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tralia, Singapore, and other countries as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(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 co-
operative mechanisms with foreign countries, includ-
ing nations in Africa, to strengthen American pre-
paredness against threats to the Nation’s agricul-
tural and public health sectors from exotic diseases. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM AND DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary 
shall establish the Science and Technology Home-
land Security International Cooperative Program to 
facilitate international cooperative activities through-
out the Science and Technology Directorate. The 
Program shall be headed by a Director, who shall be 
selected by and shall report to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT
OF
MECHANISMS.— 
The Director shall be responsible for devel-
oping, in consultation with the Department of 
State and in coordination with other Federal 
agencies, mechanisms and legal frameworks to 
allow and to support international cooperative 
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activities in support of homeland security re-
search. 
‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION
OF
PARTNERS.— 
The Director shall facilitate the matching of 
United States entities engaged in homeland se-
curity research 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 re-
search agencies. 
‘‘(D) CONFERENCES
AND
WORKSHOPS.— 
The Director, periodically, shall support the 
planning and execution of international home-
land security technology workshops and con-
ferences to improve contact among the inter-
national community of technology developers 
and to help establish direction for future tech-
nology goals. 
‘‘(3) PROGRAM
MANAGER
AUTHORITY.—This 
subsection shall not be construed to limit the ability 
of a program manager to initiate or carry out inter-
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national cooperative activities provided that such ac-
tivities are appropriately coordinated with the Pro-
gram established under this subsection. 
‘‘(d) BUDGET ALLOCATION.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary, to be derived from 
amounts otherwise authorized for the Directorate of 
Science and Technology, $25,000,000 for each of the fis-
cal years 2007 through 2010 for activities under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL CO-
OPERATIVE ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Under Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 
transmit to the Congress a report containing— 
‘‘(A) a brief description of each partner-
ship 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 
sources of funding, including resources provided 
to support the activities in lieu of direct fund-
ing. 
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‘‘(2) UPDATES.—At the end of the fiscal year 
that occurs 5 years after the transmittal of the re-
port under subsection (a), and every 5 years there-
after, the Under Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector, shall transmit to the Congress an update of 
the report required 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 following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 314. Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation pro-
gram.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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