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ment and, if not, which Department should have re-
sponsibility. 
SEC. 107. OFFICE OF INTEROPERABILITY AND COMPAT-
IBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 314. OFFICE OF INTEROPERABILITY AND COMPAT-
IBILITY. 
‘‘(a) CLARIFICATION
OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
Director of the Office of Interoperability and Compat-
ibility shall— 
‘‘(1) assist the Secretary in developing and im-
plementing the science and technology aspects of the 
program described in subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), 
and (G) of section 7303(a)(1) of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
U.S.C. 194(a)(1)); 
‘‘(2) support the creation of national voluntary 
consensus standards for interoperable emergency 
communications; 
‘‘(3) establish a comprehensive research, devel-
opment, testing, and evaluation program for improv-
ing interoperable emergency communications; 
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‘‘(4) establish requirements for total and non-
proprietary interoperable emergency communications 
capabilities for all public safety radio and data com-
munications systems and equipment; 
‘‘(5) evaluate and validate new technology con-
cepts in real-world environments to achieve inter-
operable emergency communications capabilities; 
‘‘(6) encourage more efficient use of existing re-
sources, including equipment and spectrum, to 
achieve interoperable emergency communications ca-
pabilities; 
‘‘(7) test and deploy public safety communica-
tions systems that are less prone to failure, support 
new nonvoice services, consume less spectrum, and 
cost less than existing systems; and 
‘‘(8) work with the private sector to develop so-
lutions to improve emergency communications capa-
bilities and achieve interoperable emergency commu-
nications capabilities. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION.—The Director shall coordinate 
with the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communica-
tions with respect to the SAFECOM program. 
‘‘(c) SUFFICIENCY OF RESOURCES.—The Secretary 
shall provide the Office for Interoperability and Compat-
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ibility the resources and staff necessary to carry out the 
responsibilities under this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting at the 
end of the items relating to title III the following: 
‘‘Sec. 314. Office of Interoperability and Compatibility.’’. 
SEC. 108. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Financial assistance provided to 
State, local, and tribal governments by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security for prevention activities may be used 
by the State, local, or tribal government to hire new staff 
and contractors to serve as intelligence analysts to facili-
tate information and intelligence sharing activities. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—An individual shall success-
fully complete training to ensure baseline proficiency in 
intelligence analysis and production before the individual 
may serve as an intelligence analyst or as a staff intel-
ligence employee or contractor. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements under sub-
section (b) shall apply with respect to an individual hired 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 109. REDESIGNATION OF DIRECTORATE FOR INFOR-
MATION ANALYSIS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROTECTION. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF DIRECTORATE FOR INFOR-
MATION
ANALYSIS
AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROTEC-
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TION.—Section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Directorate for Informa-
tion Analysis and Infrastructure Protection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘an Under Secretary for 
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Pro-
tection’’ and inserting ‘‘an Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating 
subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b) 
through (f), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and infrastructure protec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘and intelligence’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary for 
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Pro-
tection’’ and inserting ‘‘the Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Under Secretary for 
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Pro-
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tection’’ and inserting ‘‘the Under Secretary for 
Intelligence Analysis’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2), (5), and 
(6), and redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(19) as paragraphs (2) through (16), respec-
tively; 
(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘To integrate’’ and inserting ‘‘To 
participate in the integration of’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘the Assistant Secretary for Infra-
structure Protection and’’ after ‘‘coordinate 
with’’; 
(5) in subsections (d) and (e), as redesignated 
by subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Directorate’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Office’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(2), by striking ‘‘, for assignment to the 
Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infra-
structure Protection under this section,’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—The 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— 
(A) 
in 
section 
103(a)(2) 
(6 
U.S.C. 
113(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘Information Analysis 
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