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the intelligence community), or any similar provision of Federal
or State law.
(c) PROTECTION OF SOURCES AND METHODS.—Nothing in this
title shall be construed—
(1) as creating any immunity against, or otherwise
affecting, any action brought by the Federal Government, or
any agency or department thereof, to enforce any law, executive
order, or procedure governing the appropriate handling, disclosure, or use of classified information;
(2) to affect the conduct of authorized law enforcement
or intelligence activities; or
(3) to modify the authority of a department or agency
of the Federal Government to protect classified information
and sources and methods and the national security of the
United States.
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this title shall
be construed to affect any requirement under any other provision
of law for a non-Federal entity to provide information to the Federal
Government.
(e) PROHIBITED CONDUCT.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit price-fixing, allocating a market between competitors, monopolizing or attempting to monopolize a market, boycotting, or exchanges of price or cost information, customer lists,
or information regarding future competitive planning.
(f) INFORMATION SHARING RELATIONSHIPS.—Nothing in this title
shall be construed—
(1) to limit or modify an existing information sharing relationship;
(2) to prohibit a new information sharing relationship;
(3) to require a new information sharing relationship
between any non-Federal entity and a Federal entity or another
non-Federal entity; or
(4) to require the use of the capability and process within
the Department of Homeland Security developed under section
105(c).
(g) PRESERVATION OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND
RIGHTS.—Nothing in this title shall be construed—
(1) to amend, repeal, or supersede any current or future
contractual agreement, terms of service agreement, or other
contractual relationship between any non-Federal entities, or
between any non-Federal entity and a Federal entity; or
(2) to abrogate trade secret or intellectual property rights
of any non-Federal entity or Federal entity.
(h) ANTI-TASKING RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this title shall be
construed to permit a Federal entity—
(1) to require a non-Federal entity to provide information
to a Federal entity or another non-Federal entity;
(2) to condition the sharing of cyber threat indicators with
a non-Federal entity on such entity’s provision of cyber threat
indicators to a Federal entity or another non-Federal entity;
or
(3) to condition the award of any Federal grant, contract,
or purchase on the provision of a cyber threat indicator to
a Federal entity or another non-Federal entity.
(i) NO LIABILITY FOR NON-PARTICIPATION.—Nothing in this title
shall be construed to subject any entity to liability for choosing
not to engage in the voluntary activities authorized in this title.