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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6329 

To increase the availability of open-source intelligence products in the Federal 

Government, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. GALLAGHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

A BILL 

To increase the availability of open-source intelligence 

products in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Open Source Intel5 ligence Availability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO MAKE OPEN-SOURCE 

7 INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO 

8 CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

9 (a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 


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1 of National Intelligence, in consultation with such heads 

2 of the elements of the intelligence community as the Direc3 tor considers appropriate, shall develop and submit to the 

4 congressional intelligence committees a plan to make avail5 able to covered individuals any covered open-source intel6 ligence product. 

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 

8 (a) shall include the following: 

9 (1) Policies and procedures to make available to 

10 covered individuals any covered open-source intel11 ligence product in a manner consistent with the pro12 tection of intelligence sources and methods. 

13 (2) Policies and procedures to increase the 

14 availability and accessibility to covered individuals of 

15 publicly available foreign language material that is 

16 translated by or within the intelligence community. 

17 (3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the 

18 head of each element of the intelligence community 

19 that produces any covered open-source intelligence 

20 product complies with all policies and procedures 

21 issued to implement the plan submitted under sub22 section (a). 

23 (4) Policies and procedures to ensure that any 

24 covered open-source intelligence product that is 

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1 quirements under any policy, procedure, or standard 

2 issued by the head of an element of the intelligence 

3 community relating to the production and dissemina4 tion of intelligence products. 

5 (5) Any obstacles to making available to cov6 ered individuals unclassified products derived from 

7 open-source intelligence produced by the intelligence 

8 community, including translated foreign language 

9 material described in paragraph (2). 

10 (6) With respect to implementation of the plan, 

11 a discussion of the estimated timeline, any additional 

12 funding or other resources, and any new authorities 

13 that would be required for such implementation. 

14 (7) A discussion of the feasibility and advis15 ability of making unclassified products derived from 

16 open-source intelligence produced by the intelligence 

17 community available to State and local government 

18 officials who would derive value from such unclassi19 fied products. 

20 (c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (a) 

21 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

22 a classified annex. 

23 (d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE WITH

24 RESPECT TO OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE.—Not later 

25 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 


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1 the Director of National Intelligence shall update Intel2 ligence Community Directive 208, Maximizing the Utility 

3 of Analytic Products (or any successor directive) to spe4 cifically address— 

5 (1) the production and dissemination of unclas6 sified intelligence products derived entirely from 

7 open-source intelligence, including from unclassified 

8 publicly available information, unclassified commer9 cially available information, or any other type of un10 classified information; and 

11 (2) the needs and requirements of covered indi12 viduals who do not hold a security clearance or have 

13 access to the classified systems on which such un14 classified intelligence products reside. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 

17 individual’’ means an employee of the Federal Gov18 ernment— 

19 (A) who is not an employee or contractor 

20 of an element of the intelligence community; 

21 and 

22 (B) who would derive value from a covered 

23 open-source intelligence product. 

24 (2) COVERED OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE

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1 ligence product’’ means an unclassified product de2 rived from open-source intelligence that is produced 

3 by the intelligence community. 

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