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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.-It is the sense of Congress that Federal, State, and local entities should share homeland security infor mation to the maximum extent practicable, with special emphasis on hard-to-reach urban and rural communities.

SEC. 703. FACILITATING HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHAR ING PROCEDURES.

(a) PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING EXTENT OF SHARING OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION.—(1) The President shall pre scribe and implement procedures under which relevant Federa agencies determine

(A) whether, how, and to what extent homeland security information may be shared with appropriate State and loca personnel, and with which such personnel it may be shared;

(B) how to identify and safeguard homeland security infor mation that is sensitive but unclassified; and

(C) to the extent such information is in classified form. whether, how, and to what extent to remove classified informa tion, as appropriate, and with which such personnel it may be shared after such information is removed.

(2) The President shall ensure that such procedures apply to all agencies of the Federal Government.

(3) Such procedures shall not change the substantive require ments for the classification and safeguarding of classified informa tion.

(4) Such procedures shall not change the requirements and authorities to protect sources and methods.

(b) PROCEDURES FOR SHARING OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFOR MATION.—(1) Under procedures prescribed by the President, all ap propriate agencies, including the intelligence community, shall through information sharing systems, share homeland security information with appropriate State and local personnel to the extent such information may be shared, as determined in accordance with subsection (a), together with assessments of the credibility of such information.

(2) Each information sharing system through which informa tion is shared under paragraph (1) shall—

(A) have the capability to transmit unclassified or classified information, though the procedures and recipients for each capability may differ;

(B) have the capability to restrict delivery of information to specified subgroups by geographic location, type of organization, position of a recipient within an organization, or a recipient's need to know such information;

(C) be configured to allow the efficient and effective shar ing of information; and

(D) be accessible to appropriate State and local personnel. (3) The procedures prescribed under paragraph (1) shall establish conditions on the use of information shared under paragraph (1)

(A) to limit the redissemination of such information to ensure that such information is not used for an unauthorized purpose;

(B) to ensure the security and confidentiality of such information;

(C) to protect the constitutional and statutory rights of any individuals who are subjects of such information; and

(D) to provide data integrity through the timely removal and destruction of obsolete or erroneous names and information.

(4) The procedures prescribed under paragraph (1) shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that the information sharing system through which information is shared under such paragraph include existing information sharing systems, including, but not limited to, the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, the Regional Information Sharing System, and the Terrorist Threat Warning System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(5) Each appropriate Federal agency, as determined by the President, shall have access to each information sharing system through which information is shared under paragraph (1), and shall therefore have access to all information, as appropriate, shared under such paragraph.

(6) The procedures prescribed under paragraph (1) shall ensure that appropriate State and local personnel are authorized to use such information sharing systems

(A) to access information shared with such personnel; and (B) to share, with others who have access to such information sharing systems, the homeland security information of their own jurisdictions, which shall be marked appropriately as pertaining to potential terrorist activity.

(7) Under procedures prescribed jointly by the Director of Central Intelligence and the Attorney General, each appropriate Federal agency, as determined by the President, shall review and assess the information shared under paragraph (6) and integrate such information with existing intelligence.

(c) SHARING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL PERSONNEL. (1) The President shall prescribe procedures under which Federal agencies may, to the extent the President considers necessary, share with appropriate State and local personnel homeland security information that remains classified or otherwise protected after the determinations prescribed under the procedures set forth in subsection (a).

(2) It is the sense of Congress that such procedures may include one or more of the following means:

(A) Carrying out security clearance investigations with respect to appropriate State and local personnel.

(B) With respect to information that is sensitive but unclassified, entering into nondisclosure agreements with appropriate State and local personnel.

(C) Increased use of information-sharing partnerships that include appropriate State and local personnel, such as the Joint Terrorism Task Forces of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Anti-Terrorism Task Forces of the Department of Justice, and regional Terrorism Early Warning Groups.

(d) RESPONSIBLE OFFICIALS.-For each affected Federal agency, the head of such agency shall designate an official to administer this title with respect to such agency.

(e) FEDERAL CONTROL OF INFORMATION.-Under procedures prescribed under this section, information obtained by a State or local government from a Federal agency under this section shall remain under the control of the Federal agency, and a State or local law authorizing or requiring such a government to disclose infor mation shall not apply to such information.

(f) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section:

(1) The term "homeland security information" means any information (other than information that includes individually identifiable information collected solely for statistical purposes possessed by a Federal, State, or local agency that

(A) relates to the threat of terrorist activity;

(B) relates to the ability to prevent, interdict, or disrupt terrorist activity;

(C) would improve the identification or investigation of! a suspected terrorist or terrorist organization; or

(D) would improve the response to a terrorist act.

(2) The term "intelligence community" has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).

(3) The term "State and local personnel" means any of the following persons involved in prevention, preparation, or response for terrorist attacks:

(A) State Governors, mayors, and other locally elected officials.

(B) State and local law enforcement personnel and firefighters.

(C) Public health and medical professionals.

(D) Regional, State, and local emergency management agency personnel, including State adjutant generals.

(E) Other appropriate emergency response agency personnel.

(F) Employees of private sector entities that affect critical infrastructure, cyber, economic, or public health security, as designated by the Federal Government in procedures developed pursuant to this section.

(4) The term "State" includes the District of Columbia and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

SEC. 704. REPORT.

(a) REPORT REQUIRED.-Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (b) a report on the implementation of section 703. The report shall include any recommendations for additional measures or appropriation requests, beyond the requirements of section 703, to increase the effectiveness of sharing of information between and among Federal, State, and local entities.

(b) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.-The congressional committees referred to in subsection (a) are the following committees:

(1) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.

(2) The Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.

SEC. 705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 703.

SEC. 706. COORDINATION PROVISION.

(a) PRIOR ENACTMENT.-If this Act is enacted before the Homeland Security Act of 2002, then upon the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, this title shall be deemed for all purposes not to have taken effect and shall cease to be in effect.

(b) SUBSEQUENT ENACTMENT.-If the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is enacted before this Act, then this title shall not take effect.

TITLE VIII-REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS

Subtitle A-Overdue Reports

SEC. 801. [50 U.S.C. 415b nt] DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL OF VARIOUS OVERDUE REPORTS.

(a) DEADLINE.-The reports described in subsection (c) shall be submitted to Congress not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) NONCOMPLIANCE.-(1) If all the reports described in subsection (c) are not submitted to Congress by the date specified in subsection (a), amounts available to be obligated or expended after that date to carry out the functions or duties of the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence shall be reduced by 3.

(2) The reduction applicable under paragraph (1) shall not I apply if the Director of Central Intelligence certifies to Congress by the date referred to in subsection (a) that all reports referred to in subsection (c) have been submitted to Congress.

(c) REPORTS DESCRIBED.-The reports referred to in subsection (a) are reports mandated by law for which the Director of Central Intelligence has sole or primary responsibility to prepare, coordinate, and submit to Congress which, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, have not been submitted to Congress.

Subtitle B-Submittal of Reports to
Intelligence Committees

SEC. 811. DATES FOR SUBMITTAL OF VARIOUS ANNUAL AND SEMI-
ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMITTEES.

(a) IN GENERAL.-(1) Title V of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.), as amended by section 311 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:

"DATES FOR SUBMITTAL OF VARIOUS ANNUAL AND SEMIANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES "SEC. 507. (a) ANNUAL REPORTS.-(1) The date for the submittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the following

annual reports shall be the date each year provided in subsection (c)(1)(A):

"(A) The annual evaluation of the performance and responsiveness of certain elements of the intelligence community required by section 105(d).

"(B) The annual report on intelligence required by section 109.

"(C) The annual report on intelligence community cooperation with Federal law enforcement agencies required by section 114(a)(2).

"(D) The annual report on the protection of the identities of covert agents required by section 603.

“(E) The annual report of the Inspectors Generals of the intelligence community on proposed resources and activities of their offices required by section 8H(g) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.

"(F) The annual report on commercial activities as security for intelligence collection required by section 437(c) of title 10, United States Code.

"(G) The annual report on expenditures for postemployment assistance for terminated intelligence employees required by section 1611(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code.

"(H) The annual update on foreign industrial espionage required by section 809(b) of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 (title VIII of Public Law 103359; 50 U.S.C. App. 2170b(b)).

"(I) The annual report on coordination of counterintelligence matters with the Federal Bureau of Investigation required by section 811(c)(6) of the Counterintelligence and Security Enhancements Act of 1994 (50 U.S.C. 402a(c)(6)).

“(J) The annual report on foreign companies involved in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that raise funds in the United States capital markets required by section 827 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

"(K) The annual report on certifications for immunity in interdiction of aircraft engaged in illicit drug trafficking required by section 1012(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2291-4(c)(2)).

"(L) The annual report on exceptions to consumer disclosure requirements for national security investigations under section 604(b)(4)(E) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(b)(4)(E)).

"(M) The annual report on activities under the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (title VIII of Public Law 102-183; 50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) required by section 806(a) of that Act (50 U.S.C. 1906(a)).

"(N) The annual report on hiring and retention of minority employees in the intelligence community required by section 114(c).

"(2) The date for the submittal to the congressional intelligence committees of the following annual reports shall be the date each year provided in subsection (c)(1)(B):

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