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50 U.S.C. § 3059 — Travel on any common carrier for certain intelligence collection personnel
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of National Intelligence may authorize travel on any common carrier when such travel, in the discretion of the Director—
(1) is consistent with intelligence community mission requirements, or
(2) is required for cover purposes, operational needs, or other exceptional circumstances necessary for the successful performance of an intelligence community mission.
**(b) Authorized delegation of duty** The Director of National Intelligence may only delegate the authority granted by this section to the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, or with respect to employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, who may delegate such authority to other appropriate officials of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of National Intelligence may authorize travel on any common carrier when such travel, in the discretion of the Director—
(1) is consistent with intelligence community mission requirements, or
(2) is required for cover purposes, operational needs, or other exceptional circumstances necessary for the successful performance of an intelligence community mission.
**(b) Authorized delegation of duty** The Director of National Intelligence may only delegate the authority granted by this section to the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, or with respect to employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, who may delegate such authority to other appropriate officials of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 404i–1, comprising former section 114A of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3051 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3051&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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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**(a) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — There is established within the National Institutes of Health the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health (referred to in this section as “ARPA–H”). Not later than 180 days after December 29, 2022, the Secretary shall transfer all functions, personnel, missions, activities, authorities, and funds of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health as in existence on December 29, 2022, to ARPA–H established by the preceding sentence.
(2) **Organization**
(A) *In general* — There shall be within ARPA–H—
(i) an Office of the Director;
(ii) not more than 8 program offices; and
(iii) such special project offices as the Director may establish.
(B) *Requirement* — Not fewer than two-thirds of the program offices of ARPA–H shall be exclusively dedicated to supporting research and development activities, consistent with the goals and functions described in subsection (b).
(C) *Notification* — The Director shall submit a notification to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives if the Director determines that additional program offices are required to carry out this section.
(3) **Exemption from certain policies of NIH**
(A) *In general* — Except as otherwise provided for in this section, and subject to subparagraph (B), in establishing ARPA–H pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may exempt ARPA–H from policies and requirements of the National Institutes of Health that are in effect on the day before December 29, 2022, as necessary and appropriate to ensure ARPA–H can most effectively achieve the goals described in subsection (b)(1).
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**(a) Findings** Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Russian Federation, through military intelligence units, also known as the “GRU”, and Kremlin-linked troll organizations often referred to as the “Internet Research Agency”, deploy information warfare operations against the United States, its allies and partners, with the goal of advancing the strategic interests of the Russian Federation.
(2) One line of effort deployed as part of these information warfare operations is the weaponization of social media platforms with the goals of intensifying societal tensions, undermining trust in governmental institutions within the United States, its allies and partners in the West, and generally sowing division, fear, and confusion.
(3) These information warfare operations are a threat to the national security of the United States and that of the allies and partners of the United States. As former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stated, “These actions are persistent, they are pervasive and they are meant to undermine America’s democracy.”.
(4) These information warfare operations continue to evolve and increase in sophistication.
(5) Other foreign adversaries and hostile non-state actors are increasingly adopting similar tactics of deploying information warfare operations against the West, such as recent state-backed operations from China around the Hong Kong protests identified by social media companies.
(6) Technological advances, including artificial intelligence, will only make it more difficult in the future to detect fraudulent accounts, deceptive material posted on social media, and malign behavior on social media platforms.
(7) Because these information warfare operations are deployed within and across private social media platforms, the com
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 3059
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 404o–2 of
this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum-
bering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
For Determination by President that section take ef-
fect on Apr. 21, 2005, see Memorandum of President of
the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 23925, set out as
a note under section 3001 of this title.
Section effective not later than six months after Dec.
17, 2004, except as otherwise expressly provided, see sec-
tion 1097(a) of Pub. L. 108–458, set out in an Effective
Date of 2004 Amendment; Transition Provisions note
under section 3001 of this title.
§ 3059. Foreign Malign Influence Center
(a) Establishment
There is within the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence a Foreign Malign Influ-
ence Center (in this section referred to as the
‘‘Center’’).
(b) Functions and composition
The Center shall—
(1) be comprised of analysts from all ele-
ments of the intelligence community, includ-
ing elements with diplomatic and law enforce-
ment functions;
(2) have access to all intelligence and other
reporting possessed or acquired by the United
States Government pertaining to foreign ma-
lign influence;
(3) serve as the primary organization in the
United States Government for analyzing and
integrating all intelligence possessed or ac-
quired by the United States Government per-
taining to foreign malign influence; and
(4) provide to employees and officers of the
Federal Government in policy-making posi-
tions and Congress comprehensive assess-
ments, and indications and warnings, of for-
eign malign influence.
(c) Director
(1) Appointment
There is a Director of the Cente
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