IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1542 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Information Sharing Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE 

7 AND INFORMATION SHARING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend10 ed by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 210G. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL12 LIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING. 

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

14 Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused intel16 ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 

17 their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi18 ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 

19 the Nation; 

20 ‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel21 ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 

22 health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 

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

24 analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu25 rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2) by 


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1 providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 

2 threat information; 

3 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 

4 security intelligence capabilities and structures to 

5 enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov6 ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra7 diological, or nuclear attack; 

8 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an9 alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 

10 tribal authorities as well as other national biosecu11 rity and biodefense stakeholders; and 

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

13 by the Secretary. 

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

15 of Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other 

16 relevant Department components, others in the Intel17 ligence Community, including the National Counter Pro18 liferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, and trib19 al authorities, including officials from high-threat areas, 

20 and enable such entities to provide recommendations on 

21 optimal information sharing mechanisms, including expe22 ditious sharing of classified information, and on how they 

23 can provide information to the Department. 

24 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 


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

2 after the date of the enactment of this section and 

3 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the 

4 appropriate congressional committees on— 

5 ‘‘(A) the intelligence and information shar6 ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel7 evant entities within the Department to counter 

8 the threat from weapons of mass destruction; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) the Department’s activities in accord11 ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 

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

13 report shall include— 

14 ‘‘(A) a description of methods established 

15 to assess progress of the Office of Intelligence 

16 and Analysis in implementing this section; and 

17 ‘‘(B) such assessment. 

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

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu21 rity of the House of Representatives and any com22 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 

23 having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 

24 House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 

25 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.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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