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Section 505. Information sharing with State election officials
Section 505 requires the DNI, within 30 days of enactment
of this Act, to support the Under Secretary for I&A; at DHS, and
any other appropriate designees of the Secretary of DHS in
sponsoring a security clearance for each eligible chief
election official of a State, territory, or the District of
Columbia (and additional eligible designees), up to the top
secret level. Section 505 also requires the DNI to assist the
Under Secretary for I&A; with sharing appropriate classified
information about threats to election systems and to the
integrity of the election process with chief election officials
and their designees who possess the aforementioned security
clearances.
Backround checks for election officials ?
Section 722. Reports on global water insecurity and national security
implications
Section 722 requires the DNI to submit to the congressional
intelligence committees a report every five years on the
implications of global water insecurity on the United States'
national security interests.
Watch the water ?
Section 733. Sense of Congress on WikiLeaks
Section 733 provides a Sense of Congress that WikiLeaks and
its senior leadership resemble a non-state hostile intelligence
service, often abetted by state actors, and should be treated
as such.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Facilities
Consistent with Section 2401 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, the Committee
authorizes the President's request for $381 million in Fiscal
Year 2018 for phase one construction activities. The Committee
recommends $447.8 million in Fiscal Year 2019 for phase two
construction activities of the Next National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency (NGA) West (N2W) facility in St. Louis,
Missouri. The Committee is pleased that the second phase of
this $837.2 million project is included in the Fiscal Year 2019
President's budget.
Project MAVEN
Project MAVEN provides important capabilities for the
acceleration of ongoing efforts to integrate big data,
artificial intelligence, and machine learning, and ensure our
warfighters maintain an advantage over our adversaries.
Ensuring coordinated investment between the Department of
Defense and the Intelligence Community is specifically critical
for improving object detection, identification, and tracking of
targets.
Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with relevant IC elements, to brief the
congressional intelligence and defense committees, within 90
days of enactment of this Act, on the following aspects of
Project MAVEN: a strategy for coordinating and validating
requirements; a methodology for cataloging data; development
and deployment of algorithms; a technology investment plan; and
a plan for fielding Project MAVEN capabilities.