‘‘(2) locations of relevant nuclear and radio-
logical material throughout the world; 
‘‘(3) relevant terrorist tradecraft and conceal-
ment methods; 
‘‘(4) relevant nuclear and radiological threat ob-
jects in terms of possible detection signatures. 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
provide the Director access to all information relating to 
nuclear and radiological threats, including reports, assess-
ments, analyses, and unevaluated intelligence, that is nec-
essary to successfully design, deploy, and support the op-
eration of an effective global detection architecture under 
section 1903. 
‘‘(c) ANALYTICAL SUPPORT.—The Director shall re-
quest that the Secretary provide to the Director, pursuant 
to section 201(d)(18), the requisite intelligence and infor-
mation analysis support necessary to effectively discharge 
the Director’s responsibilities. 
‘‘(d) ANALYTICAL EXPERTISE.—For the purposes of 
performing any of the assessments required under sub-
section (a), the Director, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, may hire professional personnel who are ana-
lysts with experience in performing nuclear and radio-
logical threat assessments. 
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‘‘(e) COLLECTION REQUESTS.—The Director shall 
recommend to the Secretary consultation that should 
occur pursuant to section 201(d)(10) regarding intel-
ligence collection to design, deploy, and support the oper-
ation of the global detection architecture under section 
1903. 
‘‘SEC. 1910. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES. 
‘‘(a) HIRING.—In hiring personnel for the Office, the 
Secretary shall have hiring and management authorities 
described in section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 
U.S.C. 3104 note; Public Law 105–261). The term of ap-
pointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of that 
section may not exceed 5 years before granting any exten-
sion under subsection (c)(2) of that section. 
‘‘(b) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—In order to assist the 
Director in discharging the Director’s responsibilities, per-
sonnel of other Federal agencies may be detailed to the 
Office for the performance of analytic functions and re-
lated duties. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER
OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY 
FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL, AND ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) TRANSFER
REQUIRED.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall transfer 
to the Director the functions, assets, and personnel 
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of the Department relating to radiological and nu-
clear countermeasures, including forensics of con-
taminated evidence and attack attribution. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary shall not 
transfer under paragraph (1) functions, assets, and 
personnel relating to consequence management and 
recovery. 
‘‘(3) ELIMINATION
OF
DUPLICATION
OF
EF-
FORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that to the ex-
tent there are complementary functions vested in the 
Directorate of Science and Technology and the Of-
fice with respect to radiological and nuclear counter-
measures, the Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology and the Director coordinate the pro-
grams they administer to eliminate duplication and 
increase integration opportunities, particularly with 
respect to technology development and test and eval-
uation. 
‘‘SEC. 1911. REPORT REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘The Director shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an annual report on the following: 
‘‘(1) The global detection strategy developed 
under section 1903. 
‘‘(2) The status of implementation of such ar-
chitecture. 
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‘‘(3) The schedule for future detection system 
deployments under such architecture. 
‘‘(4) The research and development program of 
the Office. 
‘‘(5) A summary of actions taken by the Office 
during the reporting period to counter nuclear and 
radiological threats. 
‘‘SEC. 1912. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NUCLEAR DETECTION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office an Advisory Council on Nuclear Detection, 
which shall report to the Director (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Advisory Council’). 
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Advisory Council shall, at the 
request of the Director— 
‘‘(1) advise the Director on recommendations 
for the global nuclear detection architecture devel-
oped under section 1903(a); 
‘‘(2) identify research areas for development of 
next-generation and transformational nuclear and 
radiological detection technologies; and 
‘‘(3) and have such additional responsibilities as 
the Director may assign in furtherance of the De-
partment’s homeland security mission with respect 
to enhancing domestic and international nuclear and 
radiological detection capabilities. 
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‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Council shall con-
sist of 5 members appointed by the Director, who shall— 
‘‘(1) be individuals who have an eminent knowl-
edge and technical expertise related to nuclear and 
radiological detection research and development and 
radiation detection; and 
‘‘(2) be selected solely on the basis of their es-
tablished record of distinguished service; and 
‘‘(3) not be employees of the Federal Govern-
ment, other than employees of National Labora-
tories. 
‘‘(d) CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES.—The Advisory 
Council shall establish rules for determining when one of 
its members has a conflict of interest in a matter being 
considered by the Advisory Council, and the appropriate 
course of action to address such conflicts of interest. 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT EXEMP-
TION.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not 
apply to the Advisory Council. 
‘‘SEC. 1913. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION COUNCIL. 
‘‘The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) establish an interagency coordination coun-
cil to facilitate interagency cooperation for purposes 
of implementing this title, and 
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‘‘(2) invite the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the heads of other appropriate Federal 
agencies to designate members to serve on such 
council. 
‘‘SEC. 1914. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title— 
‘‘(1) $536,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for each 
subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 1915. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘fissile materials’ means mate-
rials capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘global nuclear detection archi-
tecture’ means a multi-layered system of detectors 
deployed internationally and domestically to detect 
and interdict nuclear and radiological materials in-
tended for illicit use. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘Office’ means the Domestic Nu-
clear Detection Office. 
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‘‘(5) The term ‘radiological material’ means 
material that emits nuclear radiation. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘nuclear explosive device’ means 
an explosive device capable of producing a nuclear 
yield. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘technical reachback’ means 
technical expert support provided to operational end 
users for data interpretation and alarm resolution. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘transformational’ means that, if 
successful, will produce dramatic technological im-
provements over existing capabilities in the areas of 
performance, cost, or ease of use.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 103(d) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) A Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office.’’. 
(2) Section 302 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 182) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘radio-
logical, nuclear’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(A) by striking ‘‘radi-
ological, nuclear’’. 
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(3) Section 305 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 185) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and the Director of the Do-
mestic Nuclear Detection Office’’ after ‘‘Tech-
nology’’. 
(4) Section 308 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 188) is 
amended in each of subsections (a) and (b)(1) by in-
serting ‘‘and the Director of the Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office’’ after ‘‘Technology’’ each place it 
appears. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2135) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XIX—OFFICE OF DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION 
‘‘Sec. 1901. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
‘‘Sec. 1902. Functions of Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, 
generally. 
‘‘Sec. 1903. Global nuclear detection architecture. 
‘‘Sec. 1904. Research and development. 
‘‘Sec. 1905. System assessments. 
‘‘Sec. 1906. Technology acquisition, deployment, support, and training. 
‘‘Sec. 1907. Situational awareness. 
‘‘Sec. 1908. Forensic analysis. 
‘‘Sec. 1909. Threat information. 
‘‘Sec. 1910. Administrative authorities. 
‘‘Sec. 1911. Report requirement. 
‘‘Sec. 1912. Advisory Council on Nuclear Detection. 
‘‘Sec. 1913. Interagency coordination council. 
‘‘Sec. 1914. Definitions.’’. 
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