Sec. 304. Secure communication between Congress and intelligence community
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Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3024 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Director of National Intelligence shall, upon the approval of specified congressional leaders— provide secure communications to support the oversight functions of the congressional intelligence committees, including through the procurement, installation, configuration, and maintenance of sufficient software, connectivity, information technology equipment, computers, printers, and related peripheral equipment to ensure that such committees are able to communicate with the intelligence community through secure data, voice, and video communications; ensure that such communications enabled under subparagraph
(A)facilitate communication at all classification levels; ensure that the requirements specified in subparagraph
(A)are met in conformity with applicable standards for the protection of national security information; and ensure that any security limitations or controls associated with use of capabilities pursuant to subparagraph
(A)are consistent with such limitations or controls imposed within the executive branch and do not impede effective and efficient oversight of the intelligence community by Congress. The Director, in coordination with specified congressional leaders, shall establish governance and security policies applicable to the connectivity, equipment, and software provided under this subsection and shall review and update such policies periodically, as appropriate, to address counterintelligence threats and technological changes. Any data created, stored, or transmitted by the congressional intelligence committees through networks, equipment, or software provided under paragraph
(1)is a congressional record and shall not be treated as an agency record for purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly known as the the Freedom of Information Act ) or any other law. The Director shall document the funding required to satisfy this subsection within each annual budget submission to Congress, including any anticipated upgrades or recapitalization expenditures over the 5-year period that begins on October 1 of the fiscal year for which year-by-year proposed funding is included. In this subsection, the term specified congressional leaders means— the Speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives; the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate; and the Chair and Ranking Member of the congressional intelligence committees. .
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