IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1542 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 23, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
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 2013’’. 
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 amend-
ed 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, bi-
ological, radiological, and nuclear materials against 
the Nation; 
‘‘(2) support homeland security-focused intel-
ligence analysis of global infectious disease, public 
health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; 
‘‘(3) support homeland security-focused risk 
analysis and risk assessments of the homeland secu-
rity hazards described in paragraphs (1) and (2) by 
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providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 
threat information; 
‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security intelligence capabilities and structures to 
enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov-
ery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, ra-
diological, or nuclear attack; 
‘‘(5) 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 
‘‘(6) 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-
ditious sharing of classified information, and on how they 
can provide information to the Department. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the 
appropriate 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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(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 from the private sector who are involved in ef-
forts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and re-
cover from a biological attack or other phenomena 
that may have serious health consequences for the 
United States, including wide-scale fatalities or in-
fectious disease outbreaks.’’. 
(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 shar-
ing.’’. 
SEC. 3. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ANALYZED BY 
THE DEPARTMENT TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB-
AL, AND PRIVATE ENTITIES WITH RESPON-
SIBILITIES RELATING TO HOMELAND SECU-
RITY. 
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 re-
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sponsibilities, and, as appropriate, to the public, in order 
to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts 
of terrorism against the United States.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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