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Union Calendar No. 120 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

[Report No. 114–164] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2015 

Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JUNE 17, 2015 

Additional sponsor: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana 

JUNE 17, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 1, 2015] 


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A BILL 

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 amended 

11 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, bio20 logical, 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, nu5 clear, and radiological materials, by providing rel6 evant quantitative and nonquantitative threat infor7 mation; 

8 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland se9 curity intelligence capabilities and structures to en10 hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 

11 efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radio12 logical, or nuclear attack; 

13 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored ana14 lytical support on these threats to State, local, and 

15 tribal authorities as well as other national biosecurity 

16 and biodefense stakeholders and other Federal agen17 cies, as appropriate; and 

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

19 by the Secretary. 

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

21 Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other rel22 evant Department components, including the National Bio23 surveillance Integration Center, others in the Intelligence 

24 Community, including the National Counter Proliferation 

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1 ties, including officials from high-threat areas, State and 

2 major urban area fusion centers, and local public health 

3 departments, as appropriate, and enable such entities to 

4 provide recommendations on optimal information sharing 

5 mechanisms, including expeditious sharing of classified in6 formation, and on how they can provide information to the 

7 Department. 

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

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 of the House of Representatives and any committee of 

12 the House of Representatives or the Senate having leg13 islative jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 

14 Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the mat15 ter 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 Federal, 

21 State, local, and tribal authorities and individuals 

22 from the private sector who are involved in efforts to 

23 prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 

24 a biological attack or other phenomena that may have 


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1 serious health consequences for the United States, in2 cluding infectious disease outbreaks.’’. 

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

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

5 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 one 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 attacks 

16 using chemical, biological, radiological, and nu17 clear materials; and 

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

20 (2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The re21 port 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 be6 ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 

8 THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, 

9 AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPONSIBIL10 ITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. 

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

12 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and to 

13 agencies of State’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘to 

14 State, local, tribal, and private entities with such respon15 sibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order to 

16 assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of ter17 rorism against the United States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 120 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2200 

[Report No. 114–164] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

other purposes. sibilities relating to homeland security, and for lyzed by the Department to entities with responand to require dissemination of information anaysis of the Department of Homeland Security functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analnuclear intelligence and information sharing establish chemical, biological, radiological, and 

JUNE 17, 2015 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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