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‘‘SEC. 2004. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a 
research and development program to achieve trans-
formational and evolutionary improvements in detection 
capabilities for shielded and unshielded nuclear explosive 
devices and radiological dispersion devices. 
‘‘(b) HIGH-RISK PROJECTS.—The program shall in-
clude funding for transformational research and develop-
ment projects that may have a high risk of failure but 
have the potential to provide significant benefits. 
‘‘(c) LONG-TERM PROJECTS.—In order to reflect a 
long-term commitment to the development of more effec-
tive detection technologies, the program shall include the 
provision of funding for projects having a duration of more 
than 3 years, as appropriate. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL PRO-
GRAMS.—The Director shall coordinate implementation of 
the program with other Federal agencies performing simi-
lar research and development in order to accelerate the 
development of effective technologies, promote technology 
sharing, and to avoid duplication, including through the 
use of the interagency coordination council established 
under section 2013. 
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‘‘SEC. 2005. SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a 
program to test and evaluate technology for detecting nu-
clear explosive devices and fissile or radiological material. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—The Director shall 
establish performance metrics for evaluating the effective-
ness of individual detectors and detection systems in de-
tecting nuclear explosive devices or fissile or radiological 
material— 
‘‘(1) under realistic operational and environ-
mental conditions; and 
‘‘(2) against realistic adversary tactics and 
countermeasures. 
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF TESTING SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may, under 
the program, make available testing services to de-
velopers of detection technologies. The results of the 
tests performed with services made available under 
this subsection shall be confidential and may not be 
disclosed to individuals or entities outside of the 
Federal Government without the consent of the de-
veloper for whom the tests are performed. 
‘‘(2) FEES.—The Director may charge fees, as 
appropriate, for performance of services under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(d) SYSTEM ASSESSMENTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall periodi-
cally perform system-wide assessments of the global 
nuclear 
detection 
architecture 
to 
identify 
vulnerabilities and to gauge overall system perform-
ance against nuclear and radiological threats. 
‘‘(2) INCLUDED ACTIVITIES.—The assessments 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) red teaming activities to identify 
vulnerabilities and possible modes of attack and 
concealment methods; and 
‘‘(B) net assessments to determine archi-
tecture performance against adversary tactics 
and concealment methods. 
‘‘(3) USE.—The Director shall use the assess-
ments to guide deployment of the global nuclear de-
tection architecture and the research and develop-
ment activities of the Office. 
‘‘SEC. 2006. TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION, DEPLOYMENT, 
SUPPORT, AND TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall develop 
and, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
execute a strategy for the acquisition and deploy-
ment of detection systems in order to implement the 
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Department components of the global nuclear detec-
tion architecture developed under section 2003. 
‘‘(2) USE OF AVAILABLE CONTRACTING PROCE-
DURES.—The Director shall make use of all con-
tracting procedures available to the Secretary to im-
plement the acquisition strategy. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED ANTI-TER-
RORISM
TECHNOLOGY.—The Director shall make 
recommendations based on the criteria included in 
section 862(b) as to whether the detection systems 
acquired pursuant to this subsection shall be des-
ignated by the Secretary as anti-terrorism tech-
nologies that qualify for protection under the system 
of risk management set forth in subtitle G of title 
VIII. The Undersecretary for Science and Tech-
nology shall consider the Director’s recommenda-
tions and expedite the process of determining wheth-
er such detection systems shall be designated as 
anti-terrorism technologies that qualify for such pro-
tection. 
‘‘(b) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall deploy de-
tection systems for use by Department operational units 
and other end-users in implementing the global nuclear 
detection architecture. 
‘‘(c) OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND PROTOCOLS.— 
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‘‘(1) OPERATIONAL
SUPPORT.—The Director 
shall provide operational support for all systems ac-
quired to implement the acquisition strategy devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) OPERATIONAL PROTOCOLS.—The Director 
shall develop operational protocols for detection tech-
nology acquired and deployed to implement the ac-
quisition strategy, including procedures for alarm 
resolution and notification of appropriate response 
agencies in the event that illicit nuclear, radioactive, 
or fissile materials are detected by such a product or 
service. 
‘‘(3) TECHNICAL
REACHBACK.—The Director 
will ensure that the expertise necessary to accurately 
interpret detection data is made available in a timely 
manner for all technology deployed to implement the 
global nuclear detection architecture. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING.—The Director shall develop and dis-
tribute training materials and provide training to all end- 
users of technology acquired by the Director under the ac-
quisition strategy. 
‘‘(e) SOLICITATION OF END-USER INPUT.—In devel-
oping requirements for the research and development pro-
gram of section 2004 and requirements for the acquisition 
of detection systems to implement the strategy in sub-
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