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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 1761 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United S... · 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 Year 2018 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 intelligence community matters Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. Sec. 303. Modification of special pay authority for science, technology, engineering, or mathematics positions and addition of special pay authority for cyber positions. Sec. 304. Director of National Intelligence review of placement of positions within the intelligence community on the Executive Schedule.
Sec. 305. Modification of appointment of Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 306. Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task Force. Sec. 307. Inspector General of the Intelligence Community auditing authority. Sec. 308. Inspectors General studies on classification. TITLE IV—Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence Sec. 401. Authority for the protection of current and former employees of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Sec. 402. Information sharing with State election officials. Sec. 403. Technical modification to the Executive Schedule. Sec. 404. Modification to the designation of the program manager-information sharing environment. Subtitle B—Central Intelligence Agency Sec. 411. Repeal of foreign language proficiency requirement for certain senior level positions in the Central Intelligence Agency. Subtitle C—Other elements Sec. 421. Designation of the Counterintelligence Directorate of the Defense Security Service as an element of the intelligence community.
TITLE V—Securing energy infrastructure Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Definitions. Sec. 503. Pilot program for securing energy infrastructure. Sec. 504. Working group to evaluate program standards and develop strategy. Sec. 505. Reports on the Program. Sec. 506. No new regulatory authority for Federal agencies. Sec. 507. Exemption from disclosure. Sec. 508. Protection from liability. Sec. 509. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE VI—Reports and other matters Sec. 601. Technical correction to Inspector General study.
Sec. 602. Governance for security clearance, suitability and fitness for employment, and credentialing. Sec. 603. Process for security clearances. Sec. 604. Reports on the vulnerabilities equities policy and process of the Federal Government. Sec. 605. Bug bounty programs. Sec. 606. Report on cyber attacks by foreign governments against United States election infrastructure. Sec. 607. Review of intelligence community's posture to collect against and analyze Russian efforts to influence the presidential election.
Sec. 608. Assessment of foreign intelligence threats to Federal elections. Sec. 609. Strategy for countering Russian cyber threats to United States elections. Sec. 610. Limitation relating to establishment or support of cyber security unit with the Government of Russia. Sec. 611. Report on returning Russian compounds. Sec. 612. Intelligence community assessment on threat of Russian money laundering to the United States. Sec. 613. Notification of an active measures campaign. Sec. 614.
Notification of travel by accredited diplomatic and consular personnel of the Russian Federation in the United States. Sec. 615. Modification of certain reporting requirement on travel of foreign diplomats. Sec. 616. Semiannual report on referrals to Department of Justice by elements of the intelligence community regarding unauthorized disclosure of classified information. Sec. 617. Notifications of designation of an intelligence officer as a persona non grata. Sec. 618. Biennial report on foreign investment risks.
Sec. 619. Report on surveillance by foreign governments against United States telecommunications networks. Sec. 620. Reports on authorities of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. Sec. 621. Report on geospatial commercial activities for basic and applied research and development. Sec. 622. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy. Sec. 623. Sense of Congress on WikiLeaks.
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