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 124 STAT. 2705 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 (C) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in the first section of such Act, as amended by section 347(i) of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506G, as added by section 325 of this Act, the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 506H. Reports on security clearances.’’. (2) REPORT ON METRICS FOR ADJUDICATION QUALITY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report on security clearance investigations and adjudications. Such report shall include— (A) United States Government-wide adjudication guide- lines and metrics for adjudication quality; (B) a plan to improve the professional development of security clearance adjudicators; (C) metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of interagency clearance reciprocity; (D) United States Government-wide investigation standards and metrics for investigation quality; and (E) the advisability, feasibility, counterintelligence risk, and cost effectiveness of— (i) by not later than January 1, 2012, requiring the investigation and adjudication of security clear- ances to be conducted by not more than two Federal agencies; and (ii) by not later than January 1, 2015, requiring the investigation and adjudication of security clear- ances to be conducted by not more than one Federal agency. (b) SECURITY CLEARANCE RECIPROCITY.— (1) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community shall conduct an audit of the reciprocity of security clearances among the elements of the intelligence community. (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Intel- ligence Community shall submit to the congressional intel- ligence committees a report containing the results of the audit conducted under paragraph (1). Such report shall include an assessment of the time required to obtain a reciprocal security clearance for— (A) an employee of an element of the intelligence community detailed to another element of the intelligence community; (B) an employee of an element of the intelligence community seeking permanent employment with another element of the intelligence community; and (C) a contractor seeking permanent employment with an element of the intelligence community. (3) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. SEC. 368. CORRECTING LONG -STANDING MATERIAL WEAKNESSES. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 50 USC 404i–1 note.