AIM Act
Latest action · 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.
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 8, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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;
- 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.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-NY | Chris Jacobs | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | May 12, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Aug 31, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2021 |
| House | Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2021Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 43, March 8, 2021, page H1121.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1242 | AIM Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 20, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- AIM Act
- Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2021Introduced 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.
