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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.
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) all Americans are united in condemning, in
the strongest possible terms, the terrorists who
planned and carried out the attacks against the
United States on September 11, 2001, and in pur-
suing all those responsible for those attacks and
their sponsors until they are brought to justice;
(2) Sikh-Americans form a vibrant, peaceful,
and law-abiding part of America’s people;
(3) approximately 500,000 Sikhs reside in the
United States and are a vital part of the Nation;
(4) Sikh-Americans stand resolutely in support
of the commitment of our Government to bring the
terrorists and those that harbor them to justice;
(5) the Sikh faith is a distinct religion with a
distinct religious and ethnic identity that has its own
places of worship and a distinct holy text and reli-
gious tenets;
(6) many Sikh-Americans, who are easily rec-
ognizable by their turbans and beards, which are re-
quired articles of their faith, have suffered both
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verbal and physical assaults as a result of misguided
anger toward Arab-Americans and Muslim-Ameri-
cans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 ter-
rorist attack;
(7) Sikh-Americans, as do all Americans, con-
demn acts of prejudice against any American; and
(8) Congress is seriously concerned by the num-
ber of crimes against Sikh-Americans and other
Americans all across the Nation that have been re-
ported in the wake of the tragic events that unfolded
on September 11, 2001.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress—
(1) declares that, in the quest to identify, lo-
cate, and bring to justice the perpetrators and spon-
sors of the terrorist attacks on the United States on
September 11, 2001, the civil rights and civil lib-
erties of all Americans, including Sikh-Americans,
should be protected;
(2) condemns bigotry and any acts of violence
or discrimination against any Americans, including
Sikh-Americans;
(3) calls upon local and Federal law enforce-
ment authorities to work to prevent crimes against
all Americans, including Sikh-Americans; and