Requires the Department of Homeland Security to run a simulated exercise within four years of enactment that tests how government and industry would respond to a deliberate biological attack on the agriculture and food sector, then send Congress an after-action report with recommendations.

• Requires a scenario in which agroterrorists smuggle a biological agent into the United States or release one inside the country to disrupt agriculture, food, and related economic sectors
• Requires coordination with federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies, private food and agricultural facility operators, emergency responders, and subject matter experts
• Requires an after-action report to the House Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee within 180 days after the exercise, with findings, a timeline for applying lessons learned, and recommended legislative actions
• Defines agroterrorism as an act of terrorism that targets or threatens the U.S. agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector

• Homeland Security Committee (House)
• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)

Emergency Management