H. J. Res. 2—516
real property assets of the centers selected for this demonstra-
tion program, and shall remain available until expended.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator
may require such terms and conditions in connection with a lease
under this section as the Administrator considers appropriate to
protect the interests of the United States.
‘‘(d) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LEASE AUTHORITY.—The authority
under this section to lease property of NASA is in addition to
any other authority to lease property of NASA under law.
‘‘(e) LEASE RESTRICTIONS.—NASA is not authorized to lease
back property under this section during the term of the out-lease
or enter into other contracts with the lessee respecting the property.
‘‘(f) PLAN AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—At least 15 days
prior to the Administrator entering into the first lease under this
section, the Administrator shall submit a plan to the Congress
on NASA’s proposed implementation of this demonstration. The
Administrator shall submit an annual report by January 31st of
each year regarding the status of the demonstration.’’.
SEC. 419. Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5196c, amounts provided
in Public Law 107–117 and subsequent appropriations Acts for
the construction of emergency operations centers (or similar facili-
ties) shall only require a 25 percent non-Federal cost share.
SEC. 420. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated
miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 421. Subsection (b) of section 33 of the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph (12):
‘‘(12) ELIGIBLE GRANTEE ON BEHALF OF ALASKA NATIVE VIL-
LAGES.—The Alaska Village Initiatives, a non-profit organiza-
tion incorporated in the State of Alaska, shall be considered
an eligible grantee for purposes of receiving assistance under
this section on behalf of Alaska Native villages.’’.
SEC. 422. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity is authorized to acquire fee title to up to 178.5 acres of undevel-
oped property on the North and West sides of Virginia Routes
601 and 605 in Clarke County and Loudoun County, Virginia,
adjacent to a Federal Emergency Management Agency facility in
Clarke County and Loudoun County, Virginia.
SEC. 423. Section 1344(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof
the following new paragraph (6):
‘‘(6) the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Adminis-
trator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration;’’.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
DIVISION L—HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002
AMENDMENTS
SEC. 101. GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–296) is amended—
H. J. Res. 2—517
(1) in section 308, by striking subsections (a) through (c)(1)
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Under
Secretary for Science and Technology, shall carry out the respon-
sibilities under section 302(4) through both extramural and intra-
mural programs.
‘‘(b) EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Under
Secretary 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 determined through merit review processes developed
under section 302(14); and
‘‘(C) distribute funds through grants, cooperative agree-
ments, and contracts.
‘‘(2) UNIVERSITY-BASED
CENTERS
FOR
HOMELAND
SECU-
RITY.—
‘‘(A) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary, acting through the
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall des-
ignate a university-based center or several university-based
centers for homeland security. The purpose of the center
or these centers shall be to establish a coordinated, univer-
sity-based system to enhance the Nation’s homeland secu-
rity.
‘‘(B) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION.—Criteria for the des-
ignation of colleges or universities as a center for homeland
security, shall include, but are not limited to, demonstrated
expertise in—
‘‘(i) The training of first responders.
‘‘(ii) Responding to incidents involving weapons of
mass destruction and biological warfare.
‘‘(iii) Emergency and diagnostic medical services.
‘‘(iv) Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
countermeasures or detection.
‘‘(v) Animal and plant health and diagnostics.
‘‘(vi) Food safety.
‘‘(vii) Water and wastewater operations.
‘‘(viii) Port and waterway security.
‘‘(ix) Multi-modal transportation.
‘‘(x) 
Information 
security 
and 
information
engineering.
‘‘(xi) Engineering.
‘‘(xii) Educational outreach and technical assist-
ance.
‘‘(xiii) Border transportation and security.
‘‘(xiv) The public policy implications and public
dissemination of homeland security related research
and development.
‘‘(C) DISCRETION OF SECRETARY.—To the extent that
exercising such discretion is in the interest of homeland
security, and with respect to the designation of any given
university-based center for homeland security, the Sec-
retary may except certain criteria as specified in section
H. J. Res. 2—518
308(b)(2)(B) and consider additional criteria beyond those
specified in section 308(b)(2)(B). Upon designation of a
university-based center for homeland security, the Sec-
retary 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
annually, from the date of enactment, to Congress con-
cerning the implementation of this section. That report
shall indicate which center or centers have been designated
and how the designation or designations enhance homeland
security, as well as report any decisions to revoke or modify
such designations.
‘‘(E) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this paragraph.
‘‘(c) INTRAMURAL PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the duties under sec-
tion 302, the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary
for Science and Technology, may draw upon the expertise of
any laboratory of the Federal Government, whether operated
by a contractor or the Government.’’; and
(2) in subsection 835(d) by striking all after the word
‘‘security’’ and inserting in lieu thereof a period.
SEC. 102. NON-PREJUDICIAL
REPEAL
OF
SECTIONS
1714
THROUGH 1717 OF
THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT
OF 2002. (a)
REPEAL.—In accordance with subsection (c), sections 1714 through
1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
296) are repealed.
(b) APPLICATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.—The
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) shall be applied
and administered as if the sections repealed by subsection (a) had
never been enacted.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No inference shall be drawn from
the enactment of sections 1714 through 1717 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), or from this repeal,
regarding the law prior to enactment of sections 1714 through
1717 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
296). Further, no inference shall be drawn that subsection (a)
or (b) affects any change in that prior law, or that Leroy v. Secretary
of Health and Human Services, Office of Special Master, No. 02–
392V (October 11, 2002), was incorrectly decided.
(d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress
that—
(1) the Nation’s ability to produce and develop new and
effective vaccines faces significant challenges, and important
steps are needed to revitalize our immunization efforts in order
to ensure an adequate supply of vaccines and to encourage
the development of new vaccines;
(2) these steps include ensuring that patients who have
suffered vaccine-related injuries have the opportunity to seek
fair and timely redress, and that vaccine manufacturers, manu-
facturers of components or ingredients of vaccines, and physi-
cians and other administrators of vaccines have adequate
protections;
H. J. Res. 2—519
(3) prompt action is particularly critical given that vaccines
are a front line of defense against common childhood and adult
diseases, as well as against current and future biological
threats; and
(4) not later than 6 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives should report a
bill addressing the issues described in paragraphs (1) through
(3).
SEC. 103. GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–296) is amended—
(1) in subsection 232(f), by striking the period at the end
of the sentence and inserting: ‘‘: Provided, That any such
transfer or provision of funding shall be carried out in accord-
ance with section 605 of Public Law 107–77.’’;
(2) in subsection 234(b), by striking the period at the end
of the sentence and inserting: ‘‘: Provided, That any such
transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605
of Public Law 107–77.’’;
(3) in subsection 873(b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘Except as authorized by section 2601
of title 10, United States Code, and by section 93 of title
14, United States Code,’’ before the word ‘‘Gifts’’ in the
second place it appears; and
(B) by striking the letter ‘‘G’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘g’’ in the word ‘‘Gifts’’ in the second place it
appears;
(4) in subsection 1511(e)(2), after the word ‘‘development’’
and before the period, by inserting: ‘‘, and to any funds provided
to the Coast Guard from the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund
of the Highway Trust Fund for boating safety programs’’; and
(5) at the end of the Act, by adding the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 1714. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
any report, notification, or consultation addressing directly or
indirectly the use of appropriated funds and stipulated by this
Act to be submitted to, or held with, the Congress or any Congres-
sional committee shall also be submitted to, or held with, the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives under the same conditions and with the same
restrictions as stipulated by this Act.’’.
SEC. 104. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b) of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department
an Office of Inspector General and an Inspector General at the
head of such office, as provided in the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’.
(b) SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING
THE INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is
amended—
(1) by striking section 8J;
(2) by redesignating section 8I as section 8J; and
(3) by inserting after section 8H the following: