49 USC 44911 - Sec. 44911. Intelligence

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(a) Definition. - In this section, "intelligence community" means the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the following units of the United States Government: (1) the Department of State. (2) the Department of Defense. (3) the Department of the Treasury. (4) the Department of Energy. (5) the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. (6) the Central Intelligence Agency. (7) the National Security Agency. (8) the Defense Intelligence Agency. (9) the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (10) the Drug Enforcement Administration. (b) Policies and Procedures on Report Availability. - The head of each unit in the intelligence community shall prescribe policies and procedures to ensure that intelligence reports about terrorism are made available, as appropriate, to the heads of other units in the intelligence community, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security. (c) Unit for Strategic Planning on Terrorism. - The heads of the units in the intelligence community shall place greater emphasis on strategic intelligence efforts by establishing a unit for strategic planning on terrorism. (d) Designation of Intelligence Officer. - At the request of the Secretary, the Director of Central Intelligence shall designate at least one intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in a senior position in the Office of the Secretary. (e) Written Working Agreements. - The heads of units in the intelligence community, the Secretary, and the Under Secretary shall review and, as appropriate, revise written working agreements between the intelligence community and the Under Secretary.

Historical And Revision Notes

Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section

44911(a) 49 App.:1358d Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. (note). 101-604, Sec. 111(e), 104 Stat. 3080. 44911(b) 49 App.:1358d Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. (note). 101-604, Sec. 111(a), 104 Stat. 3080. 44911(c) 49 App.:1358d Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. (note). 101-604, Sec. 111(b), 104 Stat. 3080. 44911(d) 49 App.:1358d Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. (note). 101-604, Sec. 111(c), 104 Stat. 3080. 44911(e) 49 App.:1358d Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. (note). 101-604, Sec. 111(d), 104 Stat. 3080.

In this section, the word "units" is substituted for "agencies" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. In subsections (b) and (e), the words "Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act" in section 111(a) and (d) of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-640, 104 Stat. 3080) are omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (b), the words "the heads of other units in the intelligence community, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration" are substituted for "other members of the intelligence community, the Department of Transportation, and the Federal Aviation Administration" for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. In subsections (c) and (e), the words "heads of units in the intelligence community" are substituted for "intelligence community" for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. In subsection (e), the words "memorandums of understanding" are omitted as being included in "written working agreements". AMENDMENTS 2001 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107-71, Sec. 102(b), struck out "international" before "terrorism". Pub. L. 107-71, Sec. 101(f)(7), (9), substituted "Under Secretary of Transportation for Security" for "Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-71, Sec. 102(c), substituted "place" for "consider placing". Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107-71, Sec. 101(f)(7), substituted "Under Secretary" for "Administrator" in two places.

Transfer Of Functions

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Transportation Security Administration of the Department of Transportation, including the functions of the Secretary of Transportation, and of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(2), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Section Referred To In Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 106 of this title.