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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 effi-
cient analysis and dissemination of foreign intelligence re-
lating to the financial capabilities and resources of inter-
national terrorist organizations.
(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 Finan-
cial Crimes Enforcement Center of the Department of the
Treasury may be integrated into the capability con-
templated by the report.
(2) If the Attorney General, Secretary, and the Direc-
tor 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.
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SEC. 907. NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER.
(a) REPORT
ON ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) Not later
than February 1, 2002, the Director of Central Intel-
ligence shall, in consultation with the Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the establishment and
maintenance within the intelligence community of an ele-
ment for purposes of providing timely and accurate trans-
lations 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 Cen-
ter’’.
(2) The report on the element described in paragraph
(1) shall discuss the use of state-of-the-art communica-
tions technology, the integration of existing translation ca-
pabilities 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 communica-
tions capabilities and systems that are commensu-
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rate with the most current and sophisticated com-
munications 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 uti-
lized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in se-
curing timely and accurate translations of foreign
language materials for law enforcement investiga-
tions.
(4) The development of a communications in-
frastructure to ensure the efficient and secure use of
the translation capabilities of the element.
(c) SECURE COMMUNICATIONS.—The report shall in-
clude a discussion of the creation of secure electronic com-
munications 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 ‘‘for-
eign 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 COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘element of the intelligence com-
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munity’’ means any element of the intelligence com-
munity 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 REGARD-
ING IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE.
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Attorney General
shall, in consultation with the Director of Central Intel-
ligence, carry out a program to provide appropriate train-
ing to officials described in subsection (b) in order to as-
sist 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 uti-
lization 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, dissemi-
nation, and use of foreign intelligence in the per-
formance of their duties.
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(2) Officials of State and local governments
who encounter, or may encounter in the course of a
terrorist event, foreign intelligence in the perform-
ance 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).
TITLE X—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 1001. REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The Inspector General of the Department of Justice
shall designate one official who shall—
(1) review information and receive complaints
alleging abuses of civil rights and civil liberties by
employees and officials of the Department of Jus-
tice;
(2) make public through the Internet, radio, tel-
evision, and newspaper advertisements information
on the responsibilities and functions of, and how to
contact, the official; and
(3) submit to the Committee on the Judiciary
of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate on a semi-annual
basis a report on the implementation of this sub-
section and detailing any abuses described in para-
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graph (1), including a description of the use of
funds appropriations used to carry out this sub-
section.
Passed the House of Representatives October 12,
2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 198
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2975
AN ACT
To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United
States and around the world, to enhance law en-
forcement investigatory tools, and for other pur-
poses.
OCTOBER 15, 2001
Received; read twice and ordered placed on the calendar