Science and Technology

Science and Technology Management and Administration For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and for management and administration of programs and activities, as authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), $132,100,000: Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. research, development, acquisition, and operations For necessary expenses for science and technology research, including advanced research projects; development; test and evaluation; acquisition; and operations; as authorized by title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); $800,487,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $27,000,000 shall be available for the Southeast Region Research Initiative at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Provided further, That not less than $3,000,000 shall be available for Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decisionmaking Exercises: Provided further, That of the amount provided, $25,000,000 is for construction expenses of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Provided further, That not less than $11,000,000 shall be available for the National Institute for Hometown Security: Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for the Naval Postgraduate School: Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to establish a homeland security research, development, and manufacturing pilot project: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading shall be obligated for a follow-on program to the Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement program: Provided further, That none of the funds available under this heading shall be obligated for construction of a National Bio and Agro-defense Facility located on the United States mainland until the Secretary of Homeland Security completes a risk assessment of whether foot-and-mouth disease work can be done safely on the United States mainland and this assessment is reviewed by the Government Accountability Office: Provided further, That the Government Accountability Office shall complete its review within 6 months after the Department concludes the risk assessment.