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6 U.S.C. § 124n — Threat information sharing
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**(a) Prioritization** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the assignment of officers and intelligence analysts under [section 124h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124h&num=0&edition=prelim) from the Transportation Security Administration and, as appropriate, from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of such assets, including by improving timely sharing, in a manner consistent with the protection of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, of information regarding threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence.
**(b) Intelligence products** Officers and intelligence analysts assigned to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section shall participate in the generation and dissemination of transportation security intelligence products, with an emphasis on such products that relate to threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface transportation assets that—
(1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources, including personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to such threats;
(2) promote more consistent and timely sharing with and among jurisdictions of threat information; and
(3) enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s situational awareness of such threats.
**(c) Clearances** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available to appropriate owners and operators of surface transportat
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**(a) Prioritization** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize the assignment of officers and intelligence analysts under [section 124h of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124h&num=0&edition=prelim) from the Transportation Security Administration and, as appropriate, from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security, to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of such assets, including by improving timely sharing, in a manner consistent with the protection of privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, of information regarding threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence.
**(b) Intelligence products** Officers and intelligence analysts assigned to locations with participating State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section shall participate in the generation and dissemination of transportation security intelligence products, with an emphasis on such products that relate to threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface transportation assets that—
(1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources, including personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to such threats;
(2) promote more consistent and timely sharing with and among jurisdictions of threat information; and
(3) enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s situational awareness of such threats.
**(c) Clearances** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make available to appropriate owners and operators of surface transportation assets, and to any other person that the Secretary determines appropriate to foster greater sharing of classified information relating to threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface transportation assets, the process of application for security clearances under Executive Order No. 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; 11 So in original. Probably should be “51609;”. relating to a classified national security information program) or any successor Executive order.
**(d) Report to Congress** Not later than one year after December 27, 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes a detailed description of the measures used to ensure privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties protections in carrying out this section.
**(e) GAO report** Not later than two years after December 27, 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a review of the implementation of this section, including an assessment of the measures used to ensure privacy rights, civil rights, and civil liberties protections, and any recommendations to improve this implementation, together with any recommendations to improve information sharing with State, local, Tribal, territorial, and private sector entities to prevent, identify, and respond to threats of terrorism and other threats, including targeted violence, to surface transportation assets.
**(f) Definitions** In this section:
(1) The term “surface transportation asset” includes facilities, equipment, or systems used to provide transportation services by—
(A) a public transportation agency (as such term is defined in [section 1131(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1131/5&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) a railroad carrier (as such term is defined in [section 20102(3) of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section20102/3&num=0&edition=prelim));
(C) an owner or operator of—
(i) an entity offering scheduled, fixed-route transportation services by over-the-road bus (as such term is defined in [section 1151(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1151/4&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(ii) a bus terminal; or
(D) other transportation facilities, equipment, or systems, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) The term “targeted violence” means an incident of violence in which an attacker selected a particular target in order to inflict mass injury or death with no discernable political or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or death.
(3) The term “terrorism” means the terms—
(A) domestic terrorism (as such term is defined in [section 2331(5) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2331/5&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code); and
(B) international terrorism (as such term is defined in [section 2331(1) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2331/1&num=0&edition=prelim)).
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**(a) Information sharing** Consistent with [section 485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section485&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, shall integrate the information and standardize the format of the products of the intelligence components of the Department containing homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information, or national intelligence (as defined in [section 3003(5) of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003/5&num=0&edition=prelim)) except for any internal security protocols or personnel information of such intelligence components, or other administrative processes that are administered by any chief security officer of the Department.
**(b) Information sharing and knowledge management officers** For each intelligence component of the Department, the Secretary shall designate an information sharing and knowledge management officer who shall report to the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis regarding coordinating the different systems used in the Department to gather and disseminate homeland security information or national intelligence (as defined in [section 3003(5) of title 50](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3003/5&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c) State, local, and private-sector sources of information**
(1) **Establishment of business processes** — The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis or the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as appropriate, shall—
(A) establish Department-wide procedures for the review and analysis of
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**(a) Exemption by Director of Central Intelligence Agency** The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with the coordination of the Director of National Intelligence, may exempt operational files of the Central Intelligence Agency from the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552&num=0&edition=prelim) (Freedom of Information Act) which require publication or disclosure, or search or review in connection therewith.
**(b) “Operational files” defined** In this section, the term “operational files” means—
(1) files of the National Clandestine Service which document the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence operations or intelligence or security liaison arrangements or information exchanges with foreign governments or their intelligence or security services;
(2) files of the Directorate for Science and Technology which document the means by which foreign intelligence or counterintelligence is collected through scientific and technical systems; and
(3) files of the Office of Personnel Security which document investigations conducted to determine the suitability of potential foreign intelligence or counterintelligence sources;
except that files which are the sole repository of disseminated intelligence are not operational files.
**(c) Search and review for information** Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, exempted operational files shall continue to be subject to search and review for information concerning—
(1) United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have requested information on themselves pursuant to the provisions of [section 552 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section55
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**(a) Married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of—
(1) every married individual (as defined in section 7703) who makes a single return jointly with his spouse under section 6013, and
(2) every surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $36,90015% of taxable income. Over $36,900 but not over $89,150$5,535, plus 28% of the excess over $36,900. Over $89,150 but not over $140,000$20,165, plus 31% of the excess over $89,150. Over $140,000 but not over $250,000$35,928.50, plus 36% of the excess over $140,000. Over $250,000$75,528.50, plus 39.6% of the excess over $250,000.
**(b) Heads of households** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every head of a household (as defined in section 2(b)) a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $29,60015% of taxable income. Over $29,600 but not over $76,400$4,440, plus 28% of the excess over $29,600. Over $76,400 but not over $127,500$17,544, plus 31% of the excess over $76,400. Over $127,500 but not over $250,000$33,385, plus 36% of the excess over $127,500. Over $250,000$77,485, plus 39.6% of the excess over $250,000.
**(c) Unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads of households)** There is hereby imposed on the taxable income of every individual (other than a surviving spouse as defined in section 2(a) or the head of a household as defined in section 2(b)) who is not a married individual (as defined in section 7703) a tax determined in accordance with the following table: If taxable income is:The tax is: Not over $22,10015% of taxable income. Over $22,100 but not over $53,50
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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) Each of the terms “American homeland” and “homeland” means the United States.
(2) The term “appropriate congressional committee” means any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively, over the matter concerned.
(3) The term “assets” includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources (other than personnel).
(4) The term “critical infrastructure” has the meaning given that term in [section 5195c(e) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5195c/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(6) The term “emergency response providers” includes Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities.
(7) The term “EMP” means an electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear device or nonnuclear device, including such a pulse caused by an act of terrorism.
(8) The term “executive agency” means an executive agency and a military department, as defined, respectively, in sections 105 and 102 of title 5.
(9) The term “functions” includes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, projects, activities, duties, and responsibilities.
(10) The term “GMD” means a geomagnetic disturbance caused by a solar storm or another naturally occurring phenomenon.
(11) The term “intelligence component of the Department” means any elem
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**(a) Definition** In this section, the term “unmanned aircraft” has the meaning given the term in [section 44801 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44801&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Increased penalties for operation of unmanned aircraft to facilitate felony offense** If a person who is convicted of a felony offense (other than an offense based solely on the operation of an unmanned aircraft) knowingly operated an unmanned aircraft during, in relation to, or in furtherance of such offense, the maximum imprisonment otherwise provided by law for that offense shall be doubled or increased by 5 years, whichever is less.
**(d) Increased penalties for use of unmanned aircraft to introduce contraband into prisons** If a defendant who is convicted under [section 1791 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1791&num=0&edition=prelim) knowingly used an unmanned aircraft to provide a prohibited object to an inmate of a prison, the maximum imprisonment otherwise provided by law for that offense shall be increased by 5 years.
**(e) Directive to United States Sentencing Commission: enhanced sentencing range for use of unmanned aircraft**
(1) **In general** — To carry out the purposes of this section, during the Sentencing Commission’s amendment cycle in progress at the time this Act is enacted, the Commission shall, under [section 994 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section994&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(A) promulgate guidelines, or amendments to guidelines, that substantially increase the sentencing range for all offenses involving the use of an unmanned aircraft; and
(B) as necessary, promulgate policy state
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**(a) Coordinator**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall designate an individual in a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in [section 3132 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the Department within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator (in this section referred to as the “Coordinator”) and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities of the Coordinator.
(2) **Responsibilities** — The Coordinator shall—
(A) oversee and coordinate with relevant Department offices and components, including the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office, on the development of guidance and regulations to counter threats associated with unmanned aircraft systems (in this section referred to as “UAS”) as described in [section 124n of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section124n&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) promote research and development of counter UAS technologies in coordination within the Science and Technology Directorate;
(C) coordinate with the relevant components and offices of the Department, including the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to ensure the sharing of information, guidance, and intelligence relating to countering UAS threats, counter UAS threat assessments, and counter UAS technology, including the retention of UAS and counter UAS incidents within the Department;
(D) serve as the Department liaison, in coordination with relevant components and offices of the Department, to the Department of Defense, Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement entities, and the private sector regarding the activities of the Departmen
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 124n
(K) The Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
(L) The Office of Strategy, Policy, and
Plans.
(M) The Science and Technology Direc-
torate.
(N) The Office for State and Local Law En-
forcement.
(O) The Privacy Office.
(P) The Office for Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties.
(Q) Other departmental offices and pro-
grams as determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary.
(d) Meetings
The Board shall—
(1) meet on a regular basis to discuss intel-
ligence and coordinate ongoing threat mitiga-
tion efforts and departmental activities, in-
cluding
coordination
with
other
Federal,
State, local, tribal, territorial, and private
sector partners; and
(2) make recommendations to the Secretary.
(e) Terrorism alerts
The Board shall advise the Secretary on the
issuance of terrorism alerts under section 124 of
this title.
(f) Prohibition on additional funds
No additional funds are authorized to carry
out this section.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 210F, as added Pub. L.
116–260, div. U, title VI, § 602(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134
Stat. 2294.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 210F of Pub. L. 107–296 was renum-
bered section 210E and is classified to section 124m of
this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
NOTICE REGARDING MECHANISMS TO COORDINATE
THREATS
Pub. L. 116–260, div. U, title VI, § 602(d), Dec. 27, 2020,
134 Stat. 2295, provided that: ‘‘The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall provide written notification to and
brief the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives on
any changes to or introductions of new mechanisms to
coordinate threats across the Department of Homeland
Security.’’
§
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