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before the Secretary finalizes the decision of which submis-
sions will be included in the database established under 
subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) ORGANIZATION
OF
INFORMATION
IN
DATABASE.—The 
Secretary shall organize the contents of the database estab-
lished under subsection (a)(1) and the list established under 
subsection (a)(2) as the Secretary determines is appropriate. 
Any organizational structure of such contents shall include 
the categorization of the contents— 
‘‘(A) according to the sectors listed in National Infra-
structure Protection Plan developed pursuant to Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive–7; and 
‘‘(B) by the State and county of their location. 
‘‘(3) PRIVATE
SECTOR
INTEGRATION.—The Secretary shall 
identify and evaluate methods, including the Department’s Pro-
tected Critical Infrastructure Information Program, to acquire 
relevant private sector information for the purpose of using 
that information to generate any database or list, including 
the database established under subsection (a)(1) and the list 
established under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(4) RETENTION OF CLASSIFICATION.—The classification of 
information required to be provided to Congress, the Depart-
ment, or any other department or agency under this section 
by a sector-specific agency, including the assignment of a level 
of classification of such information, shall be binding on Con-
gress, the Department, and that other Federal agency. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
a report on the database established under subsection (a)(1) 
and the list established under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each such report shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The name, location, and sector classification of 
each of the systems and assets on the list established 
under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(B) The name, location, and sector classification of 
each of the systems and assets on such list that are deter-
mined by the Secretary to be most at risk to terrorism. 
‘‘(C) Any significant challenges in compiling the list 
of the systems and assets included on such list or in the 
database established under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(D) Any significant changes from the preceding report 
in the systems and assets included on such list or in 
such database. 
‘‘(E) If appropriate, the extent to which such database 
and such list have been used, individually or jointly, for 
allocating funds by the Federal Government to prevent, 
reduce, mitigate, or respond to acts of terrorism. 
‘‘(F) The amount of coordination between the Depart-
ment and the private sector, through any entity of the 
Department that meets with representatives of private 
sector industries for purposes of such coordination, for the
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purpose of ensuring the accuracy of such database and 
such list. 
‘‘(G) Any other information the Secretary deems rel-
evant. 
‘‘(3) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—The report shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL STUDY.—By not later than two years 
after the date of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the Inspector General of 
the Department shall conduct a study of the implementation of 
this section. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION CONSORTIUM.—The 
Secretary may establish a consortium to be known as the ‘National 
Infrastructure Protection Consortium’. The Consortium may advise 
the Secretary on the best way to identify, generate, organize, and 
maintain any database or list of systems and assets established 
by the Secretary, including the database established under sub-
section (a)(1) and the list established under subsection (a)(2). If 
the Secretary establishes the National Infrastructure Protection 
Consortium, the Consortium may— 
‘‘(1) be composed of national laboratories, Federal agencies, 
State and local homeland security organizations, academic 
institutions, or national Centers of Excellence that have dem-
onstrated experience working with and identifying critical infra-
structure and key resources; and 
‘‘(2) provide input to the Secretary on any request per-
taining to the contents of such database or such list.’’. 
(b) DEADLINES
FOR IMPLEMENTATION
AND NOTIFICATION
OF 
CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit the 
first report required under section 210E(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 210D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 210E. National Asset Database.’’. 
SEC. 1002. RISK ASSESSMENTS AND REPORT. 
(a) RISK ASSESSMENTS.—Section 201(d) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(25) To prepare and submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security in the House of Representatives, 
and to other appropriate congressional committees having juris-
diction over the critical infrastructure or key resources, for 
each sector identified in the National Infrastructure Protection 
Plan, a report on the comprehensive assessments carried out 
by the Secretary of the critical infrastructure and key resources 
of the United States, evaluating threat, vulnerability, and con-
sequence, as required under this subsection. Each such report— 
‘‘(A) shall contain, if applicable, actions or counter-
measures recommended or taken by the Secretary or the 
head of another Federal agency to address issues identified 
in the assessments; 
‘‘(B) shall be required for fiscal year 2007 and each 
subsequent fiscal year and shall be submitted not later
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than 35 days after the last day of the fiscal year covered 
by the report; and 
‘‘(C) may be classified.’’. 
(b) REPORT ON INDUSTRY PREPAREDNESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the last day of fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent 
fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in cooperation 
with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, 
the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, shall submit 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
a report that details the actions taken by the Federal Government 
to ensure, in accordance with subsections (a) and (c) of section 
101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2071), 
the preparedness of industry to reduce interruption of critical infra-
structure and key resource operations during an act of terrorism, 
natural catastrophe, or other similar national emergency. 
SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE INCLUSION OF 
LEVEES IN THE NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTEC-
TION PLAN. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should ensure 
that levees are included in one of the critical infrastructure and 
key resources sectors identified in the National Infrastructure 
Protection Plan. 
TITLE 
XI—ENHANCED 
DEFENSES 
AGAINST 
WEAPONS 
OF 
MASS 
DE-
STRUCTION 
SEC. 1101. NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 316. NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION CENTER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish, operate, 
and maintain a National Biosurveillance Integration Center 
(referred to in this section as the ‘NBIC’), which shall be headed 
by a Directing Officer, under an office or directorate of the Depart-
ment that is in existence as of the date of the enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(b) PRIMARY MISSION.—The primary mission of the NBIC is 
to— 
‘‘(1) enhance the capability of the Federal Government to— 
‘‘(A) rapidly identify, characterize, localize, and track 
a biological event of national concern by integrating and 
analyzing data relating to human health, animal, plant, 
food, and environmental monitoring systems (both national 
and international); and 
‘‘(B) disseminate alerts and other information to 
Member Agencies and, in coordination with (and where 
possible through) Member Agencies, to agencies of State, 
local, and tribal governments, as appropriate, to enhance
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the ability of such agencies to respond to a biological event 
of national concern; and 
‘‘(2) oversee development and operation of the National 
Biosurveillance Integration System. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The NBIC shall detect, as early as pos-
sible, a biological event of national concern that presents a risk 
to the United States or the infrastructure or key assets of the 
United States, including by— 
‘‘(1) consolidating data from all relevant surveillance sys-
tems maintained by Member Agencies to detect biological events 
of national concern across human, animal, and plant species; 
‘‘(2) seeking private sources of surveillance, both foreign 
and domestic, when such sources would enhance coverage of 
critical surveillance gaps; 
‘‘(3) using an information technology system that uses the 
best available statistical and other analytical tools to identify 
and characterize biological events of national concern in as 
close to real-time as is practicable; 
‘‘(4) providing the infrastructure for such integration, 
including information technology systems and space, and sup-
port for personnel from Member Agencies with sufficient exper-
tise to enable analysis and interpretation of data; 
‘‘(5) working with Member Agencies to create information 
technology systems that use the minimum amount of patient 
data necessary and consider patient confidentiality and privacy 
issues at all stages of development and apprise the Privacy 
Officer of such efforts; and 
‘‘(6) alerting Member Agencies and, in coordination with 
(and where possible through) Member Agencies, public health 
agencies of State, local, and tribal governments regarding any 
incident that could develop into a biological event of national 
concern. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
THE DIRECTING OFFICER
OF
THE 
NBIC.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Directing Officer of the NBIC shall— 
‘‘(A) on an ongoing basis, monitor the availability and 
appropriateness of surveillance systems used by the NBIC 
and those systems that could enhance biological situational 
awareness or the overall performance of the NBIC; 
‘‘(B) on an ongoing basis, review and seek to improve 
the statistical and other analytical methods used by the 
NBIC; 
‘‘(C) receive and consider other relevant homeland secu-
rity information, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(D) provide technical assistance, as appropriate, to 
all Federal, regional, State, local, and tribal government 
entities and private sector entities that contribute data 
relevant to the operation of the NBIC. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENTS.—The Directing Officer of the NBIC 
shall— 
‘‘(A) on an ongoing basis, evaluate available data for 
evidence of a biological event of national concern; and 
‘‘(B) integrate homeland security information with 
NBIC data to provide overall situational awareness and 
determine whether a biological event of national concern 
has occurred. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING.—