,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1          
#bjba,miss ,rice of ,new ,york 7for     
herself and ,mr4 ,garbarino7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland    
,security ,act of #bjjb relating to the 
,national ,urban ,security ,technology  
,laboratory1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,supporting ,research and       
,development for ,first ,responders     
,act4  #b4 ,national ,urban ,security   
,technology ,laboratory  7a7 ,in general
 ,title ,,iii of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #aha et    
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new section3  #cbb4       
,national ,urban ,security ,technology  
,laboratory  7a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary1 acting through the ,under   
,secretary for ,science and ,technology1
 shall designate the laboratory         

described in subsection 7b7 as an       
additional laboratory pursuant to the   
authority under section #cjh7;c77#b74   
,such laboratory shall be used to test  
and evaluate emerging technologies and  
conduct research and development to     
assist emergency response providers in  
preparing for1 and protecting against1  
threats of terrorism4  7b7 ,laboratory  
described ,the laboratory described in  
this subsection is the laboratory-- 7#a7
 known1 as of the date of the enactment 
of this section1 as the ,national ,urban
 ,security ,technology ,laboratory2 and 
7#b7 transferred to the ,department     
pursuant to section #cjc7a77;,e74  7c7  
,laboratory activities ,the ,national   
,urban ,security ,technology ,laboratory
 shall-- 7#a7 conduct tests1            
evaluations1 and assessments of current 
and emerging technologies1 including1 as
 appropriate1 the cybersecurity of such 
technologies that can connect to the    
internet1 for emergency response        
providers2  7#b7 act as a technical     

advisor to emergency response providers2
 and  7#c7 carry out other such         
activities as the ,secretary determines 
appropriate4  7d7 ,rule of construction 
,nothing in this section may be         
construed as affecting in any manner the
 authorities or responsibilities of the 
,countering ,weapons of ,mass           
,destruction ,office of the ,department4
  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table 
of contents in section #a7;b7 of the    
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb is    
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #cba the following  
new item3  ,sec4 #cbb4 ,national ,urban 
,security ,technology ,laboratory4  4