Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§193 Technology Clearinghouse to Encourage and Support Innovative Solutions to Enhance Homeland Security

Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER III — SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECURITY › § 193

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, must create and run a program to find and promote new technologies that help the Department do its job. The program must set up a central clearinghouse to collect and share technology info with federal, state, local, and private groups; put out requests for innovative tech ideas; form a technical help team to screen proposals for feasibility, science, and cost; offer guidance and help to others who want to test or use these technologies; and give people info on how to seek funding, follow rules, or sell tech to the government. The program may not set technology standards for any agency, government, or company. The help team must not review proposals that answer an active procurement request or a specific agency requirement. The Secretary must work with the Technical Support Working Group created by the April 1982 National Security Decision Directive No. 30.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §193

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment of program

The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall establish and promote a program to encourage technological innovation in facilitating the mission of the Department (as described in section 111 of this title).

(b)Elements of program

The program described in subsection (a) shall include the following components:

(1)The establishment of a centralized Federal clearinghouse for information relating to technologies that would further the mission of the Department for dissemination, as appropriate, to Federal, State, and local government and private sector entities for additional review, purchase, or use.

(2)The issuance of announcements seeking unique and innovative technologies to advance the mission of the Department.

(3)The establishment of a technical assistance team to assist in screening, as appropriate, proposals submitted to the Secretary (except as provided in subsection (c)(2)) to assess the feasibility, scientific and technical merits, and estimated cost of such proposals, as appropriate.

(4)The provision of guidance, recommendations, and technical assistance, as appropriate, to assist Federal, State, and local government and private sector efforts to evaluate and implement the use of technologies described in paragraph (1) or (2).

(5)The provision of information for persons seeking guidance on how to pursue proposals to develop or deploy technologies that would enhance homeland security, including information relating to Federal funding, regulation, or acquisition.

(c)Miscellaneous provisions

(1)In general

Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary or the technical assistance team established under subsection (b)(3) to set standards for technology to be used by the Department, any other executive agency, any State or local government entity, or any private sector entity.

(2)Certain proposals

The technical assistance team established under subsection (b)(3) shall not consider or evaluate proposals submitted in response to a solicitation for offers for a pending procurement or for a specific agency requirement.

(3)Coordination

In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Technical Support Working Group (organized under the April 1982 National Security Decision Directive Numbered 30).

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 193

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110