113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 

certain improvements in the laws relating to the advancement of security technologies for critical infrastructure 

protection, 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 ‘‘Critical Infrastructure 

3 Research and Development Advancement Act of 2014’’ or 

4 the ‘‘CIRDA Act of 2014’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

7 U.S.C. 101) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (15) 

8 through (18) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respec9 tively, and by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 

10 ‘‘(15) The term ‘Sector Coordinating Council’ 

11 means a private sector coordinating council that is— 

12 ‘‘(A) recognized by the Secretary as such 

13 a Council for purposes of this Act; and 

14 ‘‘(B) comprised of representatives of own15 ers and operators of critical infrastructure with16 in a particular sector of critical infrastruc17 ture.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION RE19 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

20 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE CONSOR21 TIUMS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland 

23 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 318. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 

2 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Re5 search and Development Advancement Act of 2013, the 

6 Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science 

7 and Technology, shall transmit to Congress a strategic 

8 plan to guide the overall direction of Federal physical se9 curity and cybersecurity technology research and develop10 ment efforts for protecting critical infrastructure, includ11 ing against all threats. Once every 2 years after the initial 

12 strategic plan is transmitted to Congress under this sec13 tion, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress an update 

14 of the plan. 

15 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The strategic plan shall 

16 include the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) An identification of critical infrastructure 

18 security risks and any associated security technology 

19 gaps, that are developed following— 

20 ‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders, in21 cluding the Sector Coordinating Councils; and 

22 ‘‘(B) performance by the Department of a 

23 risk/gap analysis that considers information re24 ceived in such consultations. 

25 ‘‘(2) A set of critical infrastructure security 

26 technology needs that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) is prioritized based on risk and gaps 

2 identified under paragraph (1); 

3 ‘‘(B) emphasizes research and development 

4 of those technologies that need to be accelerated 

5 due to rapidly evolving threats or rapidly ad6 vancing infrastructure technology; and 

7 ‘‘(C) includes research, development, and 

8 acquisition roadmaps with clearly defined objec9 tives, goals, and measures. 

10 ‘‘(3) An identification of laboratories, facilities, 

11 modeling, and simulation capabilities that will be re12 quired to support the research, development, dem13 onstration, testing, evaluation, and acquisition of the 

14 security technologies described in paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(4) An identification of current and planned 

16 programmatic initiatives for fostering the rapid ad17 vancement and deployment of security technologies 

18 for critical infrastructure protection. The initiatives 

19 shall consider opportunities for public-private part20 nerships, intragovernment collaboration, university 

21 centers of excellence, and national laboratory tech22 nology transfer. 

23 ‘‘(5) A description of progress made with re24 spect to each critical infrastructure security risk, as25 sociated security technology gap, and critical infra-
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1 structure technology need identified in the preceding 

2 strategic plan transmitted under this section. 

3 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 

4 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall co5 ordinate with the Under Secretary for the National Pro6 tection and Programs Directorate. 

7 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, 

8 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall con9 sult with— 

10 ‘‘(1) the critical infrastructure Sector Coordi11 nating Councils; 

12 ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, subject matter 

13 experts on critical infrastructure protection from 

14 universities, colleges, including historically black col15 leges and universities, Hispanic- serving institutions, 

16 and tribal colleges and universities, national labora17 tories, and private industry; 

18 ‘‘(3) the heads of other relevant Federal depart19 ments and agencies that conduct research and devel20 opment for critical infrastructure protection; and 

21 ‘‘(4) State, local, and tribal governments as ap22 propriate. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 319. REPORT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE RESEARCH AND 

2 DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUMS. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research and 

5 Development Advancement Act of 2014, the Secretary, 

6 acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech7 nology, shall transmit to Congress a report on the Depart8 ment’s utilization of public-private research and develop9 ment consortiums for accelerating technology development 

10 for critical infrastructure protection. Once every 2 years 

11 after the initial report is transmitted to Congress under 

12 this section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress an 

13 update of the report. The report shall focus on those as14 pects of critical infrastructure protection that are pre15 dominately operated by the private sector and that would 

16 most benefit from rapid security technology advancement. 

17 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall in18 clude— 

19 ‘‘(1) a summary of the progress and accom20 plishments of on-going consortiums for critical infra21 structure security technologies; 

22 ‘‘(2) in consultation with the Sector Coordi23 nating Councils and, to the extent practicable, in 

24 consultation with subject-matter experts on critical 

25 infrastructure protection from universities, colleges, 

26 including historically black colleges and universities, 
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1 Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and 

2 universities, national laboratories, and private indus3 try, a prioritized list of technology development focus 

4 areas that would most benefit from a public-private 

5 research and development consortium; and 

6 ‘‘(3) based on the prioritized list developed 

7 under paragraph (2), a proposal for implementing 

8 an expanded research and development consortium 

9 program, including an assessment of feasibility and 

10 an estimate of cost, schedule, and milestones.’’. 

11 (2) LIMITATION ON PROGRESS REPORT RE12 QUIREMENT.—Subsection (b)(5) of section 318 of 

13 the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by 

14 paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall not apply 

15 with respect to the first strategic plan transmitted 

16 under that section. 

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

18 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

19 end of the items relating to such title the following: 

‘‘Sec. 318. Research and development strategy for critical infrastructure protection. 

‘‘Sec. 319. Report on public-private research and development consortiums.’’. 

20 (c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION TECH21 NOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 313 of the Homeland 

22 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended by redes23 ignating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting 

24 after subsection (b) the following: 
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1 ‘‘(c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

2 TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—Under the program re4 quired by this section, the Secretary, acting through 

5 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 

6 and in coordination with the Under Secretary for the 

7 National Protection and Programs Directorate, shall 

8 designate a technology clearinghouse for rapidly 

9 sharing proven technology solutions for protecting 

10 critical infrastructure. 

11 ‘‘(2) SHARING OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.— 

12 Technology solutions shared through the clearing13 house shall draw from Government-furnished, com14 mercially furnished, and publically available trusted 

15 sources. 

16 ‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY METRICS.—All technologies 

17 shared through the clearinghouse shall include a set 

18 of performance and readiness metrics to assist end19 users in deploying effective and timely solutions rel20 evant for their critical infrastructures. 

21 ‘‘(4) REVIEW BY PRIVACY OFFICER.—The Pri22 vacy Officer of the Department appointed under sec23 tion 222 shall annually review the clearinghouse 

24 process to evaluate its consistency with fair informa-
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1 tion practice principles issued by the Privacy Offi2 cer.’’. 

3 (d) EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE

4 BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not later 

5 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

6 Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 

7 an independent evaluation of, and submit to the Com8 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa9 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov10 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on, the effective11 ness of the clearinghouses established and designated, re12 spectively, under section 313 of the Homeland Security 

13 Act of 2002, as amended by this section. 

14 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA15 TIONS. 

16 No additional funds are authorized to be appro17 priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 

18 by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 

19 carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 

20 purpose. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

purposes. critical infrastructure protection, and for other to the advancement of security technologies for make certain improvements in the laws relating