1. Short title This bill can be referred to as the Protecting America through Information Sharing Act . 2. Establishment of pilot program to respond to threats of imminent violence (a) Establishment of pilot program Not later than one year after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the program manager of the information sharing environment defined in section 1016(a)(3) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the Attorney General, the Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and other relevant agency heads, shall establish a pilot program to facilitate the voluntary sharing of information by social networking website companies regarding threats of imminent violence (hereinafter in this Act referred to as threats ) posted on such websites. (b) Principles Prior to establishing the pilot program, the Secretary shall consult with the entities described in subsection (a), social networking website companies, and civil liberty and privacy groups within 90 days of enactments to establish a policy framework to guide the activities of the pilot program. The framework shall include the following: (1) The sharing of information between social networking website companies and law enforcement shall be consistent with federally recognized information-sharing practices and utilize the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI). (2) Nothing in this pilot program shall require social networking website companies to violate the website’s internal terms and conditions or to disclose any information to a participant in the pilot program, beyond any existing legal requirements as of the date of enactment of this Act. (3) The pilot program shall establish a basis for what is determined to be a threat, and what the