Open Source Intelligence Availability Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6329 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6329

 To increase the availability of open-source intelligence products in 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2023

  Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. Gallagher) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the availability of open-source intelligence products in 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open Source Intelligence 
Availability Act''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN TO MAKE OPEN-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS 
              AVAILABLE TO CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Plan Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with such heads of the elements of the intelligence 
community as the Director considers appropriate, shall develop and 
submit to the congressional intelligence committees a plan to make 
available to covered individuals any covered open-source intelligence 
product.
    (b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) Policies and procedures to make available to covered 
        individuals any covered open-source intelligence product in a 
        manner consistent with the protection of intelligence sources 
        and methods.
            (2) Policies and procedures to increase the availability 
        and accessibility to covered individuals of publicly available 
        foreign language material that is translated by or within the 
        intelligence community.
            (3) Policies and procedures to ensure that the head of each 
        element of the intelligence community that produces any covered 
        open-source intelligence product complies with all policies and 
        procedures issued to implement the plan submitted under 
        subsection (a).
            (4) Policies and procedures to ensure that any covered 
        open-source intelligence product that is made available to 
        covered individuals satisfies the requirements under any 
        policy, procedure, or standard issued by the head of an element 
        of the intelligence community relating to the production and 
        dissemination of intelligence products.
            (5) Any obstacles to making available to covered 
        individuals unclassified products derived from open-source 
        intelligence produced by the intelligence community, including 
        translated foreign language material described in paragraph 
        (2).
            (6) With respect to implementation of the plan, a 
        discussion of the estimated timeline, any additional funding or 
        other resources, and any new authorities that would be required 
        for such implementation.
            (7) A discussion of the feasibility and advisability of 
        making unclassified products derived from open-source 
        intelligence produced by the intelligence community available 
        to State and local government officials who would derive value 
        from such unclassified products.
    (c) Form.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
    (d) Intelligence Community Directive With Respect to Open-Source 
Intelligence.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall update 
Intelligence Community Directive 208, Maximizing the Utility of 
Analytic Products (or any successor directive) to specifically 
address--
            (1) the production and dissemination of unclassified 
        intelligence products derived entirely from open-source 
        intelligence, including from unclassified publicly available 
        information, unclassified commercially available information, 
        or any other type of unclassified information; and
            (2) the needs and requirements of covered individuals who 
        do not hold a security clearance or have access to the 
        classified systems on which such unclassified intelligence 
        products reside.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' 
        means an employee of the Federal Government--
                    (A) who is not an employee or contractor of an 
                element of the intelligence community; and
                    (B) who would derive value from a covered open-
                source intelligence product.
            (2) Covered open-source intelligence product.--The term 
        ``covered open-source intelligence product'' means an 
        unclassified product derived from open-source intelligence that 
        is produced by the intelligence community.
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