Sec. 606. Standardization of training on collection of publicly available information and commercially available information
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Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq. ), as amended by section 406 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the official designated under section 125(a)(1) to be responsible for subparagraph
(A)of such section, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall establish a training course on the collection of publicly available information and commercially available information for intelligence purposes. The head of each element of the intelligence community shall require all personnel of such element whose duties include collection of publicly available information or commercially available information for intelligence purposes to satisfactorily complete the training course established under subsection (a). The head of each such element shall require the completion of such course— with respect to personnel of such element who are serving as such personnel on the date on which such training course is established, not later than 180 days after such date; and with respect to individuals who begin service as personnel of such element after the date on which such training course is established, not later than 90 days after beginning such service. Subject to subsection (c), completion of the training course established under subsection
(a)while serving in any element of the intelligence community shall satisfy the requirement under paragraph
(1)with respect to service in any other element of the intelligence community or in the same element of the intelligence community after a break in service. The head of each element of the intelligence community may require personnel of such element to complete training in collection or analysis of open-source intelligence that is in addition to the training course required under subsection
(a)as the head of such element considers appropriate to support the mission of such element, including requiring recurring completion of such training course. In this section, the terms commercially available information , open-source intelligence , and publicly available information have the meaning given those terms in section 601 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. .
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Sec. 606
Standardization of training on collection of publicly available information and commercially available information
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