Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act or theAIM 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;
prepare, conduct, and 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 the sharing of information on foreign activities related to agriculture with the intelligence community.
Actions
Mar 8, 2021
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.