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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4157 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the authority 

of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 2, 2020 

Mr. JOHNSON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand 

the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation 

and Analysis Center, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infrastruc5 ture Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling 

6 Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 

2 ANALYSIS CENTER. 

3 Section 511 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

4 (6 U.S.C. 321) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemic’’ 

11 after ‘‘natural disaster’’; and 

12 (II) by striking the period at the 

13 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(C) such other activities as determined 

17 appropriate by the Director of the Cybersecu18 rity and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)(C)— 

20 (i) in clause (i)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemics’’ 

22 after ‘‘natural disasters’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘and other man24 made disasters’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

25 man-made disasters, and such other 

26 activities as determined appropriate 


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1 by the Director of the Cybersecurity 

2 and Infrastructure Security Agency’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘upon 

5 request and not later than 15 days after 

6 completion’’ before ‘‘, including’’. 

7 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 

8 (a) REPORTING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

9 (1) SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

12 once each year thereafter, the Director of the 

13 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

14 Agency shall provide a summary of the current 

15 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula16 tion and Analysis Center to each Federal agen17 cy and department with critical infrastructure 

18 responsibilities under Homeland Security Presi19 dential Directive 7, or any successor to such di20 rective. 

21 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA22 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de23 partment with critical infrastructure respon24 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

25 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 


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1 requests additional information on a specific 

2 project summarized under subparagraph (A), 

3 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra4 structure Security Agency shall provide the in5 formation not later than 30 days after the date 

6 of the request. 

7 (2) PRIOR DATA.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di10 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

11 Security Agency shall provide a catalogue of the 

12 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula13 tion and Analysis Center for each of fiscal years 

14 2014 through 2020 to each Federal agency and 

15 department with critical infrastructure respon16 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

17 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive. 

18 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA19 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de20 partment with critical infrastructure respon21 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

22 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 

23 requests additional information on a specific 

24 project catalogued under subparagraph (A), the 

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1 ture Security Agency shall provide the informa2 tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 

3 request. 

4 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di7 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

8 Security Agency shall provide a summary of the 

9 past pandemic projects and provide all pan10 demic reports of the National Infrastructure 

11 Simulation and Analysis Center to each Federal 

12 agency and department with critical infrastruc13 ture responsibilities under Homeland Security 

14 Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to 

15 such directive. 

16 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA17 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de18 partment with critical infrastructure respon19 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

20 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 

21 requests additional information on a past 

22 project or specific pandemic report provided 

23 under subparagraph (A), the Director of the 

24 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 


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1 Agency shall provide the information not later 

2 than 15 days after the date of the request. 

3 (b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.—Not 

5 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act, and once each year thereafter, the Director of 

7 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen8 cy shall provide summaries of the current projects 

9 and priorities of the National Infrastructure Simula10 tion and Analysis Center to the Committee on 

11 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

12 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) PRIOR DATA.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 

16 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen17 cy shall provide a catalogue of the projects of the 

18 National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 

19 Center for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 

20 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov21 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 

22 on Homeland Security of the House of Representa23 tives. 

24 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.—Not 

25 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 


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1 this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and In2 frastructure Security Agency shall provide a sum3 mary of the past pandemic projects and provide all 

4 pandemic reports of the National Infrastructure 

5 Simulation and Analysis Center to the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

7 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

12 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

13 Agency shall provide a briefing on current pandemic 

14 modeling, simulation, and analyses of the National 

15 Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and 

16 any additional activities supporting these efforts, to 

17 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern18 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 

20 (2) ADDITIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 

21 180 days after the date on which the Director of the 

22 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

23 provides the briefing required under paragraph (1), 

24 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

25 Security Agency shall provide an updated version of 


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1 the briefing to the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

3 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

4 Representatives. 

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