training, and other functions necessary to achieve 
public safety communications interoperability; 
(10) develop and disseminate best practices to 
improve public safety communications interoper-
ability; and 
(11) develop appropriate performance measures 
and milestones to systematically measure the Na-
tion’s progress towards achieving public safety com-
munications interoperability, including the develop-
ment of national voluntary consensus standards. 
(b) OFFICE
OF PUBLIC SAFETY INTEROPERABLE 
COMMUNICATIONS.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary may es-
tablish an Office of Public Safety Interoperable 
Communications to carry out this section. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to advisory 
groups established and maintained by the Office. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report 
to the Congress on Department of Homeland Security 
plans for accelerating the development of national vol-
untary consensus standards for public safety interoperable
communications, a schedule of milestones for such devel-
opment, and achievements of such development. 
SEC. 311. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER. 
(a) TRANSFER PROGRAM.—Section 313 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The establishment of a homeland security 
technology and equipment transfer program to facili-
tate the identification, modification, and commer-
cialization of technology and equipment for use by 
Federal, State, and local governmental agencies, 
emergency response providers, and the private sec-
tor.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM.—In devel-
oping the program described in subsection (b)(6), the Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology, shall—
‘‘(1) in consultation with the Under Secretary 
for Emergency Preparedness and Response and the
Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness, on 
an ongoing basis—
‘‘(A) conduct surveys and reviews of avail-
able appropriate technologies that have been de-
veloped, tested, evaluated, or demonstrated by 
the Department, other Federal agencies, or the 
private sector, and that may be useful in assist-
ing Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies, emergency response providers, or the 
private sector to prevent, prepare for, or re-
spond to acts of terrorism; 
‘‘(B) conduct or support tests, evaluations, 
or demonstrations as appropriate of tech-
nologies identified under subparagraph (A), in-
cluding any necessary modifications to such 
technologies for counterterrorism use; and 
‘‘(C) communicate to Federal, State, and 
local governmental agencies, emergency re-
sponse providers, or the private sector the avail-
ability of such technologies for counterterrorism 
use; and 
‘‘(2) in support of the activities described in 
paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) consult with Federal, State, and local 
emergency response providers;
‘‘(B) consult with government and nation-
ally recognized standards organizations as ap-
propriate; 
‘‘(C) enter into agreements and coordinate 
with other Federal agencies as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, in order to maximize 
the effectiveness of such technologies or to fa-
cilitate commercialization of such technologies; 
and 
‘‘(D) consult with existing technology 
transfer programs and Federal and State train-
ing centers that test, evaluate, and transfer 
military and other technologies for use by emer-
gency response providers.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall transmit to the Congress a descrip-
tion of the progress the Department has made in imple-
menting the provisions of section 313 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act, including 
a description of the process used to review unsolicited pro-
posals received as described in subsection (b)(3) of such 
section. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section (in-
cluding the amendments made by this section) shall be
construed to alter or diminish the effect of the limitation 
on the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under section 302(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(4)) with respect to human health-re-
lated research and development activities. 
TITLE IV—CRITICAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION 
SEC. 401. LIBERTY SHIELD AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND 
EXCELLENCE IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROTECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
‘‘SEC. 251. LIBERTY SHIELD AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND 
EXCELLENCE IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Liberty Shield Award for Innovation and Excellence 
in Critical Infrastructure Protection, which shall be evi-
denced by a medal of such design, materials, and inscrip-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe. 
‘‘(b) MAKING AND PRESENTATION OF AWARD.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President (on the 
basis of recommendations received from the Sec-