designed to improve the performance 
of the Department and its agencies 
with respect to each of the activities 
listed in subparagraphs (A) through 
(H). 
(4) SEPARATE DISPLAYS FOR MANDATORY 
AND DISCRETIONARY AMOUNTS.—Each anal-
ysis under paragraph (1) shall include 
separate displays for proposed manda-
tory appropriations and proposed discre-
tionary appropriations. 
SEC. 202. CONSOLIDATED BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a single process for conducting the se-
curity screening and background checks on 
individuals participating in any voluntary or 
mandatory departmental credentialing or 
registered traveler program. 
(b) INCLUDED PROGRAMS.—The process es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall be suffi-
cient to meet the security requirements of all 
applicable Departmental programs, includ-
ing— 
(1) the Transportation Worker Identi-
fication Credential;
(2) the Hazmat Endorsement Creden-
tial; 
(3) the Free and Secure Trade pro-
gram; 
(4) the NEXUS and SENTRI border 
crossing programs; 
(5) the Registered Traveler program 
of the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration; and 
(6) any other similar program or cre-
dential considered appropriate for inclu-
sion by the Secretary. 
(c) FEATURES OF PROCESS.—The process es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) A single submission of security 
screening 
information, 
including 
per-
sonal data and biometric information as 
appropriate, necessary to meet the secu-
rity requirements of all applicable de-
partmental programs. 
(2) An ability to submit such security 
screening information at any location or 
through any process approved by the
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Secretary with respect to any of the ap-
plicable departmental programs. 
(3) Acceptance by the Department of 
a security clearance issued by a Federal 
agency, to the extent that the security 
clearance process of the agency satisfies 
requirements that are at least as strin-
gent as those of the applicable depart-
mental programs under this section. 
(4) Standards and procedures for pro-
tecting 
individual 
privacy, 
confiden-
tiality, record retention, and addressing 
other concerns relating to information se-
curity. 
(d) DEADLINES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall— 
(1) submit a description of the proc-
ess developed under subsection (a) to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate by not 
later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and
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(2) begin implementing such process 
by not later than 12 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—(1) 
Nothing in this section affects any statutory 
requirement relating to the operation of the 
programs described in subsection (b). 
(2) Nothing in this section affects any stat-
utory requirement relating to title III of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Preven-
tion Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 435b et seq.). 
Subtitle B—Homeland Security In-
formation Sharing and Analysis 
Enhancement 
SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Home-
land Security Information Sharing and Anal-
ysis Enhancement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 212. PROVISION OF TERRORISM-RELATED INFORMA-
TION TO PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) To require, in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure
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Protection, the creation and routine dis-
semination of analytic reports and prod-
ucts designed to provide timely and accu-
rate information that has specific rel-
evance to each of the Nation’s critical in-
frastructure sectors (as identified in the 
national infrastructure protection plan 
issued under paragraph (5)), to private 
sector officials in each such sector who 
are responsible for protecting institu-
tions within that sector from potential 
acts of terrorism and for mitigating the 
potential consequences of any such act.’’. 
SEC. 213. ANALYTIC EXPERTISE ON THE THREATS FROM BI-
OLOGICAL AGENTS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(21) To ensure sufficient analytic ex-
pertise within the Office of Information 
Analysis to create and disseminate, on an 
ongoing basis, products based on the 
analysis of homeland security informa-
tion, as defined in section 892(f)(1), with 
specific reference to the threat of ter-
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rorism involving the use of nuclear weap-
ons and biological agents to inflict mass 
casualties or other catastrophic con-
sequences on the population or territory 
of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 214. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle A of title II of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 203. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
‘‘The Secretary shall establish a process 
and assign an individual or entity the respon-
sibility to ensure that, as appropriate, ele-
ments of the Department conduct alternative 
analysis (commonly referred to as ‘red-team 
analysis’) of homeland security information, 
as that term is defined in section 892(f)(1), 
that relates to potential acts of terrorism in-
volving the use of nuclear weapons or biologi-
cal agents to inflict mass casualties or other 
catastrophic consequences on the population 
or territory of the United States.’’.