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6 U.S.C. § 441 — Procurements for defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack
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The authorities provided in this part apply to any procurement of property or services by or for an executive agency that, as determined by the head of the executive agency, are to be used to facilitate defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, but only if a solicitation of offers for the procurement is issued during the 1-year period beginning on November 25, 2002.
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The authorities provided in this part apply to any procurement of property or services by or for an executive agency that, as determined by the head of the executive agency, are to be used to facilitate defense against or recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, but only if a solicitation of offers for the procurement is issued during the 1-year period beginning on November 25, 2002.
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**(a)** The President may authorize any department or agency of the Government which exercises functions in connection with the national defense, acting in accordance with regulations prescribed by the President for the protection of the Government, to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made and to make advance payments thereon, without regard to other provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, whenever he deems that such action would facilitate the national defense. The authority conferred by this section shall not be utilized to obligate the United States in an amount in excess of $500,000 without approval by an official at or above the level of an Assistant Secretary or his Deputy, or an assistant head or his deputy, of such department or agency, or by a Contract Adjustment Board established therein. The authority conferred by this section may not be utilized to obligate the United States in an amount in excess of $150,000,000 unless the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and in addition, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with respect to contracts, or modifications or amendments to contracts, or advance payments proposed to be made under this section by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating with respect to the acquisition of Coast Guard cutters or aircraft, have been notified in writing of such proposed obligation and 60 days of continuous session of Congress have expired following the date on which such notice was transmitted to such Committees. For purposes of thi
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Information sharing** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall establish a program to provide appropriate information that the Department has gathered or developed on the performance, use, and testing of technologies that may be used to enhance railroad, public transportation, and surface transportation security to surface transportation entities, including railroad carriers, over-the-road bus operators and terminal owners and operators, motor carriers, public transportation agencies, owners or operators of highways, pipeline operators, and State, local, and tribal governments that provide security assistance to such entities.
(2) **Designation of qualified antiterrorism technologies** — The Secretary shall include in such information provided in paragraph (1) whether the technology is designated as a qualified antiterrorism technology under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) [[6 U.S.C. 441](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section441&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], as appropriate.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the program is to assist eligible grant recipients under this Act and others, as appropriate, to purchase and use the best technology and equipment available to meet the security needs of the Nation’s surface transportation system.
**(c) Coordination** The Secretary shall ensure that the program established under this section makes use of and is consistent with other Department technology testing, information sharing, evaluation, and standards-setting programs, as appropriate.
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 428
(b) Content of report
The report under subsection (a)(2) shall in-
clude the following matters:
(1) Assessment
The Comptroller General’s assessment of—
(A) the extent to which property and serv-
ices procured in accordance with this sub-
chapter have contributed to the capacity of
the workforce of Federal Government em-
ployees within each executive agency to
carry out the mission of the executive agen-
cy; and
(B) the extent to which Federal Govern-
ment employees have been trained on the
use of technology.
(2) Recommendations
Any recommendations of the Comptroller
General resulting from the assessment de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
(c) Consultation
In preparing for the review under subsection
(a)(1), the Comptroller shall consult with the
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Government Reform
of the House of Representatives on the specific
issues and topics to be reviewed. The extent of
coverage needed in areas such as technology in-
tegration, employee training, and human capital
management, as well as the data requirements
of the study, shall be included as part of the con-
sultation.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 857, Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2237.)
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This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), was
in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title VIII of Pub.
L. 107–296, which enacted this subchapter, chapter 97 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and
section 8J of the Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L.
95–452, formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5 (see
5 U.S.C. 418), amended section 6 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (see 5 U.S.C. 406), section 2517 of Title
18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure,
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