[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3373]
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  SA 4368. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 973 and insert the following:

     SEC. 973. MODERNIZATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCE INFORMATION 
                   TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director 
     of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop and 
     implement an information technology system (in this section 
     referred to as the ``System'') to--
       (1) modernize and sustain the security clearance 
     information architecture of the National Background 
     Investigations Bureau and the Department of Defense;
       (2) support decision-making processes for the evaluation 
     and granting of personnel security clearances;
       (3) improve cyber security capabilities with respect to 
     sensitive security clearance data and processes;
       (4) reduce the complexity and cost of the security 
     clearance process;
       (5) provide information to managers on the financial and 
     administrative costs of the security clearance process;
       (6) strengthen the ties between counterintelligence and 
     personnel security communities; and
       (7) improve system standardization in the security 
     clearance process.
       (b) Guidance Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall 
     issue guidance establishing the respective roles, 
     responsibilities, and obligations of the Secretary and 
     Directors with respect to the development and implementation 
     of the System.
       (c) Elements of System.--In developing the System under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (1) conduct a review of security clearance business 
     processes and, to the extent practicable, modify such 
     processes to maximize compatibility with the security 
     clearance information technology architecture to minimize the 
     need for customization of the System;
       (2) conduct business process mapping (as such term is 
     defined in section 2222(i) of title 10, United States Code) 
     of the business processes described in paragraph (1);
       (3) use spiral development and incremental acquisition 
     practices to rapidly deploy the System, including through the 
     use of prototyping and open architecture principles;
       (4) establish a process to identify and limit interfaces 
     with legacy systems and to limit customization of any 
     commercial information technology tools used;
       (5) establish automated processes for measuring the 
     performance goals of the System; and
       (6) incorporate capabilities for the continuous monitoring 
     of network security and the mitigation of insider threats to 
     the System.
       (d) Completion Date.--The Secretary shall complete the 
     development and implementation of the System by not later 
     than September 30, 2019.
       (e) Briefing.--Beginning on December 1, 2016, and on a 
     quarterly basis thereafter until the completion date of 
     implementation of the System under subsection (d), the 
     Secretary shall provide a briefing to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress on the progress of the Secretary in 
     developing and implementing the System.
       (f) Review of Applicable Laws.--The Secretary shall review 
     laws, regulations, and executive orders relating to the 
     maintenance of personnel security clearance information by 
     the Federal Government. Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing that 
     includes--
       (1) the results of the review; and
       (2) recommendations, if any, for consolidating and 
     clarifying laws, regulations, and executive orders relating 
     to the maintenance of personnel security clearance 
     information by the Federal Government.
       (g) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, and the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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