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lar research and development in order to accelerate the 
development of effective technologies, promote technology 
sharing, and to avoid duplication, including through the 
use of the interagency coordination council established 
under section 2013. 
‘‘SEC. 2005. SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a 
program to test and evaluate technology for detecting nu-
clear explosive devices and fissile or radiological material. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—The Director shall 
establish performance metrics for evaluating the effective-
ness of individual detectors and detection systems in de-
tecting nuclear explosive devices or fissile or radiological 
material—
‘‘(1) under realistic operational and environ-
mental conditions; and 
‘‘(2) against realistic adversary tactics and 
countermeasures. 
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF TESTING SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may, under 
the program, make available testing services to de-
velopers of detection technologies. The results of the 
tests performed with services made available under 
this subsection shall be confidential and may not be 
disclosed to individuals or entities outside of the
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Federal Government without the consent of the de-
veloper for whom the tests are performed. 
‘‘(2) FEES.—The Director may charge fees, as 
appropriate, for performance of services under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(d) SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall periodi-
cally perform system-wide assessments of the global 
nuclear 
detection 
architecture 
to 
identify 
vulnerabilities and to gauge overall system perform-
ance against nuclear and radiological threats. 
‘‘(2) INCLUDED ACTIVITIES.—The assessments 
shall include—
‘‘(A) red teaming activities to identify 
vulnerabilities and possible modes of attack and 
concealment methods; and 
‘‘(B) net assessments to determine archi-
tecture performance against adversary tactics 
and concealment methods. 
‘‘(3) USE.—The Director shall use the assess-
ments to guide deployment of the global nuclear de-
tection architecture and the research and develop-
ment activities of the Office.
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‘‘SEC. 2006. TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION, DEPLOYMENT, 
SUPPORT, AND TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 
and, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
execute a strategy for the acquisition and deploy-
ment of detection systems in order to implement the 
Department components of the global nuclear detec-
tion architecture developed under section 2003. 
‘‘(2) USE OF AVAILABLE CONTRACTING PROCE-
DURES.—The Director shall make use of all con-
tracting procedures available to the Secretary to im-
plement the acquisition strategy. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED ANTI-TER-
RORISM
TECHNOLOGY.—The Director shall make 
recommendations based on the criteria included in 
section 862(b) as to whether the detection systems 
acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be des-
ignated by the Secretary as anti-terrorism tech-
nologies that qualify for protection under the system 
of risk management set forth in subtitle G of title 
VIII. The Undersecretary for Science and Tech-
nology shall consider the Director’s recommenda-
tions and expedite the process of determining wheth-
er such detection systems shall be designated as
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anti-terrorism technologies that qualify for such pro-
tection. 
‘‘(b) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall deploy de-
tection systems for use by Department operational units 
and other end-users in implementing the global nuclear 
detection architecture. 
‘‘(c) OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND PROTOCOLS.—
‘‘(1) OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT.—The Director 
shall provide operational support for all systems ac-
quired to implement the acquisition strategy devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) OPERATIONAL PROTOCOLS.—The Director 
shall develop operational protocols for detection tech-
nology acquired and deployed to implement the ac-
quisition strategy, including procedures for alarm 
resolution and notification of appropriate response 
agencies in the event that illicit nuclear, radioactive, 
or fissile materials are detected by such a product or 
service. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL
REACHBACK.—The Director 
will ensure that the expertise necessary to accurately 
interpret detection data is made available in a timely 
manner for all technology deployed to implement the 
global nuclear detection architecture.
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‘‘(d) TRAINING.—The Director shall develop and dis-
tribute training materials and provide training to all end-
users of technology acquired by the Director under the ac-
quisition strategy. 
‘‘(e) SOLICITATION OF END-USER INPUT.—In devel-
oping requirements for the research and development pro-
gram of section 2004 and requirements for the acquisition 
of detection systems to implement the strategy in sub-
section (a), the Director shall solicit input from end-users 
of such systems. 
‘‘(f) STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT.—Upon request, 
the Director shall provide guidance regarding radiation 
detection technology acquisitions to be made by State, ter-
ritorial, tribal and local governments and emergency re-
sponse providers. 
‘‘SEC. 2007. SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 
‘‘(a) DETECTION INFORMATION.—The Director—
‘‘(1) shall continuously monitor detection infor-
mation received from foreign and domestic detection 
systems to maintain for the Department a situa-
tional awareness of all nuclear threats; 
‘‘(2) shall gather and archive—
‘‘(A) detection data measurements taken of 
benign activities in the normal flows of com-
merce; and
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‘‘(B) alarm data, including false alarms 
and nuisance alarms. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Director shall 
coordinate with other governmental agencies to ensure 
that the detection of unauthorized nuclear explosive de-
vices, fissile material, or radiological material is promptly 
reported to all appropriate Federal response agencies in-
cluding the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Defense, and the 
Secretary of Energy. 
‘‘(c) INCIDENT RESOLUTION.—The Director shall as-
sess nuclear threats communicated by Federal, State, trib-
al, or local officials and provide adequate technical 
reachback capability for swift and effective incident resolu-
tion. 
‘‘(d) SECURITY.—The Director shall—
‘‘(1) develop and implement security standards 
and protocols for the control and protection of all 
classified or sensitive information in possession of 
the Office; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that relevant personnel of the Of-
fice have the required security clearances to properly 
handle such information.
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‘‘SEC. 2008. FORENSIC ANALYSIS. 
‘‘The Director shall perform all research, develop-
ment, and acquisition activities of the Department per-
taining to forensic analysis and attribution of nuclear and 
radiological attacks. 
‘‘SEC. 2009. THREAT INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) THREAT ASSESSMENTS.—The Director shall 
utilize classified and unclassified nuclear and radiological 
threat assessments in designing the global nuclear detec-
tion architecture under section 2003, prioritizing detection 
system deployments, and testing and optimizing system 
performance of that architecture, including assessments 
of—
‘‘(1) smuggling routes; 
‘‘(2) locations of relevant nuclear and radio-
logical material throughout the world; 
‘‘(3) relevant terrorist tradecraft and conceal-
ment methods; 
‘‘(4) relevant nuclear and radiological threat ob-
jects in terms of possible detection signatures. 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
provide the Director access to all information relating to 
nuclear and radiological threats, including reports, assess-
ments, analyses, and unevaluated intelligence, that is nec-
essary to successfully design, deploy, and support the op-
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eration of an effective global detection architecture under 
section 1903. 
‘‘(c) ANALYTICAL SUPPORT.—The Director shall re-
quest that the Secretary provide to the Director, pursuant 
to section 201(d)(18), the requisite intelligence and infor-
mation analysis support necessary to effectively discharge 
the Director’s responsibilities. 
‘‘(d) ANALYTICAL EXPERTISE.—For the purposes of 
performing any of the assessments required under sub-
section (a), the Director, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, may hire professional personnel who are ana-
lysts with experience in performing nuclear and radio-
logical threat assessments. 
‘‘(e) COLLECTION REQUESTS.—The Director shall 
recommend to the Secretary consultation that should 
occur pursuant to section 201(d)(10) regarding intel-
ligence collection to design, deploy, and support the oper-
ation of the global detection architecture under section 
2003. 
‘‘SEC. 2010. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘(a) HIRING.—In hiring personnel for the Office, the 
Secretary shall have hiring and management authorities 
described in section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 
U.S.C. 3104 note; Public Law 105–261). The term of ap-
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pointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of that 
section may not exceed 5 years before granting any exten-
sion under subsection (c)(2) of that section. 
‘‘(b) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—In order to assist the 
Director in discharging the Director’s responsibilities, per-
sonnel of other Federal agencies may be detailed to the 
Office for the performance of analytic functions and re-
lated duties. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER
OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY 
FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL, AND ASSETS.—
‘‘(1) TRANSFER
REQUIRED.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall transfer 
to the Director the functions, assets, and personnel 
of the Department relating to radiological and nu-
clear countermeasures, including forensics of con-
taminated evidence and attack attribution. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary shall not 
transfer under paragraph (1) functions, assets, and 
personnel relating to consequence management and 
recovery. 
‘‘(3) ELIMINATION
OF
DUPLICATION
OF
EF-
FORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that to the ex-
tent there are complementary functions vested in the 
Directorate of Science and Technology and the Of-
fice with respect to radiological and nuclear counter-
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measures, the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology and the Director coordinate the pro-
grams they administer to eliminate duplication and 
increase integration opportunities, particularly with 
respect to technology development and test and eval-
uation. 
‘‘SEC. 2011. REPORT REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘The Director shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an annual report on the following: 
‘‘(1) The global detection strategy developed 
under section 2003. 
‘‘(2) The status of implementation of such ar-
chitecture. 
‘‘(3) The schedule for future detection system 
deployments under such architecture. 
‘‘(4) The research and development program of 
the Office. 
‘‘(5) A summary of actions taken by the Office 
during the reporting period to counter nuclear and 
radiological threats. 
‘‘SEC. 2012. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NUCLEAR DETECTION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Pursuant to section 871 of 
this Act, the Secretary shall establish within the Office 
an Advisory Council on Nuclear Detection, which shall re-
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port to the Director (in this section referred to as the ‘Ad-
visory Council’). 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Advisory Council shall, at the 
request of the Director—
‘‘(1) advise the Director on recommendations 
for the global nuclear detection architecture devel-
oped under section 2003(a); 
‘‘(2) identify research areas for development of 
next-generation and transformational nuclear and 
radiological detection technologies; and 
‘‘(3) and have such additional responsibilities as 
the Director may assign in furtherance of the De-
partment’s homeland security mission with respect 
to enhancing domestic and international nuclear and 
radiological detection capabilities. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Council shall con-
sist of 5 members appointed by the Director, who shall—
‘‘(1) be individuals who have an eminent knowl-
edge and technical expertise related to nuclear and 
radiological detection research and development and 
radiation detection; 
‘‘(2) be selected solely on the basis of their es-
tablished record of distinguished service; and
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‘‘(3) not be employees of the Federal Govern-
ment, other than employees of National Labora-
tories. 
‘‘(d) CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES.—The Advisory 
Council shall establish rules for determining when one of 
its members has a conflict of interest in a matter being 
considered by the Advisory Council, and the appropriate 
course of action to address such conflicts of interest. 
‘‘SEC. 2013. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION COUNCIL. 
‘‘The President—
‘‘(1) shall establish an interagency coordination 
council to facilitate interagency cooperation for pur-
poses of implementing this title; 
‘‘(2) shall appoint the Secretary to chair the 
interagency coordination council; and 
‘‘(3) may appoint the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the heads of other appro-
priate Federal agencies to designate members to 
serve on such council. 
‘‘SEC. 2014. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title—
‘‘(1) $536,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and