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§ 187. Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Fund
(2) Homeland security research
(3) HSARPA
(4) Under Secretary
(b) Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
(1) Establishment
(2) Director
(3) Responsibilities
The Director shall administer the Fund to award competitive, merit-reviewed grants, cooperative agreements or contracts to public or private entities, including businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. The Director shall administer the Fund to—
(A) support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote homeland security;
(B) advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies;
(C) accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities; and
(D) conduct research and development for the purpose of advancing technology for the investigation of child exploitation crimes, including child victim identification, trafficking in persons, and child pornography, and for advanced forensics.
(4) Targeted competitions
(5) Coordination
(6) Personnel
(7) Demonstrations
(c) Fund
(1) Establishment
(2) Authorization of appropriations
(3) Coast Guard
(Pub. L. 107–296, title III, § 307, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2168; Pub. L. 114–22, title III, § 302(c), formerly § 302(d), May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 255; renumbered § 302(d), Pub. L. 115–392, § 23(c)(2), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5264.)