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Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and 
universities, national laboratories, and private indus-
try, a prioritized list of technology development focus 
areas that would most benefit from a public-private 
research and development consortium; and 
‘‘(3) based on the prioritized list developed 
under paragraph (2), a proposal for implementing 
an expanded research and development consortium 
program, including an assessment of feasibility and 
an estimate of cost, schedule, and milestones.’’. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
PROGRESS
REPORT
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Subsection (b)(5) of section 318 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall not apply 
with respect to the first strategic plan transmitted 
under that section. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Research and development strategy for critical infrastructure protec-
tion. 
‘‘Sec. 319. Report on public-private research and development consortiums.’’. 
(c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION TECH-
NOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.—Section 313 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended by redes-
ignating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
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‘‘(c) 
CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROTECTION 
TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—Under the program re-
quired by this section, the Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
and in coordination with the Under Secretary for the 
National Protection and Programs Directorate, shall 
designate a technology clearinghouse for rapidly 
sharing proven technology solutions for protecting 
critical infrastructure. 
‘‘(2) SHARING OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.— 
Technology solutions shared through the clearing-
house shall draw from Government-furnished, com-
mercially furnished, and publically available trusted 
sources. 
‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY METRICS.—All technologies 
shared through the clearinghouse shall include a set 
of performance and readiness metrics to assist end- 
users in deploying effective and timely solutions rel-
evant for their critical infrastructures. 
‘‘(4) REVIEW BY PRIVACY OFFICER.—The Pri-
vacy Officer of the Department appointed under sec-
tion 222 shall annually review the clearinghouse 
process to evaluate its consistency with fair informa-
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tion practice principles issued by the Privacy Offi-
cer.’’. 
(d) EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE 
BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
an independent evaluation of, and submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on, the effective-
ness of the clearinghouses established and designated, re-
spectively, under section 313 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002, as amended by this section. 
SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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