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 PUBLIC LAW 108–177—DEC. 13, 2003

117 STAT. 2615

of the project in meeting the goals of promoting equality of employment opportunities in the intelligence community for women, minorities, and individuals with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, skills, language proficiency, and expertise. (f) DIVERSITY PLAN.—(1) Not later than February 15, 2004, the Director of Central Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report which describes the plan of the Director, entitled the ‘‘DCI Diversity Strategic Plan’’, and any subsequent revision to that plan, to increase diversity of officers and employees in the intelligence community, including the short- and long-term goals of the plan. The report shall also provide a detailed description of the progress that has been made by each element of the intelligence community in implementing the plan. (2) In implementing the plan, the Director shall incorporate innovative methods for recruitment and hiring that the Director has determined to be effective from the pilot project carried out under this section. (g) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401(4)).

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SEC. 320. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RECRUITMENT AS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PERSONNEL OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON THEIR DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM DUTY.

It is the sense of Congress that the elements of the intelligence community should, in the course of their civilian recruitment efforts in the United States, endeavor to recruit as personnel of the intelligence community citizens and, as appropriate, nationals of the United States who are members of the Armed Forces who participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and other campaigns undertaken abroad upon the separation, discharge, or release of such individuals from the Armed Forces. SEC. 321. EXTERNAL COLLECTION CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS REVIEW PANEL.

The President may establish an External Collection Capabilities and Requirements Review Panel as specified in the classified annex to this Act.

Subtitle C—Counterintelligence SEC. 341. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE INITIATIVES FOR THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

INITIATIVES

‘‘SEC. 1102. (a) INSPECTION PROCESS.—(1) In order to protect intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure, the Director of Central Intelligence shall establish and implement an inspection process for all agencies and departments of the United States that handle classified information relating to the national security of the United States intended to assure that those agencies

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