; (B) such statutory protections from liability as the Director considers necessary for the Center, participating social media companies, and participating third-party analytical participants; (C) such statutory penalties as the Director considers necessary to ensure against misuse of data by researchers; and (D) such changes to the Center’s mission to fully capture broader unlawful activities that intersect with, complement, or support information warfare tactics; and (2) not less frequently than once each year, submit to the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, and the appropriate congressional committees a report— (A) that assesses— (i) degree of cooperation and commitment from the social media companies to the mission of the Center; and (ii) effectiveness of the Center in detecting and removing clandestine foreign information warfare operations from social media platforms; and (B) includes such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Center considers appropriate to carry out the functions of the Center. (e) Periodic reporting to the public The Director of the Center shall— (1) once each quarter, make available to the public a report on key trends in foreign influence and disinformation operations, including any threats to campaigns and elections, to inform the public of the United States; and (2) as the Director considers necessary, provide more timely assessments relating to ongoing disinformation campaigns. (f) Funding Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the National Intelligence Program (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003 )) in fiscal year 2020 and 2021, the Director of National Intelligence may use up to $30,000,000 to carry out this section. (g) Definition of appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate