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sional committees an intelligence assessment on sig-
nificant threats to the United States associated with 
foreign racially motivated violent extremist organiza-
tions. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A list of foreign racially motivated vio-
lent extremist organizations that pose a signifi-
cant threat to the national security of the United 
States. 
(B) With respect to each such organiza-
tion— 
(i) an overview of the membership, ide-
ology, and activities; 
(ii) a description of any transnational 
links to the United States or United States 
persons; 
(iii) a description of the leadership, 
plans, intentions, and capabilities; 
(iv) whether (and if so, to what extent) 
foreign governments or their proxies provide 
any manner of support to such organiza-
tions, including a list of each such foreign 
government or proxy; 
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(v) a description of the composition 
and characteristics of the members and sup-
port networks, including whether (and if so, 
to what extent) the members are also a part 
of a military, security service, or police; 
(vi) a description of financing and 
other forms of material support; 
(vii) an assessment of trends and pat-
terns relative to communications, travel, 
and training (including whether and to 
what extent the organization is engaged in 
or facilitating military or paramilitary 
training); 
(viii) 
an 
assessment 
of 
the 
radicalization and recruitment, including 
an analysis of the extremist messaging mo-
tivating members and supporters; and 
(ix) whether (and if so, to what extent) 
foreign governments have sufficient laws 
and policies to counter threats to the United 
States associated with the organization, in-
cluding best practices and gaps. 
(C) An assessment of the status and extent 
of information sharing, intelligence partnerships, 
foreign police cooperation, and mutual legal as-
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sistance between the United States and foreign 
governments relative to countering threats to the 
United States associated with foreign racially 
motivated violent extremist organizations. 
(D) An assessment of intelligence gaps and 
recommendations on how to remedy such gaps. 
(E) An opportunity analysis regarding 
countering such threats, including, at a min-
imum, with respect to mitigating and disrupting 
the transnational nexus. 
(3) STANDARDS.—The intelligence assessment 
under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in a manner 
that meets the analytic integrity and tradecraft 
standards of the intelligence community. 
(4) FORM.—The intelligence assessment under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex in electronic form 
that is fully indexed and searchable. In carrying out 
this paragraph, the officials specified in paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) ensure that the assessment is unclassi-
fied to the extent possible; and 
(B) ensure that the assessment is drafted in 
a way to maximize the ability to share the as-
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sessment, including the classified annex, with the 
entities under paragraph (5). 
(5) SHARING.—Consistent with the protection of 
classified information, the Director of National Intel-
ligence, acting through the Director of the National 
Counterterrorism Center, in coordination with the Di-
rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intel-
ligence and Analysis, shall share the intelligence as-
sessment under paragraph (1) with— 
(A) appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies; 
(B) Joint Terrorism Task Forces and the 
Domestic Terrorism-Hate Crimes Fusion Cell of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(C) State, local, and Tribal law enforcement 
officials, including officials who operate within 
State, local, and regional fusion centers through 
the Department of Homeland Security State, 
Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative es-
tablished in accordance with section 210A of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h); 
and 
(D) appropriate foreign governments, in-
cluding foreign intelligence services and foreign 
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police, and international institutions, that part-
ner with the United States on countering signifi-
cant threats associated with foreign racially mo-
tivated violent extremist organizations. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 150 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of National Intelligence, acting through the Direc-
tor of the National Counterterrorism Center, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and in a manner consistent 
with the authorities and responsibilities of such Sec-
retary or Director, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the use of Fed-
eral laws, regulations, and policies by the Federal 
Government to counter significant threats to the 
United States and United States persons associated 
with foreign racially motivated violent extremist or-
ganizations. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) An identification, description, and as-
sessment of the use and efficacy of, Federal laws, 
regulations, and policies used by the Federal 
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Government to address significant threats to the 
United States and United States persons associ-
ated with foreign racially motivated violent ex-
tremist organizations, including pursuant to— 
(i) section 1016 of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(6 U.S.C. 485) and section 119 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 
3056), particularly with respect to the co-
ordination and integration of all instru-
ments of national power; 
(ii) Executive Order 12333 (50 U.S.C. 
3001 note), as amended; 
(iii) the designation of foreign terrorist 
organizations under section 219 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189); 
(iv) the designation of specially des-
ignated terrorists, specially designated glob-
al terrorists, or specially designated nation-
als and blocked persons, pursuant to Execu-
tive Orders 13886, 13372, and 13224 and 
parts 594, 595, 596, and 597 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
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(v) National Security Presidential 
Memorandums 7 and 9, particularly with 
respect to the sharing of terrorism informa-
tion and screening and vetting activities; 
and 
(vi) any other applicable Federal laws, 
regulations, or policies. 
(B) An assessment of whether (and if so, to 
what extent and why) such Federal laws, regula-
tions, and policies are sufficient to counter such 
threats, including a description of any gaps and 
specific examples to illustrate such gaps. 
(C) Recommendations regarding how to 
remedy the gaps under subparagraph (B). 
(3) PRIVACY
AND
CIVIL
LIBERTIES
ASSESS-
MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Oversight Board, in consultation with the civil lib-
erties and privacy officers of the Federal departments 
and agencies the Board determines appropriate, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report containing— 
(A) an assessment of the impacts on the pri-
vacy and civil liberties of United States persons 
concerning the use or recommended use of any 
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Federal laws, regulations, and policies specified 
in paragraph (2); and 
(B) recommendations on options to develop 
protections to mitigate such impacts. 
(4) FORM.—The reports under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex in electronic form that 
is fully indexed and searchable. In carrying out this 
paragraph, the officials responsible for submitting 
such reports shall ensure that the reports are unclassi-
fied to the extent possible. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence, the Committee on Homeland Security, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate. 
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(2) TERRORISM INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘ter-
rorism information’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 1016(a) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485(a)). 
(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 105A(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3039). 
SEC. 703. PERIODIC REPORT ON POSITIONS IN INTEL-
LIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BE CON-
DUCTED WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION, NETWORKS, OR FACILITIES. 
Section 6610 of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew 
Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3352e) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘this Act and not less frequently 
than once every 5 years thereafter,’’ and inserting 
‘‘this Act, and biennially thereafter,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Such report shall take into account the poten-
tial effect of maintaining continuity of operations 
during a covered national emergency (as defined by 
section 303 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (division W of Public Law 116– 
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260)) and the assessed needs of the intelligence com-
munity to maintain such continuity of operations.’’. 
SEC. 704. BIENNIAL REPORTS ON FOREIGN BIOLOGICAL 
THREATS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Title XI of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3231 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section (and conforming the 
table of contents at the beginning of such Act accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 1111. BIENNIAL REPORTS ON FOREIGN BIOLOGICAL 
THREATS. 
‘‘(a) REPORTS.—On a biennial basis until the date 
that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of the Intel-
ligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the Director 
of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the ac-
tivities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intel-
ligence community with respect to foreign biological threats 
emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered 
country. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological 
threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, 
a covered country, the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed description of all activities relat-
ing to such threats undertaken by each element of the 
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intelligence community, and an assessment of any 
gaps in such activities. 
‘‘(2) A detailed description of all duties and re-
sponsibilities relating to such threats explicitly au-
thorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, 
to each element of the intelligence community, and an 
assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or re-
sponsibilities. 
‘‘(3) A description of the coordination among the 
relevant elements of the intelligence community with 
respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) 
and the duties and responsibilities specified in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, poli-
cies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence 
community relating to the collection, monitoring, 
analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, 
and an assessment of any identified gaps therein. 
‘‘(5) A description of the coordination and inter-
actions among the relevant elements of the intelligence 
community and non-intelligence community partners. 
‘‘(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence 
efforts relating to such threats, and a description of 
how the intelligence community contributes to efforts 
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