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der to prevent terrorists and instruments of terror 
from entering the United States. 
(3) An assessment of gaps in law, policy, and 
coordination between State, local, or tribal law en-
forcement, international agreements, or tribal agree-
ments that hinder effective and efficient border secu-
rity, counterterrorism, and anti-human smuggling 
and trafficking efforts. 
(4) An assessment of the flow of legitimate 
trade along the southwest border. 
(5) An assessment of the current percentage of 
situational awareness achieved by the Department of 
Homeland Security along the southwest border. 
(6) An assessment of the current percentage of 
operational control (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 
1701 note; Public Law 109–367)) achieved by the 
Department of Homeland Security of the southwest. 
(7) An assessment of impact of trusted traveler 
programs on border wait times and border security. 
(8) An assessment of traveler crossing times 
and any potential security vulnerability associated 
with prolonged wait times. 
(b) ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS.—For the southwest 
border threat analysis required under subsection (a), the 
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Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider and exam-
ine the following: 
(1) Technology needs and challenges, including 
such needs and challenges identified as a result of 
previous investments that have not fully realized the 
security and operational benefits that were sought. 
(2) Personnel needs and challenges, including 
such needs and challenges associated with recruit-
ment and hiring. 
(3) Infrastructure needs and challenges. 
(4) The roles and authorities of State, local, 
and tribal law enforcement in general border secu-
rity activities. 
(5) The status of coordination among Federal, 
State, local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement en-
tities relating to border security. 
(6) The terrain, population density, and climate 
along the southwest border. 
(7) International agreements between the 
United States and Mexico related to border security. 
(c) CLASSIFIED THREAT ANALYSIS.—To the extent 
possible, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit 
the southwest border threat analysis required under sub-
section (a) in unclassified form. The Secretary may submit 
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a portion of such threat analysis in classified form if the 
Secretary determines such is appropriate. 
SEC. 2702. BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
submission of the threat analysis required under section 
2701 but not later than June 30, 2017, and every five 
years thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, act-
ing through the Chief of U.S. Border Patrol, shall, in con-
sultation with the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties of the Department of Homeland Security, issue a 
Border Patrol Strategic Plan. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Border Patrol Strategic Plan 
required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, 
a consideration of the following: 
(1) The southwest border threat analysis re-
quired under section 2701, with an emphasis on ef-
forts to mitigate threats identified in such threat 
analysis. 
(2) Efforts to analyze and disseminate border 
security and border threat information between De-
partment of Homeland Security border security com-
ponents and with other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies with missions associated with 
the border. 
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(3) Efforts to increase situational awareness, 
including the following: 
(A) Surveillance capabilities, including ca-
pabilities developed or utilized by the Depart-
ment of Defense, and any appropriate tech-
nology determined to be excess by the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(B) Use of manned aircraft and unmanned 
aerial systems, including camera and sensor 
technology deployed on such assets. 
(4) Efforts to detect and prevent terrorists and 
instruments of terrorism from entering the United 
States. 
(5) Efforts to detect, interdict, and disrupt 
aliens and illicit drugs at the earliest possible point. 
(6) Efforts to focus intelligence collection to 
disrupt transnational criminal organizations outside 
of the international and maritime borders of the 
United States. 
(7) Efforts to ensure that any new border secu-
rity technology can be operationally integrated with 
existing technologies in use by the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(8) Technology required to maintain, support, 
and enhance security and facilitate trade at ports of 
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entry, including nonintrusive detection equipment, 
radiation detection equipment, biometric technology, 
surveillance systems, and other sensors and tech-
nology that the Secretary of Homeland Security de-
termines necessary. 
(9) Operational coordination unity of effort ini-
tiatives of the border security components of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including any rel-
evant task forces of the Department. 
(10) Lessons learned from Operation Jumpstart 
and Operation Phalanx. 
(11) Cooperative agreements and information 
sharing with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
other Federal law enforcement agencies that have 
jurisdiction on the northern or southern border. 
(12) Border security information received from 
consultation with State, local, tribal, territorial, and 
Federal law enforcement agencies that have jurisdic-
tion on the northern or southern border, or in the 
maritime environment, and from border community 
stakeholders (including through public meetings with 
such stakeholders), including representatives from 
border agricultural and ranching organizations and 
representatives from business and civic organizations 
along the northern or southern border. 
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(13) Staffing requirements for all departmental 
border security functions. 
(14) A prioritized list of departmental research 
and development objectives to enhance the security 
of the southwest border. 
(15) An assessment of training programs, in-
cluding training programs regarding the following: 
(A) Identifying and detecting fraudulent 
documents. 
(B) Understanding the scope of enforce-
ment authorities and the use of force policies. 
(C) Screening, identifying, and addressing 
vulnerable populations, such as children and 
victims of human trafficking. 
(16) An assessment of how border security op-
erations affect crossing times. 
SEC. 2703. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.—The term ‘‘sit-
uational awareness’’ means a knowledge and unified 
understanding of unlawful cross-border activity, in-
cluding threats and trends concerning illicit traf-
ficking and unlawful crossings (which may be used 
to forecast future shifts in such threats and trends), 
and the operational capability to conduct continuous 
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and integrated surveillance of the international bor-
ders of the United States. 
(2) SOUTHWEST BORDER.—The term ‘‘south-
west border’’ means the land and maritime borders 
between the United States and Mexico. 
TITLE XXVIII—NATIONAL STRAT-
EGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST 
TRAVEL 
SEC. 2801. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT TERRORIST 
TRAVEL. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that it should be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) continue to regularly assess the evolving ter-
rorist threat to the United States; 
(2) catalogue existing Federal Government ef-
forts to obstruct terrorist and foreign fighter travel 
into, out of, and within the United States, as well 
as overseas; 
(3) identify such efforts that may benefit from 
reform or consolidation, or require elimination; 
(4) identify potential security vulnerabilities in 
United States defenses against terrorist travel; and 
(5) prioritize resources to address in a risk- 
based manner any such security vulnerabilities. 
(b) NATIONAL STRATEGY AND UPDATES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—In accordance with para-
graph (2), the President shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a national strategy 
(including, as appropriate, updates to such strategy) 
to combat terrorist travel. The strategy shall address 
efforts to intercept terrorists and foreign fighters 
and constrain the domestic and international travel 
of such persons. Consistent with the protection of 
classified information, the strategy shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, including, as appro-
priate, a classified annex. 
(2) TIMING.— 
(A) INITIAL
STRATEGY.—The initial na-
tional strategy required under paragraph (1) 
shall be transmitted not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) UPDATED STRATEGIES.—Updated na-
tional strategies under paragraph (1) shall be 
transmitted not later than 180 days after the 
commencement of a new Presidential adminis-
tration. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The President shall direct 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop the 
initial national strategy and updates required under 
this subsection and shall direct, as appropriate, the 
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heads of other Federal agencies to coordinate with 
the Secretary in the development of such strategy 
and updates. 
(4) CONTENTS.—The initial national strategy 
and updates required under this subsection shall— 
(A) include an accounting and description 
of all Federal Government programs, projects, 
and activities to constrain domestic and inter-
national travel by terrorists and foreign fight-
ers; 
(B) identify specific security vulnerabilities 
within the United States and abroad that may 
be exploited by terrorists and foreign fighters; 
(C) delineate goals for— 
(i) closing the security vulnerabilities 
identified in accordance with subparagraph 
(B); and 
(ii) enhancing the Federal Govern-
ment’s ability to constrain domestic and 
international travel by terrorists and for-
eign fighters; and 
(D) describe actions to be taken to achieve 
the goals delineated in subparagraph (C), as 
well as the means needed to do so, including— 
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(i) steps to reform, improve, and 
streamline existing Federal Government ef-
forts to align with the current threat envi-
ronment; 
(ii) new programs, projects, or activi-
ties that are requested, under development, 
or undergoing implementation; 
(iii) new authorities or changes in ex-
isting authorities needed from Congress; 
(iv) specific budget adjustments being 
requested to enhance United States secu-
rity in a risk-based manner; and 
(v) an identification of Federal de-
partments and agencies responsible for 
specific actions described in this subpara-
graph. 
(5) SUNSET.—The requirement to transmit up-
dated national strategies under this subsection shall 
terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.— 
For each national strategy required under subsection (b), 
the President shall direct the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity to develop an implementation plan for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security and coordinate with the heads 
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of other relevant Federal agencies to ensure the develop-
ment of implementing plans for each such agency. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall transmit 
to the appropriate congressional committees imple-
mentation plans for each national strategy required 
under subsection (b). Consistent with the protection 
of classified information, each such implementation 
plan shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
(2) TIMING.—The implementation plans re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall be transmitted si-
multaneously with each national strategy required 
under subsection (b). Such implementation plans 
shall be updated and transmitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees on an annual basis. 
(3) SUNSET.—The requirement to transmit im-
plementation plans under paragraph (1) shall termi-
nate on the date that is 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(e) PROHIBITION
ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No 
additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
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‘‘(b) PLANNING COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any State or high-risk 
urban area receiving a grant under section 2003 or 
2004 shall establish a State planning committee or 
urban area working group to assist in preparation 
and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland 
security plan or the threat and hazard identification 
and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to as-
sist in determining effective funding priorities for 
grants under such sections. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The State planning 
committees and urban area working groups re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall include at least 
one representative from each of the following 
significant stakeholders: 
‘‘(i) Local or tribal government offi-
cials. 
‘‘(ii) Emergency response providers, 
which shall include representatives of the 
fire service, law enforcement, emergency 
medical services, and emergency managers. 
‘‘(iii) Public health officials and other 
appropriate medical practitioners. 
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‘‘(iv) Individuals representing edu-
cational institutions, including elementary 
schools, community colleges, and other in-
stitutions of higher education. 
‘‘(v) State and regional interoperable 
communications coordinators, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(vi) State and major urban area fu-
sion centers, as appropriate. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION.— 
The members of the State planning committee 
or urban area working group, as the case may 
be, shall be a representative group of individ-
uals from the counties, cities, towns, and Indian 
tribes within the State or high-risk urban area, 
including, as appropriate, representatives of 
rural, high-population, and high-threat jurisdic-
tions. 
‘‘(3) EXISTING PLANNING COMMITTEES.—Noth-
ing in this subsection may be construed to require 
that any State or high-risk urban area create a 
State planning committee or urban area working 
group, as the case may be, if that State or high-risk 
urban area has established and uses a multijuris-
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dictional planning committee or commission that 
meets the requirements of this subsection.’’. 
TITLE XXX—STATE AND LOCAL 
CYBER PROTECTION 
SEC. 3001. STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION ON CYBERSE-
CURITY WITH THE NATIONAL CYBERSECU-
RITY AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION 
CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second section 226 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148; relating 
to the national cybersecurity and communications integra-
tion center) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION ON CYBER-
SECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall, to the ex-
tent practicable— 
‘‘(A) assist State and local governments, 
upon request, in identifying information system 
vulnerabilities; 
‘‘(B) assist State and local governments, 
upon request, in identifying information secu-
rity protections commensurate with cybersecu-
rity risks and the magnitude of the potential 
harm resulting from the unauthorized access, 
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use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or de-
struction of— 
‘‘(i) information collected or main-
tained by or on behalf of a State or local 
government; or 
‘‘(ii) information systems used or op-
erated by an agency or by a contractor of 
a State or local government or other orga-
nization on behalf of a State or local gov-
ernment; 
‘‘(C) in consultation with State and local 
governments, provide and periodically update 
via a web portal tools, products, resources, poli-
cies, guidelines, and procedures related to infor-
mation security; 
‘‘(D) work with senior State and local gov-
ernment officials, including State and local 
Chief Information Officers, through national as-
sociations to coordinate a nationwide effort to 
ensure effective implementation of tools, prod-
ucts, resources, policies, guidelines, and proce-
dures related to information security to secure 
and ensure the resiliency of State and local in-
formation systems; 
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‘‘(E) provide, upon request, operational 
and technical cybersecurity training to State 
and local government and fusion center analysts 
and operators to address cybersecurity risks or 
incidents; 
‘‘(F) provide, in coordination with the 
Chief Privacy Officer and the Chief Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties Officer of the Department, 
privacy and civil liberties training to State and 
local governments related to cybersecurity; 
‘‘(G) provide, upon request, operational 
and technical assistance to State and local gov-
ernments to implement tools, products, re-
sources, policies, guidelines, and procedures on 
information security by— 
‘‘(i) deploying technology to assist 
such State or local government to continu-
ously diagnose and mitigate against cyber 
threats and vulnerabilities, with or without 
reimbursement; 
‘‘(ii) compiling and analyzing data on 
State and local information security; and 
‘‘(iii) developing and conducting tar-
geted operational evaluations, including 
threat and vulnerability assessments, on 
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the information systems of State and local 
governments; 
‘‘(H) assist State and local governments to 
develop policies and procedures for coordinating 
vulnerability disclosures, to the extent prac-
ticable, consistent with international and na-
tional standards in the information technology 
industry, including standards developed by the 
National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology; and 
‘‘(I) ensure that State and local govern-
ments, as appropriate, are made aware of the 
tools, products, resources, policies, guidelines, 
and procedures on information security devel-
oped by the Department and other appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies for ensuring 
the security and resiliency of Federal civilian 
information systems. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING.—Privacy and civil liberties 
training provided pursuant to subparagraph (F) of 
paragraph (1) shall include processes, methods, and 
information that— 
‘‘(A) are consistent with the Department’s 
Fair Information Practice Principles developed 
pursuant to section 552a of title 5, United 
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States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Pri-
vacy Act of 1974’ or the ‘Privacy Act’); 
‘‘(B) reasonably limit, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, the receipt, retention, use, and 
disclosure of information related to cybersecu-
rity risks and incidents associated with specific 
persons that is not necessary, for cybersecurity 
purposes, to protect an information system or 
network of information systems from cybersecu-
rity risks or to mitigate cybersecurity risks and 
incidents in a timely manner; 
‘‘(C) minimize any impact on privacy and 
civil liberties; 
‘‘(D) provide data integrity through the 
prompt removal and destruction of obsolete or 
erroneous names and personal information that 
is unrelated to the cybersecurity risk or incident 
information shared and retained by the Center 
in accordance with this section; 
‘‘(E) include requirements to safeguard 
cyber threat indicators and defensive measures 
retained by the Center, including information 
that is proprietary or business-sensitive that 
may be used to identify specific persons from 
unauthorized access or acquisition; 
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‘‘(F) protect the confidentiality of cyber 
threat indicators and defensive measures associ-
ated with specific persons to the greatest extent 
practicable; and 
‘‘(G) ensure all relevant constitutional, 
legal, and privacy protections are observed.’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen-
ter of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate information on 
the activities and effectiveness of such activities under 
subsection (g) of the second section 226 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148; relating to the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen-
ter), as added by subsection (a) of this section, on State 
and local information security. The center shall seek feed-
back from State and local governments regarding the ef-
fectiveness of such activities and include such feedback in 
the information required to be provided under this sub-
section. 
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TITLE XXXI—FUSION CENTER 
ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 3101. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUSION 
CENTER PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210A of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 210A. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FU-
SION CENTER PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Beginning on the date of 
the enactment of the Fusion Center Enhancement 
Act of 2015, such Initiative shall be known as the 
‘Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center 
Partnership Initiative’.’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY SUPPORT AND COORDINATION.— 
Through the Department of Homeland Security Fusion 
Center Partnership Initiative, in coordination with prin-
cipal officials of fusion centers in the National Network 
of Fusion Centers and the officers designated as the 
Homeland Security Advisors of the States, the Secretary 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) coordinate with the heads of other Federal 
departments and agencies to provide operational and 
intelligence advice and assistance to the National 
Network of Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(2) support the integration of fusion centers 
into the information sharing environment; 
‘‘(3) support the maturation and sustainment 
of the National Network of Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(4) reduce inefficiencies and maximize the ef-
fectiveness of Federal resource support to the Na-
tional Network of Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(5) provide analytic and reporting advice and 
assistance to the National Network of Fusion Cen-
ters; 
‘‘(6) review information within the scope of the 
information sharing environment, including home-
land security information, terrorism information, 
and weapons of mass destruction information, that 
is gathered by the National Network of Fusion Cen-
ters and incorporate such information, as appro-
priate, into the Department’s own such information; 
‘‘(7) provide for the effective dissemination of 
information within the scope of the information 
sharing environment to the National Network of Fu-
sion Centers; 
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‘‘(8) facilitate close communication and coordi-
nation between the National Network of Fusion 
Centers and the Department and other Federal de-
partments and agencies; 
‘‘(9) provide the National Network of Fusion 
Centers with expertise on Department resources and 
operations; 
‘‘(10) coordinate the provision of training and 
technical assistance to the National Network of Fu-
sion Centers and encourage such fusion centers to 
participate in terrorism threat-related exercises con-
ducted by the Department; 
‘‘(11) ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, 
that support for the National Network of Fusion 
Centers is included as a national priority in applica-
ble homeland security grant guidance; 
‘‘(12) ensure that each fusion center in the Na-
tional Network of Fusion Centers has a privacy pol-
icy approved by the Chief Privacy Officer of the De-
partment and a civil rights and civil liberties policy 
approved by the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties of the Department; 
‘‘(13) coordinate the nationwide suspicious ac-
tivity report initiative to ensure information gath-
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ered by the National Network of Fusion Centers is 
incorporated as appropriate; 
‘‘(14) lead Department efforts to ensure fusion 
centers in the National Network of Fusion Centers 
are the primary focal points for the sharing of home-
land security information, terrorism information, 
and weapons of mass destruction information with 
State and local entities to the greatest extent prac-
ticable; 
‘‘(15) develop and disseminate best practices on 
the appropriate levels for staffing at fusion centers 
in the National Network of Fusion Centers of quali-
fied representatives from State, local, tribal, and ter-
ritorial law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, 
and emergency management services, and public 
health disciplines, as well as the private sector; and 
‘‘(16) carry out such other duties as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking so much as precedes para-
graph (3)(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) RESOURCE ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION SHARING AND PERSONNEL 
ASSIGNMENT.— 
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Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h), as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 210A and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210A. Department of Homeland Security Fusion Centers Initiative.’’. 
(d) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, rule, or 
regulation to the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 
State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative’’ shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Fusion Center Initiative’’. 
TITLE XXXII—TRANSPORTATION 
SECURITY 
ADMINISTRATION 
REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT 
SEC. 3201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADMINISTRATION; TSA.—The terms ‘‘Ad-
ministration’’ and ‘‘TSA’’ mean the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration. 
(3) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
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