[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5444
To enhance the authority of the intelligence community to enter into
public-private talent exchanges, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 5, 2024
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Lankford)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Select Committee on Intelligence
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A BILL
To enhance the authority of the intelligence community to enter into
public-private talent exchanges, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Enable Intelligence Community
Partnerships Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The term
``congressional intelligence committees'' has the meaning given
such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3003).
(2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given such term in such section.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY TO
INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERSHIPS AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS TO SECURE ENDURING
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGES.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) acquisition leaders in the intelligence community
should further explore the strategic use of private capital
partnerships to secure enduring technological advantages for
the intelligence community, including through the
identification, development, and transfer of promising
technologies to full-scale programs capable of meeting
intelligence community requirements; and
(2) the intelligence community should undertake
consultation with Federal partners, including the Office of
Strategic Capital of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and
the Office of Domestic Finance of the Department of the
Treasury, on best practices and lessons learned from their
experiences integrating these resources so as to accelerate
attainment of national security objectives.
SEC. 4. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PUBLIC-
PRIVATE TALENT EXCHANGES.
(a) Focus Areas.--Subsection (a) of section 5306 of the Damon Paul
Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--Not later than''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Focus areas.--The Director shall ensure that the
policies, processes, and procedures developed pursuant to
paragraph (1) require exchanges under this section relate to
intelligence or counterintelligence with a focus on rotations
described in such paragraph with private-sector organizations
in the following fields:
``(A) Finance.
``(B) Acquisition.
``(C) Biotechnology.
``(D) Computing.
``(E) Artificial intelligence.
``(F) Business process innovation and
entrepreneurship.
``(G) Cybersecurity.
``(H) Materials and manufacturing.
``(I) Any other technology or research field the
Director determines relevant to meet evolving national
security threats in technology sectors.''.
(b) Duration of Temporary Details.--Subsection (e) of section 5306
of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C.
3334) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``3 years'' and inserting
``5 years''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``3 years'' and inserting
``5 years''.
(c) Treatment of Private-Sector Employees.--Subsection (g) of such
section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) shall not have access to any trade secrets or
proprietary information which is of commercial value or
competitive advantage to the private-sector organization from
which such employee is detailed.''.
(d) Organizational Conflicts of Interest.--Such section is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
``(i) Organizational Conflicts of Interest.--
``(1) In general.--A private-sector organization that
temporarily details a member of its workforce to an element of
the intelligence community or that accepts the temporary detail
of a member of the intelligence community shall not be
considered to have an organizational conflict of interest with
the element of the intelligence community solely because of
participation in the program established under this section.
``(2) Identification of conflicts of interest.--If the
identification of an organizational conflict of interest arises
based on the particular facts surrounding an individual's
participation in the program established under this section and
the nature of any contract, then the heads of intelligence
community elements shall implement a system to avoid,
neutralize, or mitigate any such organizational conflicts of
interest.''.
(e) Annual Reports.--
(1) Definition of appropriate committees of congress.--In
this subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of
Congress'' means--
(A) the congressional intelligence committees;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
and
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 2 more
years, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report on--
(A) the implementation of the policies, processes,
and procedures developed pursuant to subsection (a) of
such section 5306 (50 U.S.C. 3334) and the
administration of such section;
(B) how the heads of the elements of the
intelligence community are using or plan to use the
authorities provided under such section; and
(C) recommendations for legislative or
administrative action to increase use of the
authorities provided under such section.
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