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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1542 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2013 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KING of New York, 

and Mr. HIGGINS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WMD Intelligence and 

3 Information Sharing Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE 

5 AND INFORMATION SHARING. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 210G. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL10 LIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Intelligence and 

12 Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused intel14 ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 

15 their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi16 ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 

17 the Nation; 

18 ‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel19 ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 

20 health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 

21 ‘‘(3) support homeland security-focused risk 

22 analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu23 rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2) by 

24 providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 

25 threat information; 


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1 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 

2 security intelligence capabilities and structures to 

3 enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov4 ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra5 diological, or nuclear attack; 

6 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an7 alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 

8 tribal authorities as well as other national biosecu9 rity and biodefense stakeholders; and 

10 ‘‘(6) perform other responsibilities, as assigned 

11 by the Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—Where appropriate, the Office 

13 of Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other 

14 relevant Department components, others in the Intel15 ligence Community, including the National Counter Pro16 liferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, and trib17 al authorities, including officials from high-threat areas, 

18 and enable such entities to provide recommendations on 

19 optimal information sharing mechanisms, including expe20 ditious sharing of classified information, and on how they 

21 can provide information to the Department. 

22 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

24 after the date of the enactment of this section and 


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1 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees on— 

3 ‘‘(A) the intelligence and information shar4 ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel5 evant entities within the Department to counter 

6 the threat from weapons of mass destruction; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) the Department’s activities in accord9 ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 

10 ‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 

11 report shall include— 

12 ‘‘(A) a description of methods established 

13 to assess progress of the Office of Intelligence 

14 and Analysis in implementing this section; and 

15 ‘‘(B) such assessment. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu19 rity of the House of Representatives and any com20 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 

21 having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 

22 House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 

23 over the matter concerned. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Intelligence Community’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the Na3 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

4 ‘‘(3) The term ‘national biosecurity and bio5 defense stakeholders’ means officials from the Fed6 eral, State, local, and tribal authorities and individ7 uals from the private sector who are involved in ef8 forts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and re9 cover from a biological attack or other phenomena 

10 that may have serious health consequences for the 

11 United States, including wide-scale fatalities or in12 fectious disease outbreaks.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

15 end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 

17 THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB18 AL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPON19 SIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECU20 RITY. 

21 Section 201(d)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 

22 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

23 to agencies of State’’ and all that follows and inserting 

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1 sponsibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order 

2 to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts 

3 of terrorism against the United States.’’. 

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