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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8564 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8564

To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to 
  the congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to 
             biotechnology threats, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2024

   Mr. Wenstrup (for himself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on 
                              Intelligence

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                                 A BILL

 
To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to 
  the congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to 
             biotechnology threats, 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 ``Elevating Biotechnology Threats 
Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY THREATS WITH RESPECT TO 
              CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

    (a) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than June 30, 2025, the head 
of each covered element of the intelligence community shall submit a 
separate report to the congressional intelligence committees with 
respect to biotechnology threats and intelligence activities related to 
biotechnology threats.
    (b) Matters Included.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to each covered element of the intelligence 
community, the following:
            (1) A description of any gaps that exist with respect to 
        intelligence activities that impede such element from fully 
        targeting, collecting, and analyzing intelligence related to 
        biotechnology threats.
            (2) A description of any existing formal mechanisms by 
        which the intelligence community provides intelligence and 
        support with respect to biotechnology threats to--
                    (A) departments and agencies of the Federal 
                Government outside the intelligence community;
                    (B) the governments of foreign countries; and
                    (C) private industry and academic institutions.
            (3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms and manners by 
        which the intelligence community consults with biotechnology 
        experts and other outside experts with related expertise.
    (c) Covered Elements of the Intelligence Community.--For purposes 
of this section, the covered elements of the intelligence community are 
as follows:
            (1) The Central Intelligence Agency.
            (2) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
            (3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (4) The National Security Agency.
            (5) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``congressional 
intelligence committees'', ``intelligence community'', and 
``intelligence'' each have the meaning given such terms in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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