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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5346 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security related to 

food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 26, 2016 

Mr. YOUNG of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on 

Energy and Commerce and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 

the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health 

Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the 

Department of Homeland Security related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism, 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 ‘‘Securing our Agri3 culture and Food Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND VET5 ERINARY DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 

7 Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 103 (6 

8 U.S.C. 113) the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 104. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECU10 RITY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS COORDINATION 

11 OF DEPARTMENT EFFORTS RELATED TO 

12 FOOD, AGRICULTURE, AND VETERINARY DE13 FENSE AGAINST TERRORISM. 

14 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Assistant Secretary 

15 for Health Affairs shall carry out a program to coordinate 

16 the Department’s efforts related to defending the food, ag17 riculture, and veterinary systems against terrorism and 

18 other high-consequence events that pose a high risk to 

19 homeland security. 

20 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The coordination pro21 gram required by subsection (a) shall include, at a min22 imum, the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) Providing oversight and integration of the 

24 Department’s activities related to veterinary public 

25 health, food defense, and agricultural security. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Leading the Department’s policy initiatives 

2 relating to food, animal, and agricultural incidents, 

3 and the impact of such incidents on animal and pub4 lic health. 

5 ‘‘(3) Leading the Department’s policy initiatives 

6 relating to overall domestic preparedness for and col7 lective response to agricultural terrorism.’’. 

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

9 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

10 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by inserting after the item 

11 relating to section 103 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 104. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs coordination of Department efforts related to food, agriculture, and 

veterinary defense against terrorism.’’. 

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