Sec. 202. National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats
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The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall develop and implement a strategy and a plan for implementing the strategy that is integrated into the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction, as required under this title. The strategy required under paragraph
(1)shall be known as the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats . The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall— identify and address target capabilities needed for successful intelligence collection on biological threats; include a plan for establishing in the Intelligence Community a cadre of collectors and analysts in all relevant agencies in the Intelligence Community that are familiar with biological threats, biological science, and biotechnology, including— biological scientists; biotechnologists; and experts with knowledge of the current state of technologies that could be used to develop a weapon of mass destruction; include a plan for defining the functions, capabilities, and gaps in the Intelligence Community workforce with respect to assessing the biological threat; include methods for collaboration— with non-Intelligence Community technical experts within Federal departments and agencies; and as appropriate, with individuals with expertise described in paragraph
(2)who are not employed by the Federal Government, in particular with State and local biodefense stakeholders; include a plan for defining, integrating, focusing, and enhancing existing capabilities in the Intelligence Community dedicated to current and strategic biological threats; and include a plan for ensuring the prioritization and sustained commitment of intelligence personnel and resources to address biological threats. The implementation plan for the strategy required under subsection
(a)shall— include actions necessary to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence throughout the Intelligence Community on biological weapons and organisms that could be used for biological terrorism, including a description of statutory, regulatory, policy, technical, security, or other barriers that prevent such sharing, and, as appropriate, the development of uniform standards across the Intelligence Community for such sharing; address strategic and tactical human intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence, technical intelligence, medical intelligence, and open-source intelligence activities necessary to implement the strategy; identify specific objectives to be accomplished during each year of the 5-year period that begins on the date on which the strategy is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees under subsection
(d)and tasks to accomplish such objectives, including— a list prioritizing such objectives and such tasks; and a schedule for meeting such objectives and carrying out such tasks; assign roles and responsibilities to elements of the Intelligence Community to implement the strategy; a schedule for assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the strategy, including metrics; and a schedule for evaluating on a regular basis the efforts of the Intelligence Community and progress on understanding and countering biological threats. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy and plan required under subsection (a). The report shall be in unclassified form but with a classified annex, as appropriate. The Director of National Intelligence shall update the implementation plan at least once every 4 years.