ENHANCING PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

SEC. 606. ENHANCING PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. (a) Authorization for Increased Resources To Fulfill National Security Mission of the Department of Justice.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice for the activities of the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review to help meet the increased personnel demands to combat terrorism, process applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, participate effectively in counter-espionage investigations, provide policy analysis on national security issues, and enhance secure computer and telecommunications facilities— (1) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; (2) $7,500,000 for fiscal year 2002; and (3) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2003. (b) Availability of Funds.—(1) No funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Attorney General submits the report required by paragraph (2) for the year involved. (2)(A) The Attorney General shall submit to the committees of Congress specified in subparagraph (B) an annual report on the manner in which the funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review will be used by that Office— (i) to improve and strengthen its oversight of Federal Bureau of Investigation field offices in the implementation of orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and (ii) to streamline and increase the efficiency of the application process under that Act. (B) The committees of Congress referred to in this subparagraph are the following: (i) The Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (ii) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. (3) In addition to the report required by paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall also submit to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report that addresses the issues identified in the semiannual report of the Attorney General to such committees under section 108(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1808(a)) that was submitted in April 2000, including any corrective actions with regard to such issues. The report under this paragraph shall be submitted in classified form. (4) Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a), in any fiscal year, shall remain available until expended. (c) Report on Coordinating National Security and Intelligence Functions Within the Department of Justice.—The Attorney General shall report to the committees of Congress specified in subsection (b)(2)(B) within 120 days on actions that have been or will be taken by the Department to— (1) promote quick and efficient responses to national security issues; (2) centralize a point-of-contact within the Department on national security matters for external entities and agencies; and (3) coordinate the dissemination of intelligence information within the appropriate components of the Department and the formulation of policy on national security issues.