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 2019’’. 
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 inserting after section 210E the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 210F. 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, or nuclear materials against the 
United States, including critical infrastructure; 
‘‘(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 early detection, prevention, protection, re-
sponse, and recovery efforts with respect to a chem-
ical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored ana-
lytical support on such threats to State, local, Tribal, 
and territorial authorities, and other Federal agen-
cies, as well as relevant national biosecurity and bio-
defense stakeholders, 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 Countering 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and the National Bio-
surveillance Integration Center, agencies within the intel-
ligence community, including the National Counter Pro-
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liferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
and territorial authorities, including officials from high- 
threat urban areas, State and major urban area fusion cen-
ters, and local public health departments, as appropriate, 
and enable such entities to provide recommendations on op-
timal information sharing mechanisms, including expedi-
tious sharing of classified information, and on how such 
entities can provide information to the Department. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘in-
telligence community’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL BIOSECURITY AND BIODEFENSE 
STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘national biosecurity and 
biodefense stakeholders’ means officials from Federal, 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial 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 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 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
210E the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210F. 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 for each of the following four years, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on the following: 
(A) The intelligence and information shar-
ing activities under section 210F of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section) and of all relevant en-
tities within the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity to counter the threat from attacks using 
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear ma-
terials. 
(B) The Department’s activities in accord-
ance with relevant intelligence strategies. 
(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The re-
ports required under paragraph (1) shall include the 
following: 
(A) An assessment of the progress of the Of-
fice of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-
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ment of Homeland Security in implementing 
such section 210F. 
(B) A description of the methods established 
to carry out such assessment. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
any committee of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate having legislative jurisdiction under the rules 
of the House of Representatives or Senate, respec-
tively, over the matter concerned. 
SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 
THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, 
TERRITORIAL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH 
RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
Paragraph (6) of section 201(d) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘and to agencies of State’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘to State, local, tribal, ter-
ritorial, and private entities with such responsibilities, and, 
as appropriate, to the public, in order to assist in pre-
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venting, deterring, or responding to acts of terrorism 
against the United States.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 10 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1589 
[Report No. 116–24] 
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. 
MARCH 28, 2019 
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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