Sec. 4. Initiatives to protect academic research from foreign threats
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Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the National Commission on Academic Research Protection, shall establish an unclassified online clearinghouse to consolidate and make publicly available— open source intelligence relating to foreign threats to institutions of higher education or the faculty thereof, academic researchers, and academic scholars; and guidance and other publications regarding the foreign threats described in subparagraph
(A)that are issued by Federal agencies. Intelligence routinely classified or restricted above the level of controlled unclassified information may not be made available through the clearinghouse described in paragraph (1). Beginning not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, and in consultation with the National Commission on Academic Research Protection and the Export Enforcement Coordination Center, shall— develop, issue, and regularly update export control guidance for institutions of higher education on compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, including guidance, support documentation, and training materials encouraging and assisting such institutions to perform periodic internal assessments of the risk of not complying with such regulations; and at least annually, conduct outreach activities exclusively for the academic community that promote understanding and compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations. Beginning not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the National Commission on Academic Research Protection and the Export Enforcement Coordination Center, shall— develop, issue, and regularly update export control guidance for institutions of higher education on compliance with the Export Administration Regulations, including guidance, support documentation, and training materials encouraging and assisting such institutions to perform periodic internal assessments of the risk of not complying with such regulations; and at least annually, conduct outreach activities exclusively for the academic community that promote understanding and compliance with the Export Administration Regulations. Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the National Commission on Academic Research Protection, shall develop and implement in the headquarters and all of the field offices of the Bureau an outreach strategy to inform institutions of higher education about the availability of information on threats against such institutions, including information about threats to federally funded research and development carried out by such institutions. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall issue, and make publicly available on a website, a report on the outreach strategy described in paragraph (1).