[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4157

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the authority of 
  the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 2, 2020

  Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the authority of 
  the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Infrastructure Simulation 
and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS CENTER.

    Section 511 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``, pandemic'' 
                                after ``natural disaster''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period at the 
                                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) such other activities as determined 
                appropriate by the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
                Infrastructure Security Agency.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(C)--
                            (i) in clause (i)--
                                    (I) by inserting ``, pandemics'' 
                                after ``natural disasters''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and other man-
                                made disasters'' and inserting ``other 
                                man-made disasters, and such other 
                                activities as determined appropriate by 
                                the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
                                Infrastructure Security Agency''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``upon 
                        request and not later than 15 days after 
                        completion'' before ``, including''.

SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Reporting to Federal Agencies.--
            (1) Summary of current projects.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, and once each year 
                thereafter, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
                Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide a summary 
                of the current projects of the National Infrastructure 
                Simulation and Analysis Center to each Federal agency 
                and department with critical infrastructure 
                responsibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 
                Directive 7, or any successor to such directive.
                    (B) Request for additional information.--If the 
                head of a Federal agency or department with critical 
                infrastructure responsibilities under Homeland Security 
                Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to such 
                directive, requests additional information on a 
                specific project summarized under subparagraph (A), the 
                Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
                Security Agency shall provide the information not later 
                than 30 days after the date of the request.
            (2) Prior data.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
                Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall 
                provide a catalogue of the projects of the National 
                Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center for each 
                of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 to each Federal 
                agency and department with critical infrastructure 
                responsibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 
                Directive 7, or any successor to such directive.
                    (B) Request for additional information.--If the 
                head of a Federal agency or department with critical 
                infrastructure responsibilities under Homeland Security 
                Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to such 
                directive, requests additional information on a 
                specific project catalogued under subparagraph (A), the 
                Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
                Security Agency shall provide the information not later 
                than 30 days after the date of the request.
            (3) Pandemic portfolio summary.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the 
                date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
                Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall 
                provide a summary of the past pandemic projects and 
                provide all pandemic reports of the National 
                Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center to each 
                Federal agency and department with critical 
                infrastructure responsibilities under Homeland Security 
                Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to such 
                directive.
                    (B) Request for additional information.--If the 
                head of a Federal agency or department with critical 
                infrastructure responsibilities under Homeland Security 
                Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to such 
                directive, requests additional information on a past 
                project or specific pandemic report provided under 
                subparagraph (A), the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
                Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide the 
                information not later than 15 days after the date of 
                the request.
    (b) Reporting to Congress.--
            (1) Current projects and priorities.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, and once each year 
        thereafter, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide summaries of the 
        current projects and priorities of the National Infrastructure 
        Simulation and Analysis Center to the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Prior data.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide a catalogue of the 
        projects of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 
        Center for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (3) Pandemic portfolio summary.--Not later than 45 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
        Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide 
        a summary of the past pandemic projects and provide all 
        pandemic reports of the National Infrastructure Simulation and 
        Analysis Center to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Briefing to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide a briefing on 
        current pandemic modeling, simulation, and analyses of the 
        National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and any 
        additional activities supporting these efforts, to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) Additional briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date on which the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency provides the briefing required 
        under paragraph (1), the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
        Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide an updated version 
        of the briefing to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
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