[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1803. Mr. WARNER 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:

     SEC. ___. EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED 
                   INFORMATION FACILITIES.

       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, shall issue 
     revised guidance authorizing and directing Government 
     agencies and their appropriately cleared contractors to 
     process, store, use, and discuss sensitive compartmented 
     information (SCI) at facilities previously approved to handle 
     such information, without need for further approval by agency 
     or by site. Such guidance shall apply to controlled access 
     programs of the intelligence community and to special access 
     programs of the Department of Defense.
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