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Attorney General, the Secretary, and the Director shall
include with the report under that subsection a detailed
proposal for legislation to achieve the reconfiguration.
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
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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-
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
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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-
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:
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(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.
(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. PAYMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations, pay $250,000 to
the estates of each of the 12 United States citizens killed
in the 1998 terrorist bombings of the United States em-
bassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
(b) RIGHT TO SUE.—Satisfaction of a claim under
this section waives any right the claimant may have to
file a suit (or to be a party to an action) in any court
for damages as a result of the 1998 terrorist-related
bombings of the United States embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2002 not more than $3,000,000
to carry out this section.
SEC. 1002. 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-
graph (1), including a description of the use of
funds appropriations used to carry out this sub-
section.
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