,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gbd  #aahth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#igdh  ,report ,no4 #aah-hhg  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,september #bc1 #bjbd ,mr4 ,d',esposito 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,december #af1 #bjbd        
,additional sponsor3 ,mr4 ,green of     
,tennessee  ,december #af1 #bjbd        
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require the ,under          
,secretary of the ,science and          
,technology ,directorate of the         
,department of ,homeland ,security to   
develop a ,department-wide policy and   
process to safeguard research and       
development from unauthorized access to 
or disclosure of sensitive information  
in research and development             
acquisitions1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,research ,security and         

,accountability in ,,dhs ,act4  #b4     
,safeguarding sensitive research in the 
,department of ,homeland ,security  7a7 
,in general ,section #cjb of the        
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #ahb7 is amended--  7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#ac71 by striking and after  
the semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ad71
 by striking the period and inserting 2 
and2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph3  7#ae7         
developing1 in coordination with        
appropriate agency officials1 a         
,department-wide policy and process to  
safeguard research and development from 
unauthorized access to or disclosure of 
sensitive information in research and   
development acquisitions4  4  7b7 ,,gao 
report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than
 one year after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  

,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report on how 
the ,department has complied with       
,national ,security ,presidential       
,memorandum-#cc 7,,nspm-#cc7 and adopted
 the ,national ,science and ,technology 
,council's #bjbb implementation         
guidance4  7#b7 ,elements ,the report   
required under paragraph 7#a7 shall     
address the following3  7,a7 ,how the   
,department of ,homeland ,security has  
complied with disclosure requirements   
outlined in ,,nspm-#cc1 and how         
violations are reported to the relevant 
executive agencies1 including in the    
intelligence community 7as such term is 
defined in section #c7d7 of the         
,national ,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjjc7d774  7,b7 ,coordination
 and compliance with guidelines         
established by the ,national ,science   
,foundation1 the ,national ,science     
,technology ,council1 the ,office of    
,science and ,technology ,policy1 and   
other executive agencies regarding      

,federal research security4  7,c7 ,the  
role of the ,science and ,technology    
,directorate of the ,department         
regarding establishing a research       
security framework for research and     
development projects across the         
,department4  7c7 ,congressional        
briefing ,not later than #ij days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall provide to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a briefing      
addressing the development of policies  
and processes to safeguard ,department  
of ,homeland ,security research and     
development in accordance with paragraph
 7#ae7 of section #cjb of the ,homeland 
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#ahb71 as added by subsection 7a74      
,december #af1 #bjbd ,committed to the  
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  

printed