WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2012

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2764 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2764

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of mass
   destruction intelligence and information sharing functions of the
   Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland
 Security and to require dissemination of information analyzed by the
   Department to entities with responsibilities relating to homeland
                   security, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2011

Mr. Meehan (for himself, Ms. Speier, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Marino, Mr. King
of New York, and Mr. Rogers of Alabama) introduced the following bill;
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of mass
   destruction intelligence and information sharing functions of the
   Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland
 Security and to require dissemination of information analyzed by the
   Department to entities with responsibilities relating to homeland
                   security, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``WMD Intelligence and Information
Sharing Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION
              SHARING.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 210G. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION
              SHARING.

    ``(a) In General.--The Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the
Department of Homeland Security shall--
            ``(1) support homeland security-focused intelligence
        analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to
        conduct attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological,
        and nuclear materials against the Nation;
            ``(2) support homeland security-focused intelligence
        analysis of global infectious disease, public health, food,
        agricultural, and veterinary issues;
            ``(3) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and
        risk assessments of the homeland security hazards described in
        paragraphs (1) and (2) by providing relevant quantitative and
        nonquantitative threat information;
            ``(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland security
        intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance prevention,
        protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to a
        chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack;
            ``(5) share information and provide tailored analytical
        support on these threats to State, local, and tribal
        authorities as well as other national biosecurity and
        biodefense stakeholders; and
            ``(6) perform other responsibilities, as assigned by the
        Secretary.
    ``(b) Coordination.--Where appropriate, the Office of Intelligence
and Analysis shall coordinate with other relevant Department
components, others in the Intelligence Community, including the
National Counter Proliferation Center, and other Federal, State, local,
and tribal authorities, including officials from high-threat areas, and
enable such entities to provide recommendations on optimal information
sharing mechanisms, including expeditious sharing of classified
information, and on how they can provide information to the Department.
    ``(c) Report.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date
        of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the
        Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional
        committees on--
                    ``(A) the intelligence and information sharing
                activities under subsection (a) and of all relevant
                entities within the Department to counter the threat
                from weapons of mass destruction; and
                    ``(B) the Department's activities in accordance
                with relevant intelligence strategies.
            ``(2) Assessment of implementation.--The report shall
        include--
                    ``(A) a description of methods established to
                assess progress of the Office of Intelligence and
                Analysis in implementing this section; and
                    ``(B) such assessment.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `appropriate congressional committees' means
        the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
        Representatives and any committee of the House of
        Representatives or the Senate having legislative jurisdiction
        under the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate,
        respectively, over the matter concerned.
            ``(2) The term `Intelligence Community' has the meaning
        given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of
        1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).
            ``(3) The term `national biosecurity and biodefense
        stakeholders' means officials from the Federal, State, local,
        and tribal authorities and individuals from the private sector
        who are involved in efforts to prevent, protect against,
        respond to, and recover from a biological attack or other
        phenomena that may have serious health consequences for the
        United States, including wide-scale fatalities or infectious
        disease outbreaks.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such
subtitle the following:

``Sec. 210G. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information
                            sharing.''.

SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO
              STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH
              RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.

    Section 201(d)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ``and to agencies of State'' and all
that follows and inserting ``to State, local, tribal, and private
entities with such responsibilities, and, as appropriate, to the
public, in order to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to
acts of terrorism against the United States.''.
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