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 118 STAT. 3813 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 to carry out the provisions of this subsection. (e) ENHANCING CLASSIFIED COUNTERTERRORIST TRAVEL EFFORTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of National Intelligence shall significantly increase resources and personnel to the small classified program that collects and analyzes intelligence on terrorist travel. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author- ized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this sub- section. SEC. 7202. ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAF- FICKING CENTER. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Center’’). (b) OPERATION.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Home- land Security, and the Attorney General shall operate the Center in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding entitled, ‘‘Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC), Charter’’. (c) FUNCTIONS.—In addition to such other responsibilities as the President may assign, the Center shall— (1) serve as the focal point for interagency efforts to address terrorist travel; (2) serve as a clearinghouse with respect to all relevant information from all Federal Government agencies in support of the United States strategy to prevent separate, but related, issues of clandestine terrorist travel and facilitation of migrant smuggling and trafficking of persons; (3) ensure cooperation among all relevant policy, law enforcement, diplomatic, and intelligence agencies of the Fed- eral Government to improve effectiveness and to convert all information available to the Federal Government relating to clandestine terrorist travel and facilitation, migrant smuggling, and trafficking of persons into tactical, operational, and stra- tegic intelligence that can be used to combat such illegal activi- ties; and (4) prepare and submit to Congress, on an annual basis, a strategic assessment regarding vulnerabilities in the United States and foreign travel system that may be exploited by international terrorists, human smugglers and traffickers, and their facilitators. (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact- ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress a report regarding the implementation of this section, including a description of the staffing and resource needs of the Center. (e) RELATIONSHIP TO THE NCTC.—As part of its mission to combat terrorist travel, the Center shall work to support the efforts of the National Counterterrorism Center. SEC. 7203. RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF CONSULAR OFFI- CERS. (a) INCREASED NUMBER OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.—The Sec- retary of State, in each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, may increase by 150 the number of positions for consular officers above the number of such positions for which funds were allotted for the preceding fiscal year. Reports. 8 USC 1777. 50 USC 403–1 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00347 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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