§3059 Foreign Malign Influence Center

Summary

Creates a Foreign Malign Influence Center inside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The Center must be made up of analysts from across the intelligence community, including people who work on diplomacy and law enforcement. The Center must be able to see all U.S. government intelligence and reports about foreign malign influence. It will be the main place that studies and connects that information. The Center must give full assessments and warnings to policy makers and to Congress. The Director of the Center is picked by the Director of National Intelligence, reports to that person, runs the Center, and can make response recommendations if the President or the DNI asks. At least once a year the Center must send a report to the congressional intelligence committees and to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees. The report must say what the Center did and any needed recommendations, including ones about protecting privacy and civil liberties. After December 31, 2028, the Director of National Intelligence may close the Center only if they tell the listed congressional committees and subcommittees that other parts of the intelligence community can take over the work, describe how the shutdown will be done, and give a timeline. Covered foreign countries are Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and any others the Center director names. “Foreign malign influence” means hostile actions by or supported by those governments to influence U.S. governments, U.S. elections, or U.S. public opinion, openly or secretly.