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Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020
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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3494
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 18, 2019
Received; read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2018, 2019, and
2020 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities
of the United States Government, the Community Man-
agement Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency
Retirement and Disability System, and for other pur-
poses.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Damon Paul Nelson
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and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization
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Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. DIVISIONS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi-
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sions as follows:
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(1) Division A—Intelligence Authorizations for
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Fiscal Year 2020.
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(2) Division B—Intelligence Authorizations for
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Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019.
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Divisions and table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
DIVISION A—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2020
TITLE I—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 102. Classified schedule of authorizations.
Sec. 103. Intelligence community management account.
TITLE II—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND
DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 303. Paid parental leave.
Sec. 304. Unfunded requirements of the intelligence community.
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Sec. 305. Extending the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.
Sec. 306. Intelligence community public-private talent exchange.
Sec. 307. Assessment of contracting practices to identify certain security and
counterintelligence concerns.
Sec. 308. Required counterintelligence briefings and notifications.
TITLE IV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Sec. 401. Establishment of Climate Security Advisory Council.
Sec. 402. Transfer of National Intelligence University to the Office of the Di-
rector of National Intelligence.
Sec. 403. Death benefits for survivors of Central Intelligence Agency personnel.
Sec. 404. Foreign Threat Response Center.
TITLE V—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 501. Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United
States by the Communist Party of China.
Sec. 502. Report on repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang re-
gion of the People’s Republic of China.
Sec. 503. Report on efforts by People’s Republic of China to influence election
in Taiwan.
Sec. 504. Assessment of legitimate and illegitimate financial and other assets
of Vladimir Putin.
Sec. 505. Assessments of intentions of political leadership of the Russian Fed-
eration.
Sec. 506. Report on death of Jamal Khashoggi.
Sec. 507. Assessments regarding the Northern Triangle and Mexico.
Sec. 508. Sense of Congress and report on Iranian efforts in Syria.
Sec. 509. Annual reports on influence operations and campaigns in the United
States by the Russian Federation.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL EFFORTS AGAINST DOMESTIC TERRORISM
Sec. 601. Definitions.
Sec. 602. Annual strategic intelligence assessment of and comprehensive report
on domestic terrorism.
Sec. 603. Report characterizing domestic terrorism activity within the United
States.
TITLE VII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 701. Modification of requirements for submission to Congress of certain
reports.
Sec. 702. Increased transparency regarding counterterrorism budget of the
United States.
Sec. 703. Task force on illicit financing of espionage and foreign influence oper-
ations.
Sec. 704. Study on role of retired and former personnel of intelligence commu-
nity with respect to certain foreign intelligence operations.
Sec. 705. Report by Director of National Intelligence on fifth-generation wire-
less network technology.
Sec. 706. Establishment of 5G prize competition.
Sec. 707. Establishment of deepfakes prize competition.
Sec. 708. Removal and neutralization of IMSI catchers.
Sec. 709. Plan for strengthening the supply chain intelligence function.
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Sec. 710. Securing energy infrastructure.
Sec. 711. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data.
Sec. 712. Report on best practices to protect privacy and civil liberties of Chi-
nese Americans.
Sec. 713. Intelligence assessment of relationship between women and violent ex-
tremism.
Sec. 714. Report on use by intelligence community of facial recognition tech-
nology.
Sec. 715. Report on deepfake technology, foreign weaponization of deepfakes,
and related notifications.
Sec. 716. Rule of construction with respect to certain crimes relating to ter-
rorism.
Sec. 717. Report on international mobile subscriber identity-catchers and
United States national security.
Sec. 718. Whistleblower disclosures to Congress and committees of Congress.
Sec. 719. Report containing threat assessment on terrorist use of conventional
and advanced conventional weapons.
Sec. 720. Assessment of homeland security vulnerabilities associated with cer-
tain retired and former personnel of the intelligence commu-
nity.
Sec. 721. Expansion of availability of financial assets of Iran to victims of ter-
rorism.
Sec. 722. Report on terrorist screening database.
Sec. 723. Sense of Congress on Americans and foreign individuals who con-
tribute to the national security of the United States who are
held captive.
DIVISION B—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 2018 AND 2019
TITLE XXI—INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Sec. 2101. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2102. Classified Schedule of Authorizations.
Sec. 2103. Intelligence Community Management Account.
TITLE XXII—CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT
AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
Sec. 2201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 2202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence
Agency.
TITLE XXIII—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS
Sec. 2301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 2302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law.
Sec. 2303. Modification of special pay authority for science, technology, engi-
neering, or mathematics positions and addition of special pay
authority for cyber positions.
Sec. 2304. Modification of appointment of Chief Information Officer of the In-
telligence Community.
Sec. 2305. Director of National Intelligence review of placement of positions
within the intelligence community on the Executive Schedule.
Sec. 2306. Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task
Force.
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Sec. 2307. Consideration of adversarial telecommunications and cybersecurity
infrastructure when sharing intelligence with foreign govern-
ments and entities.
Sec. 2308. Cyber protection support for the personnel of the intelligence com-
munity in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack.
Sec. 2309. Elimination of sunset of authority relating to management of sup-
ply-chain risk.
Sec. 2310. Limitations on determinations regarding certain security classifica-
tions.
Sec. 2311. Joint Intelligence Community Council.
Sec. 2312. Intelligence community information technology environment.
Sec. 2313. Report on development of secure mobile voice solution for intel-
ligence community.
Sec. 2314. Policy on minimum insider threat standards.
Sec. 2315. Submission of intelligence community policies.
Sec. 2316. Expansion of intelligence community recruitment efforts.
TITLE XXIV—MATTERS RELATING TO ELEMENTS OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Sec. 2401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Of-
fice of the Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 2402. Designation of the program manager-information sharing environ-
ment.
Sec. 2403. Technical modification to the executive schedule.
Sec. 2404. Chief Financial Officer of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 2405. Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community.
Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency
Sec. 2411. Central Intelligence Agency subsistence for personnel assigned to
austere locations.
Sec. 2412. Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments
and other payments for Central Intelligence Agency personnel.
Sec. 2413. Expansion of security protective service jurisdiction of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Sec. 2414. Repeal of foreign language proficiency requirement for certain senior
level positions in the Central Intelligence Agency.
Subtitle C—Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of Department of
Energy
Sec. 2421. Consolidation of Department of Energy Offices of Intelligence and
Counterintelligence.
Sec. 2422. Establishment of Energy Infrastructure Security Center.
Sec. 2423. Repeal of Department of Energy Intelligence Executive Committee
and budget reporting requirement.
Subtitle D—Other Elements
Sec. 2431. Plan for designation of counterintelligence component of Defense
Security Service as an element of intelligence community.
Sec. 2432. Notice not required for private entities.
Sec. 2433. Establishment of advisory board for National Reconnaissance Office.
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Sec. 2434. Collocation of certain Department of Homeland Security personnel
at field locations.
TITLE XXV—ELECTION MATTERS
Sec. 2501. Report on cyber attacks by foreign governments against United
States election infrastructure.
Sec. 2502. Review of intelligence community’s posture to collect against and
analyze Russian efforts to influence the Presidential election.
Sec. 2503. Assessment of foreign intelligence threats to Federal elections.
Sec. 2504. Strategy for countering Russian cyber threats to United States elec-
tions.
Sec. 2505. Assessment of significant Russian influence campaigns directed at
foreign elections and referenda.
Sec. 2506. Information sharing with State election officials.
Sec. 2507. Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active meas-
ures campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices.
Sec. 2508. Designation of counterintelligence officer to lead election security
matters.
TITLE XXVI—SECURITY CLEARANCES
Sec. 2601. Definitions.
Sec. 2602. Reports and plans relating to security clearances and background
investigations.
Sec. 2603. Improving the process for security clearances.
Sec. 2604. Goals for promptness of determinations regarding security clear-
ances.
Sec. 2605. Security Executive Agent.
Sec. 2606. Report on unified, simplified, Governmentwide standards for posi-
tions of trust and security clearances.
Sec. 2607. Report on clearance in person concept.
Sec. 2608. Reports on reciprocity for security clearances inside of departments
and agencies.
Sec. 2609. Intelligence community reports on security clearances.
Sec. 2610. Periodic report on positions in the intelligence community that can
be conducted without access to classified information, net-
works, or facilities.
Sec. 2611. Information sharing program for positions of trust and security
clearances.
Sec. 2612. Report on protections for confidentiality of whistleblower-related
communications.
TITLE XXVII—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to Russia and Other Foreign Powers
Sec. 2701. Limitation relating to establishment or support of cybersecurity unit
with the Russian Federation.
Sec. 2702. Report on returning Russian compounds.
Sec. 2703. Assessment of threat finance relating to Russia.
Sec. 2704. Notification of an active measures campaign.
Sec. 2705. Notification of travel by accredited diplomatic and consular per-
sonnel of the Russian Federation in the United States.
Sec. 2706. Report on outreach strategy addressing threats from United States
adversaries to the United States technology sector.
Sec. 2707. Report on Iranian support of proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon.
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Sec. 2708. Annual report on Iranian expenditures supporting foreign military
and terrorist activities.
Sec. 2709. Expansion of scope of committee to counter active measures and re-
port on establishment of Foreign Malign Influence Center.
Subtitle B—Reports
Sec. 2711. Technical correction to Inspector General study.
Sec. 2712. Reports on authorities of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De-
partment of Homeland Security.
Sec. 2713. Review of intelligence community whistleblower matters.
Sec. 2714. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to
certain foreign investments.
Sec. 2715. Report on surveillance by foreign governments against United States
telecommunications networks.
Sec. 2716. Biennial report on foreign investment risks.
Sec. 2717. Modification of certain reporting requirement on travel of foreign
diplomats.
Sec. 2718. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of
classified information.
Sec. 2719. Congressional notification of designation of covered intelligence offi-
cer as persona non grata.
Sec. 2720. Reports on intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities eq-
uities process of Federal Government.
Sec. 2721. Inspectors General reports on classification.
Sec. 2722. Reports on global water insecurity and national security implications
and briefing on emerging infectious disease and pandemics.
Sec. 2723. Annual report on memoranda of understanding between elements of
intelligence community and other entities of the United States
Government regarding significant operational activities or pol-
icy.
Sec. 2724. Study on the feasibility of encrypting unclassified wireline and wire-
less telephone calls.
Sec. 2725. Modification of requirement for annual report on hiring and
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