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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2952 

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 

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. 

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’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

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

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

4 through (18) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respec5 tively, and by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 

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

7 means a private sector coordinating council that is— 

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

9 a Council for purposes of this Act; and 

10 ‘‘(B) comprised of representatives of own11 ers and operators of critical infrastructure with12 in a particular sector of critical infrastruc13 ture.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION RE15 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu17 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 318. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 

20 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION. 

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

22 the date of enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Re23 search and Development Advancement Act of 2013, the 

24 Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science 

25 and Technology, shall transmit to Congress a strategic 

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1 curity and cybersecurity technology research and develop2 ment efforts for protecting critical infrastructure. Once 

3 every 2 years after the initial strategic plan is transmitted 

4 to Congress under this section, the Secretary shall trans5 mit to Congress an update of the plan. 

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

7 include the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) An identification of critical infrastructure 

9 security risks and the associated security technology 

10 gaps, that are developed following— 

11 ‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders, in12 cluding the Sector Coordinating Councils; and 

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

14 risk/gap analysis that considers information re15 ceived in such consultations. 

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

17 technology needs that— 

18 ‘‘(A) is prioritized based on risk and gaps 

19 identified under paragraph (1); 

20 ‘‘(B) emphasizes research and development 

21 of those technologies that need to be accelerated 

22 due to rapidly evolving threats or rapidly ad23 vancing infrastructure technology; and 

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

2 acquisition roadmaps with clearly defined objec3 tives, goals, and measures. 

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

5 modeling, and simulation capabilities that will be re6 quired to support the research, development, dem7 onstration, testing, evaluation, and acquisition of the 

8 security technologies described in paragraph (2). 

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

10 programmatic initiatives for fostering the rapid ad11 vancement and deployment of security technologies 

12 for critical infrastructure protection. The initiatives 

13 shall consider opportunities for public-private part14 nerships, intragovernment collaboration, university 

15 centers of excellence, and national laboratory tech16 nology transfer. 

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

18 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall co19 ordinate with the Under Secretary for the National Pro20 tection and Programs Directorate. 

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

22 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall con23 sult with— 

24 ‘‘(1) the critical infrastructure Sector Coordi25 nating Councils; 

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

2 experts on critical infrastructure protection from 

3 universities, national laboratories, and private indus4 try; 

5 ‘‘(3) the heads of other relevant Federal depart6 ments and agencies that conduct research and devel7 opment for critical infrastructure protection; and 

8 ‘‘(4) State, local, and tribal governments as ap9 propriate. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 319. REPORT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE RESEARCH AND 

11 DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUMS. 

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

13 the enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research and 

14 Development Advancement Act of 2013, the Secretary, 

15 acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech16 nology, shall transmit to Congress a study on the use by 

17 the Department of public-private research and develop18 ment consortiums for accelerating technology development 

19 for critical infrastructure protection. Once every 2 years 

20 after the initial study is transmitted to Congress under 

21 this section, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress an 

22 update of the study. The study shall focus on those aspects 

23 of critical infrastructure protection that are predominately 

24 operated by the private sector and that would most benefit 

25 from rapid security technology advancement. 

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1 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF STUDY.—The study shall in2 clude— 

3 ‘‘(1) a summary of the progress and accom4 plishments of on-going consortiums for critical infra5 structure security technologies; 

6 ‘‘(2) in consultation with the Sector Coordi7 nating Councils, a prioritized list of technology de8 velopment focus areas that would most benefit from 

9 a public-private research and development consor10 tium; and 

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

12 under paragraph (2), a proposal for implementing 

13 an expanded research and development consortium 

14 program, including an assessment of feasibility and 

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

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

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

18 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.’’. 

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 redes22 ignating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting 

23 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 metrics to assist end-users in deploying timely 

19 and effective solutions relevant for their critical in20 frastructures. 

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

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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. 

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