118 STAT. 3674 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 responsibilities, consistent with applicable law and the guidelines referred to in section 102A(b). ‘‘(f) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR.—(1) The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center shall— ‘‘(A) serve as the principal adviser to the Director of National Intelligence on intelligence operations relating to counterterrorism; ‘‘(B) provide strategic operational plans for the civilian and military counterterrorism efforts of the United States Government and for the effective integration of counterterrorism intelligence and operations across agency boundaries, both inside and outside the United States; ‘‘(C) advise the Director of National Intelligence on the extent to which the counterterrorism program recommendations and budget proposals of the departments, agencies, and ele- ments of the United States Government conform to the prior- ities established by the President; ‘‘(D) disseminate terrorism information, including current terrorism threat analysis, to the President, the Vice President, the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and other officials of the executive branch as appro- priate, and to the appropriate committees of Congress; ‘‘(E) support the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, and other appropriate agencies, in fulfill- ment of their responsibilities to disseminate terrorism informa- tion, consistent with applicable law, guidelines referred to in section 102A(b), Executive orders and other Presidential guid- ance, to State and local government officials, and other entities, and coordinate dissemination of terrorism information to foreign governments as approved by the Director of National Intel- ligence; ‘‘(F) develop a strategy for combining terrorist travel intel- ligence operations and law enforcement planning and oper- ations into a cohesive effort to intercept terrorists, find terrorist travel facilitators, and constrain terrorist mobility; ‘‘(G) have primary responsibility within the United States Government for conducting net assessments of terrorist threats; ‘‘(H) consistent with priorities approved by the President, assist the Director of National Intelligence in establishing requirements for the intelligence community for the collection of terrorism information; and ‘‘(I) perform such other duties as the Director of National Intelligence may prescribe or are prescribed by law. ‘‘(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(G) shall limit the authority of the departments and agencies of the United States to conduct net assessments. ‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center may not direct the execution of counterterrorism operations. ‘‘(h) RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.—The Director of National Intel- ligence shall resolve disagreements between the National Counterterrorism Center and the head of a department, agency, or element of the United States Government on designations, assignments, plans, or responsibilities under this section. The head of such a department, agency, or element may appeal the resolution VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00208 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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