Sec. 723. Reports on global water insecurity and national security implications and briefing on emerging infectious disease and pandemics
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report on the implications of water insecurity on the national security interest of the United States, including consideration of social, economic, agricultural, and environmental factors. Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of water insecurity described in such subsection with a global scope, but focus on areas of the world— of strategic, economic, or humanitarian interest to the United States— that are, as of the date of the report, at the greatest risk of instability, conflict, human insecurity, or mass displacement; or where challenges relating to water insecurity are likely to emerge and become significant during the 5-year or the 20-year period beginning on the date of the report; and where challenges relating to water insecurity are likely to imperil the national security interests of the United States or allies of the United States. In researching a report required by paragraph (1), the Director shall consult with— such stakeholders within the intelligence community, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State as the Director considers appropriate; and such additional Federal agencies and persons in the private sector as the Director considers appropriate. Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional intelligence committees; the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the anticipated geopolitical effects of emerging infectious disease (including deliberate, accidental, and naturally occurring infectious disease threats) and pandemics, and their implications on the national security of the United States. The briefing under paragraph
(2)shall include an assessment of— the economic, social, political, and security risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious diseases on the United States and the international political and economic system; the economic, social, political, and security risks, costs, and impacts of a major transnational pandemic on the United States and the international political and economic system; and contributing trends and factors to the matters assessed under subparagraphs
(A)and (B). In examining the risks, costs, and impacts of emerging infectious disease and a possible transnational pandemic under paragraph (3), the Director of National Intelligence shall also examine in the briefing under paragraph
(2)the response capacity within affected countries and the international system. In considering response capacity, the Director shall include— the ability of affected nations to effectively detect and manage emerging infectious diseases and a possible transnational pandemic; the role and capacity of international organizations and nongovernmental organizations to respond to emerging infectious disease and a possible pandemic, and their ability to coordinate with affected and donor nations; and the effectiveness of current international frameworks, agreements, and health systems to respond to emerging infectious diseases and a possible transnational pandemic. The briefing under paragraph
(2)may be classified.