---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 195h"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "195h"
heading: "National Urban Security Technology Laboratory"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/195h"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter III — Science and Technology in Support of Homeland Security"
---

# §195h. National Urban Security Technology Laboratory

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16), acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) for Science and Technology, shall designate the laboratory described in [subsection (b)](#b) as an additional laboratory pursuant to the authority under [section 188(c)(2) of this title](/usc/6/188.md?p=c-2). Such laboratory shall be used to test and evaluate emerging technologies and conduct research and development to assist [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6) in preparing for, and protecting against, threats of [terrorism](/usc/6/101.md?p=18).
- (b) **Laboratory described—** The laboratory described in this subsection is the laboratory—
  - (1) known, as of December 27, 2021, as the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory; and
  - (2) transferred to the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) pursuant to [section 183(1)(E) of this title](/usc/6/183.md?p=1-E).
- (c) **Laboratory activities—** The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory shall—
  - (1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assessments of current and emerging technologies, including, as appropriate, the cybersecurity of such technologies that can connect to the internet, for [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6);
  - (2) act as a technical advisor to [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6); and
  - (3) carry out other such activities as the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) determines appropriate.
- (d) **Rule of construction—** Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the authorities or responsibilities of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title III, § 322, as added Pub. L. 117–81, div. F, title LXIV, § 6406(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2402.)