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priate, necessary to meet the security re-
quirements 
of 
all 
applicable 
depart-
mental programs. 
(2) An ability to submit such security 
screening information at any location or 
through any process approved by the Sec-
retary with respect to any of the applica-
ble departmental programs. 
(3) Acceptance by the Department of a 
security clearance issued by a Federal 
agency, to the extent that the security 
clearance process of the agency satisfies 
requirements that are at least as strin-
gent as those of the applicable depart-
mental programs under this section. 
(4) Standards and procedures for pro-
tecting 
individual 
privacy, 
confiden-
tiality, record retention, and addressing 
other concerns relating to information se-
curity. 
(d) DEADLINES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall— 
(1) submit a description of the process 
developed under subsection (a) to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the
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House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate by not later 
than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) begin implementing such process 
by not later than 12 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—(1) 
Nothing in this section affects any statutory 
requirement relating to the operation of the 
programs described in subsection (b). 
(2) Nothing in this section affects any stat-
utory requirement relating to title III of the In-
telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 435b et seq.). 
Subtitle B—Homeland Security In-
formation Sharing and Analysis 
Enhancement 
SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Home-
land Security Information Sharing and Anal-
ysis Enhancement Act of 2005’’.
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SEC. 212. PROVISION OF TERRORISM-RELATED INFORMA-
TION TO PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) To require, in consultation with 
the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure 
Protection, the creation and routine dis-
semination of analytic reports and prod-
ucts designed to provide timely and accu-
rate information that has specific rel-
evance to each of the Nation’s critical in-
frastructure sectors (as identified in the 
national infrastructure protection plan 
issued under paragraph (5)), to private 
sector officials in each such sector who 
are responsible for protecting institutions 
within that sector from potential acts of 
terrorism and for mitigating the potential 
consequences of any such act.’’. 
SEC. 213. ANALYTIC EXPERTISE ON THE THREATS FROM BI-
OLOGICAL AGENTS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(21) To ensure sufficient analytic ex-
pertise within the Office of Information 
Analysis to create and disseminate, on an 
ongoing basis, products based on the 
analysis of homeland security informa-
tion, as defined in section 892(f)(1), with 
specific reference to the threat of ter-
rorism involving the use of nuclear weap-
ons and biological agents to inflict mass 
casualties or other catastrophic con-
sequences on the population or territory of 
the United States.’’. 
SEC. 214. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—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. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
‘‘The Secretary shall establish a process 
and assign an individual or entity the respon-
sibility to ensure that, as appropriate, ele-
ments of the Department conduct alternative 
analysis (commonly referred to as ‘red-team
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analysis’) of homeland security information, 
as that term is defined in section 892(f)(1), 
that relates to potential acts of terrorism in-
volving the use of nuclear weapons or biologi-
cal agents to inflict mass casualties or other 
catastrophic consequences on the population 
or territory of the United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 
202 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 203. Alternative analysis of homeland security informa-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 215. ASSIGNMENT OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION FUNCTIONS. 
Section 201(b) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) ASSIGNMENT
OF
SPECIFIC
FUNC-
TIONS.—The Under Secretary for Informa-
tion Analysis and Infrastructure Protec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) shall assign to the Assistant 
Secretary for Information Analysis the 
responsibility for performing the func-
tions described in paragraphs (1), (4),