Sec. 6403. INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON SYNTHETIC OPIOID PRECURSOR CHEMICALS ORIGINATING IN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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## SEC. 6403 INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON SYNTHETIC OPIOID PRECURSOR CHEMICALS ORIGINATING IN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ###

(a)Strategy Required The Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the heads of such other departments and agencies as the Director considers appropriate, develop a strategy to ensure robust intelligence sharing relating to the illicit trafficking and diversion of synthetic opioid chemicals, including precursor and pre-precusor chemicals, from the People’s Republic of China and other source countries. ###

(b)Elements The strategy developed pursuant to subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of existing intelligence sharing between the intelligence community, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, any other relevant Federal agencies, including any mechanisms that allow appropriate Federal Government employees with and without security clearances to share and receive information and any gaps identified. ####

(2)A plan to ensure robust intelligence sharing, including by addressing gaps identified pursuant to paragraph

(1)and identifying additional capabilities and resources needed; ####

(3)A detailed description of the measures used to ensure the protection of civil rights, civil liberties, and privacy rights in carrying out this strategy. ###

(c)Briefing Required ####

(1)Appropriate committees of congress In this subsection, the term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####

(A)the congressional intelligence committees; #####

(B)the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)In general Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, with inputs from such other departments and agencies as the Director considers appropriate, provide the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the strategy under development pursuant to subsection (a).