Sec. 6509. ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MANIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECTS

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## SEC. 6509 ENHANCING PUBLIC-PRIVATE SHARING ON MANIPULATIVE ADVERSARY PRACTICES IN CRITICAL MINERAL PROJECTS ###

(a)Strategy Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall, in consultation with the heads of such Federal agencies as the Director considers appropriate, develop a strategy to improve the sharing between the Federal Government and private entities of information and intelligence to mitigate the threat that foreign adversary illicit activities and tactics pose to United States persons in foreign jurisdictions on projects relating to energy generation and storage, including with respect to critical minerals inputs. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall cover— ####

(1)how best to assemble and transmit information to United States persons— #####

(A)to protect against foreign adversary illicit tactics and activities relating to critical mineral projects abroad, including foreign adversary efforts to undermine such United States projects abroad; #####

(B)to mitigate the risk that foreign adversary government involvement in the ownership and control of entities engaging in deceptive or illicit activities targeting critical mineral supply chains pose to the interests of the United States; and #####

(C)to inform on economic espionage and other threats from foreign adversaries to the rights of owners of intellectual property, including owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and other sensitive information, with respect to such property; and ####

(2)how best to receive information from United States persons on threats to United States interests in the critical mineral supply chains, resources, mines, and products, or other suspicious malicious activity. ###

(c)Implementation Plan Required ####

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

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

(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)In general Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Director completes developing the strategy pursuant to subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, or provide such committees a briefing on, a plan for implementing the strategy, which shall include a description of risks, benefits, opportunities, and drawbacks. # TITLE LXVI SECURITY CLEARANCES AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENTS ## Subtitle A Security Clearances and Controlled Access Program Improvements