Sec. 908. Report on open-source science and technology intelligence collection and analysis within the intelligence community
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, and publish on the internet website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a report assessing the past and present efforts by the United States Government to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. The report under paragraph
(1)shall include a description of each of the following: Current efforts by the intelligence community to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. Current efforts by the People’s Republic of China to collect, analyze, and exploit open-source science and technology intelligence. Historical funding and human resourcing trends with respect to efforts by the United States Government to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. The rationale for previous reductions by the United States Government in funding or staffing for efforts to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. Any lack of authorities or statutory limitations that impede efforts of the United States Government to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. The resources required for the United States Government to initiate new, or expand existing, operations to collect and analyze open-source science and technology intelligence. Recommendations for expanding operations by the United States Government to collect and analyze open-source science and technology, including an assessment of the feasibility of— establishing a funding program of record dedicated to open-source science and technology intelligence; co-locating open source-trained intelligence officers, intelligence officers with technical capabilities, and associated staff from different entities within and outside of the intelligence community; and training a dedicated open-source intelligence officer cadre composed of language experts and science and technology experts. The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but the report submitted to the congressional intelligence committees may include a classified annex. The Director of National Intelligence shall convene an interagency working group (in this section referred to as the working group ) to prepare the report under subsection
(a)and to provide the briefing under subsection (c). The working group shall be composed of representatives from the following: The Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The Central Intelligence Agency. The Defense Intelligence Agency. The Department of Defense. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The National Security Agency. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security. The Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Bureau for Intelligence and Research of the Department of State. The Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy. Any other component of the United States Government, regardless of whether the component is an element of the intelligence community, that the Director determines— collects open-source science and technology intelligence; and would materially assist in the activities of the working group. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the working group shall provide to the congressional intelligence committees a briefing on the initial findings of the working group under subsection (a). In this section, the term open-source science and technology intelligence means information of intelligence value regarding scientific and technological developments that appears in print or electronic form, including radio, television, newspapers, journals, the internet, commercial databases, videos, graphics, drawings, or any other publicly available source.