[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9707]
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               AMENDMENT TO HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed 
in the Record the text of an amendment regarding the Homeland Security 
bill.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:


              specter amendment 2 to Lieberman substitute

       Insert on page 59, line 21, of the Lieberman Amendment No. 
     4471, a new section (c) entitled ``HOMELAND SECURITY 
     ASSESSMENT CENTER.'' After inserting the title, insert 
     attached text with designated edits (revising sections, 
     subsections, paragraphs and subparagraphs accordingly).
       (c) Homeland Security Assessment.--
       (1) establishment.--There is established in the Department 
     the Homeland Security Assessment Center.
       (2) Head.--The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
     Intelligence shall be the head of the Center.
       (3) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the Center 
     shall be as follows:
       (A) To assist the Directorate of Intelligence in 
     discharging the responsibilities under subsection (b) of this 
     section.
       (B) To provide intelligence and information analysis and 
     support to other elements of the Department.
       (C) To perform such other duties as the Secretary shall 
     provide.
       (4) Staff.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall provide the Center 
     with a staff of analysts having appropriate expertise and 
     experience to assist the Center in discharging the 
     responsibilities under this section.
       (B) Private sector analysts.--Analysts under this 
     subsection may include analysts from the private sector.
       (C) Security clearances.--Analysts under this subsection 
     shall possess security clearances appropriate for their work 
     under this section.
       (5) Cooperation within department.--The Secretary shall 
     ensure that the Center cooperates closely with other 
     officials of the Department having responsibility for 
     infrastructure protection in order to provide the Secretary 
     with a complete and comprehensive understanding of threats to 
     homeland security and the actual or potential vulnerabilities 
     of the United States in light of such threats.
       (6) Support.--
       (A) In general.--The following elements of the Federal 
     government shall provide personnel and resource support to 
     the Center:
       (i) Other elements of the Department designated by the 
     Secretary for that purpose.
       (ii) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (iii) Other elements of the intelligence community, as that 
     term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
     of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
       (iv) Such other elements of the Federal Government as the 
     President considers appropriate.
       (B) Memoranda of understanding.--The Secretary may enter 
     into one or more memoranda of understanding with the head of 
     an element referred to in paragraph (1) regarding the 
     provision of support to the Center under that paragraph.
       (7) Detail of personnel.--
       (A) In general.--In order to assist the Center in 
     discharging the responsibilities under subsection (c), 
     personnel of the agencies referred to in paragraph (2) may 
     be detailed to the Department for the performance of 
     analytic functions and related duties.
       (B) Covered agencies.--The agencies referred to in this 
     paragraph are as follows:
       (i) The Department of State.
       (ii) The Central Intelligence Agency.
       (iii) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (iv) The National Security Agency.
       (v) The National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
       (6) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
       (7) Other elements of the intelligence community, as 
     defined in this section.
       (8) Any other agency of the Federal Government that the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.
       (C) Cooperative agreements.--Personnel shall be detailed 
     under this subsection pursuant to cooperative agreement 
     entered into for that purpose by the Secretary and the head 
     of the agency concerned.
       (D) Basis.--The detail of personnel under this subsection 
     may be on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis.
       (8) Study of placement within intelligence community.--Not 
     later than 90 days after the effective date of this Act, the 
     President shall submit to the Committee on Governmental 
     Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives a report assessing the advisability of the 
     following:
       (A) Placing the elements of the Center concerned with the 
     analysis of foreign intelligence information within the 
     intelligence community under section 3(4) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
       (B) Placing such elements within the National Foreign 
     Intelligence Program for budgetary purposes.

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