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Union Calendar No. 241 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

[Report No. 113–324] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. MEEHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

JANUARY 9, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 1, 2013] 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Critical Infrastructure 

5 Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013’’ or 

6 the ‘‘CIRDA Act of 2013’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

10 through (18) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively, 

11 and by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 

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

13 means a private sector coordinating council that is— 

14 ‘‘(A) recognized by the Secretary as such a 

15 Council for purposes of this Act; and 

16 ‘‘(B) comprised of representatives of owners 

17 and operators of critical infrastructure within a 

18 particular sector of critical infrastructure.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION RE20 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

21 (a) STRATEGIC PLAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE CONSOR22 TIUMS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Se24 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended 

25 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 the 

4 date of enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research 

5 and Development Advancement Act of 2013, the Secretary, 

6 acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech7 nology, shall transmit to Congress a strategic plan to guide 

8 the overall direction of Federal physical security and cyber9 security technology research and development efforts for 

10 protecting critical infrastructure, including against all 

11 threats. Once every 2 years after the initial strategic plan 

12 is transmitted to Congress under this section, the Secretary 

13 shall transmit to Congress an update of the plan. 

14 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The strategic plan shall in15 clude the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) An identification of critical infrastructure 

17 security risks and any associated security technology 

18 gaps, that are developed following— 

19 ‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders, includ20 ing the Sector Coordinating Councils; and 

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

22 risk/gap analysis that considers information re23 ceived in such consultations. 

24 ‘‘(2) A set of critical infrastructure security tech25 nology 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 for 

18 critical infrastructure protection. The initiatives shall 

19 consider opportunities for public-private partner20 ships, intragovernment collaboration, university cen21 ters of excellence, and national laboratory technology 

22 transfer. 

23 ‘‘(5) A description of progress made with respect 

24 to each critical infrastructure security risk, associated 

25 security technology gap, and critical infrastructure 


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1 technology need identified in the preceding strategic 

2 plan transmitted under this section. 

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

4 Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall coordi5 nate with the Under Secretary for the National Protection 

6 and Programs Directorate. 

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

8 Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall consult 

9 with— 

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

12 ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, subject matter ex13 perts on critical infrastructure protection from uni14 versities, colleges, including historically black colleges 

15 and universities, Hispanic- serving institutions, and 

16 tribal colleges and universities, national laboratories, 

17 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 DE2 VELOPMENT CONSORTIUMS. 

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

4 enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research and De5 velopment Advancement Act of 2013, the Secretary, acting 

6 through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 

7 shall transmit to Congress a report on the Department’s 

8 utilization of public-private research and development con9 sortiums for accelerating technology development for critical 

10 infrastructure protection. Once every 2 years after the ini11 tial report is transmitted to Congress under this section, 

12 the Secretary shall transmit to Congress an update of the 

13 report. The report shall focus on those aspects of critical 

14 infrastructure protection that are predominately operated 

15 by the private sector and that would most benefit from 

16 rapid security technology advancement. 

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

19 ‘‘(1) a summary of the progress and accomplish20 ments of on-going consortiums for critical infrastruc21 ture security technologies; 

22 ‘‘(2) in consultation with the Sector Coordi23 nating Councils and, to the extent practicable, in con24 sultation with subject-matter experts on critical infra25 structure protection from universities, colleges, includ26 ing historically black colleges and universities, HisVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:22 Jan 10, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H2952.RH H2952

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1 panic-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 under 

7 paragraph (2), a proposal for implementing an ex8 panded research and development consortium pro9 gram, including an assessment of feasibility and an 

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

11 (2) LIMITATION ON PROGRESS REPORT REQUIRE12 MENT.—Subsection (b)(5) of section 318 of the Home13 land Security Act of 2002, as amended by paragraph 

14 (1) of this subsection, shall not apply with respect to 

15 the first strategic plan transmitted under that section. 

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

17 section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 

18 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.’’. 

19 (c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION TECH20 NOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 313 of the Homeland 

21 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended by redesig22 nating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting 

23 after subsection (b) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION TECH2 NOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

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

5 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and 

6 in coordination with the Under Secretary for the Na7 tional Protection and Programs Directorate, shall 

8 designate a technology clearinghouse for rapidly shar9 ing proven technology solutions for protecting critical 

10 infrastructure. 

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

12 Technology solutions shared through the clearinghouse 

13 shall draw from Government-furnished, commercially 

14 furnished, and publically available trusted sources. 

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

16 shared through the clearinghouse shall include a set of 

17 performance and readiness metrics to assist end-users 

18 in deploying effective and timely solutions relevant 

19 for their critical infrastructures. 

20 ‘‘(4) REVIEW BY PRIVACY OFFICER.—The Pri21 vacy Officer of the Department appointed under sec22 tion 222 shall annually review the clearinghouse proc23 ess to evaluate its consistency with fair information 

24 practice principles issued by the Privacy Officer.’’. 


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1 (d) EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE BY

2 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not later than 2 

3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp4 troller General of the United States shall conduct an inde5 pendent evaluation of, and submit to the Committee on 

6 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af8 fairs of the Senate a report on, the effectiveness of the clear9 inghouses established and designated, respectively, under 

10 section 313 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 

11 amended by this section. 

12 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA13 TIONS. 

14 No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated 

15 to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 

16 Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be carried 

17 out using amounts otherwise available for such purpose. 


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Union Calendar No. 241 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2952 

[Report No. 113–324] 

A BILL 

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 

JANUARY 9, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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