1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act . 2. Terrorism threat assessment and research regarding malign disinformation operations (a) Threat assessment (1) In general The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall, on an ongoing basis and in consultation with appropriate Federal partners, develop and disseminate to State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials, including officials from law enforcement, public health, fire and emergency medical services, and emergency management agencies, assessments of the potential terrorism implications of malign disinformation operations carried out by terrorist or foreign malicious actors on domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism or other homeland security threats. (2) Contents The terrorism assessments of malign disinformation operations required under paragraph (1) shall consider the following: (A) Empirical data on malign disinformation operations, including the following: (i) Topics subject to such operations. (ii) Tactics used in such operations. (iii) Characteristics and duration of such operations. (iv) Information on such terrorist or foreign malicious actors carrying out such operations. (B) Details regarding the potential terrorism implications of such operations on domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism or other homeland security threats. (3) Documentation The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall maintain documentation reflecting the basis for a determination that certain information that was used in a certain manner for a certain purpose that resulted in certain risks or threats satisfies the definition of a malign disinformation operation. (4) Form The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the terrorism assessments of malign disinformation operations