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Union Calendar No. 326 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2764 

[Report No. 112–466] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of 

mass destruction 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 

AUGUST 1, 2011 

Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 

KING of New York, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

MAY 8, 2012 

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 August 1, 2011] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

weapons of mass destruction 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 ‘‘WMD Intelligence and 

5 Information Sharing Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTELLIGENCE 

7 AND INFORMATION SHARING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 210G. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL12 LIGENCE AND INFORMATION 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, bio18 logical, radiological, and nuclear materials against 

19 the Nation; 

20 ‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel21 ligence analysis of global biological threats, including 

22 global infectious disease, public health, food, agricul23 tural, and veterinary issues, through activities such 

24 as engagement of international partners; 


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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) by 

4 providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 

5 threat information; 

6 ‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland se7 curity intelligence capabilities and structures to en8 hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 

9 efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radio10 logical, or nuclear attack; 

11 ‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored ana12 lytical support on these threats to State, local, and 

13 tribal authorities as well as other national biosecurity 

14 and biodefense stakeholders; and 

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

16 by the Secretary. 

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

18 Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other rel19 evant Department components, others in the Intelligence 

20 Community, including the National Counter Proliferation 

21 Center, and other Federal, State, local, and tribal authori22 ties, including officials from high-threat areas, and enable 

23 such entities to provide recommendations on optimal infor24 mation sharing mechanisms, including expeditious sharing 


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1 of classified information, and on how they can provide in2 formation to the Department. 

3 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

5 the date of the enactment of this section and annually 

6 thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the appro7 priate congressional committees on— 

8 ‘‘(A) the intelligence and information shar9 ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel10 evant entities within the Department to counter 

11 the threat from weapons of mass destruction; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the Department’s activities in accord13 ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 

14 ‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 

15 report shall include— 

16 ‘‘(A) a description of methods established to 

17 assess progress of the Office of Intelligence and 

18 Analysis in implementing this section; and 

19 ‘‘(B) such assessment. 

20 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com22 mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 of the House of Representatives and any committee of 

24 the House of Representatives or the Senate having leg25 islative jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 


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1 Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the mat2 ter concerned. 

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

4 meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the Na5 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 

6 ‘‘(3) The term ‘national biosecurity and bio7 defense stakeholders’ means officials from the Federal, 

8 State, local, and tribal authorities and individuals 

9 from the private sector who are involved in efforts to 

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

11 a biological attack or other phenomena that may have 

12 serious health consequences for the United States, in13 cluding wide-scale fatalities or infectious disease out14 breaks.’’. 

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

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

17 of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 

19 THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, 

20 AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPONSIBIL21 ITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. 

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

23 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and to 

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

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1 sibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order to 

2 assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of ter3 rorism against the United States.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 326 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2764 

[Report No. 112–466] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

to homeland security, and for other purposes. partment to entities with responsibilities relating semination of information analyzed by the Dement of Homeland Security and to require disOffice of Intelligence and Analysis of the Departligence and information sharing functions of the establish weapons of mass destruction intelMAY 8, 2012 

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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