§ 3059. Foreign Malign Influence Center
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(a)Establishment There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence a Foreign Malign Influence Center (in this section referred to as the “Center”).
(b)Functions and composition The Center shall—
(1)be comprised of analysts from all elements of the intelligence community, including elements with diplomatic and law enforcement functions;
(2)have access to all intelligence and other reporting possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to foreign malign influence;
(3)serve as the primary organization in the United States Government for analyzing and integrating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the United States Government pertaining to foreign malign influence; and
(4)provide to employees and officers of the Federal Government in policy-making positions and Congress comprehensive assessments, and indications and warnings, of foreign malign influence.
(c)Director
(1)Appointment There is a Director of the Center, who shall be the head of the Center, and who shall be appointed by the Director of National Intelligence.
(2)Role The Director of the Center shall—
(A)report directly to the Director of National Intelligence;
(B)carry out the functions under subsection (b); and
(C)at the request of the President or the Director of National Intelligence, develop and provide recommendations for potential responses by the United States to foreign malign influence.
(d)Annual reports
(1)In general In addition to the matters submitted pursuant to subsection (b)(4), at the direction of the Director of National Intelligence, but not less than once each year, the Director of the Center shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on foreign malign influence.
(2)Matters included Each report under paragraph
(1)shall include, with respect to the period covered by the report, a discussion of the following:
(A)The most significant activities of the Center.
(B)Any recommendations the Director determines necessary for legislative or other actions to improve the ability of the Center to carry out its functions, including recommendations regarding the protection of privacy and civil liberties.
(e)Termination After December 31, 2028, the Director of National Intelligence may terminate the Center, but only if the Director of National Intelligence submits to the congressional intelligence committees, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a determination that the termination of the Center is appropriate, which includes—
(1)a detailed description that other offices or entities within the intelligence community—
(A)have the capabilities to perform the functions of the Center; and
(B)will exercise the functions of the Center upon the termination of the Center; and
(2)a detailed description of—
(A)the actions the Director of National Intelligence will take to conduct an orderly wind-down of the activities of the Center; and
(B)the proposed timeline for such actions.
(f)Definitions In this section:
(1)Covered foreign country The term “covered foreign country” means the following:
(A)The Russian Federation.
(B)The Islamic Republic of Iran.
(C)The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
(D)The People’s Republic of China.
(E)Any other foreign country that the Director of the Center determines appropriate for purposes of this section.
(2)Foreign malign influence The term “foreign malign influence” means any hostile effort undertaken by, at the direction of, or on behalf of or with the substantial support of, the government of a covered foreign country with the objective of influencing, through overt or covert means—
(A)the political, military, economic, or other policies or activities of the United States Government or State or local governments, including any election within the United States; or
(B)the public opinion within the United States.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title I, § 119C, as added Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LIII, § 5322(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2129; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6307(a)(1), (b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3504, 3505.)
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public-private-law
- Public Law 116-283William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- Public Law 116-92National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- Public Law 117-263James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- Public Law 117-328Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
- Public Law 117-81National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
U.S. Code
statute-compilations
- Sec. 119CFOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CENTER
- Sec. 9301REQUIREMENT FOR FACILITATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DATA AND THREAT ANALYSIS CENTER
- Sec. 499AADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY–HEALTH
- Sec. 549NCOMBATING FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE
- Sec. 6307MODIFICATIONS TO FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE RESPONSE CENTER
- Sec. 5323COOPERATIVE ACTIONS TO DETECT AND COUNTER FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS
- Sec. 589ETRAINING PROGRAM REGARDING FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS
- Sec. 499AADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY–HEALTH
- Sec. 5322FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE RESPONSE CENTER
statutes-at-large
- Public Law 117–263To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–283To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–328Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–92To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–81To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
bill
- Sec. 589ETraining program regarding foreign malign influence campaigns
- Sec. 9301Requirement for facilitation of establishment of social media data and threat analysis center
- Sec. 1Prohibiting appointment of interns who are citizens of countries exerting malign foreign influences
- Sec. 161Findings on Chinese information warfare and malign influence operations
- Sec. 133Findings on Chinese information warfare and malign influence operations
- Sec. 133Findings on Chinese information warfare and malign influence operations
- Sec. 3133Findings on Chinese information warfare and malign influence operations
- Sec. 549NCombating foreign malign influence
- Sec. 549NCombating foreign malign influence
- Sec. 574Combating foreign malign influence
- Sec. 3Definitions
- Sec. 2331Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health
- Sec. 2331Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health
- Sec. 3133Findings on Chinese information warfare and malign influence operations
- Sec. 6307Modifications to Foreign Malign Influence Response Center
- Sec. 6307Modifications to Foreign Malign Influence Response Center
- Sec. 405Annual briefing on intelligence community efforts to identify and mitigate Chinese Communist Party and Russian foreign malign influence operations against the United States
- Sec. 6Reports
- Sec. 3Definitions
- Sec. 515Strategy for submittal of notice by private persons to Federal agencies regarding certain risks and threats relating to artificial intelligence
- Sec. 405Annual briefing on intelligence community efforts to identify and mitigate Chinese Communist Party and Russian foreign malign influence operations against the United States
- Sec. 405Annual briefing on intelligence community efforts to identify and mitigate Chinese Communist Party and Russian foreign malign influence operations against the United States
- Sec. 6Reports
- Sec. 237Reports
- Sec. 504National security procedures to address certain risks and threats relating to artificial intelligence
- Sec. 6Reports
- Sec. 905Repeal of outdated or unnecessary reporting requirements
- Sec. 2Definitions
- Sec. 10Repeal of various positions, units, centers, councils, and offices
- Sec. 6Reports
- Sec. 2Intelligence community assessment on foreign malign influence activities undertaken outside the United States by the Chinese Communist Party
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- July 26, 1947, ch. 343
- 133 Stat. 2129
- 136 Stat. 3504
- 136 Stat. 3505
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