PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2253 (12) Increased efforts to share homeland security information should avoid duplicating existing information systems, (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that Federal, State, and local entities should share homeland security information to the maximum extent practicable, with special emphasis on hard-to-reach urban and rural communities. SEC. 892. FACILITATING HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION President. SHARING PROCEDURES. 6 USC 482. (a) PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING EXTENT OF SHARING OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION.— (1) The President shall prescribe and implement procedures under which relevant Federal agencies— (A) share relevant and appropriate homeland security information with other Federal agencies, including the Department, and appropriate State and local personnel; (B) identify and safeguard homeland security information that is sensitive but unclassified; and (C) to the extent such information is in classified form, determine whether, how, and to what extent to remove classified information, as appropriate, and with which such personnel it may be shared after such information is removed. (2) The President shall ensure that such procedures apply to all agencies of the Federal Government. (3) Such procedures shall not change the substantive requirements for the classification and safeguarding of classified information. (4) Such procedures shall not change the requirements and authorities to protect sources and methods. (b) PROCEDURES FOR SHARING OF HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION.— (1) Under procedures prescribed by the President, all appropriate agencies, including the intelligence community, shall, through information sharing systems, share homeland security information with Federal agencies and appropriate State and local personnel to the extent such information may be shared, as determined in accordance with subsection (a), together with assessments of the credibility of such information. (2) Each information sharing system through which information is shared under paragraph (1) shall— (A) have the capability to transmit unclassified or classified information, though the procedures and recipients for each capability may differ; (B) have the capability to restrict delivery of information to specified subgroups by geographic location, t5T)e of organization, position of a recipient within an organization, or a recipient's need to know such information; (C) be configured to allow the efficient and effective sharing of information; and (D) be accessible to appropriate State and local personnel. (3) The procedures prescribed under paragraph (1) shall establish conditions on the use of information shared under paragraph (1)—
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