SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. References. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 201. Research prioritization and requirements; professional development; 
milestones and feedback. 
Sec. 202. Testing, evaluation, and standards. 
Sec. 203. External review. 
Sec. 204. Office of Public-Private Partnerships. 
TITLE III—REPORTS 
Sec. 301. Directorate of Science and Technology strategic plan. 
Sec. 302. Report on technology requirements. 
Sec. 303. Report on venture capital organization. 
TITLE IV—DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 401. Limitations on research. 
Sec. 402. University-based centers. 
Sec. 403. Review of university-based centers. 
Sec. 404. Cybersecurity research and development. 
Sec. 405. National Research Council study of cybersecurity incentives. 
Sec. 406. Research on cyber compromise of infrastructure. 
Sec. 407. Dual-use terrorist risks from synthetic genomics. 
Sec. 408. Underwater tunnel security demonstration project. 
Sec. 409. Threats research and development. 
Sec. 410. Maritime domain awareness and maritime security technology test, 
evaluation, and transition capabilities. 
Sec. 411. Rapid biological threat detection and identification. 
Sec. 412. Educating the public about radiological threats. 
Sec. 413. Rural resilience initiative. 
Sec. 414. Sense of Congress regarding the need for interoperability standards 
for Internet protocol video surveillance technology. 
Sec. 415. Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellows Program. 
Sec. 416. Biological threat agent assay equivalency.
Sec. 417. Study of feasibility and benefit of expanding or establishing program 
to create a new cybersecurity capacity building track at certain 
institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 418. Sense of Congress regarding centers of excellence. 
Sec. 419. Assessment, research, testing, and evaluation of technologies to miti-
gate the threat of small vessel attack. 
Sec. 420. Research and development projects. 
Sec. 421. National Urban Security Technology Laboratory. 
Sec. 422. Homeland security science and technology advisory committee. 
TITLE V—DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 502. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office oversight. 
Sec. 503. Strategic plan and funding allocations for global nuclear detection ar-
chitecture. 
Sec. 504. Radiation portal monitor alternatives. 
Sec. 505. Authorization of Securing the Cities Initiative. 
TITLE VI—CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 601. Federally funded research and development centers. 
Sec. 602. Elimination of Homeland Security Institute. 
Sec. 603. GAO study of the implementation of the statutory relationship be-
tween the Department and the Department of Energy national 
laboratories. 
Sec. 604. Technical changes. 
TITLE VII—COMMISSION ON THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL 
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC INFRASTRUCTURES 
Sec. 701. Commission on the Protection of Critical Electric and Electronic In-
frastructures. 
TITLE VIII—BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION 
Sec. 801. Ensuring research activities of the Department of Homeland Security 
include appropriate concepts of operation. 
Sec. 802. Report on basic research needs for border and maritime security. 
Sec. 803. Incorporating unmanned aerial vehicles into border and maritime air-
space. 
Sec. 804. Establishing a research program in tunnel detection. 
Sec. 805. Research in document security and authentication technologies. 
Sec. 806. Study on global positioning system technologies. 
Sec. 807. Study of mobile biometric technologies at the border. 
Sec. 808. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEE.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittee’’ means the Committee on Homeland Security
and the Committee on Science and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and any committee of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate having 
legislative jurisdiction under the rules of the House 
of Representatives or Senate, respectively, over the 
matter concerned. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(3) DIRECTORATE.—The term ‘‘Directorate’’ 
means the Directorate of Science and Technology of 
the Department. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(5) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology of the Department. 
SEC. 4. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.).
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Under 
Secretary $1,121,664,000 for fiscal year 2011 and 
$1,155,313,920 for fiscal year 2012 for the necessary ex-
penses of the Directorate. 
TITLE II—MANAGEMENT AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 201. RESEARCH PRIORITIZATION AND REQUIRE-
MENTS; 
PROFESSIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT; 
MILESTONES AND FEEDBACK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tions: 
‘‘SEC. 318. RESEARCH PRIORITIZATION AND REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) by not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, establish requirements 
for how basic and applied homeland security re-
search shall be identified, prioritized, funded, tasked, 
and evaluated by the Directorate of Science and 
Technology, including the roles and responsibilities 
of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology,
the Under Secretary for Policy, the Under Secretary 
for Management, the Director of the Office of Risk 
Management and Analysis, the Director of the Do-
mestic Nuclear Detection Office, and the heads of 
operational components of the Department; and 
‘‘(2) to the greatest extent possible, seek to 
publicize the requirements for the purpose of inform-
ing the Federal, State, and local governments, first 
responders, and the private sector. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—In the requirements, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) identify the Directorate of Science and 
Technology’s customers within and outside of the 
Department; 
‘‘(2) describe the risk formula and risk assess-
ment tools, including the risk assessment required 
under subsection (e)(1) that the Department con-
siders to identify, prioritize, and fund homeland se-
curity research projects; 
‘‘(3) describe the considerations to be used by 
the Directorate to task projects to research entities, 
including the national laboratories, federally funded 
research and development centers, and university- 
based centers;
‘‘(4) describe the protocols to be used to assess 
off-the-shelf technology to determine if an identified 
homeland security capability gap can be addressed 
through the acquisition process instead of com-
mencing research and development of technology to 
address that capability gap; 
‘‘(5) describe the processes to be used by the 
Directorate to strengthen first responder participa-
tion in identifying and prioritizing homeland security 
technological gaps, including by— 
‘‘(A) soliciting feedback from appropriate 
national associations and advisory groups rep-
resenting the first responder community and 
first responders within the components of the 
Department; and 
‘‘(B) establishing and promoting a publicly 
accessible portal to allow the first responder 
community to help the Directorate develop 
homeland security research and development 
goals; 
‘‘(6) describe a mechanism to publicize the De-
partment’s funded and unfunded homeland security 
technology priorities; and 
‘‘(7) include such other requirements, policies, 
and practices as the Secretary considers necessary.
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE RESEARCH 
PRIORITIZATION AND REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the issuance of the require-
ments, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) carry out the requirements of subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(2) establish, through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology and Under Secretary for 
Management, a mandatory workforce program for 
the Directorate’s customers in the Department to 
better identify and prioritize homeland security ca-
pability gaps that may be addressed by a techno-
logical solution based on the assessment required 
under section 319(a)(2); 
‘‘(3) establish a system to collect feedback from 
customers of the Directorate on the performance of 
the Directorate; and 
‘‘(4) any other activities that the Secretary con-
siders to be necessary to implement the require-
ments. 
‘‘(d) BIANNUAL UPDATES ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 
One hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment 
of this section, and on a biannually basis thereafter, the 
Inspector General of the Department shall submit a bian-
nually update to the appropriate congressional committees
on the status of implementation of the research 
prioritization and requirements and activities in support 
of such requirements. 
‘‘(e) RISK ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees by not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection and annually there-
after— 
‘‘(A) a national-level risk assessment car-
ried out by the Secretary, describing and 
prioritizing the greatest risks to the homeland, 
that includes vulnerability studies, asset values 
(including asset values for intangible assets), 
estimated rates of occurrence, countermeasures 
employed, loss expectancy, cost/benefit analyses, 
and other practices generally associated with 
producing a comprehensive risk assessment; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of the Directorate’s ap-
proach to mitigating the homeland security 
risks 
identified 
under 
subparagraph 
(A) 
through basic and applied research, develop-
ment, demonstration, testing, and evaluation 
activities, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) an analysis, based on statistics and 
metrics, of the effectiveness of the Directorate
in reducing the homeland security risks identi-
fied under subparagraph (A) through the de-
ployment of homeland security technologies re-
searched or developed by the Directorate, as ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(D) a description of how the analysis re-
quired under subparagraph (A) shall be used to 
inform, guide, and prioritize the Department’s 
homeland security research and development ac-
tivities, including recommendations for how the 
Directorate should modify or amend its existing 
research and development activities, including 
for purposes of reducing the risks to the home-
land identified under subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(E) a description of input from other rel-
evant Federal, State, or local agencies and rel-
evant private sector entities in conducting the 
risk assessment required by subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(2) conduct research and development on ways 
to most effectively communicate information regard-
ing the risks identified under paragraph (1)(A) to 
the media as well as directly to the public, both on 
an ongoing basis and during a terrorist attack or 
other incident.
‘‘(f) REPORT ON HSARPA ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation and any other relevant 
Federal requirements, not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this subsection and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 
to the appropriate congressional committees con-
taining the research, development, testing, evalua-
tion, prototyping, and deployment activities under-
taken by the Homeland Security Advanced Research 
Projects Agency during the previous fiscal year, in-
cluding funds expended for such activities in the pre-
vious fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—For each activity under-
taken, the report shall— 
‘‘(A) describe, as appropriate, the cor-
responding 
risk 
identified 
in 
subsection 
(e)(1)(A) that supports the decision to under-
take that activity; and 
‘‘(B) describe any efforts made to transi-
tion that activity into a Federal, State, or local 
acquisition program. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
shall include in each report a description of each 
proposal that was reviewed in the period covered by
the report by the Director of the Homeland Security 
Advanced Research Projects Agency under section 
313(d)(3), including a statement of whether the pro-
posal received a grant, cooperative agreement, or 
contract from the Director. 
‘‘SEC. 319. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Sixty days before 
establishing the mandatory workforce program as required 
by section 318(c)(2), the Secretary shall report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of how homeland security 
technological requirements are developed by the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology’s customers 
within the Department. 
‘‘(2) A description of the training that should 
be provided to the Directorate’s customers in the 
Department under the mandatory workforce pro-
gram to allow them to identify, express, and 
prioritize homeland security capability gaps. 
‘‘(3) A plan for how the Directorate, in coordi-
nation with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 
and other Department components, can enhance and 
improve technology requirements development and 
the technology acquisition process, to accelerate the 
delivery of effective, suitable technologies that meet
performance requirements and appropriately address 
an identified homeland security capability gap. 
‘‘(4) An assessment of whether Congress should 
authorize, in addition to the program required under 
section 318(c)(2), a training program for Depart-
ment employees to be trained in requirements writ-
ing and acquisition, that— 
‘‘(A) is prepared in consultation with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition 
Academy and the Defense Acquisition Univer-
sity; and 
‘‘(B) if the Secretary determines that such 
additional training should be authorized by 
Congress, includes specification about— 
‘‘(i) the type, skill set, and job series 
of Department employees who would ben-
efit from such training, including an esti-
mate of the number of such employees; 
‘‘(ii) a suggested curriculum for the 
training; 
‘‘(iii) the type and skill set of edu-
cators who could most effectively teach 
those skills; 
‘‘(iv) the length and duration of the 
training;
‘‘(c) GUIDANCE.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall publicize and implement guidance on 
setting valid initial and subsequent research milestones for 
homeland security research funded by the Directorate. 
‘‘SEC. 322. REPORT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees— 
‘‘(1) by not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of sections 320 and 321 identifying 
what actions have been taken to carry out the re-
quirements of these sections; and 
‘‘(2) annually thereafter describing— 
‘‘(A) research milestones for each large 
project with a Federal cost share greater than 
$80,000,000 that have been successfully met 
and missed, including for each missed mile-
stone, an explanation of why the milestone was 
missed; and 
‘‘(B) customer feedback collected and the 
success of the Directorate in meeting the cus-
tomer service performance measures and stand-
ards, including an evaluation of the effective-
ness of the technology or services delivered by 
the Directorate.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) is amended in the items relating to subtitle 
D of title II— 
(1) in the item relating to the heading for the 
subtitle, by striking ‘‘Office of’’; 
(2) in the item relating to section 231, by strik-
ing ‘‘office’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Science and 
Technology’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
items: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Research prioritization and requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 319. Professional development. 
‘‘Sec. 320. Customer feedback. 
‘‘Sec. 321. Research progress. 
‘‘Sec. 322. Report. 
SEC. 202. TESTING, EVALUATION, AND STANDARDS. 
Section 308 (6 U.S.C. 188) is amended by adding 
at the end of the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TEST, EVALUATION, AND STANDARDS DIVI-
SION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Directorate of Science and Technology a Test, 
Evaluation, and Standards Division. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The Test, Evaluation, and 
Standards Division shall be headed by a Director of 
Test, Evaluation, and Standards, who shall be ap-
pointed by the Secretary and report to the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology.
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES, 
AUTHORITIES, 
AND 
FUNCTIONS.—The Director of Test, Evaluation, and 
Standards— 
‘‘(A) is the principal adviser to the Sec-
retary, the Under Secretary of Management, 
and the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology on all test and evaluation or standards 
activities in the Department; and 
‘‘(B) shall— 
‘‘(i) prescribe test and evaluation poli-
cies for the Department, which shall in-
clude policies to ensure that operational 
testing is done at facilities that already 
have relevant and appropriate safety and 
material certifications to the extent such 
facilities are available; 
‘‘(ii) oversee and ensure that adequate 
test and evaluation activities are planned 
and conducted by or on behalf of compo-
nents of the Department in major acquisi-
tion programs of the Department, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, based on risk, 
acquisition level, novelty, complexity, and 
size of the acquisition program, or as oth-
erwise established in statute;
‘‘(iii) review major acquisition pro-
gram test reports and test data to assess 
the adequacy of test and evaluation activi-
ties conducted by or on behalf of compo-
nents of the Department; 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) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST 
AND EVALUATION.—Within the Division there shall 
be a Deputy Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation, who— 
‘‘(A) is the principal operational test and 
evaluation official for the Department; and 
‘‘(B) shall— 
‘‘(i) monitor and review the oper-
ational testing and evaluation activities 
conducted by or on behalf of components 
of the Department in major acquisition 
programs of the Department, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, based on risk, 
acquisition level, novelty, complexity, and
size of the acquisition program, or as oth-
erwise established in statute; 
‘‘(ii) provide the Department with as-
sessments of the adequacy of testing and 
evaluation activities conducted in support 
of major acquisitions programs; and 
‘‘(iii) have prompt and full access to 
test and evaluation documents, data, and 
test results of the Department that the 
Deputy Director considers necessary to re-
view in order to carry out the duties of the 
Deputy Director under this section. 
‘‘(5) STANDARDS EXECUTIVE.—Within this Di-
vision, there shall be a Standards Executive as de-
scribed in Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–119. The Standards Executive shall— 
‘‘(A) implement the Department’s stand-
ards policy as described in section 102(g); and 
‘‘(B) support the Department’s use of 
technical standards that are developed or adopt-
ed by voluntary consensus standards bodies in 
accordance with section 12(d) of the National 
Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 
1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note).
‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The Division is not required 
to carry out operational testing. 
‘‘(7) 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 they can 
be leveraged to address homeland security capability 
gaps.’’. 
SEC. 203. EXTERNAL REVIEW. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE 
UNDER SECRETARY.—Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 183) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end 
of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) developing and overseeing the administra-
tion of guidelines for periodic external review of re-
search and development programs or activities, in-
cluding through— 
‘‘(A) consultation with experts, including 
scientists and practitioners, about the research 
and development activities conducted by the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology; and
‘‘(B) ongoing independent, external re-
view— 
‘‘(i) initially at the division level; or 
‘‘(ii) when divisions conduct multiple 
programs focused on significantly different 
subjects, at the program level.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to Congress 
not later than 60 days after the completion of the first 
review under section 302(15)(B) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a) of this 
section on— 
(1) the findings of the review; and 
(2) any future efforts to ensure that the De-
partment’s research programs or activities are sub-
ject to external review, as appropriate. 
SEC. 204. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 313 (6 U.S.C. 193) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 313. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab-
lished an Office of Public-Private Partnerships in the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report to the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director, in coordina-
tion with the Private Sector Office of the Department, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) engage and initiate proactive outreach ef-
forts and provide guidance on how to pursue pro-
posals to develop or deploy homeland security tech-
nologies (including regarding Federal funding, regu-
lation, or acquisition), including to persons associ-
ated with small businesses (as that term is defined 
in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)); 
‘‘(2) coordinate with components of the Depart-
ment to issue announcements seeking unique and in-
novative homeland security technologies to address 
homeland security capability gaps; 
‘‘(3) promote interaction between homeland se-
curity researchers and private sector companies in 
order to accelerate transition research or a prototype 
into a commercial product and streamline the han-
dling of intellectual property; and 
‘‘(4) conduct technology research assessment 
and marketplace analysis for the purpose of identi-
fying, leveraging, and integrating best-of-breed tech-
nologies and capabilities from industry, academia,
and other Federal Government agencies, and dis-
seminate research and findings to Federal, State, 
and local governments. 
‘‘(d) RAPID REVIEW DIVISION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
the Rapid Review Division within the Office of Pub-
lic-Private Partnerships. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Division— 
‘‘(i) is responsible for maintaining a 
capability to perform business and tech-
nical reviews to assist in screening unsolic-
ited homeland security technology pro-
posals submitted to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) shall assess the feasibility, sci-
entific and technical merits, and estimated 
cost of such proposals. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—In carrying out 
those duties, the Division shall— 
‘‘(i) maintain awareness of the techno-
logical requirements of the Directorate’s 
customers; 
‘‘(ii) establish and publicize accessible, 
streamlined procedures allowing a partici-
pant to have their technology assessed by 
the Division; 
‘‘(iii) make knowledgeable assessments 
of a participant’s technology after receiving 
a business plan, a technology proposal, and 
a list of corporate officers, directors, and 
employees with technical knowledge of the 
proposal, within 60 days after such a sub-
mission; 
‘‘(iv) review proposals submitted by 
components of the Department to the Divi-
sion, subject to subsection (e); and 
‘‘(v) in reviewing proposals submitted 
to the Secretary, give priority to any pro-
posal submitted by a small business con-
cern as defined under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall sub-
mit for consideration promising homeland security 
technology research, development, testing, and eval-
uation proposals, along with any business and tech-
nical reviews, to the appropriate subcomponents of 
the Directorate and the appropriate operational com-
ponents of the Department for consideration for 
support.
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OR EVALUA-
TION OF PROPOSALS.—The Office may not consider or 
evaluate homeland security technology proposals sub-
mitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a pending 
procurement or for a specific agency requirement. 
‘‘(f) SATELLITE OFFICES.—The Under Secretary, 
acting through the Director, may establish up to 3 satellite 
offices across the country to enhance the Department’s 
outreach efforts. The Secretary shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees in writing within 30 days 
after establishing any satellite office. 
‘‘(g) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall establish 
rules to prevent the Director or any other employee of the 
Office from acting on matters where a conflict of interest 
may exist.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) is amended by striking the item relating 
to such section and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 313. Office of Public-Private Partnerships.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $30,000,000 for the Office of Public-Pri-
vate Partnerships for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
TITLE III—REPORTS 
SEC. 301. DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 
as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. STRATEGIC PLAN. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion and every other year thereafter, the Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology shall prepare a strategic plan 
for the activities of the Directorate. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan required by 
subsection (a) shall be prepared in accordance with appli-
cable Federal requirements, and shall include the following 
matters: 
‘‘(1) The long-term strategic goals of the Direc-
torate. 
‘‘(2) Identification of the research programs of 
the Directorate that support achievement of those 
strategic goals. 
‘‘(3) The connection of the activities and pro-
grams of the Directorate to requirements or home-
land security capability gaps identified by customers
within the Department and outside of the Depart-
ment, including the first responder community. 
‘‘(4) The role of the Department’s risk analysis 
in the activities and programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(5) A technology transition strategy for the 
programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(6) A description of the policies of the Direc-
torate on the management, organization, and per-
sonnel of the Directorate. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress any update to the stra-
tegic plan most recently prepared under subsection (a) at 
the same time that the President submits to Congress the 
budget for each even-numbered fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b), as amended by section 201, is further 
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 323. Strategic plan.’’. 
SEC. 302. REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the first sentence, and by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment, the Under Secretary shall, for
each current project conducted by the Directorate 
and having a Federal cost share greater than 
$80,000,000, and on an ongoing basis thereafter for 
any new project conducted by the Directorate and 
having 
a 
Federal 
cost 
share 
greater 
than 
$80,000,000, provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a description of— 
‘‘(A) the Department components and cus-
tomers consulted during the development of the 
operational and technical requirements associ-
ated with the project; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the requirements 
incorporate the input of those components or 
customers. 
‘‘(2) LARGE PROJECTS.—Within 90 days after 
the date of enactment, the Secretary shall, for each 
current project conducted by a component of the De-
partment besides the Directorate, and having a life- 
cycle cost greater than $1,000,000,000, and on an 
ongoing basis thereafter for any new project con-
ducted by a component of the Department besides 
the Directorate, and having a life-cycle cost greater 
than $1,000,000,000, provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailed operational and
technical requirements that are associated with the 
project.’’. 
SEC. 303. REPORT ON VENTURE CAPITAL ORGANIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) assessing the current role of the venture 
capital community in funding advanced homeland se-
curity technologies, including technologies proposed 
by small business concerns as defined under section 
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and 
(2) providing recommendations about creating a 
nonprofit organization for the purposes of delivering 
advanced homeland security technologies to the 
homeland security community to further its mis-
sions. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the current awareness 
and insight that the Department has regarding ad-
vanced private sector homeland security innovation, 
and the Department’s ability to quickly transition 
innovative products into acquisitions. 
(2) A description of how the Department cur-
rently finds and works with emerging companies,
particularly firms that have never done business 
with the Federal Government, small business con-
cerns, small business concerns that are owned and 
operated by women, small business concerns that are 
owned and operated by veterans, and minority- 
owned and operated small business concerns. 
(3) An assessment and analysis of the current 
role that venture capitalists play in the development 
of homeland security technologies, including an as-
sessment of how the venture capital community 
could be leveraged to accelerate technology, foster 
development, and introduce new technologies needed 
by the homeland security community. 
(4) An assessment of whether the Department 
could help nascent commercial technologies mature 
into commercial-off-the-shelf products the homeland 
security community could acquire. 
(5) An analysis of whether the Central Intel-
ligence Agency’s In-Q-Tel organization or the De-
partment of Defense’s OnPoint Technologies organi-
zation could serve as a model for the development of 
homeland security technology at the Department. 
(6) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-
ing how Congress could authorize the establishment 
of a private, independent, not-for-profit organization
to bridge the gap between the technology needs of 
the homeland security community and new advances 
in commercial technology, including specifics on po-
tential funding levels, activities for the organization, 
including the provision of technical assistance, and 
whether to establish set-asides for small businesses 
that are minority-owned and operated or located in 
socially and economically disadvantaged areas. 
(c) USE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.—The Secretary is encouraged to use a federally 
funded research and development center to produce the 
report under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $500,000 for the report under this sec-
tion. 
TITLE 
IV—DIRECTORATE 
OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 401. LIMITATIONS ON RESEARCH. 
Section 302(a)(4), as designated by section 302, is 
further amended by inserting after ‘‘extramural pro-
grams,’’ the following: ‘‘that, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, addresses a prioritized risk to the homeland as iden-
tified by a risk analysis under section 226(e) of this Act’’.
SEC. 402. UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2011 and 
$41,200,000 for fiscal year 2012 to the Secretary to carry 
out the university-based centers program of the Depart-
ment. 
(b) 
CRITERIA
FOR
DESIGNATION.—Section 
308(b)(2)(B)(iii) (6 U.S.C. 188(b)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, including medical readiness training and research, and 
community resiliency for public health and healthcare crit-
ical infrastructure’’. 
(c) EXPLOSIVE
COUNTERMEASURES
OR
DETEC-
TION.—Section 
308(b)(2)(B)(iv) 
(6 
U.S.C. 
188(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘and nuclear’’ 
and inserting ‘‘nuclear, and explosive’’. 
SEC. 403. REVIEW OF UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS. 
(a) GAO STUDY OF UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall initiate a study to assess the university-based centers 
for homeland security program authorized by section 
308(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 188(b)(2)), and provide recommendations to the
taskings, and mechanisms for delivering and dis-
seminating the research results of designated univer-
sity-based centers within the Department and to 
other Federal, State, and local agencies. 
(6) An examination of the means by which aca-
demic institutions that are not designated or associ-
ated with the designated university-based centers 
can optimally contribute to the research mission of 
the Directorate. 
(7) An assessment of the interrelationship be-
tween the different university-based centers. 
(8) A review of any other essential elements of 
the programs determined in the conduct of the 
study. 
(c) MORATORIUM ON NEW UNIVERSITY-BASED CEN-
TERS.—The Secretary may not designate any new univer-
sity-based centers to research new areas in homeland secu-
rity prior to the completion of the Comptroller General’s 
review. 
SEC. 404. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall sup-
port research, development, testing, evaluation, and tran-
sition of cybersecurity technology, including fundamental, 
long-term research to improve the ability of the United 
States to prevent, protect against, detect, respond to, and
recover from acts of terrorism and cyber attacks, with an 
emphasis on research and development relevant to large- 
scale, high-impact attacks. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The research and development sup-
ported under subsection (a) shall include work to— 
(1) advance the development and accelerate the 
deployment of more secure versions of fundamental 
Internet protocols and architectures, including for 
the domain name system and routing protocols; 
(2) improve and create technologies for detect-
ing attacks or intrusions, including real-time moni-
toring and real-time analytic technologies; 
(3) improve and create mitigation and recovery 
methodologies, including techniques and policies for 
real-time containment of attacks, and development 
of resilient networks and systems that degrade 
gracefully; 
(4) develop and support infrastructure and tools 
to support cybersecurity research and development 
efforts, including modeling, testbeds, and data sets 
for assessment of new cybersecurity technologies; 
(5) assist the development and support of tech-
nologies to reduce vulnerabilities in process control 
systems;
(6) develop and support cyber forensics and at-
tack attribution; and 
(7) test, evaluate, and facilitate the transfer of 
technologies associated with the engineering of less 
vulnerable software and securing the information 
technology software development lifecycle. 
(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Under Secretary shall coordinate activities with— 
(1) the Under Secretary for National Protection 
and Programs; and 
(2) the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, including the National Science 
Foundation, 
the 
Defense 
Advanced 
Research 
Projects Agency, the Information Assurance Direc-
torate of the National Security Agency, the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, the Depart-
ment of Commerce, and other appropriate working 
groups established by the President to identify 
unmet needs and cooperatively support activities, as 
appropriate. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF CYBERSECURITY PREPARED-
NESS CONSORTIUM AND TRAINING CENTER.— 
(1) CYBERSECURITY
PREPAREDNESS
CONSOR-
TIUM.—Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 226. CYBERSECURITY PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist the Secretary in car-
rying out the requirements of section 404(a) of the Home-
land Security Science and Technology Authorization Act 
of 2010, the Secretary may establish a consortium to be 
known as the ‘Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium’. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Consortium shall— 
‘‘(1) provide training to State and local first re-
sponders and officials specifically for preparing and 
responding to cybersecurity attacks; 
‘‘(2) develop and update a curriculum and 
training model for State and local first responders 
and officials; 
‘‘(3) provide technical assistance services to 
build and sustain capabilities in support of cyberse-
curity preparedness and response; 
‘‘(4) conduct cybersecurity training and simula-
tion exercises to defend from and respond to cyber 
attacks; and 
‘‘(5) coordinate all cybersecurity preparedness 
training activities conducted by the Department. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERS.—The Consortium shall consist of 
academic, nonprofit, and government partners that—
‘‘(1) have demonstrated expertise in developing 
and delivering cybersecurity training in support of 
homeland security; 
‘‘(2) have demonstrated ability to utilize exist-
ing courses and expertise developed by the Depart-
ment; 
‘‘(3) have demonstrated ability to coordinate 
with the National Domestic Preparedness Consor-
tium and other training programs within the De-
partment; and 
‘‘(4) include at least 3 academic institutions 
that are any combination of historically Black col-
leges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, 
or tribal colleges and universities, that fulfill the cri-
teria of paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 
university’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 
institution’ in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
‘‘(2) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning
given that term in section 502 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 
‘‘(3) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘tribal college or university’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 316(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of 
such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subtitle the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 226. Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium.’’. 
(3) CYBERSECURITY TRAINING CENTER.—Sub-
title C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 227. CYBERSECURITY TRAINING CENTER. 
‘‘The Secretary may establish where appropriate a 
Cybersecurity Training Center to provide training courses 
and other resources for State and local first responders 
and officials to improve preparedness and response capa-
bilities.’’. 
(4) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of 
such Act is further amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subtitle the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 227. Cybersecurity Training Center.’’.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $75,000,000 to the Department for each 
of fiscal years 2011 and 2012 for the cybersecurity re-
search and development activities of the Directorate to 
prevent, detect, and respond to acts of terrorism and other 
large-scale disruptions to information infrastructure. 
SEC. 405. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY OF CY-
BERSECURITY INCENTIVES. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary and the 
Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs of 
the Department shall seek to enter into an agreement with 
the National Research Council of the National Academy 
of Sciences to conduct a study to assess methods that 
might be used to promote market mechanisms that further 
cybersecurity and make recommendations for appropriate 
improvements thereto. 
(b) SUBJECT MATTERS.—The study required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Liability that subjects software and system 
vendors and system operators to potential damages 
for system breaches. 
(2) Mandated reporting of security breaches 
that could threaten critical functions, including pro-
vision of electricity and resiliency of the financial 
sector. 
(3) Regulation that under threat of civil pen-
alty, imposes best practices on system operators of 
critical infrastructure. 
(4) Certification from standards bodies about 
conformance to relevant cybersecurity standards that 
can be used as a marketplace differentiation. 
(5) Accounting practices that require companies 
to report their cybersecurity practices and postures 
and the results of independently conducted red team 
simulated attacks or exercises. 
(6) Cybersecurity risk insurance, including 
analysis of the current marketplace and rec-
ommendations to promote cybersecurity insurance. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than two 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees the results of the study required under subsection 
(a), together with any recommendations of the Secretary 
related thereto. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $500,000 to the Department for fiscal 
year 2011 to carry out this section.
SEC. 406. RESEARCH ON CYBER COMPROMISE OF INFRA-
STRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 201 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121) and in 
furtherance of domestic preparedness for and collective re-
sponse to a cyber attack by a terrorist or other person, 
the Secretary, working with the heads of other national 
security and intelligence agencies, shall periodically con-
duct research to determine if the security of federally 
owned programmable electronic devices and communica-
tion networks, including hardware, software, and data, es-
sential to the reliable operation of critical electric infra-
structure has been compromised. 
(b) SCOPE OF RESEARCH.—The scope of the research 
required under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The extent of any compromise. 
(2) An identification of any attackers, including 
any affiliations with terrorists, terrorist organiza-
tions, state entities, and non-state entities. 
(3) The method of penetration. 
(4) Ramifications of any such compromise on 
future operations of critical electric infrastructure. 
(5) Secondary ramifications of any such com-
promise on other critical infrastructure sectors and 
the functioning of civil society.
(6) Ramifications of any such compromise on 
national security, including war fighting capability. 
(7) Recommended mitigation activities. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
a determination has been made under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the findings of such determination. 
The report may contain a classified annex if the Secretary 
determines it to be appropriate. 
SEC. 407. DUAL-USE TERRORIST RISKS FROM SYNTHETIC 
GENOMICS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the field of synthetic genomics has the potential 
to facilitate enormous gains in fundamental discovery and 
biotechnological applications, but it also has inherent dual- 
use homeland security risks that must be managed. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Under Secretary shall ex-
amine and report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees by not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act on the homeland security implications 
of the dual-use nature of synthetic genomics and, if the 
Under Secretary determines that such research is appro-
priate, may conduct research in that area, including— 
(1) determining the current capability of syn-
thetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differen-
tiate a legitimate customer from a potential terrorist 
or other malicious actor; 
(2) determining the current capability of syn-
thetic nucleic acid providers to effectively screen or-
ders for sequences of homeland security concern; 
and 
(3) making recommendations regarding screen-
ing software, protocols, and other remaining capa-
bility gaps uncovered by the study. 
SEC. 408. UNDERWATER TUNNEL SECURITY DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Assistant Secretary of the Transportation 
Security Administration, shall conduct a demonstration 
project to test and assess the feasibility and effectiveness 
of certain technologies to enhance the security of under-
water public transportation tunnels against terrorist at-
tacks involving the use of improvised explosive devices. 
(b) INFLATABLE PLUGS.—At least one of the tech-
nologies tested under subsection (a) shall be inflatable 
plugs that may be rapidly deployed to prevent flooding of 
an underwater public transportation tunnel. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the com-
pletion of the demonstration project under subsection (a), 
the Under Secretary shall submit to the appropriate con-
and Border Protection, shall establish a research program 
on the use of mobile biometric technology at the Nation’s 
borders between the ports of entry, including— 
(1) conducting an analysis of existing mobile bi-
ometric technologies and the extent to which they 
can be deployed in Border Patrol agents’ vehicles 
and used at the border, in terms of operability, reli-
ability, cost, and overall benefit to border operations; 
(2) undertaking an examination of the potential 
end-user requirements of mobile biometric tech-
nology by the Border Patrol and other relevant end- 
users; 
(3) developing recommendations for addressing 
capability gaps in mobile biometric technologies; and 
(4) examining the feasibility of implementing a 
pilot program for use of mobile biometric tech-
nologies at the border. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the research pro-
gram under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall con-
sult the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
other appropriate Federal agencies, and appropriate Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement officials. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the research program is coordinated with other biometric 
identification programs within the Department.