§1003 Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Efforts in Furtherance of Maritime and Cargo Security

Summary

The Secretary must lead work to study, create, test, and assess technologies and new ways to keep ships and cargo safe. The Secretary must work with public and private partners to develop and test those ideas and then evaluate how well they work. Working with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Assistant Secretary for Policy, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection, the Chief Financial Officer, and other appropriate leaders, the Secretary must make sure Department-funded efforts are coordinated inside the Department and with other federal agencies to avoid repeating work, and that results are shared with other federal, State, and local agencies as appropriate.