I 
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, devel-
opment, and commercialization of high-priority tech-
nologies 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting 
Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International Co-
operation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The development and implementation of 
technology is critical to combating terrorism and 
other high consequence events and implementing a 
comprehensive homeland security strategy. 
(2) The United States and its allies in the glob-
al war on terrorism share a common interest in fa-
cilitating research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion of technologies that will aid in detecting, pre-
venting, responding to, recovering from, and miti-
gating against acts of terrorism. 
(3) Certain United States allies in the global 
war on terrorism, including Israel, the United King-
dom, Canada, Australia, and Singapore have exten-
sive experience with, and technological expertise in, 
homeland security. 
(4) The United States and certain of its allies 
in the global war on terrorism have a history of suc-
cessful collaboration in developing mutually bene-
ficial technologies in the areas of defense, agri-
culture, and telecommunications. 
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(5) The United States and its allies in the glob-
al war on terrorism will mutually benefit from the 
sharing of technological expertise to combat domes-
tic and international terrorism. 
(6) The establishment of an office to facilitate 
and support cooperative endeavors between and 
among government agencies, for-profit business enti-
ties, academic institutions, and nonprofit entities of 
the United States and its allies will safeguard lives 
and property worldwide against acts of terrorism 
and other high consequence events. 
SEC. 3. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 is amended by inserting after section 313 (6 U.S.C. 
193) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 314. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director selected under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(2) INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVE
ACTIV-
ITY.—The term ‘international cooperative activity’ 
includes— 
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‘‘(A) coordinated research projects, joint 
research projects, or joint ventures; 
‘‘(B) joint studies or technical demonstra-
tions; 
‘‘(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific 
seminars, conferences, symposia, and work-
shops; 
‘‘(D) training of scientists and engineers; 
‘‘(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, en-
gineers, or other appropriate personnel; 
‘‘(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and 
technological information; and 
‘‘(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and 
equipment. 
‘‘(b) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HOMELAND SECU-
RITY
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS
OF-
FICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary 
shall establish the Science and Technology Home-
land Security International Cooperative Programs 
Office. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by 
a Director, who shall be selected by and shall report 
to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
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‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT
OF
MECHANISMS.— 
The Director shall be responsible for devel-
oping, in coordination with the Department of 
State and other Federal agencies, mechanisms 
and legal frameworks to allow and to support 
international cooperative activity in support of 
homeland security research. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITIES.—The Director shall be 
responsible for developing, in coordination with 
the Directorate of Science and Technology, the 
other components of the Department of Home-
land Security, and other Federal agencies, stra-
tegic priorities for international cooperative ac-
tivity. 
‘‘(C) ACTIVITIES.—The Director shall fa-
cilitate the planning, development, and imple-
mentation of international cooperative activity 
to address the strategic priorities developed 
under subparagraph (B) through mechanisms 
the Under Secretary considers appropriate, in-
cluding grants, cooperative agreements, or con-
tracts to or with foreign public or private enti-
ties, governmental organizations, businesses, 
federally funded research and development cen-
ters, and universities. 
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‘‘(D) IDENTIFICATION
OF
PARTNERS.— 
The Director shall facilitate the matching of 
United States entities engaged in homeland se-
curity research with non-United States entities 
engaged in homeland security research so that 
they may partner in homeland security research 
activities. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.—The Director shall en-
sure that the activities under this subsection are co-
ordinated with those of other relevant research agen-
cies, and may run projects jointly with other agen-
cies. 
‘‘(5) CONFERENCES
AND
WORKSHOPS.—The 
Director, periodically, shall hold international home-
land security technology workshops and conferences 
to improve contact among the international commu-
nity of technology developers and to help establish 
direction for future technology goals. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) BUDGET ALLOCATION.—Not less than 2.5 
percent of the research, development, testing, and 
evaluation budget of the Directorate of Science and 
Technology for each fiscal year, not including man-
agement and administration amounts, shall be allo-
cated for activities under this section. 
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‘‘(2) EQUITABILITY.—The Director shall ensure 
that funding and resources expended in international 
cooperative activity will be equitably matched by the 
foreign partner organization through direct funding 
or funding of complementary activities, or through 
provision of staff, facilities, material, or equipment. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Partners shall in-
clude Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus-
tralia, Singapore, and other allies in the global war 
on terrorism, as appropriate. As part of the activi-
ties of the Office, and recognizing the importance of 
preparedness against threats to the Nation’s agricul-
tural and public health from exotic diseases, the Di-
rector shall work, in conjunction with the portfolio 
and program managers of the Directorate of Science 
and Technology, to facilitate development of infor-
mation sharing and other types of cooperative mech-
anisms for situational awareness of the genomics 
and proteomics of exotic animal disease, including 
with nations in Africa.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 
the following new item: 
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‘‘Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation pro-
gram.’’. 
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