[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 599 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 599


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2007

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY 
        Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STREAMLINING OF SAFETY ACT AND ANTI-TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY 
              PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.

    (a) Personnel.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
that, in addition to any personnel engaged in technical evaluations 
that may be appropriate, a sufficient number of full-time equivalent 
personnel, who are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, 
economic, and risk analyses, are involved in the review and 
prioritization of anti-terrorism technologies for the purpose of 
determining whether such technologies may be designated by the 
Secretary as qualified anti-terrorism technologies under section 862(b) 
of the SAFETY Act (6 U.S.C. 441(b)) or certified by the Secretary under 
section 863(d) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 442(d)).
    (b) Coordination Within Department of Homeland Security.--The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) establish a formal coordination process that includes 
        the official of the Department of Homeland Security with 
        primary responsibility for the implementation of the SAFETY 
        Act, the Chief Procurement Officer of the Department, the Under 
        Secretary for Science and Technology, the Under Secretary for 
        Policy, and the Department of Homeland Security General Counsel 
        to ensure the maximum application of the litigation and risk 
        management provisions of the SAFETY Act to anti-terrorism 
        technologies procured by the Department; and
            (2) promote awareness and utilization of the litigation and 
        risk management provisions of the SAFETY Act in the procurement 
        of anti-terrorism technologies.
    (c) Issuance of Departmental Directive.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall, in accordance with the final rule implementing the 
SAFETY Act, issue a Departmental management directive providing for 
coordination between Department procurement officials and any other 
Department official responsible for implementing the SAFETY Act in 
advance of any Department procurement of an anti-terrorism technology, 
as required under subsection (b).

            Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 2007.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.