EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES.

SEC. 1623. [50 U.S.C. 3161 note] EFFICIENT USE OF SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION FACILITIES. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue revised guidance authorizing and directing departments and agencies of the Federal Government and appropriately cleared contractors of such departments and agencies to process, store, use, and discuss sensitive compartmented information at facilities previously approved to handle such information, without need for further approval by the department or agency or by the site. Such guidance shall apply to controlled access programs of the intelligence community and to special access programs of the Department of Defense.