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. 103. 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.’’. 
(b) USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYS-
TEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 203. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYS-
TEM. 
‘‘(a) PUBLIC ADVISORIES.—If the Secretary con-
cludes that credible information indicates a potential ter-
rorist threat to the United States that is not or cannot, 
on the basis of the information available, be limited to one 
or more States, regions, localities, facilities, sites, elements 
of the population, critical infrastructure sectors, or public 
or private sector activities or events, the Secretary shall, 
as appropriate—
‘‘(1) use the Homeland Security Advisory Sys-
tem administered under section 201(d)(7) to inform 
the public of the existence and nature of the threat 
and to convey information about the risk it poses to 
the population and territory of the United States; 
‘‘(2) provide specific unclassified warning infor-
mation and advice about appropriate protective 
measures and countermeasures pursuant to section 
201(d)(7)(B), to State and local government agen-
cies and authorities, the private sector, other enti-
ties, and the public; and 
‘‘(3) provide specific classified warning informa-
tion and advice about appropriate protective meas-
ures and countermeasures pursuant to section 
201(d)(7)(B) to State and local government officials 
and individuals in the private sector, who—
‘‘(A) have the appropriate security clear-
ance; and 
‘‘(B) in the Secretary’s judgment, need to 
have access to such information and advice in 
order to discharge their homeland security-re-
lated functions. 
‘‘(b) LIMITED ADVISORIES.—If the Secretary con-
cludes that credible information indicates a potential ter-
rorist threat to one or more particular States, regions, lo-
calities, facilities, sites, elements of the population, critical 
infrastructure sectors, public or private sector activities or 
events, or any combination of the foregoing, the Sec-
retary—
‘‘(1) shall, as appropriate, inform officials of 
the affected entities and provide specific warning in-
formation and advice about protective measures and 
countermeasures to those officials pursuant to sec-
tion 201(d)(7)(B); and 
‘‘(2) may, in the Secretary’s discretion, issue a 
public advisory relating to such threat.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 202 the fol-
lowing:
‘‘203. Use of Homeland Security Advisory System.’’.