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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4681 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of th... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 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. Personnel ceiling adjustments. Sec. 104. Intelligence Community Management Account. Title II—Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Sec. 201.
Authorization of appropriations. Title III—General provisions Subtitle A—General matters Sec. 301. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. Sec. 302. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. Sec. 303. Specific authorization of funding for High Performance Computing Center 2. Sec. 304. Clarification of exemption from Freedom of Information Act of identities of employees submitting complaints to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
Sec. 305. Functional managers for the intelligence community. Sec. 306. Annual assessment of intelligence community performance by function. Sec. 307. Software licensing. Sec. 308. Plans to respond to unauthorized public disclosures of covert actions. Sec. 309. Auditability. Sec. 310. Restrictions on certain former intelligence officers and employees. Sec. 311. Public Interest Declassification Board. Sec. 312. Official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program.
Sec. 313. Declassification review of certain items collected during the mission that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1 , 2011 . Sec. 314. Merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program and the General Defense Intelligence Program. Sec. 315. Inclusion of Predominantly Black Institutions in intelligence officer training program. Subtitle B—Reporting Sec. 321. Annual report on violations of law or executive order. Sec. 322. Submittal to Congress by heads of elements of intelligence community of plans for orderly shutdown in event of absence of appropriations.
Sec. 323. Reports on chemical weapons in Syria. Sec. 324. Reports to the intelligence community on penetrations of networks and information systems of certain contractors. Sec. 325. Report on electronic waste. Sec. 326. Promoting STEM education to meet the future workforce needs of the intelligence community. Sec. 327. Assessment of security of domestic oil refineries and related rail transportation infrastructure. Sec. 328. Repeal or modification of certain reporting requirements.
Sec. 329. Report on declassification process. Sec. 330. Director of National Intelligence study on the use of contractors in the conduct of intelligence activities. Sec. 331. Assessment of the efficacy of memoranda of understanding to facilitate intelligence-sharing. Sec. 332. Report on foreign man-made electromagnetic pulse weapons. Sec. 333. Report on United States counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents.
Sec. 334. Report on retraining veterans in cybersecurity. Title IV—Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community Sec. 401. Gifts, devises, and bequests to the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 402. Inspector General of the National Security Agency. Title V—Security clearance reform Sec. 501. Continuous evaluation and sharing of derogatory information regarding personnel with access to classified information. Sec. 502. Requirements for intelligence community contractors.
Sec. 503. Technology improvements to security clearance processing. Sec. 504. Report on reciprocity of security clearances. Sec. 505. Improving the periodic reinvestigation process. Sec. 506. Appropriate committees of Congress defined. Title VI—Technical amendments Sec. 601. Technical amendments to the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949. Sec. 602. Technical amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 relating to the past elimination of certain positions. Sec. 603. Technical amendments to the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
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