consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General
and Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly issue.’’.
SEC. 708. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.
(a) 
DISSEMINATION
AUTHORIZED.—Section
203(d)(1) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001
(Public Law 107–56; 50 U.S.C. 403–5d) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘Consistent with the re-
sponsibility of the Director of Central Intelligence to pro-
tect intelligence sources and methods, and the responsi-
bility of the Attorney General to protect sensitive law en-
forcement information, it shall be lawful for information
revealing a threat of actual or potential attack or other
grave hostile acts of a foreign power or an agent of a for-
eign power, domestic or international sabotage, domestic
or international terrorism, or clandestine intelligence gath-
ering activities by an intelligence service or network of a
foreign power or by an agent of a foreign power, within
the United States or elsewhere, obtained as part of a
criminal investigation to be disclosed to any appropriate
Federal, State, local, or foreign government official for the
purpose of preventing or responding to such a threat. Any
official who receives information pursuant to this provision
may use that information only as necessary in the conduct
of that person’s official duties subject to any limitations
on the unauthorized disclosure of such information, and
any State, local, or foreign official who receives informa-
tion pursuant to this provision may use that information
only consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney Gen-
eral and Director of Central Intelligence shall jointly
issue.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 203(c) of
that Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 2517(6)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraphs (6) and (8) of section 2517 of title 18,
United States Code,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and (VI)’’ after ‘‘Rule
6(e)(3)(C)(i)(V)’’.
SEC. 709. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM AN ELECTRONIC
SURVEILLANCE.
Section 106(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘law enforcement officers’’ the following: ‘‘or law
enforcement personnel of a State or political subdivision
of a State (including the chief executive officer of that
State or political subdivision who has the authority to ap-
point or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that
State or political subdivision)’’.
SEC. 710. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM A PHYSICAL
SEARCH.
Section 305(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil-
lance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1825) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘law enforcement officers’’ the following: ‘‘or law
enforcement personnel of a State or political subdivision
of a State (including the chief executive officer of that
State or political subdivision who has the authority to ap-
point or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that
State or political subdivision)’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 25 (legis-
lative day, July 24), 2002.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4628
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.