S.Amdt. 1959

SA 1959. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title V of division B, insert
the following:

SEC. 25__. INTELLIGENCE DUTIES OF OFFICE OF HOMELAND
SECURITY.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Intelligence community; national intelligence
program.--The terms ``intelligence community'' and ``National
Intelligence Program'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(b) Intelligence Duties.--In addition to the duties
described in section 221(d) of the Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6922(d)), the Executive
Director of Homeland Security of the Department of
Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ``Executive
Director'') shall carry out the following duties:
(1) The Executive Director shall be responsible for
leveraging the capabilities of the intelligence community and
National Laboratories intelligence-related research, to
ensure that the Secretary is fully informed of threats by
foreign actors to the food and agriculture critical
infrastructure sector.
(2) The Executive Director shall advise the Secretary on
foreign efforts--
(A) to steal knowledge and technology from the food and
agriculture critical infrastructure sector; and
(B) to develop or implement biological warfare attacks,
cyber or clandestine operations, or other means of sabotaging
and disrupting the food and agriculture critical
infrastructure sector.
(3) The Executive Director shall prepare, conduct, and
facilitate intelligence briefings for the Secretary and
appropriate officials of the Department of Agriculture.
(4) The Executive Director shall operate as the liaison
between the Secretary and the intelligence community, with
the authority to request intelligence collection and analysis
on matters relating to the food and agriculture critical
infrastructure sector.
(5) The Executive Director shall collaborate with the
intelligence community to downgrade intelligence assessments
for broader dissemination within the Department of
Agriculture.
(6) The Executive Director shall facilitate sharing
information on foreign activities relating to agriculture, as
acquired by the Department of Agriculture with the
intelligence community.
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