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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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence 
A BILL 
To increase the availability of open-source intelligence 
products in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Open Source Intel-
ligence Availability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO MAKE OPEN-SOURCE 
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO 
CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
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of National Intelligence, in consultation with such heads 
of the elements of the intelligence community as the Direc-
tor considers appropriate, shall develop and submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a plan to make avail-
able to covered individuals any covered open-source intel-
ligence product. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) Policies and procedures to make available to 
covered individuals any covered open-source intel-
ligence product in a manner consistent with the pro-
tection of intelligence sources and methods. 
(2) Policies and procedures to increase the 
availability and accessibility to covered individuals of 
publicly available foreign language material that is 
translated by or within the intelligence community. 
(3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the 
head of each element of the intelligence community 
that produces any covered open-source intelligence 
product complies with all policies and procedures 
issued to implement the plan submitted under sub-
section (a). 
(4) Policies and procedures to ensure that any 
covered open-source intelligence product that is 
made available to covered individuals satisfies the re-
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quirements under any policy, procedure, or standard 
issued by the head of an element of the intelligence 
community relating to the production and dissemina-
tion of intelligence products. 
(5) Any obstacles to making available to cov-
ered individuals unclassified products derived from 
open-source intelligence produced by the intelligence 
community, including translated foreign language 
material described in paragraph (2). 
(6) With respect to implementation of the plan, 
a discussion of the estimated timeline, any additional 
funding or other resources, and any new authorities 
that would be required for such implementation. 
(7) A discussion of the feasibility and advis-
ability of making unclassified products derived from 
open-source intelligence produced by the intelligence 
community available to State and local government 
officials who would derive value from such unclassi-
fied products. 
(c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
(d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVE WITH 
RESPECT TO OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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the Director of National Intelligence shall update Intel-
ligence Community Directive 208, Maximizing the Utility 
of Analytic Products (or any successor directive) to spe-
cifically address— 
(1) the production and dissemination of unclas-
sified intelligence products derived entirely from 
open-source intelligence, including from unclassified 
publicly available information, unclassified commer-
cially available information, or any other type of un-
classified information; and 
(2) the needs and requirements of covered indi-
viduals who do not hold a security clearance or have 
access to the classified systems on which such un-
classified intelligence products reside. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means an employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment— 
(A) who is not an employee or contractor 
of an element of the intelligence community; 
and 
(B) who would derive value from a covered 
open-source intelligence product. 
(2) COVERED
OPEN-SOURCE
INTELLIGENCE 
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘covered open-source intel-
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ligence product’’ means an unclassified product de-
rived from open-source intelligence that is produced 
by the intelligence community. 
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