Summary:
WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - Requires the President to assign a member of the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense to: (1) serve as the President's principal advisor regarding coordination of federal biodefense policy; (2) identify inefficiencies in existing biodefense activities and the actions necessary to overcome them; (3) lead the development of a coordinated National Biodefense Plan, a coordinated National Biosurveillance Strategy, and a coordinated national research and development strategy and implementation plan for microbial forensics; (4) oversee, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the development of a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis to inform prioritization of resources and ensure that biodefense challenges are adequately addressed; and (5) conduct ongoing oversight and evaluation of implementation of federal biodefense activities by relevant government agencies.

Directs the Special Assistant to submit to the President and update as necessary a National Biodefense Plan that:

 defines the scope and purpose of a national biodefense capability; identifies biological risks to the nation and activities and tasks to be performed to address them; defines organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination of federal, state, local, and tribal authorities with respect to such activities and tasks; defines research and development needs for improving the capacity for threat awareness and prevention, protection, response, and recovery; identifies biodefense assets, interdependencies, and capability gaps; provides goals and performance measures; identifies resource and investment needs; integrates and supports the strategies outlined in Presidential Policy Directives 2 and 8 and Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 9, 10, 18, and 21, the National Biosurveillance Strategy, and the National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy; is consistent with the National Response Framework; incorporates input from federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders; and provides planning guidance to biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. Directs the Special Assistant to publish and update every four years a National Biosurveillance Strategy that:

 identifies the purpose and scope of a nationally integrated biosurveillance capability; establishes objectives and performance measures to guide the development of such capability; defines and prioritizes costs, benefits, and resource and investment needs, with particular attention to leveraging existing resources; delineates federal, state, local, tribal, and private roles and responsibilities; and describes how the Strategy is integrated with related national strategies. Requires the Special Assistant to publish an implementation plan for such Strategy that includes a plan for: (1) advancing situational awareness of biological threats; (2) fostering information sharing among national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders to identify potential threats, reduce vulnerabilities, and improve collective response to and investigations of suspected biological attacks; and (3) enhancing the capability of the federal government to rapidly identify, characterize, localize, and track a biological event of national concern by integrating and analyzing data relating to human health, animal, plant, food, and environmental monitoring systems.

Requires the Special Assistant concurrent with the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress, a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis that delineates and integrates the biodefense expenditure requests for the Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Commerce, Defense (DOD), Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Justice, State, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Title II: Intelligence Matters - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to develop and implement: (1) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction that is designed to improve U.S. capabilities to collect, analyze, and disseminate intelligence related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD); and (2) a plan to implement such Strategy. Requires such Strategy to: (1) identify and address core capabilities needed for successful intelligence collection on WMD; (2) include methods for the recruitment, training, and retention of a workforce with expertise in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence related to all types of WMD and science and technology related to WMD, as well as expertise in science and technology relating to risks posed by WMD; and (3) include methods for information sharing and collaboration with non-federal national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.

Requires the implementation plan to include: (1) actions necessary to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence on WMD throughout the Intelligence Community and with other federal partners; (2) methods to disseminate intelligence products to national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders in classified and unclassified formats to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of information sharing; and (3) actions necessary to provide open-source intelligence relating to WMD to appropriate governmental authorities and private entities.

Requires the DNI to develop and implement: (1) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats that is integrated into the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction, and (2) a plan for implementing such Strategy. Requires such Strategy to:

 identify and address target capabilities needed for successful intelligence collection on biological threats; include a plan for establishing in the Intelligence Community a cadre of collectors and analysts that are familiar with biological threats, biological science, and biotechnology; include a plan for defining the functions, capabilities, and gaps in that Community's workforce with respect to assessing the biological threat; include methods for collaboration with non-Intelligence Community technical experts within and outside of the federal government, in particular with state and local biodefense stakeholders; include a plan for defining, integrating, focusing, and enhancing existing capabilities in the Intelligence Community dedicated to current and strategic biological threats; and include a plan for ensuring the prioritization and sustained commitment of intelligence personnel and resources to address biological threats. Requires the implementation plan to: (1) include actions necessary to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence through the Intelligence Community on biological weapons and organisms that could be used for biological terrorism; (2) address strategic and tactical human intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence, technical intelligence, medical intelligence, and open-source intelligence activities necessary to implement the Strategy; and (3) include a schedule for regularly evaluating the efforts of the Intelligence Community and progress on understanding and countering biological threats.

Title III: Homeland Security Matters - Amends the HSA to require DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to:

 conduct intelligence and information sharing activities consistent with the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction under this Act and the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats; support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct attacks against the nation involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials; support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of global infectious disease, public health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; support homeland security-focused risk analysis and risk assessments of such hazards by providing relevant quantitative and non-quantitative threat information; leverage existing and emerging homeland security capabilities and structures, including fusion centers, to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to a terrorist attack; share information and provide tailored analytical support on such threats to state, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders; and coordinate with other relevant DHS components, others in the Intelligence Community, and federal, state, local, and tribal authorities on optimal information sharing mechanisms. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the intelligence and information sharing activities described above and of all relevant entities within DHS to counter the threat from WMD, and (2) DHS's activities in accordance with relevant intelligence strategies.

Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to produce and periodically update: (1) a terrorism risk assessment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; and (2) an integrated terrorism risk assessment that assesses all of those threats and compares their relative risks. Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene an interagency task force of relevant subject matter experts to assess and provide recommendations on the adequacy of proposed methodology to be used for such assessments; (2) conduct sensitivity analysis on each assessment to identify and prioritize research activities to close knowledge gaps; (3) consider the evolving threat from an intelligent adversary; (4) share the risk assessments with federal, state, local, and tribal officials with appropriate security clearances and a need for the information in the classified version; and (5) make available an unclassified version for government officials involved in prevention and preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events.

Requires the Export Enforcement Coordination Center to be maintained in DHS, with capability for coordinating the export enforcement activities. Directs the Center to: (1) enhance federal coordination for law enforcement counter proliferation investigations; (2) address licensing inquiries, reviews, requests, checks, and verifications; and (3) conduct outreach and provide training to the export trade community.

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) develop a communications plan designed to provide information to the public related to preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks; and (2) develop and disseminate, through an alerts and warnings system, pre-scripted messages and message templates for state, local, and tribal authorities to quickly disseminate critical information to the public in anticipation of, during, or in the immediate aftermath of such an attack, to be included in DHS's lessons learned information sharing system.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that homeland security information concerning terrorist threats is provided to state, local, and tribal authorities and the public; and (2) establish a process to optimize opportunities for qualified heads of state, local, and tribal government entities to obtain security clearances so that they may receive classified threat information.

Directs the Secretary to prepare unclassified threat bulletins that include guidance to the public for preventing and responding to acts of terrorism arising from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, which shall be made available on the Internet website of DHS and other publicly accessible Internet websites, communication systems, and information networks.

Directs the Secretary, using information provided by the terrorism risk assessments and material threat assessments and determinations under the Project BioShield Act of 2004, to: (1) provide to state, local, and trial authorities written guidance on communicating terrorism-related threats and risks to the public; and (2) articulate the governmental rationale for identifying particular communities as being at heightened risk of exploitation.

Directs the FEMA Administrator, to assist government authorities in improving and promoting individual and community preparedness and collective response to terrorist attacks by: (1) developing and disseminating guidance and checklists of recommended actions for individual and community prevention and preparedness efforts, (2) providing information and training materials in support of individual and community preparedness efforts, and (3) conducting individual and community preparedness outreach efforts.

Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to detect a biological attack or event that poses a high risk to homeland security, including by:

 deploying detection capabilities to high risk areas to indicate the presence of biological agents; considering multiple deployment strategies, including surge capability; providing information to participating laboratories and programs for use in monitoring public health, and biological material or other data from those detectors to participating laboratories and programs for testing and evaluation; regularly communicating with, and providing information about the presence of biological agents to, federal, state, and local agencies responsible for public health, law enforcement, and emergency services in a manner that ensures transparency; providing advanced planning tools, concepts of operations, standard operating procedures, and training exercises for collective response to and recovery from biological attacks; and providing technical assistance to jurisdictions hosting the program to improve their ability to respond to a detected pathogen. Directs the Secretary: (1) to require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to assess whether the development of technological screening capabilities for biological agents, pandemic influenza, and other infectious diseases should be undertaken by the Directorate of Science and Technology to support entry and exit screening at ports of entry and for other homeland security purposes; and (2) if the Under Secretary's determination is affirmative, to initiate development of safe and effective methods to rapidly screen incoming persons at ports of entry.

Authorizes the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to carry out a program to: (1) establish near-term minimum performance metrics to support public safety actionable activities to evaluate the effectiveness of detection technology for high-priority biological agents and toxins and high-priority chemical agents; (2) establish a process for voluntary testing and evaluation of technology by an accredited laboratory to demonstrate conformance to consensus standards, or performance metrics if standards do not exist, for the effective detection of high-priority biological agents and toxins and high-priority chemical agents; and (3) make available to federal agencies, state, territorial, local, and tribal entities, and the private sector, with permission from the detection technology manufacturer, the results of detection system testing and evaluation.

Requires the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to: (1) establish and maintain a multilayered system of detection technologies, programs, and guidelines designed to enhance the nation's ability to detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear attack in high-risk U.S. cities; and (2) develop a surge capability for radiological and nuclear detection systems that can be deployed within the United States rapidly in response to actionable intelligence or warnings. Requires such programs to be integrated into the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture and inform architecture studies, technology gaps, and research activities of the Office.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop for police, fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, and medical and public health personnel voluntary guidance for responding to a release of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear material; (2) make such guidance available to state, local, and tribal authorities, including primary and secondary schools and other educational institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and the public; and (3) review the experiences of other countries and the expertise of academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations and to consider the unique needs of children and other vulnerable populations.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) acquire, use, and disseminate the best available integrated plume models (i.e., assessments of the location and prediction of the spread of agents following a chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological attack or event that integrate protective action guidance) to enable rapid response activities following such an attack or event; and (2) carry out a program for system assessment and validation of emergency response equipment at DHS, to be known as the SAVER Program.

Authorizes federal agencies, in carrying out functions to counter biological terrorism, to enter into contracts with laboratories that comprise the Laboratory Response Network for Biological Terrorism and other federally networked laboratories for the provision of laboratory testing services.

Authorizes in DHS a bioforensics analysis center to provide definitive bioforensics analysis in support of the executive agencies with primary responsibilities for preventing, deterring, responding to, attributing, and recovering from biological attacks.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a Metropolitan Medical Response System Program that shall assist state and local governments in preparing for and responding to public health and mass casualty incidents resulting from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other man-made disasters. Allows a grant under such Program to be used to support the integration of emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated response to mass casualty incidents caused by any hazard.

Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct tailored risk assessments to inform prioritization of national recovery activities for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents, to be updated as necessary.

Directs the Secretary to develop and issue guidance for clean-up and restoration of indoor and outdoor areas, including subways and other mass transportation facilities, that have been exposed to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop exercises to facilitate recovery from a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident and to foster collective response to terrorism; and (2) provide lessons learned reports to designated representatives of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions and private sector entities that participate in National Level Exercises of DHS.

Directs the FEMA Administrator, the DHS Chief Medical Officer, and the National Metropolitan Medical Response System Working Group to conduct a review of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program and report the results of the review to specified congressional committees.

Directs the President to establish the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel to make technical and substantive recommendations on biological agent and toxin security. Requires the Panel to deliver to the Secretaries of Agriculture, HHS, and DHS recommendations concerning:

 the designation as highest risk of that subset of biological agents and toxins that presents the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy; the development of a set of minimum risk-based prescriptive laboratory security performance standards based on the risk at the lowest level, allowing for enhancements as risk increases; the establishment of appropriate standards and practices to improve vetting and monitoring, and ensure reliability, of personnel with access to highest risk biological agents and toxins at facilities registered under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA); the establishment of appropriate practices for physical security and cyber security for facilities that possess highest risk biological agents or toxins; standards for training of laboratory personnel in security measures; other emerging policy issues relevant to the security of biological agents and toxins; and adequacy of information sharing protocols with biodefense and biosecurity stakeholders. Directs the Secretaries, after the date of receipt of such recommendations, to promulgate rules under the PHSA establishing security standards and procedures that are specific to highest risk biological agents and toxins. Requires the heads of specified government entities to: (1) develop and implement a plan for the coordination of biological agents and toxins security oversight for facilities in which the entity supports biological agent or toxin laboratory activities, that articulates a mechanism for coordinated inspections of and harmonized administrative practices for facilities registered under the PHSA and that ensures consistent and timely identification and resolution of biological agents and toxins security and compliance issues; and (2) coordinate or consolidate laboratory inspections and ensure that such inspections are conducted using a common set of inspection procedures across such entities to minimize the administrative burden on laboratories.

Directs the Secretaries of HHS and Agriculture to: (1) develop a process for sharing information pertaining to biological agents and toxins with agencies that support biological agent or toxin laboratory activities; and (2) share relevant information pertaining to biological agents and toxins with each other and with appropriate state, local, and tribal government authorities.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the field of synthetic biology has the potential to facilitate enormous gains in fundamental discovery, public health, and biotechnological applications, but it also presents inherent dual-use homeland security risks that must be managed.

Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology: (1) every two years, to undertake a risk assessment of the dual-use and other risks associated with synthetic biology; and (2) to develop and provide to all agencies that fund life sciences research, guidance on compliance with U.S. laws, arms control agreement, and agency policies for research, development, or acquisition projects in the life sciences. Authorizes the Under Secretary to conduct research into the risks and ways to mitigate such risks of synthetic biology, including: (1) determining the current capability of synthetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differentiate a legitimate customer from a potential terrorist or other malicious actor, and to effectively screen orders for sequences of homeland security concern; and (2) making recommendations regarding screening, software, protocols, and other remaining capability gaps uncovered by such assessment.

Amends HSA to require the dissemination of information analyzed by DHS to state, local, tribal, and private entities with responsibilities relating to homeland security to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of terrorism.

Title IV: Public Health Matters - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) coordination among federal agencies involved in activities relating to researching, developing, and acquiring medical countermeasures still needs improvement; and (2) aggressive action should be taken by HHS, DHS, and the DOD to foster greater coordination with respect to such activities.

Amends the PHSA to direct the Secretary of HHS, in coordination with the Secretaries of DHS and Agriculture, and other appropriate federal agencies, to develop, implement, and periodically update a National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy to enhance preparedness and collective response to a terrorist attack on humans or animals with any chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material, that delineates federal, state, and local responsibilities.

Directs the HHS Secretary, in coordination with the Secretaries of DHS and Agriculture, to: (1) review the adequacy of domestic vaccination and antimicrobial dispensing policy, guidance, and information provided to the public in light of any known terrorist risk of a biological attack or other phenomena that may have serious health consequences for the United States, including wide-scale fatalities or infectious disease outbreaks including those associated with the avian flu; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on the review and any recommendations relating to the availability of domestic vaccine and antimicrobials for disbursing to the public and voluntary immunization by first responders.

Directs the HHS Secretary to: (1) make available to state, local, and tribal first responders surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives from the strategic national stockpile of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and other supplies; (2) establish any necessary logistical and tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines and antimicrobials available; and (3) distribute disclosures regarding associated risks to end users.

Amends the PHSA to require the HHS Secretary, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) establish criteria for the issuance of a material threat determination, and (2) review and reassess determinations of whether agents continue to present a material threat against the U.S. population sufficient to affect national security and homeland security.

Amends the PHSA to direct the Attorney General, in identifying whether an individual is within a category of individuals reasonably suspected by any federal law enforcement or intelligence agency of knowing involvement with an organization that engages in domestic or international terrorism or with any other organization that engages in intentional crimes of violence, to consult with the Secretaries of DHS, Defense, and State.

Title V: Foreign Relations Matters - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) support efforts of other countries to effectively implement legislation criminalizing the development or use of biological weapons or acts of bioterrorism; (2) engage other countries and international nongovernmental entities to establish common standards for actions relevant to preventing acts of bioterrorism and the illicit use of life sciences; (3) support the efforts of other countries to enhance biosecurity and safety practices at laboratories and other facilities with materials that could be used in biological weapons or in an act of bioterrorism; (4) promote the development and adoption of international guidance for the safety and security of high-risk pathogens and toxins; and (5) promote information sharing relating to threats and best practices between the intelligence community, federal law enforcement, and international law enforcement and security officials.

Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) support efforts in other countries and regions to develop mechanisms and capabilities for reporting to U.N. organizations validated data on biological attacks or other phenomena that may have serious health consequences for the United States; (2) engage other federal and nongovernmental entities and other countries to advance awareness and understanding of the risk posed by information derived from the life sciences that has the potential for misuse to cause harm; (3) advance recommendations on how best to address such risk; (4) engage such entities and countries to promote greater awareness and understanding of the global availability of and access to life science technologies and materials; and (5) promote the development and use of mechanisms for reporting, preserving, and sharing data on federal programs and investments in international scientific, agricultural, medical, and public health collaborations in support of efforts to enhance global biosecurity.

Directs the Secretary of State to convene and lead an interagency task force to examine: (1) the state of global biopreparedness for a major biological event, (2) necessary components of a global biopreparedness architecture that would advance international health security, (3) best practices for preparedness based on lessons learned from domestic efforts to address such issues and that may be applicable internationally, (4) activities undertaken through the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats and the International Health Regulations 2005, and (5) the utility of working through existing international forums as a mechanism for distributing this information to the international community.

Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) promote confidence in effective implementation of and compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction by promoting transparency with respect to legitimate activities and pursuing compliance diplomatically to address concerns; (2) promote universal membership in the Convention; (3) develop an action plan for increasing international adherence to the Convention; and (4) ensure that U.S. participation in Convention meetings is broadly inclusive of representatives of relevant federal departments and agencies.

wmd prevention preparedness act title national biodefense enterprise requires president assign member national_security_council special assistant president biodefense serve president principal advisor coordination federal biodefense policy identify inefficiencies existing biodefense activities actions necessary overcome lead development coordinated national biodefense plan coordinated national strategy coordinated national research development strategy implementation plan microbial forensics oversee coordination director office_of_management_and_budget omb development comprehensive cross cutting biodefense budget analysis inform prioritization resources ensure biodefense challenges adequately addressed conduct ongoing oversight evaluation implementation federal biodefense activities relevant government agencies directs special assistant submit president update necessary national biodefense plan defines scope purpose national biodefense capability identifies biological risks nation activities tasks performed address defines organizational roles responsibilities coordination federal state local tribal authorities respect activities tasks defines research development needs improving capacity threat awareness prevention protection response recovery identifies biodefense assets capability gaps provides goals performance measures identifies resource investment needs integrates supports strategies outlined presidential policy directives homeland_security presidential directives national strategy national medical countermeasure dispensing strategy consistent national response framework incorporates input federal state local tribal stakeholders provides planning guidance biosecurity biodefense stakeholders directs special assistant publish update years national strategy identifies purpose scope nationally integrated capability establishes objectives performance measures guide development capability defines prioritizes costs benefits resource investment needs particular attention leveraging existing resources delineates federal state local tribal private roles responsibilities describes strategy integrated related national strategies requires special assistant publish implementation plan strategy includes plan advancing situational awareness biological threats fostering information sharing national biosecurity biodefense stakeholders identify potential threats reduce vulnerabilities improve collective response investigations suspected biological attacks enhancing capability federal_government rapidly identify characterize track biological event national concern integrating analyzing data relating human health animal plant food environmental monitoring systems requires special assistant concurrent submission president annual budget congress comprehensive cross cutting biodefense budget analysis delineates integrates biodefense expenditure requests departments_of_agriculture usda commerce defense dod energy doe health_and_human_services hhs homeland_security dhs justice state veterans_affairs environmental_protection_agency epa national_science_foundation nsf title intelligence matters requires director national_intelligence dni develop implement national_intelligence strategy countering threat weapons mass destruction designed improve capabilities collect analyze disseminate intelligence related weapons mass destruction wmd plan implement strategy requires strategy identify address core capabilities needed successful intelligence collection wmd include methods recruitment training retention workforce expertise collection analysis dissemination intelligence related types wmd science_and_technology related wmd expertise science_and_technology relating risks posed wmd include methods information sharing collaboration non federal national biosecurity biodefense stakeholders requires implementation plan include actions necessary increase effectiveness efficiency sharing intelligence wmd intelligence_community federal partners methods disseminate intelligence products national biosecurity biodefense stakeholders classified unclassified formats increase effectiveness efficiency information sharing actions necessary provide open source intelligence relating wmd appropriate governmental authorities private entities requires dni develop implement national_intelligence strategy countering biological threats integrated national_intelligence strategy countering threat weapons mass destruction plan implementing strategy requires strategy identify address target capabilities needed successful intelligence collection biological threats include plan establishing intelligence_community cadre collectors analysts familiar biological threats biological science biotechnology include plan defining functions capabilities gaps community workforce respect assessing biological threat include methods collaboration non intelligence_community technical experts outside federal_government particular state local biodefense stakeholders include plan defining integrating focusing enhancing existing capabilities intelligence_community dedicated current strategic biological threats include plan ensuring prioritization sustained commitment intelligence personnel resources address biological threats requires implementation plan include actions necessary increase effectiveness efficiency sharing intelligence intelligence_community biological weapons organisms biological terrorism address strategic tactical human intelligence measurement signature intelligence technical intelligence medical intelligence open source intelligence activities necessary implement strategy include schedule regularly evaluating efforts intelligence_community progress understanding countering biological threats title iii homeland_security matters amends hsa require dhs office_of_intelligence_and_analysis conduct intelligence information sharing activities consistent national_intelligence strategy countering threat weapons mass destruction act national_intelligence strategy countering biological threats support homeland_security focused intelligence analysis terrorist actors claims plans conduct attacks nation involving chemical biological radiological nuclear materials support homeland_security focused intelligence analysis global infectious disease public health food agricultural veterinary issues support homeland_security focused risk analysis risk assessments hazards providing relevant quantitative non quantitative threat information leverage existing emerging homeland_security capabilities structures including fusion centers enhance prevention protection response recovery efforts respect terrorist attack share information provide tailored analytical support threats state local tribal authorities national biosecurity biodefense stakeholders coordinate relevant dhs components intelligence_community federal state local tribal authorities optimal information sharing mechanisms directs secretary report specified congressional committees intelligence information sharing activities described relevant entities dhs counter threat wmd dhs activities accordance relevant intelligence strategies directs secretary science_and_technology produce periodically update terrorism risk assessment chemical biological radiological nuclear threats integrated terrorism risk assessment assesses threats compares relative risks directs secretary convene interagency_task_force relevant subject matter experts assess provide recommendations adequacy proposed methodology assessments conduct sensitivity analysis assessment identify prioritize research activities close knowledge gaps consider evolving threat share risk assessments federal state local tribal officials appropriate security clearances need information classified version available unclassified version government officials involved prevention preparedness chemical biological radiological nuclear events requires export enforcement coordination center maintained dhs capability coordinating export enforcement activities directs center enhance federal coordination law enforcement counter proliferation investigations address licensing inquiries reviews requests checks conduct outreach provide training export trade community directs administrator federal_emergency_management_agency fema develop communications plan designed provide information public related preventing preparing responding recovering chemical biological radiological nuclear attacks develop disseminate alerts warnings system pre messages message state local tribal authorities quickly disseminate critical information public anticipation immediate attack included dhs lessons learned information sharing system directs secretary ensure homeland_security information concerning terrorist threats provided state local tribal authorities public establish process optimize opportunities qualified heads state local tribal government entities obtain security clearances receive classified threat information directs secretary prepare unclassified threat include guidance public preventing responding acts terrorism arising chemical biological radiological nuclear threats shall available internet website dhs publicly accessible internet websites communication systems information networks directs secretary information provided terrorism risk assessments material threat assessments determinations project act provide state local trial authorities written guidance communicating terrorism related threats risks public articulate governmental rationale identifying particular communities heightened risk exploitation directs fema administrator assist government authorities improving promoting individual community preparedness collective response terrorist attacks developing disseminating guidance checklists recommended actions individual community prevention preparedness efforts providing information training materials support individual community preparedness efforts conducting individual community preparedness outreach efforts directs secretary carry program detect biological attack event poses high risk homeland_security including deploying detection capabilities high risk areas indicate presence biological agents considering multiple deployment strategies including surge capability providing information participating laboratories programs use monitoring public health biological material data detectors participating laboratories programs testing evaluation regularly communicating providing information presence biological agents federal state local agencies responsible public health law enforcement emergency services manner ensures transparency providing advanced planning tools concepts operations standard operating procedures training exercises collective response recovery biological attacks providing technical assistance jurisdictions hosting program improve ability respond detected pathogen directs secretary require secretary science_and_technology assess development technological screening capabilities biological agents pandemic influenza infectious diseases undertaken directorate science_and_technology support entry exit screening ports entry homeland_security purposes secretary determination affirmative initiate development safe effective methods rapidly screen incoming persons ports entry authorizes secretary coordination director national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist carry program establish near term minimum performance metrics support public safety actionable activities evaluate effectiveness detection technology high priority biological agents toxins high priority chemical agents establish process voluntary testing evaluation technology accredited laboratory demonstrate conformance consensus standards performance metrics standards exist effective detection high priority biological agents toxins high priority chemical agents available federal agencies state territorial local tribal entities private sector permission detection technology manufacturer results detection system testing evaluation requires director domestic nuclear detection office establish maintain system detection technologies programs guidelines designed enhance nation ability detect prevent radiological nuclear attack high risk cities develop surge capability radiological nuclear detection systems deployed united_states rapidly response actionable intelligence warnings requires programs integrated global nuclear detection architecture inform architecture studies technology gaps research activities office directs secretary develop police fire emergency medical services emergency management medical public health personnel voluntary guidance responding release chemical biological radiological nuclear material guidance available state local tribal authorities including primary secondary schools educational institutions nongovernmental organizations private sector public review experiences countries expertise academic institutions nongovernmental organizations consider unique needs children vulnerable populations directs secretary acquire use disseminate best available integrated models assessments location prediction spread agents following chemical biological nuclear radiological attack event integrate protective action guidance enable rapid response activities following attack event carry program system assessment validation emergency response equipment dhs known saver program authorizes federal agencies carrying functions counter biological terrorism enter contracts laboratories comprise laboratory response network biological terrorism federally networked laboratories provision laboratory testing services authorizes dhs analysis center provide analysis support executive agencies primary responsibilities preventing deterring responding recovering biological attacks directs secretary conduct metropolitan medical response system program shall assist state local governments preparing responding public health mass casualty incidents resulting acts terrorism natural disasters man disasters allows grant program support integration emergency management health medical systems coordinated response mass casualty incidents caused hazard directs secretary science_and_technology conduct tailored risk assessments inform prioritization national recovery activities chemical biological radiological nuclear incidents updated necessary directs secretary develop issue guidance clean restoration indoor outdoor areas including mass transportation facilities exposed chemical biological radiological nuclear materials directs secretary develop exercises facilitate recovery chemical biological radiological nuclear incident foster collective response terrorism provide lessons learned reports designated representatives state local tribal jurisdictions private sector entities participate national level exercises dhs directs fema administrator dhs chief medical officer national metropolitan medical response system working_group conduct review metropolitan medical response system program report results review specified congressional committees directs president establish federal experts security advisory_panel technical substantive recommendations biological agent toxin security requires panel deliver secretaries_of_agriculture hhs dhs recommendations concerning designation highest risk subset biological agents toxins presents greatest risk deliberate misuse significant potential mass casualties devastating effects economy development set minimum risk based laboratory security performance standards based risk lowest level allowing enhancements risk increases establishment appropriate standards practices improve vetting monitoring ensure reliability personnel access highest risk biological agents toxins facilities registered public_health_service_act phsa establishment appropriate practices physical security cyber security facilities possess highest risk biological agents toxins standards training laboratory personnel security measures emerging policy issues relevant security biological agents toxins adequacy information sharing protocols biodefense biosecurity stakeholders directs secretaries date receipt recommendations promulgate rules phsa establishing security standards procedures specific highest risk biological agents toxins requires heads specified government entities develop implement plan coordination biological agents toxins security oversight facilities entity supports biological agent toxin laboratory activities mechanism coordinated inspections harmonized administrative practices facilities registered phsa ensures consistent timely identification resolution biological agents toxins security compliance issues coordinate consolidate laboratory inspections ensure inspections conducted common set inspection procedures entities minimize administrative burden laboratories directs secretaries hhs agriculture develop process sharing information pertaining biological agents toxins agencies support biological agent toxin laboratory activities share relevant information pertaining biological agents toxins appropriate state local tribal government authorities expresses sense congress field synthetic biology potential facilitate gains fundamental discovery public health applications presents inherent dual use homeland_security risks managed directs secretary science_and_technology years undertake risk assessment dual use risks associated synthetic biology develop provide agencies fund life sciences research guidance compliance laws arms control agreement agency policies research development acquisition projects life sciences authorizes secretary conduct research risks ways mitigate risks synthetic biology including determining current capability synthetic acid providers effectively legitimate customer potential terrorist malicious actor effectively screen orders homeland_security concern making recommendations screening software protocols remaining capability gaps uncovered assessment amends hsa require dissemination information analyzed dhs state local tribal private entities responsibilities relating homeland_security assist preventing deterring responding acts terrorism title public health matters expresses sense congress coordination federal agencies involved activities relating researching developing acquiring medical countermeasures needs improvement aggressive action taken hhs dhs dod foster greater coordination respect activities amends phsa direct secretary hhs coordination secretaries dhs agriculture appropriate federal agencies develop implement periodically update national medical countermeasure dispensing strategy enhance preparedness collective response terrorist attack humans animals chemical biological radiological nuclear material delineates federal state local responsibilities directs hhs secretary coordination secretaries dhs agriculture review adequacy domestic vaccination antimicrobial dispensing policy guidance information provided public light known terrorist risk biological attack phenomena health consequences united_states including wide scale fatalities infectious disease outbreaks including associated avian report specified congressional committees review recommendations relating availability domestic vaccine antimicrobials disbursing public voluntary immunization responders directs hhs secretary available state local tribal responders surplus vaccines antimicrobials vaccines antimicrobials short shelf lives strategic national stockpile drugs vaccines biological products medical devices supplies establish necessary logistical tracking systems facilitate making vaccines antimicrobials available distribute disclosures associated risks end users amends phsa require hhs secretary ongoing basis establish criteria issuance material threat determination review reassess determinations agents continue present material threat population sufficient affect national security homeland_security amends phsa direct attorney general identifying individual category individuals reasonably suspected federal law enforcement intelligence agency knowing involvement organization engages domestic international terrorism organization engages intentional crimes violence consult secretaries dhs defense state title foreign relations matters directs secretary state support efforts countries effectively implement legislation criminalizing development use biological weapons acts bioterrorism engage countries international nongovernmental entities establish common standards actions relevant preventing acts bioterrorism illicit use life sciences support efforts countries enhance biosecurity safety practices laboratories facilities materials biological weapons act bioterrorism promote development adoption international guidance safety security high risk pathogens toxins promote information sharing relating threats best practices intelligence_community federal law enforcement international law enforcement security officials directs secretary state support efforts countries regions develop mechanisms capabilities reporting organizations validated data biological attacks phenomena health consequences united_states engage federal nongovernmental entities countries advance awareness understanding risk posed information derived life sciences potential misuse cause harm advance recommendations best address risk engage entities countries promote greater awareness understanding global availability access life science technologies materials promote development use mechanisms reporting preserving sharing data federal programs investments international scientific agricultural medical public health collaborations support efforts enhance global biosecurity directs secretary state convene lead interagency_task_force examine state global major biological event necessary components global architecture advance international health security best practices preparedness based lessons learned domestic efforts address issues applicable internationally activities undertaken national_intelligence strategy countering biological threats international health regulations utility working existing international forums mechanism distributing information international community directs secretary state promote confidence effective implementation compliance convention prohibition development production stockpiling biological toxin weapons destruction promoting transparency respect legitimate activities pursuing compliance address concerns promote universal membership convention develop action plan increasing international adherence convention ensure participation convention meetings broadly inclusive representatives relevant federal departments agencies


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DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform acquisition and procurement programs and activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

(Sec. 5) Prohibits the authorization of appropriations of additional funds to carry out this Act.

Title I: Acquisition Authorities - (Sec. 101) Designates the Under Secretary for Management of DHS as the DHS Chief Acquisition Officer. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Under Secretary related to acquisition, including: (1) advising the DHS Secretary on acquisition management activities; (2) exercising the authority to approve, halt, modify, or cancel a major acquisition program (defined as a program estimated to require an eventual total expenditure of at least $300 million over its life cycle cost); (3) establishing policies for acquisition; (4) ensuring that each major acquisition program has a DHS-approved acquisition program baseline (i.e., the summary of the cost, schedule, and performance parameters, expressed in standard, measurable, quantitative terms, which must be met in order to accomplish program goals); (5) ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and (6) distributing guidance to ensure that contractors adhere to internal cybersecurity policies established by DHS.

Permits the Under Secretary to delegate acquisition authority in writing to the relevant Component Acquisition Executive (i.e. senior acquisition official within a DHS Component with authority and responsibility for leading a process and staff to provide acquisition and program management oversight, policy, and guidance) for an acquisition program with a specified life cycle cost.

(Sec. 102) Requires the DHS Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation to provide leadership over financial management policy and programs for DHS as they relate to DHS's acquisition programs, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management.

(Sec. 103) Sets forth the acquisition responsibilities of the Chief Information Officer of DHS, including to: (1) serve as the lead technical authority for information technology programs and establish departmental information technology priorities, policies, processes, standards, guidelines, and procedures; (2) oversee the management of the Homeland Security Enterprise Architecture; (3) make recommendations to the Acquisition Review Board (established by this Act) on the information technology programs; and (4) be responsible for developing information technology acquisition strategic guidance.

(Sec. 104) Establishes the position of Chief Procurement Officer of DHS, who shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Management. Prescribes the duties of the the Chief Procurement Officer, including to: (1) exercise leadership and authority over the DHS procurement function; (2) issue acquisition regulations and policies; (3) account for the integrity, performance, and oversight of DHS procurement and contracting functions; (4) serve as DHS's business advisor and main liaison to industry on procurement-related issues; (5) oversee a centralized certification and training program for the DHS acquisition workforce; and (6) ensure that a fair proportion of federal contract dollars are awarded to small businesses.

(Sec. 105) Requires the Under Secretary to: (1) establish in the Management Directorate a mechanism to prioritize improving the accountability, standardization, and transparency of major DHS acquisition programs to increase opportunities for effectiveness and efficiencies and to serve as the central oversight function of all DHS acquisition programs; and (2) designate an Executive Director to oversee the operation of such mechanism. Sets forth the duties of the Executive Director.

Requires each head of a Component to comply with federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and DHS acquisition management directives established by the Under Secretary for Management. Requires each Component head, for each major acquisition program, to: (1) establish a complete life cycle cost estimate, including an acquisition program baseline; (2) verify each life cycle cost estimate against independent cost estimates and reconcile any differences; (3) complete a cost-benefit analysis; (4) develop and maintain a schedule that is consistent with scheduling best practices; and (5) ensure that all acquisition program information provided by the Component is complete, accurate, timely, and valid.

Title II: Acquisition Program Management Discipline - (Sec. 201) Requires the DHS Secretary to establish an Acquisition Review Board to strengthen accountability and uniformity with the DHS acquisition review process, review major acquisition programs, and review the use of best practices. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Board, including to: (1) determine whether a proposed acquisition has met the requirements of key phases of the acquisition life cycle framework and is able to proceed to the next phase and eventual full production and deployment; (2) oversee executable business strategy, resources, management, accountability, and alignment to strategic initiatives; and (3) conduct systematic reviews of acquisitions.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify the congressional homeland security committees (i.e., the House Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) of any decision to approve a major acquisition program without a DHS-approved acquisition program baseline within 7 days after an acquisition decision memorandum is signed, and (2) report within the next 60 days on the rationale for such decision and a plan of action to require an acquisition program baseline for the program.

(Sec. 202) Requires the Deputy Secretary of DHS to: (1) establish DHS-wide policies to assist DHS in identifying, validating, and prioritizing standards for common Component requirements to increase opportunities for effectiveness and efficiencies; and (2) coordinate actions to establish such policies using mechanisms necessary to reduce duplication and inefficiency for all DHS investments, including major acquisition programs.

(Sec. 203) Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a review of the Acquisition Review Board and the requirements to reduce duplication in acquisition programs.

(Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to notify the congressional homeland security committees within five days after the issuance of a waiver by the Secretary of requirements that an agency not engage in business with a contractor in the Excluded Party List System maintained by the General Services Administration (GSA) and an explanation of the compelling reason for taking such action.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the DHS Inspector General to audit decisions about grant and procurement awards to identify: (1) instances where a contract or grant was improperly awarded to a suspended or debarred entity, and (2) whether corrective actions were taken to prevent recurrence. Directs the DHS Inspector General to review the DHS suspension and debarment program to assess whether suspension and debarment criteria are consistently applied and whether disparities exist in the application of such criteria, particularly with respect to business size and categories.

Title III: Acquisition Program Management Accountability and Transparency - (Sec. 301) Establishes a process for notifying DHS officials of a potential or actual breach (e.g., failure to meet any cost, schedule, or performance requirements) in a major acquisition program (a program estimated to cost at least $300 million over its life cycle cost). Requires notice of an actual breach in an acquisition program with a cost overrun greater than 20% or a schedule delay greater than 12 months over the program baseline to the Secretary and Inspector General of DHS not later than five business days after the actual breach is identified.

Requires the Under Secretary for Management to establish a date for submission of: (1) a breach remediation plan and root cause analysis for an actual breach in a DHS acquisition program with a cost overrun greater than 15% or a schedule delay greater than 180 days compared to the costs or schedule set forth in the acquisition program baseline; and (2) a program of corrective action to ensure that either the breach has been corrected and the program is again in compliance with the original acquisition program baseline parameters, a revised acquisition program baseline has been approved, or the program has been halted or cancelled.

Requires the Under Secretary to notify the congressional homeland security committees of a breach in a major acquisition program and include a written certification that the acquisition is essential to the DHS mission, there are no alternatives to such capability or asset, and other criteria have been met. Prohibits funding for a major acquisition program until the Under Secretary provides such notice and certification.

(Sec. 302) Requires the DHS Secretary to submit to the congressional homeland security committees a multiyear acquisition strategy to guide the overall direction of the DHS acquisitions, with specified requirements.

(Sec. 303) Requires the Under Secretary to submit to the congressional homeland security committees a comprehensive acquisition status report, with information and updates on each major acquisition program.

(Sec. 304) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a review to analyze the effectiveness of the Multiyear Acquisition Strategy.

(Sec. 305) Requires the DHS Inspector General, not later than two years after the Comptroller General's report on the multiyear acquisition strategy, to conduct a review of whether DHS has complied with the strategy and the requirements to provide the Acquisition Review Board with a capability development plan for each major acquisition program.

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established dhs permits secretary delegate acquisition authority writing relevant component acquisition executive senior acquisition official dhs component authority responsibility leading process staff provide acquisition program management oversight policy guidance acquisition program specified life cycle cost sec requires dhs office program analysis evaluation provide leadership financial management policy programs dhs relate dhs acquisition programs consultation secretary management sec sets forth acquisition responsibilities chief information officer dhs including serve lead technical authority information technology programs establish departmental information technology priorities policies processes standards guidelines procedures oversee management homeland_security enterprise architecture recommendations acquisition review board established act information technology programs responsible developing information technology acquisition strategic guidance sec establishes position chief procurement officer dhs shall report directly secretary management prescribes duties chief procurement officer including exercise leadership authority dhs procurement function issue acquisition regulations policies account integrity performance oversight dhs procurement contracting functions serve dhs business advisor main liaison industry procurement related issues oversee centralized certification training program dhs acquisition workforce ensure fair proportion federal contract dollars awarded small businesses sec requires secretary establish management directorate mechanism prioritize improving accountability standardization transparency major dhs acquisition programs increase opportunities effectiveness efficiencies serve central oversight function dhs acquisition programs designate executive director oversee operation mechanism sets forth duties executive director requires head component comply federal law federal_acquisition_regulation far dhs acquisition_management directives established secretary management requires component head major acquisition program establish complete life cycle cost estimate including acquisition program baseline verify life cycle cost estimate independent cost estimates reconcile differences complete cost benefit analysis develop maintain schedule consistent scheduling best practices ensure acquisition program information provided component complete accurate timely valid title acquisition program management discipline sec requires dhs secretary establish acquisition review board strengthen accountability uniformity dhs acquisition review process review major acquisition programs review use best practices sets forth responsibilities board including determine proposed acquisition met requirements key phases acquisition life cycle framework able proceed phase eventual production deployment oversee business strategy resources management accountability alignment strategic initiatives conduct systematic reviews acquisitions requires secretary notify congressional homeland_security committees house committees appropriations homeland_security senate_committees appropriations homeland_security governmental_affairs decision approve major acquisition program dhs approved acquisition program baseline days acquisition decision memorandum signed report days rationale decision plan action require acquisition program baseline program sec requires deputy secretary dhs establish dhs wide policies assist dhs identifying validating prioritizing standards common component requirements increase opportunities effectiveness efficiencies coordinate actions establish policies mechanisms necessary reduce duplication dhs investments including major acquisition programs sec requires comptroller_general gao conduct review acquisition review board requirements reduce duplication acquisition programs sec requires secretary notify congressional homeland_security committees days issuance waiver secretary requirements agency engage business contractor excluded party list system maintained general_services_administration gsa explanation compelling reason taking action sec authorizes dhs inspector_general audit decisions grant procurement awards identify instances contract grant improperly awarded suspended debarred entity corrective actions taken prevent recurrence directs dhs inspector_general review dhs suspension debarment program assess suspension debarment criteria consistently applied disparities exist application criteria particularly respect business size categories title iii acquisition program management accountability transparency sec establishes process notifying dhs officials potential actual breach failure meet cost schedule performance requirements major acquisition program program estimated cost million life cycle cost requires notice actual breach acquisition program cost greater schedule delay greater months program baseline secretary inspector_general dhs later business days actual breach identified requires secretary management establish date submission breach remediation plan root cause analysis actual breach dhs acquisition program cost greater schedule delay greater days compared costs schedule set forth acquisition program baseline program corrective action ensure breach corrected program compliance original acquisition program baseline parameters revised acquisition program baseline approved program cancelled requires secretary notify congressional homeland_security committees breach major acquisition program include written certification acquisition essential dhs mission alternatives capability asset criteria met prohibits funding major acquisition program secretary provides notice certification sec requires dhs secretary submit congressional homeland_security committees multiyear acquisition strategy guide overall direction dhs acquisitions specified requirements sec requires secretary submit congressional homeland_security committees comprehensive acquisition status report information updates major acquisition program sec requires comptroller_general conduct review analyze effectiveness multiyear acquisition strategy sec requires dhs inspector_general later years comptroller_general report multiyear acquisition strategy conduct review dhs complied strategy requirements provide acquisition review board capability development plan major acquisition program


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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Social Media Working Group Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a social media working group (the Group) to provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on the use of social media technologies before, during, and after a terrorist attack or other emergency.

Requires the Group to submit an annual report that includes: (1) a review of current and emerging social media technologies being used to support preparedness and response activities related to terrorist attacks and other emergencies; (2) a review of best practices and lessons learned on the use of social media during the response to terrorist attacks and other emergencies that occurred during the period covered by the report; (3) recommendations to improve DHS's use of social media for emergency management purposes, to improve public awareness of the type of information disseminated through social media and how to access such information during a terrorist attack or other emergency, and to improve information sharing among DHS and its components and among state and local governments; (4) a review of available training for government officials on the use of social media in response to a terrorist attack or other emergency; and (5) a summary of coordination efforts with the private sector to discuss and resolve legal, operational, technical, privacy, and security concerns.

measure amended reported house june summary version repeated social media working_group act amends homeland_security act direct secretary homeland_security establish department_of_homeland_security dhs social media working_group group provide guidance best practices emergency preparedness response community use social media technologies terrorist attack emergency requires group submit annual report includes review current emerging social media technologies support preparedness response activities related terrorist attacks emergencies review best practices lessons learned use social media response terrorist attacks emergencies occurred period covered report recommendations improve dhs use social media emergency management purposes improve public awareness type information disseminated social media access information terrorist attack emergency improve information sharing dhs components state local governments review available training government officials use social media response terrorist attack emergency summary coordination efforts private sector discuss resolve legal operational technical privacy security concerns


Summary: Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 with respect to the establishment in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (formerly the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act or the DHS Interoperable Communications Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include among the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Management responsibilities with respect to policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among the components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Requires such Under Secretary to submit to the House and Senate homeland security committees a strategy, which shall be updated as necessary, for achieving and maintaining interoperable communications, including for daily operations, planned events, and emergencies, with corresponding milestones, that includes:

 an assessment of interoperability gaps in radio communications among the DHS components, as of this Act's enactment date; information on DHS efforts and activities, including current and planned policies, directives, and training, since November 1, 2012, to achieve and maintain interoperable communications, and planned efforts and activities to achieve and maintain interoperable communications; an assessment of obstacles and challenges to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications; information on, and an assessment of, the adequacy of mechanisms available to the Under Secretary to enforce and compel compliance with interoperable communications policies and directives of DHS; guidance provided to DHS components to implement interoperable communications policies and directives; the total amount of funds expended by DHS since November 1, 2012, and projected future expenditures, to achieve interoperable communications; and dates upon which DHS-wide interoperability is projected to be achieved for voice, data, and video communications, respectively, and interim milestones. Directs the Under Secretary to submit information on any intra-agency effort or task force that has been delegated responsibilities by the Under Secretary relating to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications within a specified time frame, and on who, within each component, is responsible for implementing policies and directives issued by the Under Secretary to achieve and maintain interoperable communications.

Directs the Under Secretary to report on the status of efforts since the issuance of the strategy to implement such strategy, including: (1) progress on each interim milestone; (2) information on any policies, directives, guidance, and training established by the Under Secretary; (3) an assessment of the level of compliance, adoption, and participation among the DHS components with the policies, directives, guidance, and training established by the Under Secretary; and (4) information on any additional resources or authorities needed by the Under Secretary.

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Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act or the GRID Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with or without notice, hearing, or report, to issue orders for emergency measures to protect the reliability of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure whenever the President issues a written directive or determination identifying an imminent grid security threat.

Requires either the President or the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to notify specified congressional committees promptly whenever the President issues such a directive.

Instructs FERC, to the extent practicable in light of the nature of the grid security threat and the urgency for emergency measures, to consult with certain governmental authorities, including in Canada and Mexico, regarding implementation of such emergency measures.

Prescribes: (1) implementation procedures; and (2) related cost recovery measures affecting owners, operators, or users of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure.

Directs FERC to require any owner, user, or operator of the bulk-power system in the United States to implement measures necessary to protect the bulk-power system against specified vulnerabilities.

Directs FERC to order the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to submit reliability standards requiring owners or operators of large transformers to ensure their adequate availability to restore promptly the reliable operation of the bulk-power system in the event that any such transformer is destroyed or disabled as a result of a reasonably foreseeable physical or other attack or a geomagnetic storm event.

Directs the President to designate for FERC the domestic facilities that are: (1) critical to the national defense, and (2) vulnerable to an electric energy supply disruption.

Directs FERC to require an owner or operator of defense critical electric infrastructure to implement measures to protect it against any vulnerability that has not been adequately addressed.

Directs FERC, before promulgating a rule or issuing such order, to request and consider recommendations from the ERO.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program to develop technical expertise in the protection of systems for the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric energy against either geomagnetic storms or malicious acts using electronic communications or electromagnetic pulse.

Exempts the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Bonneville Power Administration for 11 years from any requirement under this Act pertaining to emergency response measures or measures to address grid security vulnerabilities (except for a requirement addressing a malicious act using electronic communication).

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Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014 - Establishes: (1) the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Commission, and (2) a northern border subcommittee and a southern border subcommittee within the Commission.

Requires the Commission and the subcommittees to: (1) recommend border enforcement policy improvements; (2) evaluate policies of federal agencies operating along the borders to protect due process and human rights of border residents and visitors, protect land owner private property rights, and reduce the number of migrant deaths; (3) recommend safety improvements for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel; and (4) evaluate training and the extent to which CBP supervisory and management personnel practices encourage workforce development and promote field safety.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to rename the position of Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Ombudsman for Border and Immigration Related Concerns. Revises related function and administrative provisions, including requiring the Ombudsman to establish a Border Community Liaison Office in each Border Patrol sector on the northern and southern borders.

Sets forth specified training and continuing education requirements for CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel.

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress an assessment of current guidelines for managing ports of entry under DHS control.

 Directs: (1) CBP to report to Congress regarding deaths occurring along the U.S.-Mexico border, and (2) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review such report.

Directs: (1) GAO to examine the extent to which CBP has clarified use of force policies, and (2) the Secretary to require CBP to implement any recommendations contained in such examination.

border enforcement accountability oversight community engagement act establishes department_of_homeland_security border oversight commission northern border subcommittee southern border subcommittee commission requires commission subcommittees recommend border enforcement policy improvements evaluate policies federal agencies operating borders protect process human rights border residents visitors protect land owner private property rights reduce number migrant deaths recommend safety improvements customs border_protection cbp personnel evaluate training extent cbp supervisory management personnel practices encourage workforce development promote field safety amends homeland_security act rename position citizenship_and_immigration_services ombudsman department_of_homeland_security dhs ombudsman border immigration related concerns revises related function administrative provisions including requiring ombudsman establish border community liaison office border_patrol sector northern southern borders sets forth specified training continuing education requirements cbp immigration customs enforcement ice personnel directs secretary homeland_security submit congress assessment current guidelines managing ports entry dhs control directs cbp report congress deaths occurring border government_accountability_office gao review report directs gao examine extent cbp use force policies secretary require cbp implement recommendations contained examination


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United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2014 - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.

Directs the Commission to examine: (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on free speech, the right to petition the government, other constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access.

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Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Correction Act - Prohibits construing either the national monument designation or any management plan in furtherance of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, New Mexico (designated on May 21, 2014) as: (1) preventing the Secretary of Homeland Security from undertaking law enforcement and border security activities within the areas designated as the Monument, including the ability to use motorized vehicles within it; (2) limiting the 2006 Memorandum of Understanding among the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding cooperative national security and counterterrorism efforts on federal land along U.S. borders; (3) preventing the DHS Secretary from conducting low-level overflights over the Monument for law enforcement and border security purposes; or (4) preventing the Secretary of the Interior from allowing within the Monument the installation and maintenance of communication or surveillance infrastructure necessary for law enforcement or border security activities.

Makes the route excluded from the Potrillo Mountains, identified as "Restricted--Administrative Access" on the map entitled "Potrillo Mountains Complex," dated December 10, 2013, available for administrative and law enforcement uses, including border security activities.

Specifies that nothing in the national monument designation or any management plan in furtherance of the Monument shall restrict or preclude low-level overflights of military aircraft, the designation of new units of special airspace, or the use or establishment of military flight training routes, over the Monument.

organ mountains desert national_monument correction act prohibits construing national_monument designation management plan furtherance organ mountains desert national_monument new_mexico designated preventing secretary homeland_security undertaking law enforcement border_security activities areas designated monument including ability use motorized vehicles limiting memorandum understanding department_of_homeland_security dhs department_of_the_interior department_of_agriculture usda cooperative national security counterterrorism efforts federal land borders preventing dhs secretary conducting low level overflights monument law enforcement border_security purposes preventing secretary interior allowing monument installation maintenance communication surveillance infrastructure necessary law enforcement border_security activities makes route excluded mountains identified restricted administrative access map entitled mountains complex dated december available administrative law enforcement uses including border_security activities specifies national_monument designation management plan furtherance monument shall restrict preclude low level overflights military aircraft designation new units special airspace use establishment military flight training routes monument


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Border Health Security Act of 2014 - Amends the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act to revise the duties of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission to include: (1) cooperating with the Canada-United States Pan Border Public Health Preparedness Council, and (2) serving as an independent and objective body to both recommend and implement initiatives that solve border health issues. Authorizes members of the Commission and the Council to provide advice or recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Congress, or any Member of Congress concerning issues that are considered by the Commission or Council.

Requires the Secretary to award grants: (1) to eligible entities to improve the health of individuals residing in the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border areas, and (2) for Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance to eligible entities for infection disease surveillance activities in such areas.

Requires the Commission and the Council to each: (1) prepare a binational strategic plan to guide the operations of the Commission and the Council, and (2) develop and approve an operational work plan and budget based on the strategic plan.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct an evaluation of Commission and Counsel activities.

Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) in establishing a health alert system that: (1) alerts clinicians and public health officials of emerging disease clusters and syndromes along the U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border areas; and (2) warns of health threats, extreme weather conditions, disasters of mass scale, bioterrorism, and other emerging threats along those border areas.

border health security act amends united_states mexico border health commission act revise duties united_states mexico border health commission include cooperating canada united_states border public health preparedness council serving independent objective body recommend implement initiatives solve border health issues authorizes members commission council provide advice recommendations secretary health_and_human_services hhs congress member congress concerning issues considered commission council requires secretary award grants eligible entities improve health individuals residing border areas early warning infectious disease surveillance eligible entities infection disease surveillance activities areas requires commission council prepare binational strategic plan guide operations commission council develop approve operational work plan budget based strategic plan requires comptroller_general gao conduct evaluation commission counsel activities authorizes assistant secretary preparedness response coordinate secretary homeland_security dhs establishing health alert system alerts clinicians public health officials emerging disease clusters border areas health threats extreme weather conditions disasters mass scale bioterrorism emerging threats border areas


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Bank Account Seizure of Terrorist Assets Act or BASTA Act - Amends the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to subject the blocked assets of a terrorist party to execution or attachment in aid of execution in order to satisfy a judgment based upon an act of terrorism, regardless of whether the terrorist party ceases to be a terrorist party after judgment is entered.

Redefines a blocked asset to include any asset seized or frozen by the United States under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

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Border State Protection Act of 2014 - Authorizes the governor of any state on an international border of the United States to take necessary action to establish operational control of that portion of the international border within the state.

 Shields a state from liability in any federal action for any act taken pursuant to this Act that is otherwise in conformity with law.

Allows repayment of state costs from discretionary appropriations made available for non-security foreign aid to Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

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Summary: Verified And Legitimate ID (VALID) Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from accepting an I-862 Notice to Appear form as identification in the course of a passenger screening.

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First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), for the purpose of domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism, to: (1) make available surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives, from the strategic national stockpile for administration to emergency response providers who voluntarily consent to such administration; (2) establish any necessary logistical and tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines and antimicrobials available; and (3) distribute disclosures regarding associated risks to end users.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an 18-month pilot program to administer such vaccines and antimicrobials to emergency response providers, (2) select providers based in at least two states to participate in the program, and (3) provide to each participating provider disclosures and educational materials regarding the risks of any vaccine or antimicrobial administered and of exposure to anthrax.

Requires the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis to: (1) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and assessments of the threats posed by anthrax from an act of terror; (2) leverage homeland security intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; and (3) share information and provide tailored analytical support on threats posed by anthrax to state, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.

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