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Calendar No. 529 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4157 

[Report No. 116–266] 

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 (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infrastruc3 ture Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling 

4 Act of 2020’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 

6 ANALYSIS CENTER. 

7 Section 511 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

8 (6 U.S.C. 321) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemic’’ 

15 after ‘‘natural disaster’’; and 

16 (II) by striking the period at the 

17 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(C) such other activities as determined 

21 appropriate by the Director of the Cybersecu22 rity and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)(C)— 

24 (i) in clause (i)— 

25 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemics’’ 

26 after ‘‘natural disasters’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘and other man2 made disasters’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

3 man-made disasters, and such other 

4 activities as determined appropriate 

5 by the Director of the Cybersecurity 

6 and Infrastructure Security Agency’’; 

7 and 

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

9 request and not later than 15 days after 

10 completion’’ before ‘‘, including’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 

12 (a) REPORTING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

13 (1) SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS.— 

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

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, and 

16 once each year thereafter, the Director of the 

17 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

18 Agency shall provide a summary of the current 

19 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula20 tion and Analysis Center to each Federal agen21 cy and department with critical infrastructure 

22 responsibilities under Homeland Security Presi23 dential Directive 7, or any successor to such di24 rective. 


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1 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA2 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de3 partment with critical infrastructure respon4 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

5 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 

6 requests additional information on a specific 

7 project summarized under subparagraph (A), 

8 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra9 structure Security Agency shall provide the in10 formation not later than 30 days after the date 

11 of the request. 

12 (2) PRIOR DATA.— 

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

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di15 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

16 Security Agency shall provide a catalogue of the 

17 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula18 tion and Analysis Center for each of fiscal years 

19 2014 through 2020 to each Federal agency and 

20 department with critical infrastructure respon21 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

22 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive. 

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1 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 

2 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 

3 requests additional information on a specific 

4 project catalogued under subparagraph (A), the 

5 Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc6 ture Security Agency shall provide the informa7 tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 

8 request. 

9 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.— 

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

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di12 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

13 Security Agency shall provide a summary of the 

14 past pandemic projects and provide all pan15 demic reports of the National Infrastructure 

16 Simulation and Analysis Center to each Federal 

17 agency and department with critical infrastruc18 ture responsibilities under Homeland Security 

19 Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to 

20 such directive. 

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 past 

2 project or specific pandemic report provided 

3 under subparagraph (A), the Director of the 

4 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

5 Agency shall provide the information not later 

6 than 15 days after the date of the request. 

7 (b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 

8 (1) CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.—Not 

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

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

11 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen12 cy shall provide summaries of the current projects 

13 and priorities of the National Infrastructure Simula14 tion and Analysis Center to the Committee on 

15 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

16 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

17 the House of Representatives. 

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

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

20 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen21 cy shall provide a catalogue of the projects of the 

22 National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 

23 Center for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 

24 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov25 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 


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1 on Homeland Security of the House of Representa2 tives. 

3 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.—Not 

4 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and In6 frastructure Security Agency shall provide a sum7 mary of the past pandemic projects and provide all 

8 pandemic reports of the National Infrastructure 

9 Simulation and Analysis Center to the Committee on 

10 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

11 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

13 (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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

16 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

17 Agency shall provide a briefing on current pandemic 

18 modeling, simulation, and analyses of the National 

19 Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and 

20 any additional activities supporting these efforts, to 

21 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern22 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 

24 (2) ADDITIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 

25 180 days after the date on which the Director of the 


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1 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

2 provides the briefing required under paragraph (1), 

3 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

4 Security Agency shall provide an updated version of 

5 the briefing to the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

7 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

8 Representatives. 

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infrastructure 

11 Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act 

12 of 2020’’. 

13 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 

14 ANALYSIS CENTER. 

15 Section 511(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

16 (6 U.S.C. 321(b)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

19 at the end; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘, pandemic’’ after 

22 ‘‘natural disaster’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

24 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) such other activities as determined ap2 propriate by the Director of the Cybersecurity 

3 and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)(C)— 

5 (A) in clause (i)— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘, pandemics’’ after 

7 ‘‘natural disasters’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘and other man-made 

9 disasters’’ and inserting ‘‘other man-made 

10 disasters, and such other activities as deter11 mined appropriate by the Director of the 

12 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

13 Agency’’; and 

14 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘upon re15 quest and not later than 15 days after comple16 tion’’ before ‘‘, including’’. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) REPORTING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

19 (1) SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 

21 2021, and once each year thereafter, the Director 

22 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

23 Agency shall provide the following information 

24 to each Federal agency and department with 

25 critical infrastructure responsibilities under 


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1 Presidential Policy Directive–21, or any suc2 cessor to such directive: 

3 (i) A summary of the priorities of the 

4 National Infrastructure Simulation and 

5 Analysis Center as of the date on which the 

6 information is provided under this subpara7 graph. 

8 (ii) A summary of each project carried 

9 out during the 1-year period preceding the 

10 date on which the information is provided 

11 under this subparagraph, including key 

12 findings and recommendations. 

13 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA14 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de15 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil16 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 

17 any successor to such directive, requests addi18 tional information on a specific project summa19 rized under subparagraph (A), the Director of 

20 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

21 Agency shall provide the information not later 

22 than 30 days after the date of the request. 

23 (2) PRIOR DATA.— 

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

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1 tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu2 rity Agency shall provide a catalog of the 

3 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula4 tion and Analysis Center for each of fiscal years 

5 2014 through 2020 to each Federal agency and 

6 department with critical infrastructure respon7 sibilities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, 

8 or any successor to such directive. 

9 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA10 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de11 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil12 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 

13 any successor to such directive, requests addi14 tional information on a specific project cataloged 

15 under subparagraph (A), the Director of the Cy16 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

17 shall provide the information not later than 30 

18 days after the date of the request. 

19 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.— 

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

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc22 tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu23 rity Agency shall provide all pandemic reports of 

24 the National Infrastructure Simulation and 

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1 actment of this Act to each Federal agency and 

2 department with critical infrastructure respon3 sibilities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, 

4 or any successor to such directive. 

5 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA6 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de7 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil8 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 

9 any successor to such directive, requests addi10 tional information on a project or specific pan11 demic report provided under subparagraph (A), 

12 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc13 ture Security Agency shall provide the informa14 tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 

15 request. 

16 (b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 

17 (1) CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.—Not 

18 later than October 1, 2021, and once each year there19 after, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra20 structure Security Agency shall provide the following 

21 information to the Committee on Homeland Security 

22 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com23 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep24 resentatives: 


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1 (A) A summary of the priorities of the Na2 tional Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 

3 Center as of the date on which the information 

4 is provided under this paragraph. 

5 (B) A summary of each project carried out 

6 during the 1-year period preceding the provision 

7 of information under this paragraph, includ8 ing— 

9 (i) key findings and recommendations; 

10 and 

11 (ii) a description of how the projects, 

12 key findings, and recommendations were 

13 distributed and utilized within the Federal 

14 Government. 

15 (C) A description of how the information, 

16 findings, and recommendations from the projects 

17 described in subparagraph (B) align with the 

18 priorities of the Department. 

19 (D) For each project described in subpara20 graph (B) beginning after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, a breakdown of the number of sci22 entists from the national laboratories that are 

23 contributing to the projects and priorities of the 

24 National Infrastructure Simulation and Anal25 ysis Center. 


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

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

3 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

4 shall provide a catalog of the projects of the National 

5 Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center for 

6 each of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 to the Com7 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af8 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security of the House of Representatives. 

10 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.—Not later 

11 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

12 and once each year thereafter for 2 years, the Director 

13 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

14 Agency shall provide the following information to the 

15 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

16 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home17 land Security of the House of Representatives: 

18 (A) All pandemic reports and a summary 

19 of pandemic projects of the National Infrastruc20 ture Simulation and Analysis Center completed 

21 before the date of enactment of this Act, or, in 

22 the case of information provided after the first 

23 90-day period, a summary of each pandemic 

24 project and report completed during the 1-year 

25 period covered by the information. 


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1 (B) A summary of lessons learned from the 

2 pandemic reports and projects described in sub3 paragraph (A). 

4 (C) A summary of how the pandemic re5 ports and projects described in subparagraph (A) 

6 were used to plan for and respond to the 

7 COVID–19 pandemic and national emergency. 

8 (D) A description of— 

9 (i) how the pandemic reports and 

10 projects described in subparagraph (A), and 

11 any key findings or recommendations based 

12 on such reports and projects, were distrib13 uted and utilized within the Federal Gov14 ernment; and 

15 (ii) the specific agencies to which the 

16 information described in clause (i) was dis17 tributed. 

18 (E) A summary of the projects and prior19 ities developed by the National Infrastructure 

20 Simulation and Analysis Center during the re21 porting periods to assist in the response to the 

22 COVID–19 pandemic and national emergency. 

23 (F) For each project beginning after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, a breakdown of the 

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1 tories that are contributing to the pandemic 

2 projects and priorities of the National Infra3 structure Simulation and Analysis Center. 

4 (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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

7 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 

8 shall provide a briefing on current pandemic mod9 eling, simulation, and analyses of the National Infra10 structure Simulation and Analysis Center, any addi11 tional activities supporting these efforts, and how the 

12 Department of Homeland Security is applying this 

13 information to current and future COVID–19 pan14 demic work to the Committee on Homeland Security 

15 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com16 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 (2) ADDITIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date on which the Director of the Cy20 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency pro21 vides the briefing required under paragraph (1), and 

22 every 180 days thereafter until the date that is 2 

23 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di24 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu25 rity Agency shall provide an updated version of the 


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1 briefing to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

2 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com3 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep4 resentatives. 


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Calendar No. 529 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4157 

[Report No. 116–266] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

other purposes. ture Simulation and Analysis Center, and for expand the authority of the National InfrastrucSEPTEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported with an amendment 


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