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6 U.S.C. § 451 — Use of streamlined procedures
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**(a) Required use** The head of an executive agency shall, when appropriate, use streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures authorized by law for a procurement referred to in [section 422 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section422&num=0&edition=prelim), including authorities and procedures that are provided under the following provisions of law:
(1) **Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949** — In division C of subtitle I of title 41:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of [section 3304 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3304&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section).
(B) [Section 4106 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section4106&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(2) **Title 10** — In part V of subtitle A of title 10:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of section 3204, relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section).
(B) Section 3406, relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(3) **Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act** — Paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(D), and (2)(A) of [section 1708(b) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1708/b&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to inapplicability of a requirement for procurement notice.
**(b) Waiver of certain small business threshold requirements** Subclause (II) of [section 637(a)(1)(D)(i
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**(a) Required use** The head of an executive agency shall, when appropriate, use streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures authorized by law for a procurement referred to in [section 422 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section422&num=0&edition=prelim), including authorities and procedures that are provided under the following provisions of law:
(1) **Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949** — In division C of subtitle I of title 41:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of [section 3304 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3304&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section).
(B) [Section 4106 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section4106&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(2) **Title 10** — In part V of subtitle A of title 10:
(A) Paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of subsection (a) of section 3204, relating to use of procedures other than competitive procedures under certain circumstances (subject to subsection (d) of such section).
(B) Section 3406, relating to orders under task and delivery order contracts.
(3) **Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act** — Paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(D), and (2)(A) of [section 1708(b) of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1708/b&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to inapplicability of a requirement for procurement notice.
**(b) Waiver of certain small business threshold requirements** Subclause (II) of [section 637(a)(1)(D)(i) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section637/a/1/D/i&num=0&edition=prelim) and clause (ii) of section 657a(b)(2)(A) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 15 shall not apply in the use of streamlined acquisition authorities and procedures referred to in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of subsection (a) for a procurement referred to in [section 422 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section422&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Limitation on exclusionary authority**
(1) **In general** — No agency or subdivision of an agency which is transferred to the Department pursuant to this chapter shall be excluded from the coverage of chapter 71 of title 5 as a result of any order issued under section 7103(b)(1) of such title 5 after June 18, 2002, unless—
(A) the mission and responsibilities of the agency (or subdivision) materially change; and
(B) a majority of the employees within such agency (or subdivision) have as their primary duty intelligence, counterintelligence, or investigative work directly related to terrorism investigation.
(2) **Exclusions allowable** — Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the effectiveness of any order to the extent that such order excludes any portion of an agency or subdivision of an agency as to which—
(A) recognition as an appropriate unit has never been conferred for purposes of chapter 71 of such title 5; or
(B) any such recognition has been revoked or otherwise terminated as a result of a determination under subsection (b)(1).
**(b) Provisions relating to bargaining units**
(1) **Limitation relating to appropriate units** — Each unit which is recognized as an appropriate unit for purposes of chapter 71 of title 5 as of the day before the effective date of this chapter (and any subdivision of any such unit) shall, if such unit (or subdivision) is transferred to the Department pursuant to this chapter, continue to be so recognized for such purposes, unless—
(A) the mission and responsibilities of such unit (or subdivision) materially change; and
(B) a majority of the employees within such unit (or subdivision) have as their primary duty intelligence, counterintelligence, or investigative work directly related to terrorism investigation.
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**(a) Application.—** This section applies to task and delivery order contracts entered into under sections 4103 and 4105 of this title.
**(b) Actions Not Required for Issuance of Orders.—** The following actions are not required for issuance of a task or delivery order under a task or delivery order contract:
(1) A separate notice for the order under [section 1708 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1708&num=0&edition=prelim) or section 8(e) of the Small Business Act ([15 U.S.C. 637(e)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section637/e&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), a competition (or a waiver of competition approved in accordance with [section 3304(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3304/e&num=0&edition=prelim)) that is separate from that used for entering into the contract.
**(c) Multiple Award Contracts.—** When multiple contracts are awarded under section 4103(d)(1)(B) or 4105(f) of this title, all contractors awarded the contracts shall be provided a fair opportunity to be considered, pursuant to procedures set forth in the contracts, for each task or delivery order in excess of the micro-purchase threshold under [section 1902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1902&num=0&edition=prelim) that is to be issued under any of the contracts, unless—
(1) the executive agency’s need for the services or property ordered is of such unusual urgency that providing the opportunity to all of those contractors would result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling that need;
(2) only one of those contractors is capable of providing the services o
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**(a) In general** There is established within the Administration a program (to be known as the HUBZone program) to be carried out by the Administrator to provide for Federal contracting assistance, including promoting economic development in economically distressed areas (as defined in section 636(m)(11)),11 See References in Text note below. to qualified HUBZone small business concerns in accordance with this section.
**(b) Definitions relating to HUBZones** In this section:
(1) **Historically underutilized business zone** — The terms “historically underutilized business zone” or “HUBZone” mean any area located within 1 or more—
(A) qualified census tracts;
(B) qualified nonmetropolitan counties;
(C) lands within the external boundaries of an Indian reservation;
(D) redesignated areas;
(E) base closure areas;
(F) qualified disaster areas; or
(G) a Governor-designated covered area.
(2) **HUBZone small business concern** — The term “HUBZone small business concern” means—
(A) a small business concern that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by United States citizens;
(B) a small business concern that is—
(i) an Alaska Native Corporation owned and controlled by Natives (as determined pursuant to [section 1626(e)(1) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1626/e/1&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(ii) a direct or indirect subsidiary corporation, joint venture, or partnership of an Alaska Native Corporation qualifying pursuant to [section 1626(e)(1) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1626/e/1&num=0&edition=prelim), if that subsidiary, joint venture, or partnership is owned and controlled by Natives (as determined pursuant to [secti
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In this subtitle, the term “Administrator” means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed under [section 1102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) When Noncompetitive Procedures May Be Used.—** An executive agency may use procedures other than competitive procedures only when—
(1) the property or services needed by the executive agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the executive agency;
(2) the executive agency’s need for the property or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Federal Government would be seriously injured unless the executive agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals;
(3) it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source—
(A) to maintain a facility, producer, manufacturer, or other supplier available for furnishing property or services in case of a national emergency or to achieve industrial mobilization;
(B) to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a Federally funded research and development center;
(C) to procure the services of an expert for use, in any litigation or dispute (including any reasonably foreseeable litigation or dispute) involving the Federal Government, in any trial, hearing, or proceeding before a court, administrative tribunal, or agency, whether or not the expert is expected to testify; or
(D) to procure the services of an expert or neutral for use in any part of an alternative dispute resolution or negotiated rulemaking process, whether or not the expert is expected to testify;
(4) the terms of an international agreement or treaty between the Federal Government and a foreign government or an international organization, or the written directions of a foreign government reimbursi
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The purposes of this subchapter are to—
(1) provide a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support Federal operations and assets;
(2) recognize the highly networked nature of the current Federal computing environment and provide effective governmentwide management and oversight of the related information security risks, including coordination of information security efforts throughout the civilian, national security, and law enforcement communities;
(3) provide for development and maintenance of minimum controls required to protect Federal information and information systems;
(4) provide a mechanism for improved oversight of Federal agency information security programs, including through automated security tools to continuously diagnose and improve security;
(5) acknowledge that commercially developed information security products offer advanced, dynamic, robust, and effective information security solutions, reflecting market solutions for the protection of critical information infrastructures important to the national defense and economic security of the nation that are designed, built, and operated by the private sector; and
(6) recognize that the selection of specific technical hardware and software information security solutions should be left to individual agencies from among commercially developed products.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Covered cyber incident reports**
(A) *In general* — A covered entity that experiences a covered cyber incident shall report the covered cyber incident to the Agency not later than 72 hours after the covered entity reasonably believes that the covered cyber incident has occurred.
(B) *Limitation* — The Director may not require reporting under subparagraph (A) any earlier than 72 hours after the covered entity reasonably believes that a covered cyber incident has occurred.
(2) **Ransom payment reports**
(A) *In general* — A covered entity that makes a ransom payment as the result of a ransomware attack against the covered entity shall report the payment to the Agency not later than 24 hours after the ransom payment has been made.
(B) *Application* — The requirements under subparagraph (A) shall apply even if the ransomware attack is not a covered cyber incident subject to the reporting requirements under paragraph (1).
(3) **Supplemental reports** — A covered entity shall promptly submit to the Agency an update or supplement to a previously submitted covered cyber incident report if substantial new or different information becomes available or if the covered entity makes a ransom payment after submitting a covered cyber incident report required under paragraph (1), until such date that such covered entity notifies the Agency that the covered cyber incident at issue has concluded and has been fully mitigated and resolved.
(4) **Preservation of information** — Any covered entity subject to requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall preserve data relevant to the covered cyber incident or ransom payment in accordance with procedures established in the final rule issued pursuant to subsection (b).
(5) **Exceptions**
(A) *Repor
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**(a) Intelligence and analysis** There shall be in the Department an Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
**(b) Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis**
(1) **Office of Intelligence and Analysis** — The Office of Intelligence and Analysis shall be headed by an Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) **Chief Intelligence Officer** — The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall serve as the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department.
**(c) Discharge of responsibilities** The Secretary shall ensure that the responsibilities of the Department relating to information analysis, including those described in subsection (d), are carried out through the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis.
**(d) Responsibilities of Secretary relating to intelligence and analysis** The responsibilities of the Secretary relating to intelligence and analysis shall be as follows:
(1) To access, receive, and analyze law enforcement information, intelligence information, and other information from agencies of the Federal Government, State and local government agencies (including law enforcement agencies), and private sector entities, and to integrate such information, in support of the mission responsibilities of the Department and the functions of the National Counterterrorism Center established under section 119 of the National Security Act of 1947 [[50 U.S.C. 3056](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3056&num=0&edition=prelim)], in order to—
(A) identify and assess the nature and scope of terrorist threats to the homeland;
(B) detect and identify threats of terrorism against the United States; and
(C) understand su
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**(a) Requirement**
(1) **Quadrennial reviews required** — In fiscal year 2009, and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a review of the homeland security of the Nation (in this section referred to as a “quadrennial homeland security review”).
(2) **Scope of reviews** — Each quadrennial homeland security review shall be a comprehensive examination of the homeland security strategy of the Nation, including recommendations regarding the long-term strategy and priorities of the Nation for homeland security and guidance on the programs, assets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authorities of the Department.
(3) **Consultation** — The Secretary shall conduct each quadrennial homeland security review under this subsection in consultation with—
(A) the heads of other Federal agencies, including the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture the Secretary of Energy,,11 So in original. and the Director of National Intelligence;
(B) key officials of the Department, including the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans;
(C) representatives from appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to [section 451 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section451&num=0&edition=prelim), including the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or otherwise established, including the Aviation Security Advisory Committee established pursuant to [section 44946 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44946&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(D) other relevant governmental and
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**(a) In general** There is established in the Department an Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.
**(b) Head of Office** The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall be headed by an Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, who shall serve as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary. The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(c) Functions** The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans shall—
(1) lead, conduct, and coordinate Department-wide policy development and implementation and strategic planning;
(2) develop and coordinate policies to promote and ensure quality, consistency, and integration for the programs, components, offices, and activities across the Department;
(3) develop and coordinate strategic plans and long-term goals of the Department with risk-based analysis and planning to improve operational mission effectiveness, including consultation with the Secretary regarding the quadrennial homeland security review under [section 347 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section347&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) manage Department leadership councils and provide analytics and support to such councils;
(5) manage international coordination and engagement for the Department;
(6) review and incorporate, as appropriate, external stakeholder feedback into Department policy; and
(7) carry out such other responsibilities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
**(d) Deputy Under Secretary**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may—
(A) establish within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans a position of Deputy Under Secretary to support the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans in
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