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‘‘(3) INCIDENT.—The term ‘incident’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 227. 
‘‘(4) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘infor-
mation system’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3502(8) of title 44, United States Code.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 318 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 319. Cybersecurity research and development.’’. 
(b) RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking the last 
sentence; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PRIOR APPROVAL.—In any case in which 
the head of a component or office of the Department 
seeks to utilize the authority under this section, such 
head shall first receive prior approval from the Sec-
retary by providing to the Secretary a proposal that 
includes the rationale for the utilization of such au-
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thority, the funds to be spent on the use of such au-
thority, and the expected outcome for each project 
that is the subject of the use of such authority. In 
such a case, the authority for evaluating the pro-
posal may not be delegated by the Secretary to any-
one other than the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report detailing the projects for which the 
authority granted by subsection (a) was utilized, the 
rationale for such utilizations, the funds spent uti-
lizing such authority, the extent of cost-sharing for 
such projects among Federal and non-Federal 
sources, the extent to which utilization of such au-
thority has addressed a homeland security capability 
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gap or threat to the homeland identified by the De-
partment, the total amount of payments, if any, that 
were received by the Federal Government as a result 
of the utilization of such authority during the period 
covered by each such report, the outcome of each 
project for which such authority was utilized, and 
the results of any audits of such projects.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall develop a train-
ing program for acquisitions staff on the utilization of the 
authority provided under subsection (a).’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No 
additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this title and the amendments made by this title. 
TITLE XXII—LEVERAGING 
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 
SEC. 2201. INNOVATION ENGAGEMENT. 
(a) INNOVATION ENGAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security— 
(A) shall engage with innovative and 
emerging technology developers and firms, in-
cluding technology-based small businesses and 
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startup ventures, to address homeland security 
needs; and 
(B) may identify geographic areas in the 
United States with high concentrations of such 
innovative and emerging technology developers 
and firms, and may establish personnel and of-
fice space in such areas, as appropriate. 
(2) ENGAGEMENT.—Engagement under para-
graph (1) may include innovative and emerging tech-
nology developers or firms with proven technologies, 
supported with outside investment, with potential 
applications for the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(3) CO-LOCATION.—If the Secretary of Home-
land Security determines that it is appropriate to es-
tablish personnel and office space in a specific geo-
graphic area in the United States pursuant to para-
graph (1)(B), the Secretary shall co-locate such per-
sonnel and office space with other existing assets 
of— 
(A) the Department of Homeland Security, 
where possible; or 
(B) Federal facilities, where appropriate. 
(4) OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 30 days after 
establishing personnel and office space in a specific 
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geographic area in the United States pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall inform Congress about the rationale for 
such establishment, the anticipated costs associated 
with such establishment, and the specific goals for 
such establishment. 
(b) STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall develop, implement, and 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
Department of Homeland Security-wide strategy to 
proactively engage with innovative and emerging tech-
nology developers and firms, including technology-based 
small businesses and startup ventures, in accordance with 
subsection (a). Such strategy shall— 
(1) focus on sustainable methods and guidance 
to build relationships, including with such innovative 
and emerging technology developers and firms in ge-
ographic areas in the United States with high con-
centrations of such innovative and emerging tech-
nology developers and firms, and in geographic areas 
outside such areas, to establish, develop, and en-
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hance departmental capabilities to address homeland 
security needs; 
(2) include efforts to— 
(A) ensure proven innovative and emerging 
technologies can be included in existing and fu-
ture acquisition contracts; 
(B) coordinate with organizations that pro-
vide venture capital to businesses, particularly 
small businesses and startup ventures, as ap-
propriate, to assist the commercialization of in-
novative and emerging technologies that are ex-
pected to be ready for commercialization in the 
near term and within 36 months; and 
(C) address barriers to the utilization of 
innovative and emerging technologies and the 
engagement of small businesses and startup 
ventures in the acquisition process; 
(3) include a description of how the Depart-
ment plans to leverage proven innovative and emerg-
ing technologies to address homeland security needs; 
and 
(4) include the criteria the Secretary plans to 
use to determine an innovative or technology is prov-
en. 
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(c) PROHIBITION
ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No 
additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this title. 
TITLE XXIII—FIRST RESPONDER 
ACCESS 
TO 
INNOVATIVE 
TECHNOLOGIES 
SEC. 2301. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 2008 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If an applicant’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—If an appli-
cant’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall implement a uniform process for reviewing ap-
plications that, in accordance with paragraph (1), 
contain explanations to use grants provided under 
section 2003 or 2004 to purchase equipment or sys-
tems that do not meet or exceed any applicable na-
tional voluntary consensus standards developed 
under section 647 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 747). 
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‘‘(3) FACTORS.—In carrying out the review 
process under paragraph (2), the Administrator 
shall consider the following: 
‘‘(A) Current or past use of proposed 
equipment or systems by Federal agencies or 
the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(B) The absence of a national voluntary 
consensus standard for such equipment or sys-
tems. 
‘‘(C) The existence of an international con-
sensus standard for such equipment or systems, 
and whether such equipment or systems meets 
such standard. 
‘‘(D) The nature of the capability gap 
identified by the applicant and how such equip-
ment or systems will address such gap. 
‘‘(E) The degree to which such equipment 
or systems will serve the needs of the applicant 
better than equipment or systems that meet or 
exceed existing consensus standards. 
‘‘(F) Any other factor determined appro-
priate by the Administrator.’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Secu-
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rity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report assessing the implementation of the review 
process established under paragraph (2) of subsection (f) 
of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(as added by subsection (a) of this section), including in-
formation on the following: 
(1) The number of requests to purchase equip-
ment or systems that do not meet or exceed any ap-
plicable consensus standard evaluated under such re-
view process. 
(2) The capability gaps identified by applicants 
and the number of such requests granted or denied. 
(3) The processing time for the review of such 
requests. 
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TITLE XXIV—DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY STRAT-
EGY 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 
2401. 
COMPREHENSIVE 
STRATEGY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR VETTING AND 
SCREENING PERSONS SEEKING TO ENTER 
THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a comprehensive 3-year strategy for inter-
national programs of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity in which personnel and resources of the Department 
are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of persons 
seeking to enter the United States. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Specific Department of Homeland Security 
risk-based goals for international programs of the 
Department in which personnel and resources of the 
Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 
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screening of persons seeking to enter the United 
States. 
(2) A risk-based method for determining wheth-
er to establish new international programs in new lo-
cations, given resource constraints, or expand exist-
ing international programs of the Department, in 
which personnel and resources of the Department 
are deployed abroad for vetting and screening of 
persons seeking to enter the United States. 
(3) Alignment with the highest Department- 
wide and Government-wide strategic priorities of re-
source allocations on international programs of the 
Department in which personnel and resources of the 
Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 
screening of persons seeking to enter the United 
States. 
(4) A common reporting framework for the sub-
mission of reliable, comparable cost data by compo-
nents of the Department on overseas expenditures 
attributable to international programs of the De-
partment in which personnel and resources of the 
Department are deployed abroad for vetting and 
screening of persons seeking to enter the United 
States. 
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(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategy re-
quired under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall consider, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) Information on existing operations of inter-
national programs of the Department of Homeland 
Security in which personnel and resources of the De-
partment are deployed abroad for vetting and 
screening of persons seeking to enter the United 
States that includes corresponding information for 
each location in which each such program operates. 
(2) The number of Department personnel de-
ployed to each location at which an international 
program referred to in subparagraph (A) is in oper-
ation during the current and preceding fiscal year. 
(3) Analysis of the impact of each international 
program referred to in paragraph (1) on domestic 
activities of components of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(4) Analysis of barriers to the expansion of an 
international program referred to in paragraph (1). 
(d) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may con-
tain a classified annex if the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity determines that such is appropriate. 
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