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§3334h Data Collection on Attrition in Intelligence Community

Title 50 › CHAPTER 45 — MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › SUBCHAPTER II — PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES › § 3334h

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence must, within 90 days after December 27, 2020, set rules for collecting data on people leaving the intelligence workforce by demographics, job specialties, and years of service, and must include applicants who accepted conditional job offers but withdrew, including their reasons. Each part of the intelligence community must begin collecting that data within 120 days after December 27, 2020.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3334h

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(a)Standards for data collection
(1)In general
Not later than 90 days after December 27, 2020, the Director of National Intelligence shall establish standards for collecting data relating to attrition in the intelligence community workforce across demographics, specialities, and length of service.
(2)Inclusion of certain candidates
The Director shall include, in the standards established under paragraph (1), standards for collecting data from candidates who accepted conditional offers of employment but chose to withdraw from the hiring process before entering into service, including data with respect to the reasons such candidates chose to withdraw.
(b)Collection of data
Not later than 120 days after December 27, 2020, each element of the intelligence community shall begin collecting data on workforce and candidate attrition in accordance with the standards established under subsection (a).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2024—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 118–159 struck out subsec. (c) which required annual reports to Congress regarding workforce and candidate attrition in the intelligence community.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definition of “intelligence community” as used in this section, see section 2 of div. W of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 3003 of this title.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3334h

Title 50, War and National Defense

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110