H.R.3162
THE USA PATRIOT ACT OF 2001
SEC. 907. NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER.
(a) REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT-
(1) Not later than February 1, 2002, the Director of Central Intelligence
shall, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report on the establishment and maintenance within the intelligence
community of an element for purposes of providing timely and accurate
translations of foreign intelligence for all other elements of the
intelligence community. In the report, the element shall be referred
to as the `National Virtual Translation Center'.
(2) The report on the element described in paragraph (1) shall discuss
the use of stateof-the-art communications technology, the integration
of existing translation capabilities in the intelligence community,
and the utilization of remote-connection capacities so as to minimize
the need for a central physical facility for the element.
(b) RESOURCES- The report on the element required by subsection
(a) shall address the following:
(1) The assignment to the element of a staff of individuals possessing
a broad range of linguistic and translation skills appropriate for
the purposes of the element.
(2) The provision to the element of communications capabilities
and systems that are commensurate with the most current and sophisticated
communications capabilities and systems available to other elements
of intelligence community.
(3) The assurance, to the maximum extent practicable, that the communications
capabilities and systems provided to the element will be compatible
with communications capabilities and systems utilized by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in securing timely and accurate translations
of foreign language materials for law enforcement investigations.
(4) The development of a communications infrastructure to ensure
the efficient and secure use of the translation capabilities of the
element.
(c) SECURE COMMUNICATIONS- The report shall include a discussion
of the creation of secure electronic communications between the element
described by subsection (a) and the other elements of the intelligence
community.
(d) DEFINITIONS- In this section:
(1) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE- The term `foreign intelligence' has the
meaning given that term in section 3(2) of the National Security
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(2)).
(2) ELEMENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY- The term `element of
the intelligence community' means any element of the intelligence
community specified or designated under section 3(4) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
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