SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE IN 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subtitle A of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6901 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 225A. OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department an Office of Intelligence. The Office shall be 
under the National Intelligence Program. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 
by the Director of the Office of Intelligence, who 
shall be an employee in the Senior Executive Service 
and who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The 
Director shall report directly to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall se-
lect an individual to serve as the Director from 
among individuals who have significant experience 
serving in the intelligence community. 
‘‘(3) STAFF.—The Director may appoint and 
fix the compensation of such staff as the Director 
considers appropriate, except that the Director may 
not appoint more than 5 full-time equivalent posi-
tions at an annual rate of pay equal to or greater 
than the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–15 of 
the General Schedule. 
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‘‘(4) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL OF INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.—Upon the request of the Director, the 
head of an element of the intelligence community 
may detail any of the personnel of such element to 
assist the Office in carrying out its duties. Any per-
sonnel detailed to assist the Office shall not be taken 
into account in determining the number of full-time 
equivalent positions of the Office under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Office shall carry out the fol-
lowing duties: 
‘‘(1) The Office shall be responsible for leverag-
ing the capabilities of the intelligence community 
and National Laboratories intelligence-related re-
search, to ensure that the Secretary is fully informed 
of threats by foreign actors to United States agri-
culture. 
‘‘(2) The Office shall focus on understanding 
foreign efforts to— 
‘‘(A) steal United States agriculture knowl-
edge and technology; and 
‘‘(B) develop or implement biological war-
fare attacks, cyber or clandestine operations, or 
other means of sabotaging and disrupting 
United States agriculture. 
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‘‘(3) The Office shall conduct or facilitate intel-
ligence briefings for the Secretary and appropriate 
officials of the Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(4) The Office shall operate as the liaison be-
tween the Secretary and the intelligence community, 
with the authority to request intelligence collection 
and analysis on matters related to United States ag-
riculture. 
‘‘(5) The Office shall collaborate with the intel-
ligence community to downgrade intelligence assess-
ments for broader dissemination within the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(6) The Office shall facilitate sharing informa-
tion on foreign activities related to agriculture, as 
acquired by the Department with the intelligence 
community. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for the Office $970,000 
for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Office of Intelligence appointed under subsection 
(b). 
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‘‘(2) The terms ‘intelligence community’ and 
‘National Intelligence Program’ have the meaning 
given such terms in section 3 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Office’ means the Office of In-
telligence of the Department of Agriculture estab-
lished under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EX-
ISTING FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) EXISTING FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY OF DEPARTMENT RELATING TO IN-
TELLIGENCE
ON
THREATS
TO
FOOD
AND
AGRI-
CULTURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 221(d) of such 
Act (7 U.S.C. 6922(d)) is amended— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 
and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (6). 
(B) TRANSFER OF RELATED PERSONNEL 
AND ASSETS OF OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY.—The functions which the Office of 
Homeland Security of the Department of Agri-
culture exercised under paragraphs (4) and (5) 
of section 221(d) of the Department of Agri-
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culture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6922(d)) before the effective date of this para-
graph, together with the funds, assets, and 
other resources used by the Director of the Of-
fice of Homeland Security of the Department to 
carry out such functions before the effective 
date of this paragraph, are transferred to the 
Director of the Office of Intelligence of the De-
partment. 
(2) CARRYING
OUT
INTERAGENCY
EXCHANGE 
PROGRAM
FOR
DEFENSE
OF
FOOD
AND
AGRI-
CULTURE
CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
SECTOR.— 
Section 221(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 6922(e)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF 
INTELLIGENCE
AND
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE.—The 
Secretary shall carry out this subsection acting 
through the Director of the Office of Intelligence of 
the Department.’’. 
(3) COORDINATING WITH INTELLIGENCE COM-
MUNITY
ON
POTENTIAL
THREATS
TO
AGRI-
CULTURE.—Section 335(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Re-
sponse Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3354(a)(3)) is amend-
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