[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 30, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H7028-H7046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 6393) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6393

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the 
     ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--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.

           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. Support to nonprofit organizations assisting intelligence 
              community employees.
Sec. 304. Promotion of science, technology, engineering, and math 
              education in the intelligence community.
Sec. 305. Retention of employees of the intelligence community who have 
              science, technology, engineering, or math expertise.
Sec. 306. Modifications to certain requirements for construction of 
              facilities.
Sec. 307. Protections for independent inspectors general of certain 
              elements of the intelligence community.
Sec. 308. Modification of certain whistleblowing procedures.
Sec. 309. Congressional oversight of policy directives and guidance.
Sec. 310. Notification of memoranda of understanding.
Sec. 311. Technical correction to Executive Schedule.
Sec. 312. Maximum amount charged for declassification reviews.

  TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

      Subtitle A--Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Sec. 401. Designation of the Director of the National 
              Counterintelligence and Security Center.
Sec. 402. Analyses and impact statements by Director of National 
              Intelligence regarding investment into the United States.
Sec. 403. Assistance for governmental entities and private entities in 
              recognizing online violent extremist content.

                Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency

Sec. 411. Enhanced death benefits for personnel of the Central 
              Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 412. Pay and retirement authorities of the Inspector General of 
              the Central Intelligence Agency.

                       Subtitle C--Other Elements

Sec. 421. Clarification of authority, direction, and control over the 
              information assurance directorate of the National 
              Security Agency.
Sec. 422. Enhancing the technical workforce for the Federal Bureau of 
              Investigation.
Sec. 423. Plan on assumption of certain weather missions by the 
              National Reconnaissance Office.

             TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Sec. 501. Committee to counter active measures by the Russian 
              Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and 
              governments.
Sec. 502. Limitation on travel of accredited diplomats and consulars of 
              the Russian Federation in the United States from their 
              diplomatic post.
Sec. 503. Study and report on enhanced intelligence and information 
              sharing with Open Skies Treaty member states.

         TITLE VI--PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

Sec. 601. Information on activities of the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
              Oversight Board.
Sec. 602. Authorization of appropriations for Privacy and Civil 
              Liberties Oversight Board.

                  TITLE VII--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 701. Declassification review with respect to detainees transferred 
              from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sec. 702. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the 
              National Cryptologic Museum.
Sec. 703. Oversight of national security systems.
Sec. 704. Joint facilities certification.
Sec. 705. Leadership and management of space activities.
Sec. 706. Advances in life sciences and biotechnology.
Sec. 707. Reports on declassification proposals.
Sec. 708. Improvement in Government classification and 
              declassification.
Sec. 709. Report on implementation of research and development 
              recommendations.
Sec. 710. Report on Intelligence Community Research and Development 
              Corps.
Sec. 711. Report on information relating to academic programs, 
              scholarships, fellowships, and internships sponsored, 
              administered, or used by the intelligence community.
Sec. 712. Report on intelligence community employees detailed to 
              National Security Council.
Sec. 713. Intelligence community reporting to Congress on foreign 
              fighter flows.
Sec. 714. Report on cybersecurity threats to seaports of the United 
              States and maritime shipping.
Sec. 715. Report on counter-messaging activities.
Sec. 716. Report on reprisals against contractors of the intelligence 
              community.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The 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) Intelligence community.--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)).

                    TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2017 for the conduct of the intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities of the following elements of 
     the United States Government:
       (1) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
       (2) The Central Intelligence Agency.
       (3) The Department of Defense.
       (4) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
       (5) The National Security Agency.
       (6) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, 
     and the Department of the Air Force.
       (7) The Coast Guard.
       (8) The Department of State.
       (9) The Department of the Treasury.
       (10) The Department of Energy.
       (11) The Department of Justice.
       (12) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (13) The Drug Enforcement Administration.
       (14) The National Reconnaissance Office.
       (15) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
       (16) The Department of Homeland Security.

     SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.

       (a) Specifications of Amounts.--The amounts authorized to 
     be appropriated under section 101 and, subject to section 
     103, the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 
     2017, 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

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     Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act.
       (b) Availability of Classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations.--
       (1) Availability.--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.
       (2) Distribution by the president.--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.
       (3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly 
     disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any 
     portion of such Schedule except--
       (A) as provided in section 601(a) of the Implementing 
     Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 
     3306(a));
       (B) to the extent necessary to implement the budget; or
       (C) as otherwise required by law.

     SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS.

       (a) Authority for Increases.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence may authorize employment of civilian personnel 
     in excess of the number authorized for fiscal year 2017 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.
       (b) Treatment of Certain Personnel.--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--
       (1) a student program, trainee program, or similar program;
       (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or
       (3) details, joint duty, or long-term, full-time training.
       (c) Notice to Congressional Intelligence Committees.--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).
       (d) Contractor Conversions.--
       (1) Authority for increases.--In addition to the authority 
     under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence 
     may authorize employment of civilian personnel in an element 
     of the intelligence community in excess of the number 
     authorized for fiscal year 2017 by the classified Schedule of 
     Authorizations referred to in section 102(a), as such number 
     may be increased pursuant to subsection (a), if--
       (A) the Director determines that the increase under this 
     paragraph is necessary to convert the performance of any 
     function of the element by contractors to performance by 
     civilian personnel; and
       (B) the number of civilian personnel of the element 
     employed in excess of the number authorized under such 
     section 102(a), as such number may be increased pursuant to 
     both subsection (a) and this paragraph, does not exceed 10 
     percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized under 
     such schedule for the element.
       (2) Notice to congressional intelligence committees.--Not 
     less than 30 days prior to exercising the authority described 
     in paragraph (1), the Director of National Intelligence shall 
     submit to the congressional intelligence committees, in 
     writing--
       (A) notification of exercising such authority;
       (B) justification for making the conversion described in 
     subparagraph (A) of such paragraph; and
       (C) certification that such conversion is cost effective.

     SEC. 104. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management 
     Account of the Director of National Intelligence for fiscal 
     year 2017 the sum of $559,796,000. 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, 2018.
       (b) Authorized Personnel Levels.--The elements within the 
     Intelligence Community Management Account of the Director of 
     National Intelligence are authorized 787 positions as of 
     September 30, 2017. 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.
       (c) Classified Authorizations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence 
     Community Management Account by subsection (a), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Community Management 
     Account for fiscal year 2017 such additional amounts as are 
     specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations 
     referred to in section 102(a). Such additional amounts for 
     advanced research and development shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2018.
       (2) Authorization of personnel.--In addition to the 
     personnel authorized by subsection (b) for elements of the 
     Intelligence Community Management Account as of September 30, 
     2017, 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).

 TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

     SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for fiscal 
     year 2017 the sum of $514,000,000.

           TITLE III--GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS

     SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.

       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.

     SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
                   AUTHORIZED BY LAW.

       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.

     SEC. 303. SUPPORT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Director of National Intelligence.--Section 102A of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(y) Fundraising.--(1) The Director of National 
     Intelligence may engage in fundraising in an official 
     capacity for the benefit of nonprofit organizations that--
       ``(A) provide support to surviving family members of a 
     deceased employee of an element of the intelligence 
     community; or
       ``(B) otherwise provide support for the welfare, education, 
     or recreation of employees of an element of the intelligence 
     community, former employees of an element of the intelligence 
     community, or family members of such employees.
       ``(2) In this subsection, the term `fundraising' means the 
     raising of funds through the active participation in the 
     promotion, production, or presentation of an event designed 
     to raise funds and does not include the direct solicitation 
     of money by any other means.
       ``(3) Not later than 7 days after the date the Director 
     engages in fundraising authorized by this subsection or at 
     the time the decision is made to participate in such 
     fundraising, the Director shall notify the congressional 
     intelligence committees of such fundraising.
       ``(4) The Director, in consultation with the Director of 
     the Office of Government Ethics, shall issue regulations to 
     carry out the authority provided in this subsection. Such 
     regulations shall ensure that such authority is exercised in 
     a manner that is consistent with all relevant ethical 
     constraints and principles, including the avoidance of any 
     prohibited conflict of interest or appearance of 
     impropriety.''.
       (b) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.--Section 
     12(f) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
     U.S.C. 3512(f)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(3) Not later than the date that is 7 days after the date 
     the Director engages in fundraising authorized by this 
     subsection or at the time the decision is made to participate 
     in such fundraising, the Director shall notify the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives of the fundraising.''.

     SEC. 304. PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
                   MATH EDUCATION IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Requirement for Investment Strategy for STEM Recruiting 
     and Outreach Activities.--Along with the budget for fiscal 
     year 2018 submitted by the President pursuant to section 
     1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit a five-year investment 
     strategy for outreach and recruiting efforts in the fields of 
     science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), to 
     include cybersecurity and computer literacy.
       (b) Requirement for Intelligence Community Plans for STEM 
     Recruiting and Outreach Activities.--For each of the fiscal 
     years 2018 through 2022, the head of each element of the 
     intelligence community shall submit an investment plan along 
     with the materials submitted as justification of the budget 
     request of such element that supports the strategy required 
     by subsection (a).

     SEC. 305. RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
                   COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
                   ENGINEERING, OR MATH EXPERTISE.

       (a) Special Rates of Pay for Certain Occupations in the 
     Intelligence Community.--The National Security Act of 1947 
     (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
     section 113A the following:

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     ``SEC. 113B. SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 
                   ENGINEERING, OR MATH POSITIONS.

       ``(a) Authority To Set Special Rates of Pay.--
     Notwithstanding part III of title 5, United States Code, the 
     head of each element of the intelligence community may 
     establish higher minimum rates of pay for one or more 
     categories of positions in such element that require 
     expertise in science, technology, engineering, or math 
     (STEM).
       ``(b) Maximum Special Rate of Pay.--A minimum rate of pay 
     established for a category of positions under subsection (a) 
     may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay (excluding any 
     locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of 
     title 5, United States Code, or similar provision of law) for 
     the position in that category of positions without the 
     authority of subsection (a) by more than 30 percent, and no 
     rate may be established under this section in excess of the 
     rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
       ``(c) Notification of Removal From Special Rate of Pay.--If 
     the head of an element of the intelligence community removes 
     a category of positions from coverage under a rate of pay 
     authorized by subsection (a) after that rate of pay takes 
     effect--
       ``(1) the head of such element shall provide notice of the 
     loss of coverage of the special rate of pay to each 
     individual in such category; and
       ``(2) the loss of coverage will take effect on the first 
     day of the first pay period after the date of the notice.
       ``(d) Revision of Special Rates of Pay.--Subject to the 
     limitations in this section, rates of pay established under 
     this section by the head of the element of the intelligence 
     community may be revised from time to time by the head of 
     such element and the revisions have the force and effect of 
     statute.
       ``(e) Regulations.--The head of each element of the 
     intelligence community shall promulgate regulations to carry 
     out this section with respect to such element, which shall, 
     to the extent practicable, be comparable to the regulations 
     promulgated to carry out section 5305 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       ``(f) Reports.--
       ``(1) Requirement for reports.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, the head of each 
     element of the intelligence community shall submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on any rates 
     of pay established for such element under this section.
       ``(2) Contents.--Each report required by paragraph (1) 
     shall contain for each element of the intelligence 
     community--
       ``(A) a description of any rates of pay established under 
     subsection (a); and
       ``(B) the number of positions in such element that will be 
     subject to such rates of pay.''.
       (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--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 113A 
     the following:

``Sec. 113B. Special pay authority for science, technology, 
              engineering, or math positions.''.

     SEC. 306. MODIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.

       (a) Inclusion in Budget Requests of Certain Projects.--
     Section 8131 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     1995 (50 U.S.C. 3303) is repealed.
       (b) Notification.--Section 602(a)(2) of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (50 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2)) 
     is amended by striking ``improvement project to'' and 
     inserting ``project for the improvement, repair, or 
     modification of''.

     SEC. 307. PROTECTIONS FOR INDEPENDENT INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 
                   CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Limitation on Activities of Employees of an Office of 
     Inspector General.--
       (1) Limitations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall develop and implement a uniform policy for 
     each covered office of an inspector general to better ensure 
     the independence of each such office. Such policy shall 
     include--
       (A) provisions to prevent any conflict of interest related 
     to a matter any employee of a covered office of an inspector 
     general personally and substantially participated in during 
     previous employment;
       (B) standards to ensure personnel of a covered office of an 
     inspector general are free both in fact and in appearance 
     from personal, external, and organizational impairments to 
     independence;
       (C) provisions to permit the head of each covered office of 
     an inspector general to waive the application of the policy 
     with respect to an individual if such head--
       (i) prepares a written and signed justification for such 
     waiver that sets out, in detail, the need for such waiver, 
     provided that such a waiver shall not be issued for in fact 
     impairments to independence; and
       (ii) submits to the congressional intelligence committees 
     each such justification; and
       (D) any other protections the Director determines 
     appropriate.
       (2) Covered office of an inspector general defined.--The 
     term ``covered office of an inspector general'' means--
       (A) the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence 
     Community; and
       (B) the office of an inspector general for--
       (i) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
       (ii) the Central Intelligence Agency;
       (iii) the National Security Agency;
       (iv) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
       (v) the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; or
       (vi) the National Reconnaissance Office.
       (3) Briefing to the congressional intelligence 
     committees.--Prior to the date that the policy required by 
     paragraph (1) takes effect, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall provide the congressional intelligence 
     committees a briefing on such policy.
       (b) Limitation on Rotation of Employees of an Office of 
     Inspector General.--Section 102A(l)(3) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(l)(3)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) The mechanisms prescribed under subparagraph (A) and 
     any other policies of the Director--
       ``(i) may not require an employee of an office of inspector 
     general for an element of the intelligence community, 
     including the Office of the Inspector General of the 
     Intelligence Community, to rotate to a position in an office 
     or organization of such an element over which such office of 
     inspector general exercises jurisdiction; and
       ``(ii) shall be implemented in a manner that exempts 
     employees of an office of inspector general from a rotation 
     that may impact the independence of such office.''.

     SEC. 308. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN WHISTLEBLOWING PROCEDURES.

       (a) Clarification of Whistleblowing Procedures Available to 
     Certain Personnel.--Subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 8H of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
     inserting after ``Security Agency,'' the following: 
     ``including any such employee who is assigned or detailed to 
     a combatant command or other element of the Federal 
     Government,''.
       (b) Central Intelligence Agency.--
       (1) Role of director.--Section 17(d)(5) of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(d)(5)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking clause (ii);
       (ii) by striking ``(i) Not'' and inserting ``Not''; and
       (iii) by striking ``to the Director'' and inserting ``to 
     the intelligence committees''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (D)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``the Director'' and 
     inserting ``the intelligence committees''; and
       (ii) in clause (ii)--

       (I) in subclause (I), by striking ``the Director, through 
     the Inspector General,'' and inserting ``the Inspector 
     General''; and
       (II) in subclause (II), by striking ``the Director, through 
     the Inspector General,'' and inserting ``the Inspector 
     General, in consultation with the Director,''.

       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) In general.--Section 17(d)(5) of such Act is further 
     amended--
       (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (H) as 
     subparagraphs (C) through (G), respectively.
       (B) Intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 
     2004.--Section 3001(j)(1)(C)(ii) of the Intelligence Reform 
     and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 
     3341(j)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``subparagraphs 
     (A), (D), and (H)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (A), (C), 
     and (G)''.
       (c) Other Elements of Intelligence Community.--
       (1) Role of heads.--Section 8H of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking paragraph (2);
       (ii) by striking ``(1) Not'' and inserting ``Not''; and
       (iii) by striking ``to the head of the establishment'' and 
     inserting ``to the intelligence committees''; and
       (B) in subsection (d)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the head of the 
     establishment'' and inserting ``the intelligence 
     committees''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the head of the 
     establishment, through the Inspector General,'' and inserting 
     ``the Inspector General''; and
       (II) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the head of the 
     establishment, through the Inspector General,'' and inserting 
     ``the Inspector General, in consultation with the head of the 
     establishment,''.

       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 8H of such Act is 
     further amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (c);
       (B) by redesignating subsections (d) through (i) as 
     subsections (c) through (h), respectively; and
       (C) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``subsections (a) through (e)'' and inserting ``subsections 
     (a) through (d)''.
       (d) Office of the Director of National Intelligence.--
       (1) In general.--Section 103H(k)(5) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(k)(5)) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``to the Director'' 
     and inserting ``to the congressional intelligence 
     committees''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (D)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``the Director'' and 
     inserting ``the congressional intelligence committees''; and
       (ii) in clause (ii)--

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       (I) in subclause (I), by striking ``the Director, through 
     the Inspector General,'' and inserting ``the Inspector 
     General''; and
       (II) in subclause (II), by striking ``the Director, through 
     the Inspector General,'' and inserting ``the Inspector 
     General, in consultation with the Director,''.

       (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 103H(k)(5) of such Act 
     is further amended--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (I) as 
     subparagraphs (C) through (H), respectively.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--None of the amendments made by 
     this section may be construed to prohibit or otherwise affect 
     the authority of an Inspector General of an element of the 
     intelligence community, the Inspector General of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency, or the Inspector General of the 
     Intelligence Community to notify the head of the element of 
     the intelligence community, the Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency, or the Director of National 
     Intelligence, as the case may be, of a complaint or 
     information otherwise authorized by law.

     SEC. 309. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF POLICY DIRECTIVES AND 
                   GUIDANCE.

       (a) Covered Policy Document Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered policy document'' means any classified or 
     unclassified Presidential Policy Directive, Presidential 
     Policy Guidance, or other similar policy document issued by 
     the President, including any annex to such a Directive, 
     Guidance, or other document, that assigns takes, roles, or 
     responsibilities the intelligence community.
       (b) Submissions to Congress.--The Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees the following:
       (1) Not later than 15 days after the date that a covered 
     policy document is issued, a notice of the issuance and a 
     summary of the subject matter addressed by such covered 
     policy document.
       (2) Not later than 15 days after the date that the Director 
     issues any guidance or direction on implementation of a 
     covered policy document or implements a covered policy 
     document, a copy of such guidance or direction or a 
     description of such implementation.
       (3) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, for any covered policy document issued prior to 
     such date that is being implemented by any element of the 
     intelligence community or that is in effect on such date--
       (A) a notice that includes the date such covered policy 
     document was issued and a summary of the subject matter 
     addressed by such covered policy document; and
       (B) if the Director has issued any guidance or direction on 
     implementation of such covered policy document or is 
     implementing such covered policy document, a copy of the 
     guidance or direction or a description of such 
     implementation.

     SEC. 310. NOTIFICATION OF MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.

       (a) In General.--The head of each element of the 
     intelligence community shall submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a copy of each memorandum of 
     understanding or other agreement regarding significant 
     operational activities or policy between or among such 
     element and any other entity or entities of the United States 
     Government--
       (1) for such a memorandum or agreement that is in effect on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, not later than 60 days 
     after such date; and
       (2) for such a memorandum or agreement entered into after 
     such date, in a timely manner and not more than 60 days after 
     the date such memorandum or other agreement is entered into.
       (b) Administrative Memorandum or Agreement.--Nothing in 
     this section may be construed to require an element of the 
     intelligence community to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees any memorandum or agreement that is 
     solely administrative in nature, including a memorandum or 
     agreement regarding joint duty or other routine personnel 
     assignments.

     SEC. 311. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE.

       Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking the item relating to ``Director of the National 
     Counter Proliferation Center.''.

     SEC. 312. MAXIMUM AMOUNT CHARGED FOR DECLASSIFICATION 
                   REVIEWS.

       In reviewing and processing a request by a person for the 
     mandatory declassification of information pursuant to 
     Executive Order No. 13526, a successor executive order, or 
     any other provision of law, the head of an element of the 
     intelligence community--
       (1) may not charge the person reproduction fees in excess 
     of the amount of fees that the head would charge the person 
     for reproduction required in the course of processing a 
     request for information under section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of 
     Information Act''); and
       (2) may waive or reduce any processing fees in the same 
     manner as the head waives or reduces fees under such section 
     552.

  TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

      Subtitle A--Office of the Director of National Intelligence

     SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL 
                   COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY CENTER.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) In general.--Section 902 of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382) is amended to read 
     as follows:

     ``SEC. 902. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND 
                   SECURITY CENTER.

       ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be a Director of the 
     National Counterintelligence and Security Center (referred to 
     in this section as the `Director'), who shall be appointed by 
     the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
     Senate.
       ``(b) Mission.--The mission of the Director shall be to 
     serve as the head of national counterintelligence for the 
     United States Government.
       ``(c) Duties.--Subject to the direction and control of the 
     Director of National Intelligence, the duties of the Director 
     are as follows:
       ``(1) To carry out the mission referred to in subsection 
     (b).
       ``(2) To act as chairperson of the National 
     Counterintelligence Policy Board established under section 
     811 of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act 
     of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 3381).
       ``(3) To act as head of the National Counterintelligence 
     and Security Center established under section 904.
       ``(4) To participate as an observer on such boards, 
     committees, and entities of the executive branch as the 
     Director of National Intelligence considers appropriate for 
     the discharge of the mission and functions of the Director 
     and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center 
     under section 904.''.
       (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
     section 1(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2383) is amended by 
     striking the item relating to section 902 and inserting the 
     following:

``Sec. 902. Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
              Center.''.
       (3) Technical effective date.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (a) of section 401 of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (division M of Public 
     Law 114-113) shall not take effect, or, if the date of the 
     enactment of this Act is on or after the effective date 
     specified in subsection (b) of such section, such amendment 
     shall be deemed to not have taken effect.
       (b) National Counterintelligence and Security Center.--
       (1) In general.--Section 904 of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383) is amended--
       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting 
     ``national counterintelligence and security center.''; and
       (B) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be a National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center.
       ``(b) Head of Center.--The Director of the National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be the head of 
     the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.
       ``(c) Location of Center.--The National Counterintelligence 
     and Security Center shall be located in the Office of the 
     Director of National Intelligence.''.
       (2) Functions.--Section 904(d) of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383(d)) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``National Counterintelligence Executive, the functions of 
     the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive'' 
     and inserting ``Director of the National Counterintelligence 
     and Security Center, the functions of the National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center'';
       (B) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``In consultation with'' and inserting ``At 
     the direction of''; and
       (C) in paragraph (6), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``Office'' and inserting ``National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center''.
       (3) Personnel.--Section 904(f) of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383(f)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Office of the National 
     Counterintelligence Executive may consist of personnel 
     employed by the Office'' and inserting ``National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center may consist of 
     personnel employed by the Center''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``National 
     Counterintelligence Executive'' and inserting ``Director of 
     the National Counterintelligence and Security Center''.
       (4) Treatment of activities under certain administrative 
     laws.--Section 904(g) of the Counterintelligence Enhancement 
     Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3383(g)) is amended by striking 
     ``Office shall be treated as operational files of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency for purposes of section 701 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 431)'' and inserting 
     ``National Counterintelligence and Security Center shall be 
     treated as operational files of the Central Intelligence 
     Agency for purposes of section 701 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3141)''.
       (5) Oversight by congress.--Section 904(h) of the 
     Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 
     3383(h)) is amended--

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       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive'' and 
     inserting ``National Counterintelligence and Security 
     Center''; and
       (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``Office'' and 
     inserting ``Center'' both places that term appears.
       (6) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
     section 1(b) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2383), as amended by 
     subsection (a)(2), is further amended by striking the item 
     relating to section 904 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 904. National Counterintelligence and Security Center.''.
       (c) Oversight of National Intelligence Centers.--Section 
     102A(f)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3024(f)(2)) is amended by inserting ``, the National 
     Counterproliferation Center, and the National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center'' after ``National 
     Counterterrorism Center''.
       (d) Director of the National Counterintelligence and 
     Security Center Within the Office of the Director of National 
     Intelligence.--Paragraph (8) of section 103(c) of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025(c)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(8) The Director of the National Counterintelligence and 
     Security Center.''.
       (e) Duties of the Director of the National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center.--
       (1) In general.--Section 103F of the National Security Act 
     of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3031) is amended--
       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting 
     ``director of the national counterintelligence and security 
     center'';
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
     ``Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
     Center.--''; and
       (ii) by striking ``National Counterintelligence Executive 
     under section 902 of the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act 
     of 2002 (title IX of Public Law 107-306; 50 U.S.C. 402b et 
     seq.)'' and inserting ``Director of the National 
     Counterintelligence and Security Center appointed under 
     section 902 of the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 
     2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382)''; and
       (C) in subsection (b), by striking ``National 
     Counterintelligence Executive'' and inserting ``Director of 
     the National Counterintelligence and Security Center''.
       (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents in 
     the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 103F and 
     inserting the following:

``Sec. 103F. Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
              Center.''.
       (f) Coordination of Counterintelligence Activities.--
     Section 811 of the Counterintelligence and Security 
     Enhancements Act of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 3381) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``National 
     Counterintelligence Executive under section 902 of the 
     Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002'' and inserting 
     ``Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security 
     Center appointed under section 902 of the Counterintelligence 
     Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 3382)'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``National 
     Counterintelligence Executive.'' and inserting ``Director of 
     the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.''; and
       (3) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii)--
       (A) by striking ``National Counterintelligence Executive'' 
     and inserting ``Director of the National Counterintelligence 
     and Security Center''; and
       (B) by striking ``by the Office of the National 
     Counterintelligence Executive under section 904(e)(2) of that 
     Act'' and inserting ``pursuant to section 904(d)(2) of that 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 3383(d)(2))''.
       (g) Intelligence and National Security Aspects of Espionage 
     Prosecutions.--Section 341(b) of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-177, 
     28 U.S.C. 519 note) is amended by striking ``Office of the 
     National Counterintelligence Executive,'' and inserting 
     ``National Counterintelligence and Security Center,''.

     SEC. 402. ANALYSES AND IMPACT STATEMENTS BY DIRECTOR OF 
                   NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REGARDING INVESTMENT INTO 
                   THE UNITED STATES.

       Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3024) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(y) Analyses and Impact Statements Regarding Proposed 
     Investment Into the United States.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 20 days after the 
     completion of a review or an investigation of any proposed 
     investment into the United States for which the Director has 
     prepared analytic materials, the Director shall submit to the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representative copies of such analytic materials, including 
     any supplements or amendments to such analysis made by the 
     Director.
       ``(2) Impact statements.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     completion of consideration by the United States Government 
     of any investment described in paragraph (1), the Director 
     shall determine whether such investment will have an 
     operational impact on the intelligence community, and, if so, 
     shall submit a report on such impact to the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
     Each such report shall--
       ``(A) describe the operational impact of the investment on 
     the intelligence community; and
       ``(B) describe any actions that have been or will be taken 
     to mitigate such impact.''.

     SEC. 403. ASSISTANCE FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND PRIVATE 
                   ENTITIES IN RECOGNIZING ONLINE VIOLENT 
                   EXTREMIST CONTENT.

       (a) Assistance To Recognize Online Violent Extremist 
     Content.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and consistent with the protection of 
     intelligence sources and methods, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall publish on a publicly available Internet 
     website a list of all logos, symbols, insignia, and other 
     markings commonly associated with, or adopted by, an 
     organization designated by the Secretary of State as a 
     foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
       (b) Updates.--The Director shall update the list published 
     under subsection (a) every 180 days or more frequently as 
     needed.

                Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency

     SEC. 411. ENHANCED DEATH BENEFITS FOR PERSONNEL OF THE 
                   CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

       Section 11 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
     (50 U.S.C. 3511) is amended to read as follows:


        ``benefits available in event of the death of personnel

       ``Sec. 11.  (a) Authority.--The Director may pay death 
     benefits substantially similar to those authorized for 
     members of the Foreign Service pursuant to the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) or any other 
     provision of law. The Director may adjust the eligibility for 
     death benefits as necessary to meet the unique requirements 
     of the mission of the Agency.
       ``(b) Regulations.--Regulations issued pursuant to this 
     section shall be submitted to the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the House of Representatives before such 
     regulations take effect.''.

     SEC. 412. PAY AND RETIREMENT AUTHORITIES OF THE INSPECTOR 
                   GENERAL OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 17(e)(7) of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C)(i) The Inspector General may designate an officer or 
     employee appointed in accordance with subparagraph (A) as a 
     law enforcement officer solely for purposes of subchapter III 
     of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
     if such officer or employee is appointed to a position with 
     responsibility for investigating suspected offenses against 
     the criminal laws of the United States.
       ``(ii) In carrying out clause (i), the Inspector General 
     shall ensure that any authority under such clause is 
     exercised in a manner consistent with section 3307 of title 
     5, United States Code, as it relates to law enforcement 
     officers.
       ``(iii) For purposes of applying sections 3307(d), 8335(b), 
     and 8425(b) of title 5, United States Code, the Inspector 
     General may exercise the functions, powers, and duties of an 
     agency head or appointing authority with respect to the 
     Office.''.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Subparagraph (C) of section 
     17(e)(7) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 
     U.S.C. 3517(e)(7)), as added by subsection (a), may not be 
     construed to confer on the Inspector General of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency, or any other officer or employee of the 
     Agency, any police or law enforcement or internal security 
     functions or authorities.

                       Subtitle C--Other Elements

     SEC. 421. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL 
                   OVER THE INFORMATION ASSURANCE DIRECTORATE OF 
                   THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.

       Section 142(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and'';
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (3) by striking subparagraph (D).

     SEC. 422. ENHANCING THE TECHNICAL WORKFORCE FOR THE FEDERAL 
                   BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

       (a) Report Required.--Building on the basic cyber human 
     capital strategic plan provided to the congressional 
     intelligence committees in 2015, not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act and updated two 
     years thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees a comprehensive strategic workforce report 
     regarding initiatives to effectively integrate information 
     technology expertise in the investigative process.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment, including measurable benchmarks, of 
     progress on initiatives to recruit, train, and retain 
     personnel with the necessary skills and experiences in vital 
     areas, including encryption, cryptography, and big data 
     analytics.

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       (2) An assessment of whether officers of the Federal Bureau 
     of Investigation who possess such skills are fully integrated 
     into the Bureau's work, including Agent-led investigations.
       (3) A description of the quality and quantity of the 
     collaborations between the Bureau and private sector entities 
     on cyber issues, including the status of efforts to benefit 
     from employees with experience transitioning between the 
     public and private sectors.
       (4) An assessment of the utility of reinstituting, if 
     applicable, and leveraging the Director's Advisory Board, 
     which was originally constituted in 2005, to provide outside 
     advice on how to better integrate technical expertise with 
     the investigative process and on emerging concerns in cyber-
     related issues.

     SEC. 423. PLAN ON ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN WEATHER MISSIONS BY 
                   THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE.

       (a) Plan.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
     Director of the National Reconnaissance Office shall develop 
     a plan for the National Reconnaissance Office to address how 
     to carry out covered space-based environmental monitoring 
     missions. Such plan shall include--
       (A) a description of the related national security 
     requirements for such missions;
       (B) a description of the appropriate manner to meet such 
     requirements; and
       (C) the amount of funds that would be necessary to be 
     transferred from the Air Force to the National Reconnaissance 
     Office during fiscal years 2018 through 2022 to carry out 
     such plan.
       (2) Activities.--In developing the plan under paragraph 
     (1), the Director may conduct pre-acquisition activities, 
     including with respect to requests for information, analyses 
     of alternatives, study contracts, modeling and simulation, 
     and other activities the Director determines necessary to 
     develop such plan.
       (3) Submission.--Not later than July 1, 2017, and except as 
     provided in subsection (c), the Director shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees the plan under paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Independent Cost Estimate.--The Director of the Cost 
     Assessment Improvement Group of the Office of the Director of 
     National Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of 
     Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, shall certify to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that the amounts of 
     funds identified under subsection (a)(1)(C) as being 
     necessary to transfer are appropriate and include funding for 
     positions and personnel to support program office costs.
       (c) Waiver Based on Report and Certification of Air Force 
     Acquisition Program.--The Director of the National 
     Reconnaissance Office may waive the requirement to develop a 
     plan under subsection (a), if the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Acquisition Technology, and Logistics and the Chairman of 
     the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report by not later than July 1, 
     2017, that contains--
       (1) a certification that the Secretary of the Air Force is 
     carrying out a formal acquisition program that has received 
     milestone A approval to address the cloud characterization 
     and theater weather imagery requirements of the Department of 
     Defense; and
       (2) an identification of the cost, schedule, requirements, 
     and acquisition strategy of such acquisition program.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the congressional intelligence committees; and
       (B) the congressional defense committees (as defined in 
     section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code).
       (2) The term ``covered space-based environmental monitoring 
     missions'' means the acquisition programs necessary to meet 
     the national security requirements for cloud characterization 
     and theater weather imagery.

             TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

     SEC. 501. COMMITTEE TO COUNTER ACTIVE MEASURES BY THE RUSSIAN 
                   FEDERATION TO EXERT COVERT INFLUENCE OVER 
                   PEOPLES AND GOVERNMENTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Active measures by russia to exert covert influence.--
     The term ``active measures by Russia to exert covert 
     influence'' means activities intended to influence a person 
     or government that are carried out in coordination with, or 
     at the behest of, political leaders or the security services 
     of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian 
     Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly, 
     including the following:
       (A) Establishment or funding of a front group.
       (B) Covert broadcasting.
       (C) Media manipulation.
       (D) Disinformation and forgeries.
       (E) Funding agents of influence.
       (F) Incitement and offensive counterintelligence.
       (G) Assassinations.
       (H) Terrorist acts.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the congressional intelligence committees;
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Establishment.--There is established within the 
     executive branch an interagency committee to counter active 
     measures by the Russian Federation to exert covert influence.
       (c) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Appointment.--Each head of an agency or department of 
     the United States Government set out under subparagraph (B) 
     shall appoint one member of the committee established by 
     subsection (b) from among officials of such agency or 
     department who occupy a position that is required to be 
     appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of 
     the Senate.
       (B) Head of an agency or department.--The head of an agency 
     or department of the United States Government set out under 
     this subparagraph are the following:
       (i) The Director of National Intelligence.
       (ii) The Secretary of State.
       (iii) The Secretary of Defense.
       (iv) The Secretary of the Treasury.
       (v) The Attorney General.
       (vi) The Secretary of Energy.
       (vii) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (viii) The head of any other agency or department of the 
     United States Government designated by the President for 
     purposes of this section.
       (d) Meetings.--The committee shall meet on a regular basis.
       (e) Duties.--The duties of the committee established by 
     subsection (b) shall be as follows:
       (1) To counter active measures by Russia to exert covert 
     influence, including by exposing falsehoods, agents of 
     influence, corruption, human rights abuses, terrorism, and 
     assassinations carried out by the security services or 
     political elites of the Russian Federation or their proxies.
       (2) Such other duties as the President may designate for 
     purposes of this section.
       (f) Staff.--The committee established by subsection (b) may 
     employ such staff as the members of such committee consider 
     appropriate.
       (g) Budget Request.--A request for funds required for the 
     functioning of the committee established by subsection (b) 
     may be included in each budget for a fiscal year submitted by 
     the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code.
       (h) Annual Report.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, and 
     consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 
     methods, the committee established by subsection (b) shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     describing steps being taken by the committee to counter 
     active measures by Russia to exert covert influence.
       (2) Matters included.--Each report under paragraph (1) 
     shall include a summary of the following:
       (A) Active measures by Russia to exert covert influence 
     during the previous year, including significant incidents and 
     notable trends.
       (B) Key initiatives of the committee.
       (C) Implementation of the committee's initiatives by the 
     heads of the agencies and departments of the United States 
     Government specified in subsection (c)(1)(B).
       (D) Analysis of the success of such initiatives.
       (E) Changes to such initiatives from the previous year.
       (3) Separate reporting requirement.--The requirement to 
     submit an annual report under paragraph (1) is in addition to 
     any other reporting requirements with respect to Russia.

     SEC. 502. LIMITATION ON TRAVEL OF ACCREDITED DIPLOMATS AND 
                   CONSULARS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE 
                   UNITED STATES FROM THEIR DIPLOMATIC POST.

       (a) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional intelligence committees;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Quarterly Limitation on Travel Distance.--Accredited 
     diplomatic personnel and consulars of the Russian Federation 
     in the United States may not be permitted to travel a 
     distance in excess of 25 miles from their diplomatic post in 
     the United States in a calendar quarter unless, on or before 
     the last day of the preceding calendar quarter, the Director 
     of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has certified in 
     writing to the appropriate committees of Congress that during 
     the preceding calendar quarter the Bureau did not identify 
     any violations by accredited diplomatic personnel and 
     consulars of the Russian Federation of applicable 
     requirements to notify the United States Government in 
     connection with travel by such diplomatic personnel and 
     consulars of a distance in excess of 25 miles from their 
     diplomatic post in the United States.
       (c) Applicability.--Subsection (b) shall apply to each 
     calendar quarter that begins more than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Waiver Authority.--

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       (1) In general.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation may waive any travel distance limitation 
     imposed by subsection (b) if the Director determines that 
     such a waiver will further the law enforcement or national 
     security interests of the United States.
       (2) Notification.--Not later than 15 days after issuing a 
     waiver under paragraph (1), the Director of the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a notification that such waiver has 
     been issued and the justification for the issuance of such 
     waiver.

     SEC. 503. STUDY AND REPORT ON ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE AND 
                   INFORMATION SHARING WITH OPEN SKIES TREATY 
                   MEMBER STATES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) congressional intelligence committees;
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (C) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Covered state party.--The term ``covered state party'' 
     means a foreign country, that--
       (A) was a state party to the Open Skies Treaty on February 
     22, 2016; and
       (B) is not the Russian Federation or the Republic of 
     Belarus.
       (3) Open skies treaty.--The term ``Open Skies Treaty'' 
     means the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March 24, 
     1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002.
       (b) Feasibility Study.--
       (1) Requirement for study.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall conduct and submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a study to determine the 
     feasibility of creating an intelligence sharing arrangement 
     and database to provide covered state parties with imagery 
     that is comparable, delivered more frequently, and in equal 
     or higher resolution than imagery available through the 
     database established under the Open Skies Treaty.
       (2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include an evaluation of the following:
       (A) The methods by which the United States could collect 
     and provide imagery, including commercial satellite imagery, 
     national technical means, and through other intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms, under an 
     information sharing arrangement and database referred to in 
     paragraph (1).
       (B) The ability of other covered state parties to 
     contribute imagery to the arrangement and database.
       (C) Any impediments to the United States and other covered 
     states parties providing such imagery, including any 
     statutory barriers, insufficiencies in the ability to collect 
     the imagery or funding, under such an arrangement.
       (D) Whether imagery of Moscow, Chechnya, the international 
     border between Russia and Georgia, Kaliningrad, or the 
     Republic of Belarus could be provided under such an 
     arrangement.
       (E) The annual and projected costs associated with the 
     establishment of such an arrangement and database, as 
     compared with costs to the United States and other covered 
     state parties of being parties to the Open Skies Treaty, 
     including Open Skies Treaty plane maintenance, aircraft fuel, 
     crew expenses, mitigation measures necessary associated with 
     Russian Federation overflights over the United States or 
     covered state parties, and new sensor development and 
     acquisition.
       (3) Support from other federal agencies.--Each head of a 
     Federal agency shall provide such support to the Director as 
     may be necessary for the Director to conduct the study 
     required by paragraph (1).
       (c) Report.--
       (1) Requirement for report.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress the report described in this 
     subsection.
       (2) Content of report.--The report required by paragraph 
     (1) shall include the following:
       (A) An intelligence assessment on Russian Federation 
     warfighting doctrine and the extent to which Russian 
     Federation flights under the Open Skies Treaty contribute to 
     such doctrine.
       (B) A counterintelligence analysis as to whether the 
     Russian Federation has, could have, or intends to have the 
     capability to exceed the imagery limits set forth in the Open 
     Skies Treaty.
       (C) A list of intelligence exchanges with covered state 
     parties that have been updated on the information described 
     in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and the date and form such 
     information was provided.
       (d) Form of Submission.--The study required by subsection 
     (b) and the report required by subsection (c) shall be 
     submitted in an unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.

         TITLE VI--PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD

     SEC. 601. INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES OF THE PRIVACY AND CIVIL 
                   LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.

       Subsection (e) of section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform 
     and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(e)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
     ``Reports and Oversight Activities.--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Information.--
       ``(A) Oversight activities.--In addition to the reports 
     submitted under paragraph (1)(B), the Board shall ensure that 
     each official and congressional committee specified in 
     subparagraph (B) is kept fully and currently informed of the 
     oversight activities of the Board, including any significant 
     anticipated oversight activities.
       ``(B) Officials and congressional committees specified.--
     The officials and congressional committees specified in this 
     subparagraph are the following:
       ``(i) The Director of National Intelligence.
       ``(ii) The head of any element of the intelligence 
     community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)) the activities of 
     which are, or are anticipated to be, the subject of the 
     Board's oversight activities.
       ``(iii) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
     and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       ``(C) Exemption for statutory advice function.--This 
     paragraph shall not apply to exercises of the Board's advice 
     function as set out in subsection (d)(1).
       ``(D) Preservation of privilege.--Nothing in this paragraph 
     may be construed to abridge or require waiver of any 
     applicable privilege.
       ``(4) Reports on advice to elements of the intelligence 
     community.--Whenever an element of the intelligence community 
     acts in contravention of the advice provided by the Board 
     under subsection (d)(1), the Board shall, no less than 30 
     days after the action in contravention of the Board's advice, 
     notify the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and 
     the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
     of Representatives of the provision of advice and of the 
     action by the element of the intelligence community.''.

     SEC. 602. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRIVACY AND 
                   CIVIL LIBERTIES OVERSIGHT BOARD.

       (a) Requirement for Authorizations.--Subsection (m) of 
     section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
     Prevention Act of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee(m)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(m) Funding.--
       ``(1) Specific authorization required.--Appropriated funds 
     available to the Board may be obligated or expended to carry 
     out activities under this section only if such funds were 
     specifically authorized by Congress for use for such 
     activities for such fiscal year.
       ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
     `specifically authorized by Congress' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 504(e) of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(e)).''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
     Oversight Board for fiscal year 2017 the sum of $10,081,000 
     to carry out the activities of the Board under section 1061 
     of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
     2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee).

                  TITLE VII--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 701. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO DETAINEES 
                   TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 
                   GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

       (a) In General.--For each individual detained at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after September 
     11, 2001, who was transferred or released from United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall--
       (1)(A) complete a declassification review of intelligence 
     reports regarding past terrorist activities of that 
     individual prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center 
     for the individual's Periodic Review Board sessions, 
     transfer, or release; or
       (B) if the individual's transfer or release occurred prior 
     to the date on which the National Counterterrorism Center 
     first began to prepare such reports regarding detainees, such 
     other intelligence report or reports that contain the same or 
     similar information regarding the individual's past terrorist 
     activities;
       (2) make available to the public--
       (A) any intelligence reports declassified as a result of 
     the declassification review; and
       (B) with respect to each individual transferred or 
     released, for whom intelligence reports are declassified as a 
     result of the declassification review, an unclassified 
     summary which shall be prepared by the President of measures 
     being taken by the country to which the individual was 
     transferred or released to monitor the individual and to 
     prevent the individual from carrying out future terrorist 
     activities; and
       (3) submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
     report setting out the results of the declassification 
     review, including a description of intelligence reports 
     covered by the review that were not declassified.
       (b) Schedule.--
       (1) Transfer or release prior to enactment.--Not later than 
     210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall submit the report

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     required by subsection (a)(3), which shall include the 
     results of the declassification review completed for each 
     individual detained at United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who was transferred or released from 
     United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, prior to the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Transfer or release after enactment.--Not later than 
     120 days after the date an individual detained at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act is transferred or released from 
     United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, the Director 
     shall submit the report required by subsection (a)(3) for 
     such individual.
       (c) Past Terrorist Activities.--For purposes of this 
     section, the past terrorist activities of an individual shall 
     include all terrorist activities conducted by the individual 
     before the individual's transfer to the detention facility at 
     United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, including, at a 
     minimum, the following:
       (1) The terrorist organization, if any, with which 
     affiliated.
       (2) The terrorist training, if any, received.
       (3) The role in past terrorist attacks against United 
     States interests or allies.
       (4) The direct responsibility, if any, for the death of 
     United States citizens or members of the Armed Forces.
       (5) Any admission of any matter specified in paragraphs (1) 
     through (4).

     SEC. 702. CYBER CENTER FOR EDUCATION AND INNOVATION HOME OF 
                   THE NATIONAL CRYPTOLOGIC MUSEUM.

       (a) Authority To Establish and Operate Center.--Chapter 449 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 4781. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home 
       of the National Cryptologic Museum

       ``(a) Establishment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
     establish at a publicly accessible location at Fort George G. 
     Meade the `Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of 
     the National Cryptologic Museum' (in this section referred to 
     as the `Center').
       ``(2) The Center may be used for the identification, 
     curation, storage, and public viewing of materials relating 
     to the activities of the National Security Agency, any 
     predecessor or successor organizations of such Agency, and 
     the history of cryptology.
       ``(3) The Center may contain meeting, conference, and 
     classroom facilities that will be used to support such 
     education, training, public outreach, and other purposes as 
     the Secretary considers appropriate.
       ``(b) Design, Construction, and Operation.--The Secretary 
     may enter into an agreement with the National Cryptologic 
     Museum Foundation (in this section referred to as the 
     `Foundation'), a nonprofit organization, for the design, 
     construction, and operation of the Center.
       ``(c) Acceptance Authority.--(1) If the Foundation 
     constructs the Center pursuant to an agreement with the 
     Foundation under subsection (b), upon satisfactory completion 
     of the Center's construction or any phase thereof, as 
     determined by the Secretary, and upon full satisfaction by 
     the Foundation of any other obligations pursuant to such 
     agreement, the Secretary may accept the Center (or any phase 
     thereof) from the Foundation, and all right, title, and 
     interest in the Center or such phase shall vest in the United 
     States.
       ``(2) Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the 
     Secretary may accept services from the Foundation in 
     connection with the design construction, and operation of the 
     Center. For purposes of this section and any other provision 
     of law, employees or personnel of the Foundation shall not be 
     considered to be employees of the United States.
       ``(d) Fees and User Charges.--(1) The Secretary may assess 
     fees and user charges to cover the cost of the use of Center 
     facilities and property, including rental, user, conference, 
     and concession fees.
       ``(2) Amounts received under paragraph (1) shall be 
     deposited into the fund established under subsection (e).
       ``(e) Fund.--(1) Upon the Secretary's acceptance of the 
     Center under subsection (c)(1)) there is established in the 
     Treasury a fund to be known as the `Cyber Center for 
     Education and Innovation-Home of the National Cryptologic 
     Museum Fund' (in this subsection referred to as the `Fund').
       ``(2) The Fund shall consist of the following amounts:
       ``(A) Fees and user charges deposited by the Secretary 
     under subsection (d).
       ``(B) Any other amounts received by the Secretary which are 
     attributable to the operation of the Center.
       ``(3) Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the 
     Secretary for the benefit and operation of the Center, 
     including the costs of operation and the acquisition of 
     books, manuscripts, works of art, historical artifacts, 
     drawings, plans, models, and condemned or obsolete combat 
     materiel.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 449 of title 10, United State Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``4781. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home of the National 
              Cryptologic Museum.''.

     SEC. 703. OVERSIGHT OF NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3557 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The head'' and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Responsibilities of Agencies.--The head''; and
       (2) by inserting before subsection (c), as designated by 
     paragraph (1), the following:
       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Binding operational directive.--Notwithstanding 
     section 3552(b), the term `binding operational directive' 
     means a compulsory direction to an agency that--
       ``(A) is for purposes of safeguarding national security 
     information and information systems from a known or 
     reasonably suspected information security threat, 
     vulnerability, or risk; and
       ``(B) shall be in accordance with policies, principles, 
     standards, and guidelines issued by the Committee.
       ``(2) Committee.--The term `Committee' means the committee 
     established pursuant to National Security Directive 42, 
     signed by the President on July 5, 1990.
       ``(3) National manager.--The term `National Manager' means 
     the national manager referred to in National Security 
     Directive 42, signed by the President on July 5, 1990.
       ``(b) Oversight by National Manager.--
       ``(1) Designation.--The Director of the National Security 
     Agency shall serve as the National Manager.
       ``(2) Registration of national security systems.--
       ``(A) In general.--Each head of an agency that operates or 
     exercises control of a national security system shall 
     register such system and its configuration with the National 
     Manager.
       ``(B) Limitation.--The head of an agency operating or 
     exercising control of a national security system may not 
     operate or exercise control of such national security system 
     until such head receives a letter from the National Manager 
     that acknowledges registration of such national security 
     system.
       ``(3) Authority to inspect.--The National Manager, in 
     consultation with the head of an agency that operates or 
     exercises control of a national security system, may, as the 
     National Manager considers appropriate, inspect such system--
       ``(A) for adherence to such standards as the Committee may 
     establish for national security systems; and
       ``(B) to confirm whether the national security system 
     coheres with its configuration registered under paragraph 
     (2).
       ``(4) Binding operational directives.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the National Manager, in consultation with the Committee, may 
     issue such binding operational directives as the National 
     Manager considers appropriate to ensure the security of a 
     national security system.
       ``(B) Limitation.--In any case in which the National 
     Manager issues an operational directive under subparagraph 
     (A) with respect to a national security system operated or 
     controlled by an agency, such operational directive shall not 
     be considered binding if the head of such agency submits to 
     the National Manager a certification that the operational 
     directive would degrade national security.
       ``(C) Annual report.--Not less frequently than once each 
     year, the National Manager shall submit to the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the certifications submitted to 
     the National Manager under subparagraph (B) in the most 
     recent year preceding the report.''.
       (b) Consideration of Certain Routine Administrative and 
     Business Applications as National Security Systems.--
       (1) Title 40.--Section 11103(a) of title 40, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2);
       (B) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ``subject to paragraph 
     (2),'';
       (C) by striking ``Definition.--'' and all that follows 
     through ``In this section'' and inserting ``National Security 
     System Defined.--In this section''; and
       (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively, and moving such 
     paragraphs 2 ems to the left.
       (2) Title 44.--Section 3552(b)(6) of title 44, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (B);
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(A)'';
       (C) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B), respectively;
       (D) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (V) as clauses 
     (i) through (v), respectively; and
       (E) in subparagraph (A)(v), as redesignated, by striking 
     ``subject to subparagraph (B),''.

     SEC. 704. JOINT FACILITIES CERTIFICATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The Director of National Intelligence set a strategic 
     goal to use joint facilities as a means to save costs by 
     consolidating administrative and support functions across 
     multiple elements of the intelligence community.
       (2) The use of joint facilities provides more opportunities 
     for operational collaboration and information sharing among 
     elements of the intelligence community.
       (b) Certification.--Before an element of the intelligence 
     community purchases, leases, or constructs a new facility 
     that is 20,000 square feet or larger, the head of that 
     element of the intelligence community shall submit to the 
     Director of National Intelligence--
       (1) a certification that, to the best of the knowledge of 
     the head of such element, all

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     prospective joint facilities in the vicinity have been 
     considered and the element is unable to identify a joint 
     facility that meets the operational requirements of such 
     element; and
       (2) a statement listing the reasons for not participating 
     in the prospective joint facilities considered by the 
     element.

     SEC. 705. LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF SPACE ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means the congressional intelligence committees, the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (b) Update to Strategy for Comprehensive Interagency Review 
     of the United States National Security Overhead Satellite 
     Architecture.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall issue an update 
     to the strategy required by section 312 of the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (division M of Public 
     Law 114-113; 129 Stat. 2919).
       (c) Unity of Effort in Space Operations Between the 
     Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.--
       (1) Requirement for plan.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a plan 
     to functionally integrate the governance, operations, 
     analysis, collection, policy, and acquisition activities 
     related to space and counterspace carried out by the 
     intelligence community. The plan shall include analysis of no 
     fewer than 2 alternative constructs to implement this plan, 
     and an assessment of statutory, policy, organizational, 
     programmatic, and resources changes that may be required to 
     implement each alternative construct.
       (2) Appointment by the director of national intelligence.--
     Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall appoint a 
     single official to oversee development of the plan required 
     by paragraph (1).
       (3) Scope of plan.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall include methods to functionally integrate activities 
     carried out by--
       (A) the National Reconnaissance Office;
       (B) the functional managers for signals intelligence and 
     geospatial intelligence;
       (C) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
       (D) other Intelligence Community elements with space-
     related programs;
       (E) joint interagency efforts; and
       (F) other entities as identified by the Director of 
     National Intelligence in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (d) Intelligence Community Space Workforce.--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 workforce plan to 
     recruit, develop, and retain personnel in the intelligence 
     community with skills and experience in space and 
     counterspace operations, analysis, collection, policy, and 
     acquisition.
       (e) Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center.--
       (1) Submission to congress.--The Director of the National 
     Reconnaissance Office and the Commander of the United States 
     Strategic Command, in consultation with the Director of 
     National Intelligence and Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress concept of operations and requirements documents for 
     the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center by the 
     date that is the earlier of--
       (A) the completion of the experimental phase of such 
     Center; or
       (B) 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Quarterly briefings.--The Director of the National 
     Reconnaissance Office and the Commander of the United States 
     Strategic Command, in coordination with the Director of 
     National Intelligence and Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Intelligence, shall provide to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress briefings providing updates on activities and 
     progress of the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations 
     Center to begin 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act. Such briefings shall be quarterly for the first 
     year following enactment, and annually thereafter.

     SEC. 706. ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Requirement for Plan.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall brief the congressional 
     intelligence committees on a proposed plan to monitor 
     advances in life sciences and biotechnology to be carried out 
     by the Director.
       (b) Contents of Plan.--The plan required by subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a description of the approach the elements of the 
     intelligence community will take to make use of organic life 
     science and biotechnology expertise within and outside the 
     intelligence community on a routine and contingency basis;
       (2) an assessment of the current collection and analytical 
     posture of the life sciences and biotechnology portfolio as 
     it relates to United States competitiveness and the global 
     bio-economy, the risks and threats evolving with advances in 
     genetic editing technologies, and the implications of such 
     advances on future biodefense requirements; and
       (3) an analysis of organizational requirements and 
     responsibilities, including potentially creating new 
     positions.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report and provide a briefing on the role 
     of the intelligence community in the event of a biological 
     attack on the United States, including an assessment of the 
     capabilities and gaps in technical capabilities that exist to 
     address the potential circumstance of a novel unknown 
     pathogen.

     SEC. 707. REPORTS ON DECLASSIFICATION PROPOSALS.

       (a) Covered Studies Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered studies'' means the studies that the Director of 
     National Intelligence requested that the elements of the 
     intelligence community produce in the course of producing the 
     fundamental classification guidance review for fiscal year 
     2017 required by Executive Order No. 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 
     note), as follows:
       (1) A study of the feasibility of reducing the number of 
     original classification authorities in each element of the 
     intelligence community to the minimum number required and any 
     negative impacts that reduction could have on mission 
     capabilities.
       (2) A study of the actions required to implement a 
     proactive discretionary declassification program distinct 
     from the systematic, automatic, and mandatory 
     declassification review programs outlined in part 2001 of 
     title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, including section 
     2001.35 of such part.
       (3) A study of the benefits and drawbacks of implementing a 
     single classification guide that could be used by all 
     elements of the intelligence community in the nonoperational 
     and more common areas of such elements.
       (4) A study of whether the classification level of 
     ``confidential'' could be eliminated within agency-generated 
     classification guides from use by elements of the 
     intelligence community and any negative impacts that 
     elimination could have on mission success.
       (b) Reports and Briefings to Congress.--
       (1) Progress report.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit a report to the congressional 
     intelligence committees and provide the congressional 
     intelligence committees a briefing on the progress of the 
     elements of the intelligence community in producing the 
     covered studies.
       (2) Final report.--Not later than the earlier of 120 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act or June 30, 2017, 
     the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report 
     and provide a briefing to the congressional intelligence 
     committees on--
       (A) the final versions of the covered studies that have 
     been provided to the Director by the elements of the 
     intelligence community; and
       (B) a plan for implementation of each initiative included 
     in each such covered study.

     SEC. 708. IMPROVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT CLASSIFICATION AND 
                   DECLASSIFICATION.

       (a) Review of Government Classification and 
     Declassification.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall--
       (1) review the system by which the Government classifies 
     and declassifies information;
       (2) develop recommendations--
       (A) to make such system a more effective tool for the 
     protection of information relating to national security;
       (B) to improve the sharing of information with partners and 
     allies of the Government; and
       (C) to support the appropriate declassification of 
     information; and
       (3) submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
     report with--
       (A) the findings of the Director with respect to the review 
     conducted under paragraph (1); and
       (B) the recommendations developed under paragraph (2).
       (b) Annual Certification of Controlled Access Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each year, 
     the Director of National Intelligence shall certify to the 
     congressional intelligence committees whether the creation, 
     validation, or substantial modification, including 
     termination, for all existing and proposed controlled access 
     programs, and the compartments and subcompartments within 
     each, are substantiated and justified based on the 
     information required by paragraph (2).
       (2) Information required.--Each certification pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) the rationale for the revalidation, validation, or 
     substantial modification, including termination, of each 
     controlled access program, compartment and subcompartment;
       (B) the identification of a control officer for each 
     controlled access program; and
       (C) a statement of protection requirements for each 
     controlled access program.

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     SEC. 709. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

       Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
     to the congressional intelligence committees a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) An assessment of the actions each element of the 
     intelligence community has completed to implement the 
     recommendations made by the National Commission for the 
     Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United 
     States Intelligence Community established under section 1002 
     of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 
     (Public Law 107-306; 50 U.S.C. 3001 note).
       (2) An analysis of the balance between short-, medium-, and 
     long-term research efforts carried out by each element of the 
     intelligence community.

     SEC. 710. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT CORPS.

       Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit 
     to the congressional intelligence committees a report and a 
     briefing on a plan, with milestones and benchmarks, to 
     implement an Intelligence Community Research and Development 
     Corps, as recommended in the Report of the National 
     Commission for the Review of the Research and Development 
     Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, 
     including an assessment--
       (1) of the funding and modification to existing authorities 
     needed to allow for the implementation of such Corps; and
       (2) of additional legislative authorities, if any, 
     necessary to undertake such implementation.

     SEC. 711. REPORT ON INFORMATION RELATING TO ACADEMIC 
                   PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND 
                   INTERNSHIPS SPONSORED, ADMINISTERED, OR USED BY 
                   THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence 
     shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a 
     report by the intelligence community regarding covered 
     academic programs. Such report shall include--
       (1) a description of the extent to which the Director and 
     the heads of the elements of the intelligence community 
     independently collect information on covered academic 
     programs, including with respect to--
       (A) the number of applicants for such programs;
       (B) the number of individuals who have participated in such 
     programs; and
       (C) the number of individuals who have participated in such 
     programs and were hired by an element of the intelligence 
     community after completing such program;
       (2) to the extent that the Director and the heads 
     independently collect the information described in paragraph 
     (1), a chart, table, or other compilation illustrating such 
     information for each covered academic program and element of 
     the intelligence community, as appropriate, during the three-
     year period preceding the date of the report; and
       (3) to the extent that the Director and the heads do not 
     independently collect the information described in paragraph 
     (1) as of the date of the report--
       (A) whether the Director and the heads can begin collecting 
     such information during fiscal year 2017; and
       (B) the personnel, tools, and other resources required by 
     the Director and the heads to independently collect such 
     information.
       (b) Covered Academic Programs Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``covered academic programs'' means--
       (1) the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service Program under 
     section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 
     U.S.C. 7442);
       (2) the National Security Education Program under the David 
     L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 
     1901 et seq.);
       (3) the Science, Mathematics, and Research for 
     Transformation Defense Education Program under section 2192a 
     of title 10, United States Code;
       (4) the National Centers of Academic Excellence in 
     Information Assurance and Cyber Defense of the National 
     Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security; and
       (5) any other academic program, scholarship program, 
     fellowship program, or internship program sponsored, 
     administered, or used by an element of the intelligence 
     community.

     SEC. 712. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY EMPLOYEES DETAILED 
                   TO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.

       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 
     listing, by year, the number of employees of an element of 
     the intelligence community who have been detailed to the 
     National Security Council during the 10-year period preceding 
     the date of the report.

     SEC. 713. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON 
                   FOREIGN FIGHTER FLOWS.

       (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
     thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, consistent 
     with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on foreign fighter flows to and from terrorist safe 
     havens abroad.
       (b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include, with respect to each terrorist safe haven, the 
     following:
       (1) The total number of foreign fighters who have traveled 
     or are suspected of having traveled to the terrorist safe 
     haven since 2011, including the countries of origin of such 
     foreign fighters.
       (2) The total number of United States citizens present in 
     the terrorist safe haven.
       (3) The total number of foreign fighters who have left the 
     terrorist safe haven or whose whereabouts are unknown.
       (c) Form.--The reports submitted under subsection (a) may 
     be submitted in classified form. If such a report is 
     submitted in classified form, such report shall also include 
     an unclassified summary.
       (d) Sunset.--The requirement to submit reports under 
     subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is two years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) in the Senate--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services;
       (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence;
       (C) the Committee on the Judiciary;
       (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs;
       (E) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs;
       (F) the Committee on Foreign Relations; and
       (G) the Committee on Appropriations; and
       (2) in the House of Representatives--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services;
       (B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence;
       (C) the Committee on the Judiciary;
       (D) the Committee on Homeland Security;
       (E) the Committee on Financial Services;
       (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and
       (G) the Committee on Appropriations.

     SEC. 714. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY THREATS TO SEAPORTS OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES AND MARITIME SHIPPING.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for Intelligence and Analysis, in consultation with 
     the Director of National Intelligence, and consistent with 
     the protection of sources and methods, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
     cybersecurity threats to, and the cyber vulnerabilities 
     within, the software, communications networks, computer 
     networks, or other systems employed by--
       (1) entities conducting significant operations at seaports 
     in the United States;
       (2) the maritime shipping concerns of the United States; 
     and
       (3) entities conducting significant operations at 
     transshipment points in the United States.
       (b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A description of any recent and significant 
     cyberattacks or cybersecurity threats directed against 
     software, communications networks, computer networks, or 
     other systems employed by the entities and concerns described 
     in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).
       (2) An assessment of--
       (A) any planned cyberattacks directed against such 
     software, networks, and systems;
       (B) any significant vulnerabilities to such software, 
     networks, and systems; and
       (C) how such entities and concerns are mitigating such 
     vulnerabilities.
       (3) An update on the status of the efforts of the Coast 
     Guard to include cybersecurity concerns in the National 
     Response Framework, Emergency Support Functions, or both, 
     relating to the shipping or ports of the United States.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional intelligence committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 715. REPORT ON COUNTER-MESSAGING ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for Intelligence and Analysis, consistent with the 
     protection of sources and methods, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the counter-
     messaging activities of the Department of Homeland Security 
     with respect to the Islamic State and other extremist groups.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of whether, and to what extent, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, in conducting counter-
     messaging activities with respect to the Islamic State and 
     other extremist groups, consults or coordinates with the 
     Secretary of State, regarding the counter-messaging 
     activities undertaken by the Department of State with respect 
     to the Islamic State and other extremist groups, including 
     counter-messaging activities conducted by the Global 
     Engagement Center of the Department of State.

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       (2) Any criteria employed by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for selecting, developing, promulgating, or changing 
     the counter-messaging approach of the Department of Homeland 
     Security, including any counter-messaging narratives, with 
     respect to the Islamic State and other extremist groups.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional intelligence committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security 
     of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 716. REPORT ON REPRISALS AGAINST CONTRACTORS OF THE 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
     Intelligence Community, consistent with the protection of 
     sources and methods, shall submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a report on reprisals made against 
     covered contractor employees.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Identification of the number of known or claimed 
     reprisals made against covered contractor employees during 
     the 3-year period preceding the date of the report and any 
     evaluation of such reprisals.
       (2) An evaluation of the usefulness of establishing a 
     prohibition on reprisals against covered contractor employees 
     as a means of encouraging such contractors to make protected 
     disclosures.
       (3) A description of any challenges associated with 
     establishing such a prohibition, including with respect to 
     the nature of the relationship between the Federal 
     Government, the contractor, and the covered contractor 
     employee.
       (4) A description of any approaches taken by the Federal 
     Government to account for reprisals against non-intelligence 
     community contractors who make protected disclosures, 
     including pursuant to section 2409 of title 10, United States 
     Code, and sections 4705 and 4712 of title 41, United States 
     Code.
       (5) Any recommendations the Inspector General determines 
     appropriate.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered contractor employee.--The term ``covered 
     contractor employee'' means an employee of a contractor of an 
     element of the intelligence community.
       (2) Reprisal.--The term ``reprisal'' means the discharge or 
     other adverse personnel action made against a covered 
     contractor employee for making a disclosure of information 
     that would be a disclosure protected by law if the contractor 
     were an employee of the Federal Government.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Nunes) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes).


                             General Leave

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 
5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include 
extraneous material on H.R. 6393.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Passing an annual intelligence authorization bill is the most 
important tool Congress has to conduct effective oversight of the 
activities of the United States Government. Today, Ranking Member 
Schiff and I are bringing a fiscal year 2017 intelligence authorization 
bill to the floor for the second time this year. When enacted, it will 
mark the seventh consecutive Intelligence Authorization Act.
  In May, H.R. 5077 passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote. I 
am pleased to say that this bill, H.R. 6393, is likewise a bipartisan 
product that reflects the contributions of all of the committee's 
members.
  The bill contains provisions from H.R. 5077 that won wide bipartisan 
support in May and, after extensive negotiations with the Senate, 
incorporates numerous provisions from S. 3017, which was reported by 
the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in June.
  Because most of the intelligence budget involves highly classified 
programs, the committee's schedule of authorizations and the bulk of 
the committee's direction is found in the classified annex to the bill. 
This classified annex has been available in HVC-304 for all Members to 
review since yesterday.
  At the unclassified level, I can report that the total funding 
authorized by H.R. 6393 balances fiscal discipline and national 
security. This bill will keep the intelligence base funding at the same 
share of the Bipartisan Budget Act discretionary cap as in fiscal year 
2016 and is consistent with the administration's amended budget request 
for overseas contingency operations. Furthermore, the bill funds the 
Military Intelligence Program in line with the levels of the conference 
version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.
  The agreed text preserves key committee, House, and Senate funding 
initiatives that are vital to national security. The bill funds high-
priority initiatives not included in the President's request and trims 
requested increases that lack clear justifications. It reflects careful 
judgments as to which programs represent the best value for 
intelligence dollars in a challenging budget environment.
  The bill will ensure that the men and women of our intelligence 
community have the funding, authorities, and support they need to carry 
out their mission and to keep us safe.
  Before closing, I want to take a moment to thank the men and women of 
this country who serve in our intelligence community and thank the 
families of those who have lost their lives while serving in silence. I 
am honored to have gotten to know so many dedicated intelligence 
personnel in the course of the committee's oversight work.
  I would also like to thank all of the committee's members--majority 
and minority--for their contributions to this bill. The many hearings, 
briefings, and oversight visits by our members carried out during the 
year provide the inputs for the authorization and direction in this 
annual bill and ensure the intelligence community remains accountable 
to the robust oversight of the people's elected Representatives.
  I would like to thank my staff, including our staff director--Damon 
Nelson--George Pappas, Derek Harvey, Geof Kahn, Shannon Stuart, Michael 
Ellis, Scott Glabe, Jack Langer, Nick Ciarlante, Marissa Skaggs, Bill 
Flanigan, Lisa Major, Chelsey Campbell, Doug Presley, Andrew House, 
Steve Keith, and Angel Smith. I would also like to thank our two 
fellows from Los Alamos National Laboratory--Scott Miller and Phil 
Tubesing. I would also like to thank the committee's shared staff--
Brandon Smith, Kristin Jepson, and Kimberlee Kerr.
  In closing, I would like to thank Mr. Schiff, my ranking member, who 
has been just a pleasure to work with over the last couple of years. 
Without his work and his staff's hard work, we would not be in a 
position today in which we could stand up here with a strong bipartisan 
product.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to outline the joint explanatory statement 
to accompany the Intelligence Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2017:

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT TO ACCOMPANY THE INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 
                        ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017

       This joint explanatory statement reflects negotiations 
     between the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
     and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (hereinafter, 
     ``the Agreement''). The joint explanatory statement shall 
     have the same effect with respect to the implementation of 
     this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
     conference committee.
       The joint explanatory statement comprises three parts: an 
     overview of the application of the annex to accompany this 
     statement; unclassified congressional direction; and a 
     section-by-section analysis of the legislative text.

              Part I: Application of the Classified Annex

       The classified nature of U.S. intelligence activities 
     prevents the congressional intelligence committees from 
     publicly disclosing many details concerning the conclusions 
     and recommendations of the Agreement. Therefore, a classified 
     Schedule of Authorizations and a classified annex have been 
     prepared to describe in detail the scope and intent of the 
     congressional intelligence committees' actions. The Agreement 
     authorizes the Intelligence Community (IC) to obligate and 
     expend funds not altered or modified by the classified 
     Schedule of Authorizations as requested in the President's 
     budget, subject to modification under applicable 
     reprogramming procedures.
       The classified annex is the result of negotiations between 
     the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
     Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. It reconciles the 
     differences between the committees' respective versions of 
     the bill for the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the 
     Homeland Security Intelligence Program (HSIP) for Fiscal Year 
     2017. The Agreement also makes recommendations for the 
     Military Intelligence Program (MIP), and the Information 
     Systems Security Program

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     (ISSP), consistent with the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and provides certain direction for 
     these two programs.
       The Agreement supersedes the classified annexes to the 
     reports accompanying H.R. 5077--passed by the House on May 
     24, 2016--and S. 3017--reported by the Senate Select 
     Committee on Intelligence on June 15, 2016. All references to 
     the House-passed and Senate-reported annexes are made solely 
     to provide the heritage of, and context for, specific 
     provisions.
       The classified Schedule of Authorizations is incorporated 
     into the bill pursuant to Section 102. It has the status of 
     law. The classified annex supplements and adds detail to 
     clarify the authorization levels found in the bill and the 
     'classified Schedule of Authorizations. The classified annex 
     shall have the same legal force as the report to accompany 
     the bill.

          Part II: Select Unclassified Congressional Direction

       The Agreement supersedes H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 
     5077--passed by the House on May 24, 2016--and S. Rept. 114-
     277 accompanying S. 3017--reported by the Senate Select 
     Committee on Intelligence on June 15, 2016. The phrase 
     ``consistent with'' is used solely to provide the heritage 
     of, and context for, specific provisions by denoting the 
     report(s) from which the Agreement's unclassified direction 
     derives.
     Commercial Geospatial Intelligence Strategy
       Consistent with S. Rept. 114-277 accompanying S. 3017, the 
     Agreement encourages the Department of Defense (DoD), in 
     building future-year budgets, to ensure continued funding is 
     provided for implementation, through at least Fiscal Year 
     2021, of the Commercial Geospatial Intelligence Strategy 
     issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) 
     in October 2015.
     Space Launch Facilities
       Consistent with S. Rept. 114-277 accompanying S. 3017, the 
     Agreement directs the IC, in partnership with the U.S. Air 
     Force, to consider the role and contribution of spaceports or 
     launch and range complexes to our national security space 
     launch capacity, and directs the Office of the Director of 
     National Intelligence (ODNI), in consultation with DoD and 
     the U.S. Air Force, no later than 90 days after the enactment 
     of this Act, to brief the congressional intelligence 
     committees on their plans to utilize such facilities.
     National Reconnaissance Office Workforce Optimization 
         Strategy
       Consistent with S. Rept. 114-277 accompanying S. 3017, the 
     Agreement directs the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), 
     no later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to 
     conduct a workforce review to optimize the mix between 
     government civilians and contractors and submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report containing a 
     workforce optimization strategy.
     Review of the National Intelligence University
       The National Intelligence University (NIU) has made 
     significant progress in recent years in its transition from a 
     defense intelligence college to a national intelligence 
     university that provides advanced education in a classified 
     format. Such advanced education is integral to making 
     intelligence a profession with recognized standards for 
     performance and ethics and fostering an integrated IC 
     workforce. While progress has been significant since the 
     Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Secretary of 
     Defense agreed to redesignate Defense Intelligence Agency's 
     (DIA) National Defense Intelligence College as NIU in 2011, 
     the institution must continue to adapt to functioning as a 
     university with a robust research agenda, and to serving the 
     entire IC, not just elements of DoD.
       Fiscal years 2017 and 2018 are of great significance for 
     NIU, as it moves its principal facility to the IC Campus at 
     Bethesda, completes activities associated with its 2018 
     decennial regional accreditation reaffirmation, and receives 
     a new president. The congressional intelligence committees 
     believe that these developments position NIU to make further 
     progress in its vision to become the center of academic life 
     for the IC.
       To guide these next steps, the Agreement directs DIA, in 
     coordination with ODNI and the Office of the Under Secretary 
     of Defense for Intelligence, to, no later than 30 days after 
     enactment of this Act, select a five-member, external, and 
     independent panel to conduct a review of NIU. The panel shall 
     submit a report detailing the results of such review to the 
     congressional intelligence and defense committees within 180 
     days of enactment of this Act. The panel should be composed 
     of recognized academics, personnel from other DoD joint 
     professional military education institutions, national 
     security experts, and at least one member of NIU's Board of 
     Visitors.
       This review and the resulting report shall, among other 
     things, assess:
       (1) Methods for ensuring a student body that is more 
     representative of all IC elements;
       (2) Incentives for IC elements to send personnel to NIU to 
     earn a degree or certificate, to include designating 
     attendance at NIU as positions reimbursable by ODNI and 
     requiring IC elements to employ the workforce concept of 
     ``float'' for personnel enrolled in higher-education 
     programs;
       (3) How certificate programs align with NIU's unique value 
     as an institution of advanced intelligence education;
       (4) Methods to enhance NIU's research program, to include 
     publication of a journal, hosting of conferences and other 
     collaborative fora, and more formalized relationships with 
     intelligence studies scholars;
       (5) Whether and how educational components of other IC 
     elements could provide educational offerings as part of the 
     NIU curriculum;
       (6) Potential advantages and risks associated with 
     alternative governance models for NIU, to include moving it 
     under the auspices of ODNI; and
       (7) The feasibility and resource constraints of NIU 
     tailoring degree offerings to meet the needs of IC personnel 
     at different stages in their careers, similar to DoD's joint 
     professional military education model.
     Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board priorities
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077 and 
     S. Rept. 114-277 accompanying S. 3017, the Agreement strongly 
     encourages the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 
     (PCLOB) to prioritize the privacy rights and civil liberties 
     of U.S. persons in any findings, recommendations, or other 
     reports stemming from its in-depth examinations of 
     counterterrorism activities governed by Executive Order 
     12333. The Agreement further encourages PCLOB to refrain from 
     publishing any such materials in unclassified form until 
     PCLOB has completed a thorough fact-finding process, and the 
     congressional intelligence committees expect the IC will 
     provide timely cooperation with that process.
     Cost of living consideration
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement recommends that DIA evaluate alternate 
     mechanisms for staffing overseas Combatant Command 
     intelligence centers, particularly those that are not co-
     located with Combatant Command headquarters, and identify 
     cost-savings opportunities by reducing the number of 
     personnel receiving living quarters allowance payments and 
     shifting personnel to lower cost locations, including in the 
     continental United States.
     Defense Intelligence Agency education opportunities
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs DIA, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, to:
       (1) Provide for and fund a program that allows for DIA 
     employees to attend civilian graduate degree programs for up 
     to two years each, based on the standard length of the 
     relevant program, provided that:
       (a) Where DIA deems appropriate, employees may pursue 
     academic programs extending beyond two years. Consistent with 
     current practices, the program should be made available to at 
     least five employees each year, with each employee receiving 
     a full-time salary while participating in the program; and
       (b) Each DIA participant shall be subject to any program 
     approvals, service obligations, repayment obligations, and 
     other requirements pertaining to academic programs, as 
     prescribed by applicable laws and policies.
       (2) Brief the congressional intelligence committees on the 
     status of the program's implementation.
     Mental health prevalence
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs the National Security Agency (NSA), 
     NGA, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and DIA, no later 
     than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to provide a 
     joint briefing to the congressional intelligence committees 
     on the mental health screenings and related services that 
     these agencies offer employees, both before and after they 
     deploy to combat zones. Such briefing shall include a 
     description of:
       (1) Existing services available;
       (2) Agency resources for and analysis of these services, 
     including the frequency of use by employees compared to the 
     total number returning from deployment; and
       (3) How agencies with deployed civilian employees are 
     sharing best practices and leveraging services or resources 
     outside their agencies.
     Review of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs the President to form an independent, 
     external panel of at least five individuals with significant 
     intelligence and national security expertise to review ODNI's 
     roles, missions and functions and make recommendations, as 
     needed, regarding its authorities, organization and 
     resources. The panel shall:
       (1) Evaluate ODNI's ability to fulfill the responsibilities 
     assigned to it in law given its current scope and structure;
       (2) Assess whether any roles and responsibilities currently 
     assigned to the DNI could be more effectively or efficiently 
     executed by other IC components or government agencies 
     outside the IC;
       (3) Analyze the personnel, funding, and authorities 
     required for each component of ODNI to perform each of its 
     assigned responsibilities;
       (4) Evaluate the organizational structure of ODNI;
       (5) Review the size, role, purpose and function of ODNI's 
     mission centers;
       (6) Assess the value of the national intelligence manager 
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       (7) Review the size and mix of the ODNI workforce--to 
     include the ratio between cadre and detailees, the balance 
     between government and contractors, and grade structure--to 
     perform its roles, missions and functions; and
       (8) Make recommendations regarding the above.
       The Agreement directs the President, no later than 30 days 
     after the enactment of this Act, to select the individuals 
     who will serve on the external panel and notify the 
     congressional intelligence committees of such selection.
       In addition, the Agreement directs the panel, no later than 
     180 days after the enactment of this Act, to provide a report 
     on this review to the congressional intelligence committees. 
     This report shall be unclassified, but may contain a 
     classified annex. The Agreement further directs ODNI to 
     reimburse the Executive Office of the President for any costs 
     associated with the review.
     Improving pre-publication review
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs that, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, the DNI shall issue an IC-wide policy 
     regarding pre-publication review. The DNI shall transmit this 
     policy to the congressional intelligence committees 
     concurrently with its issuance. The policy should require 
     each IC agency to develop and maintain a pre-publication 
     policy that contains, at a minimum, the following elements:
       (1) Identification of the individuals subject to pre-
     publication review requirements (``covered individuals'');
       (2) Guidance on the types of information that must be 
     submitted for pre-publication review, including works (a) 
     unrelated to an individual's IC employment; or (b) published 
     in cooperation with a third party, e.g.--
       (a) Authored jointly by covered individuals and third 
     parties;
       (b) Authored by covered individuals but published under the 
     name of a third party; or
       (c) Authored by a third party but with substantial input 
     from covered individuals.
       (3) Guidance on a process by which covered individuals can 
     participate in pre-publication reviews, and communicate 
     openly and frequently with reviewers;
       (4) Requirements for timely responses, as well as reasoned 
     edits and decisions by reviewers;
       (5) Requirements for a prompt and transparent appeal 
     process;
       (6) Guidelines for the assertion of interagency equities in 
     pre-publication review;
       (7) A summary of the lawful measures each agency may take 
     to enforce its policy, to include civil and criminal 
     referrals; and
       (8) A description of procedures for post-publication review 
     of documents that are alleged or determined to reveal 
     classified information but were not submitted for pre-
     publication review.
       Additionally, the Agreement directs ODNI, no later than 180 
     days after the enactment of this Act, to provide to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on the 
     adequacy of IC information technology efforts to improve and 
     expedite pre-publication review processes, and the resources 
     needed to ensure that IC elements can meet this direction.
       The Agreement further directs the DNI, no later than 270 
     days after the enactment of this Act, to certify to the 
     congressional intelligence committees that IC elements' pre-
     publication review policies, non-disclosure agreements, and 
     any other agreements imposing pre-publication review 
     obligations reflect the policy described above.
     Student loan debt report
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs ODNI, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, to provide a report to the 
     congressional intelligence committees on programs that seek 
     to help IC personnel manage student loan debt. The report 
     shall include details about each IC element's program, 
     including loan forgiveness, loan repayment, and financial 
     counseling programs; efforts to inform prospective and 
     current employees about such programs; and the number of 
     employees who use such programs. The report shall also 
     include an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of creating 
     new programs and expanding existing programs, and shall 
     identify any barriers to the establishment of IC-wide 
     programs.
     Workforce development partnership
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs the DNI Chief Human Capital Officer, no 
     later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to 
     provide to the congressional intelligence committees an 
     interagency briefing on new approaches, including outreach 
     and advertising, the IC is considering or conducting to 
     attract a diverse, robust information technology and Science, 
     Technology, Engineering, and Math workforce to meet the 
     increasing demands in the IC.
     Distributed Common Ground/Surface System-Army
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement requests that the Army, no later than 90 days 
     after the enactment of this Act, submit a plan to the 
     congressional intelligence and defense committees on how the 
     Army will fully incorporate Distributed Common Ground/Surface 
     System-Army (DCGS-A) training into the readiness cycle for 
     Army personnel. The plan should specifically address any 
     lessons learned from the fielding of DCGS-A Increment 1 and 
     any ongoing corrective actions to improve the roll-out of 
     Increment 1, Release 2.
     Common controller for unmanned aircraft systems
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement requests that the Army and the Marine Corps 
     Intelligence Activity (MCIA), no later than 90 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, jointly submit a report to the 
     congressional intelligence and defense committees on the 
     feasibility of developing a common controller for all Brigade 
     and Below unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) airframes, as well 
     as U.S. Marine Corps small unit UAS. The report should 
     address the potential performance and operational benefits of 
     a common controller, anticipated development costs, and 
     anticipated life-cycle cost savings of a common controller.
     Review of dual-hatting relationship
       The congressional intelligence committees support further 
     evaluation of the dual-hatting of a single individual as both 
     Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) and Director of 
     the National Security Agency (DIRNSA).
       Therefore, the Agreement directs the Secretary of Defense, 
     no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to 
     provide to the congressional intelligence and defense 
     committees a briefing that reviews and provides an assessment 
     of the dual-hatting of DIRNSA and Commander, USCYBERCOM, This 
     briefing should address:
       (1) Roles and responsibilities, including intelligence 
     authorities, of USCYBERCOM and NSA;
       (2) Assessment of the current impact of the dual-hatting 
     relationship, including advantages and disadvantages;
       (3) Plans and recommendations on courses of action that 
     would be necessary to end the dual-hatting of DIRNSA and 
     Commander, USCYBERCOM;
       (4) Suggested timelines for carrying out such courses of 
     action;
       (5) Recommendations for any changes in law that would be 
     required by the end of dual-hatting; and
       (6) Any additional topics as identified by the intelligence 
     and defense committees.
       The congressional intelligence committees further believe 
     that a larger organizational review of NSA should be 
     conducted with respect to the eventual termination of the 
     dual-hatting relationship. The congressional intelligence 
     committees seek to promote the efficient and effective 
     execution of NSA's national intelligence mission, 
     Specifically, the congressional intelligence committees 
     believe that the organization of NSA should be examined to 
     account for the evolution of its mission since its 
     establishment, the current structure of the intelligence 
     community, and the fact that the NSA is predominantly funded 
     through the NIP.
       Therefore, the Agreement further directs the DNI, no later 
     than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, to conduct an 
     assessment and provide a briefing to the congressional 
     intelligence committees on options to better align the 
     structure, budgetary procedures, and oversight of NSA with 
     its national intelligence mission in the event of a 
     termination of the dual-hafting relationship. This briefing 
     should include:
       (1) An assessment of the feasibility of transitioning NSA 
     to civilian leadership appointed by the DNI in lieu of 
     military leadership appointed by the Secretary of Defense;
       (2) How NSA could be organizationally separated from DoD if 
     USCYBERCOM were elevated to become a unified combatant 
     command; and
       (3) Any challenges, such as those requiring changes in law, 
     associated with such a separation.
     Acquisition security improvement
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs ODNI, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, to review and consider amendments to 
     Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 801 to better reflect 
     and anticipate supply chain and cybersecurity risks and 
     threats, as well as to outline policies to mitigate both 
     risks and threats. In particular, the review should examine 
     whether to:
       (1) Expand risk management criteria in the acquisition 
     process to include cyber and supply chain threats;
       (2) Require counterintelligence and security assessments as 
     part of the acquisition and procurement process;
       (3) Propose and adopt new education requirements for 
     acquisition professionals on cyber and supply chain threats; 
     and
       (4) Factor in the cost of cyber and supply chain security.
       The Agreement further directs ODNI, no later than 210 days 
     after the enactment of this Act, to provide to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report describing the 
     review, including ODNI's process for considering amendments 
     to ICD 801, and specifically addressing ODNI's analysis and 
     conclusions with respect to paragraphs (1) through (4) above.
     Cyber information sharing and customer feedback
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs ODNI, no later than 120 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, to brief the congressional 
     intelligence committees on IC-wide efforts to share more 
     information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 
     for further dissemination to the private sector.

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     This briefing shall specifically address types of information 
     shared, metrics on output, tabulation of low output producing 
     agencies, recommendations on how low output agencies can 
     increase sharing, timeliness of information shared, and 
     average total time it takes for information to transit the 
     system.
       The Agreement also directs ODNI, in coordination with the 
     DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), to conduct a 
     survey of government and private sector participants of the 
     National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center 
     (NCCIC). The survey shall be anonymous, provide an accurate 
     assessment of the usefulness and timeliness of the data 
     received, and determine if customers are satisfied with 
     intelligence briefings on threat actors impacting their 
     specific industry. The Agreement further directs ODNI, no 
     later than one year after the enactment of this Act, to 
     provide to the congressional intelligence and homeland 
     security committees an unclassified report detailing the 
     results of this survey.
     Department of Homeland Security utilization of National Labs 
         expertise
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, DHS I&A, in coordination with DOE 
     Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN), to 
     provide to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
     on the current utilization of Department of Energy (DOE) 
     National Labs expertise by DHS I&A. This report should 
     address opportunities to increase DHS I&A's utilization of 
     cybersecurity expertise of the National Labs as well as the 
     budgetary implications of taking advantage of these potential 
     opportunities.
     Cybersecurity courses for Centers of Academic Excellence
       Consistent with H. Rept. 114-573 accompanying H.R. 5077, 
     the Agreement directs ODNI, no later than 180 days after the 
     enactment of this Act, to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a report on improving cybersecurity 
     training within NIP-funded undergraduate and graduate 
     computer science programs. The report should specifically 
     address:
       (1) The potential advantages and disadvantages of 
     conditioning an institution's receipt of such funds on its 
     computer science program's requiring cybersecurity as a 
     precondition to graduation;
       (2) How Centers of Academic Excellence programs might 
     bolster cybersecurity educational requirements; and
       (3) Recommendations to support the goal of ensuring that 
     federally-funded computer science programs properly equip 
     students to confront future cybersecurity challenges.

 Part III: Section-by-Section Analysis and Explanation of Legislative 
                                  Text

       The following is a section-by-section analysis and 
     explanation of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2017.

                    Title I--Intelligence Activities

     Section 101. Authorization of appropriations
       Section 101 lists the United States Government departments, 
     agencies, and other elements for which the Act authorizes 
     appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities for Fiscal Year 2017.
     Section 102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations
       Section 102 provides that the details of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated for intelligence and 
     intelligence-related activities and the applicable personnel 
     levels by program for Fiscal Year 2017 are contained in the 
     classified Schedule of Authorizations and that the classified 
     Schedule of Authorizations shall be made available to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives and to the President.
     Section 103. Personnel ceiling adjustments
       Section 103 provides that the DNI may authorize employment 
     of civilian personnel in Fiscal Year 2017 in excess of the 
     number of authorized positions by an amount not exceeding 
     three percent of the total limit applicable to each 
     intelligence community (IC) element under Section 102, if 
     necessary to the performance of important intelligence 
     functions, and an amount not exceeding 10 percent of such 
     limit, if necessary to convert the performance of any 
     function of the element by contractors to performance by 
     civilian personnel. The congressional intelligence committees 
     intend that, for the purpose of Section 103, ``contractor 
     conversion'' means that the number of contractor full-time 
     equivalents shall decrease commensurate--on a one-for-one 
     basis--with the number of contractors converted to government 
     civilians.
       Section 103 also requires that, not less than 30 days prior 
     to authorizing a contractor conversion under this section, 
     the DNI shall submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees a notification that includes a justification for 
     making the conversion and a certification that such 
     conversion is cost effective. The congressional intelligence 
     committees intend that, in certifying that such conversion is 
     cost effective, the DNI shall include a comparison of costs 
     using a mature model that has been reviewed and accepted by 
     the congressional intelligence committees.
     Section 104. Intelligence Community Management Account
       Section 104 authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence 
     Community Management Account (ICMA) of the DNI and sets the 
     authorized personnel levels for the elements within the ICMA 
     for Fiscal Year 2017.

 Title II--Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

     Section 201. Authorization of appropriations
       Section 201 authorizes appropriations in the amount of 
     $514,000,000 for Fiscal Year 2017 for the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.

           Title III--General Intelligence Community Matters

     Section 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence 
         activities
       Section 301 provides that the authorization of 
     appropriations by the Act shall not be deemed to constitute 
     authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity that 
     is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or laws of 
     the United States.
     Section 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits 
         authorized by law
       Section 302 provides that funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by the 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 compensation or benefits authorized by law.
     Section 303. Support to nonprofit organizations assisting 
         intelligence community employees
       Section 303 permits the DNI to engage in fundraising in an 
     official capacity for the benefit of nonprofit organizations 
     that provide support to surviving family members of a 
     deceased employee of an element of the IC or otherwise 
     provide support for the welfare, education, or recreation of 
     IC employees, former employees, or their family members. 
     Section 303 requires the DNI to issue regulations ensuring 
     that the fundraising authority is exercised consistent with 
     all relevant ethical limitations and principles. Section 303 
     further requires that the DNI and the Director of the CIA 
     notify the congressional intelligence committees within seven 
     days after they engage in such fundraising.
     Section 304. Promotion of science, technology, engineering, 
         and math education in the intelligence community
       Section 304 requires the DNI to submit a five-year 
     investment strategy for outreach and recruiting efforts in 
     the fields of science, technology, engineering, and 
     mathematics (STEM), to include cybersecurity and computer 
     literacy. Section 304 further requires elements of the IC to 
     submit STEM investment plans supporting this strategy for 
     each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022, along with the 
     materials justifying the budget request of each element for 
     these STEM recruiting and outreach activities.
     Section 305. Retention of employees of the intelligence 
         community who have science, technology, engineering, or 
         math expertise
       Section 305 authorizes a new payscale to permit salary 
     increases for employees in the IC with STEM backgrounds. 
     Section 305 also requires notifications to individual 
     employees if a position is removed from this new payscale. 
     Section 305 further requires the head of each IC element to 
     submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report 
     on the new rates of pay and number of positions authorized 
     under this payscale.
     Section 306. Modifications to certain requirements for 
         construction of facilities
       Section 306 amends existing law regarding the requirements 
     for inclusion in the Administration's annual budget request 
     and clarifies that the requirement to notify the 
     congressional intelligence committees of improvement projects 
     with an estimated cost greater than $1,000,000 for facilities 
     used primarily by IC personnel includes repairs and 
     modifications.
     Section 307. Protections for independent inspectors general 
         of certain elements of the intelligence community
       Section 307 requires the ODNI to develop and implement a 
     uniform policy for each identified Inspector General (IG) 
     office in the IC to better ensure their independence. The 
     provision specifies elements to be incorporated in such a 
     policy including (a) guidance regarding conflicts of 
     interest, (b) standards to ensure independence, and (c) a 
     waiver provision. Section 307 further prohibits the DNI from 
     requiring an employee of an OIG to rotate to a position in 
     the element for which such office conducts oversight.
     Section 308. Modification of certain whistleblowing 
         procedures
       Section 308 amends current law, including the Intelligence 
     Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA), to provide 
     for the direct transmission to Congress by IC inspectors 
     general of whistleblower complaints containing classified 
     information. Section 308 also makes clear that the provision 
     does not prohibit IC inspectors general from notifying, or 
     otherwise affect the authority of IC inspectors general to 
     notify, heads of IC elements or the DNI, as the case may be, 
     of a complaint or information.
     Section 309. Congressional oversight of policy directives and 
         guidance
       Section 309 requires the DNI to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees notifications of the issuance and a 
     summary of the subject matter of any classified or 
     unclassified Presidential Policy Directive, Presidential 
     Policy Guidance, or other similar policy document issued by 
     the President that assigns tasks, roles, or responsibilities 
     to the IC, within the specified timeframes.

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     Section 309 further requires the DNI to notify the 
     congressional intelligence committees when the DNI has issued 
     guidance or direction to implement such policies, and to 
     submit a copy of such guidance or direction to the 
     committees.
     Section 310. Notification of memoranda of understanding
       Section 310 requires the head of each element of the IC to 
     submit to the congressional intelligence committees copies of 
     each memorandum of understanding or other agreement regarding 
     significant operational activities or policy entered into 
     between, or among, such element and any other entity or 
     entities of the federal government within specified 
     timeframes.
       Section 310 does not require an IC element to submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees any memorandum or 
     agreement that is solely administrative in nature, including 
     a memorandum or agreement regarding joint duty or other 
     routine personnel assignments. An IC element also may redact 
     any personally identifiable information from a memorandum or 
     agreement that must be submitted to the intelligence 
     committees.
     Section 311. Technical correction to Executive Schedule
       Section 311 contains a technical correction regarding the 
     annual rate of basic pay for the Director of the National 
     Counter Proliferation Center.
     Section 312. Maximum amount charged for declassification 
         reviews
       Section 312 prohibits the head of an element of the IC from 
     charging reproduction fees for a mandatory declassification 
     review in excess of reproduction fees that the head would 
     charge for a request for information under the Freedom of 
     Information Act (FOIA). It also permits agency heads to waive 
     processing fees for declassification reviews in the same 
     manner as for FOIA.

  Title IV--Matters Relating to Elements of the Intelligence Community

      Subtitle A--Office of the Director of National Intelligence

     Section 401. Designation of the Director of the National 
         Counterintelligence and Security Center
       Section 401 renames the National Counterintelligence 
     Executive as the ``National Counterintelligence and Security 
     Center,'' with conforming amendments.
     Section 402. Analyses and impact statements by Director of 
         National Intelligence regarding proposed investment into 
         the United States
       Section 402 directs the DNI to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees, after the completion of a review or 
     an investigation of any proposed investment into the United 
     States, any analytic materials prepared by the DNI. This 
     requirement includes, but is not limited to, national 
     security threat assessments provided to the Committee on 
     Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) in connection 
     with national security reviews and investigations conducted 
     by CFIUS pursuant to Section 721(b) of the Defense Production 
     Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565). This section is not intended to 
     limit the ability of the DNI to transmit supplementary 
     materials to the congressional intelligence committees along 
     with the threat assessments.
       Section 402 also directs the DNI to provide the 
     congressional intelligence committees with impact statements 
     when the DNI determines a proposed investment into the United 
     States will have an operational impact on the IC.
     Section 403. Assistance for governmental entities and private 
         entities in recognizing online violent extremist content
       Section 403 requires the DNI to publish on a publicly 
     available Internet website a list of all logos, symbols, 
     insignia, and other markings commonly associated with, or 
     adopted by, State Department-designated foreign terrorist 
     organizations.

                Subtitle B--Central Intelligence Agency

     Section 411. Enhanced death benefits for personnel of the 
         Central Intelligence Agency
       Section 411 authorizes the Director of the CIA to pay death 
     benefits substantially similar to those authorized for 
     members of the Foreign Service, and requires the Director to 
     submit implementing regulations to the congressional 
     intelligence committees.
     Section 412. Pay and retirement authorities of the Inspector 
         General of the Central Intelligence Agency
       Section 412 amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 
     1949 to authorize the IG of the CIA to consider certain 
     positions as law enforcement officers for purposes of 
     calculating retirement eligibility and entitlements under 
     chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, if such 
     officer or employee is appointed to a position with 
     responsibility for investigating suspected offenses against 
     the criminal laws of the United States. Section 412 may not 
     be construed to confer on the IG of the CIA, or any other 
     officer or employee of the CIA, any police or law enforcement 
     or internal security functions or authorities.

                       Subtitle C--Other Elements

     Section 421. Clarification of authority, direction, and 
         control over the Information Assurance Directorate of the 
         National Security Agency
       Section 421 restores authority, direction, and control over 
     the Information Assurance Directorate of the NSA to the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
     Section 422. Enhancing the technical workforce for the 
         Federal Bureau of Investigation
       Section 422 requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     (FBI) to produce a comprehensive strategic workforce report 
     to demonstrate progress in expanding initiatives to 
     effectively integrate information technology expertise in the 
     investigative process. Section 422 further requires the 
     report to include assessments of: (1) progress on training, 
     recruitment, and retention of cyber-related personnel; (2) 
     whether FBI officers with these skill sets are fully 
     integrated in the FBI's workforce; (3) the FBI's 
     collaboration with the private sector on cyber issues; and 
     (4) the utility of reinstituting and leveraging the FBI 
     Director's Advisory Board.
     Section 423. Plan on assumption of certain weather missions 
         by the National Reconnaissance Office
       Section 423 requires the Director of the NRO to develop a 
     plan to carry out certain space-based environmental 
     monitoring missions currently performed by the Air Force. It 
     also authorizes certain pre-acquisition activities and 
     directs that an independent cost estimate be submitted to the 
     congressional intelligence and defense committees. The 
     Director of NRO may waive the requirement of Section 423 if 
     the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
     and Logistics, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
     jointly submit a certification to the congressional 
     intelligence and defense committees.

             Title V--Matters Relating to Foreign Countries

     Section 501. Committee to counter active measures by the 
         Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples 
         and governments
       Section 501 requires the President to establish an 
     interagency committee to counter active measures by the 
     Russian Federation to exert covert influence over peoples and 
     governments, and requires the Committee to report to 
     appropriate committees of Congress annually on trends in 
     active measures by the Russian Federation and on the 
     Committee's key initiatives.
     Section 502. Limitation on travel of accredited diplomats and 
         consulars of the Russian Federation in the United States 
         from their diplomatic post
       Section 502 requires the Director of the FBI to certify 
     that the FBI did not identify any violations by Russian 
     diplomats and consulars of the applicable requirements to 
     notify the United States Government in connection with the 
     Russian diplomats' or consulars' travel, before the Secretary 
     of State can permit Russian diplomats or consulars to travel 
     in excess of 25 miles outside their diplomatic post. Section 
     502 also permits the Director to waive the aforementioned 
     travel distance restrictions if the Director determines that 
     such a waiver will further the law enforcement or national 
     security interests of the United States.
     Section 503. Study and report on enhanced intelligence and 
         information sharing with Open Skies Treaty member states
       Section 503 requires the DNI, with support of other federal 
     agencies, to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
     creating an intelligence sharing arrangement and database 
     among parties to the Open Skies Treaty (OST) with higher 
     frequency, quality, and efficiency than that currently 
     provided by the parameters of the OST. Section 503 also 
     requires the Director to issue a report that includes an 
     intelligence assessment on Russian Federation warfighting 
     doctrine, the extent to which Russian Federation flights 
     under the Open Skies Treaty contribute to the warfighting 
     doctrine, a counterintelligence analysis as to the Russian 
     Federation's capabilities, and a list of the covered parties 
     that have been updated with this information.

         Title VI--Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

     Section 601. Information on activities of the Privacy and 
         Civil Liberties Oversight Board
       Section 601 requires the PCLOB to keep Congress and 
     relevant IC elements fully and currently informed of its 
     oversight activities.
     Section 602. Authorization of appropriations for Privacy and 
         Civil Liberties Oversight Board
       Section 602 requires funds available to the PCLOB to be 
     obligated or expended during a fiscal year only if such funds 
     were specifically authorized by Congress for that fiscal 
     year, and authorizes the full amount of the Administration's 
     budget request for PCLOB for Fiscal Year 2017.

                  Title VII--Reports and Other Matters

     Section 701. Declassification review with respect to 
         detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, 
         Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
       Section 701 requires the DNI to complete a declassification 
     review of intelligence reports prepared by the National 
     Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on past terrorist activities 
     of each Guantanamo detainee held at Guantanamo after 
     September 11, 2001, for the detainee's Periodic Review Board 
     (PRB) sessions, transfer, or release from Guantanamo. The 
     requirement applies both to detainees who have been 
     transferred or released previously and to detainees 
     transferred or released in the future. The provision also 
     accounts for detainees whose transfer or release predated the 
     establishment of the PRB or NCTC, or the latter's production 
     of intelligence reports for PRB sessions, transfers, or 
     releases.
       Section 701 further requires the President to make any 
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     publicly available and, with respect to each detainee for 
     whom intelligence reports are declassified, also make public 
     unclassified summaries of measures being taken by receiving 
     countries to monitor the detainee and prevent future 
     terrorist activities. Section 701 requires the DNI to submit 
     to the congressional intelligence committees a report setting 
     forth the results of the declassification review, including a 
     description of covered reports that were not declassified.
     Section 702. Cyber Center for Education and Innovation Home 
         of the National Cryptologic Museum
       Section 702 amends 10 U.S.C. Sec. 449 to enable the 
     establishment of a Cyber Center for Education and Innovation 
     Home of the National Cryptologic Museum (the ``Center''). 
     Section 702 also establishes in the Treasury a fund for the 
     benefit and operation of the Center.
     Section 703. Oversight of national security systems
       Section 703 amends 44 U.S.C. Sec. 3557 to codify and 
     strengthen existing roles and responsibilities with regard to 
     the oversight of national security systems.
     Section 704. Joint facilities certification
       Section 704 requires that before an element of the IC 
     purchases, leases, or constructs a new facility that is 
     20,000 square feet or larger, the head of that element must 
     first certify that all prospective joint facilities have been 
     considered and that it is unable to identify a joint facility 
     that meets its operational requirements, and it must list the 
     reasons for not participating in joint facilities in that 
     instance.
     Section 705. Leadership and management of space activities
       Section 705 requires the DNI, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff, to issue an update to the strategy for a comprehensive 
     review of the United States national security overhead 
     satellite architecture required in the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. Section 705 further 
     requires the DNI, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense, to submit a plan to functionally integrate the IC's 
     governance, operations, analysis, collection, policy, and 
     acquisition activities related to space and counterspace 
     under the oversight of a single official, to be appointed by 
     the DNI, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense. 
     Section 705 also requires the DNI to submit a workforce plan 
     for space and counterspace operations, policy, and 
     acquisition. Section 705 further requires the Director of the 
     NRO and the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to submit a 
     concept of operations and requirements documents for the 
     Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center.
     Section 706. Advances in life sciences and biotechnology
       Section 706 requires the DNI to brief the congressional 
     intelligence committees and the congressional defense 
     committees on a proposed plan and actions to monitor advances 
     in life sciences and biotechnology to be carried out by the 
     DNI. Section 706 further requires the DNI to submit a written 
     report and provide a briefing to the congressional 
     intelligence committees and the congressional defense 
     committees on the role of the IC in the event of a biological 
     attack, including a technical capabilities assessment to 
     address potential unknown pathogens.
     Section 707. Reports on declassification proposals
       Section 707 requires the DNI to provide the congressional 
     intelligence committees with a report and briefing on the 
     IC's progress in producing four feasibility studies 
     undertaken in the course of the IC's fundamental 
     classification guidance review, as required under Executive 
     Order 13526. Section 707 further requires the Director to 
     provide the congressional intelligence committees with a 
     briefing, interim report, and final report on the final 
     feasibility studies produced by elements of the IC and an 
     implementation plan for each initiative.
     Section 708. Improvement in government classification and 
         declassification
       Section 708 assesses government classification and 
     declassification in the digital era by requiring the DNI to 
     review the system by which the Government classifies and 
     declassifies national security information to improve the 
     protection of such information, enable information sharing 
     with allies and partners, and support appropriate 
     declassification. Section 708 requires the DNI to submit a 
     report with its findings and recommendations to the 
     congressional intelligence committees. Section 708 further 
     requires the DNI to provide an annual written notification to 
     the congressional intelligence committees on the creation, 
     validation, or substantial modification (to include 
     termination) of existing and proposed controlled access 
     programs, and the compartments and subcompartments within 
     each. This certification shall include the rationale for each 
     controlled access program, compartment, or subcompartment and 
     how each controlled access program is being protected.
     Section 709. Report on implementation of research and 
         development recommendations
       Section 709 requires the DNI to conduct and provide to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a current assessment of 
     the IC's implementation of the recommendations issued in 2013 
     by the National Commission for the Review of the Research and 
     Development (R&D) Programs of the IC.
     Section 710. Report on Intelligence Community Research and 
         Development Corps
       Section 710 requires the DNI to develop and brief the 
     congressional intelligence committees on a plan, with 
     milestones and benchmarks, to implement a R&D Reserve Corps, 
     as recommended in 2013 by the bipartisan National Commission 
     for the Review of the R&D Programs of the IC, including any 
     funding and potential changes to existing authorities that 
     may be needed to allow for the Corps' implementation.
     Section 711. Report on information relating to academic 
         programs, scholarships, fellowships, and internships 
         sponsored, administered, or used by the intelligence 
         community
       Section 711 requires the DNI to submit to congressional 
     intelligence committees a report on information that the IC 
     collects on certain academic programs, scholarships, and 
     internships sponsored, administered, or used by the IC.
     Section 712. Report on intelligence community employees 
         detailed to National Security Council
       Section 712 requires the DNI to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a report listing, by year, the number 
     of employees of an element of the IC who have been detailed 
     to the National Security Council during each of the previous 
     ten years.
     Section 713. Intelligence community reporting to Congress on 
         foreign fighter flows
       Section 713 directs DNI to submit to the congressional 
     intelligence committees a report on foreign fighter flows to 
     and from terrorist safe havens abroad.
     Section 714. Report on cybersecurity threats to seaports of 
         the United States and maritime shipping
       Section 714 directs the Under Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) to submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on the 
     cybersecurity threats to seaports of the United States and 
     maritime shipping.
     Section 715. Report on counter-messaging activities
       Section 715 directs the Under Secretary of Homeland 
     Security for I&A to submit to the congressional intelligence 
     committees a report on the counter-messaging activities of 
     DHS with respect to the Islamic State and other extremist 
     groups.
     Section 716. Report on reprisals against contractors of the 
         intelligence community
       Section 716 directs the IC IG to submit to the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on known or 
     claimed reprisals made against employees of contractors of 
     elements of the IC during the preceding three-year period. 
     Section 716 further requires the report to include an 
     evaluation of the usefulness of establishing a prohibition on 
     reprisals as a means of encouraging IC contractors to make 
     protected disclosures, and any recommendations the IC IG 
     deems appropriate.

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Today, we are voting on the fiscal year 2017 Intelligence 
Authorization Act, which is the fourth major piece of legislation I 
have had the privilege of working on with Chairman Nunes and the 
membership of our committee.
  I want to just return the compliment from the chairman. It is a great 
pleasure to work with him. One of the things I love about our committee 
is it is truly a refuge from a lot of the partisanship of this 
institution. To be able to grapple with some of the enormous challenges 
facing the country and to do so in a nonpartisan way is, I think, a 
real honor and privilege for all of us on the committee, and I thank 
the chairman for his leadership in making it so. He continues to be 
just an invaluable partner on the committee. Each bill we work on 
together proves anew what can be done when people work together 
constructively and in a nonpartisan manner to solve real problems.
  Mr. Speaker, in this iteration of the bill, which the House first 
passed in the spring by an overwhelming 371-35 votes, we also had the 
privilege of working closely with our colleagues in the Senate, 
particularly Chairman Burr and Vice Chairman Feinstein. As always, they 
have proven to be invaluable partners. Although we still have one or 
two issues unresolved, 98 percent of this bill represents agreements 
forged by bipartisan and bicameral behind-the-scenes efforts over the 
past few months.
  We should be very proud of this bill, and I believe it is an even 
better bill than the one we passed in the spring. It preserves--and, in 
some cases, furthers--all of the priorities of our Members, including 
the initiatives of our Democratic Members. In particular, I want to 
highlight some of their contributions:
  The bill includes Representative Himes' provision to improve the 
timeliness and fairness of prepublication review process throughout the 
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  It includes Representative Sewell's language on investment in Centers 
of Academic Excellence programs, helping to guarantee that a diverse 
array of students can take part in IC internships. It also includes her 
requirement to collect data to evaluate the IC's federally funded 
academic programs.
  The bill includes Representative Carson's provision to assist public 
and private entities in their swiftly removing terrorist content 
online; his provision on the cooperation and deconfliction between the 
Departments of Homeland Security and State regarding countering violent 
extremism programs; and his requirement to have the committee receive 
information on the operational impacts of foreign investment in the 
United States.
  Representative Speier's four provisions are included, which would 
standardize declassification photocopying fees across the IC to promote 
the increased availability of information and enhance transparency; her 
provision to expand access to graduate education programs at the 
Defense Intelligence Agency; her language on obtaining information on 
the mental health resilience programs that are available to IC 
civilians returning from tours in combat zones; and her provision to 
study reprisals taken against IC contractors who make disclosures that 
would be legally protected if made by IC employees.
  The bill includes Representative Quigley's language to continue 
support to security services in Ukraine.
  It includes Representative Swalwell's three provisions, including one 
to track foreign fighters, another to analyze the status of loan 
forgiveness and debt counseling programs within the IC, and a provision 
to better understand how the Departments of Homeland Security and 
Energy take advantage of the expertise resident at our national labs.
  It includes Representative Murphy's three provisions to provide a 
report detailing cybersecurity threats to--or vulnerabilities in--
systems employed by seaports and transshipment hubs, including efforts 
to improve our preparedness and response to a cyber attack; it has 
language to improve intelligence reporting with respect to Iran's 
compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and it requires 
a report on security threats emanating from maritime smuggling routes 
and ways to better cooperate with other nations to mitigate these 
threats.
  Let me also say that Patrick will be dearly missed when he leaves our 
committee at the end of this session. He has been a tremendously 
valuable member of the committee.
  The IAA also furthers important privacy and transparency goals, 
including by fully authorizing the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Board. The bill does not contain any legislative restrictions 
on the scope of the PCLOB's authority to review the impact of IC 
programs on the privacy and civil liberties of Americans and non-U.S. 
persons. Thanks to Senate provisions that we have incorporated, it also 
advances declassification efforts, potentially getting much more 
information to the public.
  There are no GTMO transfer restrictions from the bill, and the 
legislative text adds important provisions that are aimed at countering 
Russia's destabilizing efforts, including those targeting elections.
  The legislation accommodates and resolves the vast majority of the 
administration's objections, which were laid out earlier this year.
  Critically, this IAA also continues to address the key strategic 
questions we must continue to ask now and in the next administration in 
Congress:
  First, are we focusing too much on the threats of the day at the 
expense of the threats of tomorrow?
  It is easy to get distracted by nonstop crises, and it is harder to 
remain focused on the long term, even when the future can be far more 
dangerous than the present.

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  We have spent significant resources on counterterrorism priorities in 
the Middle East and South Asia. We have to continue to focus on CT and 
the threat posed by ISIS and its followers, but we must not disregard 
the growing threat posed by Russia, whose global efforts at disruption 
must be checked, particularly against our allies and our alliances.
  We must not turn away from threats posed by China, whose Naval 
adventurism, infiltration of the supply chain, and efforts to get 
around the CFIUS process in the United States--and to undermine data 
security more generally--challenge our security and business interests 
abroad and threaten our Asian partners.
  Second, are we sufficiently protecting what we currently have, 
whether in space, at sea, or in the cyber realm?
  Third, are we leveraging commercial products and services while at 
the same time making investments in revolutionary technologies that do 
not yet have commercial application?
  Fourth, are we recruiting, training, and developing the most 
effective and diverse workforce as well as leveraging foreign 
intelligence relationships and building foreign partner capacity?
  The U.S. has unquestionably the most advanced, capable, and reliable 
intelligence community in the world. This bill supports that workforce 
by identifying ways to promote travel, support language training, and 
increase diversity. It does this, in part, by expanding internship 
opportunities in the IC to students from diverse regions and 
backgrounds and allocates resources to building the capacity of our 
foreign partners. These are values we expect and demand from those 
partners, and they are central tenets of who we are as a country.
  There are many unknowns about the incoming administration, 
particularly how it will utilize and interact with the IC. It is now 
more important than ever that we give the IC the tools it needs to keep 
us safe and provide the necessary oversight required to ensure that 
they act in a manner consistent with our values and at all times. That 
is why I am pleased that this year's IAA provides such critical 
oversight of the IC, ensuring our Nation is secure, privacy and civil 
liberties are safeguarded, and transparency and accountability are 
paramount.
  I am proud to support the Intelligence Authorization Act, and I urge 
my colleagues to do the same. I urge the Senate to pass this bill and 
send the fiscal year `17 IAA to the President's desk or to continue to 
work with us to resolve any last differences before the end of the 
Congress.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah 
(Mr. Stewart).
  Mr. STEWART. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Nunes for allowing me to 
speak in support of the Intelligence Authorization Act.
  Mr. Speaker, sometimes it is easiest for us to forget that the 
primary responsibility of the Federal Government is to help to keep us 
safe. I felt the weight of that responsibility while I was serving as 
an Air Force pilot for 14 years, and now I am reminded almost every day 
of that same responsibility in my role on the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence.
  The truth is that we live in a dangerous world. The news is filled 
daily with troubling reports of terrorist attacks and dangerous 
activities. All of us are aware that just this week a young man, almost 
certainly inspired by terrorist ideology, attacked students and faculty 
at The Ohio State University.
  It doesn't stop with terrorism. We also face tremendous threats from 
China, Russia, North Korea, the Ya'alons in Iran, and the list goes on 
and on.
  I am grateful for the brave men and women around the world serving 
our military and in our intelligence communities who operate critical 
national security programs which protect Americans and keep us safe. 
That is why we must pass the Intelligence Authorization Act. Not only 
does this bill continue to authorize critical national security 
programs at a time when we face the most significant threat level since 
9/11, it also contains good government provisions that have gained 
bipartisan support.
  This bill shines light on Guantanamo Bay detainees, requiring a 
review of their past terrorist activities. It strengthens congressional 
oversight of privacy and civil liberties, and it also updates 
intelligence community whistle-blowing procedures.
  Importantly, this bill does not contain any provisions related to 
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  Mr. Speaker, this bill is critical to providing the intelligence 
community with the tools and the authorizations they need to protect 
Americans and our national security. I urge my colleagues to vote 
``yes'' on this important bill.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Swalwell), a very valuable member of our committee.
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today in 
support of this bipartisan IAA and the many provisions that it has that 
will continue to strengthen and empower our intelligence community and 
those who serve and toil away for our national security.
  This bill also contains a few provisions I have personally championed 
during my time on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 
First, it includes the provision I added requiring a report from the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence on programs across the 
IC, the intelligence community, to help students manage student loan 
debt and the viability of an IC-wide program, knowing that this is 
critical for our recruitment and retention of quality intelligence 
community members.
  Second, the bill includes a provision that was originally a 
bipartisan, standalone bill with Representative LoBiondo of New Jersey 
to track foreign fighters as they attempt to move to and from terrorist 
safe havens abroad. This bill passed the House at the end of last year 
by a vote of 423-0.
  Finally, it includes a requirement for a report on the current 
utilization of our national laboratories by the intelligence divisions 
within the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of 
Energy, as well as ways these divisions can expand utilization of lab 
expertise on cybersecurity. I am honored to represent two of these 
laboratories, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia, and I have seen firsthand 
how important their work is to our national security.
  This bill is the result of both parties and both Chambers coming 
together to prioritize our intelligence community and national security 
needs.
  I also just want to echo what I have heard from our chairman and 
ranking member, which is that there is really nothing more fulfilling, 
especially during such national discord, to come to work every day and 
work with the members on this committee. I think maybe the secret sauce 
here is that the chairman and the ranking member are both Oakland 
Raiders fans. I don't know if there are other reasons they work well 
together, but it really is fulfilling to see that when you go into our 
committee hearing, Republicans and Democrats put party aside and put 
national security first.
  I also want to say that I am going to miss two members as they depart 
the committee. That is, Congressman Patrick Murphy of Florida. He and I 
sat next to each other. Although he was in a 2-year-long Senate race, 
he showed up every day, worked hard, asked tough questions on behalf of 
his constituents and national security. I am also going to miss 
Congressman Mike Pompeo of Kansas, and I congratulate him on being 
nominated as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. I 
find him to be a person of deep integrity and character. I enjoyed 
traveling with him to Iraq last Easter, and I look forward to serving 
with him in his new role.

  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I have no other speakers. I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, let me just say on behalf of the chairman 
and myself, we were Raiders fans even when they were a losing team. 
This is not a newfound preoccupation with the team.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Ms. 
Sewell), another fabulous member of our committee.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of this 
year's Intelligence Authorization Act. Our national security is truly a 
bipartisan issue, and this legislation is a reflection of both parties' 
shared commitment to the safety and security of all Americans.
  This bill helps provide our intelligence community with the necessary 
resources and capabilities to defend our Nation against ongoing and 
emerging threats around the world.
  As the ranking member on the DOD Intelligence and Overhead 
Architecture Subcommittee, I was pleased that the language and 
direction in this bill continues to advance our capabilities on the 
ground and in space and provides necessary oversight of many critical 
DOD, NRO, and NGA programs. Additionally, this legislation takes 
important steps toward enhancing thorough oversight of our surveillance 
capabilities while continuing to make calculated investments in 
critically important strategic efforts.
  In the IAA, we also invested in our greatest national resource, our 
people. I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for accepting 
provisions that I drafted to promote diversity in the IC workforce. We 
are now able to provide a summer internship program to students from 
the existing Centers of Academic Excellence and Intelligence. We also 
now hold the IC more accountable for doing a better job of developing a 
matrix to assess minority fellowship and internship programs and how 
they actually achieve their desired results, which is to increase the 
number of minorities hired by the IC.
  Recently, I had the privilege of hosting a diversity in Intel summit. 
This event served as a rare opportunity for minority groups interested 
in the IC to gain insightful and helpful advice from top national 
security officials. It was truly a great occasion and it further 
reaffirms our committee's shared commitment to helping to ensure robust 
diversity throughout the entire IC.
  I was also pleased to successfully include bipartisan language that 
promotes accountability and transparency in the IC federally funded 
academic programs by requiring agencies to report on their recruitment 
and retention efforts. Increasing diversity and accountability in the 
IC is an issue of good governance and makes all of us better because it 
encourages unique and creative ways of problem-solving, which is 
increasingly necessary as we develop and we face more complex 
intelligence challenges.
  As a committee, I am extremely proud of the work we have done. We 
took great pains to cut unnecessary funding while prioritizing the need 
to improve upon processes and be more efficient in the IC generally. 
The reality is that we live in a world where potential threats to our 
Nation are constantly developing and changing. As our military missions 
and intelligence objectives continue to evolve, we need an IC that is 
both diverse, agile, and adequately funded.
  I am proud to support this year's Intelligence Authorization Act. I 
want to, again, thank the chairman and ranking member for all of their 
hard work. I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Earlier this afternoon, we debated H.R. 3929, honoring the heroes of 
the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner to our modern-day 
intelligence and special operations communities.
  We honor them today to express our deepest gratitude for the 
contributions they made during World War II and its aftermath and our 
appreciation for the example they set for the present intelligence 
community and special operations heroes. They were part of America's 
Greatest Generation, one we will continue to honor, remember, and 
emulate. They faced a complex and dangerous world. They met those grave 
challenges on the desolate fields of Europe, the torrid seas of the 
Pacific, and in the shadows. Espionage and intelligence were critical 
to winning the war and to preserving the peace.
  As we look forward to the future and to the dangerous world we 
inhabit today, we would do well to keep the examples set by that 
Greatest Generation in our minds. As they did, we should lead by 
example as much as by strength.
  Thankfully, our intelligence community is the most capable and 
committed in the world to our ideals and to the rule of law. Every day, 
they seek to ensure that we are given the information necessary to 
guard and defend ourselves, our allies, and our partners. We remain 
grateful always for their hard work and dedication.

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  Again, my thanks to Chairman Nunes, to the members of HPSCI, 
particularly those who are leaving the committee, to the Senate for a 
remarkable bipartisan and bicameral effort, and to our excellent 
committee staff.
  I want to thank the many public servants who have led the IC with 
whom we have had the chance to work over the past several years. In 
particular, I want to extend my thanks to those retiring or leaving 
their roles at the IC at the end of this administration, including 
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and his deputy, 
Stephanie O'Sullivan; CIA Director John Brennan and his deputy, David 
Cohen; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and 
Analysis Leslie Ireland, who today is retiring after 31 years of 
Federal service; and Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, 
Marcel Lettre.
  Thank you as well to the incredibly capable leaders of the other 
elements of the IC who may remain beyond January 20th. Of course, most 
importantly, thank you to all the men and women of the intelligence 
community who silently and courageously protect our country day and 
night through their crucial work. We appreciate everything they do, and 
they have our continued support.
  I also want to thank not only the HPSCI members, but the entire 
staff, including Michael Bahar, Tim Bergreen, Carly Blake, Robert 
Minehart, Linda Cohen, Amanda Rogers Thorpe, Wells Bennett, Rheanne 
Wirkkala, Thomas Eager, Patrick Boland, Kristin Jepson, Brandon Smith, 
and Kimberlee Kerr for all their valuable service.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  We have four retiring members from our committee this year: 
Representative Murphy, who was already spoken about earlier, did a 
great job attending a lot of the committee hearings or almost all of 
the committee hearings. We also have Representative Jeff Miller, who 
served on this committee for a very long time and who is chairman of 
the Veterans' Affairs Committee; he is retiring. Also, Representative 
Lynn Westmoreland did a great job chairing our National Security Agency 
and Cybersecurity Subcommittee. Dr. Joe Heck, who chaired the 
Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture 
Subcommittee, he is here on the floor with us this evening.
  Finally, it is possibly premature, but we may not be able to 
congratulate Representative Pompeo on the House floor. He will have to 
have Senate confirmation next year, so I imagine he will be with the 
committee for a few months. But if we don't get a chance to come down 
to the House floor before he is approved by the Senate, I want to 
congratulate Mr. Pompeo. We are quite excited to have somebody from our 
committee to be chosen in the next administration to run the CIA.
  I would urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan, bicameral 
bill, H.R. 6393.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Nunes) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 6393.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this question will be postponed.

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