3E3A4C94EF39FCEB61F3058EB66"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Department of Homeland Security.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7010A0D1A9B2430C8781A456C71DD968"><enum>102.</enum><header>Classified Schedule of Authorizations</header>
<subsection id="H0A57BBBB5EE14DC19577DC12259CE4C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specifications of amounts</header><text>The amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2018, 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 this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE7A9BB3F30A14E2293FE176864C40262"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of classified schedule of authorizations</header>
<paragraph id="HDC9E7695C6C0442F9B6DD69F9A36F32B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>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 id="HED9A6930AC23416B98212A58EA078280"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution by the President</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in subsection (a), or of appropriate portions of such Schedule, within the executive branch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30B81DF5FF4F4FF1811DBD11DA3313C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limits on disclosure</header><text>The President shall not publicly disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any portion of such Schedule except—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD99119936AD54DA29DD27444121E4406"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3306">50 U.S.C. 3306(a)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3BA92DE195D4D21902FAE336E22E459"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF80B562549945EB8DDCDF857A267C15"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as otherwise required by law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CCE4B1AF89F4FEEB8FF7BACD509E37B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Personnel ceiling adjustments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFEEC005C642541ABAB5CE40F0CEB1518"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority for increases</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 2018 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 schedule for such element.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD80D55C82F094031BFF6A6B3191DA0E1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of certain personnel</header><text>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" id="HFED6907C86954FFB9101E96CF6CE9D84"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a student program, trainee program, or similar program;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H754DBE53E90D4CDB9496C355847842EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6AA08F56CBF843E6A5531114B3876EC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1A72AC4C934C4D98830F6D0E816A572D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice to congressional intelligence committees</header><text>The Director of National Intelligence shall notify the congressional intelligence committees in writing at least 15 days prior to each exercise of an authority described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94B40197486B4C189D4FA8FD71498CE9" 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="H847048487E1F49C2B1BFF81BDF06FB4D"><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 2018 the sum of $526,900,000. 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, 2019.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD84EDB5287241ACAE04E2E1487252B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized personnel levels</header><text>The elements within the Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of National Intelligence are authorized 804 positions as of September 30, 2018. 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" id="HB48BAA1213B242FFAAAAAB729FB2345B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Classified authorizations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3AC3FD8180514B02A495176AA0839F46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>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 Intelligence Community Management Account for fiscal year 2018 such additional amounts as are specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts made available for advanced research and development shall remain available until September 30, 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3697936F2BC7498C979B9F7068EA425F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of personnel</header><text>In addition to the personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 2018, 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="H8B7A9B62B530459FBFCCEEEF22297299" 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 2018 the sum of $514,000,000.</text>
</section><section id="H81F750EF3CCE49A38FEFF92A7F8E06A9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence Agency</header>
<subsection id="HDEFA0F5ABA8546819FF0C98820405EBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Computation of annuities</header>
<paragraph id="H3CF56C713E024DAB9A0E7BC8244CBF1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2031">50 U.S.C. 2031</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H368CCD8F9D544FFDB85785C8E0A0D1C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, as determined by using the annual rate of basic pay that would be payable for full-time service in that position.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA748D74BD802458D95853F47DB021A7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(C)(i), by striking <quote>12-month</quote> and inserting <quote>2-year</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB53816E4F41346F280AB7E98BFFBC15D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2), by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>two years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H346CA2A114F74E73925C7EC4CA5CA517"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2), by striking <quote>one year</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>two years</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9EE42680AE7841DC9080C39D4FCB9294"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l) as subsections (i), (j), (k), (l), and (m), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E292E43E9FF498BA5CD324B6353A543"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FA5DC6B9792454FA543A95C7D8256D5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3D6CCC35AE8B4AB8BC13DFA0FDD47117"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Conditional election of insurable interest survivor annuity by participants married at the time of retirement</header> <paragraph id="H77331FC613BE4257A62DA16678D9CB7C"><enum>(1)</enum><header> Authority to make designation</header><text>Subject to the rights of former spouses under subsection (b) and section 222, at the time of retirement a married participant found by the Director to be in good health may elect to receive an annuity reduced in accordance with subsection (f)(1)(B) and designate in writing an individual having an insurable interest in the participant to receive an annuity under the system after the participant's death, except that any such election to provide an insurable interest survivor annuity to the participant's spouse shall only be effective if the participant's spouse waives the spousal right to a survivor annuity under this Act. The amount of the annuity shall be equal to 55 percent of the participant's reduced annuity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6E3095BEF06402E9656B6DEB9359717"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction in participant's annuity</header><text>The annuity payable to the participant making such election shall be reduced by 10 percent of an annuity computed under subsection (a) and by an additional 5 percent for each full 5 years the designated individual is younger than the participant. The total reduction under this subparagraph may not exceed 40 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD88340645E78406F96BD5485D6D6C175"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commencement of survivor annuity</header><text>The annuity payable to the designated individual shall begin on the day after the retired participant dies and terminate on the last day of the month before the designated individual dies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD67644C2C0BE4CCB8BA8F06515BDB71F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recomputation of participant's annuity on death of designated individual</header><text>An annuity which is reduced under this subsection shall, effective the first day of the month following the death of the designated individual, be recomputed and paid as if the annuity had not been so reduced.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDB5FD47114664F4AA5DE27FC2815369F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H64521711A2AB4AD5A900DFEB5960915E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act</header><text>The Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2001">50 U.S.C. 2001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HAF83C7FC865A42E8B1E660148F6B99AA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 232(b)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2052">50 U.S.C. 2052(b)(1)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>221(h),</quote> and inserting <quote>221(i),</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H67437C00FCE14334B01A89310AAEF5D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 252(h)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2082">50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(4)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>221(k)</quote> and inserting <quote>221(l)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H93BE03EA4A2746E3A0A0EC6589B5BB79"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 14 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3514">50 U.S.C. 3514(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>221(h)(2), 221(i), 221(l),</quote> and inserting <quote>221(i)(2), 221(j), 221(m),</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9E9CC49B27594057BDAA0C2596660C7F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annuities for former spouses</header><text>Subparagraph (B) of section 222(b)(5) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2032">50 U.S.C. 2032(b)(5)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>one year</quote> and inserting <quote>two years</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDF632E72C1554580B72CEF72B5C38D0B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prior service credit</header><text>Subparagraph (A) of section 252(b)(3) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2082">50 U.S.C. 2082(b)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 1990</quote> both places that term appears and inserting <quote>March 31, 1991</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H12906E84D32B47B88F791D6D656630D5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reemployment compensation</header><text>Section 273 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2113">50 U.S.C. 2113</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7E0EE30EAF92454283A087BAD9AF657B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H096546FC54834D2A99AE4C744CB469AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE682550487EF464BA21291CFA14B829E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H77AF2F7D05704480942946210C7CC2D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Part-time reemployed annuitants</header><text>The Director shall have the authority to reemploy an annuitant in a part-time basis in accordance with section 8344(l) of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H56D8521D1F2B4AA683FE26F01B87867F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date and application</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a)(1)(A) and subsection (c) shall take effect as if enacted on October 28, 2009, and shall apply to computations or participants, respectively, as of such date.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F3123A95C746E1BE77532362276E5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>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 display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67539551A54443ADAEBE0B64D86AC4B2"><enum>302.</enum><header>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="HCEB6254F67C84475AFB52814165F7081" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Congressional oversight of intelligence community contractors</header>
<subsection id="H64AC40CCDF564F4AADEF060FF1C10AAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Oversight by Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HE2D26D67048640958F14873F6CD4D1B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3091">50 U.S.C. 3091</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 506J the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H941A8EAF26B941BBA7B9C5A47B06654D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="HC7D3466D968E4AACBDDEFE5E4E6BC983"><enum>506K.</enum><header>Oversight of intelligence community contractors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the terms of any contract awarded by the head of an element of the intelligence community, the head may not—</text>
<paragraph id="H6EE449463D894B968FE9532BBFA0CC02"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibit a contractor of such element from contacting or meeting with either of the congressional intelligence committees (including a member or an employee thereof) to discuss matters relating to a contract;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2BAD29D1D184A9C950810AEBC7B93AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">take any adverse action against a contractor of such element, including by suspending or debarring the contractor or terminating a contract, based on the contractor contacting or meeting with either of the congressional intelligence committees (including a member or an employee thereof) to discuss matters relating to a contract; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D039C92465F4BAE8DFEED33F3CDED25"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the approval of the head before a contractor of such element contacts or meets with either of the congressional intelligence committees (including a member or an employee thereof) to discuss matters relating to a contract.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD623D6A4F87A47F3AFE24B4EA9973D54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506J the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H382B966306C547779864659CA0E4AAAD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<toc changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" regeneration="no-regeneration" reported-display-style="italic">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 506K. Oversight of intelligence community contractors.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA389BE181A534ED297089AA2D6603B4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply with respect to a contract awarded by the head of an element of the intelligence community on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF5167E3DD7594924B7DFB8222DBE707C"><enum>304.</enum><header>Enhanced personnel security programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11001(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H28DEB3060FD9498B9A0A190D404CFDE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Audit</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Review</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F567C84E4344BC891795C7147D438C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>audit</quote> and inserting <quote>review</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C9BFE7067DD4023B2CADC10963F1AC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>audit</quote> and inserting <quote>review</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HAD0317DA06E84A87801BC5889D1DBA1C" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the Director of National Intelligence</header>
<section id="H14C67142E6DC4A108AE3BCF055F6CDB2"><enum>401.</enum><header>Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a)(4) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3506">50 U.S.C. 3506(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>such personnel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the Director of National Intelligence may designate;</quote> and inserting <quote>current and former personnel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and their immediate families as the Director of National Intelligence may designate;</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H779C050D284548D9AEF7055BA5623C7E"><enum>402.</enum><header>Designation of the program manager-information sharing environment</header>
<subsection id="H7643E2D77FBA47BFB40D6723A97140D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information sharing environment</header><text>Section 1016(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/485">6 U.S.C. 485(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7B75D1693E034E90A9121D995ED1D1BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>President</quote> and inserting <quote>Director of National Intelligence</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2C9F46375471450EA1E4FD06E9367832"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>President</quote> both places that term appears and inserting <quote>Director of National Intelligence</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7BE9B813D0849E5B4AD98D61C76D8F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program manager</header><text>Section 1016(f) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/485">6 U.S.C. 485(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The individual designated as the program manager shall serve as program manager until removed from service or replaced by the President (at the President's sole discretion).</quote> and inserting <quote>Beginning on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018</short-title>, each individual designated as the program manager shall be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H46C048BD911B4250A87E8EB06F7EEB0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header>Technical correction to the executive schedule</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B252E5A7ECD4288A61A0099A3E82967" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><list changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" level="section" reported-display-style="italic"><list-item>Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security.</list-item></list><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="H501F653B73D346C08AA28341A88EF7B2" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Other elements</header> <section id="H2708FCBA73E2494F97F1A92F98D31620" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>411.</enum><header>Requirements relating to appointment of General Counsel of National Security Agency</header> <subsection id="HD708B7F948D949DFA6A32BD5808C54D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/36">Public Law 86–36</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3602">50 U.S.C. 3602</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE200DC6695194852844D05A511F097C0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4735779D1D1F4099A5416A06183B22CA"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H688A4E341EF54CEF9EE13973998B4824"><enum>(1)</enum><text>There is a General Counsel of the National Security Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" id="H304DE374813642C880628846233833BC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The General Counsel of the National Security Agency shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H42E83A9BEEEC4DBC8199D76939026110"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 2 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/36">Public Law 86–36</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3602">50 U.S.C. 3602</external-xref>) shall apply with respect to any person who is appointed to serve as General Counsel of the National Security Agency on or after January 21, 2021.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8E621DBC7513424DB8E7F112485ED9C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>412.</enum><header>Transfer or elimination of certain components and functions of the Defense Intelligence Agency</header>
<subsection id="H568523FC07E7485BAAE58ABD8E3010D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information Review Task Force</header>
<paragraph id="H55A48BADE4E447D496C1BDEF01389421"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer required</header><text>Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is transferred from the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all functions performed by the Information Review Task Force and all assigned responsibilities performed by the Information Review Task Force. Upon such transfer, such Task Force shall be designated as a chairman’s controlled activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08BCA36D1ADB4369A7AF848ECC84AE33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H29C6CA05C4324E4B8BDC106B9D3CBF05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Congressional briefing</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly brief the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees on the plan to carry out the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H194DEDA815CE41ACBACCC9A83F60C397"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of formal plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a formal plan for the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H550AB22047544F5F9E1ACE4ADE76BB06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be appropriated for the Information Review Task Force for fiscal year 2018 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any such funds that are unobligated or unexpended as of such date shall be transferred to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D59B0771D764107AD46766A703CBBC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identity Intelligence Project Office</header>
<paragraph id="H4FB207E890474544AD04C779D26935A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elimination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall eliminate the Identity Intelligence Project Office, including all functions and assigned responsibilities performed by the Identity Intelligence Project Office. All personnel and assets pertaining to such Office shall be transferred to other elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as determined by the Director.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HECC7C395D427433A9DAE0D8E83E6635C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HD83E2F39C1974A8E81BC1746038A6756"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Congressional briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall brief the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees on the plan to carry out the elimination required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0D5BEA4FCF640F6BE9CD43548D34769"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of formal plan</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a formal plan for the elimination required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB57B36DB8DB04B8F913C27CDC37B2EB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be appropriated for the Identity Intelligence Project Office for fiscal year 2018 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any such funds that are unobligated or unexpended as of such date shall be transferred to other elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as determined by the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CACC656075D4C0E8468816691C057DF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Watchlisting Branch</header>
<paragraph id="H226AF443EFA74D8681A2A0CE6EAC65FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is transferred from the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff all functions and all assigned responsibilities performed by the Watchlisting Branch.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC007CAFBB2984D96824D82B8088643A9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H8D2B18367B2E40B59DF0F6B14CF7762A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Congressional briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff shall jointly brief the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees on the plan to carry out the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H225C766ED7AF4542803E73A6BF4ABEAE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of formal plan</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a formal plan for the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F68EA2FC25044328FD954C7E44B4261"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be appropriated for the Watchlisting Branch for fiscal year 2018 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any such funds that are unobligated or unexpended as of such date shall be transferred to the Director for Intelligence of the Joint Staff.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0B5AE3547ECD49FF899CCBBDDF64FF1B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Counter-Threat Finance</header>
<paragraph id="H13B38503D7944C29BE019DCE81C4C8E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Elimination</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall eliminate the Counter-Threat Finance analysis function of the Defense Intelligence Agency. All personnel and assets pertaining to such function shall be transferred to other elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as determined by the Director.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0C1BC5EA0C944EF9FD8A4676DF9B29E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HCE84F1E4EDEA4369854D5D4ED29192BF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Congressional briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall brief the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees on the plan to eliminate the Counter-Threat Finance analysis function under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD22ECB96973491599F77AE400127E87"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of formal plan</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a formal plan to eliminate such function under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H011AD743C9A8473986801243AC7F9BE9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be appropriated for the Counter-Threat Finance analysis function for fiscal year 2018 after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any such funds that are unobligated or unexpended as of such date shall be transferred to other elements of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as determined by the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A827E2A22004B31BB4AE86B9AA84833"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National Intelligence University</header>
<paragraph id="HC60977F49E6A4DC38E978166B55232E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on October 1, 2020, there is transferred from the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to the Director of National Intelligence all functions and all assigned responsibilities performed by the National Intelligence University.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78B47C585A3D492DBF2FCA2BC2D1A730"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H10D7A32E99C24E0C9D1E06696B782159"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Congressional briefing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2018, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly brief the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees on the plan to carry out the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H276D9483DDB0465FB8AA904A151835CB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Submittal of formal plan</header><text>Not later than April 1, 2019, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a formal plan for the transfer required under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H563825D0D2E04E68824B1B6D749E5D28"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be appropriated for the National Intelligence University after October 1, 2020. Any such funds that are unobligated or unexpended as of such date shall be transferred to the Director of National Intelligence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98EDCD9A64134F0591409A4361AAF426"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Congressional notice for reprogramming</header><text>Not later than 30 days before transferring any funds relating to transferring or eliminating any function under this section, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees notice in writing of such transfer.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H247BD02C88784F9E8DC289EE59F915B1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Treatment of certain functions and responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H44D7762361FE473CA4F2D5E1ED4C04D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any function or executive agent responsibility that is transferred to the Director of National Intelligence pursuant to this section, the Director of National Intelligence may not delegate such function or responsibility to another element of the intelligence community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAD1706527CE442D9EED1DFB6D77F7D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Executive agent responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>executive agent responsibility</term> means the specific responsibilities, functions, and authorities assigned by the Director of National Intelligence to the head of an intelligence community element to provide defined levels of support for intelligence operations, or administrative or other designated activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9F7854E7A51045C7B0B964B2F95D57B9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deadline for policy updates</header><text>Not later than October 1, 2020, the Director of National Intelligence, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall ensure that all relevant policies of the intelligence community and Department of Defense are updated to reflect the transfers required to be made pursuant to this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAFBF20E9BA664C53906675D794182FCC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Treatment of transferred functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No transferred functions or assigned responsibility referred to in subsection (a), (c), or (e) shall be considered a new start by the receiving element, including in the case of any lapse of appropriation for such transferred function or assigned responsibility.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8176346AEBDE47B3AA754C82130F093F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Reports on other elements of Defense Intelligence Agency</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8AF0CB3559A348AE8B6D143C8E62F940"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Center for Credibility Assessment</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H873F01B0714F4BD4986A8A9EC7DEB50E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HD765A6AAB535467BACE2E2B10D6E2136"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the assignment of executive agency for the National Center for Credibility Assessment to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may be limiting the ability of the Center to effectively serve the Federal customer base of the Center;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2B18116A84CC4FE295A6AB51E691E8BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the failure of the Director of National Intelligence, in the role of the Director as security executive for the Federal Government, to define in policy the term <quote>Executive Agent</quote> may be further limiting the ability of the Center to receive sufficient resources to carry out the critical Federal mission of the Center; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1E2DF644559144759DC71821693BA8A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the evolution of the Center from an organization of the Army to an organization serving 27 departments and agencies and responsible for all Federal credibility assessment training, oversight, and research and development, has resulted in a convoluted oversight structure based on legacy reporting requirements.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3889169C40841AEA3DA1A54711F1799"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2018, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a report on—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9E8D6CEC0866449F9EA7314AD5531138"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the current and projected missions and functions of the National Center for Credibility Assessment;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H3D8E5581EAAB4CD0A9185D65FB56644A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the current organizational assignment of the Center to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD611563D44DC40B7B2493CFB96DA1ABA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the current oversight structure between the Center, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and the Director of National Intelligence; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8517CD71642D44EDBDABDE0D4CDBCC6E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the resources and authorities necessary to most effectively execute the missions and functions of the Center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D3F2C3B20C940609C5A0AC8791847FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Underground Facilities Analysis Center</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB85C88C0D174BDCAF886AC28994498A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H08F23C8F65284D7591F3E64BE21BFCE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the assignment of executive agency for the Underground Facilities Analysis Center to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency may be limiting the ability of the Center to effectively serve the broader intelligence community customer base of the Center;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3E96E766B62D4C6E8B6EBB0E928A4383"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the failure of the Director of National Intelligence to define in policy the term <quote>Executive Agent</quote> may be further limiting the ability of the Center to receive sufficient resources to carry out the critical mission of the Center; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H87C0EF796DAA4301BE211DB99C47CCF8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of the intelligence community and Department of Defense with respect to underground facilities are not adequately being met given the scale and complexity of the problem set and the relatively small amount of funding currently received by the Center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A8D109C13724D189381A6984D674D1F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1, 2018, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly submit to the congressional intelligence committees and the congressional defense committees a report on—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H3298BB7C64434962A85236D8D47076C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the missions and functions of the Underground Facilities Analysis Center;</text> </clause><clause id="H1A5C335820C342D2BA625046E682AB79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the state of the requirements of the intelligence community and Department of Defense with respect to underground facilities and the ability of the Center to meet such requirements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF4DC65D94E6480A991C4883BBBBC4CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the current organizational assignment of the Center to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2FB12F5311F64141AD127BFACE8F4A7C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the current oversight structure between the Center, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEDB0EB67D9024F05949B2E02FBF5B5C5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the resources and authorities necessary to most effectively execute the missions and functions of the Center.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F0D0A9BA83E4D219CC3C84782ADBB8F"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Congressional defense committees defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>congressional defense committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H91963070D45845BE9D51EDA21C8B05F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BF4EA3B54C84DE9A65FE5AEF98AB70D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H824934CDD3F24C34AF20CA8073B08E29"><enum>413.</enum><header>Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy</header> <subsection id="H8664F84EB5304A39A0511A731BF286DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Atomic Energy Defense Act</header><text>Section 4524(b)(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/2674">50 U.S.C. 2674(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>Intelligence and</quote> after <quote>The Director of</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92DD6745DD0643228C050D92D0804811"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Security Act of 1947</header><text>Paragraph (2) of section 106(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3041">50 U.S.C. 3041(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0F54F0515D8E4583A2666BF29B8F07CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by inserting <quote>and Counterintelligence</quote> after <quote>Office of Intelligence</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H451AC0C39012449DA3BFB1D20AB9A7F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H936EA64104EE4DBAB70444D49B461318"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7383F8F7FDA74349A6C05C14959EF07B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by realigning the margin of such subparagraph two ems to the left.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Matters relating to foreign countries</header>
<section id="H0BE1BD671B614DFF8CBC4F5245A3C359" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at foreign elections and referenda</header>
<subsection id="H49B1BB28C0CD4562BE7476C97208D073"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an analytical assessment of the most significant Russian influence campaigns, if any, conducted during the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, as well as the most significant current or planned such Russian influence campaigns, if any. Such assessment shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4394BEB9A83243D4B106C231B836298B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of such significant Russian influence campaigns, including, at a minimum, the specific means by which such campaigns were conducted, are being conducted, or likely will be conducted, as appropriate, and the specific goal of each such campaign;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H329E8D36126D4AE58DC0E5BC7E67DA7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of any defenses against or responses to such Russian influence campaigns by the foreign state holding the elections or referenda;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DE3BB7B41C44080A90022936C5DB525"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of any relevant activities by elements of the intelligence community undertaken for the purpose of assisting the government of such foreign state in defending against or responding to such Russian influence campaigns; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA52ED32C9D1A44F4B64CC745A5BCE7E2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of the effectiveness of such defenses and responses described in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7422F6188BD44343ADFC49C90D4693FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted, shall contain an unclassified summary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF53BD35411624C67B3FDD474F4400EBF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Russian influence campaign defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>Russian influence campaign</term> means any effort, covert or overt, and by any means, attributable to the Russian Federation directed at an election, referendum, or similar process in a country other than the Russian Federation or the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB11C83BF77214615A1B5AD1E04E0C533" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>502.</enum><header>Foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to Federal election campaigns</header>
<subsection id="H6EBF7B4C6B984295BCB980BA51E248FC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports required</header>
<paragraph id="H50C1D260D24F409299009EF159FFD350"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As provided in paragraph (2), for each Federal election, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make publicly available on an internet website an advisory report on foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to election campaigns for Federal offices. Each such report shall include, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, each of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H38AAE5492AF84FF9948209CBC4430332"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to election campaigns for Federal offices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DB7CC46097E4BD981BCB14786ABF726"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A summary of best practices that election campaigns for Federal offices can employ in seeking to counter such threats.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D99970A3E8E431488B1596DBFBA8F25"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An identification of any publicly available resources, including United States Government resources, for countering such threats.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H25108BCC612141DF9FF653E7759C9C11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Schedule for submittal</header><text>A report under this subsection shall be made available as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H9BC03EC393FB4B13812D2A49942C2D42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a report regarding an election held for the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives during 2018, not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD58F0ED07B324B83B32E34AD59B5ED15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a report regarding an election for a Federal office during any subsequent year, not later than the date that is one year before the date of the election.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H52E7F35CDB14402FA6A97AE4B6A969E0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information to be included</header><text>A report under this subsection shall reflect the most current information available to the Director of National Intelligence regarding foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H159BE7160AF443C5B1BFF360DB9FCCC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of campaigns subject to heightened threats</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis jointly determine that an election campaign for Federal office is subject to a heightened foreign counterintelligence or cybersecurity threat, the Director and the Under Secretary, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, may make available additional information to the appropriate representatives of such campaign.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H29AE25BE949A40EFAB2D68A02846DCF1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Assessment of threat finance relating to the Russian Federation</header>
<subsection id="H6D96AEEBAA844E6795282144D4EC7D97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Manager for Threat Finance, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report containing an assessment of the financing of threat activity by the Russian Federation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H67D099F9B0F444D393BAB59CA6598822"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:</text> <paragraph id="HF4E65BE5D67648188D7EE87941B8F7E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A summary of leading examples from the 3-year period prior to the date of the report of any threat finance activities conducted by, for the benefit of, or at the behest of officials of the Government of Russia, persons subject to sanctions under any provision of law imposing sanctions with respect to Russia, or Russian nationals subject to sanctions under any other provision of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5703043B8F74B48944343AD12A8E55E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment with respect to any trends or patterns in threat finance activities relating to Russia, including common methods of conducting such activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FCD123F9E0149158C22EC8213E28A4F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of engagement and coordination with international partners on threat finance relating to Russia, especially in Europe, including examples of such engagement and coordination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7176682DDFD747348FF7C4177A4D9E4F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An identification of any resource and collection gaps.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7C2CDEF3620A4A5EB95F3D12B421DDE2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2B38146F147543FCB0671A2DD2681162"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Threat finance defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>threat finance</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HF37CB3E42A35499089042542FA1EA791"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the financing of cyber operations, global influence campaigns, intelligence service activities, proliferation, terrorism, or transnational crime and drug organizations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F30C4AC93AD4134AA9C4D0E7D91B4F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods and entities used to spend, store, move, raise, or conceal money or value on behalf of threat actors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF570E2A10A942D6BA126771871D6D06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>sanctions evasion; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE7951F40F5114F92B8DB40E3227CBACE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other forms of threat financing domestically or internationally, as defined by the President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Reports and other matters </header>
<section id="H0CF69C92F2B84EAAA947ED8C8B43BBA8"><enum>601.</enum><header>Period of overseas assignments for certain foreign service officers</header>
<subsection id="H64F6BF89710E4188BCB43704D53A6126"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Length of period of assignment</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 502 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3982">22 U.S.C. 3982</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H108C2BA36C57403EAE3DF3076CC5E83C" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In making assignments under paragraph (1), and in accordance with section 903, and, if applicable, section 503, the Secretary shall assure that a member of the Service may serve at a post for a period of not more than six consecutive years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC6A3FD5695E242E7AACF414A6134105B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign language deployment requirements</header><text>Section 702 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4022">22 U.S.C. 4022</external-xref>) is amended by—</text> <paragraph id="H58196B97505B4A80A1E05241A45D991F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5C40E760DB340FEAC72B7EE345D0C6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" id="H134D41315A6B456CB923D45CBBC70719" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC1C1A5A620F14591BAD3AE037CEF899B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign language deployment requirements</header> <paragraph id="H595EEDE0F60C45B19952F763F03D37FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, with the assistance of other relevant officials, shall require all members of the Service who receive foreign language training in Arabic, Farsi, Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese), Turkish, Korean, and Japanese by the institution or otherwise in accordance with subsection (b) to serve three successive tours in positions in which the acquired language is both relevant and determined to be a benefit to the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FA1E519340B4476A0A7B354B0A87084"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Overseas deployments</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), at least one of the three successive tours referred to in such paragraph shall be an overseas deployment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27CAF145F7F04249836EF80BA290116D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the application of paragraph (1) for medical or family hardship or in the interest of national security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F3061B20BC54DCAB20C160788426BC1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>The Secretary of State shall notify the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate at the end of each fiscal year of any instances during the prior twelve months in which the waiver authority described in paragraph (3) was invoked.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7479EDBD61B2419F89BBB5A57B12607A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header>Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclosures of classified information</header>
<subsection id="HD3B878627504446AA4B11F45540F2D27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3091">50 U.S.C. 3091</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H55BB036B5B35476FB8A4617540055049"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclosures of classified information</header>
<subsection id="H5C0E9748DC7D4FB3B5A7976BC8922D35"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a semiannual basis, each covered official shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report that includes, with respect to the preceding 6-month period—</text>
<paragraph id="H1878FF890BCB4122ACCBE9110BD637D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of investigations opened by the covered official regarding an unauthorized public disclosure of classified information;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E392E6E6D8B4715AB01B84B00116B37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of investigations completed by the covered official regarding an unauthorized public disclosure of classified information; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9ABDD5F0E64B4ED9AF825C8FC79D2240"><enum>(3)</enum><text>of the number of such completed investigations identified under paragraph (2), the number referred to the Attorney General for criminal investigation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F5B75BEF32D4EBA83671BC200BA753F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H6A1A04F17D8E4716AC4BA861AAF95EC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>covered official</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB130CC0CCAC4920A049E3F5C14FADEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the heads of each element of the intelligence community; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A7D7BCE016F494EA82D74C4FC4C623A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inspectors general with oversight responsibility for an element of the intelligence community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HED1B43A8DB584A3FBA0E4572AD9F62A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>investigation</term> means any inquiry, whether formal or informal, into the existence of an unauthorized public disclosure of classified information.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF68348A65C394B0D9A88A6480301F8B4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>unauthorized public disclosure of classified information</term> means the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to a journalist or media organization.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H62CEC6A5686548B5901E04C730263D96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1104 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 1105. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized public disclosures of classified
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</subsection></section><section id="H4B98A75632B24254B31A8741397D4356" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header>Intelligence community reports on security clearances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506H of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3104">50 U.S.C. 3104</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAD3FED46546841F3BE209EF09FE51129"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H675476962AB34DEBB916F0951CDF37C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E1677971DDD47EA90DD9BCAF44E474F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE574E1D5E9024F50BDA9F3D9554384A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCDF611E5E924D3FA6C148A4BEDE996C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B7EF9D911E742A0AEE440E22BA2D294"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC30EA0139B0448E87202C5B36A564D0" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HDADF01961E7245CEA51579DC744B5C50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Intelligence community reports</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H49EB6291660B4E7A877AF70BA2793BB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the security clearances processed by each element of the intelligence community during the preceding calendar year. Each such report shall separately identify security clearances processed by each such element and shall cover Federal employees and contractor employees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" id="H9D45AC255705495BB35AAFCF6CE96807" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include each of the following for each element of the intelligence community for the year covered by the report:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE995B137B45E4AB594A55D775FA4B19F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The total number of initial security clearance background investigations opened for new applicants.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96CB3BE2A6AF418495D2A425E44B3A4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The total number of security clearance periodic re-investigations opened for existing employees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H599D024FACD4427CA1DF336632041888"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of initial security clearance background investigations for new applicants that were finalized and adjudicated with notice of a determination provided to the prospective applicant, including—</text>
<clause id="H02A98E6E50D1457CA0CFD535BFD2C36D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number that were adjudicated favorably and granted access to classified information; and</text> </clause><clause id="HA0C1BF472B554B27A9F9FBEC5FBC978C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number that were adjudicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revocation of a security clearance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H940E3979032D41E0AEBA7C95A192B82C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of security clearance periodic background investigations that were finalized and adjudicated with notice of a determination provided to the existing employee, including—</text>
<clause id="H4EC425710A304ECDA7F9E7CA88CC911C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number that were adjudicated favorably; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF7D21A4B676D44E0916A76E51F2E4BDF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number that were adjudicated unfavorably and resulted in a denial or revocation of a security clearance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BDD7952C92C4247BC9CB47B532E9C9F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of pending security clearance background investigations, including initial applicant investigations and periodic re-investigations, that were not finalized and adjudicated as of the last day of such year and that remained pending as follows:</text>
<clause id="H87B8FB2C80F44ECABF3FF9F50FE66303"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For 180 days or less.</text> </clause><clause id="H7ECFF6F9F9C94C2894072CD9C4854DB0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For 180 days or longer, but less than 12 months.</text>
</clause><clause id="H8AB47C697950470AAC565F55829143D9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For 12 months or longer, but less than 18 months.</text> </clause><clause id="H5B6A0041DFE1470481C68EC0FD2FA863"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For 18 months or longer, but less than 24 months.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA9D92D6C8BEC40CF8D9E8CCDB115E7C1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>For 24 months or longer.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FCE86D606A1453C92CF32F2F44D0139"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In the case of security clearance determinations completed or pending during the year preceding the year for which the report is submitted that have taken longer than 12 months to complete—</text>
<clause id="H4CB7D893F3C34ECD9983CDD4A02101C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cause of the delay for such determinations; and</text> </clause><clause id="HD023F0E219BD47B59101114E704DFDB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of such determinations for which polygraph examinations were required.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8FD5FE8620449EB9DF23A89E20DD54D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The percentage of security clearance investigations, including initial and periodic re-investigations, that resulted in a denial or revocation of a security clearance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1A1A1CAF43B4B419797130B2DC18E06"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The percentage of security clearance investigations that resulted in incomplete information.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H026C9658F8AB489B8229F13BD8AD112C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The percentage of security clearance investigations that did not result in enough information to make a decision on potentially adverse information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HIG00" id="H848A60A6C9D14FD097946BE46DCFC4B1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92820FBF4E8C410CAFD4F457378202D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and (b)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a)(1)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C07B4C3740E43B49D633735694D30E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header>Report on expansion of Security Protective Services jurisdiction</header> <subsection id="H8FD08CEDF08D476384F3DD46C1360AA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the feasibility, justification, costs, and benefits of expanding the jurisdiction of the protective services of the Central Intelligence Agency under section 15(a)(1) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3515">50 U.S.C. 3515(a)</external-xref>). The report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H787384E7B6344BC9B0F4D174C49DB0F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the need for expanding such jurisdiction beyond the 500-feet limit specified in such section 15(a)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6335B024B40487FA01D803D0DEEF68A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification of any comparable departments or agencies of the Federal Government in the Washington metropolitan region (as defined in section 8301 of title 40, United States Code) whose protective services jurisdictions exceed 500 feet.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFC5BAAEF29CD48FB945BB766071A72F4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H4B9BA589A72140DEBF8498E6C3BDAE75" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header>Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to certain foreign investments</header> <subsection id="HA15FB9A62B0644C9A07FE3E396871C1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</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 heads of the elements of the intelligence community determined appropriate by the Director, shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the role of the Director in preparing analytic materials in connection with the evaluation by the Federal Government of national security risks associated with potential foreign investments into the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD0B98AFD83C4432BDEE0989D9A58638"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H5DEFDCC2C7AD4FE7B726B1EED3FA8433"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the current process for the provision of the analytic materials described in subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H504DAC55ED5C4A99872CB3DA62DB486E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the most significant benefits and drawbacks of such process with respect to the role of the Director, including any benefits or drawbacks relating to the time allotted to the Director to prepare such materials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ACD5A010EC040FB905735F0A1F45B95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include recommendations to improve such process.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFA1B101E752B4963A05DA7865EAEDA96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>606.</enum><header>Report on Cyber Exchange Program</header> <subsection id="H434A489043D44888BFBB107C6B323A61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the potential establishment of a fully voluntary exchange program between elements of the intelligence community and private technology companies under which—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9C6AFE235F4415CB6E2BC8708F78B94"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employee of an element of the intelligence community with demonstrated expertise and work experience in cybersecurity or related disciplines may elect to be temporarily detailed to a private technology company that has elected to receive the detailee; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EB36AB9E20341DCBD557DBE3B236852"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an employee of a private technology company with demonstrated expertise and work experience in cybersecurity or related disciplines may elect to be temporarily detailed to an element of the intelligence community that has elected to receive the detailee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEDAB2211EE914528844428E70A9B2C93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="H3D903F51A30149A49A9B42BEB3E60C03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The feasibility of establishing the exchange program described in such subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H845AD1AB8D1A4756879DCB8517D2DED8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Identification of any challenges in establishing the exchange program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6229AE5596344582B1F1D39E189922BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An evaluation of the benefits to the intelligence community that would result from the exchange program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5DDF688D651F403BA5B56D2E5A922E0F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>607.</enum><header>Review of intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities equities process</header>
<subsection id="H81C1D3C021A74F67A2CC9EECDF80C410"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall review, with respect to the 3-year period preceding the date of the review, the roles and responsibilities of the elements of the intelligence community in the process of the Federal Government for determining whether, when, how, and to whom information about a vulnerability that is not publicly known will be shared with or released to a non-Federal entity or the public.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC29A96E4EFCB4355ABC5829706762C88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H549E6F7D03F242EC8F47AB8ADFA744AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the results of the review under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H142148CB4D64414890D991B47725BAAE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H4E3D1342880448C59AC2B7EF8CFCE6C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the roles and responsibilities of the elements of the intelligence community in the process of determining whether, when, how, and to whom information about a vulnerability that is not publicly known will be shared or released to a non-Federal entity or the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8418053A73864F869C96792ADB528B23"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criteria used by the Federal Government, including elements of the intelligence community, in making such determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DA28E42B7F442ADB9EF5FB5853BC2AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the period covered by the review—</text> <clause id="H38EC1E44A61841CC830DF8825B5077B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary of vulnerabilities known to elements of the intelligence community that were reviewed by the Federal Government pursuant to such process, including—</text>
<subclause id="H06CB06379057489AAE83F382D02BC49C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of vulnerabilities known to the intelligence community that were reviewed; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB738499716AF42FDB5376683EA15363B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of such number of reviewed vulnerabilities, the number for which information was shared with or released to a non-Federal entity or the public;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H641CE304AF3D49709A65CEA496466164"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of whether there were any vulnerabilities known to elements of the intelligence community that were not reviewed pursuant to such process, and if so, the basis and rationale for not conducting such a review; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H80C26527B5724E8AB3378749BB8B3BED"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the most significant incidents in which a vulnerability known to the intelligence community, but not shared with or released to a non-Federal entity or the public, was exploited by an individual, an entity, or a foreign country in the course of carrying out a cyber intrusion.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADB8A8E507704CCEA44883F63F503CE7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of any current mechanisms for overseeing such process.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF070C5665AC4455FA3C8E78C42C7DAB1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recommendations to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and, consistent with national security, transparency of such process.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H236B2FC946C746BE8FB57654ED6AD965"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other matters the Inspector General determines appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD74ACE58C19D40E3895245EB75CDD8F8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report may be submitted in classified form.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H888FEEDBA6D845DEB733C13A93DE4B3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vulnerability defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>vulnerability</term> means, with respect to information technology, a design, configuration, or implementation weakness in a technology, product, system, service, or application that can be exploited or triggered to cause unexpected or unintended behavior.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6CA7311B61F4428085DBBE1706009991" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>608.</enum><header>Review of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters</header>
<subsection id="H0B03EE5571C94659B68126DB1115F3A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review of whistleblower matters</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, in consultation with the inspectors general for the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, shall conduct a review of the authorities, policies, investigatory standards, and other practices and procedures relating to intelligence community whistleblower matters, with respect to such inspectors general.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C2A522F7D544488ABA553451022B275"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objective of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The objective of the review required under subsection (a) is to identify any discrepancies, inconsistencies, or other issues, which frustrate the timely and effective reporting of intelligence community whistleblower matters to appropriate inspectors general and to the congressional intelligence committees, and the fair and expeditious investigation and resolution of such matters.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54281D6A80684AC6A21B13907EFC2EC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conduct of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall take such measures as the Inspector General determines necessary in order to ensure that the review required by subsection (a) is conducted in an independent and objective fashion.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44CC6519D4234C9CA95B80E2BD17A73A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a written report containing the results of the review required under subsection (a), along with recommendations to improve the timely and effective reporting of Intelligence Community whistleblower matters to inspectors general and to the congressional intelligence committees and the fair and expeditious investigation and resolution of such matters.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3967D72A2BF34277A2B13DF711844114" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>609.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on notifications of certain disclosures of classified information</header>
<subsection id="H4F3C7B63288F4AF8B179E254019FA833"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that section 502 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3092">50 U.S.C. 3092</external-xref>) requires elements of the intelligence community to keep the congressional intelligence committees <quote>fully and currently informed</quote> about all <quote>intelligence activities</quote> of the United States, and to <quote>furnish to the congressional intelligence committees any information or material concerning intelligence activities…which is requested by either of the congressional intelligence committees in order to carry out its authorized responsibilities.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B1D0C51D3D249A2BFAE27EDA48B232D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HE008AA6339354331B3C82F86542F382F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authorities described in subsection (a), together with other intelligence community authorities, obligate an element of the intelligence community to submit to the congressional intelligence committees written notification, by not later than 7 days after becoming aware, that an individual in the executive branch has disclosed covered classified information to an official of an adversary foreign government using methods other than established intelligence channels; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1BEB31D6AC14ECBAA43C61AD062645B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each such notification should include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3401606C845C4DE2ABD7DEFDA2F09FE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date and place of the disclosure of classified information covered by the notification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF161FC9FD887408EA72B54BBA431C967"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of such classified information;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H86B374284E6C41F39A2A432F5FEBFCD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identification of the individual who made such disclosure and the individual to whom such disclosure was made; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFD60E24067904164B68CC2D0B80EF79C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a summary of the circumstances of such disclosure.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H51185C72811240EEAE655274F90E8A5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H6C59176CD20945A191406A72C70E1309"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>adversary foreign government</term> means the government of any of the following foreign countries:</text> <subparagraph id="HDA5E64E9C720409F86081AFF9ABD732A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>North Korea.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F899BEC55954E6A8BCD57C48C50677B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Iran.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5FA66B2E94E4FAAA6C5BFFF1D22A808"><enum>(C)</enum><text>China.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H914F6A2D555D456BAAB5EC78D960328B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Russia.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EDC750078564B48823B645102A217C8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Cuba.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39ADC26685F444E3A002FB4505FD2BD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>covered classified information</term> means classified information that was—</text> <subparagraph id="H662D30A35C6B4DB1B4F1863971AF054C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collected by an element of the intelligence community; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE045190DDA294DF1A5091CDCA1753A5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provided by the intelligence service or military of a foreign country to an element of the intelligence community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51EE398A007649F5B53969F6A7665791"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>established intelligence channels</term> means methods to exchange intelligence to coordinate foreign intelligence relationships, as established pursuant to law by the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director of the National Security Agency, or other head of an element of the intelligence community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00155E6C1326416C8BF68BAC523FE048"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>individual in the executive branch</term> means any officer or employee of the executive branch, including individuals—</text> <subparagraph id="H2DA902EDC85D436DA6E078304BE79ED1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>occupying a position specified in article II of the Constitution;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72E71E2953244961980443B71DA635F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appointed to a position by an individual described in subparagraph (A); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F16B1E5208E41838F67DD453555E73A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>serving in the civil service or the senior executive service (or similar service for senior executives of particular departments or agencies).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
July 24, 2017
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed