TITLE IX--IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE

SEC. 901. RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE REGARDING 
            FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTED UNDER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE 
            SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978.

    Section 103(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-
3(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 
        (7) and (8), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph (6):
            ``(6) establish requirements and priorities for foreign 
        intelligence information to be collected under the Foreign 
        Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 
        and provide assistance to the Attorney General to ensure that 
        information derived from electronic surveillance or physical 
        searches under that Act is disseminated so it may be used 
        efficiently and effectively for foreign intelligence purposes, 
        except that the Director shall have no authority to direct, 
        manage, or undertake electronic surveillance or physical search 
        operations pursuant to that Act unless otherwise authorized by 
        statute or Executive order;''.

SEC. 902. INCLUSION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES WITHIN SCOPE 
            OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE UNDER NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.

    Section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``, or international terrorist activities''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and activities 
        conducted'' and inserting ``, and activities conducted,''.

SEC. 903. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF 
            INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIPS TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION ON 
            TERRORISTS AND TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    It is the sense of Congress that officers and employees of the 
intelligence community of the Federal Government, acting within the 
course of their official duties, should be encouraged, and should make 
every effort, to establish and maintain intelligence relationships with 
any person, entity, or group for the purpose of engaging in lawful 
intelligence activities, including the acquisition of information on the 
identity, location, finances, affiliations, capabilities, plans, or 
intentions of a terrorist or terrorist organization, or information on 
any other person, entity, or group (including a foreign government) 
engaged in harboring, comforting, financing, aiding, or assisting a 
terrorist or terrorist organization.

SEC. 904. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO DEFER SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF REPORTS 
            ON INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED MATTERS.

    (a) Authority To Defer.--The Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, 
and Director of Central Intelligence each may, during the effective 
period of this section, defer the date of submittal

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to Congress of any covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of 
such official until February 1, 2002.
    (b) Covered Intelligence Report.--Except as provided in subsection 
(c), for purposes of subsection (a), a covered intelligence report is as 
follows:
            (1) Any report on intelligence or intelligence-related 
        activities of the United States Government that is required to 
        be submitted to Congress by an element of the intelligence 
        community during the effective period of this section.
            (2) Any report or other matter that is required to be 
        submitted to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
        and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives by the Department of Defense or the Department 
        of Justice during the effective period of this section.

    (c) Exception for Certain Reports.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
any report required by section 502 or 503 of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413a, 413b) is not a covered intelligence report.
    (d) Notice to Congress.--Upon deferring the date of submittal to 
Congress of a covered intelligence report under subsection (a), the 
official deferring the date of submittal of the covered intelligence 
report shall submit to Congress notice of the deferral. Notice of 
deferral of a report shall specify the provision of law, if any, under 
which the report would otherwise be submitted to Congress.
    (e) Extension <> of Deferral.--(1) Each 
official specified in subsection (a) may defer the date of submittal to 
Congress of a covered intelligence report under the jurisdiction of such 
official to a date after February 1, 2002, if such official submits to 
the committees of Congress specified in subsection (b)(2) before 
February 1, 2002, a certification that preparation and submittal of the 
covered intelligence report on February 1, 2002, will impede the work of 
officers or employees who are engaged in counterterrorism activities.

    (2) A certification under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered 
intelligence report shall specify the date on which the covered 
intelligence report will be submitted to Congress.
    (f) Effective Period.--The effective period of this section is the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
February 1, 2002.
    (g) Element of the Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``element of the intelligence community'' means any element of 
the intelligence community specified or designated under section 3(4) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).

SEC. 905. DISCLOSURE TO DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE OF FOREIGN 
            INTELLIGENCE-RELATED INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO CRIMINAL 
            INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating <> subsection 105B as section 105C; and
            (2) by inserting after section 105A the following new 
        section 105B:

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       ``disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal 
      investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign 
                          intelligence sources

    ``Sec. <> 105B. (a) Disclosure of Foreign 
Intelligence.--(1) Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to 
paragraph (2), the Attorney General, or the head of any other department 
or agency of the Federal Government with law enforcement 
responsibilities, shall expeditiously disclose to the Director of 
Central Intelligence, pursuant to guidelines developed by the Attorney 
General in consultation with the Director, foreign intelligence acquired 
by an element of the Department of Justice or an element of such 
department or agency, as the case may be, in the course of a criminal 
investigation.

    ``(2) The Attorney General by regulation and in consultation with 
the Director of Central Intelligence may provide for exceptions to the 
applicability of paragraph (1) for one or more classes of foreign 
intelligence, or foreign intelligence with respect to one or more 
targets or matters, if the Attorney General determines that disclosure 
of such foreign intelligence under that paragraph would jeopardize an 
ongoing law enforcement investigation or impair other significant law 
enforcement interests.
    ``(b) Procedures <> for Notice of Criminal 
Investigations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of 
Central Intelligence, shall develop guidelines to ensure that after 
receipt of a report from an element of the intelligence community of 
activity of a foreign intelligence source or potential foreign 
intelligence source that may warrant investigation as criminal activity, 
the Attorney General provides notice to the Director of Central 
Intelligence, within a reasonable period of time, of his intention to 
commence, or decline to commence, a criminal investigation of such 
activity.

    ``(c) Procedures.--The Attorney General shall develop procedures for 
the administration of this section, including the disclosure of foreign 
intelligence by elements of the Department of Justice, and elements of 
other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, under 
subsection (a) and the provision of notice with respect to criminal 
investigations under subsection (b).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in the first section 
of that Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 105B and 
inserting the following new items:

``Sec. 105B. Disclosure of foreign intelligence acquired in criminal 
           investigations; notice of criminal investigations of foreign 
           intelligence sources.
``Sec. 105C. Protection of the operational files of the National Imagery 
           and Mapping Agency.''.

SEC. 906. FOREIGN TERRORIST ASSET TRACKING CENTER.

    (a) Report <> on Reconfiguration.--Not later than 
February 1, 2002, the Attorney General, the Director of Central 
Intelligence, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly submit to 
Congress a report on the feasibility and desirability of reconfiguring 
the Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center and the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury in order to establish a 
capability to provide for the effective and efficient analysis and 
dissemination of foreign intelligence relating to the financial 
capabilities and resources of international terrorist organizations.

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    (b) Report Requirements.--(1) In preparing the report under 
subsection (a), the Attorney General, the Secretary, and the Director 
shall consider whether, and to what extent, the capacities and resources 
of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center of the Department of the 
Treasury may be integrated into the capability contemplated by the 
report.
    (2) If the Attorney General, Secretary, and the Director determine 
that it is feasible and desirable to undertake the reconfiguration 
described in subsection (a) in order to establish the capability 
described in that subsection, the Attorney General, the Secretary, and 
the Director shall include with the report under that subsection a 
detailed proposal for legislation to achieve the reconfiguration.

SEC. 907. NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER.

    (a) Report <> on Establishment.--(1) Not later than 
February 1, 2002, the Director of Central Intelligence shall, in 
consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
establishment and maintenance within the intelligence community of an 
element for purposes of providing timely and accurate translations of 
foreign intelligence for all other elements of the intelligence 
community. In the report, the element shall be referred to as the 
``National Virtual Translation Center''.

    (2) The report on the element described in paragraph (1) shall 
discuss the use of state-of-the-art communications technology, the 
integration of existing translation capabilities in the intelligence 
community, and the utilization of remote-connection capacities so as to 
minimize the need for a central physical facility for the element.
    (b) Resources.--The report on the element required by subsection (a) 
shall address the following:
            (1) The assignment to the element of a staff of individuals 
        possessing a broad range of linguistic and translation skills 
        appropriate for the purposes of the element.
            (2) The provision to the element of communications 
        capabilities and systems that are commensurate with the most 
        current and sophisticated communications capabilities and 
        systems available to other elements of intelligence community.
            (3) The assurance, to the maximum extent practicable, that 
        the communications capabilities and systems provided to the 
        element will be compatible with communications capabilities and 
        systems utilized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 
        securing timely and accurate translations of foreign language 
        materials for law enforcement investigations.
            (4) The development of a communications infrastructure to 
        ensure the efficient and secure use of the translation 
        capabilities of the element.

    (c) Secure Communications.--The report shall include a discussion of 
the creation of secure electronic communications between the element 
described by subsection (a) and the other elements of the intelligence 
community.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Foreign intelligence.--The term ``foreign intelligence'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 3(2) of the National 
        Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(2)).
            (2) Element of the intelligence community.--The term 
        ``element of the intelligence community'' means any element

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        of the intelligence community specified or designated under 
        section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        401a(4)).

SEC. 908. <> TRAINING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS 
            REGARDING IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

    (a) Program Required.--The Attorney General shall, in consultation 
with the Director of Central Intelligence, carry out a program to 
provide appropriate training to officials described in subsection (b) in 
order to assist such officials in--
            (1) identifying foreign intelligence information in the 
        course of their duties; and
            (2) utilizing foreign intelligence information in the course 
        of their duties, to the extent that the utilization of such 
        information is appropriate for such duties.

    (b) Officials.--The officials provided training under subsection (a) 
are, at the discretion of the Attorney General and the Director, the 
following:
            (1) Officials of the Federal Government who are not 
        ordinarily engaged in the collection, dissemination, and use of 
        foreign intelligence in the performance of their duties.
            (2) Officials of State and local governments who encounter, 
        or may encounter in the course of a terrorist event, foreign 
        intelligence in the performance of their duties.

    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for the Department of Justice such sums as may be 
necessary for purposes of carrying out the program required by 
subsection (a).

                         

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