AIM Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Sep 14, 2020)
Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act or the AIM Act
This bill establishes the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the National Intelligence Program.
The office must
- leverage the capabilities of the intelligence community and the intelligence-related research of the National Laboratories to ensure that USDA is fully informed of threats by foreign actors to U.S. agriculture;
- focus on understanding foreign efforts to steal U.S. agriculture knowledge and technology and develop or implement biological warfare attacks, cyber or clandestine operations, or other means of sabotaging and disrupting U.S. agriculture;
- conduct or facilitate intelligence briefings for USDA;
- operate as the liaison between USDA and the intelligence community, with the authority to request intelligence collection and analysis on matters related to U.S. agriculture;
- collaborate with the intelligence community to downgrade intelligence assessments for broader dissemination within USDA; and
- facilitate sharing information on foreign activities related to agriculture with the intelligence community.
What just happenedSep 14, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseSep 14, 2020
- Sep 14, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee - Sep 14, 2020IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Agriculture Committee - Sep 14, 2020IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Sep 14, 2020IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House