Sec. 503. Enhancing capabilities to detect foreign adversary threats relating to biological data
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such Federal departments and agencies as the Director considers appropriate, take the following steps to standardize and enhance the capabilities of the intelligence community to detect foreign adversary threats relating to biological data: Prioritize the collection, analysis, and dissemination of information relating to foreign adversary use of biological data, particularly in ways that threaten or could threaten the national security of the United States.
Issue policy guidance within the intelligence community— to standardize the handling and processing of biological data, including with respect to protecting the civil liberties and privacy of United States persons; to standardize and enhance intelligence engagements with foreign allies and partners with respect to biological data; and to standardize the creation of metadata relating to biological data. Ensure coordination with such Federal departments and agencies and entities in the private sector as the Director considers appropriate to understand how foreign adversaries are accessing and using biological data stored within the United States.