S.Amdt. 2529

SA 2529. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. UPDATING THE NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE STRATEGY.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that an
updated National Counterintelligence Strategy should--
(1) recognize and prioritize the national security threat
posed by covert influence operations by foreign intelligence
entities;
(2) include coordinating a whole-of-government approach to
effectively detect and

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counter covert influence operations by foreign intelligence
entities; and
(3) be aligned with the National Security Strategy, which
acknowledges the national security threat posed by covert
influence operations conducted by foreign intelligence
entities.
(b) Update Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this act, the Director of National
Intelligence shall update the National Counterintelligence
Strategy to include a strategy to effectively detect and
counter covert influence operations by foreign intelligence
entities.
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