Sec. 201. Mass Violence Prevention Center
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Part G of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10211 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established in the Department of Justice a Mass Violence Prevention Center, which shall be supervised by the Director of Mass Violence Prevention (in this section referred to as the Director ), who shall be appointed by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the approval of the President. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall have authority, direction, and control over the Mass Violence Prevention Center and the Director of Mass Violence Prevention.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit a report to the Attorney General with respect to the following matters: The budget and programs of the Mass Violence Prevention Center. The activities of the Director under subsection (f). The conduct of intelligence operations implemented by other elements of the intelligence community. The purpose of the Mass Violence Prevention Center shall be as follows:
To serve as the primary organization in the United States Government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to threats of mass violence. To conduct strategic operational planning for mass violence prevention, integrating all instruments of Federal, State, and local law enforcement. To recommend roles and responsibilities to Federal, State, and local law enforcement partners as part of its strategic operational planning duties to lead departments or agencies, as appropriate, for mass violence prevention that are consistent with applicable law and that support strategic operational plans for mass violence prevention.
To ensure that Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, have access to and receive all-source intelligence support needed to execute plans to prevent mass violence or perform independent, alternative analysis on threats of mass violence, or for other purposes, as appropriate. To serve as the central and shared knowledge bank on known and suspected perpetrators of mass violence, as well as the perpetrator’s goals, strategies, capabilities, and networks of contacts and support.
The Director shall— provide strategic operational plans for mass violence prevention efforts of the United States Government and for the effective integration of mass violence intelligence and operations across agency boundaries; advise the Attorney General on the extent to which the mass violence prevention program recommendations and budget proposals of the departments, agencies, and elements of the United States Government conform to the priorities established by the President. disseminate mass violence threat information, including a current mass violence threat analysis, to the President, the Vice President, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other officials of the executive branch as appropriate, and to the appropriate committees of Congress; support the Department of Justice, and other appropriate agencies, in fulfillment of their responsibilities to disseminate mass violence threat information, consistent with applicable law, Executive orders, and other Presidential guidance to State and local government officials, and other entities, and coordinate dissemination of mass violence threat information to State and local law enforcement agencies as approved by the Attorney General; consistent with priorities approved by the President, establish requirements for the intelligence community for the collection of mass violence threat information; and perform such other duties as the Attorney General may prescribe or are prescribed by law.
The Attorney General shall resolve disagreements between the Mass Violence Prevention Center and the head of a department, agency, or element of the United States Government on designations, assignments, plans, or responsibilities under this section. The head of such a department, agency, or element may appeal the resolution of the disagreement by the Attorney General to the President. .
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