[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3242-S3243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1726. Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

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     SEC. ___. REVIEW OF INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES TO INCREASE 
                   INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO THE BROADER PRIVATE 
                   SECTOR.

       (a) Review Required.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the 
     Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with 
     Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
     Agency and the Director of the National Security Agency, 
     shall submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence and the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and 
     the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives a comprehensive review of intelligence 
     policies, procedures, and resources that identifies and 
     addresses any legal or policy requirements that impede the 
     ability of the intelligence community (as defined in section 
     3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) to 
     support--
       (1) the private sector; and
       (2) the Federal departments and agencies whose mission 
     includes assisting the private sector in its cybersecurity 
     and defense.
       (b) Elements of the Review.--The review submitted under 
     subsection (a) shall--
       (1) identify and address limitations in collection on 
     foreign adversary malicious cyber activity targeting domestic 
     critical infrastructure;
       (2) identify limitations in the ability of the intelligence 
     community to share threat intelligence information with the 
     private sector;
       (3) review downgrade and declassification procedures for 
     cybersecurity threat intelligence and assess options to 
     improve the speed and timeliness of release;
       (4) define criteria and procedures that would identify 
     certain types of intelligence for expedited declassification 
     and release;
       (5) examine current and projected mission requirements of 
     the Cybersecurity Directorate of the National Security Agency 
     to support other Federal departments and agencies and the 
     private sector, including funding gaps;
       (6) recommend budgetary changes needed to ensure that the 
     National Security Agency meets expectations for increased 
     support to other Federal department and agency cybersecurity 
     efforts, including support to private sector critical 
     infrastructure owners or operators;
       (7) review cyber-related information-sharing consent 
     processes, including consent to monitor agreements, and 
     assess gaps and opportunities for greater standardization and 
     simplification while ensuring privacy and civil liberty 
     protections; and
       (8) review existing statutes governing national security 
     systems, including National Security Directive 42, and assess 
     the sufficiency of existing National Security Agency 
     authorities to protect systems and assets that are critical 
     to national security.
       (c) Submission of Recommendations.--The review required 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall include recommendations to 
     address the gaps identified in the review.
       (d) Form of Review.--The review required pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
     may include a classified annex.
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