‘‘(5) Informing the Secretary and the annual 
budget process regarding whether certain techno-
logical solutions are able to address homeland secu-
rity capability gaps within a specific mission area. 
‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 
two years after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
committees information on the impact and effectiveness 
of the mechanism described in subsection (a) on research 
and development efforts, component relationships, and 
how the process has informed the research and develop-
ment budget and enhanced decision making, including ac-
quisition decision making, at the Department. The Sec-
retary shall seek feedback from the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology, Under Secretary for Manage-
ment, and the senior leadership of operational components 
regarding the impact and effectiveness of such mechanism 
and include such feedback in the information provided 
under this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
317 the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Identification and prioritization of research and development. 
‘‘Sec. 319. Reporting requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 320. Monitoring of progress. 
‘‘Sec. 321. Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellows Program. 
‘‘Sec. 322. Cybersecurity research and development. 
‘‘Sec. 323. Integrated product teams.’’. 
(d) RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.— 
Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking the last 
sentence; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PRIOR APPROVAL.—In any case in which 
a component or office of the Department seeks to 
utilize the authority under this section, such office 
or component shall first receive prior approval from 
the Secretary by providing to the Secretary a pro-
posal that includes the rationale for the use of such 
authority, the funds to be spent on the use of such 
authority, and the expected outcome for each project 
that is the subject of the use of such authority. In 
such a case, the authority for evaluating the pro-
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posal may not be delegated by the Secretary to any-
one other than the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report detailing the projects for which the author-
ity granted by subsection (a) was used, the rationale 
for such use, the funds spent using such authority, 
the extent of cost-sharing for such projects among 
Federal and non-Federal sources, the extent to 
which use of such authority has addressed a home-
land security capability gap identified by the Depart-
ment, the total amount of payments, if any, that 
were received by the Federal Government as a result 
of the use of such authority during the period cov-
ered by each such report, the outcome of each 
project for which such authority was used, and the 
results of any audits of such projects.’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(e) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall develop a train-
ing program for acquisitions staff in the use of other 
transaction authority to help ensure the appropriate use 
of such authority. 
‘‘(f) OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘other transaction authority’ 
means authority under subsection (a).’’. 
(e) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION.—Paragraph (2) of 
subsection (a) of the second section 226 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148; relating to the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen-
ter) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) INCIDENT.—The term ‘incident’ means an 
occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, 
without lawful authority, the integrity, confiden-
tiality, or availability of information on an informa-
tion system, or actually or imminently jeopardizes, 
without lawful authority, an information system.’’. 
(f) PRIZE AUTHORITY.—The Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall utilize, as appropriate, prize authority 
granted pursuant to current law. 
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(g) PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING.—No funds are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and 
the amendments made by this section. Such section and 
amendments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
appropriated or made available for such purposes. 
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