FEDERAL POLICY ON SHARING OF COVERED INSIDER THREAT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE TRUSTED WORKFORCE.

SEC. 806. [50 U.S.C. 3352f note] FEDERAL POLICY ON SHARING OF COVERED INSIDER THREAT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE TRUSTED WORKFORCE. (a) Policy Required.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Attorney General, shall issue a policy for the Federal Government on sharing covered insider threat information pertaining to contractor employees. (b) Consent Requirement.—The Director shall ensure that the policy issued under subsection (a) requires, as a condition of obtaining and maintaining a security clearance with the Federal Government, that a contractor employee provide prior written consent for the Federal Government to share covered insider threat information with the senior official responsible for the insider threat program of the contractor that employs the contractor employee. The Director may include in such policy restrictions on the further disclosure of such information. (c) Consultation.—On a quarterly basis during the period in which the Director is developing the policy under subsection (a), the Director shall consult with Congress and industry partners with respect to such development. (d) Review.— (1) Submission.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the issuance of the policy under subsection (a), the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to Congress and make available to such industry partners as the Director and the Secretary consider appropriate a review of the policy. (2) Contents.—The review under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An assessment of the utility and effectiveness of the policy issued under subsection (a). (B) Such recommendations as the Director and the Secretary determine appropriate with respect to legislative or administrative action relevant to such policy. (e) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Covered insider threat information.—The term “covered insider threat information”— (A) means information that— (i) is relevant with respect to adjudications relating to determinations of eligibility for access to classified information; (ii) an agency or department of the Federal Government has vetted and verified; and (iii) according to Director of National Intelligence policy, is considered relevant to the ability of a contractor employee to protect against insider threats as required by section 117.7(d) of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation; and (B) includes pertinent information considered in the counter-threat assessment, as authorized by a provision of Federal law or Executive Order. (2) Contractor employee.—The term “contractor employee” means an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, subgrantee, or personal services contractor, of a department or agency of the Federal Government.