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 118 STAT. 3650 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 ‘‘(6) The Director of National Intelligence shall establish requirements and priorities for foreign intelligence information to be collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and provide assistance to the Attorney General to ensure that information derived from electronic surveil- lance or physical searches under that Act is disseminated so it may be used efficiently and effectively for national intelligence purposes, except that the Director shall have no authority to direct or undertake electronic surveillance or physical search operations pursuant to that Act unless authorized by statute or Executive order. ‘‘(7) The Director of National Intelligence shall perform such other functions as the President may direct. ‘‘(8) Nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting the role of the Department of Justice or the Attorney General under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. ‘‘(g) INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION SHARING.—(1) The Director of National Intelligence shall have principal authority to ensure maximum availability of and access to intelligence information within the intelligence community consistent with national security requirements. The Director of National Intelligence shall— ‘‘(A) establish uniform security standards and procedures; ‘‘(B) establish common information technology standards, protocols, and interfaces; ‘‘(C) ensure development of information technology systems that include multi-level security and intelligence integration capabilities; ‘‘(D) establish policies and procedures to resolve conflicts between the need to share intelligence information and the need to protect intelligence sources and methods; ‘‘(E) develop an enterprise architecture for the intelligence community and ensure that elements of the intelligence commu- nity comply with such architecture; and ‘‘(F) have procurement approval authority over all enter- prise architecture-related information technology items funded in the National Intelligence Program. ‘‘(2) The President shall ensure that the Director of National Intelligence has all necessary support and authorities to fully and effectively implement paragraph (1). ‘‘(3) Except as otherwise directed by the President or with the specific written agreement of the head of the department or agency in question, a Federal agency or official shall not be consid- ered to have met any obligation to provide any information, report, assessment, or other material (including unevaluated intelligence information) to that department or agency solely by virtue of having provided that information, report, assessment, or other material to the Director of National Intelligence or the National Counterterrorism Center. ‘‘(4) Not later than February 1 of each year, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the President and to the Congress an annual report that identifies any statute, regulation, policy, or practice that the Director believes impedes the ability of the Director to fully and effectively implement paragraph (1). ‘‘(h) ANALYSIS.—To ensure the most accurate analysis of intel- ligence is derived from all sources to support national security needs, the Director of National Intelligence shall— ‘‘(1) implement policies and procedures— Procedures. Deadline. Reports. President. Procedures. Requirements. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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