REPORT ON FUTURE STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CENTER.

SEC. 815. REPORT ON FUTURE STRUCTURE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FOREIGN MALIGN INFLUENCE CENTER. (a) Assessment and Report Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall— (1) conduct an assessment as to the future structure, responsibilities, and organizational placement of the Foreign Malign Influence Center; and (2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the findings of the Director with respect to the assessment conducted under paragraph (1). (b) Elements.—The assessment conducted under subsection (a)(1) shall include— (1) an assessment of whether the statutory functions of the Foreign Malign Influence Center are optimized to the needs of the intelligence community and policymakers; (2) a description of potential changes to the statutory functions of the Foreign Malign Influence Center that might further advance the counter-foreign malign influence mission of the Center and the intelligence community, including whether the Director of the Foreign Malign Influence Center should continue to report directly to the Director of National Intelligence and whether the Foreign Malign Influence Center should remain a separate, stand-alone center; and (3) an assessment of the risks, benefits, and feasibility of predominantly staffing the Foreign Malign Influence Center with detailees from other agencies, including from outside the intelligence community.