[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3445. Mr. TUBERVILLE 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. 10___. REVEAL ACT OF 2025.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Reporting Exemptions and Vetting Excessive Access 
     Limitations Act of 2025'' or the ``REVEAL Act of 2025''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional 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 the term in section 3 of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
       (3) Need-to-know waiver.--The term ``need-to-know waiver'' 
     means the waiver of the requirement described in section 
     4.1(a)(3) of Executive Order 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707; 
     relating to classified national security information) 
     pursuant to section 4.4(a) of that Executive Order.
       (4) ) Relevant congressional staff.--The term ``relevant 
     congressional staff'' means any appropriately cleared 
     permanent congressional staff as defined by the Clerk of the 
     House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.
       (c) Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Initial report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on need-to-know waivers active at 
     elements of the intelligence community as of January 19, 
     2025.
       (B) Contents.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall include--
       (i) an identification of each need-to-know waiver active as 
     of January 19, 2025; and
       (ii) for each need-to-know waiver identified under clause 
     (i)--

       (I) the date of the need-to-know waiver;
       (II) the name of the recipient of such need-to-know waiver;
       (III) the name of the individual who issued such need-to-
     know waiver; and
       (IV) the reason for the need-to-know waiver.

       (C) Form.--The report required by subparagraph (A) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (2) Annual reports.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2026, and 
     each fiscal year thereafter for five years, the Director of 
     National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on need-to-know waivers 
     active at elements of the intelligence community as of the 
     date of the report and issued during the relevant fiscal 
     year.
       (B) Contents.--Each report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall include--
       (i) an identification of each need-to-know waiver issued 
     during the relevant fiscal year for such report; and
       (ii) for each need-to-know waiver identified under clause 
     (i)--

       (I) the date of the need-to-know waiver;
       (II) the name of the recipient of the need-to-know waiver;
       (III) the name of the individual who issued such need-to-
     know waiver; and
       (IV) the reason for the need-to-know waiver.

       (C) Form.--Each report required by subparagraph (A) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (D) Transmission to congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
     submitting a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees under subparagraph (A), the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall transmit such report to Congress and all 
     relevant congressional staff.
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