Notification of significant foreign cyber intrusions and active measures campaigns directed at elections for Federal offices

In this section: The term “active measures campaign” means a foreign semi-covert or covert intelligence operation. The terms “candidate”, “election”, and “political party” have the meanings given those terms in section 30101 of title 52. The term “congressional leadership” includes the following: The term “cyber intrusion” means an electronic occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, electronic election infrastructure, or the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of information within such infrastructure. The term “electronic election infrastructure” means an electronic information system of any of the following that is related to an election for Federal office: The term “Federal office” has the meaning given that term in section 30101 of title 52. The term “high confidence”, with respect to a determination, means that the determination is based on high-quality information from multiple sources. The term “moderate confidence”, with respect to a determination, means that a determination is credibly sourced and plausible but not of sufficient quality or corroborated sufficiently to warrant a higher level of confidence. The term “other appropriate congressional committees” means— The Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out subsection (c) if such Directors and the Secretary jointly determine— Not later than 14 days after making a determination under subsection (b), the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly provide a briefing to the congressional leadership, the congressional intelligence committees and, consistent with the protection of sources and methods, the other appropriate congressional committees. The briefing shall be classified and address, at a minimum, the following: With respect to a significant foreign cyber intrusion covered by a determination under subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall offer to the owner or operator of any electronic election infrastructure directly affected by such intrusion, a briefing on such intrusion, including steps that may be taken to mitigate such intrusion. Such briefing may be classified and made available only to individuals with appropriate security clearances. This subsection shall be carried out in a manner that is consistent with the protection of sources and methods.