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H.R. 3578 (114th)

DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015

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Introduced

18 September 2015

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand: (1) the role of the Directorate of Science and Technology as the primary research, development, testing, and evaluation arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (2) the duties of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, who is the head of the Directorate, to include: enhanced oversight and coordination of all DHS research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation activities; identification of technologies that address an existing or imminent homeland security capability gap; review of DHS conflict of interest policies; establishment of a process to define, identify, prioritize, fund, and task the basic and applied homeland security research and development activities of the Directorate;  development of a strategy to guide the activities of the Directorate and a five-year research and development plan for its activities; establishment and utilization of a system to track the progress of the research, development, testing, and evaluation activities of the Directorate; establishment of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellows Program to place fellows in relevant scientific or technological fields in DHS components; support of cybersecurity research and development; and establishment of integrated product teams to identify, coordinate, and align DHS research and development efforts with departmental missions. The bill also establishes in the Directorate a Test, Evaluation, and Standards Division to establish, review, and update DHS test and evaluation policies.

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