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(2) DIRECTOR.—The Director is the head of HSARPA. The Director 
is appointed by the Secretary. The Director reports to the Under Sec-
retary. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall administer the Fund to 
award competitive, merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements, or 
contracts to public or private entities, including businesses, federally 
funded research and development centers, and universities. The Direc-
tor shall administer the Fund to— 
(A) support basic and applied homeland security research to 
promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote 
homeland security; 
(B) advance the development, testing and evaluation, and de-
ployment of critical homeland security technologies; 
(C) accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies 
that would address homeland security vulnerabilities; and 
(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of ad-
vancing technology for the investigation of child exploitation 
crimes, including child victim identification, trafficking in individ-
uals, and child pornography, and for advanced forensics. 
(4) TARGETED COMPETITIONS.—The Director may solicit proposals 
to address specific vulnerabilities identified by the Director. 
(5) COORDINATION.—The Director shall ensure that the activities of 
HSARPA are coordinated with those of other relevant research agen-
cies, and may run projects jointly with other agencies. 
(6) PERSONNEL.—In hiring personnel for HSARPA, the Secretary 
has the hiring and management authorities described in section 1101 
of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261, 5 U.S.C. 3104 note). The term of 
appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of that section may 
not exceed 5 years before the granting of an extension under subsection 
(c)(2) of that section. 
(7) DEMONSTRATIONS.—The Director, periodically, shall hold home-
land security technology demonstrations to improve contact among 
technology developers, vendors and acquisition personnel. 
(c) FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department the Acceleration 
Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Tech-
nologies (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Acceleration Fund’’). 
The Director administers the Acceleration Fund. 
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(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Acceleration Fund such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
§ 10707. Conduct of research, development, demonstration, 
testing, and evaluation 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology, shall carry out the responsibilities under section 
10701(4) of this title through both extramural and intramural programs. 
(b) EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology, shall operate extramural research, 
development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation programs so as 
to— 
(A) ensure that colleges, universities, private research institutes, 
and companies (and consortia thereof) from as many areas of the 
United States as practicable participate; 
(B) ensure that the research funded is of high quality, as deter-
mined through merit review processes developed under section 
10701(14) of this title; and 
(C) distribute funds through grants, cooperative agreements, 
and contracts. 
(2) UNIVERSITY-BASED CENTERS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY.— 
(A) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, shall designate a university- 
based center or several university-based centers for homeland secu-
rity. The purpose of the center or these centers shall be to estab-
lish a coordinated, university-based system to enhance the Na-
tion’s homeland security. 
(B) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.—Criteria for the designation 
of colleges or universities as a center for homeland security, shall 
include demonstrated expertise in— 
(i) the training of first responders; 
(ii) responding to incidents involving weapons of mass de-
struction and biological warfare; 
(iii) emergency and diagnostic medical services; 
(iv) chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear counter-
measures or detection; 
(v) animal and plant health and diagnostics; 
(vi) food safety; 
(vii) water and wastewater operations; 
(viii) port and waterway security; 
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(ix) multi-modal transportation; 
(x) information security and information engineering; 
(xi) engineering; 
(xii) educational outreach and technical assistance; 
(xiii) border transportation and security; and 
(xiv) the public policy implications and public dissemination 
of homeland security related research and development; 
(C) DISCRETION OF SECRETARY.—To the extent that exercising 
discretion is in the interest of homeland security, and with respect 
to the designation of any given university-based center for home-
land security, the Secretary may except certain criteria as speci-
fied in subparagraph (B) and consider additional criteria beyond 
those specified in subparagraph (B). On designation of a univer-
sity-based center for homeland security, the Secretary shall that 
day publish in the Federal Register the criteria that were excepted 
or added in the selection process and the justification for the set 
of criteria that were used for that designation. 
(D) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall report annu-
ally to Congress concerning the implementation of this section. 
The report shall indicate which center or centers have been des-
ignated and how the designation or designations enhance home-
land security, as well as report any decisions to revoke or modify 
the designations. 
(E) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this paragraph. 
(c) INTRAMURAL PROGRAMS.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties under section 10701 
of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, may draw upon the expertise of any labora-
tory of the Federal Government, whether operated by a contractor or 
the Government. 
(2) LABORATORIES.—The Secretary, acting through the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology, may establish a headquarters lab-
oratory for the Department at any laboratory or site and may establish 
additional laboratory units at other laboratories or sites. 
(3) CRITERIA FOR HEADQUARTERS LABORATORY.—If the Secretary 
chooses to establish a headquarters laboratory under paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall do the following: 
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(A) Establish criteria for the selection of the headquarters lab-
oratory in consultation with the National Academy of Sciences, ap-
propriate Federal agencies, and other experts. 
(B) Publish the criteria in the Federal Register. 
(C) Evaluate all appropriate laboratories or sites against the 
criteria. 
(D) Select a laboratory or site on the basis of the criteria. 
(E) Report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
which laboratory was selected, how the selected laboratory meets 
the published criteria, and what duties the headquarters labora-
tory shall perform. 
(4) LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF LABORATORIES.—A laboratory 
may not begin operating as the headquarters laboratory of the Depart-
ment until at least 30 days after the transmittal of the report required 
by paragraph (3)(E). 
§ 10708. Utilization of Department of Energy national lab-
oratories and sites in support of homeland secu-
rity activities 
(a) AUTHORITY TO UTILIZE NATIONAL LABORATORIES AND SITES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the missions of the Department, 
the Secretary may utilize the Department of Energy national labora-
tories and sites through one or more of the following methods, as the 
Secretary considers appropriate: 
(A) A joint sponsorship arrangement referred to in subsection 
(b). 
(B) A direct contract between the Department and the applica-
ble Department of Energy laboratory or site, subject to subsection 
(c). 
(C) A ‘‘work for others’’ basis made available by that laboratory 
or site. 
(D) Any other method provided by law. 
(2) ACCEPTANCE AND PERFORMANCE BY LABS AND SITES.—Not-
withstanding any other law governing the administration, mission, use, 
or operations of Department of Energy national laboratories and sites, 
the laboratories and sites may accept and perform work for the Sec-
retary, consistent with resources provided, and perform work on an 
equal basis to other missions at the laboratory and not on a noninter-
ference basis with other missions of the laboratory or site. 
(b) JOINT SPONSORSHIP ARRANGEMENTS.— 
(1) LABORATORIES.—The Department may be a joint sponsor, under 
a multiple agency sponsorship arrangement with the Department of 
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