S.Amdt. 519

SA 519. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON THE EXPANDED PURVIEW OF THE DEFENSE
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) Identification of the resources and authorities
appropriate for the Inspector General for the expanded
purview of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security
Agency.

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(2) Identification of the resources and authorities needed
to perform the civil liberties and privacy officer function
of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
(3) An assessment of the security protocols in effect for
personally identifiable information held by the Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
(4) An assessment of the governance structure of the
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency as it relates
to the Department of Defense, including with respect to
status, authorities, and leadership.
(5) An assessment of the governance structure of the
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency as it relates
to interagency partners, including the Office of Management
and Budget, the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, and the Office of Personnel Management.
(6) The methodology the Defense Counterintelligence and
Security Agency will prioritize requests for background
investigation requests from government agencies and industry.
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