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50 U.S.C. § 3364 — Assignment of responsibilities relating to analytic integrity
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**(a) Assignment of responsibilities** For purposes of carrying out [section 3024(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/g&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of National Intelligence shall, not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, assign an individual or entity to be responsible for ensuring that finished intelligence products produced by any element or elements of the intelligence community are timely, objective, independent of political considerations, based upon all sources of available intelligence, and employ the standards of proper analytic tradecraft.
**(b) Responsibilities**
(1) The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection (a)—
(A) may be responsible for general oversight and management of analysis and production, but may not be directly responsible for, or involved in, the specific production of any finished intelligence product;
(B) shall perform, on a regular basis, detailed reviews of finished intelligence product or other analytic products by an element or elements of the intelligence community covering a particular topic or subject matter;
(C) shall be responsible for identifying on an annual basis functional or topical areas of analysis for specific review under subparagraph (B); and
(D) upon completion of any review under subparagraph (B), may draft lessons learned, identify best practices, or make recommendations for improvement to the analytic tradecraft employed in the production of the reviewed product or products.
(2) Each review under paragraph (1)(B) should—
(A) include whether the product or products concerned were based on all sources of available intelligence, properly describe the quality and reliability of underlying sources, properly c
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**(a) Assignment of responsibilities** For purposes of carrying out [section 3024(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3024/g&num=0&edition=prelim), the Director of National Intelligence shall, not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, assign an individual or entity to be responsible for ensuring that finished intelligence products produced by any element or elements of the intelligence community are timely, objective, independent of political considerations, based upon all sources of available intelligence, and employ the standards of proper analytic tradecraft.
**(b) Responsibilities**
(1) The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection (a)—
(A) may be responsible for general oversight and management of analysis and production, but may not be directly responsible for, or involved in, the specific production of any finished intelligence product;
(B) shall perform, on a regular basis, detailed reviews of finished intelligence product or other analytic products by an element or elements of the intelligence community covering a particular topic or subject matter;
(C) shall be responsible for identifying on an annual basis functional or topical areas of analysis for specific review under subparagraph (B); and
(D) upon completion of any review under subparagraph (B), may draft lessons learned, identify best practices, or make recommendations for improvement to the analytic tradecraft employed in the production of the reviewed product or products.
(2) Each review under paragraph (1)(B) should—
(A) include whether the product or products concerned were based on all sources of available intelligence, properly describe the quality and reliability of underlying sources, properly caveat and express uncertainties or confidence in analytic judgments, properly distinguish between underlying intelligence and the assumptions and judgments of analysts, and incorporate, where appropriate, alternative analyses; and
(B) ensure that the analytic methodologies, tradecraft, and practices used by the element or elements concerned in the production of the product or products concerned meet the standards set forth in subsection (a).
(3) Information drafted under paragraph (1)(D) should, as appropriate, be included in analysis teaching modules and case studies for use throughout the intelligence community.
(4)
(A) The individual or entity assigned responsibility under subsection (a) shall annually conduct a survey of analytic objectivity among officers and employees of the intelligence community.
(B) The head of each element of the intelligence community shall take all practical actions to encourage maximum participation by officers and employees of such element with respect to the survey conducted under subparagraph (A).
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**(a) Reports** On a biennial basis until the date that is 10 years after March 15, 2022, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the activities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intelligence community with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country.
**(b) Matters included** Each report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to foreign biological threats emanating from the territory of, or sponsored by, a covered country, the following:
(1) A detailed description of all activities relating to such threats undertaken by each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any gaps in such activities.
(2) A detailed description of all duties and responsibilities relating to such threats explicitly authorized or otherwise assigned, exclusively or jointly, to each element of the intelligence community, and an assessment of any identified gaps in such duties or responsibilities.
(3) A description of the coordination among the relevant elements of the intelligence community with respect to the activities specified in paragraph (1) and the duties and responsibilities specified in paragraph (2).
(4) An inventory of the strategies, plans, policies, and interagency agreements of the intelligence community relating to the collection, monitoring, analysis, mitigation, and attribution of such threats, and an assessment of any identified gaps therein.
(5) A description of the coordination and interactions among the relevant elements of the intelligence community and non-intelligence community partners.
(6) An assessment of foreign malign influence efforts relating to such threats, including any foreign
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403–1a, comprising section 1019 of the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, Pub. L. 108–458, title I, and also of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Pub. L. 108–458, was editorially reclassified as [section 3364 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3364&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3364
§ 3364. Assignment of responsibilities relating to
analytic integrity
(a) Assignment of responsibilities
For purposes of carrying out section 3024(h) of
this title, the Director of National Intelligence
shall, not later than 180 days after December 17,
2004, assign an individual or entity to be respon-
sible for ensuring that finished intelligence
products produced by any element or elements
of the intelligence community are timely, objec-
tive, independent of political considerations,
based upon all sources of available intelligence,
and employ the standards of proper analytic
tradecraft.
(b) Responsibilities
(1) The individual or entity assigned responsi-
bility under subsection (a)—
(A) may be responsible for general oversight
and management of analysis and production,
but may not be directly responsible for, or in-
volved in, the specific production of any fin-
ished intelligence product;
(B) shall perform, on a regular basis, de-
tailed reviews of finished intelligence product
or other analytic products by an element or
elements of the intelligence community cov-
ering a particular topic or subject matter;
(C) shall be responsible for identifying on an
annual basis functional or topical areas of
analysis for specific review under subpara-
graph (B); and
(D) upon completion of any review under
subparagraph (B), may draft lessons learned,
identify best practices, or make recommenda-
tions
for
improvement
to
the
analytic
tradecraft employed in the production of the
reviewed product or products.
(2)
Each
review
under
paragraph
(1)(B)
should—
(A) include whether the product or products
concerned were based on all sources of avail-
able intelligence, properly describe the quality
and
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