Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3371b Information sharing with State election officials

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND SHARING OF INTELLIGENCE › § 3371b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 30 days after December 20, 2019, the Director of National Intelligence must help the DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (and any DHS officials the Secretary designates) get security clearances up to the top secret level for each eligible chief election official of a State or the District of Columbia and for any needed designees when they take office. The Director may give interim clearances, for a time the Director sets, to a chief election official and one designee. The Director must also help share classified information about threats to election systems and election integrity with those cleared officials. The DHS Under Secretary must coordinate with the Director and the DHS official who handles critical infrastructure and cybersecurity so the information reaches the affected Secretaries of State. State means any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory or possession.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3371b

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(a)In this section, the term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.

(b)(1)Not later than 30 days after December 20, 2019, the Director of National Intelligence shall support the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis, and any other official of the Department of Homeland Security designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in sponsoring a security clearance up to the top secret level for each eligible chief election official of a State or the District of Columbia, and additional eligible designees of such election official as appropriate, at the time that such election official assumes such position.

(2)Consistent with applicable policies and directives, the Director of National Intelligence may issue interim clearances, for a period to be determined by the Director, to a chief election official as described in paragraph (1) and up to one designee of such official under such paragraph.

(c)(1)The Director of National Intelligence shall assist the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis and the Under Secretary responsible for overseeing critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and other related programs of the Department (as specified in section 113(a)(1)(H) of title 6) with sharing any appropriate classified information related to threats to election systems and to the integrity of the election process with chief election officials and such designees who have received a security clearance under subsection (b).

(2)The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with the Director of National Intelligence and the Under Secretary responsible for overseeing critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and other related programs of the Department (as specified in section 113(a)(1)(H) of title 6) to facilitate the sharing of information to the affected Secretaries of State or States.

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50 U.S.C. § 3371b

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73