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This Act may be cited as the . Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 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 Schedules 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. Sec. 202. Computation of annuities for employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. 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.
Modification of appointment of Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 305. Director of National Intelligence review of placement of positions within the intelligence community on the Executive Schedule. Sec. 306. Supply Chain and Counterintelligence Risk Management Task Force. Sec. 307. Consideration of adversarial telecommunications and cybersecurity infrastructure when sharing intelligence with foreign governments and entities. Sec. 308. Cyber protection support for the personnel of the intelligence community in positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack.
Sec. 309. Modification of authority relating to management of supply-chain risk. Sec. 310. Limitations on determinations regarding certain security classifications. TITLE IV—Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community Subtitle A—Office of the Director of National Intelligence Sec. 401. Authority for protection of current and former employees of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Sec. 402. Designation of the program manager-information sharing environment.
Sec. 403. Modification to the executive schedule. Subtitle B—Other elements Sec. 411. Repeal of foreign language proficiency requirement for certain senior level positions in the Central Intelligence Agency. Sec. 412. Plan for designation of counterintelligence component of Defense Security Service as an element of intelligence community. Sec. 413. Notice not required for private entities. TITLE V—Election matters Sec. 501. Report on cyber attacks by foreign governments against United States election infrastructure.
Sec. 502. Review of intelligence community's posture to collect against and analyze Russian efforts to influence the Presidential election. Sec. 503. Assessment of foreign intelligence threats to Federal elections. Sec. 504. Strategy for countering Russian cyber threats to United States elections. Sec. 505. Information sharing with State election officials. Sec. 506. Designation of counterintelligence officer to lead election security matters. TITLE VI—Security clearances Sec. 601.
Definitions. Sec. 602. Reports and plans relating to security clearances and background investigations. Sec. 603. Improving the process for security clearances. Sec. 604. Goals for promptness of determinations regarding security clearances. Sec. 605. Security Executive Agent. Sec. 606. Report on unified, simplified, governmentwide standards for positions of trust and security clearances. Sec. 607. Report on clearance in person concept. Sec. 608. Budget request documentation on funding for clearances.
Sec. 609. Reports on reciprocity for security clearances inside of departments and agencies. Sec. 610. Intelligence community reports on security clearances. Sec. 611. Periodic report on positions in the intelligence community which can be conducted without access to classified information, networks, or facilities. Sec. 612. Information sharing program for positions of trust. Sec. 613. Report on protections for confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications. TITLE VII—Reports and other matters Subtitle A—Matters relating to Russia and other foreign powers Sec. 701.
Limitation relating to establishment or support of cybersecurity unit with the Government of Russia. Sec. 702. Report on returning Russian compounds. Sec. 703. Assessment of threat finance relating to Russia. Sec. 704. Notification of an active measures campaign. Sec. 705. Notification of travel by accredited diplomatic and consular personnel of the Russian Federation in the United States. Subtitle B—Reports Sec. 711. Technical correction to Inspector General study. Sec. 712.
Reports on authorities of the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. Sec. 713. Report on cyber exchange program. Sec. 714. Report on role of Director of National Intelligence with respect to certain foreign investments. Sec. 715. Report on surveillance by foreign governments against United States telecommunications networks. Sec. 716. Biennial report on foreign investment risks. Sec. 717. Modification of certain reporting requirement on travel of foreign diplomats.
Sec. 718. Semiannual reports on investigations of unauthorized disclosures of classified information. Sec. 719. Congressional notification of designation of covered intelligence officer as persona non grata. Sec. 720. Inspectors General reports on classification. Sec. 721. Reports on intelligence community participation in vulnerabilities equities process of Federal Government. Sec. 722. Reports on global water insecurity and national security implications. Sec. 723. Annual report on memoranda of understanding between elements of intelligence community and other entities of the United States Government regarding significant operational activities or policy.
Sec. 724. Repeal of report requirement for inspectors general of certain elements of intelligence community. Sec. 725. Repeal of requirement for annual personnel level assessments for the intelligence community. Sec. 726. Report on outreach strategy addressing threats from United States adversaries to the United States technology sector. Sec. 727. Study on the feasibility of encrypting unclassified wireline and wireless telephone calls. Sec. 728. Modification of requirement for annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees.
Subtitle C—Other matters Sec. 731. Technical amendments related to the Department of Energy. Sec. 732. Securing energy infrastructure. Sec. 733. Sense of Congress on WikiLeaks. Sec. 734. Bug bounty programs. Sec. 735. Sense of Congress on consideration of espionage activities when considering whether or not to provide visas to foreign individuals to be accredited to a United Nations mission in the United States. Sec. 736. Public Interest Declassification Board. Sec. 737. Modification of authorities relating to the National Intelligence University.