Summary:
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Directs the federal government to provide for the real-time sharing of actionable, situational cyber threat information between all designated federal cyber operations centers to enable integrated actions to protect, prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents.

Directs the President, with respect to information shared by a cybersecurity provider (a non-federal entity that provides goods or services intended to be used for cybersecurity purposes) or self-protected entity (an entity that provides goods or services for cybersecurity purposes to itself), to designate: (1) an entity within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the civilian federal entity to receive cyber threat information, and (2) an entity within the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the civilian federal entity to receive cybersecurity crime information.

Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to require the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to allow the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector entities and utilities possessing appropriate certifications or security clearances. Authorizes a cybersecurity provider, with the consent of an entity that contracts with the provider, to: (1) use cybersecurity systems to obtain threat information to protect the rights and property of the contracting entity; and (2) share threat information with any other entity designated by the contracting entity, including DHS and DOJ.

Requires federal agencies receiving shared cyber threat information to establish procedures to: (1) ensure that real-time information is shared with appropriate national security agencies and distributed to other federal agencies; and (2) facilitate collaboration among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, cybersecurity providers, and self-protected entities.

Directs DHS, the Attorney General, the DNI, and the Department of Defense to establish procedures governing the receipt, retention, use, and disclosure of non-publicly available cyber threat information shared with the federal government.

Sets forth requirements for the use and protection of shared information, including: (1) anonymization or minimization procedures, (2) prohibitions on gaining a competitive advantage, (3) exemptions from public disclosure requirements if information is shared with the government, and (4) prohibitions on the use of such information for regulatory purposes. States that shared information may only be used by a non-federal recipient for a cybersecurity purpose.

Provides civil and criminal liability protections to cybersecurity providers, contracting entities, and self-protected entities acting in good faith to obtain or share threat information or to safeguard systems from threats.

Allows the federal government to use shared cyber threat information for: (1) cybersecurity purposes to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, availability, or safeguarding of a system or network; (2) cybersecurity crime investigations; or (3) protection of individuals from the danger of death or serious bodily harm and the prosecution of crimes involving such danger, including child pornography, sexual exploitation, kidnapping, and trafficking. Prohibits the federal government from affirmatively searching such information for any other purpose.

Repeals amendments made by this Act five years after enactment of this Act.

Expresses the sense of Congress that international cooperation with regard to cybersecurity should be encouraged.

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Summary:
No More Ghost Money Act

 Prohibits any federal department, agency, or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the rule of law or corrupts a public official. Requires the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to report to Congress on all monetary payments made by the CIA to officials of the Government of Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act if compliance would harm U.S. national security or members of the Armed Forces.

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Summary:
Prohibits any officer or employee of, or contractor or detailee to, the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action.

Requires the President to transfer all authority to use such a vehicle to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.

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Summary:
Surveillance State Repeal Act

Repeals the USA PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (thereby restoring or reviving provisions amended or repealed by such Acts as if such Acts had not been enacted), except with respect to reports to Congress regarding court orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) and the acquisition of intelligence information concerning an entity not substantially composed of U.S. persons that is engaged in the international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Extends from 7 to 10 years the maximum term of FISA judges. Makes such judges eligible for redesignation.

 Permits FISA courts to appoint special masters to advise on technical issues raised during proceedings.

Requires orders approving certain electronic surveillance to direct that, upon request of the applicant, any person or entity must furnish all information, facilities, or technical assistance necessary to accomplish such surveillance in a manner to protect its secrecy and produce a minimum of interference with the services that such carrier, landlord, custodian, or other person is providing the target of such surveillance (thereby retaining the ability to conduct surveillance on such targets regardless of the type of communications methods or devices being used by the subject of the surveillance).

Prohibits acquisitions under FISA relating to a U.S. person, or acquisitions under Executive Order 12333 targeting a U.S. person, without a warrant based on probable cause.

Requires the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice to destroy any information collected under the repealed Acts, or acquired under Executive Order 12333 without a warrant, if the information concerns a U.S. person that is not related to an investigation that is actively ongoing on the date of enactment of this Act.

Prohibits the federal government from requiring manufacturers of electronic devices and related software to build in mechanisms allowing the federal government to bypass encryption or privacy technology.

Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report annually on the federal government's compliance with FISA.

Permits an employee of or contractor to an element of the intelligence community with knowledge of FISA-authorized programs and activities to submit a covered complaint to the GAO, to the House or Senate intelligence committees, or in accordance with a process under the National Security Act of 1947 with respect to reports made to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Defines a "covered complaint" as a complaint or information concerning FISA-authorized programs and activities that an employee or contractor reasonably believes is evidence of: (1) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation; or (2) gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety. Prohibits an officer or employee of an element of the intelligence community from taking retaliatory action against an employee or contractor who seeks to disclose, or who discloses, such information.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on May 13, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 or the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015

TITLE I--FISA BUSINESS RECORDS REFORMS

(Sec. 101) Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to establish a new process to be followed when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submits an application to a FISA court for an order requiring the production of business records or other tangible things for an investigation to obtain foreign intelligence information not concerning a U.S. person or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. (The FBI currently uses such authority to request FISA orders requiring telephone companies to produce telephone call records to the National Security Agency.)

Prohibits the FBI from applying for a tangible thing production order unless a specific selection term is used as the basis for the production. Maintains limitations under current law that prohibit the FBI from applying for tangible thing production orders for threat assessments.

Establishes two separate frameworks for the production of tangible things with different standards that apply based on whether the FBI's application seeks:

 production on an ongoing basis of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of the application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism, in which case the specific selection term must specifically identify an individual, account, or personal device; or production of call detail records or other tangible things in any other manner, in which case the selection term must specifically identify an individual, a federal officer or employee, a group, an entity, an association, a corporation, a foreign power, an account, a physical or an electronic address, a personal device, or any other specific identifier but is prohibited from including, when not used as part of a specific identifier, a broad geographic region (including the United States, a city, county, state, zip code, or area code) or an electronic communication or remote computing service provider, unless the provider is itself a subject of an authorized investigation. Defines "call detail record" as session identifying information (including an originating or terminating telephone number, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity number, or an International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number), a telephone calling card number, or the time or duration of a call. Excludes from such definition: (1) the contents of any communication; (2) the name, address, or financial information of a subscriber or customer; or (3) cell site location or global positioning system information.

Requires the FBI, in applications for ongoing production of call detail records for investigations to protect against international terrorism, to show: (1) reasonable grounds to believe that the call detail records are relevant to such investigation; and (2) a reasonable, articulable suspicion that the specific selection term is associated with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power engaged in international terrorism or activities in preparation for such terrorism.

Requires a judge approving such an ongoing release of call detail records for an investigation to protect against international terrorism to:

 limit such production to a period not to exceed 180 days but allow such orders to be extended upon application, with FISA court approval; permit the government to require the production of an initial set of call records using the reasonable, articulable suspicion standard that the term is associated with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power and then a subsequent set of call records using session-identifying information or a telephone calling card number identified by the specific selection term that was used to produce the initial set of records (thus limiting the government to what is commonly referred to as two "hops" of call records); and direct the government to adopt minimization procedures requiring prompt destruction of produced call records that are not foreign intelligence information. Allows a FISA court to approve other categories of FBI requests for the production of call detail records or tangible things (i.e., FBI call detail record and tangible thing applications that do not seek ongoing production of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of an application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism) without subjecting the production to: (1) the reasonable, articulable suspicion standard for an association with a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power; (2) the 180-day or the two-hop limitation; or (3) the special minimization procedures that require prompt destruction of produced records only if the order approves an ongoing production of call detail records for investigations to protect against international terrorism.

(Sec. 102) Authorizes the Attorney General to require the emergency production of tangible things without first obtaining a court order if the Attorney General: (1) reasonably determines that an emergency situation requires the production of tangible things before an order authorizing production can be obtained with due diligence, (2) reasonably determines that a factual basis exists for the issuance of such a production order, (3) informs a FISA judge of the decision to require such production at the time the emergency decision is made, and (4) makes an application to a FISA judge within seven days after the Attorney General requires such emergency production.

Terminates the authority for such emergency production of tangible things when the information sought is obtained, when the application for the order is denied, or after the expiration of seven days from the time the Attorney General begins requiring such emergency production, whichever is earliest.

Prohibits information obtained or evidence derived from such an emergency production from being received in evidence or disclosed in any proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, agency, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, any state, or any political subdivision if: (1) the subsequent application for court approval is denied, or (2) the production is terminated and no order is issued approving the production. Bars information concerning any U.S. person acquired from such production from being used or disclosed in any other manner by federal officers or employees without the consent of such person, except with approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm.

(Sec. 103) Requires FISA court orders approving the production of tangible things to include each specific selection term used as the basis for such production. Prohibits FISA courts from authorizing the collection of tangible things without the use of a specific selection term.

(Sec. 104) Requires a FISA court, as a condition to approving an application for a tangible thing production order, to find that the minimization procedures submitted with the application meet applicable FISA standards. Authorizes the court to impose additional minimization procedures.

Allows a nondisclosure order imposed in connection with a tangible thing production order to be challenged immediately by filing a petition for judicial review. (Currently, such a tangible thing nondisclosure order cannot be challenged until one year after the issuance of the production order.) Removes a requirement that a judge considering a petition to modify or set aside a nondisclosure order treat as conclusive a certification by the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or the FBI Director that disclosure may endanger national security or interfere with diplomatic relations.

(Sec. 105) Extends liability protections to persons who provide information, facilities, or technical assistance for the production of tangible things. (Currently, liability protections are limited to persons who produce such tangible things.)

(Sec. 106) Requires the government to compensate a person for reasonable expenses incurred in producing tangible things or providing technical assistance to the government to implement production procedures.

(Sec. 108) Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to require the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to audit the effectiveness and use of FISA authority to obtain production of tangible things from 2012 to 2014, including an examination of whether minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney General adequately protect the constitutional rights of U.S. persons. Directs the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, for the same 2012-2014 period, to assess: (1) the importance of such information to the intelligence community; (2) the manner in which such information was collected, retained, analyzed, and disseminated; and (3) the adequacy of minimization procedures, including an assessment of any minimization procedures proposed by an element of the intelligence community that were modified or denied by the court.

Requires such Inspectors General to report to Congress regarding the results of such audit and assessment.

(Sec. 109) Requires amendments made by this Act to FISA's tangible thing requirements to take effect 180 days after enactment of this Act. Prohibits this Act from being construed to alter or eliminate the government's authority to obtain an order under the tangible things requirements of FISA as in effect prior to the effective date of such amendments during the period ending on such effective date.

(Sec. 110) Prohibits this Act from being construed to authorize the production of the contents of any electronic communication from an electronic communication service provider under such tangible thing requirements.

TITLE II--FISA PEN REGISTER AND TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE REFORM

(Sec. 201) Requires the government's FISA applications for orders approving pen registers or trap and trace devices to include a specific selection term as the basis for the use of the register or device. Prohibits broad geographic regions or an identification of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service from serving as such selection term.

(Sec. 202) Directs the Attorney General to ensure that appropriate privacy procedures are in place for the collection, retention, and use of nonpublicly available information concerning U.S. persons that is collected through a pen register or trap and trace device installed with FISA court approval.

TITLE III--FISA ACQUISITIONS TARGETING PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES REFORMS

(Sec. 301) Limits the government's use of information obtained through an authorization by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to target non-U.S. persons outside the United States if a FISA court later determines that certain targeting or minimization procedures certified to the court are unlawful.

Prohibits information obtained or evidence derived from an acquisition pursuant to a part of a targeting certification or a related minimization procedure that the court has identified as deficient concerning a U.S. person from being received in evidence or otherwise disclosed in any proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, agency, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, any state, or any political subdivision.

Bars information concerning any U.S. person acquired pursuant to a deficient part of a certification from being used or disclosed subsequently in any other manner by federal officers or employees without the consent of the U.S. person, except with approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm.

Allows a FISA court, if the government corrects the deficiency, to permit the use or disclosure of information obtained before the date of the correction.

TITLE IV--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT REFORMS

(Sec. 401) Directs the presiding judges of the FISA court and the FISA court of review to jointly designate at least five individuals to serve as amicus curiae to assist in the consideration of any application for an order or review that presents a novel or significant interpretation of the law, unless the court finds that such appointment is not appropriate.

Permits FISA courts to appoint an individual or organization to serve as amicus curiae in other instances, including to provide technical expertise. Requires such amicus curiae to provide: (1) legal arguments that advance protection of individual privacy and civil liberties, or (2) other legal arguments or information related to intelligence collection or communications technology.

Allows the FISA court of review to certify a question of law to be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Permits the Supreme Court to appoint FISA amicus curiae or other persons to provide briefings or other assistance upon such a certification.

(Sec. 402) Requires the DNI to: (1) conduct a declassification review of each decision, order, or opinion issued by the FISA court or the FISA court of review that includes a significant construction or interpretation of any provision of law, including any novel or significant construction or interpretation of "specific selection term" as defined in this Act; and (2) make such decisions, orders, or opinions publicly available to the greatest extent practicable, subject to permissible redactions.

Authorizes the DNI to waive such review and public availability requirements if: (1) a waiver is necessary to protect the national security of the United States or properly classified intelligence sources or methods, and (2) an unclassified statement prepared by the Attorney General is made publicly available to summarize the significant construction or interpretation of law.

TITLE V--NATIONAL SECURITY LETTER REFORM

(Sec. 501) Amends the federal criminal code, the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the FBI and other government agencies to use a specific selection term as the basis for national security letters that request information from wire or electronic communication service providers, financial institutions, or consumer reporting agencies. Requires the government to identify: (1) a person, entity, telephone number, or account for requests for telephone toll and transactional records; (2) a customer, entity, or account when requesting financial records for certain intelligence or protective functions; or (3) a consumer or account when requesting consumer reports for counterintelligence or counterterrorism purposes.

 Revises standards under which the government can prohibit recipients of national security letters from disclosing to anyone that the government has sought or obtained access to the requested information.

(Sec. 502) Directs the Attorney General to adopt procedures for imposed nondisclosure requirements, including requirements under the National Security Act of 1947, to be reviewed at appropriate intervals and terminated if facts no longer support nondisclosure.

Removes a requirement that the court treat as conclusive a certification by the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, an Assistant Attorney General, or the FBI Director that disclosure may endanger U.S. national security or interfere with diplomatic relations.

(Sec. 503) Allows national security letter recipients to challenge national security letter requests or nondisclosure requirements under modified procedures for filing a petition for judicial review.

TITLE VI--FISA TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

(Sec. 601) Requires the Attorney General to expand an annual report to Congress regarding tangible thing applications to include a summary of compliance reviews and the total number of: (1) applications made for the daily production of call detail records created before, on, or after the date of an application relating to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism; and (2) orders approving such requests.

Directs the Attorney General to report to Congress annually regarding tangible things applications and orders in which the specific selection term does not specifically identify an individual, account, or personal device. Requires the report to indicate whether the court approving such orders has directed additional, particularized minimization procedures beyond those adopted by the Attorney General.

(Sec. 602) Directs the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to submit annually to Congress the number of: (1) FISA applications submitted and orders granted, modified, or denied under specified FISA authorities; and (2) appointments of an individual to serve as amicus curiae for FISA courts, including the name of each appointed individual, as well as any findings that such an appointment is not appropriate. Makes the report subject to a declassification review by the Attorney General and the DNI.

Directs the DNI to make available publicly a report that identifies, for the preceding 12-month period, the total number of: (1) FISA court orders issued for electronic surveillance, physical searches, the targeting of persons outside the United States, pen registers and trap and trace devices, call detail records, and other tangible things; and (2) national security letters issued.

Requires the DNI's reports to include the estimated number of: (1) targets of certain FISA orders, (2) search terms and queries concerning U.S. persons when the government retrieves information from electronic or wire communications obtained by targeting non-U.S. persons outside the United States, (3) unique identifiers used to communicate certain collected information, and (4) search terms concerning U.S. persons used to query a database of call detail records. Exempts certain queries by the FBI from such estimates.

(Sec. 603) Permits a person who is subject to a nondisclosure requirement accompanying a FISA order, directive, or national security letter to choose one of four methods to report publicly, on a semiannual or annual basis, the aggregate number of orders, directives, or letters with which the person was required to comply. Specifies the categories of orders, directives, and letters to be itemized or combined, the details authorized to be included with respect to contents or noncontents orders and the number of customer selectors targeted, and the ranges within which the number of orders, directives, or letters received may be reported aggregately in bands under each permitted method (i.e., reported in bands of 1000, 500, 250, or 100 depending on the chosen method).

Requires the information that may be included in certain aggregates to be delayed by 180 days, one year, or 540 days depending on the chosen reporting method and whether the nondisclosure requirements are contained in a new order or directive concerning a platform, product, or service for which the person did not previously receive an order or directive.

(Sec. 604) Expands the categories of FISA court decisions, orders, or opinions that the Attorney General is required to submit to Congress within 45 days after issuance of the decision to include: (1) a denial or modification of an application under FISA; and (2) a change of the application, or a novel application, of any FISA provision. (Currently, the Attorney General is only required to submit only decisions regarding a significant construction or interpretation of any FISA provision.)

(Sec. 605) Revises reporting requirements regarding electronic surveillance, physical searches, and tangible things to include the House Judiciary Committee as a recipient of such reports.

Requires the Attorney General to identify in an existing semiannual report each agency on behalf of which the government has applied for orders authorizing or approving the installation and use of pen registers or trap and trace devices under FISA.

TITLE VII--ENHANCED NATIONAL SECURITY PROVISIONS

(Sec. 701) Establishes procedures for a lawfully authorized targeting of a non-U.S. person previously believed to be located outside the United States to continue for a period not to exceed 72 hours from the time that the non-U.S. person is reasonably believed to be located inside the United States. Requires an element of the intelligence community, as a condition to exercising such authority, to: (1) determine that a lapse in the targeting poses a threat of death or serious bodily harm; (2) notify the Attorney General; and (3) request, as soon as practicable, the employment of emergency electronic surveillance or emergency physical search under appropriate FISA standards.

(Sec. 702) Expands the definition of "agent of a foreign power" to include a non-U.S. person who: (1) acts in the United States for or on behalf of a foreign power engaged in clandestine intelligence activities in the United States contrary to U.S. interests or as an officer, employee, or member of a foreign power, irrespective of whether the person is inside the United States; or (2) knowingly aids, abets, or conspires with any person engaging in an international proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on behalf of a foreign power or conducting activities in preparation for such proliferation.

(Sec. 704) Increases from 15 to 20 years the maximum penalty of imprisonment for providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization in cases where the support does not result in the death of any person.

 (Sec. 705) Amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to extend until December 15, 2019, FISA authorities concerning: (1) the production of business records, including call detail records and other tangible things; (2) roving electronic surveillance orders; and (3) a revised definition of "agent of a foreign power" that includes any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities (commonly referred to as the "lone wolf" provision). (Currently, such provisions are scheduled to expire on June 1, 2015.)

TITLE VIII--SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION AND NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTIONS IMPLEMENTATION

Subtitle A--Safety of Maritime Navigation

(Sec. 801) Amends the federal criminal code to provide that existing prohibitions against conduct that endangers the safe navigation of a ship: (1) shall apply to conduct that is committed against or on board a U.S. vessel or a vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction, in U.S. territorial seas, or by a U.S. corporation or legal entity; and (2) shall not apply to activities of armed forces during an armed conflict or in the exercise of official duties.

Sets forth procedures regarding the delivery of a person who is suspected of committing a maritime navigation or fixed platform offense to the authorities of a country that is a party to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation.

Subjects property used or intended to be used to commit or to facilitate the commission of a maritime navigation offense to civil forfeiture.

(Sec. 802) Prohibits: (1) using in or on a ship or a maritime fixed platform any explosive or radioactive material, biological, chemical, or nuclear weapon, or other nuclear explosive device in a manner likely to cause death or serious injury or damage when the purpose is to intimidate a population or to compel a government or international organization to act or abstain from acting; (2) transporting on board a ship such material or device (or certain related material or technology) that is intended for such use, with specified exceptions; (3) transporting on board a ship a person known to have committed a maritime navigation offense intending to assist such person to evade prosecution; (4) injuring or killing any person in connection with such an offense; or (5) conspiring, attempting, or threatening to commit such an offense. Sets forth: (1) the circumstances in which the United States can exercise jurisdiction over such offenses, and (2) exceptions applicable to activities of the armed forces. Provides for civil forfeiture of property used to commit or to facilitate a violation.

(Sec. 805) Includes offenses involving violence against maritime navigation and maritime transport involving weapons of mass destruction within the definition of "federal crime of terrorism."

Subtitle B--Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism

(Sec. 811) Prohibits anyone, knowingly, unlawfully, and with intent to cause death, serious bodily injury, or substantial damage to property or the environment, from: (1) possessing radioactive material or making or possessing a nuclear explosive device or a radioactive material dispersal or radiation-emitting device; (2) using radioactive material or a device, using, damaging, or interfering with the operation of a nuclear facility in a manner that causes or increases the risk of the release of radioactive material, or causing radioactive contamination or exposure to radiation; or (3) threatening, attempting, or conspiring to commit such an offense. Sets forth: (1) the circumstances in which the United States can exercise jurisdiction over such offenses, and (2) exceptions applicable to activities of the armed forces.

Includes such offenses within the definition of "federal crime of terrorism."

(Sec. 812) Amends provisions prohibiting transactions involving nuclear materials to: (1) prohibit, intentionally and without lawful authority, carrying, sending, or moving nuclear material into or out of a country; and (2) establish an exception for activities of the armed forces.

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seven days attorney general requires emergency production terminates authority emergency production tangible things information sought obtained application order denied expiration seven days time attorney general begins requiring emergency production whichever earliest prohibits information obtained evidence derived emergency production received evidence disclosed proceeding court grand jury agency legislative committee authority united_states state political subdivision subsequent application court approval denied production terminated order issued approving production bars information concerning person acquired production disclosed manner federal officers employees consent person approval attorney general information indicates threat death bodily harm sec requires fisa court orders approving production tangible things include specific selection term basis production prohibits fisa courts authorizing collection tangible things use specific selection term sec requires fisa court condition approving application tangible thing production order find minimization procedures submitted application meet applicable fisa standards authorizes court impose additional minimization procedures allows nondisclosure order imposed connection tangible thing production order challenged immediately filing petition judicial review currently tangible thing nondisclosure order challenged year issuance production order removes requirement judge considering petition modify set aside nondisclosure order treat conclusive certification attorney general deputy attorney general assistant attorney general fbi director disclosure endanger national security interfere diplomatic relations sec extends liability protections persons provide information facilities technical assistance production tangible things currently liability protections limited persons produce tangible things sec requires government compensate person reasonable expenses incurred producing tangible things providing technical assistance government implement production procedures sec amends usa_patriot_improvement reauthorization act require inspector general department justice audit effectiveness use fisa authority obtain production tangible things including examination minimization procedures adopted attorney general adequately protect constitutional rights persons directs inspector general intelligence_community period assess importance information intelligence community manner information collected retained analyzed disseminated adequacy minimization procedures including assessment minimization procedures proposed element intelligence community modified denied court requires inspectors general report congress results audit assessment sec requires amendments act fisa tangible thing requirements effect days enactment act prohibits act construed alter eliminate government authority obtain order tangible things requirements fisa effect prior effective date amendments period ending effective date sec prohibits act construed authorize production contents electronic communication electronic communication service provider tangible thing requirements title fisa pen register trap trace device reform sec requires government fisa applications orders approving pen registers trap trace devices include specific selection term basis use register device prohibits broad geographic regions identification electronic communications service remote computing service serving selection term sec directs attorney general ensure appropriate privacy procedures place collection retention use nonpublicly available information concerning persons collected pen register trap trace device installed fisa court approval title iii fisa acquisitions targeting persons outside united states reforms sec limits government use information obtained authorization attorney general director national_intelligence dni target persons outside united_states fisa court later determines certain targeting minimization procedures certified court unlawful prohibits information obtained evidence derived acquisition pursuant targeting certification related minimization procedure court identified deficient concerning person received evidence disclosed proceeding court grand jury agency legislative committee authority united_states state political subdivision bars information concerning person acquired pursuant deficient certification disclosed subsequently manner federal officers employees consent person approval attorney general information indicates threat death bodily harm allows fisa court government corrects deficiency permit use disclosure information obtained date correction title foreign intelligence surveillance court reforms sec directs presiding judges fisa court fisa court review jointly designate individuals serve amicus curiae assist consideration application order review presents novel significant interpretation law court finds appointment appropriate permits fisa courts appoint individual organization serve amicus curiae instances including provide technical expertise requires amicus curiae provide legal arguments advance protection individual privacy civil liberties legal arguments information related intelligence collection communications technology allows fisa court review certify question law reviewed supreme_court permits supreme_court appoint fisa amicus curiae persons provide briefings assistance certification sec requires dni conduct declassification review decision order opinion issued fisa court fisa court review includes significant construction interpretation provision law including novel significant construction interpretation specific selection term defined act decisions orders opinions publicly available greatest extent practicable subject permissible redactions authorizes dni waive review public availability requirements waiver necessary protect national security united_states properly classified intelligence sources methods unclassified statement prepared attorney general publicly available summarize significant construction interpretation law title national security letter reform sec amends federal criminal code right_to_financial_privacy_act fair credit reporting act require fbi government agencies use specific selection term basis national security letters request information wire electronic communication service providers financial institutions consumer reporting agencies requires government identify person entity telephone number account requests telephone toll transactional records customer entity account requesting financial records certain intelligence protective functions consumer account requesting consumer reports counterintelligence counterterrorism purposes revises standards government prohibit recipients national security letters disclosing government sought obtained access requested information sec directs attorney general adopt procedures imposed nondisclosure requirements including requirements national security act reviewed appropriate intervals terminated facts longer support nondisclosure removes requirement court treat conclusive certification attorney general deputy attorney general assistant attorney general fbi director disclosure endanger national security interfere diplomatic relations sec allows national security letter recipients challenge national security letter requests nondisclosure requirements modified procedures filing petition judicial review title fisa transparency reporting requirements sec requires attorney general expand annual report congress tangible thing applications include summary compliance reviews total number applications daily production detail records created date application relating authorized investigation protect international terrorism orders approving requests directs attorney general report congress annually tangible things applications orders specific selection term specifically identify individual account personal device requires report indicate court approving orders directed additional minimization procedures adopted attorney general sec directs submit annually congress number fisa applications submitted orders granted modified denied specified fisa authorities appointments individual serve amicus curiae fisa courts including appointed individual findings appointment appropriate makes report subject declassification review attorney general dni directs dni available publicly report identifies preceding month period total number fisa court orders issued electronic surveillance physical searches targeting persons outside united_states pen registers trap trace devices detail records tangible things national security letters issued requires dni reports include estimated number targets certain fisa orders search terms queries concerning persons government information electronic wire communications obtained targeting persons outside united_states unique identifiers communicate certain collected information search terms concerning persons query database detail records exempts certain queries fbi estimates sec permits person subject nondisclosure requirement accompanying fisa order directive national security letter choose methods report publicly semiannual annual basis aggregate number orders directives letters person required comply specifies categories orders directives letters itemized combined details authorized included respect contents orders number customer targeted ranges number orders directives letters received reported bands permitted method reported bands depending chosen method requires information included certain aggregates delayed days year days depending chosen reporting method nondisclosure requirements contained new order directive concerning platform product service person previously receive order directive sec expands categories fisa court decisions orders opinions attorney general required submit congress days issuance decision include denial modification application fisa change application novel application fisa provision currently attorney general required submit decisions significant construction interpretation fisa provision sec revises reporting requirements electronic surveillance physical searches tangible things include recipient reports requires attorney general identify existing semiannual report agency behalf government applied orders authorizing approving installation use pen registers trap trace devices fisa title vii enhanced national security provisions sec establishes procedures lawfully authorized targeting non person previously believed located outside united_states continue period exceed hours time non person reasonably believed located inside united_states requires element intelligence community condition exercising authority determine lapse targeting poses threat death bodily harm notify attorney general request soon practicable employment emergency electronic surveillance emergency physical search appropriate fisa standards sec expands definition agent foreign power include non person acts united_states behalf foreign power engaged clandestine intelligence activities united_states contrary interests officer employee member foreign power irrespective person inside united_states knowingly aids abets conspires person engaging international proliferation weapons mass destruction behalf foreign power conducting activities preparation proliferation sec increases years maximum penalty imprisonment providing material support resources foreign terrorist organization cases support result death person sec amends usa_patriot_improvement reauthorization act intelligence_reform_and_terrorism_prevention_act extend december fisa authorities concerning production business records including detail records tangible things roving electronic surveillance orders revised definition agent foreign power includes persons engage international terrorism preparatory activities commonly referred lone wolf provision currently provisions scheduled expire june title viii safety maritime navigation nuclear terrorism conventions implementation subtitle safety maritime navigation sec amends federal criminal code provide existing prohibitions conduct endangers safe navigation ship shall apply conduct committed board vessel vessel subject jurisdiction territorial seas corporation legal entity shall apply activities armed forces armed conflict exercise official duties sets forth procedures delivery person suspected committing maritime navigation fixed platform offense authorities country party subjects property intended commit facilitate commission maritime navigation offense civil forfeiture sec prohibits ship maritime fixed platform explosive radioactive material biological chemical nuclear weapon nuclear explosive device manner likely cause death injury damage purpose intimidate population compel government international organization act abstain acting transporting board ship material device certain related material technology intended use specified exceptions transporting board ship person known committed maritime navigation offense intending assist person evade prosecution injuring killing person connection offense conspiring attempting threatening commit offense sets forth circumstances united_states exercise jurisdiction offenses exceptions applicable activities armed forces provides civil forfeiture property commit facilitate violation sec includes offenses involving violence maritime navigation maritime transport involving weapons mass destruction definition federal crime terrorism subtitle prevention nuclear terrorism sec prohibits knowingly unlawfully intent cause death bodily injury substantial damage property environment possessing radioactive material making possessing nuclear explosive device radioactive material dispersal radiation emitting device radioactive material device damaging interfering operation nuclear facility manner causes increases risk release radioactive material causing radioactive contamination exposure radiation threatening attempting conspiring commit offense sets forth circumstances united_states exercise jurisdiction offenses exceptions applicable activities armed forces includes offenses definition federal crime terrorism sec amends provisions prohibiting transactions involving nuclear materials prohibit intentionally lawful authority carrying sending moving nuclear material country establish exception activities armed forces


Summary:
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

TITLE I--INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI); (2) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (3) Department of Defense (DOD); (4) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); (5) National Security Agency; (6) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (7) Coast Guard; (8) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy (DOE), and Justice (DOJ); (9) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (10) Drug Enforcement Administration; (11) National Reconnaissance Office; (12) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and (13) Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2016, for such activities are those in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the congressional appropriations committees and the President.

(Sec. 103) Allows the DNI, if it provides prior notification to Congress, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY2016 when necessary for the performance of important intelligence functions.

Requires the DNI to establish guidelines to govern the treatment under such authorized personnel levels of employment or assignment in: (1) a student or trainee program; (2) a reserve corps or as a reemployed annuitant; or (3) details, joint duty, or long term, full-time training.

(Sec. 104) Authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management Account, as well as for personnel positions for elements within such Account. Provides for funds identified in the classified schedule for advanced research and development to remain available until September 30, 2017.

TITLE II--CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

(Sec. 201) Authorizes FY2016 appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--General Matters (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.

(Sec. 302) Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from being deemed to constitute authority to conduct any intelligence activity not otherwise authorized by the Constitution or U.S. laws.

(Sec. 303) Prohibits initiation of a new special access program imposing access requirements for an intelligence-related activity or covert action that exceed those normally required for information at the same classification level, or of a transfer of funds from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund or the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund to be used for intelligence activities, unless the DNI or DOD: (1) notifies Congress at least 30 days before initiating the program or transfer, or (2) waives such prohibition in an emergency situation and notifies Congress within 48 hours after initiation of the program or transfer.

(Sec. 305) Requires the DNI to designate an official to manage intelligence regarding the tactical use of tunnels by state and nonstate actors. Requires the DNI, within 10 months after enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter until four years after enactment of this Act, to report to Congress regarding: (1) trends in the use of tunnels by foreign state and nonstate actors, and (2) collaboration between the United States and partner countries to address the use of tunnels by adversaries.

(Sec. 306) Prohibits the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 from being construed to authorize the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to gain access to information that an executive branch agency deems related to covert action.

(Sec. 307) Requires the DNI to establish a formal internal reporting process for tracking requests for country clearance submitted to overseas DNI representatives by U.S. agencies.

(Sec. 308) Prohibits funds from being used to respond to or share any nonpublic information related to intelligence activities carried out by the United States in response to a legislative or judicial inquiry from a foreign government into U.S. intelligence activities.

(Sec. 309) Establishes a Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) within the Office of the DNI to: (1) serve as the primary organization within the federal government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States pertaining to cyber threats; (2) ensure that appropriate federal agencies have access to and receive all-source intelligence support needed to execute cyber threat intelligence activities and perform independent, alternative analyses; (3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the President and appropriate federal agencies and congressional committees; and (4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activities and strategic planning for the federal government.

Requires the CTIIC, within 10 months after enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for three years, to report to Congress regarding cyber threat trends and recommendations for better collaboration between federal agencies, including DOD, DOJ, and DHS.

(Sec. 310) Transfers from the DNI's Director of the Office of Business Transformation to the Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community the responsibility to make the certifications necessary to obligate funds for an intelligence community business system transformation that will have a total cost in excess of $3 million. Removes a requirement that the certifications for such a transformation be approved by a DNI governance board. Deems certified transformations to be in compliance with defense business system requirements.

(Sec. 311) Includes the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

(Sec. 312) Authorizes inspectors general of the CIA and the intelligence community to request information or assistance from state or local governmental agencies. Makes the authority of the intelligence community's inspector general to request such information or assistance subject to the concurrence of the DNI.

(Sec. 314) Allows the Government Accountability Office, notwithstanding a DNI directive governing access to intelligence information, to obtain information necessary to carry out an audit or review: (1) at the request of the congressional intelligence committees or pursuant to an intelligence authorization Act or a committee report, joint explanatory statement, or classified annex accompanying such an intelligence authorization Act; or (2) pertaining to DOD intelligence activities at the request of congressional defense committees or pursuant to a national defense authorization Act.

(Sec. 315) Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to permit grant recipients under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with DOE's national laboratories when grant funds are used to achieve target preparedness capabilities for federal, state, local, and tribal governments to respond to acts of terrorism under guidelines required by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.

(Sec. 316) Makes technical amendments to exclude the Office of the DNI from certain position classification, pay, and allowances provisions relating to General Schedule employees.

(Sec. 317) Includes certain Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education among the minority-serving institutions eligible for DNI grants to provide programs of study for individuals to learn advanced foreign languages, study abroad, or develop other skills that meet the needs of the intelligence community.

Subtitle B--Matters Relating to United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

(Sec. 321) Prohibits funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to an element of the intelligence community from being used during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to: (1) transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other individual detained at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of October 1, 2009, who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and is in DOD custody or control or otherwise under detention; (2) construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions (except at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo) to house a Guantanamo detainee for purposes of detention or imprisonment in DOD custody or control; or (3) transfer or release a Guantanamo detainee in DOD custody or control to a combat zone. Subtitle C--Reports (Sec. 331) Requires the President to expand a report submitted to Congress every 90 days regarding the prisoner population at the Guantanamo detention facility to include: (1) a summary of all contact and communication between any former Guantanamo detainee and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group, including a description of whether the contact included information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners; and (2) the time periods within which any individuals reengage in terrorist activities after being released or transferred from Guantanamo. (Sec. 332) Requires the DNI to report to Congress every 60 days for three years after enactment of this Act regarding foreign fighter flows to and from Syria and Iraq. Directs the DNI to submit a report regarding foreign fighter travel to and from Iraq and Syria that addresses the challenges impeding intelligence sharing relationships between the United States and member states of the European Union and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (Sec. 333) Directs the DIA to report to Congress every 30 days regarding the Guantanamo prisoner population. Requires the reports to include: (1) the name and country of origin of each prisoner; (2) summaries of the evidence, intelligence, and information used to justify each detention; (3) measures taken to transfer each prisoner to the individual's country of citizenship or another country; (4) the number of individuals released or transferred from detention at Guantanamo who are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorist activities; (5) assessments of efforts by foreign terrorist organizations to recruit released individuals; (6) summaries of all contact and communication between any former Guantanamo detainee and any individual known or suspected to be associated with a foreign terrorist group, including a description of whether the contact included information or discussion about hostilities against the United States or its allies or partners; and (7) the time periods within which any individuals reengage in terrorist activities after being released or transferred from Guantanamo. (Sec. 334) Requires the DNI to report to Congress regarding the representation of certain minority-owned, women-owned, small disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran-owned, or veteran-owned businesses among the contractors awarded contracts by elements of the intelligence community. (Sec. 335) Repeals certain reporting requirements, including: the President's quadrennial audit and report on the manner in which the executive branch determines whether a security clearance is required for a particular government position, the President's annual report on espionage by China, DNI reports on outside employment by officers and employees of the intelligence community and on nuclear aspirations of nonstate entities, FBI reports on the roles of FBI analysts, and National Counterintelligence Policy Board reports on the security vulnerabilities of computers at national security laboratories. (Sec. 336) Requires the DNI, in coordination with the National Science Foundation, to report to Congress regarding the employment by the intelligence community of graduates of the Cyber Corps Scholarship Program.

(Sec. 337) Requires the President to transmit to Congress within 120 days after enactment of this Act a report regarding the data breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) disclosed in June 2015. Requires the report to address: (1) any effects on the operations of the intelligence community abroad and on each element of the intelligence community; (2) an assessment of how foreign persons, groups, or countries may use the collected data, particularly information included in background investigations for security clearances; and (3) an assessment of which federal agencies use the best practices to protect sensitive data, including a summary of any such best practices that were not used by the OPM.

Directs the DNI to provide Congress an interim briefing on such report, including a discussion of proposals and options for responding to cyber attacks.

(Sec. 338) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress an intelligence community assessment on the funding of political parties and nongovernmental organizations in former Soviet states and countries in Europe by the Russian Federation and the security and intelligence services of the Russian Federation since January 1, 2006.

(Sec. 339) Directs the DNI to report to Congress on the continuous evaluation of security clearances of employees, officers, and contractors of the intelligence community.

(Sec. 340) Expresses the sense of Congress that the intelligence community should dedicate necessary resources to defeating the revenue mechanisms of the Islamic State. Requires the DNI to report on the strategy, efforts, and resources necessary to detect, deter, and degrade those revenue mechanisms.

(Sec. 341) Requires the DNI to report on possibilities for growing national security cooperation between the United States, India, and Israel.

(Sec. 342) Directs the DNI to carry out a study and report findings to Congress regarding appropriate standards to measure the damage of cyber incidents for purposes of determining the response to such incidents, including a method to quantify damage to affected computers, systems, and devices.

(Sec. 343) Directs the DNI to submit a report to Congress on wildlife trafficking. Requires the report to assess: (1) major source, transit, and destination countries for wildlife trafficking products or their derivatives; (2) the adherence of such countries with international treaty obligations relating to endangered or threatened species; (3) involvement of designated foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations; (4) key actors and facilitators, including government officials, that are supporting wildlife trafficking; and (5) the impact on U.S. national security, the coordination of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and gaps in intelligence capabilities to assess transnational wildlife trafficking networks.

(Sec. 344) Requires the DNI to submit to Congress a report that represents the coordinated assessment of the intelligence community on terrorist use of social media, including an assessment of the impact on U.S. national security of the public availability of terrorist content on social media for fundraising, radicalization, and recruitment.

(Sec. 345) Directs the DNI to submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the U.S. counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qaeda, and their affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. Requires the report to assess: (1) the relationships between such groups and their strengthening or weakening from January 1, 2010, to the present; (2) whether an individual who is not located in Afghanistan or Pakistan can be a member of al-Qaeda core; (3) whether an individual can be a member of al-Qaeda core as well as a member of an al-Qaeda affiliated group, associated group, or adherent; (4) coordination, command, and control between ISIL or core al-Qaeda and such groups and adherents; and (5) the effectiveness of counterterrorism operations.

Requires the DNI to define "defeat of ISIL or core al-Qaeda" in such report.

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nonpublic information related intelligence activities carried united_states response legislative judicial inquiry foreign government intelligence activities sec establishes cyber threat intelligence integration center office_of_the_dni serve primary organization federal government analyzing integrating intelligence possessed acquired united_states pertaining cyber threats ensure appropriate federal agencies access receive source intelligence support needed execute cyber threat intelligence activities perform independent alternative analyses disseminate cyber threat analysis president appropriate federal agencies congressional committees coordinate cyber threat intelligence activities strategic planning federal government requires months enactment act annually years report congress cyber threat trends recommendations better collaboration federal agencies including dod doj dhs sec transfers dni director chief information officer intelligence_community responsibility certifications 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intelligence community period beginning date enactment act ending december transfer release united_states territories possessions khalid_sheikh_mohammed individual detained guantanamo_bay cuba october citizen member dod custody control detention construct modify facility united_states territories possessions guantanamo house guantanamo detainee purposes detention imprisonment dod custody control transfer release guantanamo detainee dod custody control combat zone subtitle reports sec requires president expand report submitted congress days prisoner population guantanamo detention facility include summary contact communication guantanamo detainee individual known suspected associated foreign terrorist group including description contact included information discussion hostilities united_states allies partners time periods individuals terrorist activities released transferred guantanamo sec requires dni report congress days years enactment act foreign fighter flows syria iraq directs dni submit report foreign fighter travel iraq syria addresses challenges impeding intelligence sharing relationships united_states member states european_union north_atlantic_treaty_organization sec directs dia report congress days guantanamo prisoner population requires reports include country origin prisoner summaries evidence intelligence information justify detention measures taken transfer prisoner individual country citizenship country number individuals released transferred detention guantanamo confirmed suspected returning terrorist activities assessments efforts foreign terrorist organizations recruit released individuals summaries contact communication guantanamo detainee individual known suspected associated foreign terrorist group including description contact included information discussion hostilities united_states allies partners time periods individuals terrorist activities released transferred guantanamo sec requires dni report congress representation certain minority owned women owned small disadvantaged service disabled veteran owned veteran owned businesses contractors awarded contracts elements intelligence community sec repeals certain reporting requirements including president quadrennial audit report manner executive branch determines security clearance required particular government position president annual report espionage china dni reports outside employment officers employees intelligence community nuclear aspirations entities fbi reports roles fbi analysts reports security vulnerabilities computers national security laboratories sec requires dni coordination national_science_foundation report congress employment intelligence community graduates sec requires president transmit congress days enactment act report data breach disclosed june requires report address effects operations intelligence community abroad element intelligence community assessment foreign persons groups countries use collected data particularly information included background investigations security clearances assessment federal agencies use best practices protect sensitive data including summary best practices opm directs dni provide congress interim briefing report including discussion proposals options responding cyber attacks sec requires dni submit congress intelligence community assessment funding political parties nongovernmental organizations soviet states countries europe russian_federation security intelligence services russian_federation january sec directs dni report congress continuous evaluation security clearances employees officers contractors intelligence community sec expresses sense congress intelligence community dedicate necessary resources revenue mechanisms islamic state requires dni report strategy efforts resources necessary detect deter degrade revenue mechanisms sec requires dni report possibilities growing national security cooperation united_states india israel sec directs dni carry study report findings congress appropriate standards measure damage cyber incidents purposes determining response incidents including method quantify damage affected computers systems devices sec directs dni submit report congress wildlife trafficking requires report assess major source transit destination countries wildlife trafficking products derivatives adherence countries international treaty obligations relating endangered threatened species involvement designated foreign terrorist organizations transnational criminal organizations key actors facilitators including government officials supporting wildlife trafficking impact national security coordination intelligence law enforcement agencies gaps intelligence capabilities assess transnational wildlife trafficking networks sec requires dni submit congress report represents coordinated assessment intelligence community terrorist use social media including assessment impact national security public availability terrorist content social media fundraising radicalization recruitment sec directs dni submit congress comprehensive report counterterrorism strategy disrupt dismantle defeat islamic state iraq levant isil al-qaeda affiliated groups associated groups requires report assess relationships groups strengthening january present individual located afghanistan pakistan member al-qaeda core individual member al-qaeda core member al-qaeda affiliated group associated group coordination command control isil core al-qaeda groups effectiveness counterterrorism operations requires dni define defeat isil core al-qaeda report