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118THCONGRESS
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DSESSION H. R. 8564
To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to the
congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to bio-
technology threats, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY23, 2024
Mr. W
ENSTRUP(for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence
A BILL
To require certain elements of the intelligence community
to submit to the congressional intelligence committees
a report with respect to biotechnology threats, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elevating Bio-4
technology Threats Reporting Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 1
THREATS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELE-2
MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 3
(a) R
EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 4
June 30, 2025, the head of each covered element of the 5
intelligence community shall submit a separate report to 6
the congressional intelligence committees with respect to 7
biotechnology threats and intelligence activities related to 8
biotechnology threats. 9
(b) M
ATTERSINCLUDED.—Each report under sub-10
section (a) shall include, with respect to each covered ele-11
ment of the intelligence community, the following: 12
(1) A description of any gaps that exist with re-13
spect to intelligence activities that impede such ele-14
ment from fully targeting, collecting, and analyzing 15
intelligence related to biotechnology threats. 16
(2) A description of any existing formal mecha-17
nisms by which the intelligence community provides 18
intelligence and support with respect to bio-19
technology threats to— 20
(A) departments and agencies of the Fed-21
eral Government outside the intelligence com-22
munity; 23
(B) the governments of foreign countries; 24
and 25
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(C) private industry and academic institu-1
tions. 2
(3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms 3
and manners by which the intelligence community 4
consults with biotechnology experts and other out-5
side experts with related expertise. 6
(c) C
OVEREDELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 7
C
OMMUNITY.—For purposes of this section, the covered 8
elements of the intelligence community are as follows: 9
(1) The Central Intelligence Agency. 10
(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 11
(3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 12
(4) The National Security Agency. 13
(5) The Office of the Director of National Intel-14
ligence. 15
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘con-16
gressional intelligence committees’’, ‘‘intelligence commu-17
nity’’, and ‘‘intelligence’’ each have the meaning given 18
such terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 19
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 20
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