Sec. 925. DEFENSE CLANDESTINE SERVICE

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## SEC. 925 DEFENSE CLANDESTINE SERVICE ###

(a)Prohibition on Use of Funds for Additional Personnel ####

(1)Prohibition Subject to paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for— #####

(A)civilian personnel in the Department of Defense conducting or supporting human intelligence in excess of the number of such civilian personnel as of April 20, 2012; or #####

(B)positions in the Department of Defense served by members of the Armed Forces conducting or supporting human intelligence within the Department of Defense in excess of the number of such positions as of April 20, 2012. ####

(2)Reduction of civilian personnel #####

(A)Reduction Subject to subparagraph (B), if on the date of the enactment of this Act the number of civilian personnel in the Department of Defense conducting or supporting human intelligence exceeds the number of such personnel as of April 20, 2012, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, take appropriate action to promptly reduce, consistent with reduction-in-force procedures, the total number of such civilian personnel to the number of such civilian personnel as of April 20, 2012. #####

(B)Exception For each civilian personnel in the Department of Defense conducting or supporting human intelligence in excess of the number of such civilian personnel as of April 20, 2012, that the Secretary considers necessary to maintain after the date of the enactment of this Act during all or part of fiscal year 2013, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a comprehensive justification for maintaining such civilian personnel, including the specific role, mission, and responsibilities of such civilian personnel and whether such civilian personnel was employed in another capacity in the Department of Defense immediately prior to beginning the conduct or support of human intelligence. #####

(C)Limitation Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, following the action taken by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), the number of civilian personnel in the Department of Defense conducting or supporting human intelligence for fiscal year 2013 shall not exceed the total of— ######

(i)the number of such civilian personnel as of April 20, 2012; and ######

(ii)the number of such civilian personnel for which the Secretary has submitted a justification under subparagraph (B). ###

(b)CAPE Report on Costs Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of the Department of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an independent, comprehensive estimate of the costs of the Defense Clandestine Service, including an estimate of the costs over the period of the current future-years defense program and such years occurring after such period as the Director is able to reasonably estimate. ###

(c)USDI Report on DCS ####

(1)Report required Not later than February 1, 2013, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Defense Clandestine Service. ####

(2)Elements The report under paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)A detailed description of the location and schedule for current and anticipated deployments of case officers trained under the Field Tradecraft Course and a certification of whether each activity receiving a deployment can accommodate and support the deployment. #####

(B)A statement of the objectives for the effective management of case officers trained under the Field Tradecraft Course. Such objectives shall include an outline of career management tracks commencing with accession, initial training requirement, number of Defense Clandestine Service tours requiring Field Tradecraft Course training, and objectives for management of career tracks, including promotion criteria. #####

(C)A statement of the manner in which each military department and the Defense Intelligence Agency will each achieve the objectives applicable under subparagraph (B). #####

(D)A copy of any memoranda of understanding or memoranda of agreement between the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the United States Government, or between components of the Department of Defense, that are required to implement objectives for the Defense Clandestine Service. ###

(d)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Appropriate committees of congress The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####

(A)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and #####

(B)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)Future-years defense program The term “future-years defense program” means the future-years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. ## Subtitle D Cyberspace-Related Matters