Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Critical Infrastructure 
Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013’’ or 
the ‘‘CIRDA Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (15) 
through (18) as paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively, 
and by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 
‘‘(15) The term ‘Sector Coordinating Council’ 
means a private sector coordinating council that is— 
‘‘(A) recognized by the Secretary as such a 
Council for purposes of this Act; and 
‘‘(B) comprised of representatives of owners 
and operators of critical infrastructure within a 
particular sector of critical infrastructure.’’. 
SEC. 3. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) STRATEGIC
PLAN; PUBLIC-PRIVATE
CONSOR-
TIUMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 318. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research 
and Development Advancement Act of 2013, the Secretary, 
acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology, shall transmit to Congress a strategic plan to guide 
the overall direction of Federal physical security and cyber-
security technology research and development efforts for 
protecting critical infrastructure, including against all 
threats. Once every 2 years after the initial strategic plan 
is transmitted to Congress under this section, the Secretary 
shall transmit to Congress an update of the plan. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The strategic plan shall in-
clude the following: 
‘‘(1) An identification of critical infrastructure 
security risks and any associated security technology 
gaps, that are developed following— 
‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders, includ-
ing the Sector Coordinating Councils; and 
‘‘(B) performance by the Department of a 
risk/gap analysis that considers information re-
ceived in such consultations. 
‘‘(2) A set of critical infrastructure security tech-
nology needs that— 
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‘‘(A) is prioritized based on risk and gaps 
identified under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) emphasizes research and development 
of those technologies that need to be accelerated 
due to rapidly evolving threats or rapidly ad-
vancing infrastructure technology; and 
‘‘(C) includes research, development, and 
acquisition roadmaps with clearly defined objec-
tives, goals, and measures. 
‘‘(3) An identification of laboratories, facilities, 
modeling, and simulation capabilities that will be re-
quired to support the research, development, dem-
onstration, testing, evaluation, and acquisition of the 
security technologies described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) An identification of current and planned 
programmatic initiatives for fostering the rapid ad-
vancement and deployment of security technologies for 
critical infrastructure protection. The initiatives shall 
consider opportunities for public-private partner-
ships, intragovernment collaboration, university cen-
ters of excellence, and national laboratory technology 
transfer. 
‘‘(5) A description of progress made with respect 
to each critical infrastructure security risk, associated 
security technology gap, and critical infrastructure 
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technology need identified in the preceding strategic 
plan transmitted under this section. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall coordi-
nate with the Under Secretary for the National Protection 
and Programs Directorate. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall consult 
with— 
‘‘(1) the critical infrastructure Sector Coordi-
nating Councils; 
‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, subject matter ex-
perts on critical infrastructure protection from uni-
versities, colleges, including historically black colleges 
and universities, Hispanic- serving institutions, and 
tribal colleges and universities, national laboratories, 
and private industry; 
‘‘(3) the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies that conduct research and devel-
opment for critical infrastructure protection; and 
‘‘(4) State, local, and tribal governments as ap-
propriate. 
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‘‘SEC. 319. REPORT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE RESEARCH AND DE-
VELOPMENT CONSORTIUMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
enactment of the Critical Infrastructure Research and De-
velopment Advancement Act of 2013, the Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
shall transmit to Congress a report on the Department’s 
utilization of public-private research and development con-
sortiums for accelerating technology development for critical 
infrastructure protection. Once every 2 years after the ini-
tial report is transmitted to Congress under this section, 
the Secretary shall transmit to Congress an update of the 
report. The report shall focus on those aspects of critical 
infrastructure protection that are predominately operated 
by the private sector and that would most benefit from 
rapid security technology advancement. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) a summary of the progress and accomplish-
ments of on-going consortiums for critical infrastruc-
ture security technologies; 
‘‘(2) in consultation with the Sector Coordi-
nating Councils and, to the extent practicable, in con-
sultation with subject-matter experts on critical infra-
structure protection from universities, colleges, includ-
ing historically black colleges and universities, His-
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