Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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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—Intelligence community matters Subtitle A—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. Clarification of authorities and responsibilities of National Manager for National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security. Sec. 304. Continuity of operations plans for certain elements of the intelligence community in the case of a national emergency.
Sec. 305. Application of Executive Schedule level III to positions of Director of National Security Agency and Director of National Reconnaissance Office. Sec. 306. National Intelligence University. Sec. 307. Requiring facilitation of establishment of Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center. Sec. 308. Data collection on attrition in intelligence community. Sec. 309. Limitation on delegation of responsibility for program management of information-sharing environment. Sec. 310.
Improvements to provisions relating to intelligence community information technology environment. Sec. 311. Requirements and authorities for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to improve education in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Subtitle B—Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Sec. 321. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as reprisal against whistleblower disclosure by employees and contractors in intelligence community.
Sec. 322. Clarification of standards regarding whistleblower complaints and information of urgent concern received by Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Sec. 323. Clarification regarding submittal of complaints and information by whistleblowers in the intelligence community to Congress. Sec. 324. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower complaints with persons named in such complaints. Subtitle C—Reports and assessments pertaining to intelligence community Sec. 331.
Assessment by the Comptroller General of the United States on efforts of the intelligence community and the Department of Defense to identify and mitigate risks posed to the intelligence community and the Department by the use of direct-to-consumer genetic testing by the Government of the People's Republic of China. Sec. 332. Report on use by intelligence community of hiring flexibilities and expedited human resources practices to assure quality and diversity in the workforce of the intelligence community.
Sec. 333. Report on signals intelligence priorities and requirements. Sec. 334. Assessment of demand for student loan repayment program benefit. Sec. 335. Assessment of intelligence community demand for child care. Sec. 336. Open source intelligence strategies and plans for the intelligence community. Sec. 337. Plan for establishing an element of the intelligence community within the United States Space Force. TITLE IV—Security clearances and trusted workforce Sec. 401. Exclusivity, consistency, and transparency in security clearance procedures, and right to appeal.
Sec. 402. Establishing process parity for security clearance revocations. Sec. 403. Federal policy on sharing of derogatory information pertaining to contractor employees in the trusted workforce. TITLE V—Reports and other matters Sec. 501. Secure and trusted technology. Sec. 502. Report on attempts by foreign adversaries to build telecommunications and cybersecurity equipment and services for, or to provide such equipment and services to, certain allies of the United States.
Sec. 503. Report on threats posed by use by foreign governments and entities of commercially available cyber intrusion and surveillance technology. Sec. 504. Reports on recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Sec. 505. Assessment of critical technology trends relating to artificial intelligence, microchips, and semiconductors and related supply chains. Sec. 506. Duty to report couterintelligence threats to campaigns. Sec. 507. Combating Chinese influence operations in the United States and strengthening civil liberties protections.
Sec. 508. Annual report on corrupt activities of senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party. Sec. 509. Report on corrupt activities of Russian and other Eastern European oligarchs. Sec. 510. Report on biosecurity risk and disinformation by the Chinese Communist Party and the Government of the People's Republic of China. Sec. 511. Report on effect of lifting of United Nations arms embargo on Islamic Republic of Iran. Sec. 512. Report on Iranian activities relating to nuclear nonproliferation.
Sec. 513. Sense of Congress on Third Option Foundation.