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6 U.S.C. § 194 — Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Fund** — The term “Fund” means the Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies established in subsection (c).
(2) **Homeland security research** — The term “homeland security research” means research relevant to the detection of, prevention of, protection against, response to, attribution of, and recovery from homeland security threats, particularly acts of terrorism.
(3) **HSARPA** — The term “HSARPA” means the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency established in subsection (b).
(4) **Under Secretary** — The term “Under Secretary” means the Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
**(b) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency**
(1) **Establishment** — There is established the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency.
(2) **Director** — HSARPA shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall report to the Under Secretary.
(3) **Responsibilities** — The Director shall administer the Fund to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements or contracts to public or private entities, including businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. The Director shall administer the Fund to—
(A) support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote homeland security;
(B) advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies;
(C) accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities; and
(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of advancing technology for the investigati
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Fund** — The term “Fund” means the Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies established in subsection (c).
(2) **Homeland security research** — The term “homeland security research” means research relevant to the detection of, prevention of, protection against, response to, attribution of, and recovery from homeland security threats, particularly acts of terrorism.
(3) **HSARPA** — The term “HSARPA” means the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency established in subsection (b).
(4) **Under Secretary** — The term “Under Secretary” means the Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
**(b) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency**
(1) **Establishment** — There is established the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency.
(2) **Director** — HSARPA shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall report to the Under Secretary.
(3) **Responsibilities** — The Director shall administer the Fund to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements or contracts to public or private entities, including businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. The Director shall administer the Fund to—
(A) support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote homeland security;
(B) advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies;
(C) accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities; and
(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of advancing technology for the investigation of child exploitation crimes, including child victim identification, trafficking in persons, and child pornography, and for advanced forensics.
(4) **Targeted competitions** — The Director may solicit proposals to address specific vulnerabilities identified by the Director.
(5) **Coordination** — The Director shall ensure that the activities of HSARPA are coordinated with those of other relevant research agencies, and may run projects jointly with other agencies.
(6) **Personnel** — In hiring personnel for HSARPA, the Secretary shall have the hiring and management authorities described in section 1101 11 See References in Text note below. of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ([5 U.S.C. 3104](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 105–261). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of that section may not exceed 5 years before the granting of any extension under subsection (c)(2) of that section.
(7) **Demonstrations** — The Director, periodically, shall hold homeland security technology demonstrations to improve contact among technology developers, vendors and acquisition personnel.
**(c) Fund**
(1) **Establishment** — There is established the Acceleration Fund for Research and Development of Homeland Security Technologies, which shall be administered by the Director of HSARPA.
(2) **Authorization of appropriations** — There are authorized to be appropriated $500,000,000 to the Fund for fiscal year 2003 and such sums as may be necessary thereafter.
(3) **Coast Guard** — Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (2), not less than 10 percent of such funds for each fiscal year through fiscal year 2005 shall be authorized only for the Under Secretary, through joint agreement with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, to carry out research and development of improved ports, waterways and coastal security surveillance and perimeter protection capabilities for the purpose of minimizing the possibility that Coast Guard cutters, aircraft, helicopters, and personnel will be diverted from non-homeland security missions to the ports, waterways and coastal security mission.
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**(a)** The Director of the Office of Personnel Management may establish, and from time to time revise, the maximum number of scientific or professional positions for carrying out research and development functions which require the services of specially qualified personnel which may be established outside of the General Schedule. Any such position may be established by action of the Director or, under such standards and procedures as the Office prescribes and publishes in such form as the Director may determine (including procedures under which the prior approval of the Director may be required), by agency action.
**(b)** The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any Senior Executive Service position (as defined in [section 3132(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132/a&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(c)** In addition to the number of positions authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Librarian of Congress may establish, without regard to the second sentence of subsection (a) of this section, not more than 8 scientific or professional positions to carry out the research and development functions of the Library of Congress which require the services of specially qualified personnel.
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**(a) Programs Authorized.—**
(1) **Laboratories of the military departments.—** — The Secretary of Defense may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for such laboratories of the military departments as the Secretary shall designate for purposes of the program for research and development projects of such laboratories.
(2) **DARPA.—** — The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for research and development projects and to enhance the administration and management of the Agency.
(3) **DOTE.—** — The Director of the Office of Operational Test and Evaluation may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering to support operational test and evaluation missions of the Office.
(4) **Strategic capabilities office.—** — The Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for the Office.
(5) **DIU.—** — The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit may carry out a program of personnel management authority provided in subsection (b) in order to facilitate recruitment of eminent experts in science or engineering for the Unit.
(6) **Joint artificial intelligence.—** — The official designated under section 238(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115
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In this title— 11 See References in Text note below.
(1) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Agency;
(2) the term “Agency” means the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(3) the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) those committees of the House of Representatives that the Speaker of the House of Representatives determines appropriate;
(4) the term “catastrophic incident” means any natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disruption severely affecting the population (including mass evacuations), infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions in an area;
(5) the term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security;
(6) the terms “emergency” and “major disaster” have the meanings given the terms in [section 5122 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5122&num=0&edition=prelim);
(7) the term “emergency management” means the governmental function that coordinates and integrates all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters;
(8) the term “emergency response provider” has the meaning given the term in [section 101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section101&num=0&edition=prelim);
(9) the term “Federal coordinating officer” means a Federal coordinating officer as described in [section 5143 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 3104
1978—Pub. L. 95–454, § 302(b)(2), substituted ‘‘reading
assistants for blind employees and interpreting assist-
ants for deaf employees’’ for ‘‘readers for blind employ-
ees’’ in section catchline.
Subsec. (a)(4), (5). Pub. L. 95–454, § 302(a)(1), added par.
(4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–454, § 302(a)(2), inserted provi-
sions respecting applicability to employment and com-
pensation for interpreting assistant or assistants for
deaf employees.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–454, § 302(a)(3), inserted ‘‘or
deaf’’ after ‘‘blind’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–454, § 302(a)(4), added subsec.
(d).
1968—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 90–623 substituted ‘‘Com-
missioner’’ for ‘‘Board of Commissioners’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 96–523, § 3, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 3040, provided
that: ‘‘The amendments made by this Act [amending
this section, section 7 of the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act, formerly set out in the Appendix to this
title, section 604 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Pro-
cedure, and section 410 of Title 39, Postal Service] shall
take effect sixty days after the date of the enactment
of this Act [Dec. 12, 1980].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–54 effective July 12, 1979,
see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54, set out as a note under
section 305 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective 90 days after
Oct. 13, 1978, see section 907 of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as
a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1968 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 90–623 intended to restate
without substantive change the law in effect on Oc
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 194
text read as follows: ‘‘The Homeland Security Institute
shall terminate 3 years after the effective date of this
chapter.’’
§ 193. Technology clearinghouse to encourage
and support innovative solutions to enhance
homeland security
(a) Establishment of program
The Secretary, acting through the Under Sec-
retary for Science and Technology, shall estab-
lish and promote a program to encourage tech-
nological innovation in facilitating the mission
of the Department (as described in section 111 of
this title).
(b) Elements of program
The program described in subsection (a) shall
include the following components:
(1) The establishment of a centralized Fed-
eral clearinghouse for information relating to
technologies that would further the mission of
the Department for dissemination, as appro-
priate, to Federal, State, and local govern-
ment and private sector entities for additional
review, purchase, or use.
(2) The issuance of announcements seeking
unique and innovative technologies to advance
the mission of the Department.
(3) The establishment of a technical assist-
ance team to assist in screening, as appro-
priate, proposals submitted to the Secretary
(except as provided in subsection (c)(2)) to as-
sess the feasibility, scientific and technical
merits, and estimated cost of such proposals,
as appropriate.
(4) The provision of guidance, recommenda-
tions, and technical assistance, as appropriate,
to assist Federal, State, and local government
and private sector efforts to evaluate and im-
plement the use of technologies described in
paragraph (1) or (2).
(5) The provision of information for persons
seeking guidance on how to pursue proposals
to develop or deploy technologies that would
enhance homeland
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