Title 6 — Domestic Security
Chapter 3 — Security and Accountability for Every Port
§ 1003. Research, development, test, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary shall—
direct research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security;
coordinate with public and private sector entities to develop and test technologies, and process innovations in furtherance of these objectives; and
evaluate such technologies.
Coordination
The Secretary, in coordination 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,1 the Chief Financial Officer, and the heads of other appropriate offices or entities of the Department, shall ensure that—
research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts funded by the Department in furtherance of maritime and cargo security are coordinated within the Department and with other appropriate Federal agencies to avoid duplication of efforts; and
the results of such efforts are shared throughout the Department and with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate.
Footnotes
- 1 See Change of Name note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–347 title III § 303 · 120 Stat. 1884
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 1003
(Pub. L. 109–347, title III, § 303, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1921.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–347, title III, § 303, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1921.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 303. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION EFFORTS IN FURTHERANCE OF MARITIME AND CARGO SECURITY. (a) In General.— The Secretary shall— (1) direct research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts in furtherance of maritime and cargo security; (2) coordinate with public and private sector entities to develop and test technologies, and process innovations in furtherance of these objectives; and (3) evaluate such technologies. (b) Coordination.— The Secretary, in coordination 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 the heads of other appropriate offices or entities of the Department, shall ensure that— (1) research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts funded by the Department in furtherance of maritime and cargo security are coordinated within the Department and with other appropriate Federal agencies to avoid duplication of efforts; and (2) the results of such efforts are shared throughout the Department and with other Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Reference to the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, see section 2(b)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 115–387, set out as a note under section 591 of this title.