[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3420-S3421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 979. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REVIEW BY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
                   REGARDING INFORMATION COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 
                   WITH RESPECT TO ECONOMIC COMPETITION.

       (a) Review.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall complete a review of the requirements and 
     access to commercial information used by elements of the 
     intelligence community for analysis of capital flows, 
     investment security, beneficial ownership of entities, and 
     other transactions and functions related to identifying 
     threats, gaps, and opportunities with respect to economic 
     competition with foreign countries, including the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (2) Elements.--The review required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) The length and expiration of licenses for access to 
     commercial information.
       (B) The number of such licenses permitted for each element 
     of the intelligence community.
       (C) The number of such licenses permitted for Federal 
     departments and agencies that are not elements of the 
     intelligence community, including the Department of Commerce.
       (b) Report; Briefing.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date on 
     which the review required by subsection (a)(1) is completed, 
     the Director of National Intelligence shall submit a report 
     and provide a briefing to Congress on the findings of the 
     review.
       (2) Elements.--The report and briefing required by 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) The findings of the review required by subsection 
     (a)(1).
       (B) Recommendations of the Director on whether and how the 
     standardization of access to commercial information, the 
     expansion of licenses for such access, the lengthening of 
     license terms beyond 1 year, and the issuance of Government-
     wide (as opposed to agency-by-agency) licenses would advance 
     the open-source collection and analytical requirements of the 
     intelligence community with respect to economic competition 
     with foreign countries, including the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (C) An assessment of cost savings or increases that may 
     result from the standardization described in subparagraph 
     (B).
       (3) Form.--The report and briefing required by paragraph 
     (1) may be classified.
       (c) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 3003).
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