[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2292 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2292

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to establish the Office for 
  Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2007

 Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to establish the Office for 
  Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Bombing Prevention Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. BOMBING PREVENTION.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 210F. OFFICE FOR BOMBING PREVENTION.

    ``(a) In General.--There is in the Department an Office for Bombing 
Prevention (in this section referred to as `the Office') within the 
Protective Security Coordination Division of the Office of 
Infrastructure Protection.
    ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Office shall have the primary 
responsibility within the Department for enhancing the ability, and 
coordinating the efforts, of the Nation to deter, detect, prevent, 
protect against, and respond to terrorist explosive attacks, including 
by--
            ``(1) serving as the lead agency of the Department for 
        ensuring that programs designed to counter terrorist explosive 
        attacks nationwide, function together efficiently to meet the 
        evolving threat from explosives and improvised explosive 
        devices;
            ``(2) coordinating national and intergovernmental bombing 
        prevention activities to ensure those activities work toward 
        achieving common national goals;
            ``(3) conducting analysis of the capabilities and 
        requirements necessary for Federal, State, and local 
        governments to deter, prevent, detect, protect against, and 
        assist in any response to terrorist explosive attacks by--
                    ``(A) maintaining a national analysis database on 
                the capabilities of bomb squads, explosive detection 
                canine teams, tactics teams, and public safety dive 
                teams; and
                    ``(B) applying the analysis derived from the 
                database described in subparagraph (A) in--
                            ``(i) evaluating progress toward closing 
                        identified gaps relating to national strategic 
                        goals and standards; and
                            ``(ii) informing decisions relating to 
                        homeland security policy, assistance, training, 
                        research, development efforts, and testing and 
                        evaluation, and related requirements;
            ``(4) promoting secure information sharing of sensitive 
        material and promoting security awareness, including by--
                    ``(A) operating and maintaining a secure 
                information sharing system that allows the sharing of 
                critical information relating to terrorist explosive 
                attack tactics, techniques, and procedures;
                    ``(B) educating the public and private sectors 
                about explosive precursor chemicals;
                    ``(C) working with international partners, in 
                coordination with the Office for International Affairs 
                of the Department, to develop and share effective 
                practices to deter, prevent, detect, protect, and 
                respond to terrorist explosive attacks; and
                    ``(D) executing national public awareness and 
                vigilance campaigns relating to terrorist explosive 
                threats, preventing explosive attacks, and activities 
                and measures underway to safeguard the Nation;
            ``(5) assisting State and local governments in developing 
        multi-jurisdictional improvised explosive devices security 
        plans for high-risk jurisdictions;
            ``(6) helping to ensure, in coordination with the Under 
        Secretary for Science and Technology and the Administrator of 
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the identification and 
        availability of effective technology applications through field 
        pilot testing and acquisition of such technology applications 
        by Federal, State, and local governments to deter, prevent, 
        detect, protect, and respond to terrorist explosive attacks;
            ``(7) coordinating the efforts of the Department relating 
        to, and assisting departments and agencies of the Federal, 
        State, local government, and private sector business in, 
        developing and implementing national explosives detection 
        canine training, certification, and performance standards;
            ``(8) ensuring the implementation of any recommendations 
        contained in the national strategy described in section 210G, 
        including developing, maintaining, and tracking progress toward 
        achieving objectives to reduce the Nation's vulnerability to 
        terrorist attacks using explosives or improvised explosive 
        devices; and
            ``(9) developing, in coordination with the Administrator of 
        the Federal Emergency Management Agency, programmatic guidance 
        and permitted uses for bombing prevention activities funded by 
        homeland security assistance administered by the Department.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section--
                    ``(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
                    ``(B) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
                through 2010; and
                    ``(C) such sums as are necessary for each fiscal 
                year thereafter.
            ``(2) Availability.--Amounts made available pursuant to 
        this subsection shall remain available until expended.

``SEC. 210G. NATIONAL STRATEGY.

    ``(a) In General.--The President shall develop and periodically 
update a national strategy to prevent and prepare for terrorist attacks 
in the United States using explosives or improvised explosive devices.
    ``(b) Development.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, the President shall develop the national 
strategy described in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Reporting.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
submission of the report regarding each quadrennial homeland security 
review conducted under section 707(c), the President shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives a report regarding the national strategy described in 
subsection (a), which shall include recommendations, if any, for 
deterring, preventing, detecting, protecting against, and responding to 
terrorist attacks in the United States using explosives or improvised 
explosive devices, including any such recommendations relating to 
coordinating the efforts of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
governments, emergency response providers, and the private sector.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 210E 
the following:

``Sec. 210F. Office for Bombing Prevention.
``Sec. 210G. National strategy.''.

SEC. 3. EXPLOSIVES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 318. EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, and in coordination with the 
Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, the Attorney 
General, the Secretary of Defense, and the head of any other relevant 
Federal department or agency, shall coordinate nonmilitary research, 
development, testing, and evaluation activities of the Federal 
Government relating to the detection and prevention of, protection 
against, and response to explosive attacks within the United States, 
and the development of bomb squad tools and technologies necessary to 
neutralize and disable explosive devices.
    ``(b) Military Research.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, and in coordination with the 
Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, shall coordinate 
with the Secretary of Defense and the head of any other relevant 
Federal department or agency to ensure that, to the maximum extent 
possible, military information and research, development, testing, and 
evaluation activities relating to the detection and prevention of, 
protection against, and response to explosive attacks, and the 
development of tools and technologies necessary to neutralize and 
disable explosive devices, are applied to nonmilitary uses.

``SEC. 319. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, and in coordination with the 
Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs, shall establish a 
technology transfer program to facilitate the identification, 
modification, and commercialization of technology and equipment for use 
by Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, emergency response 
providers, and the private sector to deter, prevent, detect, protect, 
and respond to explosive attacks within the United States.
    ``(b) Program.--The activities under the program established under 
subsection (a) shall include--
            ``(1) applying the analysis conducted under section 
        210F(b)(3) of the capabilities and requirements of bomb squad, 
        explosive detection canine teams, tactical teams, and public 
        safety dive teams of Federal, State, and local governments, to 
        determine the training and technology requirements for Federal, 
        State, and local governments, emergency response providers, and 
        the private sector;
            ``(2) identifying available technologies designed to deter, 
        prevent, detect, protect, or respond to explosive attacks that 
        have been, or are in the process of being, developed, tested, 
        evaluated, or demonstrated by the Department, other Federal 
        agencies, the private sector, foreign governments, or 
        international organizations;
            ``(3) reviewing whether a technology described in paragraph 
        (2) may be useful in assisting Federal, State, or local 
        governments, emergency response providers, or the private 
        sector in detecting, deterring, preventing, or responding to 
        explosive attacks;
            ``(4) communicating to Federal, State, and local 
        governments, emergency response providers, and the private 
        sector the availability of any technology described in 
        paragraph (2), including providing the specifications of such 
        technology, indicating whether such technology satisfies 
        appropriate standards, and identifying grants, if any, 
        available from the Department to purchase such technology; and
            ``(5) developing and deploying an electronic 
        countermeasures capability to--
                    ``(A) protect high-risk targets and neutralize 
                radio controlled improvised explosive devices; and
                    ``(B) serve as a pilot initiative of the technology 
                transfer program described in paragraphs (1) through 
                (4).
    ``(c) Working Group.--To facilitate the transfer of military 
technologies, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
and in a manner consistent with protection of sensitive sources and 
methods, shall establish a working group to advise and assist in the 
identification of military technologies designed to deter, prevent, 
detect, protect, or respond to explosive attacks that are in the 
process of being developed, or are developed, by the Department of 
Defense or the private sector.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 317 
the following:

``Sec. 318. Explosives research and development.
``Sec. 319. Technology transfer.''.
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