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Union Calendar No. 326 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2764 
[Report No. 112–466] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish weapons of 
mass destruction intelligence and information sharing functions 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 
AUGUST 1, 2011 
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
KING of New York, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
MAY 8, 2012 
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 August 1, 2011] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
weapons of mass destruction 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 analyzed by the De-
partment 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 ‘‘WMD Intelligence and 
Information Sharing Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 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. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION INTEL-
LIGENCE 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 biological threats, including 
global infectious disease, public health, food, agricul-
tural, and veterinary issues, through activities such 
as engagement of international partners; 
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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) by 
providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 
threat information; 
‘‘(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 
‘‘(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, others in the Intelligence 
Community, including the National Counter Proliferation 
Center, and other Federal, State, local, and tribal authori-
ties, including officials from high-threat areas, and enable 
such entities to provide recommendations on optimal infor-
mation sharing mechanisms, including expeditious sharing 
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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 
serious health consequences for the United States, in-
cluding wide-scale fatalities or infectious disease out-
breaks.’’. 
(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. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing.’’. 
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-
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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. 326 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2764 
[Report No. 112–466] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish weapons of mass destruction intel-
ligence and information sharing functions of the 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security and to require dis-
semination of information analyzed by the De-
partment to entities with responsibilities relating 
to homeland security, and for other purposes. 
MAY 8, 2012 
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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