[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 8512 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 558
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8512
[Report No. 118-662]
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2024
Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
September 11, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 22,
2024]
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A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Intelligence
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
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 MATTERS
Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities.
Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by
law.
Sec. 303. Statute of limitation for espionage offenses.
Sec. 304. Secure communication between Congress and intelligence
community.
Sec. 305. Commission to examine the national security and defense risks
to the United States posed by anomalous
health incidents.
TITLE IV--MATTERS RELATING TO NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE
Subtitle A--Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations
Sec. 401. Congressional notifications and summaries of misconduct
regarding employees within the intelligence
community.
Sec. 402. Improvements to urgent concerns submitted to Inspectors
General of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 403. Protection for individuals making authorized disclosures to
Inspectors General of elements of the
intelligence community.
Sec. 404. Clarification of authority of certain Inspectors General to
receive protected disclosures.
Sec. 405. Codification of the National Intelligence Management Council.
Sec. 406. Analyses and impact statements regarding proposed investment
into the United States.
Sec. 407. Responsibilities and authorities of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Sec. 408. Enabling intelligence community integration.
Sec. 409. Protection of intelligence sources and methods.
Sec. 410. Department of Homeland Security intelligence support for
State Governors.
Sec. 411. Authorization relating to certain intelligence and
counterintelligence activities of Coast
Guard.
Sec. 412. Requirements with respect to access of foreign nationals to
Department of Energy National Laboratories.
Sec. 413. Formalized counterintelligence training for Department of
Energy personnel.
Sec. 414. Federal Bureau of Investigation proactive cyber support.
Sec. 415. Requirements relating to confidential human source program of
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sec. 416. Congressional notice of FBI counterintelligence
investigations into individuals who hold or
are candidates for Federal elected office.
Sec. 417. Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the
Department of Transportation.
Sec. 418. Ukraine lessons learned Working Group.
Sec. 419. Modification to waiver for post-service employment
restrictions.
Sec. 420. Prohibition of funds for Intelligence Experts Group.
Sec. 421. Prohibition on availability of funds for certain activities
of the Overt Human Intelligence and Open
Source Intelligence Collection Programs of
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of
the Department of Homeland Security.
Sec. 422. Limitation on availability of funds for the Office of the
Director of National Intelligence pending
submission of information regarding
improvements relating to intelligence
community staffing, details, and
assignments.
Subtitle B--Reports and Other Matters
Sec. 431. Foreign malign influence interagency guidance.
Sec. 432. Foreign malign influence standard operating procedures.
Sec. 433. Intelligence support for certain executive branch departments
and agencies.
Sec. 434. Intelligence community recruitment for certain security-
cleared separating Military Members.
Sec. 435. Strategy to strengthen intelligence community recruitment
efforts in the United States territories.
Sec. 436. Extension of requirement for annual report on strikes
undertaken by the United States against
terrorist targets outside areas of active
hostilities.
Sec. 437. Advisability and feasibility study on updating intelligence
sharing regulations.
Sec. 438. Budget transparency for open-source intelligence activities.
Sec. 439. Enhancing public-private sharing on manipulative adversary
practices in critical mineral projects.
Sec. 440. Briefing on policies and procedures for addressing threats
from known or suspected terrorists.
Sec. 441. Assessment on intelligence relationship between Egypt and
Israel.
Sec. 442. Intelligence assessment of economic coercion by the People's
Republic of China in the Indo-Pacific
region and strategies to enhance the
economic resilience of countries in the
Indo-Pacific region.
Sec. 443. Report on the mission effect of civilian harm.
Sec. 444. Report on the economic outlook of China.
Sec. 445. Repeal of requirement with respect to assessments regarding
the Northern Triangle and Mexico.
TITLE V--MATTERS RELATING TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND OVERHEAD
ARCHITECTURE
Sec. 501. Sense of Congress on the need for increased effort and
resources in the field of geomatics.
Sec. 502. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
Sec. 503. Extension and modification of Department of Defense
intelligence and counterintelligence
expense authority.
Sec. 504. Authority of Army counterintelligence agents.
Sec. 505. Modifications to notification on the provision of Defense
sensitive support.
Sec. 506. Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in
commercial activities as security for
intelligence collection activities.
Sec. 507. Promulgating guidance related to certain Department of
Defense contracts.
Sec. 508. Sense of Congress on Space Force acquisition workforce.
TITLE VI--MATTERS RELATING TO CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Sec. 601. Requirements for the Special Victim Investigator.
Sec. 602. Reserve for Contingencies notification requirement.
Sec. 603. Government Accountability Office study and report on
modernization initiative of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
TITLE VII--MATTERS RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Sec. 701. Sensitive compartmented information facility accreditation.
Sec. 702. Study of intelligence community research security.
Sec. 703. Report on biotechnology.
Sec. 704. Data with respect to timeliness of security clearance
determinations.
Sec. 705. Data with respect to timeliness of polygraph examinations.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Congressional intelligence committees.--The term
``congressional intelligence committees'' has the meaning given
such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3003).
(2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025
for the conduct of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities
of the Federal Government.
SEC. 102. CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) Specifications of Amounts.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated under section 101 for the conduct of the intelligence
activities of the Federal Government are those specified in the
classified Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany this Act.
(b) Availability of Classified Schedule of Authorizations.--
(1) Availability.--The classified Schedule of
Authorizations referred to in subsection (a) shall be made
available to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
and to the President.
(2) Distribution by the president.--Subject to paragraph
(3), the President shall provide for suitable distribution of
the classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in
subsection (a), or of appropriate portions of such Schedule,
within the executive branch of the Federal Government.
(3) Limits on disclosure.--The President shall not publicly
disclose the classified Schedule of Authorizations or any
portion of such Schedule except--
(A) as provided in section 601(a) of the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act
of 2007 (50 U.S.C. 3306(a));
(B) to the extent necessary to implement the
budget; or
(C) as otherwise required by law.
SEC. 103. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account of the
Director of National Intelligence for fiscal year 2025 the sum of
$650,000,000.
(b) Classified Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Intelligence Community
Management Account by subsection (a), there are authorized to be
appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account for
fiscal year 2025 such additional amounts as are specified in the
classified Schedule of Authorizations referred to in section 102(a).
TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated for the Central Intelligence
Agency Retirement and Disability Fund $514,000,000 for fiscal year
2025.
TITLE III--GENERAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
SEC. 301. RESTRICTION ON CONDUCT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.
The authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed
to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity
which is not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or the laws of
the United States.
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY
LAW.
Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement,
and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such
additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in
such compensation or benefits authorized by law.
SEC. 303. STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR ESPIONAGE OFFENSES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 213 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 3302. Espionage offenses
``An indictment may be found or an information may be instituted at
any time without limitation for--
``(1) a violation of section 951, or a conspiracy to
violate such section;
``(2) a violation of section 794, or a conspiracy to
violate such section; or
``(3) a violation of section 1425, if the offense was
committed to facilitate a violation of section 951.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 213 of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``3302. Espionage offenses.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 19 of the Internal Security Act
of 1950 (18 U.S.C. 792 note) is amended by striking ``, 793, or 794''
and inserting ``or 793''.
SEC. 304. SECURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONGRESS AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(aa) Requirements With Respect to Secure Communication Between
Congress and Intelligence Community.--
``(1) In general.--The Director of National Intelligence
shall, upon the approval of specified congressional leaders--
``(A) provide secure communications to support the
oversight functions of the congressional intelligence
committees, including through the procurement,
installation, configuration, and maintenance of
sufficient software, connectivity, information
technology equipment, computers, printers, and related
peripheral equipment to ensure that such committees are
able to communicate with the intelligence community
through secure data, voice, and video communications;
``(B) ensure that such communications enabled under
subparagraph (A) facilitate communication at all
classification levels;
``(C) ensure that the requirements specified in
subparagraph (A) are met in conformity with applicable
standards for the protection of national security
information; and
``(D) ensure that any security limitations or
controls associated with use of capabilities pursuant
to subparagraph (A) are consistent with such
limitations or controls imposed within the executive
branch and do not impede effective and efficient
oversight of the intelligence community by Congress.
``(2) Governance.--The Director, in coordination with
specified congressional leaders, shall establish governance and
security policies applicable to the connectivity, equipment,
and software provided under this subsection and shall review
and update such policies periodically, as appropriate, to
address counterintelligence threats and technological changes.
``(3) Treatment as congressional records.--Any data
created, stored, or transmitted by the congressional
intelligence committees through networks, equipment, or
software provided under paragraph (1) is a congressional record
and shall not be treated as an agency record for purposes of
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly known as
the `the Freedom of Information Act') or any other law.
``(4) Documentation of cost.--The Director shall document
the funding required to satisfy this subsection within each
annual budget submission to Congress, including any anticipated
upgrades or recapitalization expenditures over the 5-year
period that begins on October 1 of the fiscal year for which
year-by-year proposed funding is included.
``(5) Specified congressional leaders defined.--In this
subsection, the term `specified congressional leaders' means--
``(A) the Speaker and the minority leader of the
House of Representatives;
``(B) the majority leader and the minority leader
of the Senate; and
``(C) the Chair and Ranking Member of the
congressional intelligence committees.''.
SEC. 305. COMMISSION TO EXAMINE THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE RISKS
TO THE UNITED STATES POSED BY ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS.
(a) Establishment.--There is established, not later than 45 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, an independent commission
to be known as the National Security Commission on Anomalous Health
Incidents (referred to in this section as the ``Commission'') to review
anomalous health incidents affecting United States Government personnel
and their dependents for the purpose of comprehensively addressing the
national security and defense risks to the United States posed by
anomalous health incidents.
(b) Membership.--
(1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 9
members appointed as follows:
(A) The Director of National Intelligence shall
appoint 1 member.
(B) The Chair of the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives shall
appoint 1 member.
(C) The Ranking Member of the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives shall appoint 1 member.
(D) The Chair of the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives shall appoint 1 m