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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 
those duties, the Division shall— 
‘‘(i) maintain awareness of the techno-
logical requirements of the Directorate’s 
customers; 
‘‘(ii) establish and publicize accessible, 
streamlined procedures allowing a partici-
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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; 
‘‘(iv) review proposals submitted by 
components of the Department to the Divi-
sion, subject to subsection (e); and 
‘‘(v) in reviewing proposals submitted 
to the Secretary, give priority to any pro-
posal submitted by a small business con-
cern as defined under section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Director shall sub-
mit for consideration promising homeland security 
technology research, development, testing, and eval-
uation proposals, along with any business and tech-
nical reviews, to the appropriate subcomponents of 
the Directorate and the appropriate operational com-
ponents of the Department 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.—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 
be appropriated $30,000,000 for the Office of Public-Pri-
vate Partnerships for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012. 
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TITLE III—REPORTS 
SEC. 301. DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
STRATEGIC PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), 
as amended by section 201, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. 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 
for Science and Technology shall prepare a strategic plan 
for the activities of the Directorate. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The strategic plan required by 
subsection (a) shall be prepared in accordance with appli-
cable Federal requirements, and shall include 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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within the Department and outside of the Depart-
ment, including the first responder community. 
‘‘(4) The role of the Department’s risk analysis 
in the activities and programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(5) A technology transition strategy for the 
programs of the Directorate. 
‘‘(6) A description of the policies of the Direc-
torate on the management, organization, and per-
sonnel of the Directorate. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary shall submit to Congress any update to the stra-
tegic plan most recently prepared under subsection (a) at 
the same time that the President submits to Congress the 
budget for each even-numbered fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b), as amended by section 201, is further 
amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 323. Strategic plan.’’. 
SEC. 302. REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 302 (6 U.S.C. 182) is amended by inserting 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before the first sentence, and by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment, the Under Secretary shall, for 
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each current project conducted by the Directorate 
and having a Federal cost share greater than 
$80,000,000, and on an ongoing basis thereafter for 
any new project conducted by the Directorate and 
having 
a 
Federal 
cost 
share 
greater 
than 
$80,000,000, provide to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a description of— 
‘‘(A) the Department components and cus-
tomers consulted during the development of the 
operational and technical requirements associ-
ated with the project; and 
‘‘(B) the extent to which the requirements 
incorporate the input of those components or 
customers. 
‘‘(2) LARGE PROJECTS.—Within 90 days after 
the date of enactment, the Secretary shall, for each 
current project conducted by a component of the De-
partment besides the Directorate, and having a life- 
cycle cost greater than $1,000,000,000, and on an 
ongoing basis thereafter for any new project con-
ducted by a component of the Department besides 
the Directorate, and having a life-cycle cost greater 
than $1,000,000,000, provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees detailed operational and 
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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— 
(1) assessing the current role of the venture 
capital community in funding advanced homeland se-
curity technologies, including technologies proposed 
by small business concerns as defined under section 
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and 
(2) providing recommendations about creating a 
nonprofit organization for the purposes of delivering 
advanced homeland security technologies to the 
homeland security community to further its mis-
sions. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) An assessment of the current awareness 
and insight that the Department has regarding ad-
vanced 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, 
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particularly firms that have never done business 
with the Federal Government, small business con-
cerns, small business concerns that are owned and 
operated by women, small business concerns that are 
owned and operated by veterans, and minority- 
owned and operated small business concerns. 
(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 or the De-
partment of Defense’s OnPoint Technologies organi-
zation could serve as a model for the development of 
homeland security technology at the Department. 
(6) Recommendations of the Secretary regard-
ing how Congress could authorize the establishment 
of a private, independent, not-for-profit organization 
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to bridge the gap between the technology needs of 
the homeland security community and new advances 
in commercial technology, including specifics on po-
tential funding levels, activities for the organization, 
including the provision of technical assistance, and 
whether to establish set-asides for small businesses 
that are minority-owned and operated or located in 
socially and economically disadvantaged areas. 
(c) USE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.—The Secretary is encouraged to use a federally 
funded research and development center to produce the 
report under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $500,000 for the report under this sec-
tion. 
TITLE 
IV—DIRECTORATE 
OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 401. LIMITATIONS ON RESEARCH. 
Section 302(a)(4), as designated by section 302, is 
further amended by inserting after ‘‘extramural pro-
grams,’’ the following: ‘‘that, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, addresses a prioritized risk to the homeland as iden-
tified by a risk analysis under section 226(e) of this Act’’. 
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SEC. 402. UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2011 and 
$41,200,000 for fiscal year 2012 to the Secretary to carry 
out the university-based centers program of the Depart-
ment. 
(b) 
CRITERIA
FOR
DESIGNATION.—Section 
308(b)(2)(B)(iii) (6 U.S.C. 188(b)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, including medical readiness training and research, and 
community resiliency for public health and healthcare crit-
ical infrastructure’’. 
(c) EXPLOSIVE
COUNTERMEASURES
OR
DETEC-
TION.—Section 
308(b)(2)(B)(iv) 
(6 
U.S.C. 
188(b)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘and nuclear’’ 
and inserting ‘‘nuclear, and explosive’’. 
SEC. 403. REVIEW OF UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS. 
(a) GAO STUDY OF UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall initiate a study to assess the university-based centers 
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 
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appropriate congressional committees for appropriate im-
provements. 
(b) SUBJECT MATTERS.—The study under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A review of the Department’s efforts to 
identify key areas of study needed to support the 
homeland security mission, and criteria that the De-
partment utilized to determine those key areas for 
which the Department should maintain, establish, 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, 
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 best practices from other 
agencies efforts to organize and use university-based 
research to support their missions. 
(5) A review of the Department’s criteria and 
metrics to measure demonstrable progress achieved 
by university-based centers in fulfilling Department 
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