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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 8564 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require certain elements of the intelligence community to submit to the |
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| 6 | 6 | | congressional intelligence committees a report with respect to bio- |
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| 7 | 7 | | technology threats, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY23, 2024 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ENSTRUP(for himself and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) introduced the fol- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select Committee on In- |
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| 13 | 13 | | telligence |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require certain elements of the intelligence community |
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| 16 | 16 | | to submit to the congressional intelligence committees |
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| 17 | 17 | | a report with respect to biotechnology threats, and for |
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| 18 | 18 | | other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elevating Bio-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | technology Threats Reporting Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | THREATS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELE-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | MENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) R |
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| 31 | 31 | | EPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later than 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | June 30, 2025, the head of each covered element of the 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | intelligence community shall submit a separate report to 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the congressional intelligence committees with respect to 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | biotechnology threats and intelligence activities related to 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | biotechnology threats. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) M |
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| 38 | 38 | | ATTERSINCLUDED.—Each report under sub-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | section (a) shall include, with respect to each covered ele-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ment of the intelligence community, the following: 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) A description of any gaps that exist with re-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | spect to intelligence activities that impede such ele-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ment from fully targeting, collecting, and analyzing 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | intelligence related to biotechnology threats. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) A description of any existing formal mecha-17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | nisms by which the intelligence community provides 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | intelligence and support with respect to bio-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | technology threats to— 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) departments and agencies of the Fed-21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | eral Government outside the intelligence com-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | munity; 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) the governments of foreign countries; 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | and 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (C) private industry and academic institu-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tions. 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) An assessment of any existing mechanisms 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and manners by which the intelligence community 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | consults with biotechnology experts and other out-5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | side experts with related expertise. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) C |
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| 64 | 64 | | OVEREDELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | C |
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| 66 | 66 | | OMMUNITY.—For purposes of this section, the covered 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | elements of the intelligence community are as follows: 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) The Central Intelligence Agency. 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (2) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (3) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (4) The National Security Agency. 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (5) The Office of the Director of National Intel-14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ligence. 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (d) D |
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| 75 | 75 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘con-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | gressional intelligence committees’’, ‘‘intelligence commu-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | nity’’, and ‘‘intelligence’’ each have the meaning given 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | such terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 20 |
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