National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act of 2020

II Calendar No. 529 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4157 [Report No. 116–266] To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 2, 2020 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4157 RS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infrastruc- 2 ture Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling 3 Act of 2020’’. 4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 5 ANALYSIS CENTER. 6 Section 511 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 7 (6 U.S.C. 321) is amended— 8 (1) in subsection (b)— 9 (A) in paragraph (1)— 10 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 11 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 12 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 13 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemic’’ 14 after ‘‘natural disaster’’; and 15 (II) by striking the period at the 16 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 18 lowing: 19 ‘‘(C) such other activities as determined 20 appropriate by the Director of the Cybersecu- 21 rity and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’; and 22 (B) in paragraph (2)(C)— 23 (i) in clause (i)— 24 (I) by inserting ‘‘, pandemics’’ 25 after ‘‘natural disasters’’; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4157 RS (II) by striking ‘‘and other man- 1 made disasters’’ and inserting ‘‘other 2 man-made disasters, and such other 3 activities as determined appropriate 4 by the Director of the Cybersecurity 5 and Infrastructure Security Agency’’; 6 and 7 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘upon 8 request and not later than 15 days after 9 completion’’ before ‘‘, including’’. 10 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 11 (a) REPORTING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 12 (1) SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS.— 13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 14 after the date of enactment of this Act, and 15 once each year thereafter, the Director of the 16 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 17 Agency shall provide a summary of the current 18 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula- 19 tion and Analysis Center to each Federal agen- 20 cy and department with critical infrastructure 21 responsibilities under Homeland Security Presi- 22 dential Directive 7, or any successor to such di- 23 rective. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 4157 RS (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 1 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 2 partment with critical infrastructure respon- 3 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 4 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 5 requests additional information on a specific 6 project summarized under subparagraph (A), 7 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra- 8 structure Security Agency shall provide the in- 9 formation not later than 30 days after the date 10 of the request. 11 (2) PRIOR DATA.— 12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di- 14 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 15 Security Agency shall provide a catalogue of the 16 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula- 17 tion and Analysis Center for each of fiscal years 18 2014 through 2020 to each Federal agency and 19 department with critical infrastructure respon- 20 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 21 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive. 22 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 23 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 24 partment with critical infrastructure respon- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •S 4157 RS sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 1 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 2 requests additional information on a specific 3 project catalogued under subparagraph (A), the 4 Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc- 5 ture Security Agency shall provide the informa- 6 tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 7 request. 8 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.— 9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di- 11 rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 12 Security Agency shall provide a summary of the 13 past pandemic projects and provide all pan- 14 demic reports of the National Infrastructure 15 Simulation and Analysis Center to each Federal 16 agency and department with critical infrastruc- 17 ture responsibilities under Homeland Security 18 Presidential Directive 7, or any successor to 19 such directive. 20 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 21 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 22 partment with critical infrastructure respon- 23 sibilities under Homeland Security Presidential 24 Directive 7, or any successor to such directive, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •S 4157 RS requests additional information on a past 1 project or specific pandemic report provided 2 under subparagraph (A), the Director of the 3 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 4 Agency shall provide the information not later 5 than 15 days after the date of the request. 6 (b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 7 (1) CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.—Not 8 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 9 Act, and once each year thereafter, the Director of 10 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen- 11 cy shall provide summaries of the current projects 12 and priorities of the National Infrastructure Simula- 13 tion and Analysis Center to the Committee on 14 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 15 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 16 the House of Representatives. 17 (2) PRIOR DATA.—Not later than 90 days after 18 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 19 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen- 20 cy shall provide a catalogue of the projects of the 21 National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis 22 Center for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 23 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- 24 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •S 4157 RS on Homeland Security of the House of Representa- 1 tives. 2 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.—Not 3 later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 4 this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and In- 5 frastructure Security Agency shall provide a sum- 6 mary of the past pandemic projects and provide all 7 pandemic reports of the National Infrastructure 8 Simulation and Analysis Center to the Committee on 9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 10 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 11 the House of Representatives. 12 (c) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS.— 13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 15 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 16 Agency shall provide a briefing on current pandemic 17 modeling, simulation, and analyses of the National 18 Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, and 19 any additional activities supporting these efforts, to 20 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern- 21 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 22 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 23 (2) ADDITIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 24 180 days after the date on which the Director of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •S 4157 RS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 1 provides the briefing required under paragraph (1), 2 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 3 Security Agency shall provide an updated version of 4 the briefing to the Committee on Homeland Security 5 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 6 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 7 Representatives. 8 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Infrastructure 10 Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act 11 of 2020’’. 12 SEC. 2. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 13 ANALYSIS CENTER. 14 Section 511(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 15 (6 U.S.C. 321(b)) is amended— 16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 17 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 18 at the end; 19 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 20 (i) by inserting ‘‘, pandemic’’ after 21 ‘‘natural disaster’’; and 22 (ii) by striking the period at the end 23 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •S 4157 RS ‘‘(C) such other activities as determined ap- 1 propriate by the Director of the Cybersecurity 2 and Infrastructure Security Agency.’’; and 3 (2) in paragraph (2)(C)— 4 (A) in clause (i)— 5 (i) by inserting ‘‘, pandemics’’ after 6 ‘‘natural disasters’’; and 7 (ii) by striking ‘‘and other man-made 8 disasters’’ and inserting ‘‘other man-made 9 disasters, and such other activities as deter- 10 mined appropriate by the Director of the 11 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 12 Agency’’; and 13 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘upon re- 14 quest and not later than 15 days after comple- 15 tion’’ before ‘‘, including’’. 16 SEC. 3. REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 17 (a) REPORTING TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 18 (1) SUMMARY OF CURRENT PROJECTS.— 19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 20 2021, and once each year thereafter, the Director 21 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 22 Agency shall provide the following information 23 to each Federal agency and department with 24 critical infrastructure responsibilities under 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •S 4157 RS Presidential Policy Directive–21, or any suc- 1 cessor to such directive: 2 (i) A summary of the priorities of the 3 National Infrastructure Simulation and 4 Analysis Center as of the date on which the 5 information is provided under this subpara- 6 graph. 7 (ii) A summary of each project carried 8 out during the 1-year period preceding the 9 date on which the information is provided 10 under this subparagraph, including key 11 findings and recommendations. 12 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 13 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 14 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil- 15 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 16 any successor to such directive, requests addi- 17 tional information on a specific project summa- 18 rized under subparagraph (A), the Director of 19 the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 20 Agency shall provide the information not later 21 than 30 days after the date of the request. 22 (2) PRIOR DATA.— 23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •S 4157 RS tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- 1 rity Agency shall provide a catalog of the 2 projects of the National Infrastructure Simula- 3 tion and Analysis Center for each of fiscal years 4 2014 through 2020 to each Federal agency and 5 department with critical infrastructure respon- 6 sibilities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, 7 or any successor to such directive. 8 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 9 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 10 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil- 11 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 12 any successor to such directive, requests addi- 13 tional information on a specific project cataloged 14 under subparagraph (A), the Director of the Cy- 15 bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 16 shall provide the information not later than 30 17 days after the date of the request. 18 (3) PANDEMIC PORTFOLIO SUMMARY.— 19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc- 21 tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu- 22 rity Agency shall provide all pandemic reports of 23 the National Infrastructure Simulation and 24 Analysis Center completed before the date of en- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:12 Sep 10, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4157.RS S4157 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •S 4157 RS actment of this Act to each Federal agency and 1 department with critical infrastructure respon- 2 sibilities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, 3 or any successor to such directive. 4 (B) REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA- 5 TION.—If the head of a Federal agency or de- 6 partment with critical infrastructure responsibil- 7 ities under Presidential Policy Directive–21, or 8 any successor to such directive, requests addi- 9 tional information on a project or specific pan- 10 demic report provided under subparagraph (A), 11 the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastruc- 12 ture Security Agency shall provide the informa- 13 tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 14 request. 15 (b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.— 16 (1) CURRENT PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.—Not 17 later than October 1, 2021, and once each year there- 18 after, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra- 19 structure Security Agency shall provide the following 20 information to the Committee on Homeland Security 21 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com- 22 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep- 23 resentatives [Text truncated for display. 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