An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 112-504 to require the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress how the Intelligence Community can improve the methods by which subcontractors are granted security clearances and notified of classified contracting opportunities within the federal government.

1. Adds SEC. 306. SUBCONTRACTOR NOTIFICATION PROCESS at the end of title III

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 306. SUBCONTRACTOR NOTIFICATION PROCESS.

   Inserted: Not later than October 1, 2013, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report assessing the method by which contractors at any tier under a contract entered into with an element of the intelligence community are granted security clearances and notified of classified contracting opportunities within the Federal Government and recommendations for the improvement of such method. Such report shall include--

   Inserted: (1) an assessment of the current method by which contractors at any tier under a contract entered into with an element of the intelligence community are notified of classified contracting opportunities;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of any problems that may reduce the overall effectiveness of the ability of the intelligence community to identify appropriate contractors at any tier under such a contract;

   Inserted: (3) an assessment of the role the existing security clearance process has in enhancing or hindering the ability of the intelligence community to notify such contractors of contracting opportunities;

   Inserted: (4) an assessment of the role the current security clearance process in enhancing or hindering the ability of contractors at any tier under a contract entered into with an element of the intelligence community to execute classified contracts;

   Inserted: (5) a description of the method used by the Director of National Intelligence for assessing the effectiveness of the notification process of the intelligence community to produce a talented pool of subcontractors;

   Inserted: (6) a description of appropriate goals, schedules, milestones, or metrics used to measure the effectiveness of such notification process; and

   Inserted: (7) recommendations for improving such notification process.

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   At the end of title III, add the following new section:

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