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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 7, 2015 

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 

chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 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 ‘‘CBRN Intelligence and 

5 Information Sharing Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NU7 CLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 

8 SHARING. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 210G. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND 

13 NUCLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 

14 SHARING. 

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

16 Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused intel18 ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 

19 their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi20 ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 

21 the Nation; 

22 ‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel23 ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 

24 health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 


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

2 analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu3 rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2), in4 cluding the transportation of chemical, biological, 

5 nuclear, and radiological materials, by providing rel6 evant quantitative and nonquantitative threat infor7 mation; 

8 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 

9 security intelligence capabilities and structures to 

10 enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov11 ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra12 diological, or nuclear attack; 

13 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an14 alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 

15 tribal authorities as well as other national biosecu16 rity and biodefense stakeholders and other Federal 

17 agencies, as appropriate; and 

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

19 by the Secretary. 

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

21 of Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other 

22 relevant Department components, including the National 

23 Biosurveillance Integration Center, others in the Intel24 ligence Community, including the National Counter Pro25 liferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, and tribVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 07, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2200.RFS H2200

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1 al authorities, including officials from high-threat areas, 

2 State and major urban area fusion centers, and local pub3 lic health departments, as appropriate, and enable such 

4 entities to provide recommendations on optimal informa5 tion sharing mechanisms, including expeditious sharing of 

6 classified information, and on how they can provide infor7 mation to the Department. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu11 rity of the House of Representatives and any com12 mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 

13 having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 

14 House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 

15 over the matter concerned. 

16 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Intelligence Community’ has the 

17 meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the Na18 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

19 ‘‘(3) The term ‘national biosecurity and bio20 defense stakeholders’ means officials from the Fed21 eral, State, local, and tribal authorities and individ22 uals from the private sector who are involved in ef23 forts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and re24 cover from a biological attack or other phenomena 

25 that may have serious health consequences for the 


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1 United States, including infectious disease out2 breaks.’’. 

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

4 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

5 end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and information sharing.’’. 

6 (c) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

9 thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

10 report to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 on— 

12 (A) the intelligence and information shar13 ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel14 evant entities within the Department of Home15 land Security to counter the threat from at16 tacks using chemical, biological, radiological, 

17 and nuclear materials; and 

18 (B) the Department’s activities in accord19 ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 

20 (2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 

21 report shall include— 

22 (A) a description of methods established to 

23 assess progress of the Office of Intelligence and 


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1 Analysis in implementing the amendment made 

2 by subsection (a); and 

3 (B) such assessment. 

4 (3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall have 

5 no force or effect after the end of the 5-year period 

6 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 

8 THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB9 AL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPON10 SIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECU11 RITY. 

12 Section 201(d)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 

13 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

14 to agencies of State’’ and all that follows and inserting 

15 ‘‘to State, local, tribal, and private entities with such re16 sponsibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order 

17 to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts 

18 of terrorism against the United States.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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