Sec. 203. Domestic terrorism analytic unit
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Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 121 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: There is established within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department an analytic unit (in this section to be referred to as the analytic unit ) to serve as a focal point within the Department for intelligence and analysis of domestic terrorism threats. The analytic unit shall be— headed by a Director appointed by the Under Secretary; and composed of— not fewer than five full-time equivalent staff members; and any additional staff detailed from Federal agencies.
Each member of the analytic unit shall complete— annual training relating to intelligence, analysis, and information sharing practices (as such practices relate to open source information); annual privacy and civil liberties training that is developed, supported, or sponsored by the Privacy Officer of the Department appointed under section 222 and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department, in consultation with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board established under section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000ee ); and such other training prescribed by the Under Secretary.
The responsibilities of the analytic unit shall include: Producing— in classified and unclassified formats, and by integrating open source information in a manner consistent with the privacy and civil liberties training provided pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B), intelligence products relating to domestic terrorism threats. Disseminating such products and conducting briefings relating to such products for— Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and local agencies; State, local, and regional fusion centers; and private sector stakeholders, as appropriate.
Improving understanding within the Department and among the entities receiving disseminated products and briefings pursuant to paragraph
(2)with respect to— the degree to which threats identified in such products may have a nexus to foreign terrorist organizations, transnational criminal organizations, foreign countries, or other foreign non-state actors engaged in malign foreign influence campaigns; and trend analysis relating to— whether such threats are identified in the physical domain or cyberspace; and the degree to which such threats may impact or reinforce each other; and information relating to any relations between such threats and targeted violence. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section and biannually thereafter through 2026, the Under Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing relating to the implementation of this section. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter through 2026, the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report relating to the annual operation of the analytic unit. Each such report shall include the following: A summary of each product produced or disseminated pursuant to paragraphs
(1)or (2), respectively, of subsection (c). Information relating to each briefing pursuant to subsection (c)(2), including— the number of such briefings conducted; a summary of each such briefing; and the name of the entity specified in such subsection that received such a briefing. Information relating to personnel within the analytic unit, including— the number of full-time equivalent staff and personnel detailed from Federal agencies; any memoranda of understanding to facilitate the detailing of such personnel from other Federal agencies; and information relating to activities to attract and retain a diverse workforce within the analytic unit. Information relating to— the provision of training pursuant to subsection (b)(2); and activities carried out pursuant to subsection (c)(3). Not later than one year after the date on which the initial report required under subsection (e)(1) is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees and annually thereafter through 2026, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a review of the implementation of this section that includes an evaluation of such report for the corresponding year. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The term cyberspace means the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures, that includes the internet, telecommunications networks, computer systems, and embedded processors and controllers. The term domestic terrorism has the meaning given the term in section 2331(5) of title 18, United States Code. The term foreign terrorist organization means an organization designated pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). The term fusion center has the meaning given the term in section 210A(k)(1). The term information technology has the meaning given the term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code. The term malign foreign influence campaigns means the coordinated application of state diplomatic, informational, military, economic, business, corruption, educational, or other capability by foreign state actors or foreign non-state actors to the United States to affect elections in the United States. The term personally identifiable information means any information about an individual elicited, collected, stored, or maintained by an agency, including the following: Any information that can be used to distinguish or trace the identity of an individual, such as a name, a social security number, a date and place of birth, a mother’s maiden name, or biometric records. Any other information that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical, educational, financial, or employment information. The term targeted violence means any incident of violence in which an attacker selected a particular target in order to inflict mass injury or death without a clearly discernible political or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or death. The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department. . Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section may be construed to— confer any additional authority, including law enforcement and surveillance authority, beyond that which is authorized under existing law to the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis; or abrogate, diminish, or weaken the provisions of any Federal or State law that prevents or protects against the unauthorized collection or release of personal records or personally identifiable information (as such term is defined in section 211(f)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this section). The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 210G the following new item: Sec. 211. Analytic unit to develop intelligence products relating to domestic terrorism. .
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