I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4941 
To reform the science and technology programs and activities of the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To reform the science and technology programs and activities 
of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY 
EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 314. NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOMELAND SECU-
RITY EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 
‘‘(a) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology, and in consultation with other components of 
the Department, as appropriate, shall support the 
development, promulgation, and updating as nec-
essary of national voluntary consensus standards for 
the performance, use, and validation of equipment 
used by Federal, State, and local government and 
nongovernment emergency response providers, and 
by the components of the Department. Such stand-
ards— 
‘‘(A) shall be, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, consistent with any existing voluntary 
consensus standards; 
‘‘(B) shall take into account, as appro-
priate, new types of terrorism threats and re-
sponsibilities of the Department that may not 
have been contemplated when such existing 
standards were developed; 
‘‘(C) shall be focused on maximizing inter-
operability, interchangeability, durability, flexi-
bility, efficiency, efficacy, portability, sustain-
ability, and safety; and 
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‘‘(D) shall cover all appropriate uses of the 
equipment. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED CATEGORIES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall specifically con-
sider national voluntary consensus standards for the 
performance, use, and validation of the following 
categories of equipment: 
‘‘(A) Thermal imaging equipment. 
‘‘(B) Radiation detection and analysis 
equipment. 
‘‘(C) Biological detection and analysis 
equipment. 
‘‘(D) Chemical detection and analysis 
equipment. 
‘‘(E) Decontamination and sterilization 
equipment. 
‘‘(F) Personal protective equipment, in-
cluding garments, boots, gloves, and hoods and 
other protective clothing. 
‘‘(G) Respiratory protection equipment. 
‘‘(H) Interoperable communications, in-
cluding wireless and wireline voice, video, and 
data networks. 
‘‘(I) Explosive mitigation devices and ex-
plosive detection and analysis equipment. 
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‘‘(J) Containment vessels. 
‘‘(K) Contaminant-resistant vehicles. 
‘‘(L) Aerial platforms. 
‘‘(M) Special rescue equipment. 
‘‘(N) 
Screening 
and 
patrolling 
tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(O) Such other equipment for which the 
Secretary determines that national voluntary 
consensus standards would be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION
AND
ACCREDITATION.— 
The Secretary, in carrying out this subsection, and 
in coordination with the Director of the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology, may support 
the certification of equipment and the accreditation 
of laboratories to conduct testing and evaluation. 
‘‘(4) EQUIPMENT
STANDARDS
AND
ACQUISI-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DEPARTMENT
SUPPORTED
ACQUISI-
TIONS.—If an applicant for financial assistance 
provided by the Department proposes to use 
such financial assistance to upgrade or pur-
chase new equipment or systems that do not 
meet or exceed any applicable national vol-
untary consensus standards, the applicant shall 
include in its application for financial assistance 
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an explanation of why such equipment or sys-
tems will serve the needs of the applicant better 
than equipment or systems that meet or exceed 
such standards. 
‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT ACQUISITIONS.—When 
an operational unit of the Department proposes 
to upgrade or purchase new equipment or sys-
tems, the head of that unit shall consult with 
the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology on whether such equipment or systems 
meet or exceed any applicable national vol-
untary consensus standards and whether there 
is need for the Department to support the de-
velopment or updating of applicable national 
voluntary consensus standards. 
‘‘(b) TRAINING STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology, and in consultation with other components of 
the Department, as appropriate, shall support the 
development, promulgation, and regular updating as 
necessary of national voluntary consensus standards 
for training that will enable Federal, State, and local 
government and nongovernment emergency response 
providers and Department personnel to use equip-
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ment effectively and appropriately in carrying out 
their responsibilities. Such standards shall give pri-
ority to providing training to— 
‘‘(A) enable Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment and nongovernment emergency re-
sponse providers and Department personnel to 
prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate 
against, and recover from terrorist threats, in-
cluding threats from chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear weapons and explosive de-
vices capable of inflicting significant human 
casualties, and other emergencies; and 
‘‘(B) familiarize Federal, State, and local 
government and nongovernment emergency re-
sponse providers and Department personnel 
with the proper use of equipment, including 
software, developed pursuant to the standards 
established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED CATEGORIES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary specifically shall in-
clude the following categories of activities: 
‘‘(A) Regional planning. 
‘‘(B) Joint exercises. 
‘‘(C) Intelligence collection, analysis, and 
sharing. 
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‘‘(D) Decisionmaking protocols for incident 
response and alarms. 
‘‘(E) Emergency notification of affected 
populations. 
‘‘(F) Detection of biological, nuclear, radi-
ological, and chemical weapons of mass destruc-
tion. 
‘‘(G) Screening and patrolling procedures. 
‘‘(H) Such other activities for which the 
Secretary determines that national voluntary 
consensus training standards would be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) training standards for Federal, State, 
and local government and nongovernment emer-
gency response providers are consistent with the 
principles of emergency preparedness for all 
hazards; and 
‘‘(B) training standards for Department 
personnel 
are 
consistent 
with 
the 
counterterrorism and traditional responsibilities 
of the Department. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH STANDARDS ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—In establishing national voluntary consensus 
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standards for equipment for and training under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall consult with relevant public and 
private sector groups, including— 
‘‘(1) the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; 
‘‘(2) the National Fire Protection Association; 
‘‘(3) the National Association of County and 
City Health Officials; 
‘‘(4) the Association of State and Territorial 
Health Officials; 
‘‘(5) the American National Standards Insti-
tute; 
‘‘(6) the National Institute of Justice; 
‘‘(7) the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment 
Standardization and Interoperability; 
‘‘(8) the National Public Health Performance 
Standards Program; 
‘‘(9) the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health; 
‘‘(10) ASTM International; 
‘‘(11) the International Safety Equipment Asso-
ciation; 
‘‘(12) the Emergency Management Accredita-
tion Program; and 
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‘‘(13) to the extent the Secretary considers ap-
propriate, other national voluntary consensus stand-
ards development organizations, other interested 
Federal, State, and local agencies, and other inter-
ested persons. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARIES OF HHS 
AND TRANSPORTATION.—In establishing any national vol-
untary consensus standards under this section for equip-
ment for or training of emergency response providers that 
involve or relate to health or emergency medical services 
professionals, including emergency medical professionals, 
the Secretary shall coordinate activities under this section 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Secretary of Transportation.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 313 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 314. National standards for homeland security equipment and training.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CLEARING-
HOUSE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the estab-
lishment of the Technology Clearinghouse under section 
313 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. 
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(b) TRANSFER PROGRAM.—Section 313 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(2)’’; 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The establishment of a homeland security 
technology transfer program to facilitate the identi-
fication, modification, and commercialization of tech-
nology and equipment for use by Federal, State, and 
local governmental agencies, emergency response 
providers, and the private sector to prevent, prepare 
for, or respond to acts of terrorism or other emer-
gencies.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(c) ELEMENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 
PROGRAM.—The activities of the program described in 
subsection (b)(6) shall include— 
‘‘(1) identifying available technologies that have 
been, or are in the process of being, developed, test-
ed, evaluated, or demonstrated by the Department, 
other Federal agencies, the private sector, or foreign 
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governments and international organizations, and re-
viewing whether such technologies may be useful in 
assisting Federal, State, and local governmental 
agencies, emergency response providers, or the pri-
vate sector to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or re-
cover from acts of terrorism or other emergencies; 
and 
‘‘(2) communicating to Federal, State, and local 
governmental agencies, emergency response pro-
viders, or the private sector the availability of such 
technologies, as well as the technology’s specifica-
tions, satisfaction of appropriate standards, and the 
appropriate grants available from the Department to 
purchase such technologies. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.—In support of the activities 
described in subsection (c), the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct or support, based on the Depart-
ment’s current risk assessments, research, develop-
ment, demonstrations, tests, and evaluations, as ap-
propriate, of technologies identified under subsection 
(c)(1), including of— 
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‘‘(A) any necessary modifications to such 
technologies for use by emergency response pro-
viders; and 
‘‘(B) incorporation of human factors in the 
development and suggested use of such tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(2) ensure that the technology transfer activi-
ties throughout the Directorate of Science and Tech-
nology are coordinated, including the technology 
transfer aspects of projects and grants awarded to 
the private sector and academia; 
‘‘(3) consult with the other Under Secretaries 
of the Department, the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and the Director 
of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office on an on-
going basis; 
‘‘(4) consult with Federal, State, and local 
emergency response providers; 
‘‘(5) consult with government agencies and 
standards development organizations as appropriate; 
‘‘(6) enter into agreements and coordinate with 
other Federal agencies, foreign governments, and 
national and international organizations as appro-
priate, in order to maximize the effectiveness of such 
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technologies or to facilitate commercialization of 
such technologies; 
‘‘(7) consult with existing technology transfer 
programs and Federal and State training centers 
that research, develop, test, evaluate, and transfer 
military and other technologies for use by emergency 
response providers; and 
‘‘(8) establish a working group in coordination 
with the Secretary of Defense to advise and assist 
the technology clearinghouse in the identification of 
military technologies that are in the process of being 
developed, or are developed, by the Department of 
Defense or the private sector, which may include— 
‘‘(A) representatives from the Department 
of Defense or retired military officers; 
‘‘(B) nongovernmental organizations or 
private companies that are engaged in the re-
search, development, testing, or evaluation of 
related technologies or that have demonstrated 
prior experience and success in searching for 
and identifying technologies for Federal agen-
cies; 
‘‘(C) Federal, State, and local emergency 
response providers; and 
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‘‘(D) as appropriate, other organizations, 
other interested Federal, State, and local agen-
cies, and other interested persons.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall transmit to the Congress a descrip-
tion of the progress the Department has made in imple-
menting the provisions of section 313 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002, as amended by this Act, including 
a description of the process used to review unsolicited pro-
posals received as described in subsection (b)(3) of such 
section. 
(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section (in-
cluding the amendments made by this section) shall be 
construed to alter or diminish the effect of the limitation 
on the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security 
under section 302(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(4)) with respect to human health-re-
lated research and development activities. 
SEC. 4. HOMELAND SECURITY INSTITUTE. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer 
responsibility for administering the Homeland Security In-
stitute established under section 312 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 192) to the Under Secretary 
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for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs. The 
Homeland Security Institute shall continue to carry out 
the duties described in subsection (c) of such section. Sec-
tion 872 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
452) shall not apply to a transfer under this section. 
(b) TERMINATION.—Section 312(g) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 192(g)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 5. HOMELAND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE. 
Section 311(j) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 191(j)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) TERMINATION.—The Department of Homeland 
Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee 
shall terminate 10 years after its establishment.’’. 
SEC. 6. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology, in coordination with the Under Secretary 
for Preparedness and with appropriate governors, mayors, 
and other State and local government officials, shall pro-
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vide technical guidance, training, and other assistance, as 
appropriate, to support the transfer and integration of 
homeland security technologies and protocols in urban and 
other high risk jurisdictions determined by the Secretary 
to be at consistently high levels of risk from terrorist at-
tack. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The program supported under 
subsection (a) shall work to— 
‘‘(1) facilitate the transition of innovative tech-
nologies and operational concepts, including those 
described in subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) integrate new technologies with existing in-
frastructure, systems, and concepts; 
‘‘(3) identify capability and technology gaps for 
future research, development, test, and evaluation; 
‘‘(4) evaluate system performance, life cycle, 
and human factor issues; and 
‘‘(5) disseminate lessons learned to other com-
munities. 
‘‘(c) INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONAL 
CONCEPTS.—The innovative technologies and operational 
concepts referred to in subsection (b)(1) include— 
‘‘(1) detection systems for weapons of mass de-
struction; 
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‘‘(2) emergency management information sys-
tems; 
‘‘(3) situational awareness; 
‘‘(4) information sharing; 
‘‘(5) atmospheric transport and dispersion mod-
eling; 
‘‘(6) public alerts and warnings; 
‘‘(7) aerial platforms; and 
‘‘(8) emergency medical support.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 314 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 315. Regional technology integration program.’’. 
SEC. 7. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 316. CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall support research and development, 
including 
fundamental, 
long-term 
research, 
in 
cybersecurity to improve the ability of the United States 
to prevent, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover 
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from cyber attacks, with emphasis on research and devel-
opment relevant to large-scale, high-impact attacks. 
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—The research and development 
supported under subsection (a) shall include work to— 
‘‘(1) advance the development and accelerate 
the deployment of more secure versions of critical in-
formation systems, including— 
‘‘(A) fundamental Internet protocols and 
architectures, including for the domain name 
system and routing protocols; and 
‘‘(B) control systems used in critical infra-
structure sectors; 
‘‘(2) improve and create technologies for detect-
ing attacks or intrusions, including monitoring tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(3) improve and create mitigation and recov-
ery methodologies, including techniques for contain-
ment of attacks and development of resilient net-
works and systems that degrade gracefully; and 
‘‘(4) develop and support infrastructure and 
tools to support cybersecurity research and develop-
ment efforts, including modeling, testbeds, and data 
sets for assessment of new cybersecurity tech-
nologies. 
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‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology shall co-
ordinate activities with— 
‘‘(1) the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity 
and Telecommunications; and 
‘‘(2) other Federal agencies, including the Na-
tional Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced 
Research Projects Agency, the Information Assur-
ance Directorate of the National Security Agency, 
and the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, to identify unmet needs and cooperatively 
support activities, as appropriate. 
‘‘(d) NATURE OF RESEARCH.—Activities under this 
section shall be carried out in accordance with section 
306(a) of this Act.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 315 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Cybersecurity research and development.’’. 
SEC. 8. STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN-
FORMATION SYSTEMS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 317. STANDARDS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 
‘‘(a) STANDARDS PROGRAM.—The Under Secretary 
for Science and Technology shall establish a program to 
support the development and promulgation of national vol-
untary consensus standards for requirements, perform-
ance testing, and user training with respect to critical in-
frastructure information systems. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The standards developed under sub-
section (a) shall be designed to assist State and local juris-
dictions, including those in urban and other areas at con-
sistently high levels of risk from terrorist attack, and 
emergency response providers to acquire and implement 
critical infrastructure information systems and to store 
and access information regarding critical infrastructure to 
be used in responding to acts of terrorism or other emer-
gencies. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The standards developed 
under subsection (a) shall be designed to facilitate— 
‘‘(1) the interoperability of systems to enable 
sharing of information in a variety of formats and 
across stakeholders at the Federal, State, and local 
levels; 
‘‘(2) the ease of deployment of the systems to 
the field; 
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‘‘(3) the ability to retrieve situational awareness 
information in real-time; 
‘‘(4) the integrity, security, and accessibility of 
stored information; 
‘‘(5) the application of human factors science in 
the development of the system; 
‘‘(6) the availability and content of training 
programs for potential users; and 
‘‘(7) meeting any other requirements deter-
mined by the Under Secretary to be appropriate. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology shall submit to Congress— 
‘‘(1) 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this section, a report describing the plan for carrying 
out the program under this section, which shall in-
clude a schedule for the development of national vol-
untary consensus standards for critical infrastruc-
ture information systems; and 
‘‘(2) 12 months after the date of enactment of 
this section, a report which shall include a descrip-
tion of— 
‘‘(A) the steps taken under this program 
and the funding dedicated to this program; and 
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‘‘(B) the steps that have been or will be 
taken to promote the adoption of the standards 
by appropriate standard-setting organizations. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘critical infrastructure informa-
tion systems’ means software programs that store, 
manage, and display information about critical infra-
structure to support situational awareness and real- 
time decisionmaking of law enforcement, fire serv-
ices, emergency medical services, emergency manage-
ment agencies, other emergency response providers, 
and critical infrastructure facility stakeholders. Crit-
ical infrastructure information may include maps 
and other geospatial information, emergency plans, 
interior and exterior imagery, entry and exit points, 
and any other information about infrastructure or 
facilities that may be beneficial to users of critical 
infrastructure information systems; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘critical infrastructure’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1016(e) of the 
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing 
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Ob-
struct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 
2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 316 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Standards for critical infrastructure information systems.’’. 
SEC. 9. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AT 
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall en-
courage the development of an adequate supply of people 
trained in and performing research in science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematical fields relevant to homeland 
security. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary may support— 
‘‘(1) programs at the undergraduate, graduate, 
and postdoctoral levels; and 
‘‘(2) internship programs that take advantage 
of the homeland security research infrastructure 
available to the Department, including laboratories 
owned or operated by the Department, the Depart-
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