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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1589 

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 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Mr. WALKER (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

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. 

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 ‘‘CBRN Intelligence and 

3 Information Sharing Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NU5 CLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 

6 SHARING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home8 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend9 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 210H. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND 

11 NUCLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 

12 SHARING. 

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

14 Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused intel16 ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 

17 their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi18 ological, radiological, or nuclear materials against 

19 the United States; 

20 ‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel21 ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 

22 health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 

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

24 analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu25 rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2), in26 cluding the transportation of chemical, biological, 


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1 nuclear, and radiological materials, by providing rel2 evant quantitative and nonquantitative threat infor3 mation; 

4 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 

5 security intelligence capabilities and structures to 

6 enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov7 ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra8 diological, or nuclear attack; 

9 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an10 alytical support on such threats to State, local, Trib11 al, and territorial authorities, and other Federal 

12 agencies, as well as relevant national biosecurity and 

13 biodefense stakeholders, as appropriate; and 

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

15 by the Secretary. 

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

17 of Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other 

18 relevant Department components, including the Coun19 tering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and the Na20 tional Biosurveillance Integration Center, agencies within 

21 the intelligence community, including the National 

22 Counter Proliferation Center, and other Federal, State, 

23 local, Tribal, and territorial authorities, including officials 

24 from high-threat urban areas, State and major urban area 

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1 propriate, and enable such entities to provide rec2 ommendations on optimal information sharing mecha3 nisms, including expeditious sharing of classified informa4 tion, and on how such entities can provide information to 

5 the Department. 

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

7 ‘‘(1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

8 ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such 

9 term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 

10 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

11 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL BIOSECURITY AND BIODEFENSE

12 STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘national biosecurity 

13 and biodefense stakeholders’ means officials from 

14 Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial authori15 ties and individuals from the private sector who are 

16 involved in efforts to prevent, protect against, re17 spond to, and recover from a biological attack or 

18 other phenomena that may have serious health con19 sequences for the United States, including infectious 

20 disease outbreaks.’’. 

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

22 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

23 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

24 201F the following new item: 

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


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1 (c) REPORT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an4 nually thereafter for each of the following four years, 

5 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall report to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees on the fol7 lowing: 

8 (A) The intelligence and information shar9 ing activities under section 210H of the Home10 land Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub11 section (a) of this section) and of all relevant 

12 entities within the Department of Homeland 

13 Security to counter the threat from attacks 

14 using chemical, biological, radiological, or nu15 clear materials. 

16 (B) The Department’s activities in accord17 ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 

18 (2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 

19 reports required under paragraph (1) shall include 

20 the following: 

21 (A) An assessment of the progress of the 

22 Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De23 partment of Homeland Security in imple24 menting such section 210H. 


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1 (B) A description of the methods estab2 lished to carry out such assessment. 

3 (3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

4 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 

5 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

7 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

8 and any committee of the House of Representatives 

9 or the Senate having legislative jurisdiction under 

10 the rules of the House of Representatives or Senate, 

11 respectively, over the matter concerned. 

12 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 

13 THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB14 AL, TERRITORIAL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES 

15 WITH RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO 

16 HOMELAND SECURITY. 

17 Paragraph (6) of section 201(d) of the Homeland Se18 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘and to agencies of State’’ and all that follows through 

20 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘to State, local, tribal, 

21 territorial, and private entities with such responsibilities, 

22 and, as appropriate, to the public, in order to assist in 

23 preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of terrorism 

24 against the United States.’’. 

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