50 U.S.C. § 3059 — Foreign Malign Influence Center

(a) Establishment. A Foreign Malign Influence Center, called the “Center” in this section, exists within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence^*.

(b) Functions and composition. The Center must (1) include analysts from every intelligence-community element, including diplomatic and law-enforcement elements; (2) have access to all United States Government intelligence and other reporting about foreign malign influence; (3) be the primary United States Government organization for analyzing and combining that intelligence and reporting; and (4) give policymaking Federal employees and officers and Congress comprehensive assessments and indications and warnings about foreign malign influence.

(c) Director. (1) The Center has a Director appointed by the Director of National Intelligence. (2) The Center Director must report directly to that Director, perform subsection (b) functions, and, when the President or Director of National Intelligence asks, develop and provide recommendations for possible United States responses.

(d) Annual reports. (1) At the Director of National Intelligence’s direction, but at least once each year, the Center Director must report on foreign malign influence to the congressional intelligence committees^*, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This is in addition to matters submitted under subsection (b)(4). (2) The report must discuss the Center’s most significant activities and any legislative or other recommendations the Center Director considers necessary to improve its work, including privacy and civil-liberties protections.

(e) Termination. After December 31, 2028, the Director of National Intelligence may terminate the Center only after sending the listed congressional committees a determination that termination is appropriate. The determination must detail other intelligence-community offices or entities that can perform the Center’s functions and will do so after termination, and must detail the orderly wind-down actions and proposed timeline.

(f) Definitions. (1) “Covered foreign country” means Russia, Iran, North Korea, China, and any other foreign country the Center Director considers appropriate for this section. This section does not otherwise define that term. (2) “Foreign malign influence” means a hostile effort by, directed by, or on behalf of, or substantially supported by, the government of a covered foreign country, using overt or covert means, to influence (A) United States Government or State or local government political, military, economic, or other policies or activities, including a United States election, or (B) public opinion in the United States.