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124 STAT. 2703 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 (2) by inserting ‘‘, to evaluate the proper classification of certain records,’’ after ‘‘certain records’’. SEC. 366. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS TO COLLECT FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE OR COUNTERINTEL- LIGENCE. Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of the Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102– 395; 28 U.S.C. 533 note) is amended in the flush text following subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘(or, if designated by the Director, the Assistant Director, Intelligence Division) and the Attorney Gen- eral (or, if designated by the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security)’’ and inserting ‘‘(or a des- ignee of the Director who is in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director in the National Security Branch or a similar successor position) and the Attorney General (or a designee of the Attorney General who is in the National Security Division in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Attorney General or a similar successor position)’’. SEC. 367. SECURITY CLEARANCES: REPORTS; RECIPROCITY. (a) REPORTS RELATING TO SECURITY CLEARANCES.— (1) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT; SECURITY CLEARANCE DETERMINA- TIONS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.), as amended by section 325 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 506G, as added by section 325(a), the following new section: ‘‘REPORTS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES ‘‘SEC. 506H. (a) QUADRENNIAL AUDIT OF POSITION REQUIRE- MENTS.—(1) The President shall every four years conduct an audit of the manner in which the executive branch determines whether a security clearance is required for a particular position in the United States Government. ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the completion of an audit conducted under paragraph (1), the President shall submit to Con- gress the results of such audit. ‘‘(b) REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCE DETERMINATIONS.—(1) Not later than February 1 of each year, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the security clearance process. Such report shall include, for each security clearance level— ‘‘(A) the number of employees of the United States Govern- ment who— ‘‘(i) held a security clearance at such level as of October 1 of the preceding year; and ‘‘(ii) were approved for a security clearance at such level during the preceding fiscal year; ‘‘(B) the number of contractors to the United States Govern- ment who— ‘‘(i) held a security clearance at such level as of October 1 of the preceding year; and ‘‘(ii) were approved for a security clearance at such level during the preceding fiscal year; and ‘‘(C) for each element of the intelligence community— President. 50 USC 415a–10.