3.0.0 8238 2023-01-11T13:44:59Z 2023-01-11T13:44:59Z House HR 2020-09-14 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 158 (Monday, September 14, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CRAWFORD:H.R. 8238.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall havePower . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.''[Page H4381]]]> hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee House Select Referred to 2020-09-14T18:01:35Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-09-14T18:01:30Z AIM Act 116 4768 S 2020-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2020-09-14 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hlig00 Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee 2020-09-14 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2020-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 N A000372 Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] Rick Allen R GA W. 12 2020-10-23 False J000020 Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27] Chris Jacobs R NY 27 2020-10-23 False Agriculture and Food Chemical and biological weapons Computer security and identity theft Department of Agriculture Espionage and treason Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Subversive activities Agriculture and Food 00 2020-09-14 Introduced in House 2021-09-02T18:34:51Z Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act or the AIM Act

This bill establishes the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the National Intelligence Program.

The office must

  • leverage the capabilities of the intelligence community and the intelligence-related research of the National Laboratories to ensure that USDA is fully informed of threats by foreign actors to U.S. agriculture;
  • focus on understanding foreign efforts to steal U.S. agriculture knowledge and technology and develop or implement biological warfare attacks, cyber or clandestine operations, or other means of sabotaging and disrupting U.S. agriculture;
  • conduct or facilitate intelligence briefings for USDA;
  • operate as the liaison between USDA and the intelligence community, with the authority to request intelligence collection and analysis on matters related to U.S. agriculture;
  • collaborate with the intelligence community to downgrade intelligence assessments for broader dissemination within USDA; and
  • facilitate sharing information on foreign activities related to agriculture with the intelligence community.
]]> AIM Act Display Title AIM Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AIM Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To establish the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8238ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8238ih.xml 2020-09-14 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.