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(2) identifying any inconsistencies and costs im-
plications for differences between the varying em-
ployee requirements, responsibilities, and benefits. 
SEC. 3233. REPEAL OF BIENNIAL REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE RELATING TO THE TRANS-
PORTATION SECURITY INFORMATION SHAR-
ING PLAN. 
Subsection (u) of section 114 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by— 
(1) striking paragraph (7); and 
(2) redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as 
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively. 
SEC. 3234. SECURITY TRAINING FOR FRONTLINE TRANS-
PORTATION WORKERS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
regarding the status of the implementation of sections 
1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137) and 1534 (6 U.S.C. 1184) of the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53). The Administrator 
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shall include in such report specific information on the 
challenges that the Administrator has encountered since 
the date of the enactment of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 with 
respect to establishing regulations requiring the provision 
of basic security training to public transportation frontline 
employees and over-the-road bus frontline employees for 
preparedness for potential security threats and conditions. 
SEC. 3235. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a feasi-
bility assessment of partnering with an independent, not- 
for-profit organization to help provide venture capital to 
businesses, particularly small businesses, for commer-
cialization of innovative homeland security technologies 
that are expected to be ready for commercialization in the 
near term and within 36 months. In conducting such feasi-
bility assessment, the Administrator shall consider the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Establishing an independent, not-for-profit 
organization, modeled after the In-Q-tel program, a 
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venture capital partnership between the private sec-
tor and the intelligence community (as such term is 
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)), to help businesses, 
particularly small businesses, commercialize innova-
tive security-related technologies. 
(2) Enhanced engagement, either through the 
Science and Technology Directorate of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security or directly, with the In- 
Q-tel program described in paragraph (1). 
TITLE 
XXXIII—DHS 
SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY REFORM 
AND IMPROVEMENT 
SEC. 3301. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in section 301 (6 U.S.C. 181)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—The Directorate of Science and 
Technology shall be the primary research, development, 
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testing, and evaluation arm of the Department, respon-
sible for coordinating the research, development, testing, 
and evaluation of the Department to strengthen the secu-
rity and resiliency of the United States. The Directorate 
shall— 
‘‘(1) develop and deliver knowledge, analyses, 
and innovative solutions that are responsive to 
homeland security capability gaps and threats to the 
homeland identified by components and offices of the 
Department, the first responder community, and the 
Homeland Security Enterprise (as such term is de-
fined in section 322) and that can be integrated into 
operations of the Department; 
‘‘(2) seek innovative, system-based solutions to 
complex homeland security problems and threats; 
and 
‘‘(3) build partnerships and leverage technology 
solutions developed by other Federal agencies and 
laboratories, State, local, and tribal governments, 
universities, and the private sector.’’; 
(2) in section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
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shall’’ and inserting the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall 
carry out the mission described in subsection (b) of section 
301 and shall’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), as so amended by 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘and serving as the senior scientific advi-
sor to the Secretary’’ before the semicolon 
at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘national’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘biological,,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biological,’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘that may 
serve as a basis of a national strat-
egy’’ after ‘‘terrorist threats’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the Under Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Analysis 
and the Assistant Secretary for Infra-
structure Protection’’ and inserting 
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‘‘components and offices of the De-
partment’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘terrorist’’ be-
fore ‘‘threats’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘ex-
cept that such responsibility does not ex-
tend to human health-related research and 
development activities’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘including coordinating with rel-
evant components and offices of the De-
partment appropriate to— 
‘‘(A) identify and prioritize technical capa-
bility requirements and create solutions that in-
clude researchers, the private sector, and oper-
ational end users; and 
‘‘(B) develop capabilities to address issues 
on research, development, testing, evaluation, 
technology, and standards for the first re-
sponder community, 
except that such responsibility does not extend to 
the human health-related research and development 
activities;’’; 
(v) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking 
‘‘biological,,’’ and inserting ‘‘biological,’’; 
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‘‘(C) through which research and develop-
ment projects undertaken by the Directorate 
are assessed on a regular basis; and 
‘‘(D) includes consideration of metrics to 
ensure research and development projects meet 
Directorate and Department goals and inform 
departmental budget and program planning; 
‘‘(16) developing and overseeing the administra-
tion of guidelines for periodic external review of de-
partmental research and development programs or 
activities, including through— 
‘‘(A) consultation with experts, including 
scientists and practitioners, regarding the re-
search and development activities conducted by 
the Directorate of Science and Technology; and 
‘‘(B) biennial independent, external re-
view— 
‘‘(i) initially at the division level; or 
‘‘(ii) when divisions conduct multiple 
programs focused on significantly different 
subjects, at the program level; 
‘‘(17) partnering with components and offices 
of the Department to develop and deliver knowledge, 
analyses, and innovative solutions that are respon-
sive to identified homeland security capability gaps 
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and threats to the homeland and raise the science- 
based, analytic capability and capacity of appro-
priate individuals throughout the Department by 
providing guidance on how to better identify home-
land security capability gaps and threats to the 
homeland that may be addressed through a techno-
logical solution and by partnering with such compo-
nents and offices to— 
‘‘(A) support technological assessments of 
major acquisition programs throughout the ac-
quisition lifecycle; 
‘‘(B) help define appropriate technological 
requirements and perform feasibility analysis; 
‘‘(C) assist in evaluating new and emerging 
technologies against homeland security capa-
bility gaps and terrorist threats; 
‘‘(D) support evaluation of alternatives; 
‘‘(E) improve the use of technology De-
partment-wide; and 
‘‘(F) provide technical assistance in the de-
velopment of acquisition lifecycle cost for tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(18) acting as a coordinating office for tech-
nology development for the Department by helping 
components and offices define technological require-
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ments, and building partnerships with appropriate 
entities (such as within the Department and with 
other Federal agencies and laboratories, State, local, 
and tribal governments, universities, and the private 
sector) to help each such component and office at-
tain the technology solutions it needs; and 
‘‘(19) coordinating with organizations that pro-
vide venture capital to businesses, particularly small 
businesses, as appropriate, to assist in the commer-
cialization of innovative homeland security tech-
nologies that are expected to be ready for commer-
cialization in the near term and within 36 months.’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(b) REVIEW OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report on the implementation of paragraphs (2) (including 
how the policy and strategic plan under such paragraph 
may serve as a basis for a national strategy referred to 
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in such paragraph), (11), (12), (13), (16), and (17) of 
subsection (a).’’; 
(3) in section 303(1) (6 U.S.C. 183(1)), by 
striking subparagraph (F); 
(4) in section 305 (6 U.S.C. 185)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The Secretary shall 
review and revise, as appropriate, the policies of the De-
partment relating to personnel conflicts of interest to en-
sure that such policies specifically address employees of 
federally funded research and development centers estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) who are in a position 
to make or materially influence research findings or agen-
cy decisionmaking.’’; 
(5) in section 306 (6 U.S.C. 186)— 
(A) in subsection (c), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘If such regulations 
are issued, the Under Secretary shall report to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate prior to such 
issuance.’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (d) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) PERSONNEL.—In hiring personnel for the Direc-
torate of Science and Technology, the Secretary shall have 
the hiring and management authorities described in sec-
tion 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note; 
Public Law 105–261). The term of appointments for em-
ployees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not 
exceed 5 years before the granting of any extension under 
subsection (c)(2) of such section.’’; 
(6) in section 308 (6 U.S.C. 188)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (iv), by striking 
‘‘and nuclear countermeasures or de-
tection’’ and inserting ‘‘nuclear, and 
explosives countermeasures or detec-
tion (which may include research into 
remote sensing and remote imaging)’’; 
and 
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(II) by adding after clause (xiv) 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(xv) Cybersecurity.’’; and 
(ii) by amending subparagraph (D) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(D) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the en-
actment of this subparagraph and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the implementation of this 
section. Each such report shall— 
‘‘(i) indicate which center or centers 
have been designated pursuant to this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) describe how such designation or 
designations enhance homeland security; 
‘‘(iii) provide information on any deci-
sions to revoke or modify such designation 
or designations; 
‘‘(iv) describe research that has been 
tasked and completed by each center that 
has been designated during the preceding 
year; 
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