1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2018 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Reports and plans relating to security clearances and background investigations. Sec. 4. Improving the process for security clearances. Sec. 5. Goals for promptness of determinations regarding security clearances. Sec. 6. Security Executive Agent. Sec. 7. Report on unified, simplified, Governmentwide standards for positions of trust and security clearances. Sec. 8. Report on clearance in person concept. Sec. 9. Budget request documentation on funding for background investigations. Sec. 10. Reports on reciprocity for security clearances inside of departments and agencies. Sec. 11. Intelligence community reports on security clearances. Sec. 12. Periodic report on positions in the intelligence community that can be conducted without access to classified information, networks, or facilities. Sec. 13. Information sharing program for positions of trust and security clearances. Sec. 14. Report on protections for confidentiality of whistleblower-related communications. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the congressional intelligence committees; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (D) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate ; (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives ; (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives ; (G) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives