Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Subsecs. (j) to (l). Pub. L. 116–116 added subsec. (j) and redesignated former subsecs. (j) and (k) as (k) and (l), respectively.

2018—Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 115–278 substituted “Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency” for “Office of Infrastructure Protection”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Office of Intelligence and Analysis Field Personnel Support to Fusion Centers

Pub. L. 116–116, § 3, Mar. 2, 2020, 134 Stat. 111, provided that:

“(a)

Performance Metrics.—

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Mar. 2, 2020], the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall—

“(1)

consider the effectiveness of existing processes to identify and prepare field personnel for deployment to support fusion centers and internal mechanisms to ensure oversight and accountability of such field personnel, including field personnel assigned to one center and field personnel assigned to multiple centers; and

“(2)

publish and disseminate performance metrics, taking into account, as appropriate, regional and threat diversity, for—

“(A)

field personnel from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis assigned to an individual fusion center;

“(B)

field personnel from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis assigned to multiple fusion centers; and

“(C)

Regional Directors of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to ensure accountability for monitoring all field personnel under the supervision of such Regional Directors.

“(b)

Training.—

In consultation with the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall develop and implement a formalized training module for fusion center personnel regarding the classified Homeland Secure Data Network, or any successor system.

“(c)

Fusion Center Defined.—

In this section, the term ‘fusion center’ has the meaning given such term in section 210A(k) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 124h(k)], as so redesignated by section 2 [amending this section].”

Training for Predeployed Officers and Analysts

Pub. L. 110–53, title V, § 511(b), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 323, provided that: “An officer or analyst assigned to a fusion center by the Secretary of Homeland Security before the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 3, 2007] shall undergo the training described in section 210A(c)(4)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 124h(c)(4)(A)], as added by subsection (a), by not later than 6 months after such date.”