CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2021

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 397 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 397

   To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish chemical,
  biological, radiological, and nuclear 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

                            January 21, 2021

Mr. Gimenez (for himself and Mr. Katko) 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 chemical,
  biological, radiological, and nuclear 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 ``CBRN Intelligence and Information
Sharing Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR 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 inserting after
section 210E the following new section:

``SEC. 210F. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR
              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,
        or nuclear materials against the United States, including
        critical infrastructure;
            ``(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), including the transportation of
        chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological materials, by
        providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative threat
        information;
            ``(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland security
        intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance early
        detection, 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 such threats to State, local, Tribal, and
        territorial authorities, and other Federal agencies, as well as
        relevant national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders, as
        appropriate; 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, including the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office
and the National Biosurveillance Integration Center, agencies within
the intelligence community, including the National Counter
Proliferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, Tribal, and
territorial authorities, including officials from high-threat urban
areas, State and major urban area fusion centers, and local public
health departments, as appropriate, and enable such entities to provide
recommendations on optimal information sharing mechanisms, including
expeditious sharing of classified information, and on how such entities
can provide information to the Department.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Intelligence community.--The term `intelligence
        community' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
            ``(2) National biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.--
        The term `national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders'
        means officials from Federal, State, local, Tribal, and
        territorial 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 infectious disease outbreaks.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 201E the following new item:

``Sec. 210F. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
                            intelligence and information sharing.''.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
        the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for each of
        the following four years, the Secretary of Homeland Security
        shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the
        following:
                    (A) The intelligence and information sharing
                activities under section 210F of the Homeland Security
                Act of 2002 (as added by subsection (a) of this
                section) and of all relevant entities within the
                Department of Homeland Security to counter the threat
                from attacks using chemical, biological, radiological,
                or nuclear materials.
                    (B) The Department's activities in accordance with
                relevant intelligence strategies.
            (2) Assessment of implementation.--The reports required
        under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) An assessment of the progress of the Office of
                Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland
                Security in implementing such section 210F.
                    (B) A description of the methods established to
                carry out such assessment.
            (3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``appropriate
        congressional committees'' means the Committee on Homeland
        Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 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.

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

    Paragraph (6) of section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by striking ``and to agencies of
State'' and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``to State, local, tribal, territorial, 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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