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‘‘(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 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 
providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative 
threat information; 
‘‘(4) leverage existing and emerging homeland se-
curity capabilities and structures to enhance preven-
tion, protection, response, and recovery efforts with 
respect to a chemical, biological, radiological, or nu-
clear attack; 
‘‘(5) share information and provide tailored ana-
lytical support on these threats to State, local, and 
tribal authorities; and 
‘‘(6) perform other responsibilities, as assigned 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—Where appropriate, the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis shall— 
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‘‘(1) coordinate with other relevant Department 
components; 
‘‘(2) consult with others in the Intelligence Com-
munity, including State, local, and tribal authorities, 
in particular officials from high-threat areas; and 
‘‘(3) enable such entities to provide recommenda-
tions on optimal information sharing mechanisms, 
including expeditious sharing of classified informa-
tion, and on how they can provide information to the 
Department. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
‘‘(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 appro-
priate 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— 
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‘‘(A) a description of methods established to 
assess progress of the Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis in implementing this section; and 
‘‘(B) such assessment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2103. Weapons of mass destruction intelligence and information sharing.’’. 
SEC. 503. RISK ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXI of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as added by section 501 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2104. RISK ASSESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology and in coordi-
nation with relevant Department components and other ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies, shall— 
‘‘(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 another 
according to their relative risk. 
‘‘(b) METHODOLOGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) convene an interagency task force of 
relevant subject matter experts to assess the pro-
posed methodology to be used for assessments re-
quired under subsection (a), and to provide rec-
ommendations to the Secretary as to the ade-
quacy of such methodology; 
‘‘(B) conduct sensitivity analysis on each 
assessment to identify and prioritize research ac-
tivities to close knowledge gaps; and 
‘‘(C) consider the evolving threat from an 
intelligent adversary. 
‘‘(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 prevention of, protection against, re-
sponse to, and recovery from a chemical, biological, 
radiological, or nuclear attack; 
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‘‘(3) prioritization of medical countermeasure re-
search, development, acquisition, and distribution ac-
tivities 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. 
‘‘(d) INPUT AND SHARING.—The Secretary shall, for 
each assessment required under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) seek input from Federal, State, local, and 
tribal officials involved in efforts to prevent, protect 
against, respond to, and recover from chemical, bio-
logical, radiological, and nuclear threats; 
‘‘(2) ensure that written procedures are in place 
to guide the development and review of risk assess-
ments through coordinated efforts of relevant Federal 
agencies; 
‘‘(3) share the risk assessments with Federal, 
State, local and tribal officials with appropriate secu-
rity clearances and a need for the information in the 
classified version; and 
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‘‘(4) to the extent practicable, make available an 
unclassified version for Federal, State, local, and trib-
al officials involved in prevention and preparedness 
for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 
events.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2104. Risk assessments.’’. 
SEC. 504. INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS.— 
Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
311 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 527. INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall assist 
State, local, and tribal authorities in improving and pro-
moting individual and community preparedness and collec-
tive response to weapons of mass destruction and terrorist 
attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nu-
clear materials, including those that cause mass fatalities, 
against the United States, by— 
‘‘(1) developing guidance and checklists of rec-
ommended actions for individual and community 
prevention and preparedness efforts and dissemi-
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nating such guidance and checklists to communities 
and individuals; 
‘‘(2) updating new and existing guidance and 
checklists as appropriate; 
‘‘(3) disseminating the guidance developed under 
section 510 to communities and individuals, as ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(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.—Where appropriate, the Sec-
retary shall coordinate with private sector and nongovern-
mental organizations to promote individual and commu-
nity preparedness and collective response to weapons of 
mass destruction and terrorist attacks involving chemical, 
biological, radiological, and nuclear materials against the 
United States. 
‘‘(c) BEST PRACTICES.—In compiling guidance for in-
dividual 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 
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countries and the expertise of academic institutions and 
nongovernmental organizations.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end of 
the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 527. Individual and community preparedness.’’. 
SEC. 505. DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL THREATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXI of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as added by section 501 of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2105. DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram to detect a biological attack or event that poses a high 
risk to homeland security. Through such program, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) deploy detection capabilities to areas, based 
on risks identified by Department assessments, to in-
dicate the presence of biological agents; 
‘‘(2) consider multiple deployment strategies in-
cluding surge capability; 
‘‘(3) provide information to participating lab-
oratories and programs for their use in monitoring 
public health, and biological material or other data 
from those detectors to participating laboratories and 
programs for testing and evaluation; 
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‘‘(4) regularly communicate with, and provide 
information about the presence of biological agents to, 
appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies respon-
sible for public health, law enforcement, and emer-
gency services, in a manner that ensures trans-
parency with the governments served by such per-
sonnel; 
‘‘(5) provide advanced planning tools, concepts of 
operations (including alarm resolution protocols and 
response guidance), and training exercises (including 
in collaboration with relevant national level exercises) 
for collective response to and recovery from biological 
attacks; and 
‘‘(6) provide technical assistance to jurisdictions 
hosting the program to improve their ability to re-
spond to a detected pathogen. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Under the program 
required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) enter into memoranda of agreement or 
interagency agreements under the Economy Act of 
1933 (31 U.S.C. 1535 et seq.) with the Director of the 
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy, and the heads of other Federal departments and 
agencies, setting forth roles and responsibilities, in-
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cluding with respect to validating performance and 
developing testing protocols for participating labora-
tories and coordination with appropriate State, local, 
and tribal agencies; 
‘‘(2) establish criteria for determining whether 
plans for biological detector capabilities and coverage 
sufficiently protect the United States population, and 
make such determinations on an annual basis; 
‘‘(3) acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, and in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant departments and agencies, im-
plement a process for establishing assay performance 
standards and evaluation for equivalency for biologi-
cal threat assays, that— 
‘‘(A) evaluates biological threat detection as-
says, their protocols for use, and their associated 
response algorithms for confirmation of biologi-
cal threat agents, taking performance measures 
and concepts of operation into consideration; 
‘‘(B) develops peer-reviewed assay perform-
ance and equivalency standards based on the 
findings of the evaluation under subparagraph 
(A); 
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ment of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of 
the Department of Homeland Security 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012, the public safety broadband li-
censee shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress on 
the phased network deployment plan of 
such spectrum bands. 
‘‘(II) 
DEFINITIONS.—For 
pur-
poses of subclause (I), the term ‘appro-
priate committees of Congress’ means 
the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and 
any other committee of the House of 
Representatives or the Senate having 
legislative jurisdiction under the Rules 
of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate, respectively, over the matter 
concerned.’’. 
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