1.This Act may be cited as the
Homeland Security Science and
Technology Authorization Act of 2010
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. References.
Title I—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.
Title II—Management and Administration
Sec. 201. Research prioritization and requirements;
professional development; milestones and feedback.
Sec. 202. Testing, evaluation, and standards.
Sec. 203. External review.
Sec. 204. Office of Public-Private Partnerships.
Title III—Reports
Sec. 301. Directorate of Science and Technology strategic
plan.
Sec. 302. Report on technology requirements.
Sec. 303. Report on venture capital organization.
Title IV—Directorate of Science and Technology
Programs
Sec. 401. Limitations on research.
Sec. 402. University-based centers.
Sec. 403. Review of university-based centers.
Sec. 404. Cybersecurity research and development.
Sec. 405. National Research Council study of cybersecurity
incentives.
Sec. 406. Research on cyber compromise of
infrastructure.
Sec. 407. Dual-use terrorist risks from synthetic
genomics.
Sec. 408. Underwater tunnel security demonstration
project.
Sec. 409. Threats research and development.
Sec. 410. Maritime domain awareness and maritime security
technology test, evaluation, and transition capabilities.
Sec. 411. Rapid biological threat detection and
identification.
Sec. 412. Educating the public about radiological
threats.
Sec. 413. Rural resilience initiative.
Sec. 414. Sense of Congress regarding the need for
interoperability standards for Internet protocol video surveillance
technology.
Sec. 415. Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellows
Program.
Sec. 416. Biological threat agent assay
equivalency.
Sec. 417. Study of feasibility and benefit of expanding or
establishing program to create a new cybersecurity capacity building track at
certain institutions of higher education.
Sec. 418. Sense of Congress regarding centers of
excellence.
Sec. 419. Assessment, research, testing, and evaluation of
technologies to mitigate the threat of small vessel attack.
Sec. 420. Research and development projects.
Sec. 421. National Urban Security Technology
Laboratory.
Sec. 422. Homeland security science and technology advisory
committee.
Title V—Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 502. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
oversight.
Sec. 503. Strategic plan and funding allocations for global
nuclear detection architecture.
Sec. 504. Radiation portal monitor alternatives.
Sec. 505. Authorization of Securing the Cities
Initiative.
Title VI—Clarifying Amendments
Sec. 601. Federally funded research and development
centers.
Sec. 602. Elimination of Homeland Security
Institute.
Sec. 603. GAO study of the implementation of the statutory
relationship between the Department and the Department of Energy national
laboratories.
Sec. 604. Technical changes.
Title VII—Commission on the Protection of Critical Electric and
Electronic Infrastructures
Sec. 701. Commission on the Protection of Critical Electric and
Electronic Infrastructures.
Title VIII—Border Security Technology Innovation
Sec. 801. Ensuring research activities of the Department of
Homeland Security include appropriate concepts of operation.
Sec. 802. Report on basic research needs for border and
maritime security.
Sec. 803. Incorporating unmanned aerial vehicles into border
and maritime airspace.
Sec. 804. Establishing a research program in tunnel
detection.
Sec. 805. Research in document security and authentication
technologies.
Sec. 806. Study on global positioning system
technologies.
Sec. 807. Study of mobile biometric technologies at the
border.
Sec. 808. Authorization of appropriations.
3.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate
congressional committeeThe
term appropriate congressional committee means the Committee on
Homeland Security and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of
Representatives and any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate
having legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the House of Representatives
or Senate, respectively, over the matter concerned.
(2)The
term Department means the Department of Homeland Security.
(3)The
term Directorate means the Directorate of Science and Technology
of the Department.
(4)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(5)The term Under Secretary means the Under
Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department.
4.Except as otherwise specifically provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference shall be considered to
be made to a provision of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.).
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header>
<section id="HFFA0995C4A8B4F9193A8E303983295ED"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary $1,121,664,000 for fiscal
year 2011 and $1,155,313,920 for fiscal year 2012 for the necessary expenses of
the Directorate.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Management and
Administration</header>
<section id="H564E9CDF864343449F48B406A51BC816"><enum>201.</enum><header>Research
prioritization and requirements; professional development; milestones and
feedback</header>
<subsection id="HAACCD52C218C450CB6241C31D692735A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/181">6 U.S.C. 181 et
seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
sections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EF8CDF4EDE54DC9B6CEE6B9ABB20FE7" style="OLC">
<section id="HBC442D9905424EB7B3D3799257D8D79F"><enum>318.</enum><header>Research
prioritization and requirements</header>
<subsection id="HB067CE4BEC3947559E0CFD9A23F90E7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H511574B8D2B347C5A2ADA64F93AE6816"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, establish requirements for how basic and applied
homeland security research shall be identified, prioritized, funded, tasked,
and evaluated by the Directorate of Science and Technology, including the roles
and responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the
Under Secretary for Policy, the Under Secretary for Management, the Director of
the Office of Risk Management and Analysis, the Director of the Domestic
Nuclear Detection Office, and the heads of operational components of the
Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95011283CF2544098529B94BEA4D5810"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the greatest
extent possible, seek to publicize the requirements for the purpose of
informing the Federal, State, and local governments, first responders, and the
private sector.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79DD0306D66D4465BA943CBD91712A73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In
the requirements, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E15D3CAC2664951AB34656BCE9C80D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the Directorate of Science and
Technology’s customers within and outside of the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9094D02EA25A45F4BA32FB8E45EFC2AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the risk formula and risk
assessment tools, including the risk assessment required under subsection
(e)(1) that the Department considers to identify, prioritize, and fund homeland
security research projects;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H608E9A36A25241EA9D9C0EA8BB948C73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe the
considerations to be used by the Directorate to task projects to research
entities, including the national laboratories, federally funded research and
development centers, and university-based centers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E79EC6D345A4EF791B1516E9E87D3A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the protocols to be used to assess
off-the-shelf technology to determine if an identified homeland security
capability gap can be addressed through the acquisition process instead of
commencing research and development of technology to address that capability
gap;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A3BF7A49C264DB2A87CADEF5705E9F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describe the
processes to be used by the Directorate to strengthen first responder
participation in identifying and prioritizing homeland security technological
gaps, including by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8789F3C5924F4FABAEEAB6314AC57CEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">soliciting feedback from appropriate
national associations and advisory groups representing the first responder
community and first responders within the components of the Department;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76B20AEA1FE2462BBEEAD948B32DC83D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing and promoting a publicly
accessible portal to allow the first responder community to help the
Directorate develop homeland security research and development goals;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF03D52AEEB39473DB8B121EF9A8FAABB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe a mechanism to publicize the
Department’s funded and unfunded homeland security technology priorities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF7D11CE30284A78BAB95817DF5B3003"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include such other
requirements, policies, and practices as the Secretary considers
necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB500BCC049645B68C02C86D93F27B78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities in
support of the research prioritization and requirements</header><text>Not later
than one year after the date of the issuance of the requirements, the Secretary
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB04856AE80BC410E86D3C74FF6A43404"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out the requirements of subsection
(a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2744F2DFCA2F413FA00C2621B6CCA876"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish, through the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology and Under Secretary for Management, a mandatory
workforce program for the Directorate’s customers in the Department to better
identify and prioritize homeland security capability gaps that may be addressed
by a technological solution based on the assessment required under section
319(a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1ECF6112CE0F45FC9DFF1BEB569FBC05"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish a system to collect feedback from
customers of the Directorate on the performance of the Directorate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74B8A3B00BEC48F5965E36A198895A67"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other
activities that the Secretary considers to be necessary to implement the
requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H614295D2566A48F09709A2031BFAD4ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Biannual updates
on implementation</header><text>One hundred and eighty days after the date of
enactment of this section, and on a biannually basis thereafter, the Inspector
General of the Department shall submit a biannually update to the appropriate
congressional committees on the status of implementation of the research
prioritization and requirements and activities in support of such
requirements.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A1A4E50AD744F1896F77AA8617C014B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Risk
assessment</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F4A034F20E14AEF87684D794BA67B2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the
appropriate congressional committees by not later than one year after the date
of enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B9E230FB82E486DB075C10B34DAED47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a national-level
risk assessment carried out by the Secretary, describing and prioritizing the
greatest risks to the homeland, that includes vulnerability studies, asset
values (including asset values for intangible assets), estimated rates of
occurrence, countermeasures employed, loss expectancy, cost/benefit analyses,
and other practices generally associated with producing a comprehensive risk
assessment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H096DCE4BF669438D8F91452BB4A434CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of the
Directorate’s approach to mitigating the homeland security risks identified
under subparagraph (A) through basic and applied research, development,
demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD36C3A57C71A4CA0BC04508225DB27A8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an analysis, based
on statistics and metrics, of the effectiveness of the Directorate in reducing
the homeland security risks identified under subparagraph (A) through the
deployment of homeland security technologies researched or developed by the
Directorate, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED4A4ED54181461CB9A5305E590E313B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of how the analysis required
under subparagraph (A) shall be used to inform, guide, and prioritize the
Department’s homeland security research and development activities, including
recommendations for how the Directorate should modify or amend its existing
research and development activities, including for purposes of reducing the
risks to the homeland identified under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EEDB2B1EE874ADC92545006E64B1EF2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of
input from other relevant Federal, State, or local agencies and relevant
private sector entities in conducting the risk assessment required by
subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9AED2608D153484F938BDAC11C3E2406"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct research
and development on ways to most effectively communicate information regarding
the risks identified under paragraph (1)(A) to the media as well as directly to
the public, both on an ongoing basis and during a terrorist attack or other
incident.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC38335699941441C9C9EDACB06C883A1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on HSARPA
activities</header>
<paragraph id="H5BA406CF41E0498A9CA0C0ABEA9BA059"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and
any other relevant Federal requirements, not later than 60 days after the date
of enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees containing the
research, development, testing, evaluation, prototyping, and deployment
activities undertaken by the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency during the previous fiscal year, including funds expended for such
activities in the previous fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AD4C8B5578D46C2953384FD0DD3706A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>For
each activity undertaken, the report shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA318ED6E5E1410FBD4175A0DB0B462F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe, as
appropriate, the corresponding risk identified in subsection (e)(1)(A) that
supports the decision to undertake that activity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39FCB907C5C2461CBE55AB39985C269E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe any
efforts made to transition that activity into a Federal, State, or local
acquisition program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H19F4B3E1C1F4471DB43A3CFF729621D4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional
activities</header><text>The Secretary shall include in each report a
description of each proposal that was reviewed in the period covered by the
report by the Director of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency under section 313(d)(3), including a statement of whether the proposal
received a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract from the Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF5E5573CE0E4419FAB09650FEBAE4BC3"><enum>319.</enum><header>Professional
development</header>
<subsection id="H54C83B725AF247FDBA596524291AD97B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>Sixty days before establishing the mandatory
workforce program as required by section 318(c)(2), the Secretary shall report
to the appropriate congressional committees on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H25926792B3FE45FE87C158C150C6F63D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of
how homeland security technological requirements are developed by the
Directorate of Science and Technology’s customers within the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD5AE53BF7EE4777BF23CD108E469F1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the training that should be provided to the Directorate’s customers in the
Department under the mandatory workforce program to allow them to identify,
express, and prioritize homeland security capability gaps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA436D8D8FF0F45BFB24C8B08C61562B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan for how the Directorate, in
coordination with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and other Department
components, can enhance and improve technology requirements development and the
technology acquisition process, to accelerate the delivery of effective,
suitable technologies that meet performance requirements and appropriately
address an identified homeland security capability gap.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H402F812A974243B59D861D6C0366B577"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
whether Congress should authorize, in addition to the program required under
section 318(c)(2), a training program for Department employees to be trained in
requirements writing and acquisition, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1881B574DD9245B1B2F455B2509EABB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is prepared in
consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy and
the Defense Acquisition University; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB323CFDCE354C16B0FC606E6400A8D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary
determines that such additional training should be authorized by Congress,
includes specification about—</text>
<clause id="H4F8E7C5C738B44B6929C4AFE8AE5675A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the type, skill
set, and job series of Department employees who would benefit from such
training, including an estimate of the number of such employees;</text>
</clause><clause id="H827FCD520A3E4842B4110A1AAC1B8D7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
suggested curriculum for the training;</text>
</clause><clause id="H37D946D6E9014286A94C6F3D5AF752EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the type and
skill set of educators who could most effectively teach those skills;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA97B3BC3708E4BF5939E6A6D74344157"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the length and
duration of the training;</text>
</clause><clause id="H14841BEE67104D29AFF2FEDEC3BA3AB2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the advantages and
disadvantages of training employees in a live classroom, or virtual classroom,
or both;</text>
</clause><clause id="H82A848AE70DE43F7A0784BBC0079E763"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>cost estimates
for the training; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H91475B40137545D79865F48D013B655F"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the role of the
Directorate in supporting the training.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H56FF4AD59C40448699CBBC12DC62C745"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of research
and development center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary is encouraged to use a federally funded research and development
center to assist the Secretary in carrying out the requirements of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H51C92D57A7AC4CBA940660872D85BE0E"><enum>320.</enum><header>Customer
feedback</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In establishing a
system to collect feedback under section 318(c)(3), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB648FD0AF54C407DB9F29CE204378AA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>create a formal
process for collecting feedback from customers on the effectiveness of the
technology or services delivered by Directorate of Science and Technology,
including through randomized sampling, focus groups, and other methods as
appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE541CF5BF4F64D3F9408449AE4EA65B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop metrics
for measuring customer satisfaction and the usefulness of any technology or
service provided by the Directorate; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H896CC6F1CBC642D8A7EE4A96C2D80D1E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish standards and performance
measures to be met by the Directorate in order to provide high-quality customer
service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H53396868640241C58C1324FC78460458"><enum>321.</enum><header>Research
progress</header>
<subsection id="H9D7E3FB5037B4F318CE19FAF2183C47A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
establish a system to monitor the progress of Directorate for Science and
Technology research, development, testing, and evaluation activities, including
the establishment of initial and subsequent research milestones.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0CFE16B911C7487EB27A4498D6A79586"><enum>(b)</enum><header>System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The system established under subsection (a)
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C0F32206EB743CBB548ACC6D7398369"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify and
monitor the progress toward research milestones;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69CBE87AA14E42DB9EC53478B451860C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>allow the
Directorate to provide regular reports to its customers regarding the status
and progress of research efforts of the Directorate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B8A33673DA840CBA5B650A7C8BAFBA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the Secretary to evaluate how a
technology or service produced as a result of the Directorate’s programs has
affected homeland security capability gaps; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB9CE4CC4F674A3892A7D81EEEABEAB4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>allow the
Secretary to report the number of products and services developed by the
Directorate that have been transitioned into acquisition programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3DD6F7B718D642CF84668D46AABAC2DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The
Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall publicize and implement
guidance on setting valid initial and subsequent research milestones for
homeland security research funded by the Directorate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF2F3C2BBFEFF4C5D8EBED85C10200E94"><enum>322.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="HDD0CDFBA11284C77AC10A10BE11B6126"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D43B54ADB6E482DA3B704CBA073C268"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by not later than
one year after the date of enactment of sections 320 and 321 identifying what
actions have been taken to carry out the requirements of these sections;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEFB5E967454F40FF9E70AFBA13EF64B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>annually
thereafter describing—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD862C78FCD64A7790FBBB02FD6A4253"><enum>(A)</enum><text>research
milestones for each large project with a Federal cost share greater than
$80,000,000 that have been successfully met and missed, including for each
missed milestone, an explanation of why the milestone was missed; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F176627C2B242F496BE33B80F83439F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">customer feedback collected and the success
of the Directorate in meeting the customer service performance measures and
standards, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the technology or
services delivered by the
Directorate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3520F113791249C8B1E6B1F2225F3712"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) is amended in
the items relating to subtitle D of title II—</text>
<paragraph id="H834BE9C4AB0545ECBD37714494018A6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the item
relating to the heading for the subtitle, by striking <quote>Office
of</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99CEF36F455E42E6A963F0347B11C722"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the item
relating to section 231, by striking <quote>office</quote> and inserting
<quote>Office of Science and Technology</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3278C15E83640B1BABBBE1FE3E60BF9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new items:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HBC442D9905424EB7B3D3799257D8D79F" level="section">Sec. 318. Research prioritization and requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF5E5573CE0E4419FAB09650FEBAE4BC3" level="section">Sec. 319. Professional development.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H51C92D57A7AC4CBA940660872D85BE0E" level="section">Sec. 320. Customer feedback.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H53396868640241C58C1324FC78460458" level="section">Sec. 321. Research progress.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF2F3C2BBFEFF4C5D8EBED85C10200E94" level="section">Sec. 322. Report.</toc-entry></toc-quoted-entry>
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</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H74F350CA23054DB1B99067FA040DB025" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Testing, evaluation,
and standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/188">6 U.S.C.
188</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end of the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7F3E942A7A1407EAC7E7A4616D8D41F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5E91F2732BAA41F79E3B1CA775E0F23A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Test,
evaluation, and standards division</header>
<paragraph id="H3C5E81B274334AE1ADE19643A3E4FD35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the Directorate of Science and Technology a Test, Evaluation,
and Standards Division.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1FB7F3491724CA8AA66AF0431C3D9D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
Test, Evaluation, and Standards Division shall be headed by a Director of Test,
Evaluation, and Standards, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and report
to the Under Secretary for Science and Technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B0F85927CEB4FAB8B8FB589BAF69624"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities,
authorities, and functions</header><text>The Director of Test, Evaluation, and
Standards—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03FFA9AE4B314DFEA14A79F293F6A96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is the principal
adviser to the Secretary, the Under Secretary of Management, and the Under
Secretary for Science and Technology on all test and evaluation or standards
activities in the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38A08B7494C24AD58AB08A64F2C5098D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<clause id="H38DA86637A25470DA4A65BC4437019B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prescribe test and evaluation policies for
the Department, which shall include policies to ensure that operational testing
is done at facilities that already have relevant and appropriate safety and
material certifications to the extent such facilities are available;</text>
</clause><clause id="H997B8BC1B59849BFB31FC77E4D5E7CAB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>oversee and
ensure that adequate test and evaluation activities are planned and conducted
by or on behalf of components of the Department in major acquisition programs
of the Department, as designated by the Secretary, based on risk, acquisition
level, novelty, complexity, and size of the acquisition program, or as
otherwise established in statute;</text>
</clause><clause id="HED4425D0B7574D07BDEF8393CB71C279"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>review major
acquisition program test reports and test data to assess the adequacy of test
and evaluation activities conducted by or on behalf of components of the
Department; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5F2B285C2774CFBB6C55A286236479A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>review available
test and evaluation infrastructure to determine whether the Department has
adequate resources to carry out its testing and evaluation responsibilities, as
established under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C931EF03F7B438789EB5CE8E34E1398"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deputy director
of operational test and evaluation</header><text>Within the Division there
shall be a Deputy Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F2A790522694EC3A7F8C2458C9DF8CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is the principal
operational test and evaluation official for the Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E26A55B437A4195B8AC5EEF85ADB612"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<clause id="HF14A4696FF994AED861913D65D66B851"><enum>(i)</enum><text>monitor and review
the operational testing and evaluation activities conducted by or on behalf of
components of the Department in major acquisition programs of the Department,
as designated by the Secretary, based on risk, acquisition level, novelty,
complexity, and size of the acquisition program, or as otherwise established in
statute;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4BB9C5A7C9F04E9DB788BED0F803BDE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide the
Department with assessments of the adequacy of testing and evaluation
activities conducted in support of major acquisitions programs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9999C6E7871948E0B58935879F484B4F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have prompt and
full access to test and evaluation documents, data, and test results of the
Department that the Deputy Director considers necessary to review in order to
carry out the duties of the Deputy Director under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF39CF703F3F436CB68431F6ACAD6C82"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Standards
executive</header><text>Within this Division, there shall be a Standards
Executive as described in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119. The
Standards Executive shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7D36A53989D44AFAB9DAC4718E91A7A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>implement the
Department’s standards policy as described in section 102(g); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D2EDDD8E7E742CD9E5A864210B0A20E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support the
Department’s use of technical standards that are developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus standards bodies in accordance with section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/272">15 U.S.C. 272</external-xref>
note).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01DB314C85F545AAAE3307BB0CD74060"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
Division is not required to carry out operational testing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A590C4894C4A73B05E2601566872F0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Evaluation of
Department of Defense technologies</header><text>The Director of Test,
Evaluation, and Standards may evaluate technologies currently in use or being
developed by the Department of Defense to assess whether they can be leveraged
to address homeland security capability
gaps.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HFFE08C2F0751469F905AB67389A8EB5A"><enum>203.</enum><header>External
review</header>
<subsection id="HB79DDA73CE714D45B165DC1F6E51B7C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities
and authorities of the under secretary</header><text>Section 302
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/183">6 U.S.C.
183</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> after the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (14) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3000E591CBD3485FAD950952499481D3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H67390A16C3BD4198A93B5DBF36A21E24"><enum>(15)</enum><text>developing and
overseeing the administration of guidelines for periodic external review of
research and development programs or activities, including through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63CEE774FBAE442288F795990EBAB869"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consultation with
experts, including scientists and practitioners, about the research and
development activities conducted by the Directorate of Science and Technology;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC009F6675F244A3FA9EFDFB479E022B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ongoing
independent, external review—</text>
<clause id="HDD9425B704A9414099E124836D6CA052"><enum>(i)</enum><text>initially at the
division level; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5AFDE1D4D4E47FFBF3C40A2757F8240"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>when divisions
conduct multiple programs focused on significantly different subjects, at the
program
level.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBDA9370B8FB4FE3A366628D16B562EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Secretary shall report to Congress not later than 60 days after the completion
of the first review under section 302(15)(B) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as amended by subsection (a) of this section on—</text>
<paragraph id="H05C81EBADC3C4B43A69D6B4632522BCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the findings of
the review; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB32E9A2D333C4DD7B190225D9F5FF07C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any future efforts
to ensure that the Department’s research programs or activities are subject to
external review, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H76CAD5DF0F0140E5B1AC5043FB3D5E01"><enum>204.</enum><header>Office of
Public-Private Partnerships</header>
<subsection id="HD01402D85D864838B6D9C8315904C52C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section
313 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/193">6 U.S.C.
193</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDD77FBDADCBD43888AD3ABB3AF85D6FC" style="OLC">
<section id="HF92AAE4670A2466B8882B71F122B3039"><enum>313.</enum><header>Office of
Public-Private Partnerships</header>
<subsection id="H452F58CAA8A84037A9B45D6506CAE8AE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
office</header><text>There is established an Office of Public-Private
Partnerships in the Directorate of Science and Technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H175257D3071B4528B98814C605E4709D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
The Director shall report to the Under Secretary for Science and
Technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H77E0648218B546C9A3F39F494C353762"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Director, in coordination with the Private Sector Office of the Department,
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF32B251DE22643129944A1E58D1088C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engage and initiate proactive outreach
efforts and provide guidance on how to pursue proposals to develop or deploy
homeland security technologies (including regarding Federal funding,
regulation, or acquisition), including to persons associated with small
businesses (as that term is defined in the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/631">15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.</external-xref>));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7434751C5E214D519C2A79C19FAC5E4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with components of the
Department to issue announcements seeking unique and innovative homeland
security technologies to address homeland security capability gaps;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A6A5912A5A645C58C3F2CA825AEDF1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote
interaction between homeland security researchers and private sector companies
in order to accelerate transition research or a prototype into a commercial
product and streamline the handling of intellectual property; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A8108B663904B02B09DBE3E1EC0ED1C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct technology
research assessment and marketplace analysis for the purpose of identifying,
leveraging, and integrating best-of-breed technologies and capabilities from
industry, academia, and other Federal Government agencies, and disseminate
research and findings to Federal, State, and local governments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD5E350103758421BAECEBB159DBDD428"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rapid review
division</header>
<paragraph id="HE9E764A61DFF433CA79978A7B34EFF51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Rapid Review Division within the Office of Public-Private
Partnerships.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD43ABA341B5947DC8B424DFD073E0195"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose and
duties</header>
<subparagraph id="H18B6196B21844930BF99C13520CB2725"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Division—</text>
<clause id="HCBFEE86817714442B7236DBDECCE9B9C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
responsible for maintaining a capability to perform business and technical
reviews to assist in screening unsolicited homeland security technology
proposals submitted to the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCBEB0DF540BF460E8F67BB6F8BCFB5B1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall assess the
feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated cost of such
proposals.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C5DB9C8D3964E3781AE60B6803A0148"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Specific
duties</header><text>In carrying out those duties, the Division shall—</text>
<clause id="H8F711681FFFE43FE9EC72FBF8ECDD26D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain awareness of the technological
requirements of the Directorate’s customers;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A46893A21A8419B9A924485EFBAF962"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish and publicize accessible,
streamlined procedures allowing a participant to have their technology assessed
by the Division;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8201A07E93B147FD8771C5DF8F591430"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make knowledgeable assessments of a
participant’s technology after receiving a business plan, a technology
proposal, and a list of corporate officers, directors, and employees with
technical knowledge of the proposal, within 60 days after such a
submission;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD7A65A7CA6B2469C8FAFF98F0CA6DEC1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>review proposals
submitted by components of the Department to the Division, subject to
subsection (e); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H744D55361CD74C68B62E7B612B7692E9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in
reviewing proposals submitted to the Secretary, give priority to any proposal
submitted by a small business concern as defined under section 3 of the Small
Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15
U.S.C. 632</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C34785B04204E2EA3A4DBA361A07B1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit for consideration
promising homeland security technology research, development, testing, and
evaluation proposals, along with any business and technical reviews, to the
appropriate subcomponents of the Directorate and the appropriate operational
components of the Department for consideration for support.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9AFD36ADF4C44F838D29032DDABE2E57"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on
consideration or evaluation of proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office may not consider or evaluate
homeland security technology proposals submitted in response to a solicitation
for offers for a pending procurement or for a specific agency
requirement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H82D3E5471075487888B486C2EE55FCB3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Satellite
offices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary,
acting through the Director, may establish up to 3 satellite offices across the
country to enhance the Department’s outreach efforts. The Secretary shall
notify the appropriate congressional committees in writing within 30 days after
establishing any satellite office.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B5DD5585E6B4544BD766DDB2100ED40"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish rules to
prevent the Director or any other employee of the Office from acting on matters
where a conflict of interest may
exist.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5303A7957D2E40D18E493E4B74898347"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) is amended by
striking the item relating to such section and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AB9698D90344845A289EACDCB856A63" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HDD77FBDADCBD43888AD3ABB3AF85D6FC" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HF92AAE4670A2466B8882B71F122B3039" level="section">Sec. 313. Office of Public-Private
Partnerships.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD51A2D99F3854E17AC06C8916E5B7DD1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the Office of Public-Private
Partnerships for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Reports</header>
<section id="H8BAB9494FC934D2EB58885FCAEEEE421"><enum>301.</enum><header>Directorate of
Science and Technology strategic plan</header>
<subsection id="H05307D24219748F386E36050C80029A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/181">6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by
section 201, is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76B89873015544D4B782BDE2ACA61C33" style="OLC">
<section id="H5F6785E86E694F46B657D1BAEE18BAAF"><enum>323.</enum><header>Strategic
plan</header>
<subsection id="HD667DF9605EB42A6907CF46094A95898"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement for
strategic plan</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this section and every other year thereafter, the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology shall prepare a strategic plan for the activities of the
Directorate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA86B1FAAE0CE41BEA56272D1CC34BAD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
strategic plan required by subsection (a) shall be prepared in accordance with
applicable Federal requirements, and shall include the following
matters:</text>
<paragraph id="H2CC65E4239284C22800ECB9F47C58BC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The long-term
strategic goals of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE05FDE29AB24B1FB3C49CE47D500513"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Identification of
the research programs of the Directorate that support achievement of those
strategic goals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4FB7EFDB8A94782BE73F82BB41065CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The connection of the activities and
programs of the Directorate to requirements or homeland security capability
gaps identified by customers within the Department and outside of the
Department, including the first responder community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA149C43CADFB482595A277F0751500D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The role of the Department's risk analysis
in the activities and programs of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFF54B3610D3495AB7580FEBA7559299"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A technology
transition strategy for the programs of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54C0D7AD27B046A8A624ACFC1CB50E27"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of
the policies of the Directorate on the management, organization, and personnel
of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2677903A854C46288CA2AA504CF6E92D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of
Plan to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress any
update to the strategic plan most recently prepared under subsection (a) at the
same time that the President submits to Congress the budget for each
even-numbered fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H22B62CD6AEBB492F874A7EB639886CCB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b), as amended by
section 201, is further amended by adding at the end of the items relating to
title III the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF9890FE7A0C42B9B2F67D38A22D50C3" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H76B89873015544D4B782BDE2ACA61C33" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H5F6785E86E694F46B657D1BAEE18BAAF" level="section">Sec. 323. Strategic
plan.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HCDAAE80585EB4F6386D137BCFB1E461E"><enum>302.</enum><header>Report on
technology requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/182">6 U.S.C. 182</external-xref>) is amended by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before the first sentence, and by adding at
the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DAC7EBA694D48429D734116F1596578" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0BF4B43B34A8491D8B93CD2A3B62C113"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on
technology requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H5E97BE9A0E474C96AA3B0EE0598282F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 90 days after
the date of enactment, the Under Secretary shall, for each current project
conducted by the Directorate and having a Federal cost share greater than
$80,000,000, and on an ongoing basis thereafter for any new project conducted
by the Directorate and having a Federal cost share greater than $80,000,000,
provide to the appropriate congressional committees a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14072C6C989F408A8F6C42D28B7165D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Department
components and customers consulted during the development of the operational
and technical requirements associated with the project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9BF3B40B82A4930A71ADCAE616F6CF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to
which the requirements incorporate the input of those components or
customers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF5E7E50A709414BB7476BEBF3D6A641"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Large
projects</header><text>Within 90 days after the date of enactment, the
Secretary shall, for each current project conducted by a component of the
Department besides the Directorate, and having a life-cycle cost greater than
$1,000,000,000, and on an ongoing basis thereafter for any new project
conducted by a component of the Department besides the Directorate, and having
a life-cycle cost greater than $1,000,000,000, provide to the appropriate
congressional committees detailed operational and technical requirements that
are associated with the project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HED0F7CA5A3B34387B2EDBCE846884761"><enum>303.</enum><header>Report on
venture capital organization</header>
<subsection id="H7D84F0360D2345AA8C231E9323478CB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the appropriate congressional committees—</text>
<paragraph id="H86F873ADA10340CD9ED498C24EFE04B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assessing the
current role of the venture capital community in funding advanced homeland
security technologies, including technologies proposed by small business
concerns as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FD9920180C44D3A94A6F3DB79AF5869"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing
recommendations about creating a nonprofit organization for the purposes of
delivering advanced homeland security technologies to the homeland security
community to further its missions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H269AF66B6D0C4D9FB4552FC46465E7A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H62FD1C496FD64F25840143A0E4A35955"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the current awareness and insight that the Department has regarding advanced
private sector homeland security innovation, and the Department’s ability to
quickly transition innovative products into acquisitions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86674DDC3C7A41BAA0609EBB47D58648"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
description of how the Department currently finds and works with emerging
companies, particularly firms that have never done business with the Federal
Government, small business concerns, small business concerns that are owned and
operated by women, small business concerns that are owned and operated by
veterans, and minority-owned and operated small business concerns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CBB0653035944269C25A947878B13C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment and
analysis of the current role that venture capitalists play in the development
of homeland security technologies, including an assessment of how the venture
capital community could be leveraged to accelerate technology, foster
development, and introduce new technologies needed by the homeland security
community.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEADEB3659E1846D0B5C232691984C350"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of
whether the Department could help nascent commercial technologies mature into
commercial-off-the-shelf products the homeland security community could
acquire.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A6BC0BC59F64C3EA1ACB903235F91FE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An analysis of
whether the Central Intelligence Agency’s In-Q-Tel organization or the
Department of Defense’s OnPoint Technologies organization could serve as a
model for the development of homeland security technology at the
Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H300551AE3D4A4170829EFA276ACBDD2B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Recommendations of
the Secretary regarding how Congress could authorize the establishment of a
private, independent, not-for-profit organization to bridge the gap between the
technology needs of the homeland security community and new advances in
commercial technology, including specifics on potential funding levels,
activities for the organization, including the provision of technical
assistance, and whether to establish set-asides for small businesses that are
minority-owned and operated or located in socially and economically
disadvantaged areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB01A01CA7AB64FA486BA3DEE00DC72AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of Research
and Development Center</header><text>The Secretary is encouraged to use a
federally funded research and development center to produce the report under
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA2843705BAAC43848FF6F5E78A9281F0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is
authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for the report under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Directorate of
Science and Technology Programs</header>
<section id="H63336CF045C146BC8159B95FC2937113"><enum>401.</enum><header>Limitations on
research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(a)(4), as
designated by section 302, is further amended by inserting after
<quote>extramural programs,</quote> the following: <quote>that, to the greatest
extent possible, addresses a prioritized risk to the homeland as identified by
a risk analysis under section 226(e) of this Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B4BB3DEE65B4826912F15AB642B9B2A"><enum>402.</enum><header>University-based
centers</header>
<subsection id="HB4B64C94960C4BC68FD27AC5BA364AC5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount
authorized by section 101, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000
for fiscal year 2011 and $41,200,000 for fiscal year 2012 to the Secretary to
carry out the university-based centers program of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6701F0AEF87411FAF36619198478BC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria for
designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
308(b)(2)(B)(iii) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/188">6
U.S.C. 188(b)(2)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: <quote>, including medical readiness training
and research, and community resiliency for public health and healthcare
critical infrastructure</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEAF0A370B37C43EB962256A160DEFBF5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Explosive
countermeasures or detection</header><text>Section 308(b)(2)(B)(iv)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/188">6 U.S.C.
188(b)(2)(B)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and
nuclear</quote> and inserting <quote>nuclear, and explosive</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3DB981BD308D4C0EB56DAF03E62F7163"><enum>403.</enum><header>Review of
university-based centers</header>
<subsection id="H3AFC34112DD14ACD94CEA51F3BD5C6F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>GAO study of
university-Based centers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall initiate a study to assess the
university-based centers for homeland security program authorized by section
308(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/188">6 U.S.C. 188(b)(2)</external-xref>), and provide
recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees for appropriate
improvements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HECB2CC33D11B423998C7A7DE64645C36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subject
matters</header><text>The study under subsection (a) shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H169702DD4909426287196406C01D7452"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
review of the Department’s efforts to identify key areas of study needed to
support the homeland security mission, and criteria that the Department
utilized to determine those key areas for which the Department should maintain,
establish, or eliminate university-based centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDC791C6ED15450E99D5483358702F18"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of the method by which
university-based centers, federally funded research and development centers,
and Department of Energy national laboratories receive tasking from the
Department, including a review of how university-based research is identified,
prioritized, and funded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A4C690227FE43E2A5C5D6B5B2EC7783"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
review of selection criteria for designating university-based centers and a
weighting of such criteria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB697F22A513F48ED9A52F1BE86423BAA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An examination of
best practices from other agencies efforts to organize and use university-based
research to support their missions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFA418C2FBD14586B9E7B9DB42D3FA15"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of the Department’s criteria and
metrics to measure demonstrable progress achieved by university-based centers
in fulfilling Department taskings, and mechanisms for delivering and
disseminating the research results of designated university-based centers
within the Department and to other Federal, State, and local agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60593D99CA04466CBEEB3E6621165A07"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An examination of
the means by which academic institutions that are not designated or associated
with the designated university-based centers can optimally contribute to the
research mission of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A8BB7E046BE40A89D18F3B953D7FA8A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>An assessment of
the interrelationship between the different university-based centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC800646416D47DC978C8B15EDC3D869"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A
review of any other essential elements of the programs determined in the
conduct of the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A8A0FF9CC67403888E3E09BF048C056"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Moratorium on
new university-Based centers</header><text>The Secretary may not designate any
new university-based centers to research new areas in homeland security prior
to the completion of the Comptroller General’s review.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC52A897C2E284276AA1EB61521A562C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Cybersecurity
research and development</header>
<subsection id="H4B1F695349124AEABB30E5797C7CA1D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary shall support research, development,
testing, evaluation, and transition of cybersecurity technology, including
fundamental, long-term research to improve the ability of the United States to
prevent, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from acts of
terrorism and cyber attacks, with an emphasis on research and development
relevant to large-scale, high-impact attacks.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27AB17BE0A974561A0B2F57CCFB60388"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>The
research and development supported under subsection (a) shall include work
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E802F4CE7C14831A83EB698E0B6F614"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advance the
development and accelerate the deployment of more secure versions of
fundamental Internet protocols and architectures, including for the domain name
system and routing protocols;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5A74FF500B248EE8B4461EAB327E90A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve and create
technologies for detecting attacks or intrusions, including real-time
monitoring and real-time analytic technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AEFAC72D20E4DBE833D0301FB29F0BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improve and create
mitigation and recovery methodologies, including techniques and policies for
real-time containment of attacks, and development of resilient networks and
systems that degrade gracefully;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE6B46E21017406CA4C8B94866CD7075"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop and
support infrastructure and tools to support cybersecurity research and
development efforts, including modeling, testbeds, and data sets for assessment
of new cybersecurity technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD64F3D9AE3A140BDBFAC234A697D185B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>assist the
development and support of technologies to reduce vulnerabilities in process
control systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6504199E7523476180B840DC3EB937DD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>develop and
support cyber forensics and attack attribution; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA703D846A80F47F9B25DB2F7826D1D54"><enum>(7)</enum><text>test, evaluate,
and facilitate the transfer of technologies associated with the engineering of
less vulnerable software and securing the information technology software
development lifecycle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A9E35CB286040A8A4076381B2C9CC39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
carrying out this section, the Under Secretary shall coordinate activities
with—</text>
<paragraph id="H5AB2B207A423463194222F0FE5FB814D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Under
Secretary for National Protection and Programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4BDEBB91B6746E9878E4653133FFE1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the heads of other
relevant Federal departments and agencies, including the National Science
Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Information
Assurance Directorate of the National Security Agency, the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, the Department of Commerce, and other appropriate
working groups established by the President to identify unmet needs and
cooperatively support activities, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1209CFD0F44C49D192B11A9206025665"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium and Training Center</header>
<paragraph id="H2C5484E3FA0546FB93EA71ADD026A504"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cybersecurity
Preparedness Consortium</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/121">6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H254B5AEA461F4679B6A5477322484B97" style="OLC">
<section id="H8E7440250B8D4F6FB09F228101980135"><enum>226.</enum><header>Cybersecurity
Preparedness Consortium</header>
<subsection id="HA378226886FB4669AFBB8EE08B321C6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist the
Secretary in carrying out the requirements of section 404(a) of the Homeland
Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010, the Secretary may
establish a consortium to be known as the <quote>Cybersecurity Preparedness
Consortium</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1693F7D6533B4302988CB13D21B22EEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The
Consortium shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF624E47564D444C28D522B2D23A5062A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide training
to State and local first responders and officials specifically for preparing
and responding to cybersecurity attacks;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H88808CE08E5149D2BE77E683DF2B3776"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and update
a curriculum and training model for State and local first responders and
officials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADB1AD6330064EAEAB752C9BD77016AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance services to build and sustain capabilities in support of
cybersecurity preparedness and response;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB900C9BF690A45578463AF77ADDD60A2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>conduct
cybersecurity training and simulation exercises to defend from and respond to
cyber attacks; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB93AA117E7D41DCB56745E95C925263"><enum>(5)</enum><text>coordinate all
cybersecurity preparedness training activities conducted by the
Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9415AC0F5D44C0795FCC5572C00D70E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The
Consortium shall consist of academic, nonprofit, and government partners
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H6858EBE110234A1EA87FA63087293DE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have demonstrated
expertise in developing and delivering cybersecurity training in support of
homeland security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E55A58E43834ED8B274CFEEC1581071"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have demonstrated
ability to utilize existing courses and expertise developed by the
Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B611FB5DF8847E7A3E51C9833CE72EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>have demonstrated
ability to coordinate with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and
other training programs within the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63C7D16047DF4682A2E0E92647DC9340"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include at least 3
academic institutions that are any combination of historically Black colleges
and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, or tribal colleges and
universities, that fulfill the criteria of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC5F25D51AC041D58739861D7A534C12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA202C662BA81437C80E2A54D6D4C33FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Historically
black college or university</header><text>The term <quote>historically Black
college or university</quote> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B
institution</quote> in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1061">20 U.S.C.
1061(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23DCCD0B8A6C410D93D696AFCECFEA75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Hispanic-serving
institution</header><text>The term <quote>Hispanic-serving institution</quote>
has the meaning given that term in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1101">20 U.S.C.
1101(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09BCE76065A94568A7812F0E7640DE02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal college
or university</header><text>The term <quote>tribal college or
university</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 316(b) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1059c">20 U.S.C.
1059c(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5775B5309EBD4C56B4984C73ECF4A762"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>Section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following new
item:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="H8E7440250B8D4F6FB09F228101980135" level="section">Sec. 226. Cybersecurity Preparedness
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</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF99A6FC06614B9D8C7E5DBF7FAB5A73"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cybersecurity
Training Center</header><text>Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/121">6 U.S.C.
121 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7859E61757848639854BF27D6B73D37" style="OLC">
<section id="H876F8DB649624173AAAC51C3A6BDB322"><enum>227.</enum><header>Cybersecurity
Training Center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
may establish where appropriate a Cybersecurity Training Center to provide
training courses and other resources for State and local first responders and
officials to improve preparedness and response
capabilities.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1983C201AAD741E29DA5F8A8722E080A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Clerical
Amendment</header><text>Section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding
at the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following new
item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 227. Cybersecurity Training Center.
</toc-entry>
</toc>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD442709D3744BF088D70BF8AA948FD5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is
authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 to the Department for each of fiscal
years 2011 and 2012 for the cybersecurity research and development activities
of the Directorate to prevent, detect, and respond to acts of terrorism and
other large-scale disruptions to information infrastructure.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HACEF5C77D54C44FB9F97562835CCA5C9"><enum>405.</enum><header>National
Research Council study of cybersecurity incentives</header>
<subsection id="H496F00DA73084ED4A0C6BD3F31531EB9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary and the Under Secretary for National
Protection and Programs of the Department shall seek to enter into an agreement
with the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to
conduct a study to assess methods that might be used to promote market
mechanisms that further cybersecurity and make recommendations for appropriate
improvements thereto.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5964178393CF4C29A24346FFB8BB1FE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subject
matters</header><text>The study required under subsection (a) shall include the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFDEDBF8C3698481D8E08A5AD92387358"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Liability that subjects software and system
vendors and system operators to potential damages for system breaches.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBAD85753A52466C85C2B1A0AED03809"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mandated reporting of security breaches
that could threaten critical functions, including provision of electricity and
resiliency of the financial sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F247580CDFB4C468957C7190BEE2757"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Regulation that
under threat of civil penalty, imposes best practices on system operators of
critical infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9336994C59664EEEB17D21A070FBB248"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Certification from
standards bodies about conformance to relevant cybersecurity standards that can
be used as a marketplace differentiation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE4744040C744400AE2A63BFE890B396"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Accounting
practices that require companies to report their cybersecurity practices and
postures and the results of independently conducted red team simulated attacks
or exercises.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD9AD352DD5B4C988A7267ADE8B8EEE5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Cybersecurity risk
insurance, including analysis of the current marketplace and recommendations to
promote cybersecurity insurance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B53DCDB64E5478A8A0A6586DD4FB743"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees the results of the study required
under subsection (a), together with any recommendations of the Secretary
related thereto.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7807BA11EA3C4892A32E4619AE4215BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is
authorized to be appropriated $500,000 to the Department for fiscal year 2011
to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10C92F904D8E4CAC9D1837F8188E502E"><enum>406.</enum><header>Research on
cyber compromise of infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="H1BA15452C06746529AB4FB3B2F6A3A64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to section
201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/121">6 U.S.C. 121</external-xref>) and in furtherance of
domestic preparedness for and collective response to a cyber attack by a
terrorist or other person, the Secretary, working with the heads of other
national security and intelligence agencies, shall periodically conduct
research to determine if the security of federally owned programmable
electronic devices and communication networks, including hardware, software,
and data, essential to the reliable operation of critical electric
infrastructure has been compromised.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF0B09295D374418F9008A1DF54C1585B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope of
research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The scope of the
research required under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5CE9FD2A9EEE46298B01614A5E28C0F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The extent of any
compromise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE771DF3B1C442C9A811CA3AF26D71E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An identification
of any attackers, including any affiliations with terrorists, terrorist
organizations, state entities, and non-state entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81B6A8C6D54D4AEE855EB0C3B6063A1A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The method of
penetration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B21E3BD76F741D58111771B87F64EB4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ramifications of
any such compromise on future operations of critical electric
infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA262D75F406420A86BA93A0D0656A25"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Secondary
ramifications of any such compromise on other critical infrastructure sectors
and the functioning of civil society.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD51DF11B26714985B1C2223FE3141377"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Ramifications of
any such compromise on national security, including war fighting
capability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD5E6A476F7D45DB97BF3323B2C3CA26"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Recommended
mitigation activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5033F34E9D62464CAE15B790C12ABA37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date a
determination has been made under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the findings of such
determination. The report may contain a classified annex if the Secretary
determines it to be appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4BC827EAC48F465385CEC35822DF2C01"><enum>407.</enum><header>Dual-use
terrorist risks from synthetic genomics</header>
<subsection id="H6B042F4CD76A429E80AFDBBEF6D9A609"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the field of synthetic genomics has the potential to facilitate
enormous gains in fundamental discovery and biotechnological applications, but
it also has inherent dual-use homeland security risks that must be
managed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA209BF8EB7EC445D87095C5BD08C9601"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Under Secretary shall examine and report to the appropriate congressional
committees by not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act
on the homeland security implications of the dual-use nature of synthetic
genomics and, if the Under Secretary determines that such research is
appropriate, may conduct research in that area, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H101CF7ECD7C34EEE84C8563D33148F77"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining the current capability of
synthetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differentiate a legitimate
customer from a potential terrorist or other malicious actor;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC24EAA6377134005A440F0F13B78560B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining the current capability of
synthetic nucleic acid providers to effectively screen orders for sequences of
homeland security concern; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E27520556B74FB5AAA8F08BFD581D1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>making
recommendations regarding screening software, protocols, and other remaining
capability gaps uncovered by the study.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H230082A639DA4BF2812A4837556ECF44"><enum>408.</enum><header>Underwater
tunnel security demonstration project</header>
<subsection id="HDF4A348AFFE24060B8A12068E2271CC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary,
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Transportation Security
Administration, shall conduct a demonstration project to test and assess the
feasibility and effectiveness of certain technologies to enhance the security
of underwater public transportation tunnels against terrorist attacks involving
the use of improvised explosive devices.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A241B5B430E4348B5645C9EDD0AA889"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inflatable
plugs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least one of the
technologies tested under subsection (a) shall be inflatable plugs that may be
rapidly deployed to prevent flooding of an underwater public transportation
tunnel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H425AC29C4EBA47B08CC88216C3FEA161"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the completion of the demonstration project under
subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the results of the demonstration
project.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBFCB6CC60F294DCCAD8B926BCEA901E5"><enum>409.</enum><header>Threats
research and development</header>
<subsection id="HF510F9D2293944BEA4AC6090A302BB10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary, in carrying out responsibilities
under section 302 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/182">6 U.S.C. 182</external-xref>), may
support research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition of
technology that increases the Nation’s preparedness against chemical and
biological threats and strengthens the Nation’s preparedness and collective
response against those threats through improved threat awareness and advanced
surveillance, detection, and protective countermeasures, and to enhance the
development of border security technology.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB36DDA82E5F24F0496DDD134CD21E462"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Biological
security</header><text>To carry out subsection (a), the Under Secretary may
conduct research to develop understanding, technologies, and systems needed to
protect against biological attacks on the Nation’s population or
infrastructure, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H27372D98742A400FB128F9FC18438470"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing advanced
planning tools, concepts of operations (including alarm resolution protocols),
and training exercises for responding to and recovering from biological
attacks;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC16F1A40A59A481B9DC6B77428BB07A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing
biological assays and improved detection technology that will operate with
faster detection times, lower costs, and the potential for increased
geographical coverage to the Nation when compared to existing homeland security
technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5023B37522964F4F83F2E72296E59979"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">characterizing threats posed by biological
weapons, anticipating future threats, conducting comprehensive threat and risk
assessments to guide prioritization of the Nation’s biodefense investments, and
developing population threat assessments that inform the issuance of material
threat determinations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC97B41519EAB476A86BC81B827FE26A4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting bioforensics research in support
of criminal investigations to aid attribution, apprehension, and prosecution of
a terrorist or other perpetrator of a biological attack, and providing tools
and facilities that Federal law enforcement investigators need to analyze
biological threat evidence recovered, including operation of the National
Bioforensic Analysis Center; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F5CC8A6C9B849698E2C14E96494EC88"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting appropriate research and studies
that will increase our understanding of and uncertainties associated with risk
and threats posed by biological agents through the Biological Threat
Characterization Center and other means as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53A8BA0A9DB442F5BDE8B94B8BE9E76A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agricultural
security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary
may conduct research and development to enhance the protection of the Nation’s
agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, and other emergency
events through enhancement of current agricultural countermeasures, development
of new agricultural countermeasures, and provision of safe, secure,
state-of-the-art biocontainment laboratories for researching foreign animal and
zoonotic diseases, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HB11CCA1411B54F7892BA8EB5DE3306A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing
technologies to defend the Nation against the natural and intentional
introduction of selected foreign animal diseases, developing next-generation
vaccines and diagnostics in coordination with the Department of Agriculture,
and modeling the spread of foreign animal diseases and their economic impact to
evaluate strategies for controlling outbreaks; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EF732C1356C439E8BA0486F4D398207"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leading the Department effort to enhance
interagency coordination of research and development of agricultural disease
countermeasures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53EDB299E0A94D988724B731EF669F09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Chemical
security</header><text>The Under Secretary may develop technology to reduce the
Nation’s vulnerability to chemical warfare agents and commonly used toxic
industrial chemicals, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0852140FC774A718F8299BEA4274773"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing a
robust and enduring analytical capability in support of chemical
countermeasures development, including developing and validating forensic
methodologies and analytical tools, conducting risk and vulnerability
assessments based on chemical threat properties, and maintaining infrastructure
including the Chemical Security Analysis Center;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76BC0A4C1F344BDDA0578E79EA88252B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>developing
technology to detect a chemical threat release; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25D5209A97E845EE8F7CC314915D5716"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing
technologies and guidance documents to foster a coordinated approach to
returning a chemically contaminated area to a normal condition, and to foster
analysis of contaminated areas both before and after the restoration
process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE85C1E8FDF640F8A8E8D2B573261E24"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Risk
assessments</header>
<paragraph id="H4D42EECA71314228981F23B75586220E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary
shall produce risk assessments for biological and chemical threats, and shall
coordinate with the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the
Department, the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Health Affairs of the
Department, and the Assistant Secretary of Infrastructure Protection of the
Department on an integrated risk assessment, including regarding chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81669EFCC5E34A7FAF5F931B75F27302"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Usage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessments required under paragraph
(1) shall be used to inform and guide the threat assessments and determinations
by the Secretary regarding agents and toxins pursuant to section 302(9) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/182">6 U.S.C. 182(9)</external-xref>), and to guide
prioritization of other homeland defense activities, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB187AD29A96940E2B79B5B4A3EEB4452"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Task
force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary for
Science and Technology shall convene an interagency task force of relevant
subject matter experts to assess the proposed methodology to be used for each
assessment required under paragraph (1), and to provide recommendations to the
Under Secretary as to the adequacy of such methodology.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE6A90E91A6B4A5597663FDA2EB2F9E5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Border
security</header><text>The Under Secretary may develop technology, in
coordination with the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to gain
effective control of the international land borders of the United States within
5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. In carrying out such
development activities, the Under Secretary shall ensure coordination and
integration between new technologies developed and those already utilized by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE63C3036C945439FA329682159E74DDD"><enum>410.</enum><header>Maritime domain
awareness and maritime security technology test, evaluation, and transition
capabilities</header>
<subsection id="HE34AC1A1573C4348BE0170522434BB28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Global maritime
domain awareness and maritime security technology test, evaluation, and
transition capabilities</header>
<paragraph id="HD9455990C8044D5F9BBC40A74F5EBEE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish capabilities for conducting global maritime domain
awareness and maritime security technology test, evaluation, and transition, as
provided in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23E30A9ABD364D84ABB32FA0BDD959DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of such capabilities shall be
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DB6C525F2744F708334BF278D513E84"><enum>(A)</enum><text>direct technology
test, evaluation, and transition activities in furtherance of border and
maritime security; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3983533C3C148828F42854BAA73DAB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate such
technology in diverse environments including coastal, seaport, and offshore
locations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70425D0D65C04683BE9EE4134456D486"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="HEA279ECEF75340EF9A415733DD862651"><enum>(1)</enum><text>technology test,
evaluation, and transition efforts funded by the Department in furtherance of
border and maritime security avoid duplication of efforts, reduce unnecessary
redundancies, streamline processes, increase efficiencies, and otherwise
complement existing Department and other efforts in border and maritime
security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6ADEAD67A6A4FBF928F4035EEE7D3F5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the results of
such efforts are shared with the appropriate congressional committees and
others as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA7E3DA9B24ED4D499A2829746360E424"><enum>411.</enum><header>Rapid
biological threat detection and identification</header>
<subsection id="H4275001CA89E4606AD4FCAC08422F312"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 302(4) of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/182">6 U.S.C.
182(4)</external-xref>), the Secretary shall require the Under Secretary, in
consultation with other relevant operational components of the Department, to
assess whether the development of screening capabilities for pandemic influenza
and other infectious diseases should be undertaken by the Directorate to
support entry and exit screening at ports of entry and for other
purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35A33CDE165F49A98F1F29D17B5038CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Development of
methods</header><text>If the Under Secretary determines that the development of
such screening capabilities should be undertaken, the Secretary shall, to the
extent possible, initiate development of safe and effective methods to rapidly
screen incoming travelers at ports of entry for pandemic influenza and other
infectious diseases.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35A90DCDD7DD4654B10D8C95642A8E2A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collaboration</header><text>In
developing methods under subsection (b), the Secretary may collaborate with
other Federal agencies, as appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H907A526D991D4990905B09C5219BA4B2"><enum>412.</enum><header>Educating the
public about radiological threats</header>
<subsection id="H1FDE8F60390348E48D311990554E99A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public awareness
campaign</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
develop a public awareness campaign to enhance preparedness and collective
response to a radiological attack, including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HC0EE25777F7D44ACBF296AC9E5C21295"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A clear explanation of the dangers
associated with radioactive materials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF29FA5AAA99244368A3C4631B59C38E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Possible effects
of different levels of radiation exposure, including a clear description of the
how radiation exposure occurs and the amount of exposure necessary to be of
concern.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBED4AEAA06B4D56ABDC8B64A72C37DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Actions that
members of the public should take regarding evacuation, personal
decontamination, and medical treatment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0828E15CBE7F4696B5A1DAA1963BCB97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recovery</header><text>The
Secretary shall develop a plan for postevent recovery from a radiological
attack. Such plan shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H51BE1295CC994953B3ABDB2BAF11D118"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A definition of the demarcation between
response and recovery from a radiological attack.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D9D3B319347482780F1CA43E969E398"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Consideration of
multiple attack scenarios, including a worst-case scenario.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA668F2E941774C258AD07D202FD56163"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Consideration of
multiple recovery strategies, including decontamination, demolition and
removal, and relocation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4197D8A8099B4C7894F6DAD8FD583678"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Consideration of
economic, health, and psychological effects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE6EE59F8D27A4EFC94D93AA6C873F6A4"><enum>413.</enum><header>Rural
resilience initiative</header>
<subsection id="H2D0E5778E9494DFF92D1FA1554299E75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary shall conduct research intended to
assist State, local, and tribal leaders and the private sector in developing
the tools and methods to enhance preparation for, and response and resilience
to, terrorist events and other incidents.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF10BDA955B944CCDB11B453D0A435C79"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included
activities</header><text>Activities under this section may include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0C437FDADDF44CC933AB5A3F23414B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research and
implementation through outreach activities with rural communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44234F11C64841219528F030059C7309"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an examination of
how communities employ resilience capabilities and response assets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06C428D37BD34CEA956C7D69ED994737"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
community resilience baseline template for determining the resilience capacity
of a rural community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A2E5D13E837482AB3BE431DD7C461B7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
plan to address community needs for resilience;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H532ACDD8E4D9405CB18B5AD4D84A3EE2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an education
program for community leaders and first responders about their resilience
capacity and mechanisms for mitigation, including via distance learning;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D0FEC4AF3B14A9CAC643A52873160D9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a
mechanism by which this research can serve as a model for adoption by
communities across the Nation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H169F9C41635F465CADA655F83E08BB46"><enum>414.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding the need for interoperability standards for Internet
protocol video surveillance technology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3ED8E75DD25248C7AD6754C835BC3012"><enum>(1)</enum><text>video surveillance
systems that operate over the Internet are an emerging homeland security
technology that has the potential of significantly improving homeland security
forensic and analytical capability;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BD22BA8387146A0AAB82273CEDAD4E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to realize the
full security benefits of such emerging homeland security technology, there
should be interoperability standards for such technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35846719CA494DDEAE18E84C3C1A2FE6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Directorate,
working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and any other
appropriate Federal agencies, should encourage the private sector to develop
interoperability standards for such emerging homeland security technology;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAA8D78C42CC4A66ADBC0149F15E5D53"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such efforts will
help the Federal Government, which is one of the largest users of surveillance
technology, in detecting, deterring, preventing, and responding to terrorist
attacks.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75DFCBFB8CC2466494ED6A6AC9046B35" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>415.</enum><header>Homeland Security
Science and Technology Fellows Program</header>
<subsection id="H128E0B321A5D469CB3B4D7102A159A0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/181">6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCC3FD5FCC5844F796B4EF876532A8DC" style="OLC">
<section id="H352DCA9ADD5A49959786400086F0DF2D"><enum>324.</enum><header>Homeland
Security Science and Technology Fellows Program</header>
<subsection id="HF7633D5515B94ABEA31208CB666E90BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall
establish a fellows program, to be known as the Homeland Security Science and
Technology Fellows Program, under which the Under Secretary shall facilitate
the temporary placement of scientists in relevant scientific or technological
fields for up to two years in components of the Department with a need for
scientific and technological expertise.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H319183DA1A6C46D6BB8192AFB1F1810F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Utilization of
fellows</header>
<paragraph id="H687159FD53334ACAB1DEAD6751CC6D3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Under the Program, the Under Secretary may employ
fellows—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD21EB7FAE41C47E0879217B0B2F139A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the use of the Directorate of Science
and Technology; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA3A4B6BB9EC495993C40B0188D037C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for the use of
Department components outside the Directorate, under an agreement with the head
of such a component under which the component will reimburse the Directorate
for the costs of such employment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BDE5624F0044C9E97EB6E46897A15E6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Under
such an agreement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9CF5B462F7AB42AFA1F1D3D43D9DC065"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Under
Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H7BCFA89A82A84793BD744C1E478775A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>solicit and accept
applications from individuals who are currently enrolled in graduate programs,
or have received a graduate degree within 3 years prior to the time of
application in scientific and engineering fields related to the promotion of
securing the homeland, including—</text>
<subclause id="HA54FCFDA63C34429AA3CCB8A4157B23E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>biological,
chemical, physical, behavioral, social, health, medical, and computational
sciences;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0C44174F2F4B47BCBAA06C8D308CBA10"><enum>(II)</enum><text>geosciences;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6FBA8EDAEAC54B63ACEB94DB229535DC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>all fields of
engineering; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H15413C1B419841AD808D397297EE0761"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>such other
disciplines as are determined relevant by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H38D15AB62924457DB57C6F2F1D3BE1A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>screen applicant
candidates and interview them as appropriate to ensure that they possess the
appropriate level of scientific and engineering expertise and
qualifications;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D827481258A4D4FB84C38CC6B53B479"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide a list
of qualified applicants to the heads of Department components seeking to
utilize qualified fellows;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D3688431B464D71B753F192F2FE8C8B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>pay financial
compensation to such fellows;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4AB9CAE5A7E482A981F7DA7759CF0D8"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with the Chief Security Officer
to facilitate and expedite provision of security clearances to fellows, as
appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0830E9B694FC41C79D7B4EC413088F61"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>otherwise
administer all aspects of the fellows’ employment with the Department;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H850F537E4EEE4649AA00B0E1E7DDCF41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the head of the
component utilizing the fellow shall—</text>
<clause id="HA651D5E8417649758A5A2AB4271A879A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>select a fellow
from the list of qualified applicants provided by the Under Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="H119BC756EDF84E1E9C04864DF2C29041"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reimburse the
Under Secretary for the costs of employing the fellow selected; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H328103819C12451A90EFA45F2C593066"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be responsible
for the day-to-day management of the fellow.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB05E2CFB1DB24FCD878CBA39CFC2CC57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications
from associations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under
Secretary may accept applications under subsection (b)(2)(A) that are submitted
by science or policy associations on behalf of individuals whom such an
association has determined may be qualified applicants under the
program.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H99429B816FEE491FB493AB069AA5814C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is
further amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title III the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A9C7F705784480DB0A01C5B87B21D84" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 324. Homeland Security Science and
Technology Fellows
Program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08852B8D427C4B0CA07B0AA7E1FD1901" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>416.</enum><header>Biological threat
agent assay equivalency</header>
<subsection id="HA1E79C2E6418474C9E615140E44732CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/181">6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.</external-xref>) is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB15313BC1C61472E9BE36D4AA0370124" style="OLC">
<section id="H7A8191D302FA40498B1A86F49F3E5C0A"><enum>325.</enum><header>Biological
threat agent assay equivalency program</header>
<subsection id="HD75CBF4A257143328838D506FF73CE69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To facilitate
equivalent biological threat agent identification among federally operated
biomonitoring programs, the Under Secretary, in consultation with other
relevant Federal agencies, may implement an assay equivalency program for
biological threat assays.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD1F658A0F1FA4E90A387C3A72BAD820F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Features</header><text>In
order to establish assay performance equivalency to support homeland security
and public health security decisions, the program may—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A6EA44B943649CFABAFAC7C10B22670"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluate
biological threat detection assays, their protocols for use, and their
associated response algorithms for confirmation of biological threat agents,
taking performance measures and concepts of operation into consideration;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00C07F301874415ABEAA3104BFF783B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop assay
equivalency standards based on the findings of the evaluation under paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D112E534A4D4C91B86D79D5B2DDD2BE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The
Under Secretary shall update the program as necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E98A97C86B647689D427FF546DCEDC0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The
Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HA508854D01D148018F49031456247EA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require implementation of the standards
developed under subsection (b)(2) for all Department biomonitoring programs;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51FDD93F4E1644469417260F0EC41DDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make such
standards available to support all other Federal biomonitoring programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE1D23573CF54AA59460B33E041BA6BF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Assay
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section the
term <quote>assay</quote> means any scientific test that is—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6D761AEF7A7464A93AD0E2ACCB8FD93"><enum>(1)</enum><text>designed to detect
the presence of a biological threat agent; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3C31F31E6894861895538482FE176BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>of a type selected
under criteria established by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HB84B085B36DF42C29752FA8478FC677F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) is further
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title III the following
new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB8794EC7DB74937BE551A5DB28B3CB2" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 325. Biological threat agent assay
equivalency
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDF76F6F0F83436693F99F9330C48FF7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>417.</enum><header>Study of feasibility
and benefit of expanding or establishing program to create a new cybersecurity
capacity building track at certain institutions of higher education</header>
<subsection id="H038B0F9288944B5D8739BE11B3B30660"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Within 90 days of enactment, the Secretary, in
coordination with the National Science Foundation, shall commission a study by
a nonprofit research institution to determine the feasibility and potential
benefit of expanding the Federal Cyber Service Scholarship for Service Program,
or establishing a parallel program, as methods to create a new cybersecurity or
information assurance capacity building track at institutions of higher
education that are not currently designated as a National Center of Academic
Excellence in Information Assurance Education or a National Center of Academic
Excellence in Research.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C267EEF2E1E4C21AE561B012F1A2121"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subject
matters</header><text>The study under subsection (a) shall include examinations
of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE43B5A24C630426197D364046C95E72C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The feasibility
and potential benefit of allowing the following types of institutions into the
existing Federal Cyber Service program:</text>
<subparagraph id="H79D0639C16D04CB3838A5833FF57FB6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Community
colleges.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00AEE1BE84574034A514DE9614044C17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Institutions
offering an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or post-graduate degree, but
do not qualify under the existing program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E823F3AAB224E1EB5193166E85FE675"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Institutions
offering a certificate or industry-recognized credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H805F2387C4E64CF9A1CD8C0C29F443F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The feasibility and potential benefit of
establishing a new program modeled after the Federal Cyber Service program to
build capacity at—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90DD2ACE922146D3B859CDB3917C72E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>community
colleges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D090282B96B474EBD3692868DAAD824"><enum>(B)</enum><text>institutions
offering an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or post-graduate degree, but
do not qualify under the existing program; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80E1492B933646B7B2D6AE709344A536"><enum>(C)</enum><text>institutions
offering a certificate or industry-recognized credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEAFB84A1B3BC423E8FD02846AD5BBBD4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The projected
extent to which an expansion of the existing Federal Cyber Service program as
described in paragraph (1) would—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D3B0D2E400841C880DE0CD4E2A8F782"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expand the
availability of qualified individuals to work in information assurance and
cybersecurity within the Department and other Federal, State, local, and tribal
agencies, and the private sector;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD533FA503FB74E6B971C92365DB48851"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage
institutions of higher education to develop a new information assurance or
cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs, graduate degree
programs, or programs conferring a certificate or industry-recognized
credential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA5837CAAF35486CAA71CCC8D50CF81B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the
number of students graduating annually from existing information assurance or
cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs, graduate degree
programs, or programs conferring a certificate or industry-recognized
credential; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12AFF6B3FC474B6293877B93C3AF8195"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve existing
information assurance or cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs,
graduate degree programs, or programs conferring a certificate or
industry-recognized credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0ABE1CF635E42E2AB30866D4F5C31EC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The projected extent to which the
establishment of a new program modeled after the Federal Cyber Service program
as described in paragraph (2) would—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE59EB8A946AF4B21A1E96AF265A80338"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand the availability of qualified
individuals to work in information assurance and cybersecurity within the
Department and other Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, and the
private sector;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H417A2C205CD3467C94166BCFEDDD2CD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage
institutions of higher education to develop a new information assurance or
cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs, graduate degree
programs, or programs conferring a certificate or industry-recognized
credential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H217EF19B4BF8437688F83F2D291BD1DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the
number of students graduating annually from existing information assurance or
cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs, graduate degree
programs, or programs conferring a certificate or industry-recognized
credential; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E52C145154344BBBFF0BFFB91308C58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve existing
information assurance or cybersecurity education undergraduate degree programs,
graduate degree programs, or programs conferring a certificate or
industry-recognized credential.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE2A7F5D72F64B879BA7B7BDDF7404CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 30 days after receiving the findings of the study, the Secretary
shall transmit the findings, together with any comments thereon by the
Secretary, to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB78042EB49E04194A472B60C65358C42" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>418.</enum><header>Sense of Congress
regarding centers of excellence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that centers of
excellence have the potential—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD62A211CBC2444988E6199B23A77FD7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to be a very
useful tool in developing defensive countermeasures to secure critical
infrastructure and prevent terrorism; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6379B2696CB54FFBA1BF0A235D3D5E56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to play a key role
in the Department’s efforts to research and develop new technologies to secure
the homeland.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04A1DCD12A474277B730416242FE4FA7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>419.</enum><header>Assessment,
research, testing, and evaluation of technologies to mitigate the threat of
small vessel attack</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Under
Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="HB2444F6227934251872F9CD87F55C0F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess what
technologies are available to mitigate the threat of small vessel attack in
secure zones of ports, including the use of transponders or radio frequency
identification devices to track small vessels; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B635FDB3CAD4061BBAA389168F7CD2D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct research,
testing, and evaluation of new technologies that might be capable of tracking
small vessels.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27835EBB61BD413A8678E338A3572694" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>420.</enum><header>Research and
development projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
831 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/391">6 U.S.C.
391</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H01F19D371AFC4D0AA9CA2D531A25199D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>2010,</quote> and inserting <quote>2012,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6B832C929414C4898DA49676AF03354"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6D7F1B9679C74D5EBD06310A837D5627" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H27DBD46BC69144E29682A78C1ACE06AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prior
approval</header><text>In any case in which the Under Secretary for Science and
Technology intends to exercise other transaction authority, the Under Secretary
must receive prior approval from the Secretary after submitting to the
Secretary a proposal that includes the rationale for why a grant or contract
issued in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation is not feasible or
appropriate and the amount to be expended for such project. In such a case, the
authority for evaluating the proposal may not be delegated by the Secretary to
anyone other than the Under Secretary for
Management.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3248B5297C364133B2FB60438D4E61E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (i), and by inserting after subsection (d) the
following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA26B452B02404B6786A9D887665F775D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC6808FA58C7945A48111979C63A6DAA8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report on
exercise of other transaction authority</header>
<paragraph id="H7159A934440E4615AD181493C3895E5B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an annual report on the exercise of other transaction
authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H693603DFB81A44A6B4332B8313F2C021"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFDF7202AA484D6896C8C94FEAA9410B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The subject areas
in which research projects were conducted using other transaction
authority.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10709AF481624F0EA7283803138631CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The extent of
cost-sharing for such projects among Federal and non-Federal sources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D062588DAFC43BB93C16CCEF0C3742E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The extent to
which use of other transaction authority has addressed a homeland security
capability gap identified by the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFD1C99411334C4ABAA2DBF412A8F000"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The total amount
of payments, if any, that were received by the Federal Government as a result
of such exercise of other transaction authority during the period covered by
the report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE612B45B500480399457D2F028856D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The rationale for
using other transaction authority, including why grants or contracts issued in
accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation were not feasible or
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9831F14F0B9F4364973C73B66E9EE663"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the amount
expended for each such project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE49CC2EB6EE2412BA330C1E6CB5A7788"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Secretary shall develop a training program for acquisitions staff in the use of
other transaction authority to help ensure the appropriate use of such
authority.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7877A1DDA58F441990AD44025045E61A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Review
authority</header><text>The exercise of other transaction authority shall be
subject to review by the Comptroller General of the United States to ensure
that an agency is not attempting to avoid the requirements of procurement
statutes and regulations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07F725E12188462EB090FCBA57957990"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Other
transaction authority defined</header><text>In this section the term
<quote>other transaction authority</quote> means authority under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H36658B0D6BD74F73B2FE8FD63D633D09"><enum>421.</enum><header>National Urban
Security Technology Laboratory</header>
<subsection id="H64C35004A6694DB4967E69BD9A02B57B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
(formerly the Environmental Measurements Laboratory) is authorized within the
Directorate for fiscal years 2011 and 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD27E023E08BF437B9F1308572D83D7F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Under Secretary shall utilize the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory
to test, evaluate, and analyze homeland security capabilities and serve as a
technical authority to first responders and State and local entities, including
by—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D035F1A447445B4BEEE368E6D268A58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conducting test
programs, pilots projects, demonstrations, and other forms of evaluations of
homeland security technologies both in the field and in the laboratory;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEE03A0C26CB49748C85EDB4691E0AB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>applying knowledge
of operational end-user environments and support for operational integration to
technology development, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1BDD30A6A93847A48B2CA95EF321BEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>training;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21C086F65652437A9484D9508D3540FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>exercises;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCDEF4F34EEC4E9D9E27450F16AB03CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>equipment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE27EE00A43F74049A47A442B2A3DD1AB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>tactics;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35670EA2B48C41888678D94F17A8884C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>techniques;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEE555A4567848B985123A9A696CF3A3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>procedures;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14CBA551E8C14828A924DCE86B25C2E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>representing
interests and requirements between technology developers and operational
end-users; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99913D8F340841D3AE53BF413095A398"><enum>(4)</enum><text>supporting
development and use of homeland security equipment and operational
standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7C7B819557324240B711B6C06F786179"><enum>422.</enum><header>Homeland
security science and technology advisory committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
301 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/191">6 U.S.C. 191</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAEDBA63EB7074EA0A1081423064BC033"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02CE1A6D884E4B86B7E48993C8BE3934" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6EEC4901FB8D4271B86146CCC3316FFD"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established within the Department
a science and technology advisory committee (in this section referred to as the
<quote>advisory committee</quote>). The advisory committee shall make
recommendations with respect to the activities of the under secretary for
science and technology, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C5E2F980FC941948E39F532E7FB8207"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying
research areas of potential importance to the security of the Nation;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C37834865104B82B57D48922CD84389"><enum>(2)</enum><text>providing advice
in developing and updating the strategic plan required under section
318.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDEF70E0A7CD4D43AF136E5E461D9C64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (j).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Domestic Nuclear
Detection Office</header>
<section commented="no" id="HBA29559CC9194856ACCFDA295BB3F219"><enum>501.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the
Department—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H19D6B57D87484F5E83F0D39178B8F75C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$305,840,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1752DF24D4654EEE8734740B45D5481B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$315,005,000 for
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H80A8ED6848804D9FA6A690A3625F991C"><enum>502.</enum><header>Domestic
Nuclear Detection Office oversight</header>
<subsection id="H4EA40A61D7C544FB979C3E1257D9B27D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the Directorate should conduct basic and innovative research and
nondevelopmental testing on behalf of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (in
this section referred to as <quote>DNDO</quote>), in order to advance next
generation nuclear detection technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92F0C29512424B92B71168866B16F90D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Internal review
of project selection and evaluation methodology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the DNDO, the Under Secretary, and the
heads of all operational components of the Department that own, operate, or
maintain nuclear or radiological detection equipment shall begin an internal
review of the methodology by which research, development, testing, and
evaluation is identified, prioritized, and funded within the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F5DDEE7F70F423D8444B05E128D0D21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents of
review</header><text>In carrying out the review under subsection (b), the
Director of the DNDO shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3452A41B9DD74BCF8D0F9AF9E1ECDC7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the process by which basic and
applied research and operational testing that should be conducted in concert
and under agreement with the Directorate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51E65E013BE44FDFB7A2FBDBFE81EDC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe the
roles, responsibilities, common definitions, standard operating procedures, and
decision process for research, development, testing, and evaluation
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A337E7383054FA38F6378DDE343213E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe and implement a transparent system
for tracking research, development, testing, and evaluation
requirements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60C60174A18A4CDFB6D2D1A26C0B40A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe and
implement a mechanism to provide regular updates to components of the
Department on the progress of such research;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9014484CFDDA4E2695B2875DEE8A113C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>evaluate the
degree to which needs of the operational components of the Department and State
and local first responders are being adequately addressed by the existing
project selection process, and if not, how such process can be improved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEEBD62BDAA24FEFA37358DE69E4D543"><enum>(6)</enum><text>establish a method
to collect and evaluate Department component feedback;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0344F96B7C694782886E525F205EB114"><enum>(7)</enum><text>utilize
departmental matrices and systems to determine if technologies produced by the
Directorate have enhanced the ability of Department components to perform their
missions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B679C41A070426AADC82DC81240FDDF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>identify
appropriate five-year levels of investment in basic and applied research and
development, in particular among the Department laboratories, federally funded
research and development centers, university-based centers, Department of
Energy national laboratories, and other Federal laboratories;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H498C2A6E8D1A4A4CB6C3398A5EDB9801"><enum>(9)</enum><text>project balance of
use of the entities referred to in paragraph (8) among the Directorate and
other Department components; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H933CEA86893C4B9B8AE3B8B6E1A0C84B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>establish a
formal merit review process, with external peer review where
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06C03350323340F1B9D47AF13E8C0854"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the completion of the review required by subsection
(b), the Director of the DNDO shall submit to the Secretary and the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing the findings of such review,
together with information on the systems, methods, and mechanisms established,
and recommendations for additional improvements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E873040B3C345F49474E214B8460D33"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Updates on
implementation</header><text>One hundred and twenty days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Inspector General of the
Department shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update
on the status of implementation of this section and activities in support of
such implementation.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H9BBCAD317A0F4B6499BF434BBD6F7283"><enum>503.</enum><header>Strategic plan
and funding allocations for global nuclear detection architecture</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBD07F6AFA5EB43398B38913FBAA0C4F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A strategic plan for the global nuclear
detection architecture to deter and detect the transport of nuclear or
radioactive materials by all means possible, with specific focus on
establishing the goals, objectives, and cost projections for the next five
years, including a discussion of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H78BAB2AAA8FD4F42A27E3A87873865FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>technological and
nontechnological methods to increase detection capabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE87386E4112C4D4F8B19E95D172348CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the preventive
nature of the global nuclear detection architecture, including projected impact
on would-be terrorists;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D8F83C4FAC74B74BF286BFF2A38D18D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>detection
capability enhancements for the various transportation modes, at ports of entry
and between ports of entry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF08295222941417EA8DABC73484BAA52"><enum>(D)</enum><text>balanced
risk-based deployment of detection assets across all border and other pathways;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F69323EF5794A79A6D6A971209C1DAD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any emerging
threat vectors identified by the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection
Office.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4FC4E9AC2A53478193C8EA4EBB3EB5A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, the Intelligence Community, and the Attorney General, an
analysis of overall budget allocations that determines whether Government wide
nuclear detection resources clearly align with identified priorities to
maximize results and minimize duplication of efforts.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HACACD31FDF5C49B0B9EEA6C3B6F09C31"><enum>504.</enum><header>Radiation
portal monitor alternatives</header>
<subsection id="H82075EB163604FFC8A406AA5FFD3A74E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that in view of the Secretary’s decision not to certify advanced
spectroscopic portal monitors for primary screening applications because they
do not offer a significant increase in operational effectiveness over existing
technology, the Director must attempt to identify viable alternatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE86386CAB374580A9317F581718A40F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analysis and
report</header><text>The Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
shall analyze and report to the appropriate congressional committees by not
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on both existing and
developmental alternatives to existing radiation portal monitors and advanced
spectroscopic portal monitors that would provide the Department with a
significant increase in operational effectiveness for primary screening for
radioactive materials.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4030A838BD047C6A72B87BA778343C6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header>Authorization of
Securing the Cities Initiative</header>
<subsection id="HB89406F4566443B0A35A2407DF2979EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3BAB37F586EF48119609A251EF733E3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Securing the
Cities Initiative of the Department uses next generation radiation detection
technology to detect the transport of nuclear and radiological material in
urban areas by terrorists or other unauthorized individuals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60A8F947E6EA42A492A17E92D52E0F9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The technology
used by partners in the Securing the Cities Initiative leverages radiation
detection technology used at ports of entry.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5C5289243554882988F2E76571C3D0F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Securing the
Cities Initiative has fostered unprecedented collaboration and coordination
among its Federal, State, and local partners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6708C7854AD472BB9597ECEE2BB5BAB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Securing the
Cities Initiative is a critical national capability to detect the dangerous
introduction of nuclear and radiological material.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76FE92C3B3D244BB86BB41EEAF39F17C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of amounts
authorized by section 501, there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department for the
Securing the Cities Initiative such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2011 and 2012, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HD045E2EFD9C84250A7907076A733ED9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each city in which it has been
implemented by fiscal year 2009—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C4E76144881430E93730386DAC9F745"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53D485525C0F4EED8D71FEA263F1E11B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C69CA08193C4DE2ABDD6843720B3FE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for additional
Securing the Cities initiatives to be implemented in not fewer than 2 sites
participating in the Urban Area Security Initiative, such sums as may be
necessary each fiscal year to implement and sustain each additional
initiative.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Clarifying
Amendments</header>
<section id="HDB6A54CE81374C649EEAC63E6B7AB458"><enum>601.</enum><header>Federally
funded research and development centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/184">6 U.S.C. 184</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H562805E4BA2048BF903C89582E604F61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Establishment.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32FDA7D0EB4945C79A3B773BE5F1DCED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6F5869B368D24E288A3989F78024D5C7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H19BB9BDA495941DAAEBB63120690CEED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional
tasking</header><text>Upon a request of the chairman and the ranking minority
member of an appropriate congressional committee, a federally funded research
and development center established under this section may perform independent
analysis of homeland security issues and report its findings to the appropriate
congressional committees and the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB49F539C2A0245AFA5006488DA1172CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional
oversight</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federally funded
research and development centers established under this section are encouraged,
upon request of the chairman and the ranking minority member of an appropriate
congressional committee, to provide to the committee a copy of any report it
produces for the Department or any of its components.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D5203542C354C1DAE1895CCB7323E9C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conflicts of
interest</header><text>The Secretary shall review and revise, as appropriate,
the policies of the Department relating to personnel conflicts of interest to
ensure that such policies specifically address employees of federally funded
research and development centers established under this section who are in a
position to make or materially influence research findings or agency
decisionmaking.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C62191AE9824A81BC55F6811725BBDA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each federally funded
research and development center established under this section shall transmit
to the Secretary and appropriate congressional committees an annual report on
the activities of the
center.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4C05A5FB34C14D1C843FC6018FA9CD99"><enum>602.</enum><header>Elimination of
Homeland Security Institute</header>
<subsection id="H2462B0FAE6EE4AADB54FC05A9327C2E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
312 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/192">6 U.S.C.
192</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C0B05C35BD7408B8051578FCBA9B5E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) is amended by
striking the item relating to such section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H92E4575F357448B3AA5E9B90B2BEA2C5"><enum>603.</enum><header>GAO study of
the implementation of the statutory relationship between the Department and the
Department of Energy national laboratories</header>
<subsection id="H66988441CEA2402B904CF6382E881689"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC05A9F979964A3A896AE6AE39FC9633"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a study to
assess the implementation of the statutory relationship between the Department
and the Department of Energy national laboratories, as established by section
309(a)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/189">6 U.S.C. 189(a)(2)</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H896D7B989F4E4A578514C37388885B49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit
recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees for appropriate
improvements to such relationship.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0915339C22A144F8AC9758BE4ADC6A62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study
subjects</header><text>The study shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HAAB236D3462446AE98E71456DB1EEEAF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Review of how the
Department and the Department of Energy national laboratories—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEBAA725FC074988AF4794DE43E052EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>communicate needs
and capabilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H701CE64F21274AEA913259EA7C7A373F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>select projects to
be performed by the Department of Energy national laboratories under such
statutory relationship.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10FC76A3467E45F29D4B36D568DBC676"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Review of
contracting mechanisms that the Department and the Department of Energy
national laboratories use to initiate and track work under such statutory
relationship.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E00260E9710413E9D49DF8DC676F3A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Review of the
fraction of Department of Energy national laboratory work performed for the
Department under such statutory relationship, compared to other Department of
Energy national laboratory work performed for the Department on a <quote>work
for others</quote> basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A6EF089020D4D3DAB4F66EDABEFEB31"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Review the cost
savings identified by the Department and the Department of Energy achieved
through use of such statutory relationship, compared to other Department of
Energy national laboratory work performed for the Department on a <quote>work
for others</quote> basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H7A6240AEAF5B4BAD8378666F8826DF12"><enum>604.</enum><header>Technical
changes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1902 of the
Homeland Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/592">6 U.S.C. 592</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF49DD9CEC39C4FA182CB29C3454790B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking paragraph
(6); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDC900DDD07834F538EDECECE113E8F3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>redesignating
paragraphs (7) through (14) as paragraphs (6) through (13),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Commission on
the Protection of Critical Electric and Electronic Infrastructures</header>
<section id="HA4F7F4C7AD4946A5B0CD8F3DE6D734EC"><enum>701.</enum><header>Commission on
the Protection of Critical Electric and Electronic Infrastructures</header>
<subsection id="HC99B8AD70C8A404798B527C3DA8672FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Commission on the Protection of Critical Electric and
Electronic Infrastructures (in this section referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8143499577F647D587F5E200DBAC2AB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header>
<paragraph id="HE42AC07053F54F0D8FDF575870A8216B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The purposes of the Commission are to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HADC55216636C47CF9601E115C2485725"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess
vulnerabilities of electric and electronic infrastructures, including—</text>
<clause id="HBFCF976BFCD646B98D255996052415C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all
components of the United States electric grid, including electricity
generation, transmission, distribution and metering; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A2E54779CD847A8B93785F7711DDAEE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all computerized control systems used in
all United States critical infrastructure sectors;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF000874443B4E7AAFF755F6C886A1ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide a clear
and comprehensive strategy and specific recommendations for protecting these
critical electric and electronic infrastructures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA08BC61700B4DE6A819D3F33A2F8AFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>test, evaluate,
and report on specific mitigation protection and recovery devices or
methods.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72DE4F02775945EB96C42E912F39B1AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In
particular</header><text>The Commission shall give particular attention to
threats that can disrupt or damage critical electric and electronic
infrastructures, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34CBB34A20F9409DBE657C92432A6636"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cyber attacks or
unintentional cyber disruption;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DB29C2D79DB49C1A37DE09598AADB2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>electromagnetic
phenomena such as geomagnetically induced currents, intentional electromagnetic
interference, and electromagnetic pulses caused by nuclear weapons; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9034E057B92D48188B91A7B359173F9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other physical
attack, act of nature, or accident.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2128DBF148AA4AB1943B95447EA19130"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="H641A3D4F3F334202925B139D8D72C790"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Members</header><text>The
Commission shall be composed of 9 members, of whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF20F854F97C4409BA8A4EF69329A20A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland
Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE68998FC0564B3486DB98525D5959FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the ranking minority member of the House of Representatives
Committee on Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E04512CF05E41E9A44461C00CD14D24"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy
and Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4943B5C924441EC8DD9923DA8D8CE4A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the ranking minority member of the House of Representatives
Committee on Energy and Commerce;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA988B6ABFA54C12AD389633843B6FDC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA0F5A5FB6A143469B73C074021FDA66"><enum>(F)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55FC7AA1A8B94BB29503E3E8ED44D490"><enum>(G)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71F12519B42D4A6D90C8BA6F85DA87BD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>1 member shall be
appointed by the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15757DA47D464A469C26DC0CF6E6C0B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 member who shall
serve as the Chairman of the Commission, and who shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives with the concurrence of the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2CAF7370717045248DE075FDAE5ECC7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>It
is the sense of Congress that individuals appointed to the Commission should
have significant depth of experience in electric and electronic
infrastructures, their function, and their protection, as well as the threats
to these infrastructures as identified in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F9D7AA8E4CA4806B47733243F76E0D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment</header><text>All members of the Commission shall be appointed
within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3FF31DA755F49BEA9280228B9C7BFB4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text>The Commission shall meet and begin the operations of the
Commission as soon as practicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A8B8D15F2C54C7889AB2B8C819FF917"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Quorum;
vacancies</header><text>After its initial meeting, the Commission shall meet
upon the call of the Chairman or a majority of its members. Six members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B1E8D8A4EC4455B8C7AFD4466B13B5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Commission</header><text>The Commission shall address—</text>
<paragraph id="H634DD43779E84517BA738DCDD6581CFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the quantification
of the threats identified in subsection (b)(2) to the United States electric
and electronic infrastructure, and a cost-benefit analysis of possible
protection and recovery strategies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5DEE68E50B8475E8D083103F7387286"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the roles,
missions, and structure of all relevant Federal, State, and local government
departments and agencies with responsibilities for ensuring protection and
reliability for electric and electronic infrastructures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C99687B31D941B09348FAF4E6AEE100"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the roles,
missions, and structure of all relevant private sector entities with
responsibilities for ensuring protection and reliability for electric and
electronic infrastructures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01A8DDFC86174FC68F327BD6047B00A5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>inter-agency
coordination between and among the entities identified in paragraphs (2) and
(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H951DBC11F0D34130A97DE87247C08D96"><enum>(5)</enum><text>recommendations
for protections and recovery devices and measures.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC0B5BAC409E48E7A77E6EFC936B3CB9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Powers of
Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HAF9DDA9D0F704DC3ACAAEC87D3C73DCA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hearings and
evidence</header><text>The Commission or, on the authority of the Commission,
any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out this
section, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places, take such
testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission
or such designated subcommittee or designated member may determine
advisable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62BA92644E854DA9B250A989B67A1B83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracting</header><text>The
Commission may, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in
appropriations Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge
its duties under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A51FE9051B4627AEA71BF43B923D4B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Staff of
commission</header>
<subparagraph id="H471D5A8E2F844466866B120263D4DC49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment and
compensation</header><text>The Chairman of the Commission, in accordance with
rules agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the compensation of a
staff director and such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the
Commission to carry out its functions, without regard to the provisions of
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,
and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay
rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the
equivalent of that payable for a position at level I of the Executive Schedule
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section
5316</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88F9930FD3C04A55A91BCC43084AEF0C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Personnel as
Federal employees</header>
<clause id="HD33F18C656BE4938B6075A12413D253D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The executive director and any employees of the
Commission shall be employees under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/2105">section
2105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters
63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E4EE4E9C4DC4F0D93CA5662E4AC65C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Members of
Commission</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to apply to
members of the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D61D41ED20F4944AE85D25C424BED80"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Any
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Commission without
reimbursement from the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights,
status, and privileges of his or her regular employment without
interruption.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B348BB0AAA644498A8CA9A87CF3ACB9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultant
services</header><text>The Commission may procure the services of experts and
consultants in accordance with
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section
3109</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed
the daily rate paid a person occupying a position at level I of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95075D3CF3A942E0B522097B2CAB8E8B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Security
clearances</header><text>The Chairman shall place an emphasis on hiring and
retaining employees, contractors, and detailees with active security
clearances. For employees who do not have security clearances but are
determined by the Chairman to need them, the Central Intelligence Agency,
Department of Energy, Department of Defense, and any other relevant agency
shall expedite the necessary clearance processes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6250FD695BE047F7B186598D1A16CE2C"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Former EMP
Commission staff and resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chairman may make use of any existing
and viable staff and resources previously employed by the Commission to Assess
the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack established
by section 1401 of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/398">Public Law
106–398</external-xref> (114 Stat. 1654A–345).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H564C9AF6CC5E43D2A04BE545FDE7A3AA"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information from
Federal agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F595268FA94484E9116AEC351C91A64"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from any executive
department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent
establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions,
estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this section. Each department,
bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or
instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, furnish such
information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission,
upon request made by the Chairman, the chairman of any subcommittee created by
a majority of the Commission, or any member designated by a majority of the
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01BA40298B0042DB8FAEAF7F60CC2A37"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Receipt,
handling, storage, and dissemination</header><text>Information shall only be
received, handled, stored, and disseminated by members of the Commission and
its staff consistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive
orders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8711F6112EC4438E9EC11DB1C27771B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assistance From
Federal Agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H04330B1C255740EBB4A09D093B444D93"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General Services
Administration</header><text>The Administrator of General Services shall
provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis and as necessary,
administrative support and other services for the performance of the
Commission’s functions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAEBC1AFDAF04338BDF0F1EF6929196D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other
departments and agencies</header><text>In addition to the assistance prescribed
in paragraph (1), departments and agencies of the United States may provide to
the Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support
services as they may determine advisable and as may be authorized by
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76B1F0FF12D244C4AF85AC843B405C56"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Gifts</header><text>The
Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or
property.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD5D7FD757944C97A17DDA7E799D102B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Postal
services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mails in the
same manner and under the same conditions as departments and agencies of the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H39FE9F320CDA4AED8CEAA71DF5165483"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Public meetings
and release of public versions of reports</header><text>The Commission
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC48181988EFD475EBD8E638EE1E7D5C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>hold public
hearings and meetings to the extent appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51BC4BE2138F4637A73FB37AE6B41B72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>release public
versions of the report required under subsection (g); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB74A57E3D1B94B33939EF688AAFA2A75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct any public
hearing in a manner consistent with the protection of sensitive or classified
information provided to or developed for or by the Commission as required by
any applicable statute, regulation, or Executive order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5B8A2A142784493CB6D96253F3A89C99"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the appointment of the Commission, and annually
thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the President and Congress a report
containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for protection and
recovery measures for electric and electronic infrastructures as have been
agreed to by a majority of Commission members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4991592D11D54FD1A67C6DC090D31ED4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized by section 101,
there is authorized to be appropriated for the activities of the Commission
under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE526AF179AF4858A596ED52E91D76A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for
fiscal year 2011; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A684CDC3F4946609ABFEB627FD8C9B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$4,000,000 for
fiscal year 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Border Security
Technology Innovation</header>
<section id="H02C5C5410768452C81983723BA33242F"><enum>801.</enum><header>Ensuring
research activities of the Department of Homeland Security include appropriate
concepts of operation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Under Secretary shall ensure that any Federal Government interagency or
intra-agency agreement entered into by the Under Secretary to develop and
transition new technology explicitly characterizes the requirements, expected
use, and concept of operations for that technology, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H11CCC68E62D14C47A15659EE43EC1AD8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the manpower
needed to effectively operate the technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF86751D2C967472C849F9BAB0410481C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the expected
training requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DB11C4AE385464E81AE24832DC99417"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the expected
operations and maintenance costs.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H24FE3FD7B608471DAB3F4F433B293BE1"><enum>802.</enum><header>Report on basic
research needs for border and maritime security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall enter into an arrangement with
the National Research Council for a one-year assessment of the basic science
research needs in the border and maritime security domain. The assessment shall
include consideration of—</text>
<paragraph id="H60D33D5E90694E7D9096B358343743DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>detection,
tracking, and identification technologies for cargo and people;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE14D1D4737AB4588A350FDEA3C863D3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>personal
protective equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2ADF21A3AEB647AA8EF727FA76EE1796"><enum>(3)</enum><text>document security
and authentication technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8BCB858244643B8B0FF729F3E1FFDFC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>nonradiological
advanced screening technologies at ports of entry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F2F94F4661743A0B62A3FE761823F0F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>technologies for
real time tactical scene awareness.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9D7A6407E6974EA6B1514F44C534A6B0"><enum>803.</enum><header>Incorporating
unmanned aerial vehicles into border and maritime airspace</header>
<subsection id="H9FF9019CE7654173B217BB2093CB7611"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research and
development</header><text>The Secretary and the Director of the Joint Planning
and Development Office shall research and develop technologies to permit
routine operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, including autonomously piloted
drones, within the national airspace for border and maritime security missions
without any degradation of existing levels of safety for all national airspace
system users.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBEE3D4BC81394A71ACF4397A9B82DC93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot
projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and
the Director of the Joint Planning Office to enter into pilot projects in
sparsely populated, low-density Class G air traffic airspace to conduct
experiments and collect data in order to accelerate the safe integration of
unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as part of research
activities of the Joint Planning and Development Office.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H857D1D1ADDF3487790923F75D5398645"><enum>804.</enum><header>Establishing a
research program in tunnel detection</header>
<subsection id="HFFFDAD57346A44C1B7DD46E655478290"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research and
development</header><text>The Under Secretary shall research and develop
technologies to permit detection of near surface voids, such as tunnels, with
an emphasis on technologies with real time capability.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0A7E2180B0B4D5E93BDE06400DE30D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary shall coordinate with other appropriate Federal agencies, including
the Department of Defense and the United States Geological Survey, and ensure
the integration of activities under subsection (a) with relevant efforts of
such other agencies and the Department’s Centers of Excellence Program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H62660035466D4A56B598A8B9DB022DF5"><enum>805.</enum><header>Research in
document security and authentication technologies</header>
<subsection id="H7146266B0ADB4F5AA48759675F858CB5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
program</header><text>The Under Secretary, in coordination with the Director of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall conduct a research
and development program on document security, validation, and authentication
technologies and standards. The program may include assessment or development
of imitation-resistant and tamper-resistant documentation, imitation-resistant
or tamper-resistant devices, document validation and authentication
technologies, and document identification standards.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H11182679C6C24FE3AE761DDB0AACC5B1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
carrying out the program in subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall
coordinate with other Federal agencies engaged in similar activities, including
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of State, the Department of
Defense, the United States Coast Guard, and the Department of Justice.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6C4062516944781973CF99D46810ECF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Under Secretary and the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Security
and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate, a
report detailing the actions taken by the Under Secretary and the Director
under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H24D91D2B6001424782671533C4653668"><enum>806.</enum><header>Study on global
positioning system technologies</header>
<subsection id="H9DAFACAE7CDC4BB8A6C656A8F569DBCB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary shall conduct a study of the need for
next generation global positioning system technology as it relates to border
security, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HC67FBC34E9774FD2AFB77FBD1E34FF67"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conducting an
analysis of the frequency of unintended border crossings and the capability of
global positioning system technologies to address unintended border crossings
by government personnel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDDB0DD1F6D240968E5E494DE4239060"><enum>(2)</enum><text>undertaking an
examination of the potential end user requirements for global positioning
system technologies, including cost limitations, accessibility, and
reliability; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3621DF7B99BF4426B92947D9D4C7EE69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing
recommendations for potential near-term and long-term research, development,
testing, and evaluation of border security-focused global positioning
technologies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H84C2F30C40324F928477D82448FFBD35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the study under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall consult
with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the National Institute of Standards
and Technology and appropriate Federal, State, and local law enforcement
officials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29EA686D500145C1A224094A497E0ABC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
shall report to Congress the findings of the study conducted under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H08F949F52A5B4BA7AA25D4EB8B979771"><enum>807.</enum><header>Study of mobile
biometric technologies at the border</header>
<subsection id="HD3F0C7CE6AFC46F3B9D86719F4C0E8E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary, in coordination with the
Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, shall establish a
research program on the use of mobile biometric technology at the Nation’s
borders between the ports of entry, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HD45C90F8760641F8BC7C46A7C265C823"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conducting an
analysis of existing mobile biometric technologies and the extent to which they
can be deployed in Border Patrol agents’ vehicles and used at the border, in
terms of operability, reliability, cost, and overall benefit to border
operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB86551392643425A8AE1921DC5AE03E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>undertaking an
examination of the potential end-user requirements of mobile biometric
technology by the Border Patrol and other relevant end-users;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC41E2D394D3140DC9A00ECB78F0C0FD0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing
recommendations for addressing capability gaps in mobile biometric
technologies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE29DBE80F5984C128034A867730199FF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>examining the
feasibility of implementing a pilot program for use of mobile biometric
technologies at the border.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H882F0A2F2ED4451B997499D0A5EC1BE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
conducting the research program under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall
consult the National Institute of Standards and Technology, other appropriate
Federal agencies, and appropriate Federal, State, and local law enforcement
officials.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H92D0CE7960FD4664B0566D00DF76C8CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that the research program is coordinated with other
biometric identification programs within the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC6B5B01401943F7B7F12FD13965D66E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the findings of the research
program conducted under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H03D95E92CF9D4F20A4C2635DE4B2D919"><enum>808.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the
amount authorized by section 101 of this Act, such sums as may be necessary are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives July 20, 2010.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.