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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4941 

To reform the science and technology programs and activities of the 

Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2006 

Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To reform the science and technology programs and activities 

of the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Homeland Security 

5 Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY 

7 EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 

8 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu9 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 314. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOMELAND SECU2 RITY EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 

3 ‘‘(a) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

5 through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech6 nology, and in consultation with other components of 

7 the Department, as appropriate, shall support the 

8 development, promulgation, and updating as nec9 essary of national voluntary consensus standards for 

10 the performance, use, and validation of equipment 

11 used by Federal, State, and local government and 

12 nongovernment emergency response providers, and 

13 by the components of the Department. Such stand14 ards— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall be, to the maximum extent prac16 ticable, consistent with any existing voluntary 

17 consensus standards; 

18 ‘‘(B) shall take into account, as appro19 priate, new types of terrorism threats and re20 sponsibilities of the Department that may not 

21 have been contemplated when such existing 

22 standards were developed; 

23 ‘‘(C) shall be focused on maximizing inter24 operability, interchangeability, durability, flexi25 bility, efficiency, efficacy, portability, sustain26 ability, and safety; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) shall cover all appropriate uses of the 

2 equipment. 

3 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED CATEGORIES.—In carrying out 

4 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall specifically con5 sider national voluntary consensus standards for the 

6 performance, use, and validation of the following 

7 categories of equipment: 

8 ‘‘(A) Thermal imaging equipment. 

9 ‘‘(B) Radiation detection and analysis 

10 equipment. 

11 ‘‘(C) Biological detection and analysis 

12 equipment. 

13 ‘‘(D) Chemical detection and analysis 

14 equipment. 

15 ‘‘(E) Decontamination and sterilization 

16 equipment. 

17 ‘‘(F) Personal protective equipment, in18 cluding garments, boots, gloves, and hoods and 

19 other protective clothing. 

20 ‘‘(G) Respiratory protection equipment. 

21 ‘‘(H) Interoperable communications, in22 cluding wireless and wireline voice, video, and 

23 data networks. 

24 ‘‘(I) Explosive mitigation devices and ex25 plosive detection and analysis equipment. 


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1 ‘‘(J) Containment vessels. 

2 ‘‘(K) Contaminant-resistant vehicles. 

3 ‘‘(L) Aerial platforms. 

4 ‘‘(M) Special rescue equipment. 

5 ‘‘(N) Screening and patrolling tech6 nologies. 

7 ‘‘(O) Such other equipment for which the 

8 Secretary determines that national voluntary 

9 consensus standards would be appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION.— 

11 The Secretary, in carrying out this subsection, and 

12 in coordination with the Director of the National In13 stitute of Standards and Technology, may support 

14 the certification of equipment and the accreditation 

15 of laboratories to conduct testing and evaluation. 

16 ‘‘(4) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND ACQUISI17 TIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) DEPARTMENT SUPPORTED ACQUISI19 TIONS.—If an applicant for financial assistance 

20 provided by the Department proposes to use 

21 such financial assistance to upgrade or pur22 chase new equipment or systems that do not 

23 meet or exceed any applicable national vol24 untary consensus standards, the applicant shall 

25 include in its application for financial assistance 


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1 an explanation of why such equipment or sys2 tems will serve the needs of the applicant better 

3 than equipment or systems that meet or exceed 

4 such standards. 

5 ‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT ACQUISITIONS.—When 

6 an operational unit of the Department proposes 

7 to upgrade or purchase new equipment or sys8 tems, the head of that unit shall consult with 

9 the Under Secretary for Science and Tech10 nology on whether such equipment or systems 

11 meet or exceed any applicable national vol12 untary consensus standards and whether there 

13 is need for the Department to support the de14 velopment or updating of applicable national 

15 voluntary consensus standards. 

16 ‘‘(b) TRAINING STANDARDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

18 through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech19 nology, and in consultation with other components of 

20 the Department, as appropriate, shall support the 

21 development, promulgation, and regular updating as 

22 necessary of national voluntary consensus standards 

23 for training that will enable Federal, State, and local 

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1 ment effectively and appropriately in carrying out 

2 their responsibilities. Such standards shall give pri3 ority to providing training to— 

4 ‘‘(A) enable Federal, State, and local gov5 ernment and nongovernment emergency re6 sponse providers and Department personnel to 

7 prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate 

8 against, and recover from terrorist threats, in9 cluding threats from chemical, biological, radio10 logical, and nuclear weapons and explosive de11 vices capable of inflicting significant human 

12 casualties, and other emergencies; and 

13 ‘‘(B) familiarize Federal, State, and local 

14 government and nongovernment emergency re15 sponse providers and Department personnel 

16 with the proper use of equipment, including 

17 software, developed pursuant to the standards 

18 established under subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED CATEGORIES.—In carrying out 

20 paragraph (1), the Secretary specifically shall in21 clude the following categories of activities: 

22 ‘‘(A) Regional planning. 

23 ‘‘(B) Joint exercises. 

24 ‘‘(C) Intelligence collection, analysis, and 

25 sharing. 


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1 ‘‘(D) Decisionmaking protocols for incident 

2 response and alarms. 

3 ‘‘(E) Emergency notification of affected 

4 populations. 

5 ‘‘(F) Detection of biological, nuclear, radi6 ological, and chemical weapons of mass destruc7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(G) Screening and patrolling procedures. 

9 ‘‘(H) Such other activities for which the 

10 Secretary determines that national voluntary 

11 consensus training standards would be appro12 priate. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY.—In carrying out this sub14 section, the Secretary shall ensure that— 

15 ‘‘(A) training standards for Federal, State, 

16 and local government and nongovernment emer17 gency response providers are consistent with the 

18 principles of emergency preparedness for all 

19 hazards; and 

20 ‘‘(B) training standards for Department 

21 personnel are consistent with the 

22 counterterrorism and traditional responsibilities 

23 of the Department. 

24 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH STANDARDS ORGANIZA25 TIONS.—In establishing national voluntary consensus 


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1 standards for equipment for and training under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall consult with relevant public and 

3 private sector groups, including— 

4 ‘‘(1) the National Institute of Standards and 

5 Technology; 

6 ‘‘(2) the National Fire Protection Association; 

7 ‘‘(3) the National Association of County and 

8 City Health Officials; 

9 ‘‘(4) the Association of State and Territorial 

10 Health Officials; 

11 ‘‘(5) the American National Standards Insti12 tute; 

13 ‘‘(6) the National Institute of Justice; 

14 ‘‘(7) the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment 

15 Standardization and Interoperability; 

16 ‘‘(8) the National Public Health Performance 

17 Standards Program; 

18 ‘‘(9) the National Institute for Occupational 

19 Safety and Health; 

20 ‘‘(10) ASTM International; 

21 ‘‘(11) the International Safety Equipment Asso22 ciation; 

23 ‘‘(12) the Emergency Management Accredita24 tion Program; and 


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1 ‘‘(13) to the extent the Secretary considers ap2 propriate, other national voluntary consensus stand3 ards development organizations, other interested 

4 Federal, State, and local agencies, and other inter5 ested persons. 

6 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARIES OF HHS 

7 AND TRANSPORTATION.—In establishing any national vol8 untary consensus standards under this section for equip9 ment for or training of emergency response providers that 

10 involve or relate to health or emergency medical services 

11 professionals, including emergency medical professionals, 

12 the Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section 

13 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 

14 Secretary of Transportation.’’. 

15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

16 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

17 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 

18 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 314. National standards for homeland security equipment and training.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARING21 HOUSE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the estab23 lishment of the Technology Clearinghouse under section 

24 313 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 


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1 (b) TRANSFER PROGRAM.—Section 313 of the Home2 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection 

4 (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(2)’’; 

5 (2) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(6) The establishment of a homeland security 

8 technology transfer program to facilitate the identi9 fication, modification, and commercialization of tech10 nology and equipment for use by Federal, State, and 

11 local governmental agencies, emergency response 

12 providers, and the private sector to prevent, prepare 

13 for, or respond to acts of terrorism or other emer14 gencies.’’; 

15 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub16 section (e); and 

17 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol18 lowing new subsections: 

19 ‘‘(c) ELEMENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

20 PROGRAM.—The activities of the program described in 

21 subsection (b)(6) shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) identifying available technologies that have 

23 been, or are in the process of being, developed, test24 ed, evaluated, or demonstrated by the Department, 

25 other Federal agencies, the private sector, or foreign 


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1 governments and international organizations, and re2 viewing whether such technologies may be useful in 

3 assisting Federal, State, and local governmental 

4 agencies, emergency response providers, or the pri5 vate sector to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or re6 cover from acts of terrorism or other emergencies; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(2) communicating to Federal, State, and local 

9 governmental agencies, emergency response pro10 viders, or the private sector the availability of such 

11 technologies, as well as the technology’s specifica12 tions, satisfaction of appropriate standards, and the 

13 appropriate grants available from the Department to 

14 purchase such technologies. 

15 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR

16 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.—In support of the activities 

17 described in subsection (c), the Under Secretary for 

18 Science and Technology shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) conduct or support, based on the Depart20 ment’s current risk assessments, research, develop21 ment, demonstrations, tests, and evaluations, as ap22 propriate, of technologies identified under subsection 

23 (c)(1), including of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) any necessary modifications to such 

2 technologies for use by emergency response pro3 viders; and 

4 ‘‘(B) incorporation of human factors in the 

5 development and suggested use of such tech6 nologies; 

7 ‘‘(2) ensure that the technology transfer activi8 ties throughout the Directorate of Science and Tech9 nology are coordinated, including the technology 

10 transfer aspects of projects and grants awarded to 

11 the private sector and academia; 

12 ‘‘(3) consult with the other Under Secretaries 

13 of the Department, the Director of the Federal 

14 Emergency Management Agency, and the Director 

15 of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office on an on16 going basis; 

17 ‘‘(4) consult with Federal, State, and local 

18 emergency response providers; 

19 ‘‘(5) consult with government agencies and 

20 standards development organizations as appropriate; 

21 ‘‘(6) enter into agreements and coordinate with 

22 other Federal agencies, foreign governments, and 

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1 technologies or to facilitate commercialization of 

2 such technologies; 

3 ‘‘(7) consult with existing technology transfer 

4 programs and Federal and State training centers 

5 that research, develop, test, evaluate, and transfer 

6 military and other technologies for use by emergency 

7 response providers; and 

8 ‘‘(8) establish a working group in coordination 

9 with the Secretary of Defense to advise and assist 

10 the technology clearinghouse in the identification of 

11 military technologies that are in the process of being 

12 developed, or are developed, by the Department of 

13 Defense or the private sector, which may include— 

14 ‘‘(A) representatives from the Department 

15 of Defense or retired military officers; 

16 ‘‘(B) nongovernmental organizations or 

17 private companies that are engaged in the re18 search, development, testing, or evaluation of 

19 related technologies or that have demonstrated 

20 prior experience and success in searching for 

21 and identifying technologies for Federal agen22 cies; 

23 ‘‘(C) Federal, State, and local emergency 

24 response providers; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) as appropriate, other organizations, 

2 other interested Federal, State, and local agen3 cies, and other interested persons.’’. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Science 

6 and Technology shall transmit to the Congress a descrip7 tion of the progress the Department has made in imple8 menting the provisions of section 313 of the Homeland 

9 Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act, including 

10 a description of the process used to review unsolicited pro11 posals received as described in subsection (b)(3) of such 

12 section. 

13 (d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section (in14 cluding the amendments made by this section) shall be 

15 construed to alter or diminish the effect of the limitation 

16 on the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security 

17 under section 302(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 

18 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(4)) with respect to human health-re19 lated research and development activities. 

20 SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY INSTITUTE. 

21 (a) TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer 

23 responsibility for administering the Homeland Security In24 stitute established under section 312 of the Homeland Se25 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 192) to the Under Secretary 


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1 for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs. The 

2 Homeland Security Institute shall continue to carry out 

3 the duties described in subsection (c) of such section. Sec4 tion 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

5 452) shall not apply to a transfer under this section. 

6 (b) TERMINATION.—Section 312(g) of the Homeland 

7 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 192(g)) is amended by 

8 striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 

9 SEC. 5. HOMELAND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 

10 COMMITTEE. 

11 Section 311(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

12 (6 U.S.C. 191(j)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(j) TERMINATION.—The Department of Homeland 

14 Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee 

15 shall terminate 10 years after its establishment.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PROGRAM. 

17 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu18 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

19 adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 315. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PRO21 GRAM. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 

23 and Technology, in coordination with the Under Secretary 

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1 vide technical guidance, training, and other assistance, as 

2 appropriate, to support the transfer and integration of 

3 homeland security technologies and protocols in urban and 

4 other high risk jurisdictions determined by the Secretary 

5 to be at consistently high levels of risk from terrorist at6 tack. 

7 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The program supported under 

8 subsection (a) shall work to— 

9 ‘‘(1) facilitate the transition of innovative tech10 nologies and operational concepts, including those 

11 described in subsection (c); 

12 ‘‘(2) integrate new technologies with existing in13 frastructure, systems, and concepts; 

14 ‘‘(3) identify capability and technology gaps for 

15 future research, development, test, and evaluation; 

16 ‘‘(4) evaluate system performance, life cycle, 

17 and human factor issues; and 

18 ‘‘(5) disseminate lessons learned to other com19 munities. 

20 ‘‘(c) INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONAL

21 CONCEPTS.—The innovative technologies and operational 

22 concepts referred to in subsection (b)(1) include— 

23 ‘‘(1) detection systems for weapons of mass de24 struction; 


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1 ‘‘(2) emergency management information sys2 tems; 

3 ‘‘(3) situational awareness; 

4 ‘‘(4) information sharing; 

5 ‘‘(5) atmospheric transport and dispersion mod6 eling; 

7 ‘‘(6) public alerts and warnings; 

8 ‘‘(7) aerial platforms; and 

9 ‘‘(8) emergency medical support.’’. 

10 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

11 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

12 amended by adding after the item relating to section 314 

13 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 315. Regional technology integration program.’’. 

14 SEC. 7. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

15 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu16 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 316. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP19 MENT. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 

21 and Technology shall support research and development, 

22 including fundamental, long-term research, in 

23 cybersecurity to improve the ability of the United States 

24 to prevent, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover 


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1 from cyber attacks, with emphasis on research and devel2 opment relevant to large-scale, high-impact attacks. 

3 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The research and development 

4 supported under subsection (a) shall include work to— 

5 ‘‘(1) advance the development and accelerate 

6 the deployment of more secure versions of critical in7 formation systems, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) fundamental Internet protocols and 

9 architectures, including for the domain name 

10 system and routing protocols; and 

11 ‘‘(B) control systems used in critical infra12 structure sectors; 

13 ‘‘(2) improve and create technologies for detect14 ing attacks or intrusions, including monitoring tech15 nologies; 

16 ‘‘(3) improve and create mitigation and recov17 ery methodologies, including techniques for contain18 ment of attacks and development of resilient net19 works and systems that degrade gracefully; and 

20 ‘‘(4) develop and support infrastructure and 

21 tools to support cybersecurity research and develop22 ment efforts, including modeling, testbeds, and data 

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

2 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall co3 ordinate activities with— 

4 ‘‘(1) the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity 

5 and Telecommunications; and 

6 ‘‘(2) other Federal agencies, including the Na7 tional Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced 

8 Research Projects Agency, the Information Assur9 ance Directorate of the National Security Agency, 

10 and the National Institute of Standards and Tech11 nology, to identify unmet needs and cooperatively 

12 support activities, as appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(d) NATURE OF RESEARCH.—Activities under this 

14 section shall be carried out in accordance with section 

15 306(a) of this Act.’’. 

16 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

17 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

18 amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 

19 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 316. Cybersecurity research and development.’’. 

20 SEC. 8. STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN21 FORMATION SYSTEMS. 

22 (a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu23 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

24 adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 317. STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 

2 INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 

3 ‘‘(a) STANDARDS PROGRAM.—The Under Secretary 

4 for Science and Technology shall establish a program to 

5 support the development and promulgation of national vol6 untary consensus standards for requirements, perform7 ance testing, and user training with respect to critical in8 frastructure information systems. 

9 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The standards developed under sub10 section (a) shall be designed to assist State and local juris11 dictions, including those in urban and other areas at con12 sistently high levels of risk from terrorist attack, and 

13 emergency response providers to acquire and implement 

14 critical infrastructure information systems and to store 

15 and access information regarding critical infrastructure to 

16 be used in responding to acts of terrorism or other emer17 gencies. 

18 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The standards developed 

19 under subsection (a) shall be designed to facilitate— 

20 ‘‘(1) the interoperability of systems to enable 

21 sharing of information in a variety of formats and 

22 across stakeholders at the Federal, State, and local 

23 levels; 

24 ‘‘(2) the ease of deployment of the systems to 

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1 ‘‘(3) the ability to retrieve situational awareness 

2 information in real-time; 

3 ‘‘(4) the integrity, security, and accessibility of 

4 stored information; 

5 ‘‘(5) the application of human factors science in 

6 the development of the system; 

7 ‘‘(6) the availability and content of training 

8 programs for potential users; and 

9 ‘‘(7) meeting any other requirements deter10 mined by the Under Secretary to be appropriate. 

11 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Under Secretary for Science 

12 and Technology shall submit to Congress— 

13 ‘‘(1) 6 months after the date of enactment of 

14 this section, a report describing the plan for carrying 

15 out the program under this section, which shall in16 clude a schedule for the development of national vol17 untary consensus standards for critical infrastruc18 ture information systems; and 

19 ‘‘(2) 12 months after the date of enactment of 

20 this section, a report which shall include a descrip21 tion of— 

22 ‘‘(A) the steps taken under this program 

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1 ‘‘(B) the steps that have been or will be 

2 taken to promote the adoption of the standards 

3 by appropriate standard-setting organizations. 

4 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘critical infrastructure informa6 tion systems’ means software programs that store, 

7 manage, and display information about critical infra8 structure to support situational awareness and real9 time decisionmaking of law enforcement, fire serv10 ices, emergency medical services, emergency manage11 ment agencies, other emergency response providers, 

12 and critical infrastructure facility stakeholders. Crit13 ical infrastructure information may include maps 

14 and other geospatial information, emergency plans, 

15 interior and exterior imagery, entry and exit points, 

16 and any other information about infrastructure or 

17 facilities that may be beneficial to users of critical 

18 infrastructure information systems; and 

19 ‘‘(2) the term ‘critical infrastructure’ has the 

20 meaning given that term in section 1016(e) of the 

21 Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing 

22 Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Ob23 struct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 

24 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

2 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

3 amended by adding after the item relating to section 316 

4 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 317. Standards for critical infrastructure information systems.’’. 

5 SEC. 9. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AT 

6 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu8 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 318. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 

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

12 the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall en13 courage the development of an adequate supply of people 

14 trained in and performing research in science, technology, 

15 engineering, and mathematical fields relevant to homeland 

16 security. 

17 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out this sec18 tion, the Secretary may support— 

19 ‘‘(1) programs at the undergraduate, graduate, 

20 and postdoctoral levels; and 

21 ‘‘(2) internship programs that take advantage 

22 of the homeland security research infrastructure 

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1 ment of Energy National Laboratories, and Univer2 sity Centers of Excellence.’’. 

3 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

4 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

5 amended by adding after the item relating to section 317 

6 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 318. Scholarship and fellowship programs.’’. 

7 SEC. 10. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEMONSTRATION PRO8 GRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu10 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 319. SURVEILLANCE CAMERA DEMONSTRATION PRO13 GRAM. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 

15 and Technology, in consultation with the Privacy Officer, 

16 shall establish a demonstration program to test the effec17 tiveness and varied applications of utilizing surveillance 

18 systems technology to enhance homeland security. 

19 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The demonstration program re20 quired by this section shall enhance surveillance through 

21 technology, tools, and techniques to improve situational 

22 awareness and provide a more robust solution to managing 

23 and reducing the risk of terrorism in certain environ24 ments, including mass transit and commercial sites. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The demonstration program 

2 required by this section shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) select appropriate venues which need ex4 panded use of surveillance technology; 

5 ‘‘(2) thoroughly consider and incorporate best 

6 practices from United States allies abroad, including 

7 the United Kingdom, Israel, Canada, and Australia; 

8 ‘‘(3) develop an implementation plan which in9 cludes a privacy and civil liberties impact statement; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(4) in the case of a mass transit system, be 

12 consistent with the research and development re13 quirements of the National Strategy for Transpor14 tation Security. 

15 ‘‘(d) MASS TRANSIT SECURITY.—In carrying out a 

16 project under subsection (a) for a mass transit facility, 

17 the Under Secretary shall consult with the Assistant Sec18 retary for the Transportation Security Administration.’’. 

19 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 

20 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

21 amended by adding after the item relating to section 318 

22 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 319. Surveillance camera demonstration program.’’. 

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