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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE BILL NO. 1209
4-(Representatives S. Olson, Frelich, Marschall, Osowski, Rohr, Hoverson, Motschenbacher)
5-(Senators Enget, Paulson, Weston)
6-AN ACT to provide for a legislative management report relating to a foreign adversary threat
7-assessment conducted by the department of emergency services.
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2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives S. Olson, Frelich, Marschall, Osowski, Rohr, Hoverson, Motschenbacher
7+Senators Enget, Paulson, Weston
8+A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management report relating to a foreign adversary
9+threat assessment conducted by the department of emergency services.
810 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9-SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES - FOREIGN ADVERSARY THREAT
10-ASSESSMENT - REPORT - LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT REPORT.
11+SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES - FOREIGN ADVERSARY
12+THREAT ASSESSMENT - REPORT - LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT REPORT.
1113 1.The department of emergency services shall:
12-a.Identify sectors and industries most vulnerable to foreign adversarial influence, including
13-critical infrastructure, technology, agriculture, energy, and academia;
14+a.Identify sectors and industries most vulnerable to foreign adversarial influence,
15+including critical infrastructure, technology, agriculture, energy, and academia;
1416 b.Assess foreign adversarial influence beyond land acquisition, including strategic
15-investments, partnerships, and other forms of economic, educational, and political
16-influence;
17-c.Evaluate existing investments and activities to determine compliance with federal, state,
18-and local laws;
19-d.Identify sectors in which foreign adversarial influence is often unmonitored or under
20-reported; and
21-e.Propose broad mitigation strategies relating to identified risks and vulnerabilities to
22-enhance the state's ability to manage foreign adversarial influence while supporting
23-economic growth and security.
24-2.By July 1, 2026, the department of emergency services shall produce a written report outlining
25-its findings and recommendations. The report must:
26-a.Provide a detailed analysis of the foreign adversary threats and vulnerabilities specific to
27-the state;
28-b.Identify critical risks across sectors, including infrastructure, security, academia, and
29-economic investments;
30-c.Provide sector specific mitigation recommendations designed to reduce vulnerabilities in
31-infrastructure, academic institutions, economic investments, and other prominent sectors
32-in the state; and
33-d.Include a proposal providing for the establishment of a state intelligence unit and the
34-structure, roles, and operational procedures required for continuous monitoring of foreign
35-adversary threats by the state intelligence unit.
17+investments, partnerships, and other forms of economic, educational, and
18+political influence;
19+c.Evaluate existing investments and activities to determine compliance with
20+federal, state, and local laws;
21+d.Identify sectors in which foreign adversarial influence is often unmonitored or
22+under reported; and
23+e.Propose broad mitigation strategies relating to identified risks and vulnerabilities
24+to enhance the state's ability to manage foreign adversarial influence while
25+supporting economic growth and security.
26+2.By July 1, 2026, the department of emergency services shall produce a written report
27+outlining its findings and recommendations. The report must:
28+a.Provide a detailed analysis of the foreign adversary threats and vulnerabilities
29+specific to the state;
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31+ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1209
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57+b.Identify critical risks across sectors, including infrastructure, security, academia,
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59+c.Provide sector specific mitigation recommendations designed to reduce
60+vulnerabilities in infrastructure, academic institutions, economic investments, and
61+other prominent sectors in the state; and
62+d.Include a proposal providing for the establishment of a state intelligence unit and
63+the structure, roles, and operational procedures required for continuous
64+monitoring of foreign adversary threats by the state intelligence unit.
3665 3.Before September 1, 2026, the department of emergency services shall present the
37-recommendations in the report under subsection 2, and any proposed legislation necessary to
38-implement the recommendations, to the legislative management. The findings in the report
39-must remain in the exclusive possession and under the control of the department of
40-emergency services and is an exempt record under chapter 44-04. H. B. NO. 1209 - PAGE 2
41-____________________________ ____________________________
42-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
43-____________________________ ____________________________
44-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
45-This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
46-Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1209.
47-House Vote: Yeas 92 Nays 0 Absent 2
48-Senate Vote:Yeas 40 Nays 7 Absent 0
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50-Chief Clerk of the House
51-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
52-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
53-____________________________
54-Governor
55-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
56-at ________ o’clock ________M.
57-____________________________
58-Secretary of State
66+recommendations in the report under subsection 2, and any proposed legislation
67+necessary to implement the recommendations, to the legislative management. The
68+findings in the report must remain in the exclusive possession and under the control of
69+the department of emergency services and is an exempt record under chapter 44-04.
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