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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4991 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2018 

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

Governmental Affairs 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 and Development for First Responders Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB5 ORATORY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu7 rity Act of 2002 is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating the second section 319 (re9 lating to EMP and GMD mitigation research and 

10 development) as section 320; and 

11 (2) by inserting after section 320, as so redesig12 nated, the following new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 321. NATIONAL URBAN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LAB14 ORATORY. 

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

16 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall 

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

18 additional laboratory pursuant to the authority under sec19 tion 308(c)(2). Such laboratory shall be used to test and 

20 evaluate emerging technologies and conduct research and 

21 development to assist emergency response providers in 

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

23 ‘‘(b) LABORATORY DESCRIBED.—The laboratory de24 scribed in this subsection is the laboratory— 


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

2 this section, as the National Urban Security Tech3 nology Laboratory; 

4 ‘‘(2) previously known as the Environmental 

5 Measurements Laboratory; and 

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

7 section 303(1)(E). 

8 ‘‘(c) LABORATORY ACTIVITIES.—The laboratory des9 ignated pursuant to subsection (a), shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assess11 ments of current and emerging technologies, includ12 ing, as appropriate, cybersecurity of such tech13 nologies that can connect to the internet, for emer14 gency response providers; 

15 ‘‘(2) conduct research and development on radi16 ological and nuclear response and recovery; 

17 ‘‘(3) act as a technical advisor to emergency re18 sponse providers; and 

19 ‘‘(4) carry out other such activities as the Sec20 retary determines appropriate.’’. 

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

22 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking both 

23 items relating to section 319 and the item relating to sec24 tion 318 and inserting the following: 

‘‘318. Social media working group. 

‘‘319. Transparency in research and development. 


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‘‘320. EMP and GMD mitigation research and development. 

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

Passed the House of Representatives June 19, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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