House Report 115-815 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 6237) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2018 AND 2019 FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[House Report 115-815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-815

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 6237) TO AUTHORIZE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2018 AND 2019 FOR INTELLIGENCE AND
INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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July 11, 2018.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed

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Mr. Collins of Georgia, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 989]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 989, by a record vote of 6 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6237, the
Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Years 2018 and 2019, under a structured rule. The resolution
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The resolution
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
The resolution makes in order as original text for purpose of
amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting
of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-80 and provides that
it shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all
points of order against that amendment in the nature of a
substitute. The resolution makes in order only those further
amendments printed in this report. Each such amendment may be
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives
all points of order against the amendments printed in this
report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
It is important to note that the estimate provided by the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Budget is
incomplete due to the fact that CBO is only permitted to score
the unclassified portions of the bill. Because the estimate is
incomplete, the Chair of the Committee on the Budget is unable
to accurately advise the Chair on budget related points of
order.
The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in
the nature of a substitute made in order as original text
includes a waiver of clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a
bill or joint resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure from
being reported by a committee not having jurisdiction to report
tax or tariff measures.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not
aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in
nature.

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 257

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and
provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #11, offered by
Rep. Hastings (FL), which amends the National Security Act to
include in its list of statutorily-required positions on the
National Security Council a Cybersecurity Coordinator. The
Cybersecurity Coordinator shall be paid at the rate of basic
pay for level III of the Executive Schedule. Defeated: 4-6

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mrs. Torres....................... Yea
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... ............
Mr. Buck........................................ Nay
Ms. Cheney...................................... ............
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 258

Motion by Rep. Torres to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers to amendment #41, offered by Rep. Torres
(CA) and Rep. Hastings (FL) and Rep. McGovern (MA) and Rep.
Polis (CO), which inserts the findings of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence, with respect to the Intelligence
Community Assessment (ICA) regarding Russian activities and
intentions in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Converts the
Committee's findings into findings of the entire Congress.
Defeated: 4-6

Rules Committee record vote No. 259

Motion by Rep. Torres to make in order en bloc and provide
the appropriate waivers to amendment #5, offered by Rep. Torres
(CA), which requires the advisory report on foreign
counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to election
campaigns summarizing best practices for Federal offices to
also include State and Local offices, and amendment #7 offered
by Rep. Torres (CA) which Requires a report from the Director
of National Intelligence to Congress on the use of U.S. policy
on family separation as propaganda by foreign governments,
including Russia, to interfere and undermine the moral
credibility of the United States. Defeated: 4-6

Rules Committee record vote No. 260

Motion by Mr. Woodall to report the rule. Adopted: 6-4

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... Yea Mrs. Torres....................... Nay
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... ............
Mr. Buck........................................ Yea
Ms. Cheney...................................... ............
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 17, line 2, insert ``Russian,'' after ``Korean,''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 20, line 7, before the period insert ``, including an
identification of the foreign state or foreign nonstate person,
group, or entity to which such threat has been attributed''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 22, line 16, strike ``and''.
Page 23, line 2, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 23, after line 2, insert the following new paragraph:
(6) an immediate review of a clearance may be
triggered when a security clearance holder is reported
to have engaged in violent acts against individuals,
property, or public spaces based on the security
clearance holder's association or sympathy with persons
or organizations that advocate, threaten, or use force
or violence, or any other illegal or unconstitutional
means, in an effort to prevent others from exercising
their rights under the Constitution or laws of the
United States or of any State, based on factors
including, at a minimum, race, religion, national
origin, or disability.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Vargas of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 29, line 13, after ``methods'' insert ``, including the
use of virtual currencies,''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. NORTH KOREA FOLLOW THE MONEY ACT.

(a) Assessment Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of
State for Intelligence and Research and the Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, shall produce an
intelligence assessment of the revenue sources of the North
Korean regime. Such assessment shall include revenue from the
following sources:
(1) Trade in coal, iron, and iron ore.
(2) The provision of fishing rights to North Korean
territorial waters.
(3) Trade in gold, titanium ore, vanadium ore,
copper, silver, nickel, zinc, or rare earth minerals,
and other stores of value.
(4) Trade in textiles.
(5) Sales of conventional defense articles and
services.
(6) Sales of controlled goods, ballistic missiles,
and other associated purposes.
(7) Other types of manufacturing for export, as the
Director of National Intelligence considers
appropriate.
(8) The exportation of workers from North Korea in a
manner intended to generate significant revenue,
directly or indirectly, for use by the government of
North Korea.
(9) The provision of non-humanitarian goods (such as
food, medicine, and medical devices) and services by
other countries.
(10) The provision of services, including banking and
other support, including by entities located in the
Russian Federation, China, and Iran.
(11) Online commercial activities of the Government
of North Korea, including online gambling.
(12) Criminal activities, including cyber-enabled
crime and counterfeit goods.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall include an identification of each of the following:
(1) The sources of North Korea's funding.
(2) Financial and non-financial networks, including
supply chain management, transportation, and
facilitation, through which North Korea accesses the
United States and international financial systems and
repatriates and exports capital, goods, and services;
and
(3) the global financial institutions, money services
business, and payment systems that assist North Korea
with financial transactions.
(c) Submittal to Congress.--Upon completion of the assessment
required under subsection (a), the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a copy of such
assessment.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. EXPANSION OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.

In order to further increase the diversity of the
intelligence community workforce, not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with heads of elements of the
Intelligence Community, shall create, implement, and submit to
the congressional intelligence committees a written plan to
ensure that rural and underrepresented regions are more fully
and consistently represented in such elements' employment
recruitment efforts. Upon receipt of the plan, the
congressional committees shall have 60 days to submit comments
to the Director of National Intelligence before such plan shall
be implemented.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. REPORT ON IRANIAN SUPPORT OF PROXY FORCES IN SYRIA AND
LEBANON.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services,
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate a report on Iranian support of proxy forces in Syria and
Lebanon and the threat posed to Israel, other United States
regional allies, and other specified interests of the United
States as a result of such support.
(b) Matters for Inclusion.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include information relating to the
following matters with respect to both the strategic and
tactical implications for the United States and its allies:
(1) A description of arms or related material
transferred by Iran to Hizballah since March 2011,
including the number of such arms or related material
and whether such transfer was by land, sea, or air, as
well as financial and additional technological
capabilities transferred by Iran to Hizballah.
(2) A description of Iranian and Iranian-controlled
personnel, including Hizballah, Shiite militias, and
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps forces, operating
within Syria, including the number and geographic
distribution of such personnel operating within 30
kilometers of the Israeli borders with Syria and
Lebanon.
(3) An assessment of Hizballah's operational lessons
learned based on its recent experiences in Syria.
(4) A description of any rocket-producing facilities
in Lebanon for non-state actors, including whether such
facilities were assessed to be built at the direction
of Hizballah leadership, Iranian leadership, or in
consultation between Iranian leadership and Hizballah
leadership.
(5) An analysis of the foreign and domestic supply
chains that significantly facilitate, support, or
otherwise aid Hizballah's acquisition or development of
missile production facilities, including the geographic
distribution of such foreign and domestic supply
chains.
(6) An assessment of the provision of goods,
services, or technology transferred by Iran or its
affiliates to Hizballah to indigenously manufacture or
otherwise produce missiles.
(7) An identification of foreign persons that are,
based on credible information, facilitating the
transfer of significant financial support or arms or
related material to Hizballah.
(8) A description of the threat posed to Israel and
other United States allies in the Middle East by the
transfer of arms or related material or other support
offered to Hizballah and other proxies from Iran.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``arms or related
material'' means--
(1) nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological
weapons or materials or components of such weapons;
(2) ballistic or cruise missile weapons or materials
or components of such weapons;
(3) destabilizing numbers and types of advanced
conventional weapons;
(4) defense articles or defense services, as those
terms are defined in paragraphs (3) and (4),
respectively, of section 47 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2794);
(5) defense information, as that term is defined in
section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2403); or
(6) items designated by the President for purposes of
the United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1)
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)).
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. BRIEFING ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND PANDEMICS.

(a) Briefing.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence
shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a
briefing on the anticipated geopolitical effects of emerging
infectious disease (including deliberate, accidental, and
naturally occurring infectious disease threats) and pandemics,
and their implications on the national security of the United
States.
(b) Content.--The briefing under subsection (a) shall
assess--
(1) the economic, social, political, and security
risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious
diseases on the United States and the international
political and economic system;
(2) the economic, social, political, and security
risks, costs, and impacts of a major transnational
pandemic on the United States and the international
political and economic system; and
(3) contributing trends and factor to the matters
assessed under paragraphs (1) and (2).
(c) Examination of Response Capacity.--In examining the
risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious disease and a
possible transnational pandemic under subsection (b), the
Director of National Intelligence shall also examine in the
briefing under subsection (a) the response capacity within
affected countries and the international system. In considering
response capacity, the Director shall include--
(1) the ability of affected nations to effectively
detect and manage emerging infectious diseases and a
possible transnational pandemic;
(2) the role and capacity of international
organizations and nongovernmental organizations to
respond to emerging infectious disease and a possible
pandemic, and their ability to coordinate with affected
and donor nations; and
(3) the effectiveness of current international
frameworks, agreements, and health systems to respond
to emerging infectious diseases and a possible
transnational pandemic.
(d) Form.--The briefing under subsection (a) may be
classified.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional intelligence committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kennedy of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE RESPONSE
CENTER.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall submit to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on the
potential establishment of a center, to be known as the
``Foreign Malign Influence Response Center'' that--
(1) is comprised of analysts from all appropriate
elements of the intelligence community, including
elements with related diplomatic and law enforcement
functions;
(2) has access to all intelligence and other
reporting acquired by the United States Government on
foreign efforts to influence, through overt and covert
malign activities, United States political processes
and elections;
(3) provides comprehensive assessment, and
indications and warning, of such activities; and
(4) provides for enhanced dissemination of such
assessment to United States policy makers.
(b) Contents.--The Report required by subsection (a)--
(1) shall contain, at a minimum, a discussion of the
desirability of the establishment of such center and
any barriers to such establishment; and
(2) may contain any recommendations the Director
determines appropriate.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rice of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 102, after line 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2509. REPORT ON POSSIBLE EXPLOITATION OF VIRTUAL CURRENCIES BY
TERRORIST ACTORS.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Stop
Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies Act''.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence,
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall
submit to Congress a report on the possible exploitation of
virtual currencies by terrorist actors. Such report shall
include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the means and methods by which
international terrorist organizations and State
sponsors of terrorism use virtual currencies.
(2) An assessment of the use by terrorist
organizations and State sponsors of terrorism of
virtual currencies compared to the use by such
organizations and States of other forms of financing to
support operations, including an assessment of the
collection posture of the intelligence community on the
use of virtual currencies by such organizations and
States.
(3) A description of any existing legal impediments
that inhibit or prevent the intelligence community from
collecting information on or helping prevent the use of
virtual currencies by international terrorist
organizations and State sponsors of terrorism and an
identification of any gaps in existing law that could
be exploited for illicit funding by such organizations
and States.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (b)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lipinski of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title V of division B, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2509. REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY
AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of
National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report
describing Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year
on military and terrorist activities outside the country,
including each of the following:
(1) The amount spent in such calendar year on
activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
including activities providing support for--
(A) Hezbollah;
(B) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
(C) Hamas;
(D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
(E) any other entity or country the Director
determines to be relevant.
(2) The amount spent in such calendar year for
ballistic missile research and testing or other
activities that the Director determines are
destabilizing to the Middle East region.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title V of division B, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2509. INCLUSION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IN ANNUAL REPORT RELATING
TO SECTION 702.

Section 707(b)(1)(G)(ii) of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881f(b)(1)(G)(ii)) is
amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``,
including whether disciplinary actions were taken as a result
of such an incident of noncompliance and the extent of such
disciplinary actions''.

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