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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2295 

To authorize appropriations for the Homeland Security Department’s Directorate of Science and Technology, establish a program for the use of 

advanced technology to meet homeland security needs, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 7, 2004 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. KYL, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mrs. BOXER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the Homeland Security Department’s Directorate of Science and Technology, establish a program for the use of advanced technology to 

meet homeland security needs, 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 ‘‘Border Infrastructure 

5 and Technology Integration Act of 2004’’. 
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1 TITLE I—BORDER SECURITY 

2 SEC. 101. VULNERABILITY AND THREAT ASSESSMENT. 

3 (a) STUDY.—The Under Secretary of Homeland Se4 curity for Border and Transportation Security, in con5 sultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary of 

7 Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infra8 structure Protection, shall study the technology, equip9 ment, and personnel needed to address security 

10 vulnerabilities within the United States for each field of11 fice of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection that 

12 has responsibility for any portion of the United States bor13 ders with Canada and Mexico, including an assessment of 

14 the optimal Border Patrol strength for those borders. The 

15 Under Secretary shall conduct follow-up studies at least 

16 once every 5 years. 

17 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Under Secretary 

18 shall submit a report to Congress on the Under Sec19 retary’s findings and conclusions from each study con20 ducted under subsection (a) together with legislative rec21 ommendations, as appropriate, for addressing any security 

22 vulnerabilities found by the study. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

24 are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

25 Homeland Security Directorate of Border and Transpor-
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1 tation Security such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

2 years 2005 through 2010 to carry out any such rec3 ommendations from the first study conducted under sub4 section (a). 

5 SEC. 102. DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS FOR FIELD OFFICES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu7 rity may provide up to $15,000 per fiscal year to any field 

8 office of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 

9 to be used by that office in developing innovative tech10 niques and technologies to carry out its duties with respect 

11 to the inspection of articles and individuals entering the 

12 United States. Financial assistance provided to a field of13 fice under this subsection shall be in addition to any 

14 amounts made available to that office under any other pro15 vision of law. 

16 (b) APPLICATIONS.—To receive funding provided 

17 under subsection (a) a field office shall submit an applica18 tion to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 

19 as the Secretary may require, describing the purpose for 

20 which the additional funding is requested in sufficient de21 tail to permit the Secretary to determine whether the addi22 tional funding is necessary and appropriate. 

23 (c) REPORTS.— 

24 (1) INFORMATION-SHARING.—Not later than 30 

25 days after the head of a field office implements a 
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1 new technique or technology developed in whole or in 

2 part with funding provided under subsection (a), the 

3 head of the field office shall submit a report to the 

4 Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and Border 

5 Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, 

6 the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Bor7 der and Transportation Security, the Under Sec8 retary of Homeland Security for Science and Tech9 nology, and the heads of the other field offices re10 garding the technique or technology in order for suc11 cessful techniques and technologies to be replicated 

12 by other offices. 

13 (2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 

14 (A) a description of the technique or tech15 nology developed or implemented with funds 

16 provided under subsection (a); and 

17 (B) information on— 

18 (i) how the technique or technology 

19 was employed to enhance border security; 

20 (ii) the effectiveness of the technique 

21 or technology for enhancing border secu22 rity; and 

23 (iii) the need for future development 

24 or implementation of additional techniques 

25 or technology; 
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1 (C) accounting for expenditures of funds 

2 received under subsection (a); 

3 (D) requesting more funding under sub4 section (a) if the head of the field office believes 

5 it necessary to improve or further develop the 

6 technique or technology, or to develop addi7 tional techniques or technologies; and 

8 (E) providing an explanation of the need 

9 for such additional funding and a justification 

10 for the amount requested. 

11 SEC. 103. USE OF AERIAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES 

12 FOR BORDER SECURITY. 

13 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

15 of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, in con16 sultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 

17 for Border and Transportation Security, the Under Sec18 retary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and 

19 Infrastructure Protection, the Secretary of Defense, and 

20 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

21 shall develop a pilot program to utilize, or increase the 

22 utilization of, aerial surveillance technologies to enhance 

23 the border security of the United States. In developing the 

24 program, the Under Secretary shall— 
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1 (1) consider current and proposed aerial sur2 veillance technologies that could be utilized to en3 hance the border security of the United States; 

4 (2) assess the threats to the border security of 

5 the United States that can be addressed by the utili6 zation of such technologies; and 

7 (3) assess the feasibility and advisability of uti8 lizing such technologies to address such threats, in9 cluding an assessment of the technologies considered 

10 best suited to address such threats. 

11 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program shall in13 clude the utilization of a variety of aerial surveil14 lance technologies in a variety of topographies and 

15 areas (including both populated and unpopulated 

16 areas) on both the northern and southern borders of 

17 the United States in order to evaluate, for a range 

18 of circumstances— 

19 (A) the significance of previous experiences 

20 with such technologies in homeland security or 

21 critical infrastructure protection for the utiliza22 tion of such technologies for border security; 

23 (B) the cost, utility, and effectiveness of 

24 various technologies for border security, includ25 ing varying levels of technical complexity; and 
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1 (C) liability, safety, and privacy concerns 

2 relating to the utilization of such technologies 

3 for border security. 

4 (2) USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.— 

5 The aerial surveillance technologies utilized in the 

6 pilot program shall include unmanned aerial vehi7 cles. 

8 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Secu10 rity shall implement the pilot program developed under 

11 this section. 

12 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple13 menting the pilot program under subsection (a), the 

14 Under Secretary shall submit a report on the program to 

15 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans16 portation, the House of Representatives Committee on 

17 Science, and the House of Representatives Select Com18 mittee on Homeland Security. The Under Secretary shall 

19 include in the report a description of the program together 

20 with such recommendations as the Under Secretary finds 

21 appropriate, including recommendations for terminating 

22 the program, making the program permanent, or enhanc23 ing the program. 
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1 SEC. 104. USE OF GROUND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES 

2 FOR BORDER SECURITY. 

3 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, in con6 sultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 

7 for Border and Transportation Security, the Under Sec8 retary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and 

9 Infrastructure Protection, and the Secretary of Defense, 

10 shall develop a pilot program to utilize, or increase the 

11 utilization of, ground surveillance technologies to enhance 

12 the border security of the United States. In developing the 

13 program, the Under Secretary shall— 

14 (1) consider various current and proposed 

15 ground surveillance technologies that could be uti16 lized to enhance the border security of the United 

17 States; 

18 (2) assess the threats to the border security of 

19 the United States that could be addressed by the 

20 utilization of such technologies; and 

21 (3) assess the feasibility and advisability of uti22 lizing such technologies to address such threats, in23 cluding an assessment of the technologies considered 

24 best suited to address such threats. 

25 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The pilot program shall in2 clude the utilization of a variety of ground surveil3 lance technologies in a variety of topographies and 

4 areas (including both populated and unpopulated 

5 areas) on both the northern and southern borders of 

6 the United States in order to evaluate, for a range 

7 of circumstances— 

8 (A) the significance of previous experiences 

9 with such technologies in homeland security or 

10 critical infrastructure protection for the utiliza11 tion of such technologies for border security; 

12 (B) the cost, utility, and effectiveness of 

13 such technologies for border security; and 

14 (C) liability, safety, and privacy concerns 

15 relating to the utilization of such technologies 

16 for border security. 

17 (2) TECHNOLOGIES.—The ground surveillance 

18 technologies utilized in the pilot program shall in19 clude the following: 

20 (A) Video camera technology. 

21 (B) Sensor technology. 

22 (C) Motion detection technology. 

23 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary of 

24 Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Secu-
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1 rity shall implement the pilot program developed under 

2 this section. 

3 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple4 menting the pilot program under subsection (a), the 

5 Under Secretary shall submit a report on the program to 

6 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans7 portation, the House of Representatives Committee on 

8 Science, and the House of Representatives Select Com9 mittee on Homeland Security. The Under Secretary shall 

10 include in the report a description of the program together 

11 with such recommendations as the Under Secretary finds 

12 appropriate, including recommendations for terminating 

13 the program, making the program permanent, or enhanc14 ing the program. 

15 SEC. 105. ENHANCEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRA16 TION AND INFORMATION SHARING ON BOR17 DER SECURITY. 

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

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home20 land Security, acting through the Under Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Secu22 rity, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Home23 land Security for Science and Technology, the Under Sec24 retary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and 

25 Infrastructure Protection, the Assistant Secretary of Com-
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1 merce for Communications and Information, and other ap2 propriate Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, shall 

3 develop and implement a plan— 

4 (1) to improve the communications systems of 

5 the departments and agencies of the Federal Gov6 ernment in order to facilitate the integration of com7 munications among the departments and agencies of 

8 the Federal Government and State, local government 

9 agencies, and Indian tribal agencies on matters re10 lating to border security; and 

11 (2) to enhance information sharing among the 

12 departments and agencies of the Federal Govern13 ment, State and local government agencies, and In14 dian tribal agencies on such matters. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple16 menting the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

17 submit a copy of the plan and a report on the plan, includ18 ing any recommendations the Secretary finds appropriate, 

19 to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

20 Transportation, the House of Representatives Committee 

21 on Science, and the House of Representatives Select Com22 mittee on Homeland Security. 

23 SEC. 106. BORDER SECURITY COORDINATION. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of Home25 land Security for Border and Transportation Security, in 
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1 consultation with the Under Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity for Science and Technology and the Under Secretary 

3 of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infra4 structure Protection, shall work with Federal, State, local, 

5 and tribal agencies on law enforcement, emergency re6 sponse, or security-related responsibilities for areas on or 

7 adjacent to the United States borders with Canada and 

8 Mexico to develop and implement a plan to ensure that 

9 border security is not compromised— 

10 (1) when jurisdiction over an area or facility 

11 passes from one agency to another; 

12 (2) in areas of shared jurisdiction; or 

13 (3) when one Federal agency relinquishes juris14 diction to another pursuant to a memorandum of 

15 understanding. 

16 (b) KEY ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—In developing the 

17 plan, the Under Secretary shall focus particularly on— 

18 (1) the coordination of emergency responses to 

19 border security events; 

20 (2) improved data-sharing and communications 

21 among the responsible agencies; and 

22 (3) research and development relating to tech23 nology and systems for improved coordination 

24 among the responsible agencies. 
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1 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after imple2 menting the plan under subsection (a), the Under Sec3 retary shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee 

4 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the House of 

5 Representatives Committee on Science, the House of Rep6 resentatives Select Committee on Homeland Security, and 

7 other appropriate committees of Congress on the develop8 ment and implementation of the plan. The report shall in9 clude information on Federal agency response times to 

10 calls for assistance on immigration-related matters from 

11 State and local government agencies. 

12 SEC. 107. MONITORING FOR BORDER AREA BIOTERRORISM 

13 ATTACKS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu15 rity and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

16 shall execute a memorandum of understanding between 

17 the Department of Homeland Security and the Depart18 ment of Health and Human Services establishing a sys19 tem— 

20 (1) to monitor hospitals along the United 

21 States borders with Canada and Mexico for signs of 

22 potential health threats or bioterror attacks; and 

23 (2) to ensure cooperation and information-shar24 ing between the departments with respect to such 

25 threats or attacks. 
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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the memo2 randum of understanding is executed and annually there3 after, the Secretaries shall transmit a joint report to the 

4 Congress on the system established under subsection (a) 

5 during the preceding calendar year. The report shall in6 clude a description of measures taken to deal with any 

7 problems reported, proposals for improving the system, 

8 and recommendations (including legislative recommenda9 tions if appropriate), to improve or expand the system. 

10 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

11 HOMELAND SECURITY DIREC12 TORATE OF SCIENCE AND 

13 TECHNOLOGY 

14 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2005.—There are authorized to be 

16 appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for 

17 the Directorate of Science and Technology 

18 $1,039,350,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out title III 

19 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et 

20 seq.), of which— 

21 (1) $129,300,000 shall be for radiological/nu22 clear countermeasures; 

23 (2) $407,000,000 shall be for biological coun24 termeasures; 
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1 (3) $62,700,000 shall be for chemical and high 

2 explosives countermeasures; 

3 (4) $39,700,000 shall be for the standards and 

4 State and local program; 

5 (5) $34,000,000 shall be for the Conventional 

6 Missions/Components Program; 

7 (6) $30,000,000 shall be for university pro8 grams; 

9 (7) $21,000,000 shall be for emerging threats; 

10 (8) $76,000,000 shall be for the Rapid Proto11 typing Program; 

12 (9) $101,900,000 shall be for threat and vul13 nerability testing and assessment; 

14 (10) $61,000,000 shall be for Counter 

15 MANPADS/Critical Infrastructure Protection; 

16 (11) $52,600,000 shall be for salary and ex17 penses; and 

18 (12) $24,150,000 shall be for Research and De19 velopment Consolidation transferred funds. 

20 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2006.—There are authorized to be 

21 appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for 

22 the Directorate of Science and Technology 

23 $1,045,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry out title III 

24 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et 

25 seq.), of which— 
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1 (1) $133,179,000 shall be for radiological/nu2 clear countermeasures; 

3 (2) $419,210,000 shall be for biological coun4 termeasures; 

5 (3) $64,581,000 shall be for chemical and high 

6 explosives countermeasures; 

7 (4) $40,891,000 shall be for the standards and 

8 State and local program; 

9 (5) $35,020,000 shall be for the Conventional 

10 Missions/Components Program; 

11 (6) $30,900,000 shall be for university pro12 grams; 

13 (7) $21,630,000 shall be for emerging threats; 

14 (8) $78,280,000 shall be for the Rapid Proto15 typing Program; 

16 (9) $104,957,000 shall be for threat and vul17 nerability testing and assessment; 

18 (10) $62,830,000 shall be for Counter 

19 MANPADS/Critical Infrastructure Protection; and 

20 (11) $54,178,000 shall be for salary and ex21 penses. 

22 (c) FISCAL YEAR 2007.—There are authorized to be 

23 appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for 

24 the Directorate of Science and Technology 

25 $1,077,025,680 for fiscal year 2007 to carry out title III 
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1 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et 

2 seq.), of which— 

3 (1) $137,174,370 shall be for radiological/nu4 clear countermeasures; 

5 (2) $431,786,300 shall be for biological coun6 termeasures; 

7 (3) $66,518,430 shall be for chemical and high 

8 explosives countermeasures; 

9 (4) $42,117,730 shall be for the standards and 

10 State and local program; 

11 (5) $36,070,600 shall be for the Conventional 

12 Missions/Components Program; 

13 (6) $31,827,000 shall be for university pro14 grams; 

15 (7) $22,278,900 shall be for emerging threats; 

16 (8) $80,628,400 shall be for the Rapid Proto17 typing Program; 

18 (9) $108,105,710 shall be for threat and vul19 nerability testing and assessment; 

20 (10) $64,714,900 shall be for Counter 

21 MANPADS/Critical Infrastructure Protection; and 

22 (11) $55,803,340 shall be for salary and ex23 penses. 

24 (d) FISCAL YEAR 2008.—There are authorized to be 

25 appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for 
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1 the Directorate of Science and Technology 

2 $1,109,336,450 for fiscal year 2008 to carry out title III 

3 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et 

4 seq.), of which— 

5 (1) $141,289,601 shall be for radiological/nu6 clear countermeasures; 

7 (2) $444,739,889 shall be for biological coun8 termeasures; 

9 (3) $68,513,983 shall be for chemical and high 

10 explosives countermeasures; 

11 (4) $43,381,262 shall be for the standards and 

12 State and local program; 

13 (5) $37,152,718 shall be for the Conventional 

14 Missions/Components Program; 

15 (6) $32,781,810 shall be for university pro16 grams; 

17 (7) $22,947,267 shall be for emerging threats; 

18 (8) $83,047,252 shall be for the Rapid Proto19 typing Program; 

20 (9) $111,348,881 shall be for threat and vul21 nerability testing and assessment; 

22 (10) $66,656,347 shall be for Counter 

23 MANPADS/Critical Infrastructure Protection; and 

24 (11) $57,477,440 shall be for salary and ex25 penses. 
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1 SEC. 202. RESEARCH NEEDS AND PRIORITIES REPORT. 

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

3 date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the 

4 Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and 

5 Technology shall transmit to the Senate Committee on 

6 Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the House of 

7 Representatives Committee on Science, and the House of 

8 Representatives Select Committee on Homeland Security 

9 a report on research and development needs and priorities 

10 identified for all elements of the Department of Homeland 

11 Security. 

12 (b) CONTENT.—The report shall include a description 

13 of— 

14 (1) the research and development needs in sup15 port of the Department’s missions; 

16 (2) priorities established for directing, funding, 

17 and conducting research and development activities 

18 of the Department; 

19 (3) the Directorate of Science and Technology’s 

20 efforts and priorities to meet the research and devel21 opment needs of the Department; 

22 (4) the progress that the Science and Tech23 nology Directorate has made in its efforts to meet 

24 the needs described in paragraph (1); and 
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1 (5) strategies to coordinate and integrate all re2 search, development, demonstration, testing, and 

3 evaluation activities of the Department. 

4 SEC. 203. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 

5 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 60 days after the initial 

6 report is submitted under section 202, the Under Sec7 retary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology 

8 shall contract with the National Academy of Sciences to 

9 conduct a review of the Science and Technology Direc10 torate’s research and development needs and priorities de11 scribed in the report. The review shall include— 

12 (1) an assessment of the Directorate’s ability to 

13 meet the research and development needs of the De14 partment of Homeland Security; 

15 (2) a review of the process used to determine 

16 research priorities; 

17 (3) a review of the grant proposal evaluation 

18 process; and 

19 (4) a review of the technology transfer process. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the National Academy of 

22 Sciences shall report to the Senate Committee on Com23 merce, Science, and Transportation, the House of Rep24 resentatives Committee on Science, and the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives Select Committee on Homeland Security on 

2 the results of the review conducted under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 204. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES RE4 PORTS. 

5 Not later than 60 days after the initial report is sub6 mitted under section 202, the Secretary of Homeland Se7 curity shall— 

8 (1) identify all research and development activi9 ties in the Department of Homeland Security that 

10 are not conducted within the Directorate of Science 

11 and Technology; and 

12 (2) consolidate those activities so as to elimi13 nate needless duplication of effort. 

14 SEC. 205. PERSONNEL PLAN. 

15 Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment 

16 of this Act, the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 

17 for Science and Technology shall submit a personnel staff18 ing plan for the Science and Technology Directorate to 

19 the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans20 portation and the House of Representatives Committee on 

21 Science. The plan shall include information on recruitment 

22 procedures, compensation arrangements, and the number 

23 and qualifications of employees required for the Direc24 torate. 
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1 SEC. 206. HOMELAND SECURITY INSTITUTE. 

2 Section 312 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

3 (6 U.S.C. 192) is amended by striking subsection (g). 

4 SEC. 207. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND LICENSING OF5 FICE. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE.—The Under 

7 Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Tech8 nology shall establish a Technology Transfer and Licens9 ing Office within the Directorate of Science and Tech10 nology. The Office shall— 

11 (1) facilitate the transfer of technologies into 

12 and out of the Directorate of Science and Tech13 nology; and 

14 (2) handle the licensing activities for the Direc15 torate of Science and Technology. 

16 (b) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PLAN.—Not later than 

17 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

18 Under Secretary shall develop and implement a technology 

19 transfer plan for the Directorate. The technology transfer 

20 plan shall include— 

21 (1) a framework of oversight and administrative 

22 requirements for carrying out technology transfer 

23 activities; 

24 (2) a description of how the Office will identify, 

25 assess, license, and monitor research and develop26 ment projects that the Department and its related 
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1 facilities determine have a potential for public and 

2 commercial application; and 

3 (3) procedures for the dissemination of infor4 mation on Federally owned or originated products, 

5 processes, and services to interested parties. 

6 (c) PLAN AND REPORT.—The Under Secretary shall 

7 transmit a copy of the plan, together with recommenda8 tions (including legislative recommendations) if any, to the 

9 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor10 tation, the House of Representatives Committee on 

11 Science, and the House of Representatives Select Com12 mittee on Homeland Security within 1 year after the plan 

13 is implemented. 

14 SEC. 208. HOMELAND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY INVEST15 MENT STUDY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

18 shall initiate and complete a study to determine the feasi19 bility of funding a nonprofit government-sponsored enter20 prise for the purpose of investing in private sector enter21 prises to support research and development of new tech22 nologies that show promise for homeland security applica23 tions. 

24 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall transmit a report, 

25 with the Secretary’s findings, conclusions, and rec-
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1 ommendations (including legislative recommendations, if 

2 appropriate), within 120 days after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

4 Science, and Transportation, the House of Representa5 tives Committee on Science, and the House of Representa6 tives Select Committee on Homeland Security. 

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