[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 90 (Monday, May 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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