Senate Bill 1242
117th Congress(2021-2022)
AIM Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Apr 20, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1242
Congress
117
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Agriculture and Food
Primary focus of measure is agricultural practices; agricultural prices and marketing; agricultural education; food assistance or nutrition programs; food industry, supply, and safety; aquaculture; horticulture and plants. Measures concerning international trade in agricultural products may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act of 2021 or the AIM Act of 2021
This bill establishes the Office of Intelligence in the Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the National Intelligence Program.
The office must
- leverage the capabilities of the intelligence community and the intelligence-related research of the National Laboratories to ensure that USDA is fully informed of threats by foreign actors to U.S. agriculture;
- focus on understanding foreign efforts to steal U.S. agriculture knowledge and technology, and develop or implement biological warfare attacks, cyber or clandestine operations, or other means of sabotaging and disrupting U.S. agriculture;
- prepare, conduct, and facilitate intelligence briefings for USDA;
- operate as the liaison between USDA and the intelligence community, with the authority to request intelligence collection and analysis on matters related to U.S. agriculture;
- collaborate with the intelligence community to downgrade intelligence assessments for broader dissemination within USDA; and
- facilitate the sharing of information on foreign activities related to agriculture with the intelligence community.
April 20, 2021
04/20/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
04/20/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:49:16 PM