50 USC 3371 - Required counterintelligence assessments, briefings, notifications, and reports

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 07, 2024

§ 3371.

Required counterintelligence assessments, briefings, notifications, and reports

(a)

Foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to Federal election campaigns

(1)

Reports required

(A)

In general

As provided in subparagraph (B), with respect to an election for Federal office, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall make publicly available on an internet website an advisory report on foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to campaigns of candidates for Federal office. Each such report, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, shall include the following:

(i)

A description of foreign counterintelligence and cybersecurity threats to campaigns of candidates for Federal office.

(ii)

A summary of best practices that campaigns of candidates for Federal office can employ in seeking to counter such threats.

(iii)

An identification of publicly available resources, including United States Government resources, for countering such threats.

(B)

Schedule for submittal

(i)

In general

(ii)

2020 elections

(C)

Information to be included

(2)

(b)

Omitted

(c)

Director of National Intelligence assessment of foreign interference in Federal elections

(1)

Assessments required

Not later than 45 days after the end of a Federal election cycle, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of such other executive departments and agencies as the Director considers appropriate, shall—

(A)

conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in elections for Federal office occurring during the Federal election cycle; and

(B)

transmit the findings of the Director with respect to the assessment conducted under subparagraph (A), along with such supporting information as the Director considers appropriate, to the following:

(i)

The President.

(ii)

The Secretary of State.

(iii)

The Secretary of the Treasury.

(iv)

The Secretary of Defense.

(v)

The Attorney General.

(vi)

The Secretary of Homeland Security.

(vii)

Congress.

(2)

Elements

An assessment conducted under paragraph (1)(A), with respect to an act described in such paragraph, shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the following:

(A)

The nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute the act.

(B)

The persons involved.

(C)

The foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported the act.

(3)

Publication

(4)

Federal election cycle defined

(5)

Effective date

(Pub. L. 116–92, div. E, title LIII, § 5304, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2119.)

cite as: 50 USC 3371