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6 U.S.C. § 201 — Promoting antiterrorism through international cooperation program
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director selected under subsection (b)(2).
(2) **International cooperative activity** — The term “international cooperative activity” includes—
(A) coordinated research projects, joint research projects, or joint ventures;
(B) joint studies or technical demonstrations;
(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops;
(D) training of scientists and engineers;
(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, engineers, or other appropriate personnel;
(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and technological information; and
(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and equipment.
**(b) Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office**
(1) **Establishment** — The Under Secretary shall establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office.
(2) **Director** — The Office shall be headed by a Director, who—
(A) shall be selected, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, by and shall report to the Under Secretary; and
(B) may be an officer of the Department serving in another position.
(3) **Responsibilities**
(A) *Development of mechanisms* — The Director shall be responsible for developing, in coordination with the Department of State and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies, understandings and agreements to allow and to support international cooperative activity in support of homeland security.
(B) *Priorities* — The Director shall be responsible for developing, in coordination with the Office of International Affairs and other Federal agencies, strategic p
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director selected under subsection (b)(2).
(2) **International cooperative activity** — The term “international cooperative activity” includes—
(A) coordinated research projects, joint research projects, or joint ventures;
(B) joint studies or technical demonstrations;
(C) coordinated field exercises, scientific seminars, conferences, symposia, and workshops;
(D) training of scientists and engineers;
(E) visits and exchanges of scientists, engineers, or other appropriate personnel;
(F) exchanges or sharing of scientific and technological information; and
(G) joint use of laboratory facilities and equipment.
**(b) Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office**
(1) **Establishment** — The Under Secretary shall establish the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office.
(2) **Director** — The Office shall be headed by a Director, who—
(A) shall be selected, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, by and shall report to the Under Secretary; and
(B) may be an officer of the Department serving in another position.
(3) **Responsibilities**
(A) *Development of mechanisms* — The Director shall be responsible for developing, in coordination with the Department of State and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other Federal agencies, understandings and agreements to allow and to support international cooperative activity in support of homeland security.
(B) *Priorities* — The Director shall be responsible for developing, in coordination with the Office of International Affairs and other Federal agencies, strategic priorities for international cooperative activity for the Department in support of homeland security.
(C) *Activities* — The Director shall facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of international cooperative activity to address the strategic priorities developed under subparagraph (B) through mechanisms the Under Secretary considers appropriate, including grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to or with foreign public or private entities, governmental organizations, businesses (including small businesses and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses (as those terms are defined in sections 632 and 637 of title 15, respectively)), federally funded research and development centers, and universities.
(D) *Identification of partners* — The Director shall facilitate the matching of United States entities engaged in homeland security research with non-United States entities engaged in homeland security research so that they may partner in homeland security research activities.
(4) **Coordination** — The Director shall ensure that the activities under this subsection are coordinated with the Office of International Affairs and the Department of State and, as appropriate, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other relevant Federal agencies or interagency bodies. The Director may enter into joint activities with other Federal agencies.
**(c) Matching funding**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Equitability* — The Director shall ensure that funding and resources expended in international cooperative activity will be equitably matched by the foreign partner government or other entity through direct funding, funding of complementary activities, or the provision of staff, facilities, material, or equipment.
(B) *Grant matching and repayment*
(i) *In general* — The Secretary may require a recipient of a grant under this section—
(I) to make a matching contribution of not more than 50 percent of the total cost of the proposed project for which the grant is awarded; and
(II) to repay to the Secretary the amount of the grant (or a portion thereof), interest on such amount at an appropriate rate, and such charges for administration of the grant as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(ii) *Maximum amount* — The Secretary may not require that repayment under clause (i)(II) be more than 150 percent of the amount of the grant, adjusted for inflation on the basis of the Consumer Price Index.
(2) **Foreign partners** — Partners may include Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and other allies in the global war on terrorism as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State.
(3) **Loans of equipment** — The Director may make or accept loans of equipment for research and development and comparative testing purposes.
**(d) Foreign reimbursements** If the Science and Technology Homeland Security International Cooperative Programs Office participates in an international cooperative activity with a foreign partner on a cost-sharing basis, any reimbursements or contributions received from that foreign partner to meet its share of the project may be credited to appropriate current appropriations accounts of the Directorate of Science and Technology.
**(e) Report to Congress on international cooperative activities** Not later than one year after August 3, 2007, and every 5 years thereafter, the Under Secretary, acting through the Director, shall submit to Congress a report containing—
(1) a brief description of each grant, cooperative agreement, or contract made or entered into under subsection (b)(3)(C), including the participants, goals, and amount and sources of funding;
(2) a list of international cooperative activities underway, including the participants, goals, expected duration, and amount and sources of funding, including resources provided to support the activities in lieu of direct funding; and 11 So in original. The word “and” probably should not appear.
(3) for international cooperative activities identified in the previous reporting period, a status update on the progress of such activities, including whether goals were realized, explaining any lessons learned, and evaluating overall success; and
(4) a discussion of obstacles encountered in the course of forming, executing, or implementing agreements for international cooperative activities, including administrative, legal, or diplomatic challenges or resource constraints.
**(f) Animal and zoonotic diseases** As part of the international cooperative activities authorized in this section, the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, the Department of State, and appropriate officials of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Health and Human Services, may enter into cooperative activities with foreign countries, including African nations, to strengthen American preparedness against foreign animal and zoonotic diseases overseas that could harm the Nation’s agricultural and public health sectors if they were to reach the United States.
**(g) Cybersecurity** As part of the international cooperative activities authorized in this section, the Under Secretary, in coordination with the Department of State and appropriate Federal officials, may enter into cooperative research activities with Israel to strengthen preparedness against cyber threats and enhance capabilities in cybersecurity.
**(h) Construction; authorities of the Secretary of State** Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or affect the following provisions of law:
(1) Title V of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 ([22 U.S.C. 2656a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2656a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) [Section 112b(g) of title 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title1-section112b/g&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) [Section 2651a(e)(2) of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2651a/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) Sections 2752 and 2767 of title 22.
(5) [Section 2382(c) of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2382/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(i) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary.
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**(a)** The Secretary of State shall cause to be compiled, edited, indexed, and published, beginning as of January 1, 1950, a compilation entitled “United States Treaties and Other International Agreements,” which shall contain all treaties to which the United States is a party that have been proclaimed during each calendar year, and all international agreements other than treaties to which the United States is a party that have been signed, proclaimed, or with reference to which any other final formality has been executed, during each calendar year. The said United States Treaties and Other International Agreements shall be legal evidence of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and agreements, therein contained, in all the courts of the United States, the several States, and the Territories and insular possessions of the United States.
**(b)** Copies of international agreements and qualifying non-binding instruments in the possession of the Department of State, but not published, other than the agreements described in section 112b(b)(3)(A), shall be made available by the Department of State upon request.
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the consequences of modern scientific and technological advances are of such major significance in United States foreign policy that understanding and appropriate knowledge of modern science and technology by officers and employees of the United States Government are essential in the conduct of modern diplomacy;
(2) many problems and opportunities for development in modern diplomacy lie in scientific and technological fields;
(3) in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of the technological aspects of United States foreign policy, the United States Government should seek out and consult with both public and private industrial, academic, and research institutions concerned with modern technology; and
(4) the effective use of science and technology in international relations for the mutual benefit of all countries requires the development and use of the skills and methods of long-range planning.
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In this chapter—
(1) “administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.
(2) “agency” has the same meaning given that term in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) “assistance”—
(A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including—
(i) financial assistance;
(ii) United States Government facilities, services, and property; and
(iii) expert and technical information; and
(B) does not include conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government.
(4) “domestic assistance program”—
(A) means assistance from an agency for—
(i) a State;
(ii) the District of Columbia;
(iii) a territory or possession of the United States;
(iv) a county;
(v) a city;
(vi) a political subdivision or instrumentality of a governmental authority listed in subclauses (i)–(v) of this clause (A);
(vii) a domestic corporation;
(viii) a domestic institution; and
(ix) an individual of the United States; and
(B) does not include assistance from an agency for an agency.
(5) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(6) “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.
(7) “formula” means any prescribed method employing objective data or statistical estimates for making individual determinations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written in the form of either—
(A) a closed mathematical statement; or
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**(a) Office** There is established in the Department an Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, which shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President.
**(b) Assignment of personnel**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall assign permanent staff to the Office, consistent with effective management of Department resources.
(2) **Liaisons** — The Secretary shall designate senior employees from each appropriate subdivision of the Department that has significant counternarcotics responsibilities to act as a liaison between that subdivision and the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement.
**(c) Limitation on concurrent employment** The Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement shall not be employed by, assigned to, or serve as the head of, any other branch of the Federal Government, any State or local government, or any subdivision of the Department other than the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement.
**(d) Responsibilities** The Secretary shall direct the Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement—
(1) to coordinate policy and operations within the Department, between the Department and other Federal departments and agencies, and between the Department and State and local agencies with respect to stopping the entry of illegal drugs into the United States;
(2) to ensure the adequacy of resources within the Department for stopping the entry of illegal drugs into the United States;
(3) to recommend the appropriate financial and personnel resources necessary to help the Department better fulfill its responsibility to stop the entry of illegal drugs into the United States;
(4) within the Joint Terrorism Task Force construct to track and sever connections between illegal drug trafficking and terrorism; and
(5) to be a representative o
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2656a
randum [Feb. 4, 2021] or as soon as possible thereafter,
all agencies engaged abroad shall review and, as appro-
priate and consistent with applicable law, take steps to
rescind any directives, orders, regulations, policies, or
guidance inconsistent with this memorandum, includ-
ing those issued from January 20, 2017, to January 20,
2021, to the extent that they are inconsistent with this
memorandum. The heads of such agencies shall also,
within 100 days of the date of this memorandum, report
to the President on their progress in implementing this
memorandum and recommend additional opportunities
and actions to advance the human rights of LGBTQI+
persons around the world. Agencies engaged abroad
shall each prepare a report within 180 days of the date
of this memorandum, and annually thereafter, on their
progress toward advancing these initiatives. All such
agencies shall submit these reports to the Department
of State, which will compile a report on the federal
government’s progress in advancing these initiatives
for transmittal to the President. The Department of
State shall make a version of the compiled annual re-
port available to the Members of the Congress and the
public.
SEC. 7. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this memo-
randum, agencies engaged abroad include the Depart-
ments of State, the Treasury, Defense, Justice, Agri-
culture, Commerce, Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Homeland Security, the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), the United States
International Development Finance Corporation (DFC),
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States, the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, and
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 204
the Commandant’s discretion and ability to deploy
Coast Guard assets and personnel.
‘‘(j) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective
beginning on October 1, 2027.
‘‘(k) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds are
authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of car-
rying out this section.
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) CENTER.—The term ‘Center’ means the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission
Center established pursuant to subsection (a).
‘‘(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Department’ means
the Department of Homeland Security.
‘‘(3) NORTHERN BORDER.—The term ‘northern border’
means—
‘‘(A) the international border between the United
States and Canada; and
‘‘(B) the maritime border between Alaska and the
Russian Federation.
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the
Secretary of Homeland Security.’’
PART
A—BORDER, MARITIME, AND
TRANSPOR-
TATION SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNC-
TIONS
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII, § 802(g)(1)(B)(ii)(I), Feb. 24,
2016, 130 Stat. 211, substituted ‘‘Border, Maritime, and
Transportation Security Responsibilities and Func-
tions’’ for ‘‘Under Secretary for Border and Transpor-
tation Security’’ in part heading.
§ 201. Repealed. Pub. L. 114–125, title VIII,
§ 802(g)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 212
Section, Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 401, Nov. 25, 2002,
116 Stat. 2177, established the Directorate of Border and
Transportation Security headed by an Under Secretary
for Border and Transportation Security.
§ 202. Border, maritime, and transportation re-
sponsibilities
The Secretary shall be responsible for the fol-
lowing:
(1) Preventing the entry of terrorists and the
instruments of terrorism into the United
Stat
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