50 USC 3384 - Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the Department of Agriculture

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 29, 2024

§ 3384.

Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office at the Department of Agriculture

(a)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Department

(2)

Secretary

(b)

Omitted

(c)

Establishment of Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office

(1)

Agreement with Secretary of Agriculture

(2)

Location

(3)

Security

(d)

Personnel

(1)

Director

(A)

Appointment

There shall be at the head of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office a Director who is appointed by the Director of National Intelligence. The Director of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office shall—

(i)

be supervised and subject to performance evaluations by the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, in consultation with the Secretary;

(ii)

be an employee of the intelligence community with significant counterintelligence experience; and

(iii)

serve for a period of 3 years.

(B)

Responsibilities

The Director of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office shall carry out the following responsibilities:

(i)

Serving as the head of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office, with supervisory responsibility for the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office and any other personnel assigned to the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office.

(ii)

Advising the Secretary on counterintelligence and intelligence information.

(iii)

Ensuring that counterintelligence threat information and, as appropriate, finished intelligence on topics related to the functions of the Department, are provided to appropriate personnel of the department or agency without delay.

(iv)

Ensuring critical intelligence relevant to the Secretary is requested and disseminated in a timely manner.

(v)

Establishing, as appropriate, mechanisms for collaboration through which Department subject matter experts, including those without security clearances, can share information and expertise with the intelligence community.

(vi)

Correlating and evaluating counterintelligence threats identified within intelligence community reporting, in coordination with the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, and providing appropriate dissemination of such intelligence to officials of the Department with a need-to-know.

(vii)

Advising the Secretary on methods to improve the counterintelligence posture of the Department.

(viii)

Where appropriate, supporting the Department’s leadership in engaging with the National Security Council.

(ix)

In coordination with the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, establishing counterintelligence partnerships to improve the counterintelligence defense of the Department.

(2)

Deputy Director

There shall be within the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office a Deputy Director who is appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. The Deputy Director shall—

(A)

be supervised and subject to performance evaluations by the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center;

(B)

be a current or former employee of the Department with significant experience within the Department; and

(C)

serve at the pleasure of the Secretary.

(3)

Other employees

(A)

Joint duty assignment

(B)

Supervision

(C)

Joint duty or assigned personnel reimbursement

(D)

Operation under authority of Director of National Intelligence

(E)

Incentive pay

(i)

In general

(ii)

Eligibility

(e)

Funding

To the extent and in such amounts as specifically provided in advance in appropriations Acts for the purposes detailed in this subsection, the Director of National Intelligence may expend such sums as are authorized within the National Intelligence Program of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for—

(1)

the renovation, furnishing, and equipping of a Federal building, as necessary, to meet the security and operational requirements of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office;

(2)

the provision of connectivity to the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office to enable briefings, secure audio and video communications, and collaboration between employees of the Department and the intelligence community at the unclassified, secret, and top secret levels;

(3)

the provision of other information technology systems and devices, such as computers, printers, and phones, for use by employees of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office;

(4)

the assignment of employees of the intelligence community to support the operation of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office; and

(5)

the provision of other personal services necessary for the operation of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office.

(f)

Deadline for establishment of the Intelligence Community Counterintelligence Office

(1)

Establishment

(2)

Report

(Pub. L. 118–31, div. G, title III, § 7318, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 1033.)

cite as: 50 USC 3384