RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT COUNTER-TERRORISM TECHNOLOGIES.

SEC. 821. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT COUNTER-TERRORISM TECHNOLOGIES. There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Institute of Justice Office of Science and Technology not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, to— (1) develop technologies that can be used to combat terrorism, including technologies in the areas of— (A) detection of weapons, explosives, chemicals, and persons; (B) tracking; (C) surveillance; (D) vulnerability assessment; and (E) information technologies; (2) develop standards to ensure the adequacy of products produced and compatibility with relevant national systems; and (3) identify and assess requirements for technologies to assist State and local law enforcement in the national program to combat terrorism.