and professional incentives and awards for the timely com-
pletion of successful projects within budget. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Under Secretary shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees— 
‘‘(1) by not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act identifying what actions 
have been taken to carry out the requirements of 
this section; and 
‘‘(2) annually thereafter describing— 
‘‘(A) research milestones in the conduct of 
research and development by the Directorate 
that have been met and missed, including a de-
scription of any incentives, awards, disincen-
tives, or penalties implemented as a result of 
those met and missed milestones; and 
‘‘(B) customer feedback collected, includ-
ing an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
technology or services delivered by the Direc-
torate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) is amended in the items relating to subtitle 
D of title II— 
(1) in the item relating to the heading for the 
subtitle, by striking ‘‘Office of’’; 
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(2) in the item relating to section 231, by in-
serting ‘‘of Science and Technology’’ after ‘‘Office’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
items: 
‘‘Sec. 236. Management directive. 
‘‘Sec. 237. Professional development. 
‘‘Sec. 238. Tracking systems, research milestones, and customer feedback.’’. 
SEC. 202. OFFICE OF TESTING, EVALUATION, AND STAND-
ARDS. 
Section 308 (6 U.S.C. 188) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) OFFICE
OF
TESTING, EVALUATION, 
AND 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
within the Directorate of Science and Technology an 
Office of Testing, Evaluation, and Standards, which 
shall be headed by a Director. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office is to 
assist the components of the Department and other 
customers in developing plans, processes, and proce-
dures for conducting operational testing and per-
formance testing to verify attainment of technical 
performance specifications and operational effective-
ness and suitability. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Office is not required 
to carry out its own operational testing. 
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‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the 
Office shall be responsible for the following activities 
at the Department: 
‘‘(A) TESTING
AND
EVALUATION
POLI-
CIES.— 
‘‘(i) Establishing policies and pro-
grams to support the development, coordi-
nation, and operational management of 
testing and evaluation standards for the 
Department. 
‘‘(ii) Establishing policy, on behalf of 
the Secretary, under which operation and 
evaluation testing are reviewed and ap-
proved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(iii) Integrating, coordinating, and 
leveraging public and private sector testing 
and evaluation infrastructure to meet the 
Department’s current and future tech-
nology development needs. 
‘‘(iv) Advise the Secretary as to 
whether the plans, processes, and proce-
dures proposed for testing and evaluation 
that components of the Department intend 
to utilize should be approved. 
‘‘(B) STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT.— 
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‘‘(i) Developing and coordinating the 
adoption of national standards and appro-
priate evaluation methods for technology to 
address homeland security capability gaps. 
‘‘(ii) Developing and implementing an 
overarching strategy for the qualification 
and certification of homeland security tech-
nologies and accreditation of facilities and 
programs of the Department. 
‘‘(iii) Encouraging investments and 
competition in homeland security tech-
nologies by fostering standardization of 
performance metrics and quality measures 
for first responder technologies. 
‘‘(iv) 
Providing 
guidance, 
rec-
ommendations, and technical assistance, as 
appropriate, to assist Federal, State, and 
local government and private sector efforts 
to evaluate and implement the use of 
homeland security technologies.’’. 
SEC. 203. PEER REVIEW. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE 
UNDER SECRETARY.—Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 183) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end 
of paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end of para-
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graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) developing and overseeing the administra-
tion of guidelines for peer review of research and de-
velopment projects, including by— 
‘‘(A) consulting with experts, including sci-
entists and practitioners, about the research 
and development conducted by the Directorate 
of Science and Technology; and 
‘‘(B) performing ongoing independent, ex-
ternal, scientific peer review— 
‘‘(i) initially at the division level; or 
‘‘(ii) when divisions conduct multiple 
programs focused on significantly different 
subjects, at the program level.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report to 
Congress not later than 60 days after the completion of 
the first review under section 302(15)(B) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a) of 
this section, that— 
(1) summarizes the findings of the review; and 
(2) describes future efforts to ensure that the 
Department’s research projects are peer reviewed, 
where appropriate. 
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SEC. 204. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 313 (6 U.S.C. 193) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 313. OFFICE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab-
lished an Office of Public-Private Partnerships in the Di-
rectorate of Science and Technology. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall have 
the authority to— 
‘‘(1) provide guidance on how to pursue pro-
posals to develop or deploy homeland security tech-
nologies (including regarding Federal funding, regu-
lation, or acquisition), including to persons associ-
ated with small businesses (as that term is defined 
in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.)); 
‘‘(2) coordinate with components of the Depart-
ment to issue announcements seeking unique and in-
novative homeland security technologies to address 
homeland security capability gaps; 
‘‘(3) promote interaction between homeland se-
curity researchers and private sector companies in 
order to accelerate transition research or a prototype 
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into a commercial product and streamline the han-
dling of intellectual property; and 
‘‘(4) conduct technology research assessment 
and marketplace analysis for the purpose of identi-
fying, leveraging, and integrating best-of-breed tech-
nologies and capabilities from industry, academia, 
and other Federal Government agencies, and dis-
seminate research and findings to Federal, State, 
and local governments. 
‘‘(d) RAPID REVIEW DIVISION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
the Rapid Review Division within the Office of Pub-
lic-Private Partnerships. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE AND DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Division— 
‘‘(i) is responsible for maintaining a 
capability to perform business and tech-
nical reviews to assist in screening unsolic-
ited homeland security technology pro-
posals submitted to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) shall assess the feasibility, sci-
entific and technical merits, and estimated 
cost of such proposals. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—In carrying out 
these duties, the Division shall— 
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‘‘(i) maintain awareness of the techno-
logical requirements of the Directorate’s 
customers; 
‘‘(ii) establish and publicize accessible, 
streamlined procedures allowing a partici-
pant to have their technology assessed by 
the Division; 
‘‘(iii) make knowledgeable assessments 
of a participant’s technology after receiving 
a business plan, a technology proposal, and 
a list of corporate officers, directors, and 
employees with technical knowledge of the 
proposal, within 60 days after such a sub-
mission; and 
‘‘(iv) review proposals submitted by 
components of the Department to the Divi-
sion, subject to subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall refer 
promising homeland security technology research, 
development, testing, and evaluation proposals, along 
with any business and technical reviews, to the Di-
rector of the Homeland Security Advanced Research 
Projects Agency and appropriate Department com-
ponents for consideration for support. 
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‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OR EVALUA-
TION OF PROPOSALS.—The Office may not consider or 
evaluate homeland security technology proposals sub-
mitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a pending 
procurement or for a specific agency requirement. 
‘‘(f) SATELLITE OFFICES.—The Under Secretary, 
acting through the Director, may establish up to 3 satellite 
offices across the country to enhance the Department’s 
outreach efforts. The Secretary shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees in writing within 30 days 
after establishing any satellite office. 
‘‘(g) PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may use the hiring and management authori-
ties described in section 307(b)(6) to hire personnel 
for the Office. 
‘‘(2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—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-Pri-
vate 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 sec-
tion and every other year thereafter, the Under Secretary 
shall prepare a strategic plan for the activities of the Di-
rectorate. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan required by 
subsection (a) shall be prepared in accordance with Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–11, and shall in-
clude the following matters: 
‘‘(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 home-
land security capability gaps identified by customers 
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project conducted or funded by the Directorate, pro-
vide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
list of detailed operational and technical require-
ments 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 
Department, other than the Directorate of Science 
and Technology, having a Federal cost share greater 
than $1,000,000, 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 as-
sessing the current role of the venture capital community 
in funding advanced homeland security technologies, and 
providing recommendations to the appropriate congres-
sional activities about creating a nonprofit organization 
for the purposes of delivering advanced homeland security 
technologies to the homeland security community to fur-
ther their missions. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the current awareness 
and insight that the Department has into 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, 
particular those who have never done business with 
the Federal Government. 
(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 
development, and introduce new technologies needed 
by the homeland security community. 
(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 could serve 
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as a model for the development of homeland security 
technology at the Department. 
(6) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-
ing whether Congress should create a private, inde-
pendent, not-for-profit organization to bridge the 
gap between the technology needs of the homeland 
security community and new advances in commercial 
technology. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Sec-
retary is encouraged to use a federally funded research 
and development center to produce the report under this 
section. 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(4) (6 U.S.C. 182(4)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘extramural programs,’’ the following: ‘‘that 
directly 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. 
Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is 
authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 
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2011 and $41,200,000 for fiscal year 2012 to the Sec-
retary for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to carry 
out the university-based centers program of the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 403. REVIEW OF UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS. 
(a) GAO STUDY OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS.—Not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall initiate a study to assess the university-based Cen-
ters for Homeland 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 congressional committees for appropriate im-
provements. 
(b) SUBJECT MATTERS.—The study under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of key areas of study needed to 
support the homeland security mission, and criteria 
that should be utilized to determine those key areas 
for which the Department should maintain, estab-
lish, 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, 
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including 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 sup-
porting the mission of the Directorate and the De-
partment components. 
(5) An identification of the most appropriate 
review 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 
designated university-based centers within the De-
partment 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. 
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(8) A review of any other essential elements of 
the programs determined in the conduct of the 
study. 
(c) MORATORIUM ON UNIVERSITY CENTERS.—The 
Secretary may not designate any new university-based 
centers for homeland security prior to the completion of 
the Comptroller General’s review. 
SEC. 404. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall sup-
port research, development, testing, evaluation, and tran-
sition of cybersecurity technology, including fundamental, 
long-term research to improve the ability of the United 
States to prevent, 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-impact 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 detect-
ing attacks or intrusions, including monitoring tech-
nologies; 
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