Sec. 12201. Office of Homeland Security
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Section 221 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 ( 7 U.S.C. 6922 ) is amended— in subsection (d)— in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(8)as paragraph (9); and by inserting after paragraph
(7)the following: conducting annual cross-sector crisis simulation exercises related to a food-related emergency or disruption; and ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may detail employees of the Department of Agriculture to, and accept employees detailed from, the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947) to assist in carrying out the duties of the Office of Homeland Security. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026 , and not less than every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct an assessment of risks and security vulnerabilities to the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector, including— naturally occurring, unintentional, or intentional threats, including chemical, biological, cybersecurity, or bioterrorism attacks; influence of state-owned enterprise; control of and access to agricultural data; foreign acquisition of intellectual property, agricultural assets, and land; agricultural input shortages and dependence on foreign-sourced inputs; supply chain and trade disruptions; science and technology cooperation; unequal investments in research, development, and commercialization; incongruent regulatory policies; and any other vulnerabilities identified by the Secretary. Not later than 180 days after the completion of a risk assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide a briefing on the results of the risk assessment and submit to the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes— an assessment of any gaps or limitations in national security efforts related to the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector; any actions taken by the Secretary to address any gaps or limitations identified under clause (i), including through interagency coordination, threat information sharing, and stakeholder outreach; any recommendations for administrative, regulatory, or legislative actions that can be taken to reduce any gaps or limitations identified under clause (i), including— recommendations to reduce the dependence on foreign-source inputs necessary for the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector; and recommendations to address the cybersecurity threats to, and security vulnerabilities in, the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector; and resources the Secretary requires to address current and future national security vulnerabilities related to the food and agriculture critical infrastructure sector. A report required under subparagraph
(A)shall be exempt from the requirements of the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act (subtitle D of title VII of Public Law 117–263 ; 136 Stat. 3677). .
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