SEC. 2. BIENNIAL REPORT ON BIODEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
AND DUTIES OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Title I of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section (and con-
forming the table of contents at the beginning of such Act 
accordingly): 
‘‘SEC. 121. BIENNIAL REPORT ON BIODEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
AND DUTIES. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—On a biennial basis, the Director of 
National Intelligence, in coordination with the heads of the 
elements of the intelligence community determined rel-
evant by the Director, shall submit to the congressional 
intelligence committees a comprehensive report on the ac-
tivities, prioritization, and responsibilities of the intel-
ligence community relating to biodefense and biological 
threats. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS INCLUDED.—Each report under 
subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the time pe-
riod covered by the report, the following: 
‘‘(1) A detailed description of all covered activi-
ties undertaken by the intelligence community, 
dissaggregated by element of the intelligence com-
munity. 
‘‘(2) A detailed description of all covered duties 
that are— 
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‘‘(A) explicitly assigned to, or led by, the 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
(including the National Intelligence Council, the 
National Intelligence Management Council, and 
any center in the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence); 
‘‘(B) explicitly assigned to, or led by, an 
element of the intelligence community other 
than the element specified in subparagraph (A); 
or 
‘‘(C) otherwise shared collectively by, or 
jointly within, the intelligence community. 
‘‘(3) An assessment of any gaps in the covered 
activities or covered duties of the intelligence com-
munity. 
‘‘(4) An inventory and assessment of the cur-
rent authorities, strategies, plans, policies, and inter-
agency agreements of the intelligence community re-
lating to biodefense or the countering of biological 
threats, including with respect to prevention, deter-
rence, preparedness, detection, response, attribution, 
recovery, and mitigation. 
‘‘(5) An assessment of any gaps in the authori-
ties, strategies, plans, policies, or interagency agree-
ments described in paragraph (4). 
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‘‘(6) A detailed description and characterization 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The coordination among the elements 
of the intelligence community with respect to 
covered activities and covered duties. 
‘‘(B) The coordination and integration be-
tween elements of the intelligence community 
and non-intelligence community partners with 
respect to covered activities and covered duties. 
‘‘(C) Any interactions between the ele-
ments of the intelligence community and non- 
intelligence community partners with respect to 
covered activities, disseggregated by element of 
the intelligence community. 
‘‘(D) Any interactions between the ele-
ments of the intelligence community and the 
managers of intelligence functions (as specified 
in section 103J of this title) with respect to 
covered activities. 
‘‘(E) Any interactions between the entities 
specified in subparagraph (D) and the Presi-
dent with respect to covered activities, including 
an identification of any positions within the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President involved in such 
interactions. 
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‘‘(7) A detailed description of how funds are 
used to carry out biological intelligence activities, in-
cluding covered activities of the intelligence commu-
nity. 
‘‘(8) An assessment of the spread and effect of 
foreign-sourced misinformation and disinformation 
relating to biodefense and biological threats. 
‘‘(9) A detailed description of the capabilities of 
the intelligence community that could contribute to 
any efforts by non-intelligence community partners 
to such misinformation and disinformation. 
‘‘(10) A detailed description of any previous, 
ongoing, or planned efforts or activities of the intel-
ligence community in support of the implementation 
of the National Biodefense Strategy by the Bio-
defense Steering Committee, or such successor com-
mittee. 
‘‘(11) An inventory and assessment of the cur-
rent strategies, plans, policies, and interagency 
agreements of the intelligence community in support 
of the Biodefense Steering Committee, or such suc-
cessor committee, and the implementation of the Na-
tional Biodefense Strategy. 
‘‘(12) A description of assessed opportunities 
for the intelligence community to further enhance 
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the capabilities and effectiveness of the Biodefense 
Steering Committee, or such successor committee, 
with respect to the implementation of the National 
Biodefense Strategy. 
‘‘(c) FORM.—Any report required to be submitted 
under subsection (a) may be submitted in a classified 
form. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIODEFENSE.—The term ‘biodefense’ in-
cludes actions to counter biological threats, reduce 
risks associated with such threats, and prepare for, 
respond to, and recover from, biological incidents. 
‘‘(2) BIODEFENSE
STEERING
COMMITTEE.— 
The term ‘Biodefense Steering Committee’ means 
the committee established pursuant to the presi-
dential memorandum issued on September 18, 2018, 
and titled ‘Presidential Memorandum on the Sup-
port for National Biodefense’. 
‘‘(3) BIOLOGICAL THREAT.—The term ‘biologi-
cal threat’ includes biological warfare, bioterrorism, 
naturally occurring infectious diseases, and acci-
dental exposures. 
‘‘(4) COVERED ACTIVITY.—The term ‘covered 
activity’— 
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‘‘(A) means an activity relating to bio-
defense or biological threats; and 
‘‘(B) includes any intelligence, science and 
technology, or research and development activ-
ity relating to biodefense or a biological threat. 
‘‘(5) COVERED DUTY.—The term ‘covered duty’ 
means a duty or responsibility relating to biodefense 
or biological threats. 
‘‘(6) NATIONAL BIODEFENSE STRATEGY.—The 
term ‘National Biodefense Strategy’ means the 
strategy specified in section 1086 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 
U.S.C. 104). 
‘‘(7) NON-INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY
PART-
NER.—The term ‘non-intelligence community part-
ner’ means a department or agency of the Federal 
government, a State or local government, an Indian 
Tribe, or a territory of the United States, that is not 
an element of the intelligence community.’’. 
(b) FIRST REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intel-
ligence committees (as such term is defined in section 3 
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) 
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the first report required under section 121 of such Act, 
as added by subsection (a). 
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