1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Oversight of National Security Act of 2017 . 2. Modification of membership requirements for National Security Council and Cabinet-Level Policy Forum (a) National Security Council Section 101(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking The Council and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Council ; (B) by inserting the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the Secretary of Energy, ; and (C) by striking and such other officers of the United States Government as the President may designate. and inserting appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.