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Union Calendar No. 407 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4942 

[Report No. 109–674] 

To establish a capability and office to promote cooperation between entities 

of the United States and its allies in the global war on terrorism for 

the purpose of engaging in cooperative endeavors focused on the research, 

development, and commercialization of high-priority technologies intended 

to detect, prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against acts 

of terrorism and other high consequence events and to address the 

homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local governments. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2006 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 

REICHERT, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 

Additional sponsors: Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. DENT, Mr. 

SIMMONS, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. DOYLE, and Mr. MCNULTY

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 

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 March 14, 2006] 

A BILL 

To establish a capability and office to promote cooperation 


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between entities of the United States and its allies in 

the global war on terrorism for the purpose of engaging 

in cooperative endeavors focused on the research, development, and commercialization of high-priority technologies intended to detect, prevent, respond to, recover 

from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and other 

high consequence events and to address the homeland 

security needs of Federal, State, and local governments. 

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 ‘‘Promoting 

5 Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International Coopera6 tion Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) The development and implementation of tech10 nology is critical to combating terrorism and other 

11 high consequence events and implementing a com12 prehensive homeland security strategy. 

13 (2) The United States and its allies in the global 

14 war on terrorism share a common interest in facili15 tating research, development, testing, and evaluation 

16 of technologies that will aid in detecting, preventing, 

17 responding to, recovering from, and mitigating 

18 against acts of terrorism. 


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1 (3) Certain United States allies in the global 

2 war on terrorism, including Israel, the United King3 dom, Canada, Australia, and Singapore have exten4 sive experience with, and technological expertise in, 

5 homeland security. 

6 (4) The United States and certain of its allies in 

7 the global war on terrorism have a history of success8 ful collaboration in developing mutually beneficial 

9 technologies in the areas of defense, agriculture, and 

10 telecommunications. 

11 (5) The United States and its allies in the global 

12 war on terrorism will mutually benefit from the shar13 ing of technological expertise to combat domestic and 

14 international terrorism. 

15 (6) The establishment of an office to facilitate 

16 and support cooperative endeavors between and 

17 among government agencies, for-profit business enti18 ties, academic institutions, and nonprofit entities of 

19 the United States and its allies will safeguard lives 

20 and property worldwide against acts of terrorism and 

21 other high consequence events. 


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1 SEC. 3. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER2 NATIONAL COOPERATION ACT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 

4 2002 is amended by inserting after section 313 (6 U.S.C. 

5 193) the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 314. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER7 NATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 

10 Director selected under subsection (c)(1). 

11 ‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVI12 TIES.—The term ‘international cooperative activities’ 

13 includes— 

14 ‘‘(A) coordinated research projects, joint re15 search projects, or joint ventures; 

16 ‘‘(B) joint studies or technical demonstra17 tions; 

18 ‘‘(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific 

19 seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops; 

20 ‘‘(D) training of scientists and engineers; 

21 ‘‘(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, engi22 neers, or other appropriate personnel; 

23 ‘‘(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and 

24 technological information; and 

25 ‘‘(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and 

26 equipment. 


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1 ‘‘(3) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘Under Sec2 retary’ means the Under Secretary for Science and 

3 Technology of the Department of Homeland Security. 

4 ‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

5 term ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 

6 given such term in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

8 ‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Under Secretary is 

10 authorized to carry out international cooperative ac11 tivities to support the responsibilities specified under 

12 section 302. 

13 ‘‘(2) MECHANISMS AND EQUITABILITY.—In car14 rying out this section, the Under Secretary may 

15 award grants to and enter into cooperative agree16 ments or contracts with United States governmental 

17 organizations, businesses, federally funded research 

18 and development centers, institutions of higher edu19 cation, and foreign public or private entities. The 

20 Under Secretary shall ensure that funding and re21 sources expended in international cooperative activi22 ties will be equitably matched by the foreign partner 

23 organization through direct funding or funding of 

24 complementary activities, or through provision of 

25 staff, facilities, materials, or equipment. 


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1 ‘‘(3) COOPERATION.—The Under Secretary is 

2 authorized to conduct international cooperative ac3 tivities jointly with other agencies. 

4 ‘‘(4) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Under this section, 

5 the Under Secretary may form partnerships with 

6 United States allies in the global war on terrorism, 

7 including Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus8 tralia, Singapore, and other countries as appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(5) EXOTIC DISEASES.—As part of the inter10 national cooperative activities authorized in this sec11 tion, the Under Secretary may facilitate the develop12 ment of information sharing and other types of coop13 erative mechanisms with foreign countries, including 

14 nations in Africa, to strengthen American prepared15 ness against threats to the Nation’s agricultural and 

16 public health sectors from exotic diseases. 

17 ‘‘(c) OFFICE AND DIRECTOR.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary 

19 shall establish the Science and Technology Homeland 

20 Security International Cooperative Programs Office 

21 to facilitate international cooperative activities 

22 throughout the Science and Technology Directorate. 

23 The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall 

24 be selected by and shall report to the Under Secretary. 

25 ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS.—The 

2 Director shall be responsible for developing, in 

3 coordination with the Department of State and 

4 other Federal agencies, mechanisms and legal 

5 frameworks to allow and to support inter6 national cooperative activities in support of 

7 homeland security research. 

8 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.—The 

9 Director shall facilitate the matching of United 

10 States entities engaged in homeland security re11 search with non-United States entities engaged 

12 in homeland security research so that they may 

13 partner in homeland security research activities. 

14 ‘‘(C) COORDINATION.—The Director shall 

15 ensure that the activities under this subsection 

16 are coordinated with those of other components of 

17 the Department and of other relevant research 

18 agencies. 

19 ‘‘(D) CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.—The 

20 Director, periodically, shall support the planning 

21 and execution of international homeland security 

22 technology workshops and conferences to improve 

23 contact among the international community of 

24 technology developers and to help establish direc25 tion for future technology goals. 


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1 ‘‘(3) PROGRAM MANAGER AUTHORITY.—This sub2 section shall not be construed to limit the ability of 

3 a program manager to initiate or carry out inter4 national cooperative activities provided that such ac5 tivities are appropriately coordinated with the office 

6 established under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Home9 land Security for international cooperative activities au10 thorized under this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

11 years 2007 through 2010. 

12 ‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL COOP13 ERATIVE ACTIVITIES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Sec16 retary, acting through the Director, shall transmit to 

17 the Congress a report containing— 

18 ‘‘(A) a brief description of each partnership 

19 formed under subsection (b)(4), including the 

20 participants, goals, and amount and sources of 

21 funding; and 

22 ‘‘(B) a list of international cooperative ac23 tivities underway, including the participants, 

24 goals, expected duration, and amount and 


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1 sources of funding, including resources provided 

2 to support the activities in lieu of direct funding. 

3 ‘‘(2) UPDATES.—At the end of the fiscal year 

4 that occurs 5 years after the transmittal of the report 

5 under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the 

6 Under Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 

7 transmit to the Congress an update of the report re8 quired under subsection (a).’’. 

9 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

10 contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended 

11 by adding after the item relating to section 313 the fol12 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 407 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4942 

[Report No. 109

–674] 

A BILL 

To establish a capability and office to promote colocal governments. homeland security needs of Federal, State, and other high consequence events and to address the from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and tended to detect, prevent, respond to, recover mercialization of high-priority technologies in- focused on the research, development, and com- the purpose of engaging in cooperative endeavors and its allies in the global war on terrorism for operation between entities of the United States 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 

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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