Sec. 1042. Coordinating United States response to malign foreign influence operations and campaigns
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Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: coordinate, without assuming operational authority, the United States Government response to malign foreign influence operations and campaigns. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsections: The President shall designate an employee of the National Security Council to be responsible for the coordination of the interagency process for combating malign foreign influence operations and campaigns.
Not less frequently than twice each year, the employee designated under this subsection shall provide to the congressional committees specified in subparagraph
(B)a briefing on the responsibilities and activities of the individual under this subsection. The congressional committees specified in this subparagraph are the following: The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. In this section, the term malign foreign influence operations and campaigns means the coordinated, integrated, and synchronized application of national diplomatic, informational, military, economic, business, corruption, educational, and other capabilities by hostile foreign powers to foster attitudes, behaviors, decisions, or outcomes within the United States. . Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the National Security Council, shall submit to the congressional committees specified in paragraph
(2)a strategy to counter malign foreign influence operations and campaigns (as such term is defined in section 101(h) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3021 ), as added by subsection (a)). The congressional committees specified in this paragraph are the following: The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government Reform, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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