‘‘(C) interchange meetings or pre-solicita-
tion conferences with potential offerors.’’. 
SEC. 
336. 
IMPROVEMENT 
OF 
INFORMATION 
SHARING 
AMONG FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT OFFICIALS. 
(a) PILOT PROJECT TO ENCOURAGE STATE
AND 
LOCAL OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF 
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TO COLLECT
AND SHARE 
RELEVANT INFORMATION.—Section 892(c) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 482) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3)(A) The Under Secretary for Information 
Analysis and Infrastructure Protection of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Director of Central Intelligence, may conduct projects 
in several cities to encourage officials of State and 
local government, as well as representatives of indus-
tries that comprise the critical infrastructure in those 
cities to lawfully collect and to pass on to the appro-
priate Federal officials information vital for the pre-
vention of terrorist attacks against the United States. 
‘‘(B) The Director of Central Intelligence shall 
carry out any duty under this paragraph through the 
Director of the Terrorist Threat Integration Center.
‘‘(C) Under the projects, training shall be pro-
vided to such officials and representatives to—
‘‘(i) identify sources of potential threats 
through such methods as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate; 
‘‘(ii) report information relating to such po-
tential threats to the appropriate Federal agen-
cies in the appropriate form and manner; and 
‘‘(iii) assure that all reported information 
is systematically submitted to and passed on by 
the Department for use by appropriate Federal 
agencies. 
‘‘(D) The Under Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot project under this paragraph for a period of 3 
years. 
‘‘(E) Not later than 1 year after the implementa-
tion of the pilot project, and annually thereafter, the 
Under Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the pilot project conducted under this paragraph. 
Each such report shall include—
‘‘(i) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) recommendations on the continuation 
of the project as well as any recommendations to 
improve the effectiveness of information collec-
tion and sharing by such officials and represent-
atives and the Federal government.’’. 
(b) PILOT PROJECT TO TEST USE OF TEAR-LINE IN-
TELLIGENCE REPORTS.—(1) Subtitle C of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 226. PILOT PROJECT TO TEST USE OF TEAR-LINE IN-
TELLIGENCE REPORTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Under Secretary for Informa-
tion Analysis and Infrastructure Protection of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence, may carry out a pilot program 
under which the Under Secretary may make intelligence in-
formation in the possession of the Department available to 
officials of State and local governments through the use of 
tear-line intelligence reports. 
‘‘(b) 
TEAR-LINE
INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS
DE-
SCRIBED.—For purpose of this section, a tear-line report 
is a report containing intelligence gathered by an agency 
or department of the United States that is in the possession 
of the Department that is prepared in a manner such that 
information relating to intelligence sources and methods is 
easily severable from the report to protect such sources and 
methods from disclosure. Such a report may be in a paper 
or an electronic format.
‘‘(c) DURATION OF PROJECT.—The Under Secretary 
shall carry out the pilot project under this section for a 
period of 3 years. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the implementation of the pilot project, and annually 
thereafter, the Under Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the pilot project conducted under this section, and 
shall include in the report an assessment of—
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of the use of the tear-line re-
ports in providing intelligence information on a time-
ly basis to State and local authorities; and 
‘‘(2) if the use of such tear-line reports were to 
be made permanent, whether additional safeguards 
are needed with respect to the use of such reports. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.’’. 
(2) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act 
is amended in subtitle C of title II by adding at the end 
the following new item.
‘‘Sec. 226. Pilot project to test use of tear-line intelligence reports.’’.
(c) HOMELAND DEFENDER INTELLIGENCE TRAINING 
PROGRAM. 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence may establish a comprehen-
sive program of orientation and training to qualified
State and local officials in accessing and using avail-
able resources of the intelligence community (as de-
fined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 401(4))). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Insofar as the Director es-
tablishes the intelligence training program under 
paragraph (1), the Director shall consult and coordi-
nate with the director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
the development and administration of the program. 
(3) PROGRAM GOALS.—Any intelligence training 
program established under paragraph (1) shall pro-
vide qualified State and local officials instruction on 
the mission and roles of the intelligence community to 
promote more effective information sharing among 
Federal, State, and local officials to prevent terrorist 
attacks against the United States. 
(4) CURRICULUM.—Insofar as the Director estab-
lishes the intelligence training program under para-
graph (1), the Director shall develop a curriculum for 
the program after consultation with qualified State 
and local officials. The curriculum shall include class-
room instruction with respect to and orientation to 
the various elements of the intelligence community.
(5) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the initial implementation of the intel-
ligence training program under paragraph (1), and 
annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the program. Each such report shall 
include—
(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
project; and 
(B) recommendations on the continuation of 
the project as well as any recommendations to 
improve the effectiveness of information collec-
tion and sharing by qualified officials and rep-
resentatives and the Federal government. 
(6) QUALIFIED STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘‘qualified State and local officials’’ means officials of 
State and local government agencies that Director of 
Central Intelligence determines—
(A) have received appropriate security 
clearances from the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for access to classified in-
formation; and 
(B) oversee or manage first responders or 
counterterrorism activities.