Sec. 1655. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER
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## SEC. 1655 ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER **[**[10 U.S.C. 491 note](/us/usc/t10/s491)**]** ###
(a)Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly establish an intelligence fusion center to effectively integrate and unify the protection of nuclear command, control, and communications programs, systems, and processes and continuity of government programs, systems, and processes. ###
(b)Charter In establishing the fusion center under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director shall develop a charter for the fusion center that includes the following: ####
(1)To carry out the duties of the fusion center, a description of— #####
(A)the roles and responsibilities of officials and elements of the Federal Government, including a detailed description of the organizational relationships of such officials and the elements of the Federal Government that are key stakeholders; #####
(B)the organization reporting chain of the fusion center; #####
(C)the staffing of the fusion center; #####
(D)the processes of the fusion center; and #####
(E)how the fusion center integrates with other elements of the Federal Government. ####
(2)The management and administration processes required to carry out the fusion center, including with respect to facilities and security authorities. ####
(3)Procedures to ensure that the appropriate number of staff of the fusion center have the security clearance necessary to access information on the programs, systems, and processes that relate, either wholly or substantially, to nuclear command, control, and communications or continuity of government, including with respect to both the programs, systems, and processes that are designated as special access programs (as described in section 4.3 of Executive Order 13526 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) or any successor Executive order) and the programs, systems, and processes that contain sensitive compartmented information. ###
(c)Coordination In establishing the fusion center under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director shall coordinate with the elements of the Federal Government that the Secretary and Director determine appropriate. ###
(d)Reports ####
(1)Initial report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing— #####
(A)the charter for the fusion center developed under subsection (b); and #####
(B)a plan on the budget and staffing of the fusion center. ####
(2)Annual reports At the same time as the President submits to Congress the annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary and the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the fusion center, including, with respect to the period covered by the report— #####
(A)any updates to the plan on the budget and staffing of the fusion center; #####
(B)any updates to the charter developed under subsection (b); and #####
(C)a summary of the activities and accomplishments of the fusion center. ####
(3)Sunset No report is required under this subsection after December 31, 2021. ###
(e)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####
(2)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER
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