Sec. 215. Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative
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Section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ) is amended— by amending the section heading to read as follows: ; in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: Beginning on the date of enactment of the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act, such Initiative shall be known as the ; Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative . by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: Through the Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative, in coordination with principal officials of fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers and the officers designated as the Homeland Security Advisors of the States, the Secretary shall— coordinate with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to provide operational, analytic, and reporting intelligence advice and assistance to the National Network of Fusion Centers and to align homeland security intelligence activities with other field-based intelligence activities; support the integration of fusion centers into the information sharing environment, including by— providing for the effective dissemination of information within the scope of the information sharing environment to the National Network of Fusion Centers; conducting outreach to such fusion centers to identify any gaps in information sharing; consulting with other Federal agencies to develop methods to— address any such gaps identified under subparagraph (B), as appropriate; and deploy or access such databases and datasets, as appropriate; and review information that is gathered by the National Network of Fusion Centers to identify that which is within the scope of the information sharing environment, including homeland security information (as defined in section 892), terrorism information, and weapons of mass destruction information and incorporate such information, as appropriate, into the Department’s own such information; facilitate close communication and coordination between the National Network of Fusion Centers and the Department and other Federal departments and agencies; facilitate information sharing and expertise from the national cybersecurity and communications integration center under section 2209 to the National Network of Fusion Centers; coordinate the provision of training and technical assistance, including training on the use of Federal databases and datasets described in paragraph (2), to the National Network of Fusion Centers and encourage participating fusion centers to take part in terrorism threat-related exercises conducted by the Department; ensure the dissemination of cyber threat indicators and information about cybersecurity risks and incidents to the national Network of Fusion Centers; ensure that each fusion center in the National Network of Fusion Centers has a privacy policy approved by the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department and a civil rights and civil liberties policy approved by the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department; develop and disseminate best practices on the appropriate levels for staffing at fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers of qualified representatives from State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and emergency management services, and public health disciplines, as well as the private sector; to the maximum extent practicable, provide guidance, training, and technical assistance to ensure fusion centers operate in accordance with and in a manner that protects privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties afforded by the Constitution of the United States; to the maximum extent practicable, provide guidance, training, and technical assistance to ensure fusion centers are appropriately aligned with and able to meaningfully support Federal homeland security, national security, and law enforcement efforts, including counterterrorism; encourage the full participation of the National Network of Fusion Centers in all assessment and evaluation efforts conducted by the Department; track all Federal funding provided to each fusion center on an individualized basis as well as by funding source; ensure that none of the departmental information or data provided or otherwise made available to fusion center personnel is improperly disseminated, accessed for unauthorized purposes, or otherwise used in a manner inconsistent with Department guidance; and carry out such other duties as the Secretary determines appropriate. ; in subsection (c)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Personnel Assignment ; Resource Allocation by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following: The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall ensure that, as appropriate— fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers have access to homeland security information sharing systems; and Department personnel are deployed to support fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers in a manner consistent with the mission of the Department. Department personnel referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) may include the following: Intelligence officers. Intelligence analysts. Other liaisons from components and offices of the Department, as appropriate. Information shared and personnel assigned pursuant to paragraph
(1)may be shared or provided, as the case may be, by the following Department components and offices, in coordination with the respective component or office head and in consultation with the principal officials of fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers: The Office of Intelligence and Analysis. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The Transportation Security Administration. U.S. Customs and Border Protection. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Coast Guard. The national cybersecurity and communications integration center under section 2209. Other components or offices of the Department, as determined by the Secretary. ; in paragraph (3)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Qualifying criteria ; and Resource allocation criteria by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall make available criteria for sharing information and deploying personnel to support a fusion center in the National Network of Fusion Centers in a manner consistent with the Department’s mission and existing statutory limits. ; and in paragraph (4)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting in which such fusion center is located after region ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: assist, in coordination with the national cybersecurity and communications integration center under section 2209, fusion centers in using information relating to cybersecurity risks to develop a comprehensive and accurate threat picture; ; in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— by striking government and inserting governments ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: use Department information, including information held by components and offices, to develop analysis focused on the mission of the Department under section 101(b). ; in subsection (e)— by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: To the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall make it a priority to allocate resources, including departmental component personnel with relevant expertise, to support the efforts of fusion centers along land or maritime borders of the United States to facilitate law enforcement agency identification, investigation, and interdiction of persons, weapons, and related contraband that pose a threat to homeland security. ; and in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking participating State, local, and regional fusion centers and inserting fusion centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers ; in subsection (j)— by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (7); by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(4)as paragraphs
(2)through (5), respectively; by inserting before paragraph
(2)the following: the term cybersecurity risk has the meaning given such term in section 2209; ; in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; and by inserting after such paragraph
(5)the following new paragraph: the term National Network of Fusion Centers means a decentralized arrangement of fusion centers intended to enhance individual State and urban area fusion centers’ ability to leverage the capabilities and expertise of all fusion centers for the purpose of enhancing analysis and homeland security information sharing nationally; and ; and by striking subsection (k). Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through 2024, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on the value of fusion center intelligence products and the expenditure of authorized funds for the support and coordination of the National Network of Fusion Centers as specified in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 124h ), as amended by subsection (a). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress on the Federal databases and datasets that address any gaps identified pursuant to section 210A(b)(2)(B) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a), including databases and datasets used, operated, or managed by Department components, the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of the Treasury, that are appropriate, in accordance with Federal laws and policies, for inclusion in the information sharing environment. Section 2103(c)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 623(c)(1) ) is amended by striking 210A(j)(1) and inserting 210A(j) . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by striking the item relating to section 210A and inserting the following: Sec. 210A. Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative. . Any reference in any law, rule, or regulation to the Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative shall be deemed to be a reference to the Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center Partnership Initiative.
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