#aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #gjf  ,,an ,,act  ,to improve the   
biodetection functions of the           
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,dhs    
,biodetection ,improvement ,act4  #b4   
,,dhs utilization of ,department of     
,energy national laboratories and sites 
for certain biodetection research and   
development relating to the missions of 
the ,,dhs  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
conduct an assessment of how the        
,department of ,homeland ,security has  
utilized ,department of ,energy national
 laboratories and sites regarding       
research and development in carrying out
 the missions of the ,department of     
,homeland ,security1 in accordance with 
section #cji of the ,homeland ,security 
,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #ahi74  7b7 
,strategy on biodetection research and  
development ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 

,act1 the ,secretary of ,homeland       
,security 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 the assessment  
required under subsection 7a71 together 
with a strategy for how the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security will conduct     
research and development in coordination
 with ,department of ,energy national   
laboratories and sites to address       
biodetection research and development of
 the ,department of ,homeland ,security1
 including the following3 7#a7          
,identifying biodetection technologies  
that can1 either individually or        
together1 meet the biodetection mission 
needs as outlined in ,department of     
,homeland ,security capabilities        
analysis and requirements documents and 
informed by studies produced by the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states1 such as the ,national          
,re-,assessment of the ,bio,watch       

,collector ,network to ,increase the    
,fraction of ,population ,covered1 as   
developed by the ,countering ,weapons of
 ,mass ,destruction ,office of the      
,department in ,november #bjba1 and     
other such future studies as applicable4
  7#b7 ,developing an acquisition and   
procurement plan to acquire and provide1
 in accordance with ,federal law1 the   
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation1 and  
,department of ,homeland ,security      
acquisition and procurement management  
directives1 the biodetection            
technologies referred to in paragraph   
7#a7 to existing ,bio,watch             
jurisdictions4  7#c7 ,conducting        
periodic external evaluations to        
identify gaps and potential failure     
points with respect to such biodetection
 technologies1 and recommending         
contingency plans in the event such     
biodetection technologies do not perform
 as expected or intended4  7#d7         
,assisting1 as appropriate and in       
partnership with ,federal1 ,state1      

local1 and ,tribal governments1         
institutions of higher education 7as    
such term is defined in section #aja of 
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja771 and the private 
sector1 with the development of clearly 
defined program and technical           
requirements for future ,department of  
,homeland ,security environmental       
biodetection programs1 including any    
related transformational program of     
research and development4  7c7 ,reports 
to ,congress ,not later than one year   
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 an
 update of the assessment and strategy  
required under this section1 including  
any challenges to implementing such     
strategy4  ,passed the ,house of        
,representatives ,march #aa1            

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