115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 677 
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 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. 
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 2017’’. 
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 amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘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, bi-
ological, radiological, or nuclear materials against 
the United States; 
‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 
health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 
‘‘(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,
nuclear, and radiological materials, by providing rel-
evant quantitative and nonquantitative threat infor-
mation; 
‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security intelligence capabilities and structures to 
enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov-
ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra-
diological, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored an-
alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 
tribal authorities, other Federal agencies, as well as 
relevant national biosecurity and biodefense stake-
holders, 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 
relevant Department components, including the National 
Biosurveillance Integration Center, other agencies within 
in the intelligence community, including the National 
Counter Proliferation Center, and other Federal, State, 
local, and tribal authorities, including officials from high- 
threat urban areas, State and major urban area fusion 
centers, and local public health departments, as appro-
priate, and enable such entities to provide recommenda-
tions on optimal information sharing mechanisms, includ-
ing expeditious sharing of classified information, and on 
how such entities can provide information to the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL BIOSECURITY AND BIODEFENSE 
STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘national biosecurity 
and biodefense stakeholders’ means officials from 
Federal, State, local, and tribal authorities and indi-
viduals 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 serious health consequences for the 
United States, including infectious disease out-
breaks.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
201F the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210G. Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and in-
formation sharing.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 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 section 210G of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section) and of all relevant 
entities within the Department of Homeland 
Security to counter the threat from attacks 
using chemical, biological, radiological, or nu-
clear materials; and 
(B) the Department’s activities in accord-
ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 
(2) ASSESSMENT
OF
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
reports required under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an assessment of the progress of the 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the De-
partment of Homeland Security in imple-
menting such section 210G; and 
(B) a description of the methods estab-
lished to carry out such assessment.