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H. Rept. 114-372 1 (2015-12-08)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        1st Session     HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES            114-372







                           DHS   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORM AND
                                       IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2015



                     DECEMBER  8, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                        of the Union and ordered to be printed



                          Mr. MCCAUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security,
                                           submitted   the following


                                               REPORT

                                             [To accompany H.R. 3578]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Homeland   Security, to whom   was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 3578) to  amend   the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
                     strengthen  and  make   improvements   to the  Directorate of Science
                     and  Technology  of the Department of   Homeland Security, and for
                     other  purposes,  having   considered  the  same,  reports  favorably
                     thereon  with  an  amendment and recommends that the bill as
                     amended   do pass.
                       The  amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                       This Act may be cited as the DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improve-
                     ment Act of 2015.
                     SEC. 2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
                       (a) IN GENERAL.-Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended-
                          (1) in section 301 (6 U.S.C. 181)-
                              (A) by striking There and inserting the following:
                       (a) IN GENERAL.-There; and
                              (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
                       (b) MiSSIN.-The Directorate of Science and Technology shall be the primary re-
                     search, development, testing, and evaluation arm of the Department, responsible for
                     coordinating the research, development, testing, and evaluation of the Department
                     to strengthen the security and resiliency of the United States. The Directorate
                     shall-
                          (1) develop and deliver knowledge, analyses, and innovative solutions that
                        are responsive to homeland security capability gaps identified by components
                        and offices of the Department, the first responder community, and the Home-
                        land Security Enterprise (as such term is defined in section 322) and that can
                        be integrated into operations of the Department;
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