CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 2, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Passed HouseApr 1, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
This bill expands the functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security related to homeland-security focused intelligence and information sharing.
The office shall
- coordinate the analysis of the intentions, capabilities, and plans of individuals or organizations threatening or preparing to conduct attacks against the homeland (including key resources and critical infrastructure) involving the use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) materials;
- coordinate the analysis of threats to homeland security from global infectious disease and other food, agricultural, or veterinary threats to public health;
- ensure the integration of such analysis with assessments of the vulnerability of and risks to the people, territory, key resources, and critical infrastructure of the United States from CBRN materials;
- leverage existing and emerging homeland security intelligence capabilities and structures to plan for, detect, and protect against the importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of unauthorized CBRN materials, and protect against an attack using such materials; and
- share information and provide tailored analytical support on these threats to state, local, tribal authorities, and other federal agencies.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 7, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Mar 7, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 7, 2019Markup Mar 13, 2019Reported Mar 28, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 2, 2019Markup Nov 6, 2019Reported Mar 2, 2020 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-222.
- Mar 2, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
- Nov 6, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 2, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 1, 2019Mr. Thompson (MS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 1, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2931-2933)
- Apr 1, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1589.
- Apr 1, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2931-2932)
- Apr 1, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 28, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-24.
- Mar 28, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
- Mar 13, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 13, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E410 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 4, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2931, H2932Text printed H2931 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Michael Guest R-MS | Apr 1, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 12, 2019H.R. 1589, CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 6, 2019
- Apr 24, 2019H.R. 1589, CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019As passed by the House of Representatives on April 1, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2585.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear intelligence and information sharing functions of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security and to require dissemination of information analyzed by the Department to entities with responsibilities relating to homeland security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Arms control and nonproliferation
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Congressional oversight
- Emergency Management
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Homeland security
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Nuclear weapons
- Radioactive wastes and releases
- Terrorism
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2020Reported to Senate
- Apr 2, 2019Referred in Senate
- Apr 1, 2019Engrossed in House
- Mar 28, 2019Reported in House
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
