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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, biologi-
cal, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and information sharing func-
tions 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. MEE-
HAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 Intel-
ligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security and to require dissemination of information ana-
lyzed by the Department to entities with responsibilities 
relating to homeland security, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CBRN Intelligence and 
Information Sharing Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NU-
CLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 
SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 210G. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND 
NUCLEAR INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION 
SHARING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security shall— 
‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 
their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bio-
logical, radiological, and nuclear materials against 
the Nation; 
‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 
health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 
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‘‘(3) support homeland security-focused risk 
analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu-
rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2), in-
cluding the transportation of chemical, biological, nu-
clear, and radiological materials, by providing rel-
evant quantitative and nonquantitative threat infor-
mation; 
‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland se-
curity intelligence capabilities and structures to en-
hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 
efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radio-
logical, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored ana-
lytical support on these threats to State, local, and 
tribal authorities as well as other national biosecurity 
and biodefense stakeholders and other Federal agen-
cies, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(6) perform other responsibilities, as assigned 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—Where appropriate, the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis shall coordinate with other rel-
evant Department components, including the National Bio-
surveillance Integration Center, others in the Intelligence 
Community, including the National Counter Proliferation 
Center, and other Federal, State, local, and tribal authori-
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ties, including officials from high-threat areas, State and 
major urban area fusion centers, and local public health 
departments, as appropriate, and enable such entities to 
provide recommendations on optimal information sharing 
mechanisms, including expeditious sharing of classified in-
formation, and on how they can provide information to the 
Department. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and any committee of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate having leg-
islative jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 
Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the mat-
ter concerned. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘Intelligence Community’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders’ means officials from the Federal, 
State, local, and tribal authorities and individuals 
from the private sector who are involved in efforts to 
prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
a biological attack or other phenomena that may have 
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serious health consequences for the United States, in-
cluding infectious disease outbreaks.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 
‘‘Sec. 210G. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and infor-
mation sharing.’’. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
report to the appropriate congressional committees 
on— 
(A) the intelligence and information shar-
ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel-
evant entities within the Department of Home-
land Security to counter the threat from attacks 
using chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear materials; and 
(B) the Department’s activities in accord-
ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 
(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The re-
port shall include— 
(A) a description of methods established to 
assess progress of the Office of Intelligence and 
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Analysis in implementing the amendment made 
by subsection (a); and 
(B) such assessment. 
(3) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall have 
no force or effect after the end of the 5-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 
THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, 
AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY. 
Section 201(d)(8) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘and to 
agencies of State’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘to 
State, local, tribal, and private entities with such respon-
sibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order to 
assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of ter-
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 
establish chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear intelligence and information sharing 
functions of the Office of Intelligence and Anal-
ysis of the Department of Homeland Security 
and to require dissemination of information ana-
lyzed by the Department to entities with respon-
sibilities relating to homeland security, and for 
other purposes. 
JUNE 17, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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