[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4952]
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SA 3191. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. ___. OFFICE OF SECURITY TRAINING AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
(a) Office of Security Training and Counterintelligence.--
There is in the Executive Office of the President an Office
of Security Training and Counterintelligence (in this section
referred to as the ``Office'').
(b) Director.--
(1) In general.--There shall be at the head of the Office a
Director of the Office of Security Training and
Counterintelligence (in this section referred to as the
``Director'') who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) Initial appointment.--The President shall make an
initial appointment of the Director not later than the date
that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) Qualifications of the director.--The Director shall--
(A) be a recognized security expert, including expertise in
cybersecurity, physical security, or counterintelligence; and
(B) be eligible to access classified information at the
level of ``Top Secret'' and be eligible to access sensitive
compartmented information.
(c) Detailees.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), the Office shall
be staffed by career security and counterintelligence
professionals detailed from Federal agencies.
(2) From office of director of national intelligence.--
Subject to paragraph (3), the Director of National
Intelligence may detail to the Office any of the personnel of
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to assist
in carrying out the functions of the Office under subsection
(e).
(3) Clearance.--Any personnel detailed to the Office under
this subsection shall possess a security clearance in
accordance with applicable laws and regulations concerning
the handling of classified information.
(d) Functions.--The primary functions of the Office are to
provide, within the Executive Office of the President, advice
on the following:
(1) Security training.--Training, education, and research
activities to equip and prepare personnel of the Executive
Office of the President through the development and
management of on-line and in-person courses, curricula,
conferences, and other products.
(2) Counterintelligence and insider threat.--Activities to
identify, assess, deter, and mitigate foreign and insider
threats to the Executive Office of the President, both
directly and through collaborative engagement with other
intelligence and law enforcement organizations.
(3) Protection of classified information.--Protection and
preservation of classified information and other sensitive
information, including with regard to the use by personnel of
the Executive Office of the President of unclassified
commercially available messaging applications, as well as
preservation of such information through collaborative
engagement with the National Archives and Records
Administration.
(e) Advisory Board.--
(1) Establishment.--
(A) In general.--There is hereby established an advisory
board to advise the President, the Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs, the Director of the Office,
and such other personnel of the Executive Office of the
President as the Board considers appropriate on best
practices in security training, counterintelligence and
insider threats, and protection of classified information.
(B) Designation.--The advisory board established by
subparagraph (A) shall be known as the ``Security Training
and Counterintelligence Advisory Board'' (in this section
referred to as the ``Board'').
(2) Membership.--
(A) Composition.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the Board
shall be composed of 4 members, appointed as follows:
(i) One member appointed by the Democratic leader of the
Senate.
(ii) One member appointed by the Republican leader of the
Senate.
(iii) One member appointed by the Democratic leader of the
House of Representatives.
(iv) One member appointed by the Republican leader of the
House of Representatives.
(B) Criteria.--The members appointed under subparagraph (A)
shall meet the following criteria:
(i) Each member shall be a recognized expert in security,
including expertise in cybersecurity, physical security, or
counterintelligence.
(ii) Each member shall be eligible to access classified
information at the level of ``Top Secret'' and be eligible to
access sensitive compartmented information.
(C) Terms.--
(i) In general.--Each member appointed to the Board,
including the Chairperson selected under paragraph (3), shall
be appointed or elected, as applicable, for a 2-year term and
members of the Board may be reappointed for additional terms
of service as members of the Board. Members may continue to
serve until they are either reappointed or replaced.
(ii) Annual reports.--The Board shall submit to the
congressional intelligence committees (as defined in section
3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), in
writing, an annual report which shall set forth the
recommendations of the Board for improving security training,
counterintelligence and insider threat awareness, and the
protection of classified information and other sensitive
information used by personnel of the Executive Office of the
President.
(3) Chairperson.--
(A) In general.--During the first meeting of the Board, the
members of the Board shall elect a Chairperson of the Board.
(B) Limitation.--In addition to meeting the criteria under
paragraph (2)(B), the Chairperson may not be an employee, or
former employee, of the Executive Office of the President.
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