‘‘(3) COOPERATION.—The Under Secretary is 
authorized to conduct international cooperative ac-
tivities jointly with other agencies. 
‘‘(4) FOREIGN PARTNERS.—Under this section, 
the Under Secretary may form partnerships with 
United States allies in the global war on terrorism, 
including Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus-
tralia, Singapore, and other countries as appropriate. 
‘‘(5) EXOTIC DISEASES.—As part of the inter-
national cooperative activities authorized in this sec-
tion, the Under Secretary may facilitate the develop-
ment of information sharing and other types of coop-
erative mechanisms with foreign countries, including 
nations in Africa, to strengthen American prepared-
ness against threats to the Nation’s agricultural and 
public health sectors from exotic diseases. 
‘‘(c) OFFICE AND DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary 
shall establish the Science and Technology Homeland 
Security International Cooperative Programs Office 
to 
facilitate 
international 
cooperative 
activities 
throughout the Science and Technology Directorate. 
The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall 
be selected by and shall report to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.— 
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‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANISMS.—The 
Director shall be responsible for developing, in 
coordination with the Department of State and 
other Federal agencies, mechanisms and legal 
frameworks to allow and to support inter-
national cooperative activities in support of 
homeland security research. 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS.—The 
Director shall facilitate the matching of United 
States entities engaged in homeland security re-
search with non-United States entities engaged 
in homeland security research so that they may 
partner in homeland security research activities. 
‘‘(C) COORDINATION.—The Director shall 
ensure that the activities under this subsection 
are coordinated with those of other components of 
the Department and of other relevant research 
agencies. 
‘‘(D) CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS.—The 
Director, periodically, shall support the planning 
and execution of international homeland security 
technology workshops and conferences to improve 
contact among the international community of 
technology developers and to help establish direc-
tion for future technology goals. 
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‘‘(3) PROGRAM MANAGER AUTHORITY.—This sub-
section shall not be construed to limit the ability of 
a program manager to initiate or carry out inter-
national cooperative activities provided that such ac-
tivities are appropriately coordinated with the office 
established under this subsection. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Home-
land Security for international cooperative activities au-
thorized under this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2007 through 2010. 
‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL COOP-
ERATIVE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-
retary, acting through the Director, shall transmit to 
the Congress a report containing— 
‘‘(A) a brief description of each partnership 
formed under subsection (b)(4), including the 
participants, goals, and amount and sources of 
funding; and 
‘‘(B) a list of international cooperative ac-
tivities underway, including the participants, 
goals, expected duration, and amount and 
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sources of funding, including resources provided 
to support the activities in lieu of direct funding. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—At the end of the fiscal year 
that occurs 5 years after the transmittal of the report 
under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the 
Under Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 
transmit to the Congress an update of the report re-
quired under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 313 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 407 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4942 
[Report No. 109–674] 
A BILL 
To establish a capability and office to promote co-
operation between entities of the United States 
and its allies in the global war on terrorism for 
the purpose of engaging in cooperative endeavors 
focused on the research, development, and com-
mercialization of high-priority technologies in-
tended to detect, prevent, respond to, recover 
from, and mitigate against acts of terrorism and 
other high consequence events and to address the 
homeland security needs of Federal, State, and 
local governments. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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