Sec. 354. REPORT ON MODIFICATIONS OF POLICY AND LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO FACILITATE SHARING OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES
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## SEC. 354 REPORT ON MODIFICATIONS OF POLICY AND LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO FACILITATE SHARING OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES ###
(a)Report Not later than four months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that— ####
(1)identifies impediments in current policy and regulations to the sharing of classified information horizontally across and among Federal departments and agencies, and vertically between the Federal Government and agencies of State and local governments and the private sector, for national security purposes, including homeland security; and ####
(2)proposes appropriate modifications of policy, law, and regulations to eliminate such impediments in order to facilitate such sharing of classified information for national security purposes, including homeland security. ###
(b)Considerations In preparing the report under subsection (a), the President shall— ####
(1)consider the extent to which the reliance on a document-based approach to the protection of classified information impedes the sharing of classified information; and ####
(2)consider the extent to which the utilization of a database-based approach, or other electronic approach, to the protection of classified information might facilitate the sharing of classified information. ###
(c)Coordination With Other Information Sharing Activities In preparing the report under subsection (a), the President shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take into account actions being undertaken under the Homeland Security Information Sharing Act (subtitle I of title VIII of Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2252; 6 U.S.C. 481 et seq.). ###
(d)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In this section, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— ####
(1)the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Armed Services, Governmental Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Select Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
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- Pub. L. 107-296
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Sec. 354
REPORT ON MODIFICATIONS OF POLICY AND LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO FACILITATE SHARING OF INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PURPOSES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107-296
Stat.116 Stat. 2252
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