‘‘(ii) meets jointly with the Informa-
tion Requirements Board (and, as appro-
priate, with any sub-component of the 
Board) as often as the Chairman and the 
Director of Central Intelligence determine 
appropriate. 
‘‘(C) COUNTERPART ENTITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘counterpart entity’ 
means an entity of the Federal Government 
that is responsible for foreign intelligence collec-
tion requirements and management, including 
the Office of the Deputy Director of Central In-
telligence for Community Management and sen-
ior collection managers of each of the agencies 
under the National Foreign Intelligence Pro-
gram (as defined in section 3(6) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(6)). 
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Information Require-
ments Board shall meet regularly at such times and 
places as its Chairman may direct. 
‘‘(2) INVITED REPRESENTATIVES.—The chair-
man may invite representatives of Federal agencies 
not specified in subsection (b) to attend meetings of 
the Information Requirements Board.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 103 the following new item:
‘‘104. Homeland Security Information Requirements Board.’’.
SEC. 3. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. 
(a) IMPROVEMENTS TO SECURE COMMUNICATIONS 
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.—
Paragraph (14) of section 201(d) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘in furtherance of the responsibilities under this section, 
and to disseminate information acquired and analyzed by 
the Department, as appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘with max-
imum flexibility and speed, in furtherance of the respon-
sibilities under this section, and to ensure the simulta-
neous dissemination of such data and information to all 
appropriate personnel’’. 
(b) IMPROVEMENT IN ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY 
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.—Subsection (a) of section 
202 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 122) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) UTILIZATION.—Subject to the require-
ments of section 201(d)(12), the Secretary may pro-
vide access to any of the information and materials 
described in this subsection to any personnel of the 
Department that the Secretary determines requires
such access to discharge duties assigned to such per-
sonnel.’’. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES FOR AUTO-
MATIC AND IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO 
THE DEPARTMENT.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the Secretary, in consultation with the ap-
propriate Federal Government officials, shall identify 
and put into place systems, protocols, and proce-
dures to ensure that appropriate personnel of the 
Department are provided access to such information 
automatically and immediately.’’. 
(d) EFFECT OF PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO THE 
TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER.—Subsection 
(d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) OBLIGATION TO SHARE INFORMATION.—
Except as otherwise directed by the President or 
with the specific written agreement of the Secretary,
no Federal agency or official shall be deemed to have 
discharged any obligation to share any information, 
report, assessment, or other material, including 
unevaluated intelligence information, with the De-
partment solely by virtue of having provided that in-
formation, report, assessment, or other material to 
the Terrorist Threat Integration Center or to any 
entity that succeeds to any of the functions of the 
Terrorist Threat Integration Center.’’. 
SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM. 
(a) 
COORDINATION
OF
ADVISORIES.—Section 
201(d)(7) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 121(d)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of subparagraph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) except as otherwise directed by the 
President, coordinating the issuance of home-
land security advisories, warnings, and advice 
from other Federal agencies to State and local 
government agencies and authorities, the pri-
vate sector, other entities, and the public.’’.