,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bdcd ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #ai1 #bjac ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,stockman1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 and ,mr4 ,cicilline7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,select ,committee on ,intelligence 7,permanent ,select7 ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,director of ,national ,intelligence to conduct a study on the use of contractors for intelligence activities1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,civilian ,contractors ,engaged in ,intelligence ,activities ,reduction ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,director of ,national ,intelligence study on the use of contractors in the conduct of intelligence activities 7a7 ,study ,the ,director of ,national ,intelligence shall conduct a study to ascertain the extent to which contractors are used in the conduct of intelligence activities and the type of information to which such contractors are exposed or have access4 7b7 ,report ,not later than ,december #ca1 #bjac1 the ,director of ,intelligence shall submit to ,congress a report containing-- 7#a7 the results of the study conducted under subsection 7a72 and 7#b7 a plan for reducing by #be percent the number of contractors to the intelligence community with top secret security clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities 7including intelligence analysis74 7c7 ,reduction of contractors ,not later than ,december #ca1 #bjad1 the ,director of ,national ,intelligence shall reduce the number of contractors to the intelligence community with top secret security clearances that are engaged in intelligence activities 7including intelligence analysis7 as of the date of the enactment of this ,act by #be percent4 7d7 ,intelligence community defined ,in this section1 the term intelligence community has the meaning given the term in section #c7d7 of the ,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774