In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Long-Term Care Partnership Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE LONG-TERM CARE PARTNERSHIPS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1917(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by striking ``shall seek 
        adjustment'' and inserting ``may seek adjustment'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by inserting ``Qualified State 
        Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership or under a'' after 
        ``Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of an individual who 
        received medical assistance under a''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``(and shall include, 
        in the case of an individual to whom paragraph (1)(C)(i) 
        applies)''.
    (b) Definition of a Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnership.--Section 1917(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p(e)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(6) The term `Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
        Partnership' means a State plan amendment that provides for the 
        disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the 
        insurance benefits payments that are made under a long-term 
        care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a 
        group insurance contract), but only if--
                    ``(A) the policy covers an insured who, at the time 
                coverage under the policy first becomes effective, is a 
                resident of such State or of a State that maintains a 
                Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership;
                    ``(B) the policy is a qualified long-term care 
                insurance contract within the meaning of section 
                7702B(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(C) the policy provides some level of inflation 
                protection;
                    ``(D) the policy satisfies any requirements of 
                State or other applicable law that apply to a long-term 
                care insurance policy; and
                    ``(E) the issuer of the policy reports--
                            ``(i) to the Secretary, such information or 
                        data as the Secretary may require; and
                            ``(ii) to the State, the information or 
                        data reported to the Secretary (if any), the 
                        information or data required under the minimum 
                        reporting requirements developed under section 
                        2(c)(1) of the State Long-Term Care Partnership 
                        Act of 2005, and such additional information or 
                        data as the State may require.
        For purposes of applying this paragraph, if a long-term care 
        insurance policy is exchanged for another such policy, the date 
        coverage became effective under the first policy shall 
        determine when coverage first becomes effective.''.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(in this subsection and subsection (d) referred to as the 
``Secretary''), in consultation with the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners, issuers of long-term care insurance policies, 
States with experience with long-term care insurance partnership plans, 
and other States, shall develop the following requirements and 
standards:
            (1) Minimum, consistent reporting requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Minimum reporting requirements for 
                issuers of long-term care insurance policies under 
                Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships 
                that shall specify the data and information that each 
                such issuer shall report to the State with which it has 
                such a partnership. The requirements developed in 
                accordance with this paragraph shall specify the type 
                and format of the data and information to be reported 
                and the frequency with which such reports are to be 
                made.
                    (B) State required data.--Nothing in subparagraph 
                (A) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from 
                requiring an issuer of a long-term care insurance 
                policy sold in the State (regardless of whether the 
                policy is issued under a Qualified State Long-Term Care 
                Insurance Partnership) to require the issuer to report 
                State information or data to the State that is in 
                addition to the information or data required under the 
                minimum reporting requirements developed under that 
                subparagraph.
            (2) Reciprocity standards.--Standards for ensuring that 
        long-term care insurance policies issued under a Qualified 
        State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership are portable to 
        other States with such a partnership.
    (d) Consumer Education.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
for educating consumers regarding Qualified State Long-Term Care 
Insurance Partnerships and long-term care insurance policies issued in 
connection with such partnerships.
    (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
report to Congress on the Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance 
Partnerships established in accordance with subsections (b)(1)(C)(ii) 
and (e)(6) of section 1917 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396p).
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
take effect on October 1, 2005.

A: State Long-Term Care Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for establishment of long-term care insurance partnerships between states and insurers (Qualified State Long-Term Care Insurance Partnerships (QSLTCIPs)). Defines a QSLTCIP as a state plan amendment that provides for the disregard of any assets or resources in an amount equal to the insurance benefits payments made under a long-term care insurance policy (including a certificate issued under a group insurance contract), but only if the policy meets certain requirements, including coverage of an insured who, at the time coverage first becomes effective, is a resident of such state or of a state that maintains a QSLTCIP.

Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for educating consumers regarding QSLTCIPs and long-term care insurance policies issued in connection with them.
****
Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Year 2000 Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Electronic data exchanges are used extensively to 
        transfer information between computer systems. Federal agencies 
        now depend on electronic data exchanges to execute programs and 
        facilitate commerce. Consequently, as computer systems are 
        converted to process Year 2000 dates, the associated data 
        exchanges must also be made Year 2000 compliant.
            (2) The testing and implementation of new data exchanges 
        must be closely coordinated with exchange partners to be 
        completed effectively. If Year 2000 data exchanges do not 
        function properly, data will not be exchanged between systems, 
        or invalid data could cause receiving computer systems to 
        malfunction or produce inaccurate computations.
            (3) The United States 381,000 small manufacturers 
        contribute more than half of the country's total value in 
        manufacturing. However, as of 1997, 88 percent of all companies 
        with fewer than 2,000 employees had not yet started Year 2000 
        remediation projects.
            (4) As small manufacturers are an integral part of the 
        business supply chain, it is imperative that their computer 
        systems are Year 2000 compliant to prevent disruption to the 
        country's manufacturing base.
            (5) The economic well being of the United States is 
        interdependent with the economic well being of other nations of 
        the world. There is very little information on the level of 
        Year 2000 preparedness by other countries and the potential 
        impact on the United States economy. Therefore, to prevent 
        economic disruption in the United States, the Year 2000 
        computer problem must be addressed on a global scale.
            (6) Consumer awareness of the potential and extent of 
        failure of computer hardware, software, and embedded microchips 
        found in many consumer products resulting from the Year 2000 
        problem is small.
            (7) Currently, there is no information to guide consumers 
        in the purchase of Year 2000 compliant consumer goods or to 
        ensure that their existing goods are Year 2000 complaint.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``end-to-end testing'' means testing data 
        exchange software with respect to--
                    (A) the initiation of the exchange by sending 
                computers;
                    (B) transmission through intermediate 
                communications software and hardware; and
                    (C) receipt and acceptance by receiving computers;
            (2) the term ``small and medium-sized businesses'' means 
        businesses with less than 500 employees;
            (3) the term ``Year 2000 compliant'' means, with respect to 
        information technology, that the information technology 
        accurately processes (including calculating, comparing, and 
        sequencing) date and time data from, into, and between the 20th 
        and 21st centuries and the years 1999 and 2000, and leap year 
        calculations, to the extent that other information technology 
        properly exchanges date and time data with it; and
            (4) the term ``Year 2000 computer problem'' means the 
        potential problems that might be encountered in any level of 
        computer hardware and software from microcode to application 
        programs, files, and databases that need to correctly interpret 
        year date data represented in 2-digit-year format.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS.

    To ensure that all computer operations and processing can be 
provided without interruption by Federal agencies after December 31, 
1999, the head of each Federal agency shall--
            (1) take actions necessary to ensure that all systems and 
        hardware administered by the agency are Year 2000 compliant, to 
        the extent necessary to ensure that no significant disruption 
        of the operations of the agency or of the agency's data 
        exchange partners occurs, including--
                    (A) establishing, before March 1, 1999, schedules 
                for testing and implementing new data exchange formats 
                for completing all data exchange corrections, which may 
                include national test days for end-to-end testing of 
                critical processes and associated data exchanges 
                affecting Federal, State, and local governments;
                    (B) notifying data exchange partners of the 
                implications to the agency and the exchange partners if 
                they do not make appropriate date conversion 
                corrections in time to meet the Federal schedule for 
                implementing and testing Year 2000 compliant data 
                exchange processes;
                    (C) giving priority to installing filters necessary 
                to prevent the corruption of mission-critical systems 
                from data exchanges with noncompliant systems; and
                    (D) developing and implementing, as part of the 
                agency's continuity and contingency planning efforts, 
                specific provisions for data exchanges that may fail, 
                including strategies to mitigate operational 
                disruptions if data exchange partners do not make 
                timely date conversion corrections;
            (2) beginning not later than 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, convene meetings at least quarterly with 
        representatives of the agency's data exchange partners to 
        assess implementation progress; and
            (3) after each meeting convened pursuant to paragraph (2), 
        transmit to the Congress a report summarizing--
                    (A) the results of that meeting; and
                    (B) the status of the agency's completion of key 
                data exchange corrections, including the extent of data 
                exchange inventoried, an assessment of data exchange 
                formats agreed to with data exchange partners, testing 
                and implementation schedules, and testing and 
                implementation completed.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.

    To ensure that the Nation's small and medium-sized businesses are 
prepared to meet the Year 2000 computer problem challenge, the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, in conjunction with the Small 
Business Administration, shall develop a Year 2000 compliance outreach 
program to assist small and medium-sized businesses. Such program shall 
include--
            (1) the development of a Year 2000 self-assessment 
        checklist;
            (2) an explanation of the Year 2000 computer problem and an 
        identification of best practices for resolving the problem;
            (3) a list of Federal Government Year 2000 information 
        resources; and
            (4) a list of Year 2000 compliant products provided by the 
        General Services Administration.

SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT.

    Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, in conjunction with other 
relevant Federal agencies, shall transmit to the Congress a report 
assessing the international implications of the Year 2000 computer 
problem. Such report shall include--
            (1) an assessment of Year 2000 compliance by the United 
        States major trading partners;
            (2) a description of efforts by the United States to share 
        best practices with other countries;
            (3) the economic implications on world trade and the United 
        States economy of the Year 2000 computer problem, including an 
        identification of impacted United States industrial sectors and 
        Federal agencies; and
            (4) a summary of participation by Federal agencies in 
        international fora addressing the Year 2000 computer problem.

SEC. 7. CONSUMER AWARENESS.

    To ensure that the Nation's consumers are aware of and prepared to 
meet the Year 2000 computer problem challenge, the Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Technology shall develop a Year 2000 consumer awareness 
program to assist the public in becoming aware of the implications of 
the Year 2000 computer problem. Such program shall include--
            (1) the development of a Year 2000 self-assessment 
        checklist;
            (2) a list of Federal Government Year 2000 computer problem 
        information resources;
            (3) a list of Year 2000 compliant products provided by the 
        General Services Administration;
            (4) a series of public awareness announcements or seminars 
        on the impact of the Year 2000 computer problem on consumer 
        products and services; and
            (5) a series of public awareness announcements or seminars 
        on the potential effect that the Year 2000 computer problem 
        could have on the provision of services by the Federal 
        Government to the public, and the progress made in resolving 
        the problem by the Federal agencies providing those services.

A: Year 2000 Act - Requires the head of each Federal agency to:  (1) take actions necessary to ensure that all systems and hardware administered by the agency are Year 2000 compliant to the extent necessary to ensure that no significant disruption of the agency's operations or data exchange partners occurs; and (2) convene, at least quarterly, and report to the Congress on, meetings with representatives of the agency's data exchange partners to assess implementation progress. 
Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in conjunction with the Small Business Administration, to develop a Year 2000 compliance outreach program to assist the Nation's small and medium-sized businesses to ensure that such businesses are prepared to meet the Year 2000 computer problem (Y2K problem) challenge. 
Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology:  (1) in conjunction with other relevant Federal agencies, to transmit to the Congress a report assessing the international implications of the Year 2000 computer problem; and (2) to develop a Year 2000 consumer awareness program to assist the public in becoming aware of the implications of such problem.
****
Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Information 
Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS ON DISSEMINATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY-RELATED 
              INFORMATION.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Section 201(d)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
        gives the Department of Homeland Security authority to access, 
        receive, and analyze law enforcement information, intelligence 
        information, and other information from Federal, State, and 
        local government agencies--including law enforcement agencies--
        and to integrate such information in order to detect, identify, 
        and assess terrorist threats to the homeland.
            (2) Section 201(d)(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
        likewise gives the Department the power to ensure ``timely and 
        efficient access'' to these categories of information in order 
        to effectively discharge its information sharing 
        responsibilities.
            (3) Section 102A(f)(1)(B)(iii) of the National Security Act 
        of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-1(f)(1)(B)(iii)), as amended by section 
        1011 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
        2004, prohibits the Director of National Intelligence from 
        disseminating information directly to State and local 
        government officials.
            (4) Under section 119(f)(1)(E) of the National Security Act 
        of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404o(f)(1)(E)), as amended, the Director of 
        the National Counterterrorism Center supports the 
        responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security to 
        disseminate terrorism information.
            (5) Section 201(d)(9) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
        gives the Department of Homeland Security the responsibility to 
        disseminate information analyzed by the Department to other 
        Federal, State, and local agencies with responsibilities 
        relating to homeland security ``in order to assist in the 
        deterrence, prevention, preemption of, or response to, 
        terrorist attacks. . .''.
            (6) Section 201(d)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
        (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(11)) explicitly gives the Department the 
        responsibility to ensure ``appropriate exchanges of 
        information, including law enforcement-related information, 
        relating to threats of terrorism against the United States''.
            (7) Section 201(d)(14) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
        gives the Department the responsibility ``to establish and 
        utilize . . . a secure communications and information 
        technology infrastructure . . . in order to access, receive, 
        and analyze data'' and to disseminate that data to State, 
        local, and tribal law enforcement agencies as appropriate.

SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 203. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM.

    ``(a) Requirement.--The Under Secretary for Information and 
Analysis shall implement a Homeland Security Advisory System in 
accordance with this section to provide public advisories and alerts 
regarding threats to homeland security, including national, regional, 
local, and economic sector advisories and alerts, as appropriate.
    ``(b) Required Elements.--The Under Secretary, under the System--
            ``(1) shall include, in each advisory and alert regarding a 
        threat, information on appropriate protective measures and 
        countermeasures that may be taken in response to the threat;
            ``(2) shall, whenever possible, limit the scope of each 
        advisory and alert to a specific region, locality, or economic 
        sector believed to be at risk; and
            ``(3) shall not, in issuing any advisory or alert, use 
        color designations as the exclusive means of specifying the 
        homeland security threat conditions that are the subject of the 
        advisory or alert.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
subtitle A of title II the following:

``Sec. 203. Homeland Security Advisory System.''.

SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), as amended by section 3, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 204. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING.

    ``(a) Information Sharing Environment.--Consistent with section 
1016 of the National Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), the Secretary shall integrate and standardize 
the information of the intelligence components of the Department into a 
Department information sharing environment, to be administered by the 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis.
    ``(b) Information Sharing and Knowledge Management Officers.--For 
each intelligence component of the Department, the Secretary shall 
designate an information sharing and knowledge management officer who 
shall report to the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis with 
respect to coordinating the different systems used in the Department to 
gather and disseminate homeland security information.
    ``(c) State, Local, and Private-Sector Sources of Information.--
            ``(1) Establishment of business processes.--The Under 
        Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall establish 
        Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of 
        information gathered from State, local, tribal, and private-
        sector sources and, as appropriate, integrate such information 
        into the information gathered by the Department and other 
        department and agencies of the Federal Government.
            ``(2) Feedback.--The Secretary shall develop mechanisms to 
        provide analytical and operational feedback to any State, 
        local, tribal, and private-sector entities that gather 
        information and provide such information to the Secretary.
    ``(d) Training and Evaluation of Employees.--
            ``(1) Training.--The Under Secretary shall provide to 
        employees of the Department opportunities for training and 
        education to develop an understanding of the definition of 
        homeland security information, how information available to 
        them as part of their duties might qualify as homeland security 
        information, and how information available to them is relevant 
        to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
            ``(2) Evaluations.--The Under Secretary shall, on an 
        ongoing basis, evaluate how employees of the Office of 
        Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence components of 
        the Department are utilizing homeland security information and 
        participating in the Department information sharing 
        environment.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is further amended by adding at the end of the items relating 
to such subtitle the following:

``Sec. 204. Homeland security information sharing.''.
    (c) Establishment of Comprehensive Information Technology Network 
Architecture.--
            (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 new section:

``SEC. 205. COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK ARCHITECTURE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
Intelligence Officer, shall establish a comprehensive information 
technology network architecture for the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis.
    ``(b) Network Model.--The comprehensive information technology 
network architecture established under subsection (a) shall, to the 
extent possible, incorporate the approaches, features, and functions of 
the network proposed by the Markle Foundation in reports issued in 
October 2002 and December 2003, known as the System-wide Homeland 
Security Analysis and Resource Exchange (SHARE) Network.
    ``(c) Comprehensive Information Technology Network Architecture 
Defined.--the term `comprehensive information technology network 
architecture' means an integrated framework for evolving or maintaining 
existing information technology and acquiring new information 
technology to achieve the strategic goals and information resources 
management goals of the Office of Information and Analysis.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 
        1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items 
        relating to such subtitle the following:

``Sec. 205. Comprehensive information technology network 
                            architecture.''.
            (3) Reports.--
                    (A) Report on implementation of plan.--Not later 
                than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to 
                the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
                Security of the House of Representatives a report 
                containing a plan to implement the comprehensive 
                information technology network architecture for the 
                Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department 
                of Homeland Security required under section 209 of the 
                Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by paragraph 
                (1). Such report shall include the following:
                            (i) Priorities for the development of the 
                        comprehensive information technology network 
                        architecture and a rationale for such 
                        priorities.
                            (ii) An explanation of how the various 
                        components of the comprehensive information 
                        technology network architecture will work 
                        together and interconnect.
                            (iii) A description of the technology 
                        challenges that the Office of Intelligence and 
                        Analysis will face in implementing the 
                        comprehensive information technology network 
                        architecture.
                            (iv) A description of technology options 
                        that are available or are in development that 
                        may be incorporated into the comprehensive 
                        technology network architecture, the 
                        feasibility of incorporating such options, and 
                        the advantages and disadvantages of doing so.
                            (v) An explanation of any security 
                        protections to be developed as part of the 
                        comprehensive information technology network 
                        architecture.
                            (vi) A description of any safeguards for 
                        civil liberties and privacy to be built into 
                        the comprehensive information technology 
                        network architecture.
                            (vii) An operational best practices plan.
                    (B) Progress report.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date on which the report is submitted under 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a 
                report on the progress of the Secretary in developing 
                the comprehensive information technology network 
                architecture required under section 209 of the Homeland 
                Security Act of 2002, as added by paragraph (1).
    (d) Intelligence Component Defined.--Section 2 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(17) The term `intelligence component of the Department' 
        means any directorate, agency, or element of the Department 
        that gathers, receives, analyzes, produces, or disseminates 
        homeland security information except--
                    ``(A) a directorate, agency, or element of the 
                Department that is required to be maintained as a 
                distinct entity under this Act; or
                    ``(B) any personnel security, physical security, 
                document security, or communications security program 
                within any directorate, agency, or element of the 
                Department.''.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY FOR DISSEMINATING HOMELAND SECURITY-RELATED 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 104. AUTHORITY FOR DISSEMINATING HOMELAND SECURITY-RELATED 
              INFORMATION.

    ``(a) Primary Authority.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall be the executive branch 
official responsible for disseminating homeland security-related 
terrorist threat information to State and local government and tribal 
officials and the private sector.
    ``(b) Prior Approval Required.--No Federal official may issue any 
homeland security-related analysis, advisory, or alert without the 
Secretary's prior approval, except--
            ``(1) in exigent circumstances under which it is essential 
        that the information be communicated immediately; or
            ``(2) when such analysis advisory or alert is issued to 
        Federal, State, local, or tribal law enforcement officials for 
        the purpose of assisting them in any aspect of the 
        administration of criminal justice.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such 
title the following:

``Sec. 104. Authority for disseminating homeland security-related 
                            information.''.

A:
Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Information and Analysis to implement a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide advisories and alerts regarding threats to homeland security. Requires such an advisory or alert to: (1) include information on protective measures and countermeasures; (2) be limited in scope to a specific region, locality, or economic sector; and (3) not use color designations as the exclusive means of specifying threat conditions.

Directs the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) integrate and standardize the information of the Department's intelligence components into a Department information-sharing environment; and (2) designate, for each such component, an information-sharing and knowledge management officer.

Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of information gathered from state, local, tribal, and private-sector sources; (2) develop mechanisms to provide analytical and operational feedback; (3) provide Department employees training and educational opportunities; and (4) evaluate how employees of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Department's intelligence components are utilizing homeland security information.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer, to establish a comprehensive information technology architecture for such Office.

Makes the Secretary the executive branch official responsible for disseminating homeland security-related terrorist threat information to state and local government and tribal officials and the private sector. Prohibits any federal official from issuing a homeland security-related analysis, advisory, or alert without the Secretary's approval, with exceptions.
****