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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection and 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology jointly and annually shall 
notify Congress that the strategy and technology road map for nuclear and 
radiological detection developed under subsections (a) and (b) is consistent 
with the national policy and strategic plan for identifying priorities, goals, 
objectives, and policies for coordinating the Federal Government’s civilian 
efforts to identify and develop countermeasures to terrorist threats from 
weapons of mass destruction that are required under section 10701(2) of 
this title. 
§ 12303. Testing authority 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director for Do-
mestic Nuclear Detection, shall coordinate with the responsible Federal 
agency or other entity to facilitate the use by the Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion Office, by its contractors, or by other persons or entities, of existing 
Government laboratories, centers, ranges, or other testing facilities for the 
testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items 
as may be related to the missions identified in section 12301 of this title. 
Use of Government facilities shall be carried out in accordance with all ap-
plicable laws, regulations, and contractual provisions, including those gov-
erning security, safety, and environmental protection, including, when appli-
cable, the provisions of section 10708 of this title. The Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office may direct that private-sector entities utilizing Government 
facilities under this section pay an appropriate fee to the agency that owns 
or operates those facilities to defray additional costs to the Government re-
sulting from private-sector use. 
(b) CONFIDENTIALITY OF TEST RESULTS.—The results of tests per-
formed with services made available shall be confidential and shall not be 
disclosed outside the Federal Government without the consent of the per-
sons for whom the tests are performed. 
(c) FEES.—Fees for services made available under this section shall not 
exceed the amount necessary to recoup the direct and indirect costs in-
volved, such as direct costs of utilities, contractor support, and salaries of 
personnel that are incurred by the United States to provide for the testing. 
(d) USE OF FEES.—Fees received for services made available under this 
section may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were ex-
pended to provide the services. 
§ 12304. Personnel 
(a) HIRING.—In hiring personnel for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Of-
fice, the Secretary has the hiring and management authorities provided 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 
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of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of that section may 
not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under subsection (c)(2) 
of that section. 
(b) DETAIL.—The Secretary may request that the Secretary of Defense, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the directors of other Federal agen-
cies, including elements of the Intelligence Community, provide for the reim-
bursable detail of personnel with relevant expertise to the Domestic Nuclear 
Detection Office. 
§ 12305. Relationship to other Department entities and Fed-
eral agencies 
The authority of the Secretary exercised by the Director for Domestic 
Nuclear Detection under this chapter shall not affect the authorities or re-
sponsibilities of any officer of the Department or of any officer of any other 
department or agency of the United States with respect to the command, 
control, or direction of the functions, personnel, funds, assets, and liabilities 
of any entity in the Department or of any Federal department or agency. 
§ 12306. Contracting and grant making authorities 
The Secretary, acting through the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detec-
tion, in carrying out the responsibilities under paragraphs (6) and (7) of 
subsection (b) of section 12301 of this title shall— 
(1) operate extramural and intramural programs and distribute 
funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions 
and contracts; 
(2) ensure that activities under paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection 
(b) of section 12301 of this title include investigations of radiation de-
tection equipment in configurations suitable for deployment at seaports, 
which may include underwater or water surface detection equipment 
and detection equipment that can be mounted on cranes and straddle 
cars used to move shipping containers; and 
(3) have the authority to establish or contract with one or more fed-
erally funded research and development centers to provide independent 
analysis of homeland security issues and carry out other responsibilities 
under this chapter. 
§ 12307. Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear 
detection architecture 
(a) DEFINITION OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR DETECTION ARCHITECTURE.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘global nuclear detection architecture’’ means the 
global nuclear detection architecture developed under section 12301 of this 
title. 
(b) ANNUAL REVIEW.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Attorney General, the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and 
the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly ensure interagency co-
ordination on the development and implementation of the global nu-
clear detection architecture by ensuring that, not less frequently than 
once each year— 
(A) each relevant agency, office, or entity— 
(i) assesses its involvement, support, and participation in 
the development, revision, and implementation of the global 
nuclear detection architecture; and 
(ii) examines and evaluates components of the global nu-
clear detection architecture (including associated strategies 
and acquisition plans) relating to the operations of that agen-
cy, office, or entity, to determine whether the components in-
corporate and address current threat assessments, scenarios, 
or intelligence analyses developed by the Director of National 
Intelligence or other agencies regarding threats relating to 
nuclear or radiological weapons of mass destruction; 
(B) each agency, office, or entity deploying or operating any nu-
clear or radiological detection technology under the global nuclear 
detection architecture— 
(i) evaluates the deployment and operation by that agency, 
office, or entity of nuclear or radiological detection tech-
nologies under the global nuclear detection architecture; 
(ii) identifies performance deficiencies and operational or 
technical deficiencies in nuclear or radiological detection tech-
nologies deployed under the global nuclear detection architec-
ture; and 
(iii) assesses the capacity of that agency, office, or entity 
to implement the responsibilities of that agency, office, or en-
tity under the global nuclear detection architecture; and 
(C) the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and 
each of the relevant departments that are partners in the National 
Technical Forensics Center— 
(i) include, as part of the assessments, evaluations, and re-
views required under this paragraph, each office’s or depart-
ment’s activities and investments in support of nuclear 
forensics and attribution activities and specific goals and ob-
jectives accomplished during the previous year pursuant to 
the national strategic five-year plan for improving the nuclear 
forensic and attribution capabilities of the United States re-
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quired under section 1036 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84, 123 Stat. 
2450); 
(ii) attach, as an appendix to the Joint Interagency Annual 
Review, the most current version of the strategy and plan; 
and 
(iii) include a description of new or amended bilateral and 
multilateral agreements and efforts in support of nuclear 
forensics and attribution activities accomplished during the 
previous year. 
(2) TECHNOLOGY.—Not less frequently than once each year, the 
Secretary shall examine and evaluate the development, assessment, and 
acquisition of radiation detection technologies deployed or implemented 
in support of the domestic portion of the global nuclear detection archi-
tecture. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON JOINT INTERAGENCY REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31 of each year, the Sec-
retary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, shall jointly submit a report regarding the implementation of 
this section and the results of the reviews required under subsection 
(a) to— 
(A) the President; 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
and 
(C) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Science 
and Technology of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FORM.—The annual report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form to the maximum extent practicable, 
but may include a classified annex. 
Chapter 125—Homeland Security Grants 
Sec. 
12501.
Definitions. 
12502.
Homeland security grant programs. 
12503.
Urban Area Security Initiative. 
12504.
State Homeland Security Grant Program. 
12505.
Grants to directly eligible tribes. 
12506.
Terrorism prevention. 
12507.
Prioritization. 
12508.
Use of funds. 
12509.
Administration and coordination. 
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