Sec. 104. Construction
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Nothing in this title shall be construed— to limit or modify an existing information sharing relationship; to prohibit a new information sharing relationship; to require a new information sharing relationship between any entity and the Federal Government, except as specified under section 102(b); or to modify the authority of a department or agency of the Federal Government to protect sources and methods and the national security of the United States. Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the Federal Government— to require an entity to share information with the Federal Government, except as expressly provided under section 102(b); or to condition the sharing of cyber threat information with an entity on such entity’s provision of cyber threat information to the Federal Government.
Nothing in this title shall be construed to subject any entity to liability for choosing not to engage in the voluntary activities authorized under this title. Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize, or to modify any existing authority of, a department or agency of the Federal Government to retain or use any information shared under section 102 for any use other than a use permitted under subsection 102(c)(1). An applicable Federal agency shall carry out the provisions of this title with existing facilities and funds otherwise available, through such means as the head of the agency considers appropriate.