proposals, along with any business and technical re-
views, to the Director of the Homeland Security Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency and appropriate De-
partment components for consideration for support. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OR EVALUATION 
OF PROPOSALS.—The Office may not consider or evaluate 
homeland security technology proposals submitted in re-
sponse to a solicitation for offers for a pending procurement 
or for a specific agency requirement. 
‘‘(f) SATELLITE OFFICES.—The Under Secretary, act-
ing through the Director, may establish up to 3 satellite 
offices across the country to enhance the Department’s out-
reach efforts. The Secretary shall notify the appropriate 
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 
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be appropriated $30,000,000 for the Office of Public-Private 
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.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. STRATEGIC PLAN. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section and 
every other year thereafter, the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall prepare a strategic plan for the activi-
ties of the Directorate. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan required by sub-
section (a) shall be prepared in accordance with applicable 
Federal requirements, and shall include the following mat-
ters: 
‘‘(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 homeland 
security capability gaps identified by customers with-
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in the Department and outside of the Department, in-
cluding 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 pro-
grams 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 strategic 
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) is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 318. 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 add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, and biannually 
thereafter, the Under Secretary shall, for each project 
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having a Federal cost share greater than $80,000,000 
that is conducted or funded by the Directorate of 
Science and Technology, provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a list of detailed operational 
and technical requirements that are associated with 
the project. 
‘‘(2) LARGE PROJECTS.—Within 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, and bian-
nually thereafter, the Secretary shall, for each project 
conducted or funded by a component of the Depart-
ment, other than the Directorate of Science and Tech-
nology, 
having 
a 
life-cycle 
cost 
greater 
than 
$1,000,000,000, provide to the appropriate congres-
sional 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 cap-
ital community in funding advanced homeland secu-
rity technologies, including technologies proposed by 
small business concerns as defined under section 3 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and 
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(2) providing recommendations about creating a 
nonprofit organization for the purposes of delivering 
advanced homeland security technologies to the home-
land security community to further its missions. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the current awareness and 
insight that the Department has regarding advanced 
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 concerns, 
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 develop-
ment, and introduce new technologies needed by the 
homeland security community. 
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(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 Depart-
ment of Defense’s OnPoint Technologies organization 
could serve as a model for the development of home-
land security technology at the Department. 
(6) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding 
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 poten-
tial funding levels, activities for the organization, in-
cluding 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 fund-
ed research and development center to produce the report 
under this section. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized 
$500,000 for the report. 
TITLE 
IV—DIRECTORATE 
OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 401. LIMITATIONS ON RESEARCH. 
Section 302(a)(4), as designated by section 302, is fur-
ther amended by inserting after ‘‘extramural programs,’’ 
the following: ‘‘that, to the greatest extent possible, addresses 
a prioritized risk to the homeland as identified 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 Department. 
(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’’. 
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(c) EXPLOSIVE COUNTERMEASURES OR DETECTION.— 
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 ini-
tiate a study to assess the university-based centers for home-
land 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 appropriate congres-
sional committees for appropriate improvements. 
(b) SUBJECT MATTERS.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of key areas of study needed to sup-
port the homeland security mission, and criteria that 
should be utilized to determine those key areas for 
which the Department should maintain, establish, or 
eliminate university-based centers. 
(2) A review of the method by which university- 
based centers, federally funded research and develop-
ment centers, and Department of Energy national 
laboratories receive tasking from the Department, in-
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cluding a review of how university-based research is 
identified, prioritized, and funded. 
(3) A review of selection criteria for designating 
university-based centers and a weighting of such cri-
teria. 
(4) An examination of the optimal organization 
and role of the university-based centers in supporting 
the mission of the Directorate and the Department 
components. 
(5) An identification of the most appropriate re-
view criteria and metrics to measure demonstrable 
progress achieved by university-based centers in ful-
filling Department taskings, and mechanisms for de-
livering and disseminating the research results of des-
ignated university-based centers within the Depart-
ment 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. 
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(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 support 
research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition of 
cybersecurity technology, including fundamental, long-term 
research to improve the ability of the United States to pre-
vent, 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-im-
pact 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 detecting 
attacks or intrusions, including real-time monitoring 
and real-time analytic technologies; 
(3) improve and create mitigation and recovery 
methodologies, including techniques and policies for 
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real-time containment of attacks, and development of 
resilient networks and systems that degrade grace-
fully; 
(4) develop and support infrastructure and tools 
to support cybersecurity research and development ef-
forts, 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 Directorate of the 
National Security Agency, the National Institute of 
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Standards and Technology, the Department of Com-
merce, and other appropriate working groups estab-
lished 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; 
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‘‘(3) provide technical assistance services to build 
and sustain capabilities in support of cybersecurity 
preparedness and response; 
‘‘(4) conduct cybersecurity training and simula-
tion exercises to defend from and respond to cyber at-
tacks; and 
‘‘(5) coordinate all cybersecurity preparedness 
training activities conducted by the Department. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERS.—The Consortium shall consist of aca-
demic, 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 existing 
courses and expertise developed by the Department; 
‘‘(3) have demonstrated ability to coordinate 
with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium 
and other training programs within the Department; 
and 
‘‘(4) include at least 3 academic institutions that 
are any combination of historically Black colleges and 
universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, or Tribal 
Colleges and Universities, that fulfill the criteria of 
paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of this subsection. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVER-
SITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or univer-
sity’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B institu-
tion’ in section 322(2) of the Higher Education 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 Education 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 Edu-
cation 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 Cy-
bersecurity Training Center to provide training courses and 
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other resources for State and local first responders and offi-
cials to improve preparedness and response capabilities.’’. 
(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 research 
and development activities of the Directorate to prevent, de-
tect, and respond to acts of terrorism and other large-scale 
disruptions to information infrastructure. 
SEC. 405. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY OF CYBER-
SECURITY 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 De-
partment shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Na-
tional 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 cyberse-
curity and make recommendations for appropriate im-
provements thereto. 
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(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 provision 
of electricity and resiliency of the financial sector. 
(3) Regulation that under threat of civil penalty, 
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 anal-
ysis of the current marketplace and recommendations 
to promote cybersecurity insurance. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than two 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
the results of the study required under subsection (a), to-
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gether 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 fur-
therance 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 conduct research and deter-
mine if the security of federally owned programmable elec-
tronic devices and communication networks, including 
hardware, software, and data, essential to the reliable oper-
ation of critical electric infrastructure has been com-
promised. 
(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. 
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(3) The method of penetration. 
(4) Ramifications of any such compromise on fu-
ture 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 Congress 
that the field of synthetic genomics has the potential to fa-
cilitate enormous gains in fundamental discovery and bio-
technological applications, but it also has inherent dual- 
use homeland security risks that must be managed. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—The Under Secretary shall exam-
ine and report to the appropriate congressional committees 
by not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
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this Act on the homeland security implications of the dual- 
use nature of synthetic genomics and, if the Under Sec-
retary determines that such research is appropriate, may 
conduct research in that area, including— 
(1) determining the current capability of syn-
thetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differentiate 
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 Se-
curity Administration, shall conduct a demonstration 
project to test and assess the feasibility and effectiveness of 
certain technologies to enhance the security of underwater 
public transportation tunnels against terrorist attacks in-
volving the use of improvised explosive devices. 
(b) INFLATABLE PLUGS.—At least one of the tech-
nologies tested under subsection (a) shall be inflatable plugs 
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that may be rapidly deployed to prevent flooding of an un-
derwater 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-
gressional committees a report on the results of the dem-
onstration project. 
SEC. 409. THREATS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary, in carrying 
out responsibilities under section 302 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182), may support research, 
development, testing, evaluation, and transition of tech-
nology that increases the Nation’s preparedness against 
chemical and biological threats and strengthens the Nation’s 
preparedness and collective response against those threats 
through improved threat awareness and advanced surveil-
lance, detection, and protective countermeasures, and to en-
hance the development of border security technology. 
(b) BIOLOGICAL SECURITY.—To carry out subsection 
(a), the Under Secretary may conduct research to develop 
understanding, technologies, and systems needed to protect 
against biological attacks on the Nation’s population or in-
frastructure, including— 
(1) providing advanced planning tools, concepts 
of operations (including alarm resolution protocols), 
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and training exercises for responding to and recov-
ering from biological attacks; 
(2) developing biological assays and improved 
detection technology that will operate with faster de-
tection times, lower costs, and the potential for in-
creased geographical coverage to the Nation when 
compared to existing homeland security technologies; 
(3) characterizing threats posed by biological 
weapons, anticipating future threats, conducting com-
prehensive threat and risk assessments to guide 
prioritization of the Nation’s biodefense investments, 
and developing population threat assessments that in-
form the issuance of material threat determinations; 
(4) conducting bioforensics research in support of 
criminal investigations to aid attribution, apprehen-
sion, and prosecution of a terrorist or other perpe-
trator of a biological attack, and providing tools and 
facilities that Federal law enforcement investigators 
need to analyze biological threat evidence recovered, 
including operation of the National Bioforensic Anal-
ysis Center; and 
(5) conducting appropriate research and studies 
that will increase our understanding of and uncer-
tainties associated with risk and threats posed by bio-
logical agents through the Biological Threat Charac-
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terization Center and other means as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(c) AGRICULTURAL SECURITY.—The Under Secretary 
may conduct research and development to enhance the pro-
tection of the Nation’s agriculture and food system against 
terrorist attacks, and other emergency events through en-
hancement of current agricultural countermeasures, devel-
opment of new agricultural countermeasures, and provision 
of safe, secure, state-of-the-art biocontainment laboratories 
for researching foreign animal and zoonotic diseases, in-
cluding— 
(1) developing technologies to defend the Nation 
against the natural and intentional introduction of 
selected foreign animal diseases, developing next-gen-
eration vaccines and diagnostics in coordination with 
the Department of Agriculture, and modeling the 
spread of foreign animal diseases and their economic 
impact to evaluate strategies for controlling outbreaks; 
and 
(2) leading the Department effort to enhance 
interagency coordination of research and development 
of agricultural disease countermeasures. 
(d) CHEMICAL SECURITY.—The Under Secretary may 
develop technology to reduce the Nation’s vulnerability to 
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chemical warfare agents and commonly used toxic indus-
trial chemicals, including— 
(1) developing a robust and enduring analytical 
capability in support of chemical countermeasures de-
velopment, including developing and validating foren-
sic methodologies and analytical tools, conducting 
risk and vulnerability assessments based on chemical 
threat properties, and maintaining infrastructure in-
cluding the Chemical Security Analysis Center; 
(2) developing technology to detect a chemical 
threat release; and 
(3) developing technologies and guidance docu-
ments to foster a coordinated approach to returning 
a chemically contaminated area to a normal condi-
tion, and to foster analysis of contaminated areas 
both before and after the restoration process. 
(e) RISK ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall 
produce risk assessments for biological and chemical 
threats, and shall coordinate with the Director of the 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the Department, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Health Affairs 
of the Department, and the Assistant Secretary of In-
frastructure Protection of the Department on an inte-
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grated risk assessment, including regarding chemical, 
biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats. 
(2) USAGE.—The assessments required under 
paragraph (1) shall be used to inform and guide the 
threat assessments and determinations by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security regarding agents and 
toxins pursuant to section 302(9) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(9)), and to guide 
prioritization of other homeland defense activities, as 
appropriate. 
(3) TASK
FORCE.—The Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology shall convene an interagency 
task force of relevant subject matter experts to assess 
the proposed methodology to be used for each assess-
ment required under paragraph (1), and to provide 
recommendations to the Under Secretary as to the 
adequacy of such methodology. 
(f) BORDER SECURITY.—The Under Secretary may 
develop technology, in coordination with the Commissioner 
of Customs and Border Protection, to gain effective control 
of the international land borders of the United States with-
in 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. In car-
rying out such development activities, the Under Secretary 
shall ensure coordination and integration between new tech-
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nologies developed and those already utilized by U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection. 
SEC. 410. MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AND MARITIME 
SECURITY TECHNOLOGY TEST, EVALUATION, 
AND TRANSITION CAPABILITIES. 
(a) GLOBAL MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS
AND 
MARITIME SECURITY TECHNOLOGY TEST, EVALUATION, 
AND TRANSITION CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish capabilities for conducting global maritime do-
main awareness and maritime security technology 
test, evaluation, and transition, as provided in this 
subsection. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of such capabilities 
shall be to— 
(A) direct technology test, evaluation, and 
transition activities in furtherance of border and 
maritime security; and 
(B) evaluate such technology in diverse en-
vironments including coastal, seaport, and off-
shore locations. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary, shall ensure that— 
(1) technology test, evaluation, and transition ef-
forts funded by the Department in furtherance of bor-
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‘‘(iii) provide a list of qualified appli-
cants to the heads of Department compo-
nents seeking to utilize qualified fellows; 
‘‘(iv) pay financial compensation to 
such fellows; 
‘‘(v) coordinate with the Chief Security 
Officer to facilitate and expedite provision 
of security clearances to fellows, as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(vi) otherwise administer all aspects 
of the fellows’ employment with the Depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) the head of the component utilizing the 
fellow shall— 
‘‘(i) select a fellow from the list of 
qualified applicants provided by the Under 
Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) reimburse the Under Secretary 
for the costs of employing the fellow selected; 
and 
‘‘(iii) be responsible for the day-to-day 
management of the fellow. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS FROM ASSOCIATIONS.—The Under 
Secretary may accept applications under subsection 
(b)(2)(A) that are submitted by science or policy associa-
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL TASKING.—Upon a request of 
the chairman and the ranking minority member of an ap-
propriate congressional committee, a federally funded re-
search and development center established under this section 
may perform independent analysis of homeland security 
issues and report its findings to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Federally funded 
research and development centers established under this sec-
tion are encouraged, upon request of the chairman and the 
ranking minority member of an appropriate congressional 
committee, to provide to the committee a copy of any report 
it produces for the Department or any of its components. 
‘‘(d) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The Secretary shall 
review and revise, as appropriate, the policies of the De-
partment relating to personnel conflicts of interest to ensure 
that such policies specifically address employees of federally 
funded research and development centers established under 
this section who are in a position to make or materially 
influence research findings or agency decisionmaking. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Each federally funded re-
search and development center established under this section 
shall transmit to the Secretary and appropriate congres-
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