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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8564 
To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to bio-
technology threats, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2024 
Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence 
A BILL 
To require certain elements of the intelligence community 
to submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
a report with respect to biotechnology threats, 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 ‘‘Elevating Bio-
technology Threats Reporting Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 
THREATS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELE-
MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
June 30, 2025, the head of each covered element of the 
intelligence community shall submit a separate report to 
the congressional intelligence committees with respect to 
biotechnology threats and intelligence activities related to 
biotechnology threats. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include, with respect to each covered ele-
ment of the intelligence community, the following: 
(1) A description of any gaps that exist with re-
spect to intelligence activities that impede such ele-
ment from fully targeting, collecting, and analyzing 
intelligence related to biotechnology threats. 
(2) A description of any existing formal mecha-
nisms by which the intelligence community provides 
intelligence and support with respect to bio-
technology threats to— 
(A) departments and agencies of the Fed-
eral Government outside the intelligence com-
munity; 
(B) the governments of foreign countries; 
and 
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(C) private industry and academic institu-
tions. 
(3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms 
and manners by which the intelligence community 
consults with biotechnology experts and other out-
side experts with related expertise. 
(c) COVERED ELEMENTS
OF
THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.—For purposes of this section, the covered 
elements of the intelligence community are as follows: 
(1) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(4) The National Security Agency. 
(5) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘con-
gressional intelligence committees’’, ‘‘intelligence commu-
nity’’, and ‘‘intelligence’’ each have the meaning given 
such terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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