Amendment inserts sense of Congress language which encourages the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to integrate the intelligence-sharing capabilities of fusion centers and leverage participation from all intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security agencies to prevent acts of terrorism against the United States in a manner consistent with the Constitution.

1. Adds SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTEGRATION OF FUSION CENTERS after section 501

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 502. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTEGRATION OF FUSION CENTERS.

   Inserted: It is the sense of Congress that ten years after the terrorist attacks upon the United States on September 11, 2001, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, should continue to integrate and leverage fusion centers to enlist all of the intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security capabilities of the United States in a manner that is consistent with the Constitution to prevent acts of terrorism against the United States.

   Original wording

   After section 501 (page 51, after line 18), insert the following new section:

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