; and (4) changes to policies or processes to improve this system should be vetted through the Council to ensure standardization, portability, and reciprocity in security clearances across the Federal Government. (b) Accountability plans and reports (1) Plans Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to appropriate industry partners the following: (A) A plan, with milestones, to reduce the background investigation inventory to 200,000, or an otherwise sustainable steady-level, by the end of year 2020. Such plan shall include notes of any required changes in investigative and adjudicative standards or resources. (B) A plan to consolidate the conduct of background investigations associated with the processing for security clearances in the most effective and efficient manner between the National Background Investigation Bureau and the Defense Security Service, or a successor organization. Such plan shall address required funding, personnel, contracts, information technology, field office structure, policy, governance, schedule, transition costs, and effects on stakeholders. (2) Report on the future of personnel security (A) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Council, in coordination with the members of the Council, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to appropriate industry partners a report on the future of personnel security to reflect changes in threats, the workforce, and technology. (B) Contents The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include the following: (i) A risk framework for granting and renewing access to classified information. (ii) A discussion of the use of technologies to prevent, detect, and monitor threats. (iii) A discussion of efforts to address reciprocity and portability. (iv) A discussion of the characteristics of effective insider threat programs. (v) An analysis of