[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1615 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1615

To provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information 
     with local law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2001

   Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Hatch) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the sharing of certain foreign intelligence information 
     with local law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal-Local Information Sharing 
Partnership Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO SHARE GRAND JURY INFORMATION.

    Rule 6(e)(3)(C) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure is 
amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(V), by inserting after ``national 
        security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement 
        personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State 
        (including the chief executive officer of that State or 
        political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or 
        direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or 
        political subdivision)''; and
            (2) in clause (iii)--
                    (A) by striking ``Federal''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief 
                executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a 
                State or political subdivision of a State who receives 
                information pursuant to clause (i)(V), shall only use 
                that information consistent with such guidelines as the 
                Attorney General shall issue to protect 
                confidentiality.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO SHARE ELECTRONIC, WIRE, AND ORAL INTERCEPTION 
              INFORMATION.

    Section 2517(6) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``national 
        security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement 
        personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State 
        (including the chief executive officer of that State or 
        political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or 
        direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or 
        political subdivision)'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Federal''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief 
        executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
        political subdivision of a State who receives information 
        pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information 
        consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General shall 
        issue to protect confidentiality.''.

SEC. 4. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION.

    Section 203(d)(1) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001 (Public Law 107-56) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``national 
        security official'' the following: ``or to law enforcement 
        personnel of a State or political subdivision of a State 
        (including the chief executive officer of that State or 
        political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or 
        direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or 
        political subdivision)'';
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Federal''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief 
        executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
        political subdivision of a State who receives information 
        pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information 
        consistent with such guidelines as the Attorney General shall 
        issue to protect confidentiality.''.

SEC. 5. DISCLOSURES TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR COUNTERTERRORISM 
              PURPOSES.

    Section 626(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The recipient of 
that consumer report or information may further disclose the contents 
of that report or information to law enforcement personnel of a State 
or political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive 
officer of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to 
appoint or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or 
political subdivision) to assist the official who is to receive that 
information in the performance of the official duties of that official. 
Any chief executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
political subdivision of a State who receives information pursuant to 
this subsection shall only use that information consistent with such 
guidelines as the Attorney General shall issue to protect 
confidentiality.''.

SEC. 6. MULTILATERAL COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISTS.

    Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1202(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) the Secretary of State may provide copies of any 
        record of the Department of State and of diplomatic and 
        consular offices of the United States pertaining to the 
        issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 
        States, or any information contained in those records, to law 
        enforcement personnel of a State or political subdivision of a 
        State (including the chief executive officer of that State or 
        political subdivision who has the authority to appoint or 
        direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State of 
        political subdivision), if the Secretary determines that it is 
        necessary and appropriate, however, any chief executive officer 
        or law enforcement personnel of a State or political 
        subdivision of a State who receives information pursuant to 
        this paragraph shall only use that information consistent with 
        such guidelines as the Attorney General shall issue to protect 
        confidentiality; and''.

SEC. 7. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM AN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE.

    Section 106(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1806) is amended by inserting after ``law enforcement 
officers'' the following: ``or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive officer 
of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint 
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or political 
subdivision)''.

SEC. 8. INFORMATION ACQUIRED FROM A PHYSICAL SEARCH.

    Section 305(k)(1) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 (50 U.S.C. 1825) is amended by inserting after ``law enforcement 
officers'' the following: ``or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
political subdivision of a State (including the chief executive officer 
of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to appoint 
or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that State or political 
subdivision)''.

SEC. 9. DISCLOSURE OF EDUCATIONAL RECORDS.

    Section 444(j)(1)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1232g) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``disseminate'' the following: 
        ``(including disclosure of the contents of those education 
        records to law enforcement personnel of a State or political 
        subdivision of a State, including the chief executive officer 
        of that State or political subdivision who has the authority to 
        appoint or direct the chief law enforcement officer of that 
        State or political subdivision, in the performance of the 
        official duties of that law enforcement officer)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief 
        executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
        political subdivision of a State who receives information 
        pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information 
        consistent with those guidelines.''.

SEC. 10. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM.

    Section 408(c)(1)(B) of the National Education Statistics Act of 
1994 (20 U.S.C. 9007) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``disseminate'' the following: 
        ``(including disclosure of the contents of those reports, 
        records, and information to law enforcement personnel of a 
        State or political subdivision of a State, including the chief 
        executive officer of that State or political subdivision who 
        has the authority to appoint or direct the chief law 
        enforcement officer of that State or political subdivision, in 
        the performance of the official duties of that law enforcement 
        officer)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following: ``Any chief 
        executive officer or law enforcement personnel of a State or 
        political subdivision of a State who receives information 
        pursuant to this paragraph shall only use that information 
        consistent with those guidelines.''.
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