Pub. L. 117-103, div. X, tit. IV, subtit. B, sec. 415

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNITS AT NON-INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.

EnactedYear: 2022Length: 407 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 415. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNITS AT NON-INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.(a) Establishment.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall establish counterintelligence units in the departments and agencies described in subsection (b). Such units shall be composed of officers of the Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (b) Departments and Agencies Described.—The departments and agencies described in this subsection are the following departments and agencies of the United States Government:(1) The Department of Agriculture. (2) Any other department or agency that the Director, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, determines appropriate. (c) Duties.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that each counterintelligence unit established under subsection (a) in a department or agency described in subsection (b) carries out the following duties:(1) Conducts assessments, in coordination with the leadership of the department or agency, to determine the counterintelligence posture of the department or agency, including any components thereof. (2) Informs and consults with the leadership of the department or agency, including any components thereof, and provides 136 STAT. 979 recommendations with respect to any counterintelligence threats identified by the intelligence community. (3) Provides such administrative and technical support as is necessary to develop, in coordination with the leadership of the department or agency, a plan to eliminate or reduce the threats described in paragraph (2). (4) Serves as the primary point of contact for the department or agency with respect to counterintelligence for the intelligence community. (d) Intelligence Community Support.—The heads of the elements of the intelligence community shall ensure that relevant counterintelligence information is provided to counterintelligence units established under subsection (a) in a manner that is consistent with the need to protect sources and methods. (e) Report.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of such other departments and agencies of the Federal Government as the Director determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing options for the intelligence community to improve intelligence support to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Commerce. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—(1) the congressional intelligence committees; and (2) the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Pub. L. 117-103, div. X, tit. IV, subtit. B, sec. 415: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE UNITS AT NON-INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. | Justis AI