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(5) a description of the performance measure-
ments to be used or a plan to develop performance 
measurements that can be used to annually evaluate 
the Directorate for Science and Technology’s activi-
ties, mission performance, and stewardship of re-
sources; 
(6) a plan for domestic and international co-
ordination of all related programs and activities 
within the Department and throughout Federal 
agencies, State, local, and tribal governments, the 
emergency responder community, industry, and aca-
demia; 
(7) a plan for leveraging the expertise of the 
National Laboratories, the process for allocating 
funding to the National Laboratories, and a plan for 
fulfilling existing National Laboratory infrastructure 
commitments to maintain current capabilities and 
meet mission needs; and 
(8) a strategy for the Homeland Security Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency that includes— 
(A) a mission statement; 
(B) a description of the Department’s high 
risk and high payoff research, development, 
test, and evaluation strategy; and 
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(C) internal policies designed to encourage 
innovative solutions. 
SEC. 802. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security for 
carrying out the Centers of Excellence Program 
$31,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 such that each center 
that received funding in fiscal year 2007 shall receive, at 
a minimum, the same amount it received in fiscal year 
2007. 
(b) MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM.— 
Of the amount authorized by section 101, there is author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity for carrying out the Minority Serving Institutions 
Program $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
(c) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—If, by the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity has not selected a Minority Serving Institu-
tion to participate as a Center of Excellence under 
the Department of Homeland Security Centers of 
Excellence Program, at least one of the next four 
Centers of Excellence selected after the date of en-
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actment of this Act shall be an otherwise eligible ap-
plicant that is a Minority Serving Institution. 
(2) MINORITY
SERVING
INSTITUTION
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection the term ‘‘Minority Serv-
ing Institution’’ means— 
(A) an historically black college or univer-
sity that receives assistance under part B of 
title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 106 et seq.); 
(B) an Hispanic-serving institution (as 
that term is defined in section 502 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a); 
or 
(C) a tribally controlled college or univer-
sity (as that term is defined in section 2 of the 
Tribally Controlled College or University Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801)). 
SEC. 803. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY OF UNI-
VERSITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 3 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National 
Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences to 
conduct a study to assess the University Programs of the 
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Department, with an emphasis on the Centers of Excel-
lence Program and the future plans for these programs, 
and make recommendations for appropriate improve-
ments. 
(b) SUBJECTS.—The study shall include— 
(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 or estab-
lish Centers of Excellence; 
(2) a review of selection criteria and weighting 
of such criteria for Centers of Excellence; 
(3) an examination of the optimal role of Cen-
ters of Excellence in supporting the mission of the 
Directorate of Science and Technology and the most 
advantageous relationship between the Centers of 
Excellence and the Directorate and the Department 
components the Directorate serves; 
(4) an examination of the length of time the 
Centers of Excellence should be awarded funding 
and the frequency of the review cycle in order to 
maintain such funding, particularly given their focus 
on basic, long term research; 
(5) identification of the most appropriate review 
criteria and metrics to measure demonstrable 
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progress, and mechanisms for delivering and dis-
seminating the research results of established Cen-
ters of Excellence within the Department, 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 Centers of Excellence can optimally con-
tribute to the research mission of the Directorate; 
(7) an assessment of the interrelationship be-
tween the different University Programs; and 
(8) a review of any other essential elements of 
the University Programs to be determined in the 
conduct of the study. 
(c) REPORT.—The Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology shall transmit a report containing the results 
of the study and recommendations required by subsection 
(a) and the Under Secretary’s response to the rec-
ommendations, to the appropriate Congressional commit-
tees not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized in section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000. 
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SEC. 
804. 
STREAMLINING 
OF 
SAFETY 
ACT 
AND 
ANTITERRORISM 
TECHNOLOGY 
PROCURE-
MENT PROCESSES. 
(a) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall ensure that, in addition to any personnel en-
gaged in technical evaluations that may be appropriate, 
a sufficient number of full-time equivalent personnel, who 
are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, economic, 
and risk analyses, are involved in the review and 
prioritization of antiterrorism technologies for the purpose 
of determining whether such technologies may be des-
ignated by the Secretary as qualified antiterrorism tech-
nologies under section 862(b) of the SAFETY Act (6 
U.S.C. 441(b)) or certified by the Secretary under section 
863(d) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 442(d)). 
(b) COORDINATION WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall— 
(1) establish a formal coordination process that 
includes the official of the Department of Homeland 
Security with primary responsibility for the imple-
mentation of the SAFETY Act, the Chief Procure-
ment Officer of the Department, the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology, the Under Sec-
retary for Policy, and the Department of Homeland 
Security General Counsel to ensure the application 
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of the litigation and risk management provisions of 
the SAFETY Act to antiterrorism technologies pro-
cured by the Department; and 
(2) promote awareness and utilization of the 
litigation and risk management provisions of the 
SAFETY Act in the procurement of antiterrorism 
technologies. 
(c) ISSUANCE OF DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTIVE.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall, in accordance with 
the final rule implementing the SAFETY Act, issue a De-
partmental management directive providing for coordina-
tion between Department procurement officials and any 
other Department official responsible for implementing 
the SAFETY Act in advance of any Department procure-
ment of an antiterrorism technology, as required under 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 805. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 319. PROMOTING ANTITERRORISM THROUGH INTER-
NATIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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