ontracts to or with foreign
public or private entities, governmental
organizations, businesses (including small
businesses and socially and economically
disadvantaged small businesses (as those terms
are defined in sections 3 and 8 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632 and 637),
respectively)), federally funded research and
development centers, and universities.
(D) Identification of partners.--The
Director shall facilitate the matching of
United States entities engaged in homeland
security research with non-United States
entities engaged in homeland security research
so that they may partner in homeland security
research activities.
(4) Coordination.--The Director shall ensure that
the activities under this subsection are coordinated
with the Office of International Affairs and the
Department of State and, as appropriate, the Department
of Defense, the Department of Energy, and other
relevant Federal agencies or interagency bodies. The
Director may enter into joint activities with other
Federal agencies.
(c) Matching Funding.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Equitability.--The Director shall
ensure that funding and resources expended in
international cooperative activity will be
equitably matched by the foreign partner
government or other entity through direct
funding, funding of complementary activities,
or the provision of staff, facilities,
material, or equipment.
(B) Grant matching and repayment.--
(i) In general.--The Secretary may
require a recipient of a grant under
this section--
(I) to make a matching
contribution of not more than
50 percent of the total cost of
the proposed project for which
the grant is awarded; and
(II) to repay to the