,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,grassley7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to direct the ,director of the         
,information ,security ,oversight       
,office to assess foreign influence in  
the ,national ,industrial ,security     
,program and to develop a single1       
integrated strategy to better identify  
and mitigate such foreign influence1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,mitigating ,foreign ,influence in      
,classified ,government ,contracts4  #b4
 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7       
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,homeland ,security and ,governmental  
,affairs1 the ,committee on ,armed      

,services1 and the ,select ,committee on
 ,intelligence of the ,senate2 and  7,b7
 the ,committee on ,oversight and       
,accountability1 the ,committee on      
,armed ,services1 and the ,permanent    
,select ,committee on ,intelligence of  
the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7   
,cognizant security agencies2 entity2   
foreign interest ,the terms cognizant   
security agencies1 entity1 and foreign  
interest have the meanings given those  
term in section #bjjd4d of title #cb1   
,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7#c7   
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,information ,security 
,oversight ,office4  7#d7 ,,nisppac ,the
 term ,,nisppac means the ,national     
,industrial ,security ,program ,policy  
,advisory ,committee established by     
,executive ,order #abhbi 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 
#cafa note2 relating to national        
industrial security program74  #c4      
,assessment of foreign influence in     
,national ,industrial ,security ,program
  7a7 ,in general ,the ,director shall  

convene and direct ,,nisppac to complete
 and submit1 not later than #a year     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 to the ,director an assessment of 
foreign influence in the ,national      
,industrial ,security ,program4  7b7    
,elements ,the assessment required by   
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,a definition of foreign
 influence that focuses on contractual  
agreements or other non-ownership means 
that may allow foreign interests        
unauthorized access to classified       
information or to adversely affect      
performance of a contract or agreement  
requiring access to classified          
information4  7#b7 ,an assessment of the
 extent of the threat of foreign        
influence in the ,national ,industrial  
,security ,program4  7#c7 ,a description
 of the challenges in identifying       
foreign influence4  7#d7 ,a list of the 
criteria and factors that should be     
considered to identify foreign influence
 requiring mitigation4  7#e7 ,an        

identification of the methods1 if any1  
currently used to mitigate foreign      
influence4  7#f7 ,an assessment of the  
effectiveness and limitations of such   
mitigations1 and recommendations for new
 mitigation methods4  7#g7 ,an          
assessment of whether processes to      
identify and mitigate foreign influence 
are consistent across cognizant security
 agencies4  7#h7 ,an identification of  
the tools available to assist entities  
identify and avoid foreign influence    
that would require mitigation1 and      
recommendations for tools needed4  7c7  
,submission to ,congress ,not later than
 #a year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,director shall      
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the assessment completed     
under subsection 7a74  #d4 ,strategy to 
identify and mitigate foreign influence 
in ,national ,industrial ,security      
,program  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #edj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director1  

in consultation with the cognizant      
security agencies1 shall submit to the  
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
strategy1 to be known as the ,national  
,strategy to ,mitigate ,foreign         
,influence in the ,national ,industrial 
,security ,program1 to improve the      
ability of the ,federal ,government and 
entities to identify and mitigate       
foreign influence4  7b7 ,elements ,the  
strategy required by subsection 7a7     
shall include the following3 7#a7       
,processes to identify foreign influence
 requiring mitigation1 including entity 
submission of standard forms and        
government security reviews4  7#b7      
,methods to mitigate foreign influence4 
7#c7 ,practices to ensure processes to  
identify foreign influence and methods  
to mitigate foreign influence are       
consistent across cognizant security    
agencies4  7#d7 ,tools1 including best  
practices1 to assist entities in        
recognizing the risk of foreign         
influence and implementing methods to   

mitigate foreign influence4  7#e7       
,proposed updates to parts #aag and     
#bjjd of title #cb1 ,code of ,federal   
,regulations4  7#f7 ,recommendations for
 legislation as the ,director considers 
appropriate4  7c7 ,implementation  7#a7 
,in general ,not later than #ij days    
after the date on which the strategy    
required under subsection 7a7 is        
submitted to the appropriate committees 
of ,congress1 the ,director1 in         
collaboration with the cognizant        
security agencies1 shall commence       
implementation of the strategy4  7#b7   
,report ,not later than #a year after   
the date on which the ,director         
commences implementation of the strategy
 required by subsection 7a7 in          
accordance with paragraph 7#a71 the     
,director shall submit to the           
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report describing the efforts of the    
cognizant security agencies to implement
 the strategy and the progress of such  
efforts4