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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabbgj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21283 August 7, 2002 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Homeland Security: Intelligence Support Richard A. Best, Jr. Specialist in National Defense Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary Both House and Senate versions of legislation to establish a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (H.R. 5005 and S. 2452) include provisions for an intelligence analysis function within the new department. Neither, however, proposes the transfer to DHS of existing government intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Both envision the intelligence element utilizing the products of other agencies to provide warning of terrorist attacks, assessments of vulnerability, and recommendations for remedial actions at the federal, state, and local levels and by the private sector. The House bill provides somewhat more latitude for DHS analysts to fuse intelligence and law enforcement information; the Senate version would have DHS depend more on analysis by CIA's Counterterrorist Center. This report does not address provisions in the proposed legislation governing the sharing of intelligence with state and local officials. This report will be updated as circumstances warrant. Introduction The Bush Administration's legislative proposal for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released July 16,2002 was incorporated in H.R. 5005, introduced on June 24, 2002 by Representative Armey. Title II of the bill, Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, as subsequently amended and passed by the House on July 26, includes provisions to establish an Intelligence Analysis Center to provide intelligence support to the homeland security effort and to identify priorities for measures to protect key sources and critical infrastructures. In the Senate, Senator Lieberman introduced legislation (S. 2452) to establish a Department of National Homeland Security on May 2, 2002. The original version of S.2452 did not address the intelligence function, but subsequent amendments in the nature of a substitute include provisions establishing a Directorate of Intelligence as an integral part of the new department. The House version would establish an Intelligence Analysis Center headed by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; the Senate bill would establish a Directorate of Intelligence. The House approach seeks to promote closer ties between intelligence analysts and those responsible for assessing vulnerabilities of key U.S. infrastructure. The Senate approach seeks to provide better intelligence Congressional Research Service * The Library of Congress

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