; (B) by striking senior official appointed under subsection (a) each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer ; (C) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; (D) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking senior official’s and inserting Privacy Officer’s ; (E) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; (F) in subsection (b)(1)(D), by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; (G) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking senior official each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer ; (H) in the heading for subsection (c)(2)(B)(iii), by striking by senior official ; (I) in subsection (d), by striking the senior official appointed under subsection (a) or transfers that senior official to another position or location within the Department and inserting individual appointed as Privacy Officer ; (J) in the heading for subsection (e), by striking “ by Senior Official ”; and (K) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking senior official and inserting Privacy Officer ; and (ii) by striking senior official’s each place it appears and inserting Privacy Officer . (2) Continued service The senior official serving as the Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security immediately before the enactment of this Act may continue to act as the Privacy Officer until a successor is appointed in accordance with the amendments made by this subsection. 7. Innovation and research and development The Secretary of Homeland Security may consult with other Federal departments and agencies to produce and submit to congressional oversight committees a report on how best to align federally funded research and development activities that seek to strengthen the security and resilience of the Nation’s critical infrastructure, including— (1) promoting research and development to enable the secure and resilient design and construction of critical infrastructure and more secure accompanying cyber technology