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organizations of the Department, and as authorized, other 
government entities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135), as amended by section 1142, 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
708 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 709. Chief Procurement Officer.’’. 
SEC. 1108. CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended by section 
1107, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 710. CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department a 
Chief Security Officer, who shall report directly to the 
Under Secretary for Management. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Security Officer 
shall— 
‘‘(1) develop, implement, and oversee compliance 
with the security policies, programs, and standards of 
the Department; 
‘‘(2) participate in— 
‘‘(A) the selection and organizational place-
ment of each senior security official of a compo-
nent, and the deputy for each such official, and 
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any other senior executives responsible for secu-
rity-related matters; and 
‘‘(B) the periodic performance planning 
and reviews; 
‘‘(3) identify training requirements, standards, 
and oversight of education to Department personnel 
on security-related matters; 
‘‘(4) develop security programmatic guidelines; 
‘‘(5) review contracts and interagency agree-
ments associated with major security investments 
within the Department; and 
‘‘(6) provide support to Department components 
on security-related matters.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended, as amended by 
section 1107, by inserting after the item relating to section 
709 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 710. Chief Security Officer.’’. 
SEC. 1109. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) NOTIFICATION.—The heads of offices and compo-
nents of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
promptly advise the Inspector General of the Department 
of all allegations of misconduct with respect to which the 
Inspector General has investigative authority under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
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(b) WAIVER.—The Inspector General may waive the 
notification requirement under this section with respect to 
any category or subset of allegations of misconduct. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary 
of Homeland Security under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
SEC. 1110. OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 705 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 345) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF OFFICER FOR’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties Officer’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Chief’’ 
before ‘‘Officer’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(d); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
AND CIVIL LIB-
ERTIES.—There is in the Department an Office for Civil 
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Rights and Civil Liberties. Under the direction of the Chief 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer, the Office shall 
support the Chief Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer 
in the following: 
‘‘(1) Integrating civil rights and civil liberties 
into activities of the Department by conducting pro-
grams and providing policy advice and other tech-
nical assistance. 
‘‘(2) Investigating complaints and information 
indicating possible abuses of civil rights or civil lib-
erties, unless the Inspector General of the Department 
determines that any such complaint or information 
should be investigated by the Inspector General. 
‘‘(3) Directing the Department’s equal employ-
ment opportunity and diversity policies and pro-
grams, including complaint management and adju-
dication. 
‘‘(4) Communicating with individuals and com-
munities whose civil rights and civil liberties may be 
affected by Department activities. 
‘‘(5) Any other activities as assigned by the Chief 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer. 
‘‘(c) COMPONENT CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 
OFFICERS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In consultation with the 
Chief Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer, the 
head of each component of the Department shall ap-
point a senior-level Federal employee with experience 
and background in civil rights and civil liberties as 
the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer for the 
component. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties Officer appointed under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) serve as the main point of contact for 
the Chief Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Offi-
cer; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate with the Chief Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties Officer to oversee the integra-
tion of civil rights and civil liberties into the ac-
tivities of the component.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 705 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 705. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.’’. 
SEC. 1111. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY 
FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.— 
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(1) DIRECTORATE
FOR
SCIENCE
AND
TECH-
NOLOGY.—Section 302 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the 
Under’’ and inserting ‘‘The Under’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 
evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluation, and 
standards coordination and development’’. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 
2135) is amended by striking ‘‘Directorate of Science 
and Technology and Homeland Security Advanced 
Research Projects Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Directorate 
Science and Technology and the Chief Scientist’’. 
(b) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 307 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 187) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘HOMELAND
SECURITY
ADVANCED
RE-
SEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY’’ and inserting 
‘‘OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
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(i) by striking paragraphs (1) and (3); 
and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
and (4) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respec-
tively; and 
(C) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Office of the Chief Scientist. 
‘‘(2) CHIEF SCIENTIST.—The Office of the Chief 
Scientist shall be headed by a Chief Scientist, who 
shall be appointed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) 
QUALIFICATIONS.—The 
Chief 
Scientist 
shall— 
‘‘(A) be appointed from among distin-
guished scientists with specialized training or 
significant experience in a field related to 
counterterrorism, traditional homeland security 
missions, or national defense; and 
‘‘(B) have earned an advanced degree at an 
institution of higher education (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)). 
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‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Scientist 
shall oversee all research and development to— 
‘‘(A) support basic and applied homeland 
security 
research 
to 
promote 
revolutionary 
changes in technologies that would promote 
homeland security; 
‘‘(B) advance the development, testing and 
evaluation, standards coordination and develop-
ment, and deployment of critical homeland secu-
rity technologies; 
‘‘(C) accelerate the prototyping and deploy-
ment of technologies that would address home-
land security vulnerabilities; 
‘‘(D) promote the award of competitive, 
merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements or 
contracts to public or private entities, including 
business, federally funded research and develop-
ment centers, and universities; and 
‘‘(E) oversee research and development for 
the purpose of advancing technology for the in-
vestigation of child exploitation crimes, includ-
ing child victim identification, trafficking in 
persons, and child pornography, and for ad-
vanced forensics. 
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‘‘(5) COORDINATION.—The Chief Scientist shall 
ensure that the activities of the Directorate for Test-
ing and Evaluation of Science and Technology are co-
ordinated with those of other relevant research agen-
cies, and may oversee projects jointly with other agen-
cies. 
‘‘(6) PERSONNEL.—In hiring personnel for the 
Science and Technology Directorate, the Secretary 
shall have the hiring and management authorities de-
scribed in section 1599h of title 10, United States 
Code. The term of appointments for employees under 
subsection (c)(1) of that section may not exceed 5 
years before the granting of any extension under sub-
section (c)(2) of that section. 
‘‘(7) DEMONSTRATIONS.—The Chief Scientist, 
periodically, shall hold homeland security technology 
demonstrations, pilots, field assessments, and work-
shops to improve contact among technology devel-
opers, vendors, component personnel, State, local, and 
tribal first responders, and acquisition personnel.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 307 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 307. Office of the Chief Scientist.’’. 
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SEC. 1112. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ROTA-
TION PROGRAM. 
(a) ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ROTATION PROGRAM.— 
Section 844 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
414) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (5) 
as subsections (a) through (e), respectively, and ad-
justing the margins and the heading typeface accord-
ingly; 
(3) in subsection (a), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for employees of the De-
partment’’ and inserting ‘‘for certain personnel 
within the Department’’; 
(4) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (G) as paragraphs (3) through (9), re-
spectively, and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) seek to foster greater departmental integra-
tion and unity of effort; 
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‘‘(2) seek to help enhance the knowledge, skills, 
and abilities of participating personnel with respect 
to the programs, policies, and activities of the Depart-
ment;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘middle and senior level’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 
inserting before ‘‘invigorate’’ the following: ‘‘seek 
to improve morale and retention throughout the 
Department and’’; 
(5) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
and adjusting the margins accordingly; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking clause (iii); and 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), 
and (iv) through (viii) as subparagraphs 
(A) through (G), respectively, and adjusting 
the margins accordingly; 
(6) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e), as 
redesignated by paragraph (2), as subsections (e) and 
(f), respectively; 
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(7) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—In carrying out the 
Rotation Program the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) before selecting employees for participation 
in the Rotation Program, disseminate information 
broadly within the Department about the availability 
of the Rotation Program, qualifications for participa-
tion in the Rotation Program, including full-time em-
ployment within the employing component or office 
not less than 1 year, and the general provisions of the 
Rotation Program; 
‘‘(2) require as a condition of participation in 
the Rotation Program that an employee— 
‘‘(A) is nominated by the head of the com-
ponent or office employing the employee; and 
‘‘(B) is selected by the Secretary, or the Sec-
retary’s designee, solely on the basis of relative 
ability, knowledge, and skills, after fair and open 
competition that assures that all candidates re-
ceive equal opportunity; 
‘‘(3) ensure that each employee participating in 
the Rotation Program shall be entitled to return, 
within a reasonable period of time after the end of the 
period of participation, to the position held by the 
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