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Calendar No. 509 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1554 

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop 

homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and 

services to further the homeland security of the United States and 

to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2005 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

JUNE 29, 2006 

Reported by Ms. COLLINS, with an amendment and an amendment to the title 

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

A BILL 

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify 

and develop homeland security information, equipment, 

capabilities, technologies, and services to further the 

homeland security of the United States and to address 

the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

4 is amended by inserting after section 890 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 890A. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION, EQUIP6 MENT, CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND 

7 SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Home9 land Security Information, Equipment, Capabilities, Tech10 nologies, and Services Grant Program. The program shall 

11 identify, develop, or modify existing or near term home12 land security information, equipment, capabilities, tech13 nologies, and services to further the homeland security of 

14 the United States and to address the homeland security 

15 needs of Federal, State, and local governments. 

16 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing the program 

18 established under subsection (a), the Secretary, act19 ing through the Director of the Office for Domestic 

20 Preparedness and the Under Secretary for Science 

21 and Technology, shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) conduct a needs assessment of Fed23 eral, State, and local governments and first re24 sponders to identify— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the homeland security needs of 

2 Federal, State, and local governments and 

3 first responders; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) areas where specific homeland 

5 security information, equipment, capabili6 ties, technologies, and services could ad7 dress those needs; 

8 ‘‘(B) survey near term and existing home9 land security information, equipment, capabili10 ties, technologies, and services developed within 

11 the United States and within other countries 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(i) are highly focused on homeland 

14 security issues; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated the capability 

16 for fruitful cooperation with the United 

17 States in the area of counterterrorism; and 

18 ‘‘(C) provide grants, directly or through a 

19 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, to eli20 gible applicants to develop new, or modify exist21 ing, homeland security information, equipment, 

22 capabilities, technologies, and services to ad23 dress the needs identified in subparagraph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant is 

2 eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if 

3 the applicant— 

4 ‘‘(A) addresses 1 or more needs of Federal, 

5 State, and local governments and first respond6 ers, as identified through the assessment con7 ducted under paragraph (1)(A); 

8 ‘‘(B) is a joint venture between— 

9 ‘‘(i) a for profit business entity, aca10 demic institution, or non-profit entity; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) another entity that has dem12 onstrated capability in the area of 

13 counterterrorism or homeland security; and 

14 ‘‘(C) meets any other qualifications that 

15 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri17 ority to those applicants who propose to provide the 

18 homeland security information, equipment, tech19 nologies, or services developed or modified with 

20 grant funds to Federal, State, and local governments 

21 and first responders. 

22 ‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec23 retary may require a recipient of a grant under this 

24 subsection to make available non-Federal matching 

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1 cent of the total proposed cost of the project for 

2 which the grant was awarded. 

3 ‘‘(5) GRANT REPAYMENT.—The Secretary may 

4 require a recipient of a grant under this subsection 

5 to repay to the Secretary the amount of the grant, 

6 interest at an appropriate rate, and such charges for 

7 administration of the grant as the Secretary deter8 mines appropriate. The Secretary may not require 

9 that such repayment be more than 150 percent of 

10 the amount of the grant, adjusted for inflation on 

11 the basis of the Consumer Price Index. 

12 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated 

14 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry out the 

15 grant program established under this section.’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

17 The table of sections under section 1(b) of the Homeland 

18 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(b)) is amended by 

19 inserting after the item relating to section 890 the fol20 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 890a. Homeland Security Information, Equipment, Capabilities, Technologies, and Services Grant Program.’’. 

21 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting 

23 Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International Coopera24 tion Act of 2006’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The development and implementation of tech4 nology is critical to combating terrorism and other 

5 high consequence events and implementing a com6 prehensive homeland security strategy. 

7 (2) The United States and its allies in the global 

8 war on terrorism share a common interest in facili9 tating research, development, testing, and evaluation 

10 of equipment, capabilities, technologies, and services 

11 that will aid in detecting, preventing, responding to, 

12 recovering from, and mitigating against acts of ter13 rorism. 

14 (3) Certain United States allies in the global 

15 war on terrorism, including Israel, the United King16 dom, Canada, Australia, and Singapore have exten17 sive experience with, and technological expertise in, 

18 homeland security. 

19 (4) The United States and certain of its allies in 

20 the global war on terrorism have a history of success21 ful collaboration in developing mutually beneficial 

22 equipment, capabilities, technologies, and services in 

23 the areas of defense, agriculture, and telecommuni24 cations. 

25 (5) The United States and its allies in the global 

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1 ing of technological expertise to combat domestic and 

2 international terrorism. 

3 (6) The establishment of an office to facilitate 

4 and support cooperative endeavors between and 

5 among government agencies, for-profit business enti6 ties, academic institutions, and nonprofit entities of 

7 the United States and its allies will safeguard lives 

8 and property worldwide against acts of terrorism and 

9 other high consequence events. 

10 SEC. 3. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER11 NATIONAL COOPERATION ACT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 

13 2002 is amended by inserting after section 313 (6 U.S.C. 

14 193) the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 314. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER16 NATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 

17 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 

19 Director selected under subsection (b)(2). 

20 ‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY.— 

21 The term ‘international cooperative activity’ in22 cludes— 

23 ‘‘(A) coordinated research projects, joint re24 search projects, or joint ventures; 


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1 ‘‘(B) joint studies or technical demonstra2 tions; 

3 ‘‘(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific 

4 seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops; 

5 ‘‘(D) training of scientists and engineers; 

6 ‘‘(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, engi7 neers, or other appropriate personnel; 

8 ‘‘(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and 

9 technological information; and 

10 ‘‘(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and 

11 equipment. 

12 ‘‘(b) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HOMELAND SECU13 RITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS OFFICE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary 

15 shall establish the Science and Technology Homeland 

16 Security International Cooperative Programs Office. 

17 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by 

18 a Director, who— 

19 ‘‘(A) shall be selected by and shall report to 

20 the Under Secretary; and 

21 ‘‘(B) may be an officer of the Department 

22 serving in another position. 

23 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

24 ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS.—The 

25 Director shall be responsible for developing, in 


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1 coordination with the Department of State and 

2 other Federal agencies, mechanisms and legal 

3 frameworks to allow and to support inter4 national cooperative activity in support of home5 land security research. 

6 ‘‘(B) PRIORITIES.—The Director shall be re7 sponsible for developing, in coordination with the 

8 Directorate of Science and Technology, the other 

9 components of the Department of Homeland Se10 curity, and other Federal agencies, strategic pri11 orities for international cooperative activity. 

12 ‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall facili13 tate the planning, development, and implementa14 tion of international cooperative activity to ad15 dress the strategic priorities developed under sub16 paragraph (B) through mechanisms the Under 

17 Secretary considers appropriate, including 

18 grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to or 

19 with foreign public or private entities, govern20 mental organizations, businesses, federally fund21 ed research and development centers, and univer22 sities. 

23 ‘‘(D) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.—The 

24 Director shall facilitate the matching of United 

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1 search with non-United States entities engaged 

2 in homeland security research so that they may 

3 partner in homeland security research activities. 

4 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director shall ensure 

5 that the activities under this subsection are coordi6 nated with those of other relevant research agencies, 

7 and may run projects jointly with other agencies. 

8 ‘‘(5) CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.—The Di9 rector, periodically, shall hold international homeland 

10 security technology workshops and conferences to im11 prove contact among the international community of 

12 technology developers and to help establish direction 

13 for future technology goals. 

14 ‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDING.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

16 ‘‘(A) EQUITABILITY.—The Director shall en17 sure that funding and resources expended in 

18 international cooperative activity will be equi19 tably matched by the foreign partner government 

20 or other entity through direct funding, funding 

21 of complementary activities, or through the pro22 vision of staff, facilities, material, or equipment. 

23 ‘‘(B) GRANT MATCHING AND REPAYMENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

2 require a recipient of grant under this sec3 tion— 

4 ‘‘(I) to make a matching contribu5 tion of not more than 50 percent of the 

6 total cost of the proposed project for 

7 which the grant is awarded; and 

8 ‘‘(II) to repay to the Secretary the 

9 amount of the grant (or a portion 

10 thereof), interest on such amount at an 

11 appropriate rate, and such charges for 

12 administration of the grant as the Sec13 retary determines appropriate. 

14 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The Sec15 retary may not require that repayment 

16 under clause (i)(II) be more than 150 per17 cent of the amount of the grant, adjusted for 

18 inflation on the basis of the Consumer Price 

19 Index. 

20 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Partners shall in21 clude Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, 

22 Singapore, and other allies in the global war on ter23 rorism, as appropriate. 


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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary 

3 to carry out this section.’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

5 table of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

6 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 

7 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program.’’. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 

a capability and office to promote cooperation between 

entities of the United States and its allies in the global 

war on terrorism for the purpose of engaging in cooperative endeavors focused on the research, development, and 

commercialization of high-priority technologies intended 

to detect, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate 

against acts of terrorism and other high consequence 

events and to address the homeland security needs of 

Federal, State, and local governments.’’. 


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Calendar No. 509 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1554 

A BILL 

To establish an intergovernmental grant program 

ments. rity needs of Federal, State, and local governUnited States and to address the homeland secuservices to further the homeland security of the mation, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and to identify and develop homeland security inforJUNE 29, 2006 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 


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