I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4034 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to prevent, protect 
against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of 
mass destruction, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 
and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Select Intelligence (Per-
manent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enhance homeland security by improving efforts to pre-
vent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an 
attack with a weapon of mass destruction, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—A NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ENTERPRISE 
Sec. 101. Special Assistant for Biodefense. 
Sec. 102. National Biodefense Plan. 
Sec. 103. National Biosurveillance Strategy. 
Sec. 104. Comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis. 
TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 
Sec. 201. National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction. 
Sec. 202. National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. 
Sec. 203. State, local, and tribal defined. 
TITLE III—HOMELAND SECURITY MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Weapons of mass destruction prevention and preparedness. 
‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Prevention 
‘‘Sec. 2101. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information 
sharing. 
‘‘Sec. 2102. Risk assessments. 
‘‘Sec. 2103. National Export Enforcement Coordination. 
‘‘Sec. 2104. Communication of threat information. 
‘‘Sec. 2105. Individual and community preparedness for chemical, biologi-
cal, radiological, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Protection 
‘‘Sec. 2121. Detection of biological attacks. 
‘‘Sec. 2122. Rapid biological threat detection and identification at ports of 
entry. 
‘‘Sec. 2123. Evaluating detection technology. 
‘‘Sec. 2124. Domestic implementation of the Global Nuclear Detection Ar-
chitecture. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Response 
‘‘Sec. 2131. First responder guidance concerning chemical, biological, radi-
ological, and nuclear attacks. 
‘‘Sec. 2132. Integrated plume modeling for collective response. 
‘‘Sec. 2133. Establishment of the system assessment and validation for 
emergency responders (SAVER) program. 
‘‘Sec. 2134. Payment for laboratory response services. 
‘‘Sec. 2135. Bioforensics capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2136. Metropolitan Medical Response System Program. 
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‘‘Subtitle D—Recovery 
‘‘Sec. 2141. Identifying and addressing gaps in recovery capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2142. Recovery from a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
attack or incident. 
‘‘Sec. 2143. Exercises. 
Sec. 302. Enhancing laboratory biosecurity. 
Sec. 303. Definitions. 
Sec. 304. Dual-use terrorist risks from synthetic biology. 
Sec. 305. Dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to State, 
local, tribal, and private entities with responsibilities relating to 
homeland security. 
TITLE IV—PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS 
Sec. 401. Sense of Congress regarding Federal coordination on medical coun-
termeasures. 
Sec. 402. National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy. 
‘‘Sec. 319F–5. National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy. 
Sec. 403. National pre-event vaccination and antimicrobial dispensing policy re-
view. 
Sec. 404. Management of short shelf life vaccine and antimicrobial stockpiles. 
Sec. 405. Material threat determinations reviews. 
Sec. 406. Background checks. 
Sec. 407. State, local, and tribal defined. 
TITLE V—FOREIGN RELATIONS MATTERS 
Sec. 501. International engagement to enhance biodefense and laboratory bio-
security. 
Sec. 502. International collaboration and information sharing relating to bio-
security. 
Sec. 503. Interagency task force on best practices for global biopreparedness. 
Sec. 504. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives or the Senate 
having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the 
House of Representatives or Senate, respectively, 
over the matter concerned. 
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(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 Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal authorities and individ-
uals and other persons from the private sector who 
are involved in efforts to prevent, protect against, re-
spond to, and recover from a biological attack or 
other phenomena that may have serious health con-
sequences for the United States, including wide-scale 
fatalities or infectious disease outbreaks. 
TITLE I—A NATIONAL 
BIODEFENSE ENTERPRISE 
SEC. 101. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR BIODEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall assign a 
member of the National Security Council to serve as Spe-
cial Assistant to the President for Biodefense, who shall— 
(1) serve as the principal advisor to the Presi-
dent regarding coordination of Federal biodefense 
policy including prevention, protection, response, and 
recovery from biological attacks or other phenomena 
that may have serious health consequences for the 
United States, including wide-scale fatalities or in-
fectious disease outbreaks; 
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(2) identify gaps, duplication, and other ineffi-
ciencies in existing biodefense activities and the ac-
tions necessary to overcome these obstacles; 
(3) lead the development of a coordinated Na-
tional Biodefense Plan, in accordance with section 
102; 
(4) lead the development of a coordinated Na-
tional Biosurveillance Strategy, in accordance with 
section 103; 
(5) lead the development of a coordinated na-
tional research and development strategy and imple-
mentation plan for microbial forensics, the latter to 
be updated not less than once every 4 years; 
(6) oversee, in coordination with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, the develop-
ment of a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense 
budget analysis to inform prioritization of resources 
and ensure that biodefense challenges are adequately 
addressed, in accordance with section 104; and 
(7) conduct ongoing oversight and evaluation of 
implementation of Federal biodefense activities by 
relevant Government departments and agencies. 
(b) ACCESS BY CONGRESS.—The appointment of the 
Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense shall not 
be construed as affecting access by Congress or commit-
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tees of either House of Congress to information, docu-
ments, and studies in the possession of, or conducted by 
or at the direction of, the Special Assistant. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL BIODEFENSE PLAN. 
The Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense 
shall submit to the President a National Biodefense Plan 
that— 
(1) defines the scope and purpose of a national 
biodefense capability; 
(2) identifies biological risks to the Nation to be 
addressed by the Plan, consistent with section 2102 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended 
by this Act; 
(3) delineates activities and tasks to be per-
formed, including prevention, protection, response, 
and recovery activities, to address the risks identi-
fied under paragraph (2); 
(4) defines research and development needs for 
improving the capacity for threat awareness and pre-
vention, protection, response, and recovery; 
(5) identifies biodefense assets, interdepend-
encies, capability gaps, and gaps in the integration 
of capabilities; 
(6) provides goals, activities, milestones, and 
performance measures; 
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(7) identifies resource and investment needs; 
(8) defines organizational roles, responsibilities, 
and coordination of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
authorities (as those terms are defined in the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.)) 
with respect to the activities and tasks delineated in 
paragraph (3); 
(9) integrates and supports the strategies out-
lined in Presidential Policy Directives 2 and 8 and 
Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 9, 10, 
18, 21, and their successors, the National Bio-
surveillance Strategy published under section 103 of 
this Act, the National Medical Countermeasure Dis-
pensing Strategy developed under section 319F–5 of 
the Public Health Service Act, as amended by this 
Act, and other strategy documents as appropriate; 
(10) is consistent with the National Response 
Framework as published by the Secretary of Home-
land Security in May 2013, and any successors 
thereof; 
(11) incorporates input from Federal, State, 
local, and tribal stakeholders; 
(12) provides planning guidance to biosecurity 
and biodefense stakeholders, including leveraging of 
existing guidance; and 
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(13) shall be submitted to the President and 
the Congress within 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and updated as necessary. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY FOR BIOSURVEILLANCE.—The Special 
Assistant to the President for Biodefense shall publish a 
National Biosurveillance Strategy that shall— 
(1) identify the purpose and scope of a nation-
ally integrated biosurveillance capability; 
(2) establish goals, objectives, priorities, mile-
stones, and performance measures to guide the de-
velopment of such capability; 
(3) define and prioritize costs, benefits, and re-
source and investment needs, with particular atten-
tion to leveraging existing resources; 
(4) delineate Federal, State, local, tribal, and 
private roles and responsibilities; and 
(5) describe how the Strategy is integrated with 
related national strategies. 
(b) MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In developing 
the strategy required under subsection (a), the Special As-
sistant shall take into consideration— 
(1) the state of biosurveillance domestically and 
internationally; 
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(2) material threat assessments and determina-
tions developed by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity in accordance with the Project BioShield Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–276) and the amendments 
made by that Act; 
(3) risk assessments consistent with section 
2102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act; 
(4) reports on global trends produced by the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence re-
garding the biological threat; 
(5) Intelligence Community needs as articulated 
in relevant intelligence strategies; 
(6) information available in biosurveillance sys-
tems and changes to information technology includ-
ing systems used commercially to allow for the incor-
poration and integration of this information; and 
(7) costs associated with establishing and main-
taining the necessary infrastructure to integrate bio-
surveillance systems. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—In addition to the 
strategy required under subsection (a), the Special Assist-
ant shall publish an implementation plan for such strategy 
that includes benchmarks for measuring the success of the 
Strategy. The implementation plan shall— 
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(1) include a plan for advancing situational 
awareness of biological threats, by rapid detection 
and dissemination of biosurveillance information in 
real time, and through other means; 
(2) include a plan for fostering information 
sharing among national biosecurity and biodefense 
stakeholders— 
(A) to identify potential threats, reduce 
vulnerabilities, and improve collective response 
activities to, and investigations of, suspected bi-
ological attacks; 
(B) that addresses the type of information 
to be shared and how it will be shared; and 
(C) that identifies critical sensitivities to be 
protected; and 
(3) include a plan for enhancing the capability 
of the Federal Government to rapidly identify, char-
acterize, localize, and track a biological event of na-
tional concern by integrating and analyzing data re-
lating to human health, animal, plant, food, and en-
vironmental monitoring systems (both national and 
international). 
(d) DEADLINE; SUBMISSION; UPDATES.—The Spe-
cial Assistant shall— 
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(1) publish the strategy, and submit it to the 
appropriate congressional committees, by not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) publish an implementation plan for such 
strategy not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and update the implementation 
plan at least once every 4 years. 
SEC. 104. COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-CUTTING BIODEFENSE 
BUDGET ANALYSIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance strategic 
planning, eliminate redundancies, identify capability gaps, 
and provide for greater transparency, the Special Assist-
ant to the President for Biodefense, in coordination with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, concurrent with the submission of the President’s an-
nual budget to the Congress, a comprehensive cross-cut-
ting biodefense budget analysis that delineates and inte-
grates the biodefense expenditure requests for the depart-
ments and agencies headed by the officials listed in sub-
section (c). 
(b) CONTENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The comprehensive cross- 
cutting biodefense budget analysis shall provide a 
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detailed, separate analysis, by budget function, by 
department or agency, and by initiative area (as de-
termined by the Administration), for the prior fiscal 
year, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal years for 
which the budget is submitted, identifying the 
amounts of gross and net appropriations or 
obligational authority and outlays that contribute to 
biodefense, with separate displays for mandatory 
and discretionary amounts, including— 
(A) summaries of the total amount of such 
appropriations or obligational authority and 
outlays requested for biodefense; 
(B) an estimate of the current service lev-
els of biodefense spending; and 
(C) an indication of how the Federal ac-
tivities or accounts covered by the analysis sup-
port the activities delineated in the National 
Biodefense Plan under section 102(2). 
(2) ACCOUNT-LEVEL AMOUNTS.—With respect 
to subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), 
amounts shall be provided by account for each pro-
gram, project, and activity. 
(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION TO SPECIAL ASSISTANT.—Each 
official listed in paragraph (2) shall, by not later 
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than 30 days before submitting the annual appro-
priations request for the agency under section 1108 
of title 31, United States Code, submit to the Spe-
cial Assistant— 
(A) the proposed appropriations request; 
and 
(B) a progress report on how the depart-
ment or agency under the official’s authority 
agency has met the responsibilities of the offi-
cial under the National Biodefense Plan under 
section 102. 
(2) COVERED OFFICIAL.—The officials referred 
to in paragraph (1) are— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(B) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(C) the Secretary of Defense; 
(D) the Secretary of Energy; 
(E) the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; 
(F) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 
(G) the Secretary of State; 
(H) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
(I) the Attorney General; 
(J) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
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(K) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation; 
(L) the Postmaster General of the United 
States; and 
(M) heads of other Federal departments 
and agencies as considered appropriate by the 
Special Assistant. 
(d) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.—Periodically, 
but at least annually, the Special Assistant for Biodefense 
shall consult with the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, the Appropriations Committees of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and the Congressional 
Budget Office. 
TITLE II—INTELLIGENCE 
MATTERS 
SEC. 201. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY FOR COUN-
TERING THE THREAT FROM WEAPONS OF 
MASS DESTRUCTION. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the heads of other appro-
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priate Federal departments and agencies, shall de-
velop and implement— 
(A) a strategy designed to improve the ca-
pabilities of the United States to collect, ana-
lyze, and disseminate intelligence related to 
weapons of mass destruction; and 
(B) a plan to implement such strategy. 
(2) TITLE.—The strategy required under para-
graph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from 
Weapons of Mass Destruction’’. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) identify and address core capabilities needed 
for successful intelligence collection on weapons of 
mass destruction; 
(2) include methods for the recruitment, train-
ing, and retention of a workforce with expertise in 
the collection, analysis, and dissemination of intel-
ligence related to all types of weapons of mass de-
struction and science and technology related to 
weapons of mass destruction, as well as expertise in 
science and technology relating to risks posed by 
weapons of mass destruction; and 
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(3) include methods for information sharing 
and collaboration, as appropriate, with non-Federal 
national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The plan for imple-
menting the strategy required under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
(1) actions necessary to increase the effective-
ness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence on 
weapons of mass destruction throughout the Intel-
ligence Community and with other Federal partners, 
including a description of statutory, regulatory, pol-
icy, technical, security, or other barriers that impede 
such sharing, and, as appropriate, the development 
of uniform standards across the Intelligence Com-
munity for such sharing; 
(2) methods to disseminate intelligence prod-
ucts to national biosecurity and biodefense stake-
holders in classified and unclassified formats to in-
crease the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing 
of information; 
(3) actions necessary to provide open-source in-
telligence relating to weapons of mass destruction 
to— 
(A) appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies; 
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(B) State, local, and tribal authorities; and 
(C) private entities; 
(4) specific objectives to be accomplished, with 
corresponding schedule, for each year of the 5-year 
period that begins on the date on which the strategy 
is submitted to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees under subsection (e) and tasks to accomplish 
such objectives, including— 
(A) a list prioritizing such objectives and 
such tasks; and 
(B) a schedule for meeting such objectives 
and carrying out such tasks; 
(5) assignments of roles and responsibilities to 
elements of the Intelligence Community to imple-
ment the strategy; and 
(6) a schedule for assessment of the effective-
ness and efficiency of the strategy, including 
metrics, and a description of the components of the 
assessment. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Director of National Intel-
ligence shall coordinate with State, local, and tribal gov-
ernment authorities, the private sector, and nongovern-
mental organizations in the development of the National 
Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from 
Weapons of Mass Destruction. 
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(e) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees the strategy and plan 
required under subsection (a). The submission shall be in 
unclassified form but with a classified annex, as appro-
priate. 
(f) UPDATES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall update the implementation plan at least once every 
4 years. 
SEC. 202. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY FOR COUN-
TERING BIOLOGICAL THREATS. 
(a) STRATEGY.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of National 
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense, 
and the heads of other appropriate Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall develop and implement a 
strategy and a plan for implementing the strategy 
that is integrated into the National Intelligence 
Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons 
of Mass Destruction, as required under this title. 
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(2) TITLE.—The strategy required under para-
graph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats’’. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) identify and address target capabilities 
needed for successful intelligence collection on bio-
logical threats; 
(2) include a plan for establishing in the Intel-
ligence Community a cadre of collectors and analysts 
in all relevant agencies in the Intelligence Commu-
nity that are familiar with biological threats, biologi-
cal science, and biotechnology, including— 
(A) biological scientists; 
(B) biotechnologists; and 
(C) experts with knowledge of the current 
state of technologies that could be used to de-
velop a weapon of mass destruction; 
(3) include a plan for defining the functions, 
capabilities, and gaps in the Intelligence Community 
workforce with respect to assessing the biological 
threat; 
(4) include methods for collaboration— 
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(A) with non-Intelligence Community tech-
nical experts within Federal departments and 
agencies; and 
(B) as appropriate, with individuals with 
expertise described in paragraph (2) who are 
not employed by the Federal Government, in 
particular with State and local biodefense stake-
holders; 
(5) include a plan for defining, integrating, fo-
cusing, and enhancing existing capabilities in the In-
telligence Community dedicated to current and stra-
tegic biological threats; and 
(6) 
include 
a 
plan 
for 
ensuring 
the 
prioritization and sustained commitment of intel-
ligence personnel and resources to address biological 
threats. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The implementation 
plan for the strategy required under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) include actions necessary to increase the ef-
fectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intel-
ligence throughout the Intelligence Community on 
biological weapons and organisms that could be used 
for biological terrorism, including a description of 
statutory, regulatory, policy, technical, security, or 
other barriers that prevent such sharing, and, as ap-
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propriate, the development of uniform standards 
across the Intelligence Community for such sharing; 
(2) address strategic and tactical human intel-
ligence, measurement and signature intelligence, 
technical intelligence, medical intelligence, and open- 
source intelligence activities necessary to implement 
the strategy; 
(3) identify specific objectives to be accom-
plished during each year of the 5-year period that 
begins on the date on which the strategy is sub-
mitted to the appropriate congressional committees 
under subsection (d) and tasks to accomplish such 
objectives, including— 
(A) a list prioritizing such objectives and 
such tasks; and 
(B) a schedule for meeting such objectives 
and carrying out such tasks; 
(4) assign roles and responsibilities to elements 
of the Intelligence Community to implement the 
strategy; 
(5) a schedule for assessment of the effective-
ness and efficiency of the strategy, including 
metrics; and 
(6) a schedule for evaluating on a regular basis 
the efforts of the Intelligence Community and 
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progress on understanding and countering biological 
threats. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National In-
telligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the strategy and plan required under sub-
section (a). The report shall be in unclassified form but 
with a classified annex, as appropriate. 
(e) UPDATES.—The Director of National Intelligence 
shall update the implementation plan at least once every 
4 years. 
SEC. 203. STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘State, local, and tribal’’ has 
the same meaning that term has in the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.). 
TITLE III—HOMELAND 
SECURITY MATTERS 
SEC. 301. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new title: 
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‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION 
PREVENTION 
AND PREPAREDNESS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Prevention 
‘‘SEC. 2101. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL-
LIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis of the Department shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct intelligence and information shar-
ing activities consistent with the National Intel-
ligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from 
Weapons of Mass Destruction under section 201 of 
the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 
and the National Intelligence Strategy for Coun-
tering Biological Threats under section 202 of that 
Act; 
‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and 
their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, bi-
ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 
the Nation; 
‘‘(3) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 
health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 
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‘‘(4) support homeland security-focused risk 
analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu-
rity hazards described in paragraphs (2) and (3), by 
providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 
threat information; 
‘‘(5) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security capabilities and structures, including fusion 
centers established pursuant to section 210A, to en-
hance prevention, protection, response, and recovery 
efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radio-
logical, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(6) share information and provide tailored an-
alytical support on these threats to State, local, and 
tribal authorities as well as other national biosecu-
rity and biodefense stakeholders; and 
‘‘(7) 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, others in the Intel-
ligence Community, including the National Counter Pro-
liferation Center, and other Federal, State, local, and trib-
al authorities, including officials from high-threat areas, 
and enable such entities to provide recommendations on 
optimal information sharing mechanisms, including expe-
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ditious sharing of classified information, and on how they 
can provide information to the Department. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on— 
‘‘(A) the intelligence and information shar-
ing activities under subsection (a) and of all rel-
evant entities within the Department to counter 
the threat from weapons of mass destruction; 
and 
‘‘(B) the Department’s activities in accord-
ance with relevant intelligence strategies, in-
cluding the National Intelligence Strategy for 
Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass 
Destruction and the National Intelligence Strat-
egy for Countering Biological Threats. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
report shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of methods established 
to assess progress of the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis in implementing this section; and 
‘‘(B) such assessment. 
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‘‘SEC. 2102. RISK ASSESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall, in 
coordination with relevant Department components and 
other appropriate Federal departments and agencies— 
‘‘(1) produce and update periodically a ter-
rorism risk assessment of chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear threats; and 
‘‘(2) produce and update periodically an inte-
grated terrorism risk assessment that assesses all of 
those threats and compares them against one an-
other according to their relative risk. 
‘‘(b) METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) convene an interagency task force of 
relevant subject matter experts to assess the 
proposed methodology to be used for assess-
ments required under subsection (a), and to 
provide recommendations to the Secretary as to 
the adequacy of such methodology; 
‘‘(B) conduct sensitivity analysis on each 
assessment to identify and prioritize research 
activities to close knowledge gaps; and 
‘‘(C) consider the evolving threat from an 
intelligent adversary. 
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‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN ASSESSMENT.—Each assess-
ment under subsection (a) shall include a description 
of the methodology used for the assessment. 
‘‘(c) USAGE.—The assessments required under sub-
section (a) shall be used to inform and guide risk manage-
ment decisions, including— 
‘‘(1) the threat assessments and determinations 
by the Secretary regarding agents and toxins pursu-
ant to section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service 
Act; 
‘‘(2) allocation of resources for research and de-
velopment for chemical, biological, radiological, and 
nuclear attack prevention, protection, response, and 
recovery; 
‘‘(3) prioritization of medical countermeasure 
research, development, acquisition, and distribution 
activities and other national strategic biodefense re-
search; 
‘‘(4) tailored risk assessments and risk mitiga-
tion studies, as appropriate, on topics such as radio-
logical materials security or the economic risks of a 
biological attack; and 
‘‘(5) other homeland security activities as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary and the heads of 
other agencies. 
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‘‘(d) INPUT AND SHARING.—The Secretary shall, for 
each assessment required under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) seek input from national biosecurity and 
biodefense stakeholders, and other Federal, State, 
local, and tribal officials involved in efforts to pre-
vent, protect, respond to, and recover from chemical, 
biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; 
‘‘(2) ensure that written procedures are in place 
to guide the interagency development of the assess-
ments, including for input, review, and implementa-
tion purposes, among relevant Federal partners; 
‘‘(3) share the risk assessments with Federal, 
State, local and tribal officials with appropriate se-
curity clearances and a need for the information in 
the classified version; and 
‘‘(4) to the maximum extent practicable, make 
available an unclassified version for Federal, State, 
local, and tribal officials involved in prevention and 
preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, 
and nuclear events. 
‘‘(e) WRITTEN PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 
establish written procedures for appropriate usage of the 
assessments required under subsection (a), including— 
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‘‘(1) a description of the types of departmental 
activities for which the assessments should be con-
sidered; 
‘‘(2) the extent to which the findings of the as-
sessments should play a role in such activities; 
‘‘(3) the point in planning processes at which 
the assessments should be considered; and 
‘‘(4) how users can access expertise within the 
Department to aid in interpretation of the results of 
the assessments. 
‘‘SEC. 2103. NATIONAL EXPORT ENFORCEMENT COORDINA-
TION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be maintained in 
the Department the Export Enforcement Coordination 
Center, with capability for national export enforcement co-
ordination that is managed by the Secretary and coordi-
nates the export enforcement activities among the Depart-
ment, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 
Commerce, the Department of Defense, the Department 
of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
State, the Department of the Treasury, the Intelligence 
Community, and other Federal agencies as appropriate. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Center shall— 
‘‘(1) enhance Federal coordination for law en-
forcement counterproliferation investigations, includ-
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ing coordination and deconfliction with intelligence 
counterproliferation activities; 
‘‘(2) address licensing inquiries, reviews, re-
quests, checks, and verifications; and 
‘‘(3) conduct outreach and provide training to 
the export trade community. 
‘‘SEC. 2104. COMMUNICATION OF THREAT INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) The Commission on the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Ter-
rorism recommended that ‘the Federal Government 
should practice greater openness of public informa-
tion so that citizens better understand the threat 
and the risk this threat poses to them’. 
‘‘(2) There are unique challenges for commu-
nity preparedness for attacks from weapons of mass 
destruction. 
‘‘(b) COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall de-
velop a communications plan designed to provide in-
formation to the public related to preventing, pre-
paring for, responding to, and recovering from 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear at-
tacks. 
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‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—As appropriate, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall consult with State, local, and tribal au-
thorities and coordinate with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies in developing the communica-
tions plans under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) PRE-SCRIPTED MESSAGES AND MESSAGE 
TEMPLATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall develop and disseminate, through an alerts 
and warnings system, pre-scripted messages 
and message templates for State, local, and 
tribal authorities so that those authorities can 
quickly and rapidly disseminate critical infor-
mation to the public in anticipation of, during, 
or in the immediate aftermath of a chemical, bi-
ological, radiological, and nuclear attack, and to 
be included in the Department of Homeland Se-
curity’s lessons learned information sharing sys-
tem. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT
AND
DESIGN.—The 
pre-scripted messages or message templates 
shall— 
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‘‘(i) be developed in consultation with 
State, local, and tribal authorities and in 
coordination with other appropriate Fed-
eral departments and agencies; 
‘‘(ii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to the population directly af-
fected by an incident, including informa-
tion regarding an evacuation, sheltering in 
place, hospital surge operations, health, 
and safety; 
‘‘(iii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to children and other special 
needs populations within the population di-
rectly affected by an incident; 
‘‘(iv) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to emergency response pro-
viders and medical personnel responding to 
an incident; and 
‘‘(v) include direction for the coordi-
nation of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
communications teams. 
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‘‘(C) COMMUNICATIONS
FORMATS.—The 
Administrator shall develop pre-scripted mes-
sages or message templates under this para-
graph in multiple formats to ensure delivery— 
‘‘(i) in cases where the usual commu-
nications infrastructure is unusable; 
‘‘(ii) to individuals with disabilities or 
other special needs and individuals with 
limited English proficiency; and 
‘‘(iii) to educational and childcare fa-
cilities, including daycare centers, grade 
schools, universities, hospitals, and elderly 
care facilities. 
‘‘(D) DISSEMINATION AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that all pre-scripted messages and message 
templates developed under this paragraph are 
made available to State, local, and tribal au-
thorities so that those authorities may incor-
porate them, as appropriate, into their emer-
gency plans. The Administrator shall also make 
available relevant technical assistance to those 
authorities to support communications plan-
ning. 
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‘‘(E) EXERCISES.—To ensure that the pre- 
scripted messages or message templates devel-
oped under this paragraph can be effectively 
utilized in a disaster or incident, the Adminis-
trator shall incorporate Federal, State, local, 
and tribal communications teams that deliver 
such pre-scripted messages or message tem-
plates into exercises, including those conducted 
under the National Exercise Program. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees the communications plans required to be 
developed under this subsection, including pre- 
scripted messages or message templates developed in 
conjunction with the plans and a description of the 
means that will be used to deliver these messages 
during such incidents. 
‘‘(c) TERRORISM THREAT AWARENESS.— 
‘‘(1) TERRORISM
THREAT
AWARENESS.—The 
Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General 
and heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall for 
purposes of preparedness and collective response to 
terrorism and for other purposes— 
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‘‘(A) ensure that homeland security infor-
mation concerning terrorist threats is provided 
to State, local, and tribal authorities and the 
public within the United States, as appropriate; 
and 
‘‘(B) establish a process to optimize oppor-
tunities for qualified heads of State, local, and 
tribal government entities to obtain appropriate 
security clearances so that they may receive 
classified threat information when appropriate. 
‘‘(2) THREAT BULLETINS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall, on a timely basis, prepare unclassified 
threat bulletins on chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear threats. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each assessment 
required under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) include guidance to the public for 
preventing and responding to acts of ter-
rorism arising from such threats; and 
‘‘(ii) be made available on the Internet 
Web site of the Department and other 
publicly accessible Internet Web sites, com-
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munication systems, and information net-
works. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 
AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary, using information 
provided by the terrorism risk assessments under 
section 2102 and material threat assessments and 
determinations under the Project BioShield Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–276) and the amendments 
made by that Act— 
‘‘(A) shall provide to State, local, and trib-
al authorities written guidance on commu-
nicating terrorism-related threats and risks to 
the public within their jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(B) shall identify and articulate the gov-
ernmental rationale for identifying particular 
communities as being at heightened risk of ex-
ploitation. 
‘‘(4) USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—The Sec-
retary shall use Internet Web sites, communication 
systems, and information networks in operation on 
the date of an assessment under this subsection, and 
shall coordinate with other heads of Federal depart-
ments and agencies to provide information through 
existing channels to satisfy the requirements of 
paragraph (2)(B)(ii). The Secretary shall provide 
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guidance on how State, local, tribal, and private en-
tities can partner with public television stations to 
disseminate information provided by the Department 
and shall provide information on best practices on 
disseminating information to residents of local com-
munities, including leveraging public television sta-
tions. 
‘‘SEC. 2105. INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS 
FOR 
CHEMICAL, 
BIOLOGICAL, 
RADIO-
LOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR ATTACKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Administrator for the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, shall assist State, local, and tribal authori-
ties in improving and promoting individual and community 
preparedness and collective response to terrorist attacks 
involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
materials against the United States by— 
‘‘(1) developing guidance and checklists of rec-
ommended actions for individual and community 
prevention and preparedness efforts and dissemi-
nating such guidance and checklists to communities 
and individuals; 
‘‘(2) updating new and existing guidance and 
checklists as appropriate; 
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‘‘(3) disseminating to communities and individ-
uals the guidance developed under section 2131, as 
appropriate; 
‘‘(4) providing information and training mate-
rials in support of individual and community pre-
paredness efforts; 
‘‘(5) conducting individual and community pre-
paredness outreach efforts; and 
‘‘(6) such other actions as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi-
nate with Federal departments and agencies and with pri-
vate sector and nongovernmental organizations to promote 
individual and community preparedness and collective re-
sponse to terrorist attacks involving chemical, biological, 
radiological, and nuclear materials against the United 
States. 
‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—In compiling guidance for 
individual and community preparedness in order to carry 
out subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall give due regard 
to best practices based on the experience of other agencies 
and countries and the expertise of academic institutions 
and nongovernmental organizations. 
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