S.Amdt. 3444

SA 3444. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. 10___. REVEAL DOD ACT OF 2025.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Reporting Exemptions and Vetting Excessive Access
Limitations Act in the Department of Defense of 2025'' or the
``REVEAL DOD Act of 2025''.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) United States Senate Committee on Armed Services; and
(B) House Armed Services Committee.
(2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Defense as that term is defined in section
308(b) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3075).
(3) Need-to-know waiver.--The term ``need-to-know waiver''
means the waiver of the requirement described in section
4.1(a)(3) of Executive Order 13526 (75 Fed. Reg. 707;
relating to classified national security information)
pursuant to section 4.4(a) of that Executive Order.
(4) Relevant congressional staff.--The term ``relevant
congressional staff'' means any appropriately cleared
permanent congressional staff as defined by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.
(c) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Initial report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on need-to-know waivers
active at elements of the intelligence community as of
January 19, 2025.
(B) Contents.--The report required by subparagraph (A)
shall include--
(i) an identification of each need-to-know waiver active as
of January 19, 2025; and
(ii) for each need-to-know waiver identified under clause
(i)--

(I) the date of the need-to-know waiver;
(II) the name of the recipient of such need-to-know waiver;
(III) the name of the individual who issued such need-to-
know waiver; and
(IV) the reason for the need-to-know waiver.

(C) Form.--The report required by subparagraph (A) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(2) Annual reports.--
(A) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2026, and
each fiscal year thereafter for five years, the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on need-to-know
waivers active at elements of the intelligence community as
of the date of the report and issued during the relevant
fiscal year.
(B) Contents.--Each report required by subparagraph (A)
shall include--
(i) an identification of each need-to-know waiver issued
during the relevant fiscal year for such report; and
(ii) for each need-to-know waiver identified under clause
(i)--

(I) the date of the need-to-know waiver;
(II) the name of the recipient of the need-to-know waiver;
(III) the name of the individual who issued such need-to-
know waiver; and
(IV) the reason for the need-to-know waiver.

(C) Form.--Each report required by subparagraph (A) shall
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
(D) Transmission to congress.--Not later than 30 days after
submitting a report to the appropriate congressional
committees under subparagraph (A), the Director of National
Intelligence shall transmit such report to Congress and all
relevant congressional staff.
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