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Calendar No. 577 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 542 

[Report No. 116–285] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

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

Governmental Affairs 

NOVEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Research 

5 and Development for First Responders Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB2 ORATORY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 321. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB7 ORATORY. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

9 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall 

10 designate the laboratory described in subsection (b) as an 

11 additional laboratory pursuant to the authority under sec12 tion 308(c)(2). Such laboratory shall be used to test and 

13 evaluate emerging technologies and conduct research and 

14 development to assist emergency response providers in 

15 preparing for, and protecting against, threats of terrorism. 

16 ‘‘(b) LABORATORY DESCRIBED.—The laboratory de17 scribed in this subsection is the laboratory— 

18 ‘‘(1) known, as of the date of the enactment of 

19 this section, as the National Urban Security Tech20 nology Laboratory; 

21 ‘‘(2) previously known as the Environmental 

22 Measurements Laboratory; and 

23 ‘‘(3) transferred to the Department pursuant to 

24 section 303(1)(E). 

25 ‘‘(c) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—The laboratory des26 ignated pursuant to subsection (a), shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assess2 ments of current and emerging technologies, includ3 ing, as appropriate, cybersecurity of such tech4 nologies that can connect to the internet, for emer5 gency response providers; 

6 ‘‘(2) conduct research and development on radi7 ological and nuclear response and recovery; 

8 ‘‘(3) act as a technical advisor to emergency re9 sponse providers; and 

10 ‘‘(4) carry out other such activities as the Sec11 retary determines appropriate.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

13 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 

14 the item relating to section 320 the following new item: 

‘‘321. National Urban Security Technology Laboratory.’’. 

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Research 

17 and Development for First Responders Act’’. 

18 SEC. 2. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB19 ORATORY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Security 

21 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 321. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB2 ORATORY. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 

4 Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall des5 ignate the laboratory described in subsection (b) as an addi6 tional laboratory pursuant to the authority under section 

7 308(c)(2). Such laboratory shall be used to test and evaluate 

8 emerging technologies and conduct research and develop9 ment to assist emergency response providers in preparing 

10 for, and protecting against, threats of terrorism. 

11 ‘‘(b) LABORATORY DESCRIBED.—The laboratory de12 scribed in this subsection is the laboratory— 

13 ‘‘(1) known, as of the date of the enactment of 

14 this section, as the National Urban Security Tech15 nology Laboratory; 

16 ‘‘(2) previously known as the Environmental 

17 Measurements Laboratory; and 

18 ‘‘(3) transferred to the Department pursuant to 

19 section 303(1)(E). 

20 ‘‘(c) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—The laboratory des21 ignated pursuant to subsection (a) shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assessments 

23 of current and emerging technologies, including, as 

24 appropriate, the cybersecurity of such technologies 

25 that can connect to the internet, for emergency re26 sponse providers; 


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1 ‘‘(2) notwithstanding the amendments made by 

2 section 501(b)(2) of the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 

3 109–347; 120 Stat. 1935), conduct research and devel4 opment on radiological and nuclear response and re5 covery; 

6 ‘‘(3) act as a technical advisor to emergency re7 sponse providers; and 

8 ‘‘(4) carry out other such activities as the Sec9 retary determines appropriate.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

11 section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 

12 Law 107–296) is amended by inserting after the item relat13 ing to section 320 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 321. National Urban Security Technology Laboratory.’’. 


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Calendar No. 577 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 542 

[Report No. 116–285] 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

nology Laboratory, and for other purposes. establish the National Urban Security TechNOVEMBER 9, 2020 

Reported with an amendment 


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