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This Act may be cited as the . Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 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 community matters Sec. 301. Restriction on conduct of intelligence activities. Sec. 302. Increase in employee compensation and benefits authorized by law. Sec. 303. Notice of intelligence community provision of support for Federal, State, local, or tribal government response to civil disobedience or domestic civil disturbances. Sec. 304. Notice of intelligence community engagement in activities pursuant to presidential emergency action documents.
Sec. 305. Requirement to buy certain satellite component from American sources. Sec. 306. Limitation on construction of facilities to be used primarily by intelligence community. Sec. 307. Intelligence community student loan repayment programs. Sec. 308. Paid leave for a serious health condition. Sec. 309. Requirements for certain employment activities by former intelligence officers and employees. Title IV—Matters relating to elements of the intelligence community Sec. 401. Clarification of authority of National Reconnaissance Office.
Sec. 402. Establishment of Office of the Ombudsman for Analytic Objectivity. Sec. 403. Placement on the Executive Schedule for Department of Defense directors of the National Security Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office. Sec. 404. Expansion of personnel management authority to attract experts in science and engineering. Sec. 405. Special access programs: congressional oversight. Sec. 406. Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent Award for distinguished female personnel of the National Security Agency.
Sec. 407. Department of Homeland Security intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program. Sec. 408. Climate Security Advisory Council and Climate Security Intelligence Center. Title V—Inspectors General of elements of the intelligence community and protection of whistleblowers Sec. 501. Independence of Inspectors General of the intelligence community. Sec. 502. Designation of acting inspectors general of the intelligence community in cases of vacancies. Sec. 503.
Authority of inspectors general of the intelligence community to determine matters of urgent concern. Sec. 504. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower complaints with persons named in such complaints. Sec. 505. Disclosures to Congress. Sec. 506. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as reprisal against whistleblower disclosure by employees and contractors in intelligence community. Sec. 507. Conforming amendments and coordination with other provisions of law.
Sec. 508. Severability. Title VI—Matters relating to emerging technologies Sec. 601. Modifications to duties of Director of Science and Technology. Sec. 602. Annual reports on research and development for scientific and technological advancements. Sec. 603. Improvement of education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Sec. 604. Quarterly reports on cyber intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities of the Department of Defense. Sec. 605. Process for identifying cyber threat intelligence needs and priorities.
Sec. 606. Reviews of intelligence community cyber threat sharing posture and National Security Directive 42. Sec. 607. Feasibility study on cybersecurity policies of contractors of owner or operators of national security systems . Sec. 608. Artificial intelligence research and development. Sec. 609. Seedling investment in next-generation microelectronics in support of artificial intelligence. Title VII—Protection of Elections from Foreign Influence Subtitle A—Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Sec. 701.
Federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts. Sec. 702. Federal campaign foreign contact reporting compliance system. Sec. 703. Criminal penalties. Sec. 704. Report to congressional intelligence committees. Sec. 705. Rule of construction. Subtitle B—Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Sec. 711. Clarification of application of foreign money ban. Sec. 712. Requiring acknowledgment of foreign money ban by political committees. Title VIII—Matters relating to foreign countries Subtitle A—Saudi Arabia and the Middle East Sec. 801.
Limitation on availability of funds until submission of required report on murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Sec. 802. Prohibition on availability of funds for intelligence sharing relating to certain air strikes in Yemen. Sec. 803. Report on understanding and mitigating civilian harm from use of certain weapons systems in Yemen. Sec. 804. Report on prevention of proliferation of sensitive unmanned aerial vehicles and related technology. Sec. 805. Report on understanding potential for and preventing nuclear proliferation in the middle east.
Sec. 806. Report on propagation of extremist ideologies from Saudi Arabia. Sec. 807. Report on financial influence operations of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Subtitle B—People’s Republic of China Sec. 811. Annual reports on security services of the People’s Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Sec. 812. Research partnership on activities of People’s Republic of China. Sec. 813. Report on the pharmaceutical and personal protective equipment regulatory practices of the People’s Republic of China.
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Other Countries Sec. 821. National Intelligence Estimate on situation in Afghanistan. Sec. 822. Assessment regarding tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Title IX—Reports and other matters Sec. 901. Annual reports on worldwide threats. Sec. 902. Annual intelligence assessments on relationship between women and violent extremism. Sec. 903. Annual report on Climate Security Advisory Council. Sec. 904. Improvements to funding for National Security Education program.
Sec. 905. Report on best practices to protect privacy, civil liberties, and civil rights of Chinese Americans. Sec. 906. National Intelligence Estimate on threat of global pandemic disease. Sec. 907. Modification of requirement for briefings on national security effects of emerging infectious disease and pandemics. Sec. 908. Report on open-source science and technology intelligence collection and analysis within the intelligence community. Sec. 909. Independent study on open-source intelligence.
Sec. 910. Survey on Open Source Enterprise. Sec. 911. Intelligence assessment and reports on violent transnational White supremacist extremism. Sec. 912. Wireless supply chain innovation grant program. Sec. 913. Sense of Congress regarding Third Option Foundation.