panic-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 ex-
panded research and development consortium pro-
gram, including an assessment of feasibility and an 
estimate of cost, schedule, and milestones.’’. 
(2) LIMITATION ON PROGRESS REPORT REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (b)(5) of section 318 of the Home-
land 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 redesig-
nating subsection (c) as subsection (d), and by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
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‘‘(c) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION TECH-
NOLOGY 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 Na-
tional Protection and Programs Directorate, shall 
designate a technology clearinghouse for rapidly shar-
ing proven technology solutions for protecting critical 
infrastructure. 
‘‘(2) SHARING
OF
TECHNOLOGY
SOLUTIONS.— 
Technology solutions shared through the clearinghouse 
shall draw from Government-furnished, commercially 
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 relevant 
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 proc-
ess to evaluate its consistency with fair information 
practice principles issued by the Privacy Officer.’’. 
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(d) EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE BY 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of, and submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report on, the effectiveness of the clear-
inghouses established and designated, respectively, 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 appropriated 
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. 
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Union Calendar No. 241 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2952 
[Report No. 113–324] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
make certain improvements in the laws relating 
to the advancement of security technologies for 
critical infrastructure protection, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 9, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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