Sec. 1401. TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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## SEC. 1401 TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY **[**[50 U.S.C. 2312 note](/us/usc/t50/s2312)**]** ###
(a)Responsible Senior Official The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense to coordinate all Department of Defense efforts to identify, evaluate, deploy, and transfer to Federal, State, and local first responders technology items and equipment in support of homeland security. ###
(b)Duties The official designated pursuant to subsection
(a)shall— ####
(1)identify technology items and equipment developed or being developed by Department of Defense components that have the potential to enhance public safety and improve homeland security; ####
(2)cooperate with appropriate Federal Government officials outside the Department of Defense to evaluate whether such technology items and equipment would be useful to first responders; ####
(3)facilitate the timely transfer, through identification of appropriate private sector manufacturers, of appropriate technology items and equipment to Federal, State, and local first responders, in coordination with appropriate Federal Government officials outside the Department of Defense; ####
(4)identify and eliminate redundant and unnecessary research efforts within the Department of Defense with respect to technologies to be deployed to first responders; ####
(5)expedite the advancement of high priority Department of Defense projects from research through implementation of initial manufacturing; and ####
(6)participate in outreach programs established by appropriate Federal Government officials outside the Department of Defense to communicate with first responders and to facilitate awareness of available technology items and equipment to support responses to crises. ###
(c)Support Agreement The official designated pursuant to subsection
(a)shall enter into an appropriate agreement with a nongovernment entity for such entity to assist the official designated under subsection
(a)in carrying out that official's duties under this section. Any such agreement shall be entered into using competitive procedures in compliance with applicable requirements of law and regulation. ###
(d)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the actions taken to carry out this section. The report shall include the following: ####
(1)Identification of the senior official designated pursuant to subsection (a). ####
(2)A summary of the actions taken or planned to be taken to implement subsection (b), including a schedule for planned actions. ####
(3)An initial list of technology items and equipment identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1), together with a summary of any program schedule for the development, deployment, or transfer of such items and equipment. ####
(4)A description of any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (c).
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Sec. 1401
TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY ITEMS AND EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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