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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4942 

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 

A BILL 

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. 

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 ‘‘Promoting 

3 Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International Co4 operation Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 The Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The development and implementation of 

8 technology is critical to combating terrorism and 

9 other high consequence events and implementing a 

10 comprehensive homeland security strategy. 

11 (2) The United States and its allies in the glob12 al war on terrorism share a common interest in fa13 cilitating research, development, testing, and evalua14 tion of technologies that will aid in detecting, pre15 venting, responding to, recovering from, and miti16 gating against acts of terrorism. 

17 (3) Certain United States allies in the global 

18 war on terrorism, including Israel, the United King19 dom, Canada, Australia, and Singapore have exten20 sive experience with, and technological expertise in, 

21 homeland security. 

22 (4) The United States and certain of its allies 

23 in the global war on terrorism have a history of suc24 cessful collaboration in developing mutually bene25 ficial technologies in the areas of defense, agri26 culture, and telecommunications. 


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1 (5) The United States and its allies in the glob2 al war on terrorism will mutually benefit from the 

3 sharing of technological expertise to combat domes4 tic and international terrorism. 

5 (6) The establishment of an office to facilitate 

6 and support cooperative endeavors between and 

7 among government agencies, for-profit business enti8 ties, academic institutions, and nonprofit entities of 

9 the United States and its allies will safeguard lives 

10 and property worldwide against acts of terrorism 

11 and other high consequence events. 

12 SEC. 3. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER13 NATIONAL COOPERATION ACT. 

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

15 2002 is amended by inserting after section 313 (6 U.S.C. 

16 193) the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 314. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER18 NATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 

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

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

21 the Director selected under subsection (b)(2). 

22 ‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ACTIV23 ITY.—The term ‘international cooperative activity’ 

24 includes— 


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1 ‘‘(A) coordinated research projects, joint 

2 research projects, or joint ventures; 

3 ‘‘(B) joint studies or technical demonstra4 tions; 

5 ‘‘(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific 

6 seminars, conferences, symposia, and work7 shops; 

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

9 ‘‘(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, en10 gineers, or other appropriate personnel; 

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

12 technological information; and 

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

14 equipment. 

15 ‘‘(b) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HOMELAND SECU16 RITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS OF17 FICE.— 

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

19 shall establish the Science and Technology Home20 land Security International Cooperative Programs 

21 Office. 

22 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by 

23 a Director, who shall be selected by and shall report 

24 to the Under Secretary. 

25 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS.— 

2 The Director shall be responsible for devel3 oping, in coordination with the Department of 

4 State and other Federal agencies, mechanisms 

5 and legal frameworks to allow and to support 

6 international cooperative activity in support of 

7 homeland security research. 

8 ‘‘(B) PRIORITIES.—The Director shall be 

9 responsible for developing, in coordination with 

10 the Directorate of Science and Technology, the 

11 other components of the Department of Home12 land Security, and other Federal agencies, stra13 tegic priorities for international cooperative ac14 tivity. 

15 ‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall fa16 cilitate the planning, development, and imple17 mentation of international cooperative activity 

18 to address the strategic priorities developed 

19 under subparagraph (B) through mechanisms 

20 the Under Secretary considers appropriate, in21 cluding grants, cooperative agreements, or con22 tracts to or with foreign public or private enti23 ties, governmental organizations, businesses, 

24 federally funded research and development cen25 ters, and universities. 


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1 ‘‘(D) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.— 

2 The Director shall facilitate the matching of 

3 United States entities engaged in homeland se4 curity research with non-United States entities 

5 engaged in homeland security research so that 

6 they may partner in homeland security research 

7 activities. 

8 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director shall en9 sure that the activities under this subsection are co10 ordinated with those of other relevant research agen11 cies, and may run projects jointly with other agen12 cies. 

13 ‘‘(5) CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.—The 

14 Director, periodically, shall hold international home15 land security technology workshops and conferences 

16 to improve contact among the international commu17 nity of technology developers and to help establish 

18 direction for future technology goals. 

19 ‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) BUDGET ALLOCATION.—Not less than 2.5 

21 percent of the research, development, testing, and 

22 evaluation budget of the Directorate of Science and 

23 Technology for each fiscal year, not including man24 agement and administration amounts, shall be allo25 cated for activities under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EQUITABILITY.—The Director shall ensure 

2 that funding and resources expended in international 

3 cooperative activity will be equitably matched by the 

4 foreign partner organization through direct funding 

5 or funding of complementary activities, or through 

6 provision of staff, facilities, material, or equipment. 

7 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Partners shall in8 clude Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus9 tralia, Singapore, and other allies in the global war 

10 on terrorism, as appropriate. As part of the activi11 ties of the Office, and recognizing the importance of 

12 preparedness against threats to the Nation’s agricul13 tural and public health from exotic diseases, the Di14 rector shall work, in conjunction with the portfolio 

15 and program managers of the Directorate of Science 

16 and Technology, to facilitate development of infor17 mation sharing and other types of cooperative mech18 anisms for situational awareness of the genomics 

19 and proteomics of exotic animal disease, including 

20 with nations in Africa.’’. 

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

22 of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

23 amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 

24 the following new item: 


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

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