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cluding test and evaluation activities 
planned or conducted pursuant to clause 
(ii); and 
‘‘(iv) review available test and evalua-
tion infrastructure to determine whether 
the Department has adequate resources to 
carry out its testing and evaluation respon-
sibilities, as established under this title. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—The Test, Evaluation, and 
Standards Division is not required to carry out oper-
ational testing of major acquisition programs. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION
OF
DEPARTMENT
OF
DE-
FENSE
TECHNOLOGIES.—The Director of Test, 
Evaluation, and Standards may evaluate tech-
nologies currently in use or being developed by the 
Department of Defense to assess whether such tech-
nologies can be leveraged to address homeland secu-
rity capability gaps.’’; 
(7) in section 309(a) (6 U.S.C. 189(a)), by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
provided to a Department of Energy national labora-
tory by the Department may not be treated as an 
assisted acquisition.’’; 
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(8) in section 310 (6 U.S.C. 190), by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) SUCCESSOR FACILITY.—Any successor facility 
to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, including the 
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) under 
construction as of the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, which is intended to the replace the Plum Island 
Animal Disease Center shall be subject to the require-
ments of this section in the same manner and to the same 
extent as the Plum Island Animal Disease Center under 
this section.’’; 
(9) in section 311 (6 U.S.C. 191)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘20 members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not fewer than 15 and 
not more than 30’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘academia, na-
tional labs, private industry, and’’ 
after ‘‘representatives of’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Advisory Com-
mittee may establish subcommittees that focus on 
research and development challenges, as appro-
priate.’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘on 
a rotating basis’’ before the period at the 
end; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and re-
designating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(2); and 
(iii) in paragraph (2), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘be appointed’’ and in-
serting ‘‘serve’’; 
(C) in subsection (e), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘the call of’’; 
(D) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the first sentence— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘render’’ 
and inserting ‘‘submit’’; and 
(bb) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the appropriate 
congressional committees’’; and 
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(II) in the second sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, and incorporate the find-
ings and recommendations of the Ad-
visory Committee subcommittees,’’ be-
fore ‘‘during’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘render’’ and in-
serting ‘‘submit’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate’’; 
(E) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘, except 
that the Advisory Committee shall file a charter 
with Congress every 2 years in accordance with 
subsection (b)(2) of such section (14)’’; 
(F) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘2008’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’; 
(10) in section 313 (6 U.S.C. 193)— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
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(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary, 
acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology, shall use the program established under subsection 
(a) to— 
‘‘(1) enhance the cooperation between compo-
nents and offices of the Department on projects that 
have similar goals, timelines, or outcomes; 
‘‘(2) ensure the coordination of technologies to 
eliminate unnecessary duplication of research and 
development; 
‘‘(3) ensure technologies are accessible for com-
ponent and office use on a Department website; and 
‘‘(4) carry out any additional purpose the Sec-
retary determines necessary.’’; and 
(11) by adding after section 317 (6 U.S.C. 
195c) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 318. IDENTIFICATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology shall establish a process 
to define, identify, prioritize, fund, and task the basic and 
applied homeland security research and development ac-
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tivities of the Directorate of Science and Technology to 
meet the needs of the components and offices of the De-
partment, the first responder community, and the Home-
land Security Enterprise (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 322). 
‘‘(b) PROCESS.—The process established under sub-
section (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) be responsive to near-, mid-, and long-term 
needs, including unanticipated needs to address 
emerging terrorist threats; 
‘‘(2) utilize gap analysis and risk assessment 
tools where available and applicable; 
‘‘(3) include protocols to assess— 
‘‘(A) off-the-shelf technology to determine 
if an identified homeland security capability gap 
or threat to the homeland can be addressed 
through the acquisition process instead of com-
mencing research and development of tech-
nology to address such capability gap or threat; 
and 
‘‘(B) communication and collaboration for 
research and development activities pursued by 
other executive agencies, to determine if tech-
nology can be leveraged to identify and address 
homeland security capability gaps or threats to 
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