109 HR 5759 IH: Disaster Recovery Personal
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-07-11
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Foundations for Emergency
Management Act
or the FEMA Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Emergency Management
Sec. 101. Directorate of Emergency Management.
Sec. 102. Disaster Response Group.
Sec. 103. Streamlined deputation of
qualified Federal law enforcement officers.
Sec. 104. International assistance for domestic catastrophic
incidents.
Sec. 105. Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office.
Sec. 106. National Disaster Medical System.
Sec. 107. Office of Interoperability and
Compatibility.
Sec. 108. Intelligence analysts.
Sec. 109. Redesignation of Directorate for Information Analysis
and Infrastructure Protection.
Sec. 110. National Academy of Public Administration study on
implementation of organizational reforms.
Sec. 111. GAO reports on an inventory and status of homeland
security training.
Sec. 112. Grants for training and exercises to assist public
elementary and secondary schools.
Sec. 113. Sense of Congress on the Project 25 conformity
assessment project.
Sec. 114. National pandemic influenza exercise.
Sec. 115. Public-private sector planning and response pilot
program.
Sec. 116. Emergency Management Performance Grants.
Sec. 117. Hurricane exercise.
Sec. 118. Definitions.
Sec. 119. Conforming amendments.
Title II—Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Prevention
Sec. 201. Fraud, waste, and abuse controls; fraud prevention
training program.
Sec. 202. Assessment and report regarding utilization of
Independent Private Sector Inspectors General.
Sec. 203. Enhanced accountability for Federal
assistance.
Sec. 204. Enhanced information sharing among Federal agencies
to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.
Sec. 205. Deputy Inspector General for Response and
Recovery.
Sec. 206. Protection of Department of Homeland Security
official seal and insignia.
Title III—Amendments to Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Program
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. State disaster preparedness programs.
Sec. 303. Standards and reviews.
Sec. 304. Penalty for misuse of funds.
Sec. 305. Advance of non-Federal share.
Sec. 306. Mitigation planning.
Sec. 307. Procedure for declaration of major
disasters.
Sec. 308. Essential assistance.
Sec. 309. Temporary housing assistance.
Sec. 310. Procedure for declaration of emergencies.
Title IV—Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer
Encouragement
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings.
Subtitle A—Disaster Relief Volunteer Protection
Sec. 411. Definitions.
Sec. 412. Liability of disaster relief volunteers.
Sec. 413. Liability of employer or partner of disaster relief
volunteer.
Sec. 414. Liability of host or enabling person, entity, or
organization.
Sec. 415. Liability of governmental and intergovernmental
entities for donations of disaster relief goods.
Sec. 416. Limitation on punitive and non-economic damages based
on actions of disaster relief volunteers and governmental or intergovernmental
donors.
Sec. 417. Judicial review of allegations.
Sec. 418. Supplemental declaration.
Sec. 419. Election of State regarding
nonapplicability.
Sec. 420. Construction.
Subtitle B—Volunteer Protection Improvements
Sec. 441. Definitions.
Sec. 442. Liability protection for actions of volunteers
generally.
Sec. 443. Charitable donations liability reform for in-kind
contributions.
Title V—Disaster Recovery Personal Protection
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Findings.
Sec. 503. Prohibition on confiscation of firearms during
certain national emergencies.
Title VI—Hurricane Election Relief
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Grants to States for restoring and replacing election
administration supplies, materials, records, equipment, and technology which
were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated by Hurricanes Katrina or
Rita.
Sec. 603. Authorization of appropriations.
<enum>I</enum><header>Emergency
Management</header>
<section id="H6F93CAF29F504CDFBFC8A4E33EECA239"><enum>101.</enum><header>Directorate of
Emergency Management</header>
<subsection id="H97E6FB0C241D4AC88157A58F4F747FDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title V of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/311">6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H965E6063DA254E25BB3F0011623BFF08">
<title id="H9992C473E95E4FF8A9FACD9145281B6"><enum>V</enum><header>Emergency
Management</header>
<subtitle id="HAB8302ED331B4AC5803CE9B7909C3585"><enum>A</enum><header>Directorate of
Emergency Management</header>
<section id="HB90A5016D1AD4B47B2CF2CA594C72503"><enum>501.</enum><header>Directorate of
Emergency Management</header>
<subsection id="H413DB6E5CE24460096D3F5C228DFAB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Under Secretary
for Emergency Management</header>
<paragraph id="H0B742FD65B654612A3AC36A8D8183F89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department a Directorate of Emergency
Management. The head of the Directorate is the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2ABC95DC27524639887DACA293526D00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
individual appointed as Under Secretary shall possess a demonstrated ability in
and knowledge of emergency management and homeland security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9ED2E3A1B1BF4275AC1DE58CFB006321"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Under Secretary shall assist the Secretary in discharging the responsibilities
under section 502.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2084FB5559544A40826134FFFAF2FE39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deputy Under
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation</header>
<paragraph id="H5A6DF959053F46C29D1632885F33DC31"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department a Deputy Under Secretary for
Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C42B929690B446BB55800E923D1B24E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
individual appointed as Deputy Under Secretary shall possess a demonstrated
ability in and knowledge of emergency preparedness and mitigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4282834E09244C2C99064C6E99D73E88"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Deputy Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation shall assist
the Under Secretary for Emergency Management in discharging the
responsibilities of the Under Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H13B0E6DEC19B40708D004C721FACE236"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deputy Under
Secretary for Emergency Response and Recovery</header>
<paragraph id="HE0BFC9D821314E1295C4F09E9CC91A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department a Deputy Under Secretary for
Emergency Response and Recovery, who shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6655DA3C31114612A81CECADEF4B00B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
individual appointed as Deputy Under Secretary shall possess a demonstrated
ability in and knowledge of emergency response and recovery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44F5D87FE23A4A06B0450044214F2D19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Deputy Under Secretary for Emergency Response and Recovery shall assist the
Under Secretary for Emergency Management in discharging the responsibilities of
the Under Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E90C315D2F84707A1ED17D785E9FA15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretaries for Emergency Management</header><text>There are in the Department
the following Assistant Secretaries, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate:</text>
<paragraph id="H63606CEF7A2F4B53949CA97ED9E06CE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An Assistant
Secretary for Grants and Planning, who shall report directly to the Deputy
Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H222453AF5E8E42FABCC486482DEF7B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Assistant Secretary for Training and
Exercises, who shall report directly to the Deputy Under Secretary for
Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D0D9B1926194EDF83AECF444CF7DAA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An Assistant Secretary for Emergency
Communications, who shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAEAD64CDD2041479369BC3BE49585D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An Assistant
Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, who shall report directly to the Under
Secretary for Emergency Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E640096367F4D579FD2F02AA03FEF3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An Assistant
Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, who shall report directly
to the Under Secretary for Emergency Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H211C767C3F98461EB17B2D370034234B"><enum>502.</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Under Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H6303264046C341018021E799AD24A3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the direction and control of the
Secretary, the Under Secretary for Emergency Management shall have the primary
responsibility within the executive branch of Government for preparing for,
mitigating against, responding to, and recovering from acts of terrorism,
natural disasters, and other emergencies. Such responsibilities shall include
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7BD920663E3844C4AAE8F8CC3D40D69B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Serving as the
Secretary’s principal advisor on emergency preparedness, mitigation, response,
and recovery issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAD1E5719CA24003B3B00923B35E8433"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Carrying out all
functions and authorities prescribed by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A96D6C58B8B4256920041B831EEB6E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coordinating the
Federal response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies,
including coordination of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC5ECAB2DC45342A6BDEBB15609C4FFBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Emergency Response Team;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFDA732AD41BE4FF09236BDBDA7EBCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the deployment of
the Strategic National Stockpile;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10E3DB1A03794DD0A0102C7BBAFA2DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the National
Disaster Medical System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FF4DAF7442C40F598FF4161EC46EEA4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Nuclear
Incident Response Team (when operating as an organizational unit of the
Department pursuant to this title);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9897DCC88A8641FBB6778DC849CF97C7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Metropolitan
Medical Response System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF48DB45F90234C129E8992EDC62DF5FF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Urban Search
and Rescue System;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B6EAF1F498D47FB9071CCB03B417E28"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Federal Incident
Response Support Teams;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FA9A117ABC84978B3403C44439803DD"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Management Support
Teams; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA11ADF62AEF43A0B1981311BE18149B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Mobile
Emergency Response System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB233D9CE3F2A43A2009EF0F357D9A3D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Overseeing and
directing all of the activities of the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF3E98795B11442DA4D3A32ECFF4BCEE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Developing for
each fiscal year, and submitting directly to the President, a prepared budget
for the Directorate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA5F24A7628C49AA9B09A6F9B65BC5F0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Coordinating
emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery activities
throughout the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H742AE9837A4843728B5B948FDFC661EF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Leading the
development of an integrated national emergency management system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC977368851A1495AB864BF1954811BF1"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinating preparedness, mitigation,
response, and recovery efforts at the Federal level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEBE54D734C848A4A3EB511EE436D591"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Working with all
State, local, tribal, and private sector emergency managers, emergency response
providers, and emergency support providers on all matters pertaining to acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, including training,
exercises, and lessons learned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EEE0C93089D48410000D3121FFC3D21"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Implementing
national strategies and policies in all matters pertaining to emergency
management and the protection of critical infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA962C0E8FC04C91B0411FBE5BFAD538"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Establishing
priorities for directing, funding, and conducting national preparedness
programs, activities, and services for preventing, protecting against,
mitigating against, responding to, and recovering from acts of terrorism,
natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D7A7F923FCB4D1DAD81F300588D00D4"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Coordinating
communications and systems of communications relating to homeland security by
and between all levels of government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20EBF47E01C74DDFBA0022CF3500DFE7"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Directing and supervising homeland security
financial assistance awarded by the Department to State, local, and tribal
governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B16AC2BB45342FB931817882E102900"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Serving as an
advocate for emergency preparedness across all government sectors, the private
sector, and the public.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0579A1E7EB34134B8296716D2D6E479"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Helping to ensure
the acquisition of operable and interoperable communications capabilities by
Federal, State, and local governments and emergency response providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52E41A324DBF4E59AB4947F173B43BBD"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Aiding the
recovery from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDDFFE6C3CAC482AAA43E8B522992F9D"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Minimizing, to
the extent practicable, overlapping planning and reporting requirements
applicable to State, local, and tribal governments and the private
sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0E3F86EACF845568579B6604E54B834"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Performing such
other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6942878AA24249A3A8539FB6F1B8EFD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions
transferred</header>
<paragraph id="H7D1D0421EF7D42E9AE24E2D5DD090000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>There
are transferred to the Under Secretary for Emergency Management—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12D23399612046FBB4E41663CB00D1F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the functions,
personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1BABD3429D774B75A2C7472F46843238"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the functions,
personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Directorate of Preparedness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1EED294EA284759839ED48DCB626440"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Under Secretary shall carry out the responsibilities of the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency and the responsibilities of the Under
Secretary for Preparedness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01BEC4BF6C844973006727BA8723F8B4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance of
previously transferred functions</header><text>The Secretary shall perform the
functions of the following entities through the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management:</text>
<paragraph id="H1650A8DC89D04867A3808E72B3E1E71B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Integrated
Hazard Information System (which the Secretary shall rename
<quote>FIRESAT</quote>) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC7853A714D0402998004ED8991C5C28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National
Domestic Preparedness Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including
the functions of the Attorney General relating thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBB98B003C584EBC87B2BABAF9873F00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Domestic
Emergency Response Teams of the Department of Justice, including the functions
of the Attorney General relating thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H980A8822F0A6481DAEBCDEFC08CADE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Office of
Emergency Preparedness, the National Disaster Medical System, and the
Metropolitan Medical Response System of the Department of Health and Human
Services, including the functions of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness relating
thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60C5A52BEADE462B0028049B668DD461"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The United States
Fire Administration and the United States Fire Academy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBB0BA0F85BD841C7B8253153EDD81B70"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reprogramming
and transfer of funds</header><text>In reprogramming or transferring funds, the
Secretary shall comply with any applicable provision of an annual Homeland
Security Appropriations Act relating to the reprogramming or transfer of
funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9083E26D4E934100BD45889796CB6D01"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sufficiency of
resources</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management the resources and staff necessary to carry out the
responsibilities of the Directorate of Emergency Management under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5EEBD3BFE639461C003244CCC8E7C9CB"><enum>503.</enum><header>Principal
advisor on emergency management</header>
<subsection id="H6C79B9A2583849CF949641562540E8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary for Emergency Management shall serve
as the principal advisor to the President for all matters pertaining to
emergency management in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52203E9EA18B40E286369002288DE226"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cabinet
status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the effective
period of an Incident of National Significance declared by the Secretary under
the National Response Plan, the Under Secretary for Emergency Management shall
serve as a Cabinet Officer for the duration of such Incident of National
Significance.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75F1933F9F644F8A8F68EDCA8B513A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appointment of
Principal Federal Official</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any provision of the
National Response Plan or Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, the
Secretary, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Emergency Management,
shall designate the Principal Federal Official for purposes of the National
Response Plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HECDE547A5C244C7E8141B2F598DDD88E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Retention of
authority</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting
the authority of the Secretary under this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H647AF27DD5DE456BB04080D0C9D841DD"><enum>504.</enum><header>Regional
offices</header>
<subsection id="HD74161CEE35E4A30AEF6A6600282EC04"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
section 706, there is in the Directorate a Regional Office of Emergency
Management for each region of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CA020C823B9471FA691F669973DF903"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Management of
Regional Offices</header>
<paragraph id="H9E351820FDEB49C7A527B4C0383DD078"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regional
Director</header><text>Each Regional Office shall be headed by a Regional
Director for Emergency Management, who shall be appointed by the Secretary, in
consultation with State, local, and tribal governments in the region. Except as
provided in subsection (c)(3), each Regional Director for Emergency Management
shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Emergency Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H252B35A857994923BD008BFF183E83F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deputy Regional
Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be in
each Regional Office a Deputy Regional Director for Emergency Management, who
shall be appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with State, local, and
tribal governments in the region. The Deputy Regional Director for Emergency
Management for a Regional Office shall report directly to the Regional Director
for Emergency Management for that Regional Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5EFBCCFC524F40D591BD375CDC53CF00"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Each
individual appointed as Regional Director or Deputy Regional Director for
Emergency Management must possess a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of
emergency management and possess familiarity with the geographical area and
demographic characteristics of the population served by the Regional
Office.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H418276D017EF454DA22F8162253200F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H40E7E820AEEA4DC3B19440022EAB13E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the direction and control of the Secretary and
in consultation with the Regional Advisory Council on Emergency Management
under subsection (e), each Regional Director for Emergency Management shall
work in partnership with State, local, and tribal governments, emergency
managers, emergency response providers, emergency support providers, medical
providers, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations,
multijurisdictional councils of governments, and regional planning commissions
and organizations in the geographical area served by the Regional Office to
carry out the responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AB60D1D5C0C496991254F14DC19A755"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Core
responsibilities</header><text>The core responsibilities of each Regional
Director are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EE6638C7A2143978528CCA1CC46D6DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ensuring
coordination and integration of regional preparedness, mitigation, response,
and recovery activities and programs, including planning, training, exercises,
and professional development.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC59F0D28A5184EED87337638C764E6B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Participating in
regional emergency management activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF0955BAC86742E1AE275CC424785ECC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Identifying
critical gaps in preparedness and reporting such gaps to the Assistant
Secretary for Grants and Planning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1470F7E41D34F368E7CE6F7753E4E27"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying critical gaps in critical
infrastructure and reporting such gaps to the Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA1B47D3F6FD4CAAA934E8DA2D88605E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Organizing, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, regional
training and exercise programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9581BEC4913747EEB292F72DE84B78"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Facilitating the
dissemination and implementation of lessons learned and best practices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3448B01E51E34E43971DC809BCFAEDFE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Improving general
information sharing and other forms of coordination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5372DD9AE2D9408AB61BD104743CF6C8"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Encouraging, in
coordination with the Director of the Office of Public and Community
Preparedness, public and community preparedness efforts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABBB9DA203FA478C00DE70B56DB08173"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Assisting in the
development of regional capabilities needed for a national catastrophic
response system.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA798C6C34184FC1B493D640A8AACE88"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Monitoring, in
coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning, the use of
Federal homeland security assistance awarded by the Department to State, local,
and tribal governments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C1595FAA93A4E4DBA73D56693541C6D"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Pre-identifying
Joint Field Office locations in areas with large populations or in areas at
high risk to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4179C7511A9403681C9B1BFB0D54DA4"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Fostering the
development of mutual aid and other cooperative agreements pertaining to
emergency management.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0965BA03FC8140A9B0C5121E786C00C3"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Identifying
critical gaps in regional capabilities to respond to the needs of at-risk
communities, as described in section 527(e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H919D42731F4A402588E567298FA58F00"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Performing such
other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9317A33BACC94FCF9501E56058F46B5E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Incidents of
National significance</header>
<subparagraph id="H1EED4E1DF28C404A924BE3614E9DA0E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment of
Regional Director As Principal Federal Official or Federal Coordinating
Officer</header><text>During the effective period of an Incident of National
Significance declared by the Secretary under the National Response Plan, if the
Regional Director is appointed Principal Federal Official or Federal
Coordinating Officer, the Deputy Regional Director shall assume the
responsibilities of the Regional Director during such incident.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H136588E2494F41728CE40005FBE944C5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Principal Federal Official</header><text>In addition to the responsibilities
of the Principal Federal Official under the National Response Plan, such
Official shall, with respect to the Incident of National Significance—</text>
<clause id="H9725FF6B65E14B029620CF5456292E61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>establish and
direct a Joint Field Office and any other coordination structure that is needed
for such incident;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DEE92C4E8A34CA0B100E8D6F65535E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">possess the authority to make any necessary
operational decisions, in accordance with existing Federal law, without
obtaining approval from the Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFABE049A64BB49CAA93EA110321013C4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coordinate and
direct, as appropriate, Federal response assets deployed within the operational
area;</text>
</clause><clause id="H98E13B93E9474D1A9E41172F6207B686"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>serve as the
primary point of contact between the Department, the Department of Defense, and
States for contingency planning; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5ABCACF9672480E00F7A928E3E827D8"><enum>(v)</enum><text>act as the primary
point of contact and situational awareness locally for the Secretary of
Homeland Security.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CD49EF4B78649D9003D540753FCDFC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Training and
exercise requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H3B693DC861AA446CBE48BCFD4BE376C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Secretary shall require each Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director for
Emergency Management to complete Principal Federal Officer training not later
than 60 days after the date on which the Regional Director or Deputy Regional
Director is appointed. In addition, the Secretary shall require each Regional
Director and Deputy Regional Director to periodically, but not less than
annually, undergo specific training to complement the qualifications of the
Regional Director or Deputy Regional Director. Such training shall include
training with respect to the National Incident Management System, the National
Response Plan, and such other subjects as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H087F693D8E35462988779FF6DC4943E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exercises</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall require each Regional
Director and Deputy Regional Director for Emergency Management to regularly
participate in regional or national exercises.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96DFCA5A43C34B48999B44ECA1780070"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regional
Advisory Councils on Emergency Management</header>
<paragraph id="H2BD8C34B956542C8B6964737BE1E077D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is in each Regional Office a Regional Advisory Council on Emergency Management.
Each Advisory Council shall report to the Regional Director of the Regional
Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF8C2CBC2FB8B4DA5BFBF1114F944ABF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H500A6DF80FC64532824184B63CB33E61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Regional
Director shall appoint the following members to the Advisory Council of that
Regional Director’s Regional Office—</text>
<clause id="H10D98399F26F4C8DB528BDC95259274"><enum>(i)</enum><text>subject matter
experts from across the Federal Government, including representatives from the
Departments of Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, and
Transportation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H599D40BE91DB4DDD8257713E8D801541"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject matter experts from components of
the Directorate, including the Offices of Grants and Planning, Training and
Exercises, Public and Community Preparedness, Infrastructure Protection,
Response, and Recovery;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H492A2E6ACFCA4529A4D8BEC5CF584DB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject matter experts from other
components of the Department, including the Coast Guard, United States Customs
and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation
Security Administration, and the United States Secret Service;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDE126D0B02A0406999BA68AB7DA1A54F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subject matter
experts representing emergency managers, emergency response providers, and
emergency support providers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E74CFC3E97640E8AB85F452C1B96CA7"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject matter experts from the private
sector, including nongovernmental organizations, educational institutions,
social action agencies, and faith-based organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6018C724DF98405581D6BF755E69D944"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal governments within the geographic area served by the Regional Office
shall appoint officials, including Adjutants General and emergency managers, as
members of the Advisory Council.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H74949F66450F43878733A6A700CA774E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms of
office</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B4D295901B145D4A83F695EB0DFBEA8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term of office of each member of the Advisory Council
shall be 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9809DD53D82542ACB392B8A4B668B500"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial
appointments</header><text>Of the members initially appointed to the Advisory
Council—</text>
<clause id="H9EFC304DD46446E1A7498206AA22CE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third shall be
appointed for a term of one year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H21C9C1F18DFB4A098CE3EA171D4CD1F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>one-third shall
be appointed for a term of two years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45E8D433B37F48F996AF89CBDE35CC8D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>At
the first meeting of the Advisory Council, the members of the Advisory Council
appointed under paragraph (2) shall elect a chair of the Advisory
Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44C64FF7D97C4C21BE75FC90895C824D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Advisory Council shall meet at least biannually at the call of the chair. Each
member shall be given appropriate notice of the call of each meeting, whenever
possible not less than 15 days before the meeting.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FEBE93879954C8D8CA34EFFB8BC63D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Regional
factors</header><text>The size and composition of each Advisory Council shall
be determined by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDD6EC46882542EEB338E3F1697C583D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the size of the
region associated with the Advisory Council;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DC4EE4091BC4D998929619D88A161F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the propensity of
that region to experience natural disasters and other emergencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75EB75488D2A40E88998AE3652E9FFF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the risk of acts
of terrorism within the region; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90A65847CC0F456DA25C87B9F6784BF5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal preparedness, as measured against the National Preparedness Goal.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H33FF921AB2674DC69EBE38C72C24F939"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Advisory Council shall carry out the following responsibilities:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FAEB82C2BE74A7482EF39B0D1EECE01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Advise the
Regional Director on emergency management issues specific to that
region.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84A6A221A6FD4A03BF767CA7C0C8D69C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Identify any
geographic, demographic, or other characteristics peculiar to any State, local,
or tribal government within the region that might make preparedness,
mitigation, response, or recovery more complicated or difficult.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H836A3C1D6FED4D39ABE4E5005FE4D557"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Advise the
Regional Director on developing a process of peer review for catastrophic
emergency plans submitted under section 524.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC413F8C7074AECAA00C83767524400"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Advise the
Regional Director of any weaknesses or deficiencies in preparedness,
mitigation, response, and recovery for any State, local, or tribal government
within the region of which the Advisory Council is aware.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72E3B6CAC3774C8492A6A0181D78AA85"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Assist the
Regional Director in establishing a process to secure goods and services
through coordinated, pre-negotiated contracts by Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C400C60009F4B2295461FB491354EDC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Provide
recommendations on other matters pertaining to emergency management.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DE81F4AC191495A91008F197CB659E3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Provide such
advice as the Regional Director requests.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H598136FC1AED4E8A8F9B55652B20F725"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Each
Regional Director for Emergency Management shall coordinate all activities
conducted under this section with other Federal departments and agencies, and
shall not have authority over other agencies of the Department, including the
Coast Guard, the United States Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, or the United
States Secret Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF257991EED0495F0091902D8227D254"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Retention of
authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HE004A0314F624D23B9D88EDCB0162B49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
Coordinating Officer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing
in this section shall be construed as affecting any authority of the Federal
Coordinating Officer under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5201">42 U.S.C. 5201 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3CFEF7A4A85E47D3B4F9E711505F2D8F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State, local,
and tribal governments</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed
as limiting the power of State, local, and tribal governments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H281F2C33839F403D83FC812E8478317D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Deadline and use
of existing offices</header>
<paragraph id="HEE9218C3634446AC8D1610669C7CB345"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish the Regional Offices required under this section not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Foundations for
Emergency Management Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89C85CB08D2340E000ED525F71AF4583"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of existing
field offices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing
the Regional Offices required under this section, the Secretary shall, to the
extent practicable, co-locate and consolidate field offices of the Department
that are in existence as of the date of the enactment of such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A3D1DA8E70B4E9AB2A4C10839C8477F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Applicability of
Federal Advisory Committee Act</header>
<paragraph id="HFEA2080D76D44B8AA247BE3DC6369829"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 871(a) and subject to paragraph
(2), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), including subsections
(a), (b), and (d) of section 10 of such Act, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">section 552b(c)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, shall apply to the Advisory Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEF0F26E382A4884BC87FF2FE1889175"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Advisory Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF2D8248C3C44826AF72BB11775D2E96"><enum>505.</enum><header>Chief Medical
Officer</header>
<subsection id="H1DAB933A74F24A8F94CEE1009ECF4CF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department a Chief Medical Officer, who
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. The Chief Medical Officer shall report directly to the Under Secretary
for Emergency Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H757291AE1FDA44099CBE60B3BA2B9641"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The
individual appointed as Chief Medical Officer shall possess a demonstrated
ability in and knowledge of medicine and public health.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H87FE2649BA364A4193FFC8C864B92079"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Chief Medical Officer shall have the primary responsibility within the
Department for medical issues related to acts of terrorism, natural disasters,
and other emergencies, including the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H46C15F6DC4C44D64B8C8301E54082900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Serving as the
Secretary's principal advisor on medical and public health issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF759B6C34C0A41B289811B7C00411CC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coordinating the
biosurveillance and detection activities of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA2945AB3D304EEDB85DB898DD6837E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ensuring that
decision support tools link biosurveillance and detection information to near
real-time response actions at the State, local, and tribal level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F302AD49A24413DB97E20D6C5AA9E79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensuring internal
and external coordination of all medical preparedness and response activities
of the Department, including training, exercises, and equipment support.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BF4ED20608740CAA3CA5933C57275B9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Serving as the
Department's primary point of contact with the Departments of Agriculture,
Defense, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, and
other Federal departments or agencies, on medical and public health
issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CD78DF24C944098B0D6B336CDE26F39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Serving as the
Department’s primary point of contact with respect to medical and public health
matters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AC25C18E7764C3489FE6416F4D3CAE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Discharging, in
coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology,
responsibilities of the Department related to Project Bioshield.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA71B326C8DB7488BB44F5439284E0087"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Establishing
doctrine and priorities for the National Disaster Medical System and
supervising its medical components, consistent with the National Response Plan
and the National Incident Management System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8447E13DE9CB44F588BCCB67F0622B54"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Establishing
doctrine and priorities for the Metropolitan Medical Response System,
consistent with the National Response Plan and the National Incident Management
System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AEFAB51EDE44091A67E5B02DC5E10DE"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Assessing and
monitoring long-term health issues of emergency managers, emergency response
providers, and emergency support providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE2526F49D7F467592A07460FBCB6E9"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Developing and
updating guidelines for State, local, and tribal governments for medical
response plans for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive
weapon attacks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8EF327C7E0747C79FE2477CA11D2C5D"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Identifying, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, appropriate
medical equipment and supplies for inclusion in the force packages under the
Prepositioned Equipment Program under section 581.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BD37723E5E84AD79FFEC6CFDA82FED"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Developing, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, appropriate
patient tracking capabilities to execute domestic patient movement and
evacuations, including a system that has the capacity of electronically
maintaining and transmitting the health information of hospital
patients.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79A63F064A02445894EBA1C5D0695EB"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Performing such
other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53C5F3DC25F240CE8C3852DA7494846F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deputy</header><text>There
is in the Department a Deputy Chief Medical Officer, who shall be appointed by
the Secretary and who shall assist the Chief Medical Officer in carrying out
the responsibilities under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A4CB655D43742F79BD7B1F7C7B0B9E2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individual appointed as Deputy Chief
Medical Officer shall possess a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of
medicine and public health.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA32CD1C467B491B89E47775122F779D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Long-term health
assessment program</header>
<paragraph id="H99ECC2E8DE7E4E14BDE2FA375C51AC20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Chief Medical Officer, in consultation with the
Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall
establish a program to assess, monitor, and study the health and safety of
emergency managers, emergency response providers, and emergency support
providers following Incidents of National Significance declared by the
Secretary under the National Response Plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA486A51045F041E797FADA04DA04C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>In carrying out the program under this subsection, the
Chief Medical Officer shall enter into cooperative agreements, as necessary,
with medical institutions in the areas affected by such Incidents of National
Significance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6BCE70B580B541659B2D7FFEFAB25EEE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Federal public
health and medical assets</header>
<paragraph id="H86227F5BE6104184B1AF4028D52FC354"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comprehensive
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Medical
Officer shall develop a comprehensive plan to identify, deploy, and track
public health and medical assets of the Federal Government for use during a
catastrophic event.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2ECC1BBB24E24AB79FF085A9F8223E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Medical Officer shall
submit to Congress a report containing the plan developed under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H479F7A5BB6C84E9985E7262945A86271" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header>National
Biosurveillance Integration System</header>
<subsection id="H13210AC0736E4829B8DFF92913FD4D17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Chief Medical Officer, shall establish a National
Biosurveillance Integration System (referred to in this section as the
<quote>NBIS</quote>) to enhance the capability of the Federal Government to
rapidly identify, characterize, and localize a biological event by integrating
and analyzing data from human health, animal, plant, food, and environmental
monitoring systems (both national and international) into 1 comprehensive
system.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B04C317869E466BA572BD40A776D569"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
NBIS shall be designed to detect, as early as possible, a biological event that
presents a risk to the United States or the infrastructure or key assets of the
United States. The NBIS shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC445F6B0BAE84BA69BD6A3C1E9153401"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consolidate data
from all relevant surveillance systems maintained by the Department and other
governmental and private sources, both foreign and domestic;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F73D14EC15C46CA84E9DA1227360000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>use an information
technology system that uses the best available statistical and other analytical
tools to automatically identify and characterize biological events in as close
to real-time as possible; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A6EAFD484B34FF69B004CC59BFA288E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>process and
protect sensitive data consistent with requirements of applicable privacy laws
including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3C527E0711FD42D3B73763DC7B7DB6F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Chief Medical Officer</header>
<paragraph id="H379C801770E64AFFA6B68C687C1804DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Chief Medical Officer shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H65AEBECB9DF1447E836D208139A659D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish an entity
to perform all operations and assessments related to the NBIS;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H347592328E4340E48BDDF9BAD8D437B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continuously
monitor the availability and appropriateness of data feeds and solicit new
surveillance systems with data that would enhance biological situational
awareness or overall NBIS performance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0FDC2BC0825412882DD4890959178B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>continuously
review and seek to improve the statistical and other analytical methods
utilized by NBIS;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E29F1984E49481297ADEC48F5A2F031"><enum>(D)</enum><text>establish a
procedure to enable States and local government entities to report suspicious
events that could warrant further assessments using NBIS;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB534CDEA7E28406D8378B3C314835401"><enum>(E)</enum><text>receive and
consider all relevant homeland security information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC117DA14CC5142D384A5EAB1BC8B1C4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance, as appropriate, to all Federal, regional, State, and local
government entities and private sector entities that contribute data relevant
to the operation of NBIS.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H50C0D7F819C649A1A5593B3D214252AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessments</header><text>The
Chief Medical Officer shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCFEDD7A7354D447095F9694FABD0C700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continuously
evaluate available data for evidence of a biological event; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C03BA2267584BE8B4351EA3D3FF83F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integrate homeland
security information with NBIS data to provide overall situational awareness
and determine whether a biological event has occurred.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7923DAE1F79C45AB006F84B1EAAA7EC4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information
sharing</header><text>The Chief Medical Officer shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EDFB915DB6F4A569E8FBC8432BA48A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the event that
a biological event is detected, notify the Secretary and disseminate results of
NBIS assessments related to that biological event to appropriate Federal,
regional, State, and local response entities in a timely manner to support
decisionmaking;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6784F65A2C64D6E8CEB16E58DC4DB9D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide reports on
NBIS assessments to Federal, regional, State, and local governments and any
private sector entities, as considered appropriate by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H828299137C95431FA87558BADD3B1400"><enum>(C)</enum><text>use available
information sharing networks internal to the Department, as well as those
within the intelligence community and operation centers, for distributing NBIS
incident or situational awareness reports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H73DC67851B034883B024B0C7394F5F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification of
Chief Medical Officer</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Chief
Medical Officer is notified of any threat of a biological event and receives
all classified and unclassified reports related to threats of biological events
in a timely manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1B81FE3E8FA43559900E215963DB65E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
Authorities</header>
<paragraph id="H8C57DD1406874176BD9100425D002160"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hiring of
experts</header><text>The Chief Medical Officer shall hire individuals with the
necessary expertise to develop and operate the NBIS system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDED126BCD2C546B9AA2630C8E68F7242"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detail of
personnel</header><text>Upon the request of the Chief Medical Officer, the head
of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of
the personnel of that department or agency to the Directorate of Emergency
Management to assist the Chief Medical Officer in carrying out this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77AA5A475E1546F986A255EFB4C965B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>The
Chief Medical Officer shall ensure all applicable privacy regulations are
strictly adhered to in the operation of the NBIS and the sharing of any
information related to the NBIS.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H688A1FF956E7423D90F4488B380041E3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Joint
biosurveillance leadership council</header><text>The Chief Medical Officer
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H56904404E3D6459398911176AD003459"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish an
interagency coordination council to facilitate interagency cooperation to
advise the Chief Medical Officer on recommendations to enhance the
biosurveillance capabilities of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46DBF54233EE44348CE68EF8C8EEAB5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>invite officials
of Federal agencies that conduct biosurveillance programs, including the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, the
Environment Protection Agency, and the Department of Defense, to serve on such
council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCFDCF124969C4A92851079A089E4E4EE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual report
required</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each year, the Chief
Medical Officer shall submit to Congress a report that contains each of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCA88866E0A934AD7B9E31442548DBFB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A list of
departments, agencies, and private or nonprofit entities participating in the
NBIS and the data each entity contributes to the NBIS.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA29E83E54E144901B381CD3E7334995D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An implementation
plan for the NBIS that includes cost, schedule, and key milestones.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB8AB4E8FDEE446DA5C822189E275C7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The status of the
implementation of the NBIS.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE82FB62F82945F385C6452B91006B22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The schedule for
obtaining access to any relevant biosurveillance information not compiled in
NBIS as of the date on which the report is submitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCD5A9E016274C8CAC118D45EC2D9350"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A description of
the incident reporting or decisionmaking protocols in effect as of the date on
which the report is submitted and any changes made to such protocols during the
period beginning on the date on which the report for the preceding year was
submitted and ending on the date on which the report is submitted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1776A24E4094E7C0041E0692D94C9A4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A list of any
Federal, State, or local government entities that have direct or indirect
access to the information that is integrated into the NBIS.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD7738E01897046A395B821CF37905D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relationship to
other departments and agencies</header><text>The authority of the Chief Medical
Officer under this section shall not affect an authority or responsibility of
any other department or agency of the Federal Government with respect to
biosurveillance activities under any program administered by that department or
agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA23F3ADCF8E543868C941953AF8B4EC6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Biological
event</header><text>The term <quote>biological event</quote> means—</text>
<paragraph id="HCC6DEFB7CDB34579976DED6FF34F6AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an act of terrorism
that uses material of biological origins; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DAB5742F18B4501ABDDD317C06198A2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a naturally
occurring outbreak of an infectious disease that may affect national
security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9764546B72784BE697495C2979D144AD"><enum>507.</enum><header>Office of
State, Local, and Tribal Government Coordination</header>
<subsection id="H5AF97F98DB8C4B9BAB00054B1FA71552"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is in the Directorate of Emergency Management an Office of State, Local, and
Tribal Government Coordination to oversee and coordinate programs of the
Directorate for and relationships with national organizations representing
State, local, and tribal governments.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54AEA39126684583BE68533595BBB2AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the
Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H814F75ABD1F7460A9B91C3D96014FC4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of State, Local,
and Tribal Government Coordination shall, in consultation with the Regional
Directors for Emergency Management appointed under section 504(b), carry out
the following responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="H846A3A1B126A41C9872D3E6D4886FF20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Coordinating the
activities of the Directorate relating to State, local, and tribal
government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF4417379928401D975283FACA3F5FBA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessing and advocating for the resources
needed by State, local, and tribal governments to prevent, prepare for, respond
to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural disasters,
and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H153D2AF187CB46F78FC12FEE901E99A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing State, local, and tribal
governments with regular information, research, and technical support to assist
local efforts in securing the homeland.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92D673B341CF4F4088355D123B73EA51"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Developing a process for receiving
meaningful and timely consultation from State, local, and tribal governments to
assist in the development of an integrated national emergency management
system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB644AD46F7CB4A59A410BCB1F369EFF3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Scheduling regular
meetings with representatives selected by State, local, and tribal
governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3906DF79443A4C149784C603B819C6E"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring the coordination of the planning,
reporting, and certification requirements imposed on State, local, and tribal
governments by the Directorate, identifying duplicative reporting and
certification requirements that can be eliminated, and determining whether some
reports can be used or adapted to be used to satisfy multiple reporting
obligations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2ACFA86212E24A77B9784414FACD0871"><enum>508.</enum><header>National
Operations Center</header>
<subsection id="HFF50B64860FA4FED93BAB97E23D2C56B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is in the Department of Homeland Security the National Operations Center
(referred to in this section as the ‘NOC’) which shall serve as the Nation’s
nerve center for information-sharing and domestic incident management at all
times.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8837B29D98EB48C8A6DB8359258CDE9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
NOC shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H98A566FFF3644480A1FF35F2290FD27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase
coordination between Federal, State, territorial, tribal, local, and private
sector partners;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DAD514C23094EC1877E29BCF4632B63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collect and fuse
information from a variety of sources on a daily basis to monitor threats and
help deter, detect, and prevent terrorist acts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD61BAA71DA884D238E8F096B843697A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide real-time
situational awareness and coordinate incident and response activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93BFD812E7094AAFA26237E000A9EB8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in conjunction
with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, issue advisories and bulletins
concerning threats to homeland security, as well as specific protective
measures; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB37B36BCB84148EDA2DC4E1698EE5766"><enum>(5)</enum><text>perform other
functions the Secretary deems necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8FEAAED644DA4F34835BE0E27E4EBFDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
NOC shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The
Director shall report directly to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB48D1B6CB0D44D4EB018CB538F50BD88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The NOC shall be staffed with full-time
employees from relevant Federal departments and agencies. The NOC shall also be
staffed with employees from other relevant Federal, State, and local
departments and agencies if the Secretary deems it appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H279F12AC2930420EBC7095B18567000"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer of
functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
provide for the transfer to the NOC of the functions of the following
entities:</text>
<paragraph id="H8067B67F4E6147B384FE003236D33669"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Homeland
Security Operations Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H714BE859B2B141FBB7E8F9709D00E4F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The National
Response Coordination Center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B7DA4EB145546A8B09BE6CF217F3E4B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Interagency
Incident Management Group.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD4EEBA23F0134090B02467E5AD474566"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Revision of
National Response Plan</header><text>The Secretary shall revise the National
Response Plan to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE8339530BEDC4A3EA9E4038EC499734D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><header>Office of National
Capital Region Coordination</header>
<subsection id="HE65748239E414411AC6DDA6FBB69C140"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="HAFF5962321B74A1E8E61CA66CE19F23E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Directorate of Emergency Management the
Office of National Capital Region Coordination, to oversee and coordinate
Federal programs for and relationships with State, local, and regional
authorities in the National Capital Region, as defined under section 2674(f)(2)
of title 10, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H883B960102D64D55A57276996F1E2B00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
The Director shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD0532B6480D42798FA6BF73C800D183"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall cooperate with the
Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governors of Maryland and Virginia, and
other State, local, and regional officers in the National Capital Region to
integrate the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia into the planning,
coordination, and execution of the activities of the Federal Government to
prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47BCA3842DFB4805B561626471789E20"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Director of the Office of National Capital Region Coordination shall carry out
the following responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="HEEEBE99898754780971E676800720219"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Overseeing and
coordinating the activities of the Department relating to the National Capital
Region, including cooperation with the Office for State, Local, and Tribal
Government Coordination.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA53B25F3E1247B78E30FADF36BED5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Assessing and
advocating for the resources needed by State, local, and regional authorities
in the National Capital Region to implement efforts to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, mitigate against, and recover from acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A98D46B0B334AC3A4442FD0F3E616F7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Providing State, local, and regional
authorities in the National Capital Region with regular information, research,
and technical support to assist the efforts of State, local, and regional
authorities in the National Capital Region in preventing, preparing for,
responding to, mitigating against, and recovering from acts of terrorism,
natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H043199FF9E344E77BD67A94710F1F790"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Developing a
process for receiving meaningful input from State, local, and regional
authorities and the private sector in the National Capital Region to assist in
the development of the homeland security plans and activities of the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35D956B229914A02A048DBF0DF64EB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Coordinating with
Federal agencies in the National Capital Region on emergency preparedness to
ensure adequate planning, information sharing, training, and execution of the
Federal role in domestic preparedness activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51ED34202FA14590ABF73A27924B8E2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Coordinating with
Federal, State, local, and regional agencies and private sector entities in the
National Capital Region on emergency preparedness to ensure adequate planning,
information sharing, training, and execution of domestic preparedness
activities among such agencies and entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59E63BA1C4534355B52CFACC3D6D3154"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Serving as a
liaison between the Federal Government and State, local, and regional
authorities and private sector entities in the National Capital Region to
facilitate access to Federal grants and other programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8ED6389785AE476AABA8CF4F0D45080"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
Report</header><text>The Director shall submit to Congress an annual report
that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9AC3D1E68B06454F8C53D696F89495F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The identification
of any resources required to fully implement homeland security efforts in the
National Capital Region.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H989C155D615644E28FDD52A1D100DA9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of
the progress made by the National Capital Region in implementing homeland
security efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC2530FD215B423495BB17C84F91DEF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The
recommendations of the Director with respect any additional resources needed to
fully implement homeland security efforts in the National Capital
Region.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1EFD9DF1E75740AC893FB1E2B2892F98"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of any State, local,
or tribal government.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA8CB97CBA229432A9200E2E74B39C963"><enum>510.</enum><header>National
Advisory Council on Emergency Management</header>
<subsection id="H39890FA49E2F48DDBEFD95A28274D076"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the
Secretary shall establish an advisory body pursuant to section 871(a), to be
known as the National Advisory Council on Emergency Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3B99E9543F649A885F254B1C4719BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Council shall assist the
Secretary in implementing subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3743A4A5E9DE42FEB0C53CA04DE0FA0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement to
review, revise, or replace certain documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall periodically, but not
less than biennially, review, revise, or replace—</text>
<paragraph id="HFEFE33F612D6438D9ED973833407F06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the National
Response Plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20D30087280E422DB485D2516CB9942"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the National
Incident Management System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8C7AB7F37AE4858A02274E5ECD8C322"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Guidance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC142052C4E9144DEB6CC30FFE0D3E600"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Goal;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF558B8DD65D843D1915100C5D0D58693"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Targeted
Capabilities List;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15E17C7DE682405E9F5F3C96D7F5FABD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Universal Task
List;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B68D4C7E32944BF99615DC20041336B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C79E34BC963432BA005AF3D7BC3ABF2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the National
Planning Scenarios;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5012CDCCA9448E200DF4FA200D7A62C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any successor to
any document under any of paragraphs (1) through (8); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B3AFE8CB15B431E93681D5E9F4F5B6D"><enum>(10)</enum><text>any other
national initiatives on acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies that affects emergency managers, emergency response providers, and
emergency support providers as necessary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE1567D7901C245F8B700608E81DFF8BE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HC8B01828EABF48329106024B51C7722"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the
Advisory Council is established under subsection (a), and not later than every
two years thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary a
report on the recommendations of the Advisory Council for reviewing, revising,
or replacing such national initiatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5C44471560B4B96A97925F5797557DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H352D82D46C2243BC8F217526FFF6A51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include a priority
ranking of essential capabilities for emergency preparedness in order to
provide guidance to the Secretary and to the Congress on determining the
appropriate allocation of, and funding levels for, the needs of emergency
response providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H850164A4BCAC4F81A4118280611BA6F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">set forth a methodology by which any State,
local, or tribal government will be able to determine the extent to which it
possesses or has access to the essential capabilities that State, local, and
tribal governments having similar risks should obtain;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE20D7554EA574BDC89B1F92C5D21906"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the
availability of national voluntary consensus standards, and whether there is a
need for new national voluntary consensus standards, with respect to training
and equipment for emergency response providers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H777F2BDFA28C4210AFC9C6686A9D69B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include such
additional matters as the Secretary may specify in order to further the
emergency preparedness capabilities of emergency response providers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9B9432AD3B7422CB15316CDC023FACA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include such revisions to the contents of
previous reports as are necessary to take into account changes in the most
current risk assessment prepared by and available from the Chief Intelligence
Officer and the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection or other
relevant information as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9ACF4FDFCC2943DFA71F7005178FB902"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consistency with
Federal working group</header><text>The Advisory Council shall ensure that its
recommendations for essential capabilities for emergency preparedness are, to
the extent feasible, consistent with any preparedness goals or recommendations
of the Federal working group established under section 319F(a) of the Public
Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247d-6">42 U.S.C. 247d–6(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H38915A28852140B68CEBFEEABB7D2F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H60CD53E073A4403A9603A3C3F3167D09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Council
shall consist of 30 members appointed by the Secretary, and shall, to the
extent practicable, represent a geographic (including urban and rural) and
substantive cross section of emergency managers, emergency response providers,
and emergency support providers from State, local, and tribal governments,
including as appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FFD598CBC3543F5988B4DD5149800E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>members selected
from the emergency management and response fields, including fire service, law
enforcement, hazardous materials response, emergency medical services, and
emergency management personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1F20019B5B943A18B00BBBB0170971"><enum>(B)</enum><text>health scientists,
emergency and inpatient medical providers, and public health professionals,
including—</text>
<clause id="HBF2F14EFC7114CD199AFA529B483F1A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>experts in
emergency health care response to chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear terrorism;</text>
</clause><clause id="H51601D2121824B1191A358071424EA06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>experts in
providing mental health care during emergency response operations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8708AB28C78343CBA6E80701C5EB555E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>experts in
stockpiling medical equipment and supplies and medical logistics;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91548C1B868740A68C5F112CE1D23FC1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>experts from
Federal, State, and local governments, and the private sector, representing
standards-setting organizations, including representation from the voluntary
consensus codes and standards development community, particularly those with
expertise in the emergency preparedness and response field;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF10A3568EF94C7F9EF1B0CF22AF8219"><enum>(D)</enum><text>State and local
officials with expertise in terrorism preparedness and emergency management,
including Adjutants General, subject to the condition that if any such official
is an elected official representing 1 of the two major political parties, an
equal number of elected officials shall be selected from each such party;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF576CA4956B44548D23AB7300498334"><enum>(E)</enum><text>members selected
from the emergency support field, including public works, utilities, and
transportation personnel who are routinely engaged in emergency
response.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB53DDFE8BA5C47008C2DF8AAC1946E9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination
with the Departments of Health and Human Services and
Transportation</header><text>In the selection of members of the Advisory
Council who are health or emergency medical services professionals, the
Secretary shall coordinate such selection with the Secretaries of Health and
Human Services and Transportation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9F6AFA8C1914742909CA47B4E0AC77"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ex officio
members</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall each designate 1 or more officers of their respective Department
to serve as ex officio members of the Advisory Council. One of the ex officio
members from the Department of Homeland Security shall be the designated
officer of the Federal Government for purposes of subsection (e) of section 10
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H194E4901FB654B03B173B85013300DE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms of
office</header>
<subparagraph id="H03B1742B5E5343E69C007DFAE39FD441"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term of
office of each member of the Advisory Council shall be 3 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5A23C6C1D3849E5AF13E10345104139"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial
appointments</header><text>Of the members initially appointed to the Advisory
Council—</text>
<clause id="HBCEE97F187A54A7998620040A7DA2CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>one-third shall be
appointed for a term of one year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBA1CAA82929A4012B6FA81A473A6661C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>one-third shall
be appointed for a term of two years.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB125F3847C24F94873918056357592D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applicability of
Federal Advisory Committee Act</header>
<paragraph id="H3E2F8DD46CC248C2B5D5F0F619D4961"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 871(a) and subject to paragraph
(2), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), including subsections
(a), (b), and (d) of section 10 of such Act, and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">section 552b(c)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, shall apply to the Advisory Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1806353866543B3BC997D297500256B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>Section
14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the Advisory Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC6B7AE2AE69C456C960863323014AC99"><enum>511.</enum><header>Reorganization
of Directorate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
may not allocate or reallocate functions among the officers of the Directorate
of Emergency Management or establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue
organizational units within the Directorate of Emergency Management under the
authority of section 872 until the date that is 120 days after the date on
which the Secretary submits to Congress a report describing the proposed
allocation, reallocation, establishment, consolidation, alteration or
discontinuance.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA1A159600AA4453BA5996498A732B23D"><enum>B</enum><header>Emergency
Preparedness</header>
<section id="H5F357FBA048A4B7AA31D617BD5E700AD"><enum>521.</enum><header>Office of
Grants and Planning</header>
<subsection id="HA8E31736421843C8AB5699F6F375294E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department an Office of Grants and
Planning under the authority of the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3F6A580DC6D40D8A5F48677C172CB21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary</header><text>The head of the office shall be the Assistant Secretary
for Grants and Planning.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE53FE0BA7984D958CADE257DF57F72"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning shall carry out the following
responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="HB6265B33F8E643A9B3DC817EA1B722FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administering Department grant programs
that enhance the capacity of State, regional, local, and tribal governments to
prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC18BE97E733A4DEBB5DAB77DC31B9B10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Ensuring
coordination of the homeland security assistance programs of the Federal
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A8FB88BE1FB4AE8A56801CAD42CEA16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Establishing
incentives for the efficient administration of Federal homeland security
assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30DB080071104658AC9FD43FCAD131A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Evaluating the
effectiveness of funded Department programs and disseminating lessons learned,
as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8362E84F3A364B3B9DD7744001FCD5D3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Reviewing and
revising, in consultation with the NIC (as that term is used in section 541)
and the National Advisory Council on Emergency Management, on a periodic basis,
but not less than biennially, preparedness documents and capabilities-based
planning tools, related to catastrophic acts of terrorism, natural disasters,
and other emergencies, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD60E34AB1594469BBC34F0198E88AA6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Goal;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2200260E0BB14C60B33ED67639BDA655"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Targeted
Capabilities List;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F9DB173A57D4344AC6FFF7D48DCFEF2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Universal Task
List;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27C02EC681EB456387326DBA9B8D2658"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the National
Planning Scenarios; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3FC09E0A1D54BAD939873733F887EC0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other document
or tool in support of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 or any other
Homeland Security Presidential Directive related to the national emergency
management system.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E88C1211B7240D5991400B59FB21311"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Establishing, in
coordination with State, local, and tribal governments, a clear and accountable
process for achieving, maintaining, and enhancing national preparedness for
catastrophic acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5DAEE1D642A4818849DB49E1B852D76"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Providing
technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments on catastrophic
planning and preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC01F7BDE78154C38A9B2A0E71BB004D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Developing
performance measures and metrics for assessing national preparedness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8E1B0198F334ED99B926E67B75E9B6F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Assessing, on a
periodic basis, but not less than annually, the effectiveness of preparedness
capabilities at the Federal, State, local, and tribal levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H503BE8E5BC24421690BA10C0A82DA96F"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Developing
priorities for Federal homeland security assistance to State, local, and tribal
governments on the basis of such periodic assessments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DCAC9F0E37448EDBD9902FADBE6F9C2"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Implementing a
shared resource planning system to facilitate collaborative plan
development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DBCE7BC83EC4DC7949429F34E22E335"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Reviewing, in
coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies, all Federal
preparedness activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1372B900449F47C581CF47A78CE85CFA"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Performing such
other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H021981EABE3B45A7B08D00A4C47377CA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual status
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60
days after the last day of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide to
Congress a status report on the Nation’s level of preparedness during that
fiscal year, including State, local, and tribal capabilities, the amount and
use of grants awarded by the Department to State, local, and tribal
governments, the readiness of Federal response assets, the utilization of
mutual aid, and an assessment of how the Federal homeland security assistance
programs support the National Preparedness Goal.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEB54B495064C4B96A6497C7709B24E5D"><enum>522.</enum><header>Office of
Training and Exercises</header>
<subsection id="H833F6B81EB8740A000C1E4028FE015BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department an Office of Training and
Exercises under the authority of the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H76E562069E6641BFA9ED5D00DCD7C42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary</header><text>The head of the office shall be the Assistant Secretary
for Training and Exercises.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7634D9FAC7214192846CDBA4F5485B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5DE8E9DD7C040E688829D422D66C1B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish specific
requirements for training programs and exercises for Federal, State, regional,
local, and tribal government officials, emergency response providers, emergency
support providers, and other entities as appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2260E4E45D2462085E01236254856E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>design, develop,
perform, and evaluate training programs and exercises at all levels of
government to enhance and test the Nation’s capability to prevent, prepare for,
mitigate against, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1868AC8AFD9C4C79994B00D2E4D9B8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish common
supporting methodology for training programs and exercises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF80B9D050004B7000CA896E385FC4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>define and
implement performance measures for training programs and exercises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H585AC70EBCA04CC2A17991B2FF40A7ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>coordinate the
training and exercise activities of the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B10620B1978489AA4768300F68DABEE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>serve as the
primary point of contact in the Department for homeland security training and
exercises for other Federal departments and agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA32CFED33C7B4410AB737621C1161664"><enum>(7)</enum><text>identify, analyze,
and monitor the implementation of best practices and lessons learned with
respect to training and exercises;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E282CD6AD0B4B9AB3F3A0EA6694219E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>establish a
comprehensive program for the professional development and education of
homeland security personnel at all levels of government, nongovernmental
organizations, and emergency management personnel in the private sector;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD45D8A9357C4F6C836D8DEC00A7D417"><enum>(9)</enum><text>perform such other
duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35EA492CF87448B9B1C4B6D0764406D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer</header>
<paragraph id="H825E91D7995349B7A30500948188FA49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant
Secretary for Training and Exercises shall have authority over the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H918D173D6EEF4AF5A118A539878F1331"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center for Domestic
Preparedness.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H970058ED26374F429DC5915974D8EF88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The National
Emergency Training Center.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H50FA15D2807E4BDC923CF744E22EB678"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The National
Exercise and Evaluation Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7195444A19C04DB59B103E509CA74E00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noble Training
Center</header><text>The Noble Training Center is transferred to the Center for
Domestic Preparedness. The Center for Domestic Preparedness shall integrate the
Noble Training Center into the program structure of the Center for Domestic
Preparedness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAB294D5A74CB451EA748B1661D437B55"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National
exercise program</header>
<paragraph id="H8C33527C52874FB0AEC6A4F71E8E405C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for
Training and Exercises, shall carry out a National Exercise Program for the
purpose of testing, evaluating, and enhancing the capabilities of Federal,
State, regional, local, and tribal government entities to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, mitigate against, and recover from threatened or actual acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72A8CD97BDB747A5AC3300A0EFF998D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of
Program</header><text>The National Exercise Program—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE7F2650C38C4FFA820677C8AB06BBF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall enhance
coordination for preparedness between all levels of government, emergency
response providers, emergency support providers, nongovernmental organizations,
international governments and organizations, and the private sector;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE451464FB86B4DD50000068E46D1D9EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be—</text>
<clause id="HF4CF12BDD9E6487DAC1791E8A5B59230"><enum>(i)</enum><text>multidisciplinary
in nature, including, as appropriate, information analysis and cybersecurity
components;</text>
</clause><clause id="H255E7B7285DB4DCD987B65C31E921BCE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as realistic as
practicable and based on current risk assessments, including credible threats,
vulnerabilities, and consequences;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0D046F3F633340DAB2FB4F401171DB83"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>carried out with
the minimum degree of notice to involved parties regarding the timing and
details of such exercises, consistent with safety considerations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H719ECA97EE97429C85435800004F4BFD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>evaluated against
performance measures and followed by corrective action to solve identified
deficiencies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H704474F7947349D7A79502ED7543F12E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>assessed to learn
best practices, which the Secretary shall share with appropriate Federal,
State, regional, local, and tribal personnel, authorities, and training
institutions for emergency managers, emergency response providers, and
emergency support providers; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H598024D458F04589B25489C12EDBC8CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall provide
assistance to State, regional, local, and tribal governments with the design,
implementation, and evaluation of exercises that—</text>
<clause id="H325FA81CAB41427D95B3A3D84FB10026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conform to the
requirements under subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA7873EE58B24519B9CC1F97A72D902F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are consistent
with any applicable State or urban area homeland security strategy or
plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H25FACC6F69A44FF5BF12F41DDD42FC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support
implementation of—</text>
<subclause id="H8E00ECE13D0F46408D310077DBD514ED"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the National
Incident Management System;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H44B1EE635155479A9B083F9CABB055B0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the National
Response Plan;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HE585677A266C404C9F9B98A6D37DE346"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Goal;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H881A8080777B47F6897FDEBEEC14BA90"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Guidance;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H819CB6796FBF4F62865387E231F57EAD"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H821B61BC2A904FCBAB5CE0CC03DEE55"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>any other similar
national initiatives; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4CC68F3F00154CFFB556D4CC83756EC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide for
systematic evaluation of readiness.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AC3A795D5D24BACAE2EC51F48BDE7D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National level
exercises</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary,
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, shall
periodically but not less than biennially, perform national exercises for the
following purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="H19640F391E6A4E7EA4AE88CE907481FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To involve in
national exercises high-ranking officials from—</text>
<clause id="HFB84CAA279E1491CBF61BA64F070DAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Federal, State,
local, tribal, and international governments;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B71510249C2483B89D3958E004C002F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>nongovernmental
organizations, including faith-based organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E92D8E8F80B4C89B693E1DD136958BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the private
sector; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFAC15783D49B475A9F4193A3C1C6FDEB"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>others as the
Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4782590A4AC4545952F4B506FDF06A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To test and
evaluate, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of
Defense, the capability of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to
detect, disrupt, and prevent threatened or actual catastrophic acts of
terrorism, especially those involving weapons of mass destruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H871E0B5F36F04DFEACDFEFE7B00CFCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To test and evaluate the readiness of
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to respond in a coordinated and
unified manner to catastrophic acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE622E0AF6CB4AF3B43691965DFFB1EB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To test and evaluate the readiness of
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to recover from catastrophic acts
of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H483E8C8074464505A0309313B7BCD5DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination and
consultation</header><text>In carrying out the National Exercise Program, the
Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BDEEB4CB12E41ECA3A24FF23C61EF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate
with—</text>
<clause id="H92BFF41ADA914FC6B57E5547FF86726F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>components of the
Department that have expertise in exercises, including the Coast Guard, the
United States Secret Service, United States Customs and Border Protection, and
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H29586D6C403A459993ED0003C0BBCDC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such other
Federal departments and agencies as the Secretary determines are appropriate;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6887B610E0FC4A78BA5224E0967D5F91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult regularly
with—</text>
<clause id="HEEE58FCD44AE403D93A05B82924139E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
geographic and substantive cross section of emergency managers, emergency
response providers, and emergency support providers (including such providers
located in both urban and rural areas);</text>
</clause><clause id="H98E1062CB1214329948C004400085B09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal, State,
and local training institutions for emergency managers, emergency response
providers, and emergency support providers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF46225F97764E08B85830575476AB97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>State and local
officials, including Adjutants General, with expertise in terrorism
preparedness and emergency management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E8297898D3D4CFD9D49F24226ED1CDE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Top official
prevention exercises</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the Foundations for Emergency Management Act, the Secretary,
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, shall
establish a program through which the Secretary carries out periodically but
not less than biennially a national terrorism prevention exercise for the
purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E959DF0449B4C0B9707DC88BA705F30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>involving in
national exercises high-ranking officials from Federal, State, local, tribal,
and international governments, as the Secretary considers appropriate;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6ADB47B310EA4512BB65DE46A89220F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">testing and evaluating, in coordination
with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, the capability of
Federal, State, local, and tribal government entities to detect, disrupt, and
prevent threatened or actual catastrophic acts of terrorism.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7E25D86F1844423087278B1EB23CE912"><enum>(6)</enum><header>National
exercise strategy</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant
Secretary for Training and Exercises, shall develop a multi-year national
homeland security exercise plan and submit the plan to the Homeland Security
Council for review and approval.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66F430CB0FBB42AA94A777C5F72BEB35"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National
Training Program</header>
<paragraph id="H7ADAF3FC556E4EFA8200EF5B01DED1E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting
through the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, shall carry out a
National Training Program for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of the
Nation’s emergency managers, emergency response providers, and emergency
support providers to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and
recover from threatened or actual acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and
other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B9D932437F343479BC8CF56D382ED00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
National Training Program shall provide training that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H52137885555443018F8C796200C0D7CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reaches multiple
disciplines, including Federal, State, and local government officials,
emergency managers, emergency response providers, emergency support providers,
the private sector, international governments and organizations, and other
entities as the Secretary considers appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF9A236B7C7D4EE6996C59E948A93F00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provides training
at the awareness, performance, and management and planning levels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61E874D88BA548348FA4E892A2C1F869"><enum>(C)</enum><text>utilizes multiple
training mediums and methods, including—</text>
<clause id="H8F0A9BCFDCE942C187E9388884D5C7B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>direct
delivery;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAFE2792F2D224CBA966B4494E32FF17F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>train-the-trainer;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9131C292E7904DF59D2CCF92647BE7DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>computer-based
training;</text>
</clause><clause id="H35CAD1C0530C4E7DA2962681C0E21E16"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>web-based
training; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E70CA8AEE7B42A09300492F00CB13DE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>video
teleconferencing;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFB0EFAD28134498980000F1D09BA3F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is consistent with
any applicable State or urban area homeland security strategy or plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B367D28C642429087317F54FDA9774F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is consistent
with, and supports implementation of, the National Incident Management System,
the National Response Plan, the National Preparedness Goal, the National
Preparedness Guidance, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, and other
such national initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDCEF9EB292744D0B930ABA5E0418BB5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>is evaluated
against clear and consistent performance measures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5846CAF9089E40FC85069B9FB700B13C"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the greatest
extent practicable, utilizes State, regional, and tribal training
institutions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0021BC3D8DAF4414B7AE867DC9288296"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National
voluntary consensus standards</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H48E5403F70164F93841181E3B7ECBA7E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>support the
development, promulgation, and regular updating as necessary of national
voluntary consensus standards for training; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA05D9636CB8048EDA96F00BD625EBEFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that the
training provided under the National Training Program is consistent with such
standards.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H977F200EE03C495A882C581FFA62952C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training
partners</header><text>In developing and delivering training under the National
Training Program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA898FEBE131043A28C40D5A972F144B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>work with
government training facilities, academic institutions, private organizations,
and other entities that provide specialized, state-of-the-art training for
emergency managers, emergency response providers, or emergency support
providers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61DABA7D4DFA4382B9F081AF5EDC4F99"><enum>(B)</enum><text>utilize, as
appropriate, training courses provided by community colleges, State and local
public safety academies, State and private universities, and other
facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC041C766B744FE81FF9482ACDEFAD8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Coordination and
consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out
the National Training Program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9B138208A1C4547004EE9AE55F59151"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate
with—</text>
<clause id="HA87D2BE9A24B482D8C7FD096E1E3CD6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>components of the
Department that have expertise in training, including the Coast Guard, the
United States Secret Service, the United States Fire Administration, and the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H29D419F1F3624F448CB9B4DBD8769488"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such other
Federal departments and agencies as the Secretary determines are appropriate;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99F0981C53F7400285F1AA04B5152349"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consult regularly
with—</text>
<clause id="H8506032FA7B84EA197B200DD26548EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
geographic and substantive cross section of emergency managers, emergency
response providers, and emergency support providers (including such providers
located in both urban and rural areas); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H88DC98D5510A4DF99536ACBDD6049654"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State and local
officials, including Adjutants General, with expertise in terrorism
preparedness and emergency management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC87BD3EB08D447928CE9D2DCA9DF6108"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Remedial Action
Management Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises,
shall establish a Remedial Action Management Program to—</text>
<paragraph id="H8496896E1E9B40C6A24E07091D3EDE96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify and
analyze training, exercises, and real-world events for lessons learned and best
practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H272C793D0FF2456A96CDF1F16F68B1C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>generate after
action reports for Incidents of National Significance as declared by the
Secretary under the National Response Plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE59BE099F25F4B4E97D48F175934BA42"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disseminate
lessons learned and best practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC163F0F9B8134AE2A2C5ACA786E4793"><enum>(4)</enum><text>monitor the
implementation of lessons learned and best practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC784211262264F0B8675419D431FD482"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conduct remedial
action tracking and long-term trend analysis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB6746ED83824035B48048B8CC6355A9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>certify
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9790923C237D4F53AC9F6FD6BDA314F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recipients of
Federal homeland security assistance have implemented lessons learned and best
practices, as appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H882751F0A0B640CAB62B1BB7C526B140"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that no
recipient uses any Federal homeland security assistance without such
certification.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43AD7661461D4B9FBADC09857978E88E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>National
domestic preparedness consortium</header><text>There is in the Department a
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E9C113BF0EA4BFEB67F503359CB0001"><enum>(1)</enum><text>includes as
members—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34EDF31CA5A748BCAB27FDEF545CF900"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Center for
Domestic Preparedness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE53D67A244F646F2A8C64003AC4985C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97D43070DEC2406583B09E0500A63646"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Louisiana State
University;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA500B17C4CD478580FC86A7E0CC7C59"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Texas A&M
University System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H877758B45A5646F09524ECBBB7ECCD37"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Nevada Test
Site of the Department of Energy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H977F089CAD114E4B90508C6BF2B250D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies,
develops, tests, and delivers training to State, local, and tribal emergency
response providers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H882493BEB4F447099528E17D359558AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides onsite
and mobile training at the performance and management and planning levels;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0F4ACEBF5304371880066E073F1C8D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>facilitates the
delivery of awareness level training by the training partners of the
Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H615CEDCB711B41E6B930A05E8D45DA95"><enum>(i)</enum><header>National
exercise simulation center</header><text>There is in the Department a National
Exercise Simulation Center that uses a mix of live, virtual, and constructive
simulations to—</text>
<paragraph id="H892E1C7EF3324751B3805EE046F810E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prepare elected officials, emergency
managers, emergency response providers, and emergency support providers at all
levels of Government to operate cohesively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA1366F8BD1F46DB003FB0403DE1F2AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide a learning
environment for the homeland security personnel of all Federal departments and
agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF486BDD94904AB28C5F8CBB00456C00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist in the
development of operational procedures and exercises, particularly those based
on catastrophic incidents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H682604E861604DCFAFED0019C81F9B38"><enum>(4)</enum><text>allow incident
commanders to exercise decisionmaking in a simulated environment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1800F23096FC40CC92DDC56786217547"><enum>523.</enum><header>Essential
capabilities</header>
<subsection id="HB4E4FBE2EB89402289568F09917F8006"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
essential capabilities</header>
<paragraph id="HB4808C3F48174303863CAC00B8A8EE4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Building upon the National Preparedness Goal, the
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning,
shall regularly update, revise, or replace essential capabilities for State,
local, and tribal government emergency preparedness, in consultation with the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D8A0F2F57DE49CDB5DA0900C1004DA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The National
Advisory Council on Emergency Management under section 509.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A9C77A0F6E74E8FAF1F85328FEF07D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Components of the
Department, including the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Chief
Intelligence Officer, the Director for Operations Coordination, the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security, the
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, the Assistant Secretary for
Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, the Commissioner of United States Customs
and Border Protection, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C5882B0DB2F4AABB8834F7F5E6F53D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary of
Health and Human Services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H860D0AAA3490419CAA554BC3B25CB4B4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Other appropriate
Federal departments and agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA01499A80B3146208881CC7360D71F85"><enum>(E)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal emergency response providers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51A33368F003483CA8E52B8DFA37712B"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">State, local, and tribal emergency support
providers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D05A517452149EC836B7DB8F55C1056"><enum>(G)</enum><text>State, local, and
tribal prevention and emergency management officials, including Adjutants
General.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34DC8874645D4564BF3DC11D0075AF6C"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Consensus-based
standardmaking organizations responsible for setting standards relevant to
emergency managers, emergency response providers, and emergency support
providers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H843B0BF3270A48F7968DFC085B6CA500"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>The
Secretary shall update, revise, or replace the essential capabilities under
paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after receiving the report submitted by
the National Advisory Council on Emergency Management under section
509(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0910483424614565A328FFCF00F18678"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on
provision of essential capabilities</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure
that a report containing a detailed description of the essential capabilities
is provided promptly to State and tribal governments and to Congress. The
States shall make the description of the essential capabilities available as
appropriate to local governments within their jurisdictions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6ED97FF9082941E7A1D6659E293DFAA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
Secretary shall ensure that essential capabilities meet the following
objectives:</text>
<paragraph id="H7E1AE6EDEF61491D9FFDAC370011A92E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Essential capabilities shall describe
specifically the planning, personnel, equipment, training, and exercises that
State, local, or tribal governments should possess or have access to for
purposes of the Department’s goals for emergency preparedness based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21D0E996D74D41288341BD68CDC3F5C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Preparedness Goal and supporting directives, policies, and guidelines;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A2FFACDBB1545E1B99B60A4EA972FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the most current
risk assessment available from the Chief Intelligence Officer of the threats of
terrorism against the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD314FDE4420745648CAED7353492A099"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the risks faced by
different types of communities, including communities of various sizes,
geographies, and other distinguishing characteristics; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCABD67798E9B4C2CA40404CCD85688DF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the principles of
regional coordination and mutual aid among State, local, and tribal
governments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H588B7EDE4A3F4C7690F24135FFD26486"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Essential
capabilities shall be sufficiently flexible so as to allow State, local, and
tribal government officials to establish priorities based on local or regional
needs while reaching nationally determined emergency preparedness levels within
a specified time period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2C0E90C36F844CD9C9D00E36E37E5B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Essential
capabilities shall be designed to enable the measurement of progress toward
specific emergency preparedness goals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63050F14B6FE410EA8FE87052D1B8BD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Factors to be
considered</header>
<paragraph id="HA8DFEC505E7440358DF5BF30EF35CACE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In updating, revising, or replacing essential
capabilities for State, local, or tribal governments under subsection (a)(1),
the Secretary specifically shall consider the variables of threat,
vulnerability, and consequences with respect to population (including transient
commuting and tourist populations), areas of high population density, critical
infrastructure, coastline, and international borders.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6014C06C6E7544E3A68392F145000444"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Basis for
consideration</header><text>Such consideration shall be based upon the most
current risk assessment available from the Chief Intelligence Officer and the
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection of the threats of terrorism
against the United States and the needs described in the National Preparedness
Goal and the directives, policies, and guidelines supporting the National
Preparedness Goal.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H453E05F8060F4B6BBD012FF35410E853"><enum>524.</enum><header>Catastrophic
planning</header>
<subsection id="HF4AA0797186947618C8E82CBDC896BF7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this section is to ensure
that, in return for Federal funds, State and local governments take
responsibility for preparing and planning for catastrophic incidents.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF59598ED66034BA8B8C2F6474703CC78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Catastrophic
incident defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <quote>catastrophic incident</quote> means any natural or
manmade incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of
mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population,
infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government
functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F06EEFFFE7A46A4B024E892E9BE08C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Catastrophic
emergency plans required</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning and in consultation with the
Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, shall require any State or
urban area that submits an application to the Secretary for Federal homeland
security financial assistance administered by the Department to maintain a
catastrophic emergency plan to be implemented in the event of a catastrophic
incident. The Secretary shall require the State or urban area to update,
implement, and exercise the catastrophic emergency plan as necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4F5EA67B85E047509B37039BE800D194"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each
catastrophic emergency plan required under this section, with respect to a
State or urban area, shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D16EA80AB1049ABB31D8945CA20EA6B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evacuation and
sheltering in place procedures for the general population of the State or urban
area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04708C975155435C8710FAA1CA2CC187"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the procedures in
place to address the pre-positioning of food, medical and fuel supplies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE623F38F5834CCF9C6F8B16432377B9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the evacuation and
sheltering in place procedures for populations with special needs, including
persons with disabilities, health problems, language barriers, and income
barriers, the elderly, children, and individuals with pets, service animals, or
farm animals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H039C977630474719008B7651C6E995AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>sheltering options
for displaced populations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28B84FBE04F047D0A8B0D41D09FAF36B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the augmentation
of response resources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0685746A21A146D38E478FFBBB1229E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>regional planning,
mutual aid agreements, and requests for assistance that can meet urgent
needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3113873D2E874B77978DDC9D5677CAA6"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the adequacy of
delivery networks for critical services and supplies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD313C164EFFA47B488838432D2F11DDB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the degree to
which the plan is mutually supportive among contiguous jurisdictions and
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C0FA5428FF148F1B5C1BCB667D19AF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the use of all
available and appropriate transportation modes and resources, including the
identification of routes of egress and ingress, and destinations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94EDD79C59484EBDBF886FBD534F41E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the changes in
authorities or regulations which may be necessary for the plan to meet the
demands of a catastrophic event;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48AD9B1EE195453F8FD6C242ACE3F71E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>contingency plans
for the survivability, sustainability, and interoperability of emergency
communications systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94C36012A4B64069999596BD8F523D4C"><enum>(12)</enum><text>procedures for
disseminating timely and accurate public alerts and warnings;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4083B380F7954140BA0373EAFC9F13C"><enum>(13)</enum><text>procedures and
policies for the continuity of operations for government and other essential
services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6426C506827646A18734AC11CA603251"><enum>(14)</enum><text>search and rescue
procedures for populations with special needs, including persons with
disabilities, health problems, language barriers, and income barriers, the
elderly, children, and individuals with pets, service animals, or farm animals;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57218DDA5324405D00D7FEBED6DC896C"><enum>(15)</enum><text>a clearly defined
command structure.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4C581CBE998B438095CD6D0044297E52"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consistency</header><text>A
catastrophic emergency plan required under this section shall be consistent
with, and support the implementation of—</text>
<paragraph id="H98E6DFEABB984F09952D63C64CAA318"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any applicable
State or urban area homeland security strategy or plan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8AF7E1F46C64B79895EC6839C01D00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the National
Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National
Preparedness Goal, the National Preparedness Guidance, the National
Infrastructure Protection Plan, and other such national initiatives as may be
determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAB4774478FAD41B49CF389E872CB07A0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Peer review
certification</header>
<paragraph id="HE6F326B361B54484BE45BAB00C3A641"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of
regional plans</header><text>Each Regional Director for Emergency Management
under section 504, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Grants and
Planning, shall develop a process of peer review for any catastrophic emergency
plan submitted under subsection (a) by a State or urban area in the
geographical area in which the Regional Office directed by that Regional
Director for Emergency Management is located.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6A494EBEE7CA40FC93C429B35EC02974"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for
submission of plans</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of the Foundations for Emergency Management Act, each Regional
Director for Emergency Management shall submit a plan to the National Advisory
Council on Emergency Management describing the peer review process developed by
the Regional Director for Emergency Management. The National Advisory Council
on Emergency Management shall review and approve or disapprove each such
plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BE0C5BD65774C80BEEF521F44ADB918"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Remedial
action</header><text>Not later than 90 days after completion of exercises under
subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for
Training and Exercises, shall develop a lessons learned and remedial action
strategy for catastrophic planning.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CE9686F9A234C24A7BE8200378697"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
developing the catastrophic emergency plan required under this section, a State
or urban area shall consult with and seek appropriate comments from—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF77AA9BC1774707A949C2858D13B641"><enum>(1)</enum><text>local governments
within the urban area or State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE27D826C319944D481A4FB746E9F00A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a geographic and
substantive cross section of emergency managers, emergency response providers,
and emergency support providers within the urban area or State (including, in
the case of a State, such providers from both urban and rural areas within the
State);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H631311E293DC4F429BF14B8B70BEF2CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>locally governed
multijurisdictional councils of governments and regional planning commissions;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EF91E46A03048C98DBF9C444D705BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>appropriate private
sector sources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H601A7555327C4FCFB284CDE45375CCC6"><enum>525.</enum><header>System
assessment and validation for emergency responders program</header>
<subsection id="H9C1A7635D8E4425D8F9C7446C4B80896"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting
through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management and in coordination with
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, shall establish a System
Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders Program to provide high
quality, impartial, and operationally relevant evaluations and validations of
critical emergency response provider-related equipment and systems and provide
such evaluations and validations to emergency response providers in an
operationally useful form.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE7DD1B4CE0F4873B85F3BD45920DC76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
program established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6B9CAF5A6274DE9B41C506C9FB8513C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide impartial, practitioner relevant,
and operationally oriented assessments and validations of emergency response
provider equipment and systems that have not previously third-party certified
to a national voluntary census standard adopted by the Department,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB7CF949CECB49D385EA01CDAB3C3300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>commercial,
off-the-shelf emergency response provider equipment and systems in all
equipment list categories of the Standardized Equipment List published by the
Interagency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCFF35B7AC7541D6AE8F3ED3080F836"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such other
equipment or systems as the Secretary determines are appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB797D1C4A324E1A842CD690742CDEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide information
that enables decision-makers and emergency response providers to better select,
procure, use, and maintain emergency response provider equipment or
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94D3DC716441431891C09010A65FC43D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess and
validate the performance of products within a system and systems within
systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5848363BC70F4C7AAD9B532E8EFA84A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide
information and feedback to emergency response providers through a
well-maintained, Internet-accessible database.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69DE730E3C064F26A94F00CC46AF2CC8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assessment and
validation process</header><text>The assessment and validation of emergency
response provider equipment and systems shall utilize multiple evaluation
techniques, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C5BA4F4D8AF45E990E4B29CAB75C65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operational
assessments of equipment performance on vehicle platforms;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89F2AA72C7D34B23B3004779FC00E148"><enum>(2)</enum><text>technical
assessments on a comparative basis of system component performance across makes
and models under controlled conditions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D4A16486A8948ECB07FB858819B8FC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>integrative
assessments on an individual basis of system component interoperability and
compatibility with other system components.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22930F2424DC4FEF98B61C2C08EDA79D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In assessing and validating personnel
protective equipment under this section, the Secretary shall, to the extent
practicable, coordinate with the Director of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0134175D419C4072BC4503F28F51ED7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>526.</enum><header>National Homeland
Security Academy</header>
<subsection id="HF90191E1375446FF9CC4A386D1009900"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H82275E68ED1B4B6C91A55FFFB9CF0374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA4FC4EF19A74E349533FA6B18F8E287"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall establish
the National Homeland Security Academy (referred to in this section as the
<quote>Academy</quote>) within the Office of Training and Exercises of the
Department; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02C8A37C4CF14A3EA842F41FDFF76FC5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may enter into
cooperative agreements with other agencies or entities to utilize space and
provide for the lease of real property for the Academy or any component of the
Academy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H836B3EE2DEFC4E3F8FB4A6C0A33EFA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Academy shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BD6EC22E8E344909E2E00F73526AEA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Homeland Security Education and Strategy Center (referred to in this section as
the <quote>Strategy Center</quote>) to provide fundamental instruction and
develop a homeland security curriculum focusing primarily on the Federal
Government’s overall strategy, goals, methods, and techniques;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE8DC2DD05034FD4B3EF2E53CB3DB875"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a communications
network capable of delivering distance learning opportunities, at the direction
of the Strategy Center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98FA569B1264465E9FBD59516F5964EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the programs of
the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness’ Center
for Homeland Defense and Security located at the Naval Postgraduate School, and
such programs shall be incorporated into the Academy in a manner to be
determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6718948905F443CF87472988A82D08E1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the National
Homeland Security Education Network, which—</text>
<clause id="H8605F61ECA4D4C09A757C94F1DD1EFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be composed
of representatives from all of the academies and training centers within the
jurisdiction of the Department;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9524D727AD72473B9212A23288BBE060"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall work with
the Academy to develop a standardized homeland security curriculum to be
incorporated, as appropriate, at each academy and training center to ensure
that the focus of the individual centers is coordinated with the centralized
educational strategies and goals of the Academy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE95093E633BF49889D90331B3C276613"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall not affect
the respective missions and goals of the participating academies and training
centers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H98216D794B7A46969BD2E98904D84D43"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The
mission of the Academy shall be to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H196C6FEB75C341668400C11893E1F6DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish an
educational system to—</text>
<clause id="H16361DF808874C4EAC16E956EC457514"><enum>(i)</enum><text>cultivate leaders
in homeland security; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FDCB7D167614B9F95BA59356C6533D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that
Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector officials get the full range
of skills needed to provide robust homeland security;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF64553882E84265A4B4CFF06208DC2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide strategic
education and training to carry out the missions of the Department of Homeland
Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA84EDC7F07C448CBEBD01C3F0382FD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide
cross-disciplinary and joint education and training to Federal, State, and
local government officials responsible for the direct application and execution
of vital homeland security missions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3044A18253474306BFEADDDCD715EDD4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>focus primarily on
shorter-term classes and exercises to maximize participation by the homeland
security community.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4F627EAC07D9441981EA3290F889111B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enrollment
target</header>
<subparagraph id="HAE3B99579FF74B44889EA6254E9E4199"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Strategy Center shall have an initial annual
enrollment target of 1,000 resident students, as described in subsection
(b)(3)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CD4FBDE4C784D62B37F6D781DDBEC2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-resident
students</header><text>The enrollment target under subparagraph (A) does not
include non-resident students, including students who participate in electronic
learning systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0E0DAF0704694EBF86DC26C5E36653CE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header>
<subparagraph id="HB08DDC5E64E5447695313F73B7EAB58"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In addition to providing traditional course work and
hands-on training exercises, the Academy shall encourage the development and
use of modern technology to ensure that the training offered at the Academy,
and to organizations and individuals receiving instruction over electronic
learning systems—</text>
<clause id="HF44F0C16B44F4F63BB7DC70002DFD91D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
tailored to the unique needs of the individuals and groups that need
training;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE2C1590FC3B94207B25E10256B91D3C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>efficiently uses
such technology; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEC1554B8C9834F4E82A71C0036F2B232"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>translates
directly into practical skills.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF48A1789E62B495E9B8875416BE41FD0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Instructional
materials</header><text>The Academy shall develop instructional requirements
for courses related to its mission that are supported with materials that are
adequately reviewed and continuously updated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90B697EA0D849969814D04BB99226A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Certification</header>
<clause id="H66FCE23BCE144FC9A8934B021C29DF99"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Academy may establish certification criteria for
students in areas related to its mission, in consultation with the Network
established under subsection (e).</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2C8F191FA504BEF80C00593DA3EBB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Recertification</header><text>The
criteria established under clause (i) shall include requirements for
recertification and ensure the availability of needed assessment tools.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40DBFF7F204E4C1700CD964FF3C9D45"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Information
repository</header><text>The Academy shall provide a repository of approved
instructional materials, instructional software, and other materials that are
easily accessible by participants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A2E7DA59AFA4F97AE5DA0FE1F797215"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Communication
networks</header><text>The Academy shall certify, and operate, if necessary, a
secure, reliable communication system capable of delivering instructional
materials to participants at any time and place.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E42071DE3974B388B67E34DB8355673"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Instruction and
expertise</header><text>The Academy shall certify instructors, experts,
counselors, and other individuals who can provide answers and advice to
students over communication systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8498BA003A7245048C677602605D993F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Strategy
Center</header>
<subparagraph id="HD9D5E66E89A74F888FCEE379067BBF15"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Strategy Center shall—</text>
<clause id="H3F30E80DD5864F7BA64170F678099463"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide curriculum
development and classroom instruction for resident students that focus on the
strategic goals, methods, and techniques for homeland security;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8314A8763E741D2B538674B8C5794BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide
instruction—</text>
<subclause id="H695C328046D140C8AA83A22E75E5C0B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>primarily to
Federal employees described under subsection (b)(3)(A) with homeland security
responsibilities; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6879E362C9944B73A2E51B71AA30B100"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to small numbers
of State and local government officials and private individuals; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H229B98BC44E3460AA79F98DFFCB4415"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>direct the
operation of the Academy’s electronic learning systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0E2D47748CB40D5BBE492AFE3D04B22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Curriculum</header><text>The
curriculum taught at the Strategy Center shall—</text>
<clause id="HE4BB0F30C40B4063825973EC98870B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>include basic
education about homeland security, the Department, and the relationship of the
directorates within the Department;</text>
</clause><clause id="H942A9568B976426EA9841FEC376D8023"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include the
relationship between the Department and other Federal, State, and local
agencies with homeland security responsibilities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFBB8405F7C8B4CA282B3E893FF18CD15"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be developed
with assistance from the National Homeland Security Education Network.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA66B6A824E5437A97C82607DD4F45F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H8F015C39F5F54372ABB8218B39E8B93F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive
Director</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director for
the Academy, who shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05B204FFD90647E3BBD1DDE9A2750738"><enum>(A)</enum><text>administer the
operations of the Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6798D3A7D81D4322B495628B95FC9784"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish an
Academic Board, to be headed by the Dean of the Academic Board, appointed under
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F4C583782EC4B579B76A45233467BAA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>hire initial staff
and faculty, as appropriate and necessary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E20891A3D894728B9FA5B2CF7B5CBA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contract with
practitioners and experts, as appropriate, to supplement academic
instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F05A36E5467498AB09DA94400F9FC32"><enum>(E)</enum><text>make
recommendations to the Secretary regarding long-term staffing and funding
levels for the Academy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9CFEC6E96AB4EC5811DAA474FBB13C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>report to the
Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and
Preparedness.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAB9FF6392A2040A4BAC3971638A9518E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dean of the
Academic Board</header><text>The Executive Director shall appoint, with the
approval of the Secretary, a permanent professor to serve as Dean of the
Academic Board and perform such duties as the Executive Director may
prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CCF749022E74A3F85A8E8F0033FF76"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Director of
Admissions</header><text>The Executive Director shall appoint, with the
approval of the Secretary, a Director of Admissions, who shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03A902C8379942DB88C61F4F17077B54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grant admission to
the Strategy Center to—</text>
<clause id="HD18CDCED5EC04F379E00A2816B6DF593"><enum>(i)</enum><text>new employees of
the Department, who have clear homeland security responsibilities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9EA9271FCFB44BB7A136F8F61CB9CCA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>mid-level
executive employees of the Department, including employees that receive academy
or other training, who demonstrate a need for cross-disciplinary or advanced
education and training and have been endorsed by the appropriate Under
Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE8A0F330C1644A6783F213D4A2F4FF40"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other Federal
employees with homeland security responsibilities who have been endorsed by the
head of their agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFB30BE16E7BB485C974CAB354B20EAC4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>State and local
employees who—</text>
<subclause id="H0276442B492542418390E9DA7194008F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>demonstrate a
clear responsibility for providing homeland security; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0EE79C521DCD45AA8FB42F04878EB3A7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>possess the
nomination of the Governor of their State, or Head of applicable jurisdiction;
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2B63C0EC374F46E08E233F16324B4CE9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>private sector
applicants who demonstrate a clear responsibility for providing homeland
security;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54B80A2575D54C97BB5861FA3B896735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that
students from each level of government and the private sector are included in
all programs and classes, whenever appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAB1C6C7CF1B44F1B6282D6EA0F802B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>perform such
duties as the Executive Director may prescribe.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86A0EF053AB34B169B58EB48FE95138F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Board of
Visitors</header>
<paragraph id="H1D5129C0F9E24F498C43462D9ED11B9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Before
the Academy admits any students, the Secretary shall establish a Board of
Visitors (in this section referred to as the <quote>Board</quote>) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD32B956F4CA84FC4817636DD63A9A4F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist in the
development of curriculum and programs at the Academy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD625A5A55B148459C06D6F781290BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommend the site
for the location of the Strategy Center.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H317097218F274A09876F47CEA518474C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="H7D66EC3CD6C347389799AC46EBE53425"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Board will be composed of—</text>
<clause id="H9ED6DDA452F8444FBFCD867EEE3D1FCD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary, or
designee, who shall serve as chair;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD5D3649FB584CD3BA1F61FFBFCF1C55"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Executive
Director of the Academy, or designee, who shall be a nonvoting member;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA021E1E727BD4ECC84991FB2866E7619"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Chairman of
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or
designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="H39DB9B0F57AA4FDBB023CA2CBA69F19B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Ranking
Member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCABB0DA192804C8C90B506E25979912E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Chairman of
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, or
designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB33C7CE42B84B4C86144C89274647A9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Ranking
Member of the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives,
or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE8B26297DFD2431E9D4CA7F146C51413"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D64713146FF4EB481C93E91C9A974A7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the Secretary
of Defense, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFF56003CE0D4AACB426F718E2B6E26C"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Education, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0784EEBDEE264FDE8992E1AA768AF79"><enum>(x)</enum><text>the
Secretary of Transportation, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4E6B09D959334050922B047EA906D081"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or designee;</text>
</clause><clause id="H982399F89EA1405287B5C2A5050000C6"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>4 persons, who
shall be appointed by the Secretary for 2-year terms to represent State and
local governments; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCCB55311535E43D09EF1DF7D8537C2E"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>4 persons, who
shall be appointed by the Secretary for 2-year terms to represent first
responders.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FE1A622247E42F4B04DB5E60771B8A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Any
person described under subparagraph (A), whose membership on the Board would
create a conflict of interest, shall not serve as a member of the Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53A32901C9BA407D8B6985DD6C15C3B3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>If
a member of the Board dies or resigns from office, the official who designated
the member shall designate a successor for the unexpired portion of the
term.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8EAC4714E7044A8E9F4105D5DF52F035"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header>
<subparagraph id="H5324CFBD5A954D7087BD08D77FF5B55C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Academy
visits</header><text>The Board shall visit the Academy not less than annually,
and may, with the approval of the Secretary, make other visits to the Academy
in connection with the duties of the Board or to consult with the Executive
Director of the Academy.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H683E9C77F0C941A492BBFAFFE83EC954"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inquiries</header><text>The
Board shall inquire into the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment,
fiscal affairs, academic methods, student body composition, and other matters
relating to the Academy that the Board decides to consider.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD61353F578E640C99E75D4A09FF5388F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<clause id="H86C4D88EE7B1446FAE206C11F9901EE4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after each annual visit, the Board
shall submit a written report to the Secretary, which describes its action, and
of its views and recommendations pertaining to the Academy.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9406A485EA104FA800CFBDC9C526BCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional
reports</header><text>Any report of a visit, other than the annual visit,
shall, if approved by a majority of the members of the Board, be submitted to
the Secretary not later than 60 days after the approval.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2B98BA8A554954B906BA9C9B4C6C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>The members of the Board shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for
employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Board.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0DCED0AB17764C59A2AE44BFD9E82E34"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HCC3DDEF518AE40F584FBC227200C5DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Curriculum and
attendance</header><text>The Secretary shall submit an annual report that
describes the curriculum of, and enrollment at, the Academy to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF37E658B7F01417198801EC64D3EB026"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FE1F43A808A487199D2C418E171AFA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DC394ECAE2A4132AC1F82E4B953BBF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Feasibility
report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the establishment of the
Academy, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6290A466B1624ADDA9CD01C96500BEFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recommends an
appropriate combination of students from Federal, State, and local government
and the private sector, and the percentage of costs related to the education of
each of these student groups that should be reimbursable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9F921D340C34E5B937E5F01876059C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
feasibility of expanding the Academy in regional offices established by the
Department or other government or university programs to provide ongoing
education and training for Federal employees with homeland security
responsibilities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54EA05FDF03B42F7BB623300921D00B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes the
feasibility of providing education for the general public through electronic
learning systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B7C2D59A9D6449EB61D456CE6D796F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>National Homeland
Security Education Network</header>
<paragraph id="HD51A3771FAE24C8C90360029D2E7462D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Executive Director of the Academy shall establish a National Homeland Security
Education Network (referred to in this section as the <quote>Network</quote>),
as described under subsection (a)(2)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7237B8323CEE4D6CBC1150166926B240"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Network shall be comprised of representatives from Federal training and
certification organizations, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC35736B9C14645C7B0FB75009C8E297D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the National
Homeland Security Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA90473D7C48144AFB7721607B1E1002B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Office of
Domestic Preparedness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3D71CDDE9D045CDAA2DF800611C6D97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the National
Domestic Preparedness Consortium;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB5E3B12D9C4345BCB997B0629996DA00"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Center for
Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4BCAFAE83D94B3F95CEF1E3FBDE4F19"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, including all schools or training and education
programs managed or co-located with the Center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF71FEE0620140659E6262B7007277C2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Customs and
Border Protection Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7629262D79274FE68B2C4667782EB4F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the Border Patrol
Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35B5D3959AD2483983AE45E68D47A1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the Bureau of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98E0B76E1E364BEFAA46AD535BA38869"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Secret Service
Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B16053A5A0D4790865B837516BF4094"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the United States
Coast Guard Academy, including all schools within the jurisdiction of the Coast
Guard Academy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D2CFD43465448219351729D1E6D4FF9"><enum>(K)</enum><text>the Emergency
Management Institute;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADE6857E5E974D79A60300C343451B88"><enum>(L)</enum><text>the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service Training Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E935152D74E428E87BF0065CD9935FF"><enum>(M)</enum><text>the Federal Air
Marshal Training Center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DBADAA0D92846B990220893462550BB"><enum>(N)</enum><text>the National Fire
Academy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8314F47EC73148289BDCFFB827BB9368"><enum>(O)</enum><text>other relevant
training facilities within the Department.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77DB26D5127346F6835B6598684052EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Curriculum
requirements</header><text>The curriculum and course work developed as part of
the Network shall be incorporated into the curriculum of the institutions
listed under paragraph (2), as appropriate, to ensure that students at these
institutions understand how their homeland security responsibilities relate to
other homeland security responsibilities in the Department and other Federal,
State, and local agencies. The training centers and academies listed under
paragraph (2) shall retain their respective missions and goals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38CF0173B819430B8236B71552167F43"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Semi-annual
meetings</header><text>The Executive Director and the Dean of the Academic
Board shall meet with the Network not less than once every 6 months to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F5A8314ADA841C2AE06F84F881F304E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>discuss curriculum
requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F877C59912C4115B5C73B85FADFA2F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate
training activities within the Network.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14DF29518C7A4251ABA26E9C962191D2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and every 2
years thereafter, the Network shall submit a report to the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, which describes the
Network’s—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCC62FA2B15649A3B85FAC922327731F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strategy for using
advanced instructional technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CE6E6CEFF0546DF8E90B8B1B66DD188"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plans for future
improvement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ECD556C45C94F278F9EC2060500AF9C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>success in working
with other organizations in achieving the goals described under subparagraphs
(A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA204F96E0BD842E4ABB4FCA98E3821E9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>527.</enum><header>Office of Public and
Community Preparedness</header>
<subsection id="H34C470286FF8495A8795BD29E54DD1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Directorate of Emergency Management an
Office of Public and Community Preparedness.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1C381B8A3D8A47789E06E100DDF24D92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
The Director shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Grants and
Planning.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF838598F9C2F4EBB9D91E2193D6700F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The
Office of Public and Community Preparedness shall consist of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4FE582CC34384BFD966F3E4700E03200"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The various
component programs of the Citizen Corps, including Community Emergency Response
Teams, Fire Corps, Volunteers in Police Service, USA on Watch, and the Medical
Reserve Corps.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D6C80BA46C2453C9675F64C3899BB2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Internet
website known as Ready.gov and the components of that website, including Ready
Businesses, Ready Kids, and Listo.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H359A81FAED064C759F2DE5F76949317B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such other duties
relating to community, public, and citizen preparedness as the Secretary may
provide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70F18BD836784109B759E95781B84834"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Director of the Office of Public and Community Preparedness, in coordination
with and support of the Regional Directors of Emergency Management under
section 504, shall have the primary responsibility within the Department for
assisting the efforts of State, local, and tribal governments in preparing
citizens and communities in the United States for acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and other emergencies, including primary responsibility for each of
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H0F53756300C34F2CB1537600958938AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Coordinating and
supporting public and community preparedness efforts at all levels of
Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB74E142227C2487196EAB51557A45231"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Serving as the
principal advisor to the Secretary on public and community preparedness
issues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10E6B5EEDF7542F7A6E5B75607DA721"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing guidance
on citizen preparedness for grants to State, local, and tribal
governments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71267C7C795C4D82A6853021686F289D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Providing, through
the Regional Offices under section 504, State, local, and tribal Citizen Corps
Councils with tools, information, and technical assistance to connect local and
national citizen preparedness efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8DDF42F8B3C48DDB54239D5C260A002"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Directing,
managing, and implementing all programs associated with the entities under
subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CF2ED0910814FE1BCC10024E9A0C542"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Establishing
specialized preparedness programs for at-risk communities under subsection
(e).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B0981ABBE4F496398591C002700DEB1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Ensuring
coordination with private sector entities, faith-based groups, other
nongovernmental organizations, special needs groups, emergency managers,
emergency response providers, emergency support providers, and international
organizations, in order to promote citizen preparedness and
participation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34D11CBBFEF844929D78EEB55533633B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Developing a
comprehensive program of public service announcements for use on a national
basis or, in consultation with State, local, or tribal governments, on a
regional, State, or local basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21F4A9CB98B94A009458A6D17300FE49"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Assisting in the
implementation of national strategies for public and community preparedness,
including the development of individual preparedness skills and capabilities,
including assembling preparedness kits, developing emergency communications
plans, training in basic fist aid, and learning how to react to a variety of
emergencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1D95BB3E26543799866BE1295307800"><enum>(e)</enum><header>At-risk
communities</header><text>In carrying out the responsibilities under this
section, the Director shall consider the unique preparedness challenges faced
by persons with disabilities, health problems, language barriers, and income
barriers, the elderly, children, and individuals with pets, service animals, or
farm animals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B8304CEAF1B4F42AFF447004B1E3210"><enum>(f)</enum><header>National Citizen
Corps Council</header>
<paragraph id="H94DAF0266ABE4673A3DDD0BD334A3D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Directorate a National Citizen Corps
Council. The Under Secretary for Emergency Management or a designee shall serve
as chair of the Council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CC0BB7087864435922CF5192037ECE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Council shall consist of national leaders of organizations and associations
representing at risk communities described under subsection (e), emergency
managers, emergency response providers, emergency support providers, community
and volunteer service providers, government, and the private sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC03F3F455C4842C4A18250845BD381AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
responsibilities of the Council are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF09C687D20F4CA5AD7DCEA0135D41A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>To work together
at the national level and encourage members of the Council at the State, local,
and tribal level to collaborate in support of the Citizen Corps.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0BF72F21C0F46B2B6B9EC213C4664A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To identify
opportunities for Federal, State, local, and tribal organizations to
collaborate to accomplish the shared goals of the Citizen Corps
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC0A3E429D4747CFA48EF791064C8BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>To encourage the
development and support of local Citizen Corps Councils and to advance the
Citizen Corps mission across the country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4827B550432C421C98FFF8F1627F8981"><enum>(D)</enum><text>To exchange facts
and information on programs to promote public awareness, training, safety, and
volunteer service opportunities and on safety and preparedness messages to be
conveyed to the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2BDAEB034EB482EA7A506DDFEFC216E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>To develop and
disseminate messages on safety and emergency preparedness that will be
effective in engaging communities and individuals in the Citizen Corps.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22B0C63FA2D74C60B9E9BE37F94D7534"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To serve as the
catalyst for engaging others within their areas of expertise to promote the
Citizen Corps mission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CD46F9C4AAF4DC581D2B1B593A612E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Under Secretary for Emergency Management or a designee shall convene meetings
of the National Citizen Corps Council at the discretion of the Under Secretary
or at the direction of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC10926D09B9C4E6A00066C19E07627F4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC69D12E1957646EA95D836086DA0CA11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate with
other Federal entities, as appropriate, including the Departments of Health and
Human Services, Justice, Commerce, and Education, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, to enhance
public and community preparedness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFBCAC49DEDC4C05A8A2462C5B36B000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinate with
State, local, and tribal governments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9F663B46104411F988E2225A59C9711"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to the
availability of appropriations, make grants and enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies and nongovernmental
organizations, as may be necessary and proper to carry out the responsibilities
of the Director under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H68E2BB87A6B64952ADC0D4009D5942A3"><enum>528.</enum><header>Prescripted
mission assignments and requests for assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop prescripted
mission assignments and requests for assistance for assets most likely to be
used in responding to future emergencies and disasters.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4FF747D197F64F4500F37B36DB1396B3"><enum>C</enum><header>Emergency
Response</header>
<section id="H4003A3FD35314A3D9E8090E78661F7F8"><enum>541.</enum><header>National
incident management system and national response plan integration
center</header>
<subsection id="HD1105ACCCD774E23B3C8A2487E59748B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Directorate of Emergency Management a
National Incident Management System and National Response Plan Integration
Center (referred to in this section as the <quote>NIC</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H44B00FDF899E4357929E3ED72904ED37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The
NIC shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The
Director shall report directly to the Deputy Under Secretary for Response and
Recovery.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEB649CF573144377A6A325A220EA87B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in consultation with the
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning, the Assistant Secretary for
Training and Exercises, the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and
agencies, and the National Advisory Council on Emergency Management under
section 509, shall establish a mechanism for ensuring ongoing management and
maintenance of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National
Response Plan (NRP), any other document or tool in support of Homeland Security
Presidential Directive 5, or any other Homeland Security Presidential Directive
related to incident management and response. The responsibilities of the
Director shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H606AA8F9078540AAB582B954739B20FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Revising, as
appropriate, the NIMS and the NRP not later than 90 days after the enactment of
this section with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63FD560E22134C90941B5D801425F2FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>clarifying the
roles and responsibilities of the Principal Federal Official, the Federal
Coordinating Officer, the Federal Resource Coordinator, and the Disaster
Recovery Manager;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F4F474358A64956B0897B6DB4220000"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing
procedures for the timely activation of each such role;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H634D85DEA57D45139FDB5DC7D02592AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing, in consultation with the
Director for Public and Community Preparedness and the Director of the
Corporation for National and Community Service, as part of the NRP an emergency
support function with respect to volunteers and donations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB757459BAFF64619BFF03675079069B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>realigning the
emergency support functions of the NRP so as to be consistent with the
NIMS;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF27E219884DE42A08DC6DCD3E1BFF26"><enum>(E)</enum><text>developing doctrine
and procedures relating to the management of acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and other emergencies affecting multiple State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5986A0A2B94045A0B569BD8400FD1470"><enum>(F)</enum><text>improving the
utilization of Federal, State, local, and tribal resources, including the
deployment of emergency response providers, specialized equipment, and
supplies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E3E353F82CB45D7BF94F2DC5D81A2D1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>finalizing and
releasing the Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the NRP;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9D3C4C0963E4C62AF39291FA8B7EA4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>ensuring the
effective use of emergency response providers at emergency scenes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7A7CA9EE5BB474D81425CFA815BD68F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>conforming the NRP
and NIMS to the provisions of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H13559BC8DF9445609C61303763E8F727"><enum>(J)</enum><text>reviewing other
matters pertaining to the NIMS and the NRP as the Secretary may require;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2897E5D259A24D1DA363A6B17900B332"><enum>(K)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">clarifying, in consultation with the
Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, the role of the Department of Defense
in catastrophic events under the NRP, including the circumstances in which the
Department of Defense should be employed and the objectives and limitations
that the Department of Defense should have;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F85059C04BB4DA08D08DC18E9F9D652"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">defining the circumstances under which the
Catastrophic Incident Annex and Supplement should be invoked under the NRP for
known and no-notice events; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1870529DEC8242259C8B1DFF5212299E"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designating which agency has the primary
responsibility under the NRP for emergency support function 13 (Public Safety
and Security) and in which circumstances.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H489C79BF30DC4CFF82BA6AA5C9E3100"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Developing a
national program for NIMS and NRP education and awareness, including specific
instruction on the purposes of the NIMS and the NRP and responsibilities of the
NIC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5976D57C31E04C6700251DF865D42856"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Promoting the
compatibility between national voluntary consensus standards for the NIMS and
the NRP and such standards developed by other public, private, or professional
groups.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F3A8935F7D443F4AEF0809841F9BA71"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Facilitating the
development and publication of materials and standardized templates to support
the implementation and continuous refinement of the NIMS and the NRP.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5943EC659CA4D2397B970AC84798001"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Developing
performance measures and assessment criteria for the various components of the
NIMS and the NRP and compliance requirements and compliance timelines for
implementation by Federal, State, local, and tribal entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46A019C4C7CC4632B018E0C964222296"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Establishing a
peer review process for NIMS compliance certifications that verifies the
satisfaction of training, planning, exercising, and other activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EF012887FF7418AAA471CEEEB3DC4F7"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Defining, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, the
general training requirements and the national training standards and course
curricula associated with the NIMS and the NRP.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DE94ABD87814AB1B2D9F5340AA4B00"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Facilitating the
development of national voluntary consensus standards, guidelines, and
protocols for incident management training and exercises, including
consideration of existing exercise and training programs at all levels of
government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DB090AE0B51448C8606D072BC7C25AF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Facilitating the
establishment and maintenance of a publication management system for documents
supporting the NIMS and the NRP and other related publications and materials
related to the NIMS and the NRP, including the development or coordination of
general publications.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC99E8FE4DFD040C1B9C5705757E7D02"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Reviewing and
certifying, in coordination with accrediting organizations and in consultation
with Federal, State, local, tribal, private-sector, and nongovernmental
entities, the discipline-specific publication management requirements submitted
by professional organizations and associations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A6669662418462DA4B8E42332E4E45"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilitating the development and
publication of national voluntary consensus standards, guidelines, and
protocols for the qualification and certification of emergency managers,
emergency response providers, and emergency support providers, as
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA564BFC0058C44DBB9CAB12BED0100E7"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reviewing and approving, in coordination
with appropriate national professional organizations and with input from
Federal, State, local, tribal, private-sector, and other nongovernmental
entities, the discipline-specific qualification and certification requirements
submitted by organizations and associations representing emergency managers,
emergency response providers, and emergency support providers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A7179FD7F5D4504A8AB7C018CDE2218"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Facilitating the establishment and
maintenance of a documentation and database system related to qualification,
certification, and credentialing of emergency managers, emergency response
providers, and emergency support providers and nongovernmental organizations,
including reviewing and approving, in coordination with appropriate national
professional organizations and with input from the Federal, State, local,
tribal, private-sector and nongovernmental entities, of the discipline-specific
requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40C718D42E9C444B82BE4730418B00B9"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Establishing a
data maintenance system to provide emergency managers with the detailed
qualification, experience, and training information needed to credential
personnel for prescribed national emergency management positions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D31C22520C540D5A763ECAC70DC06E2"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Coordinating
minimum professional certification standards and facilitation of the design and
implementation of a credentialing system that can be used nationwide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E29364DCD3A4BAEB502EC55200DC"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Facilitating the
development and issuance of national standards for the typing of
resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D8166E780934FA6B71EE8C267ABC730"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Facilitating the
definition and maintenance of the information framework required to guide the
development of NIMS information systems, including the development of data
standards for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9F8DDDD112446C4AABC16F8BB06B286"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incident
notification and situation reports;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H023586EB0272413400D525DBE7594A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>status
reporting;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6A297D703B94600A579E0E15C003BC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>analytical
data;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA40042D4EA1E4C0BA73FD8119D65E14"><enum>(D)</enum><text>geospatial
information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AA1FDD286524713AECB54979976C8B0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>wireless
communications;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D0BAF5503B0471CA6B991008278F00"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identification and
authentication; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECBF4BA5EB6B4DD58300FA0022E01E2D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>incident reports,
including lessons learned reports.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E9EB9060E8F456F887C2DE4D455FA1B"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Performing such
other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6DE39C7A1654F3DB21C073D889E281E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Operational
plans</header>
<paragraph id="H93C83505B33547EDBB5437314CFA5277"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development</header><text>The
head of each primary department and agency for each emergency support function
under the NRP shall develop detailed operational plans describing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H813C2AD461B3408AB3BFE3729FCFADC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how the department
or agency will become operational during an incident of national significance;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C4C11FCD7E24420B24EB68350D200BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how the department
or agency will coordinate with other annexes and emergency support
functions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H51EDEE22E98A464CB700D598FCD36581"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Operational
plans developed under paragraph (1) should conform to the NIMS and be
consistent with the emergency support function structure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H021FF329F9E34B3E96006F39EC73888D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports to
Congress</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the Director’s
realignment of emergency support functions pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(D),
the head of each primary department and agency shall submit to Congress a
report containing an operational plan developed under this subsection, together
with a certification that the response structures of the department or agency
are aligned with the NIMS and the NRP.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F16E0EDCCB24E1792201B3944EA9CF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H41E2E831CB4D47408F66564D41607F83"><enum>542.</enum><header>Use of national
private sector networks in emergency response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall
use national private sector networks and infrastructure for emergency response
to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</section><section id="H6E06F54E778A4129BE8EA9CD9F22B993"><enum>543.</enum><header>Nuclear
incident response</header>
<subsection id="H6061D40F6FA0423200D998FD3F368DA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nuclear Incident
Response Team</header><text>In connection with actual or threatened acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies in the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CEA5DC42F854A6B9C001C66C355BD9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Nuclear
Incident Response Team shall operate as an organizational unit of the
Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H189699164A2F4C16AA5E0848F1F27051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while so
operating, the Secretary shall have direction, authority, and control of the
Nuclear Incident Response Team.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF006D04FD8844606AB9818079CCCE953"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>In
addition to the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through
the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall at all times carry out the
following responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="HD41CE4A1D183484A8DD5F86EEF0092A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Establishing
standards for performance of the Nuclear Incident Response Team and, when such
standards have been met, certifying that they have been met.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H933F21214FEB49519ED3CCD6E4962CDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Conducting joint
and other exercises and training and evaluating performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1D3AAAC56884493814336E8C1280047"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Providing funds to
the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, as
appropriate, for homeland security planning, exercises and training, and
equipment.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC7A1975B22C54954871BE7D4DEA4B945"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit
the responsibility of the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency for organizing, training, equipping, and
utilizing their respective entities that participate in the Nuclear Incident
Response Team, or (subject this section) from exercising direction, authority,
and control over such entities when they are not operating as a unit of the
Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H054C6050F131476BB483D351AEA421FE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>Nuclear Incident Response Team</quote> means a
resource that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6FC6EE5E6B34448A9B9B0F4136007D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>those entities of
the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support
functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and
technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical
assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training
Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA98F28FA25C470EAA809E45DDE3D0BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>those entities of
the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions
(including radiological emergency response functions) and related
functions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H583CB15C5583492EBBCC660911E9C00"><enum>544.</enum><header>National urban
search and rescue response system</header>
<subsection id="HB05F6D91119F4B2D911EF81CE4EAB67"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National urban
search and rescue response system</header><text>There is in the Directorate of
Emergency Management an emergency response system known as the National Urban
Search and Rescue Response System that provides a national network of
standardized search and rescue resources to assist State, local, and tribal
governments in responding to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB42C9C31A3B4E04B218FAFF40590082"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
of the system</header>
<paragraph id="H3E84AA300FE84DF4AAAD6D46794E3019"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Task force
participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under
Secretary for Emergency Management shall select eligible urban search and
rescue teams that are sponsored by State and local government entities to
participate as task forces in the System. The Under Secretary shall determine
the criteria for such participation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D41F562258C4C59AA904DB74C49EE62"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements with
sponsoring agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under
Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the State or local government
entity that sponsors each search and rescue team selected under paragraph (1)
with respect the team’s participation as a task force in the System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8425AF9780324D4AA189C932F835A5C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Urban search and
rescue team personnel</header><text>Personnel of an urban search and rescue
team that participates as a task force under this section may be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H314EB46630A740C893C3B565002C029F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>personnel of the
State or local government sponsor; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B097E88FE984B81B4BB1BBF56E53C09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personnel of any
other Federal, State, or local government entity that enters into a
participation agency agreement with the State or local government sponsor of
the team.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09592119E9AB4DC5A28401D6C04ED5CE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Management and
technical teams</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under
Secretary shall maintain such management and other technical teams as are
necessary to administer the System.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F520F9A20A749A69B0659643D6FBB19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory
committee</header>
<paragraph id="H1DC82984F7874C8A9C6675A9971E688"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Under Secretary
shall establish and maintain an advisory committee to provide expert
recommendations to the Under Secretary with respect to administering the
System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1130C639B989433AAD2D03FEE6B99F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
advisory committee shall be geographically diverse, and shall include, at a
minimum—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97261E113F5548F0A189CDFC3BEDF290"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the chief officer or senior executive from
each of at least three State or local governments that sponsor urban search and
rescue teams selected to participate in the System as task forces;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE25826D851EC4736A1EBC75178481414"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the senior emergency manager from each of
at least two States in which such local governments are located; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF6BDCAA6E874795AAC521F414602E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at least one
representative selected by the leaders of the task forces.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45251ECF6AFA4D68B3F30009E561FD15"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The advisory committee shall terminate on
the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of the Foundations
for Emergency Management Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H305E05272AD94321B1BD2E89B1AD8100"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H49B78E29AD774A45B8B237C8B83CA5D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2009; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A55BCEE20348B891FE4DD35F277BEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such sums as may
be necessary for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2009.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8005DAD0E99D40E383FB22C4D3918B04" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>545.</enum><header>Metropolitan Medical
Response System</header>
<subsection id="H69ADE65A84454438AAFD5D459B005063"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is in the
Department a Metropolitan Medical Response System. Under the System, the
Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning shall administer grants to develop,
maintain, and enhance medical preparedness systems that are capable of
responding effectively during the initial hours of a public health crisis or
mass-casualty event caused by an act of terrorism, natural disaster, or other
emergency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A49F19B4F1249D39B44C1367926801B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The Metropolitan Medical Response System shall make grants
to local governments to enhance any of the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H60B6546A58624DE6A3D8D0151111456B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Medical surge
capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0557A0A30D9A4C6AA142776B00A72FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Mass
prophylaxis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8902CBB2F64D44C29FE78359A2F46100"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive detection, response, and
decontamination capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11B2B2EB2371443BB0539B7CD500BB24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Emergency
communications capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5526DED27BEE42328472A2D6B3AB085B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Information
sharing and collaboration capabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DE95EE8B67D470C84A91FE9FEBA1EC9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Regional
collaboration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98C875E35A994936A929347B80ACE513"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Triage and
pre-hospital treatment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8288959CC0A45B5BD00A9C4009FC8C4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Medical supply
management and distribution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA60608B68B584871878136CDCEF14FD"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Fatality
management.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F065F12646A4D78B6A173378CAE23B5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Such other
activities as the Secretary may provide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4A061965F07437400619500FD00FC57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007
through 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE94BD9BE5D04443998D0DB566BF396BC"><enum>546.</enum><header>Emergency
Management Assistance Compact authorization</header>
<subsection id="H8D38389BAC8941A6B658093230BB918"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management, may make grants for the purposes of administering the
Emergency Management Assistance Compact consented to by Public Law
104–321.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE0CCA1DA82B44E3981801DC29D78D64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uses</header><text>A
grant under this section shall be used—</text>
<paragraph id="HD19162480DEB48AAA85FC9E00BE0047"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out
recommendations identified in after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005
hurricane season issued under the Emergency Management Assistance
Compact;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3413507581E34460AE5F8CCCA6C54D52"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to coordinate with
the Department and other Federal Government agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2F4D2D349004E568773C34C13138207"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to coordinate with
State and local government entities and their respective national associations;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEA1B62F19E549E3B12CA8C4791BC3BC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to administer the
operations of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15621D74EB5A483000E35FC991DB84B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each fiscal year. Amounts
appropriated under this section shall remain available for 3 fiscal
years.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF6ACC60617E643F9B154DD53A954CF90"><enum>D</enum><header>Emergency
Communications</header>
<section id="HB80DD3C1B35C4C8D94DEAE7127460500"><enum>561.</enum><header>Office of
Emergency Communications</header>
<subsection id="H7F0B4F50A764400CA2E0AB708CE8ED64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department an Office of Emergency
Communications, which shall be under the authority of the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAE2DF3C291CC47EAAADBA7FE00711F16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary</header><text>The head of the office shall be the Assistant Secretary
for Emergency Communications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE0D155F937CD4DC6ACF32CD8698D067F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H577B05921FAF442899A3B74491977886"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assist the
Secretary in developing and implementing the program described in section
7303(a)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6
U.S.C. 194(a)(1)), except as provided in section 5 of the Foundations for
Emergency Management Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H093AC0BB3AD148D8BB06D6878C6904F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>administer the
Department’s responsibilities and authorities relating to the SAFECOM
Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19A07E0BC7E54557A0AB673125161F31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>administer the
Department’s responsibilities and authorities relating to the Integrated
Wireless Network program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CC37E9A0D8A4C4E870005E2D5A1521F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate, as appropriate, with the
Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, regarding the
administration of the National Communications System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C045BCE0BA94D52B3F8F0096ED0B340"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conduct extensive,
nationwide outreach and foster the development of interoperable emergency
communications capabilities by State, regional, local, and tribal governments
and public safety agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA791508D913449899BAA65AEB33EBC00"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide technical
assistance to State, regional, local, and tribal officials with respect to use
of interoperable emergency communications capabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48D4259CB5A04BBCBDA34D412E1F0EE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>facilitate the
creation of Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Groups under
section 565;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0D494D27512449E89FBDE106D059CC"><enum>(8)</enum><text>promote the
development of standard operating procedures with respect to use of
interoperable emergency communications capabilities for incident response and
facilitate the sharing of information on best practices (including from
governments abroad) for achieving, maintaining, and enhancing interoperable
emergency communications capabilities for such response;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB86B88BC25145E6BB6361E2A05CF760"><enum>(9)</enum><text>coordinate the
establishment of a national response capability with initial and ongoing
planning, implementation, and training for the deployment of backup
communications services in the event of a catastrophic loss of local and
regional emergency communications services;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC80741B5FA7406FB0A2DE00801B2B9E"><enum>(10)</enum><text>assist the
President, the National Security Council, the Homeland Security Council, the
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget in ensuring the operability of the
telecommunications functions and responsibilities of the Federal
Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4726329F65148C2AAD756E0A314A7D9"><enum>(11)</enum><text>establish
requirements for total and nonproprietary interoperable emergency
communications capabilities for all public safety radio and data communications
systems and equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC324F7927E0F457C8EE355D7AA01E356"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">help to establish an integrated national
public alert and warning system that incorporates legacy systems; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58F3A9EA60DD413194CDC7E2C9276BF"><enum>(13)</enum><text>review, in
consultation with Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning, all
interoperable emergency communications plans of Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments, including Statewide and tactical interoperability
plans.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30980F2C231343A9BA147870E8F433F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Performance of
previously transferred functions</header><text>There is transferred to the
Secretary the authority to administer, through the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3271A824183247E18F04E3817E01F900"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The SAFECOM
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7962921985148EC98959153FD1B4A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The responsibilities of the Chief
Information Officer related to the implementation of the Integrated Wireless
Network.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDEF49DBB9384746B25EA0D627E7C05E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Interoperable
Communications Technical Assistance Program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H472F4283B1494F25AB00858E003823E0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Assistant Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with the Director of the
Office for Interoperability and Compatibility the responsibilities described in
section 104 of the Foundations for Emergency Management Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD03A96C0EBC0444C952E8B8227BCDF07"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sufficiency of
resources plan</header>
<paragraph id="H707C2F28C9DB4E39BE88FADC0200DB9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than days 60 days after the enactment of this section, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the resources and staff necessary to carry
out the responsibilities under this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H417481BCDAF24B5186FE00C7B4B752CE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Comptroller
General review</header><text>The Comptroller General shall review the validity
of the report submitted by the Secretary under paragraph (1). Not later than
30 days after the date on which such report is submitted, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report containing the findings of such
review.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C3C94951AF34A06827669374B572998" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>562.</enum><header>National emergency
communications strategy</header>
<subsection id="H7F9FE5E2A478410B93D743A19257042F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications, shall, not later than one year after the completion
of the baseline assessment under section 563, and in cooperation with State,
local, and tribal governments, Federal departments and agencies, emergency
response providers, emergency support responders, and the private sector,
develop a National Emergency Communications Strategy to achieve interoperable
emergency communications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6EE985D142A841D5A155B73D6CA3003D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
national strategy shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1C4B6225F1F4907AAA5A000BA3C1546"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include a national
interoperable emergency communication inventory that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1282CB230F62427AAEE54414BF96CC2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies for each Federal department and
agency—</text>
<clause id="H1C5443FA93DB44C2A9F0C83CDA1969EA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the channels and
frequencies used;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5948B2DF9CDC46B5B2F5A087D3B2224"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the nomenclature
used to refer to each channel or frequency used; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5C0006E6DDC341C786F35B9B037D9C68"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the types of
communications system and equipment used;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3059EAD71C5141988539ABBDD44E36C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies the
interoperable emergency communication systems in use for public safety systems
in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88894472B6F940DC860000A500B16D3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides a listing
of public safety mutual aid channels in operation and their ability to connect
to an interoperable communications system;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76EC930817A14F66864DDFDC41F0CD08"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include, in
consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a process
for expediting national voluntary consensus-based emergency communications
equipment standards for the purchase and use by public safety agencies of
interoperable emergency communications equipment and technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77FCFCDF116F4CB882D7D7E9201EED46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the
appropriate interoperable emergency communications capabilities necessary for
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to operate at all threat
levels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1C150546D274104A1BA7360B8976F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>address both
short-term and long-term solutions to achieving Federal, State, local, and
tribal interoperable emergency communications systems, including provision of
existing and emerging technologies that facilitate operability,
interoperability, coordination, and integration among existing emergency
communications systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6311EDC8F150425084988CF607558D5C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify how
Federal Government departments and agencies that respond to acts of terrorism,
natural disasters, and other emergencies can work effectively with State,
local, and tribal governments, in all States, and such other entities as are
necessary to implement the strategy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72C8E5B3812A4B6F976810C241FCDD1B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>include measures
to identify and overcome all obstacles to achieving interoperable emergency
communications; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49F264F578CD457EBEDFA3831307DB85"><enum>(7)</enum><text>set goals and
establish timeframes for the achievement of an emergency, command-level
communication system based on existing equipment across the United States and
develop a timetable for a nationwide interoperable emergency communications
system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D595DEB48264DCE9E3C8EDD7989E00" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>563.</enum><header>Assessments and
reports</header>
<subsection id="H88A00696C74D41FDB24DBF52B79CB088"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Baseline
operability and interoperability assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this section and not less than every 5 years thereafter, the
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications,
shall conduct an assessment of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments,
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H501D054A880E4C6E9254891DBB75727"><enum>(1)</enum><text>define the range of
operable and interoperable emergency communications capabilities needed for
specific events;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE301769B43994F07A2D502070056CCD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess the current
capabilities to meet such communications needs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4BE11BAEF144CE3B576F01E61E1B33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the gap
between such current capabilities and defined requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71A12B5042FA43E8B8BBAFA0A6E47908"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Progress
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the
Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications,
shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the Department in
implementing and achieving the goals of this subtitle, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B35BB3A0D1847A18207A4B477F8AFDA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the findings of the most
recent baseline assessment conducted under subsection (a);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H027146E0A7D74952ABF6ADC464C4D1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a determination of
the degree to which interoperable emergency communications has been achieved to
date and ascertain the needs that remain for interoperability to be
achieved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58BD5281594F43B083BF547D2DA80056"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the ability of communities
to provide and maintain interoperable emergency communications among emergency
managers, emergency response providers, emergency support providers, and
government officials in the event of acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or
other emergencies, including Incidents of National Significance declared by the
Secretary under the National Response Plan, and where there is substantial
damage to ordinary communications infrastructure or sustained loss of
electricity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CEF59D86B0B42B6AED838FF7F17A531"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a list of best
practices among communities for providing and maintaining interoperable
emergency communications in the event of acts of terrorism, natural disasters,
or other emergencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0AEF444EA934310A7845E556D1B8052"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the feasibility and desirability of the Department developing, on its own or in
conjunction with the Department of Defense, a mobile communications capability,
modeled on the Army Signal Corps, that could be deployed to support emergency
communications at the site of acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other
emergencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3A11F5D538BB405984451FE924DCCDFE"><enum>564.</enum><header>Coordination of
Federal emergency communications grant programs</header>
<subsection id="H781E7C7B910349AC94195DAD6293885D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessment of
grants and standards programs</header><text>The Secretary, acting through
Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications, shall assess Federal grants
and standards programs managed by other Federal departments and agencies
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H67490DD4EA9647B7A47F00BDC16FFE10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>integrate and
coordinate Federal grant guidelines for the use of Federal homeland security
assistance relating to interoperable emergency communications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H069C80061FAC4AB794D173FEA0DC3D99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess and make
recommendations to ensure that such guidelines are consistent with the mission
of the Office of Emergency Communications; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93C0216AC7194D9DB8707ED3C462B028"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess and make
recommendations to ensure conformity with the goals and objectives identified
in the National Emergency Communications Strategy.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4DBFE8EF833840B7A83F448BC73DD122"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Denial of
eligibility for grants</header>
<paragraph id="HBC99FA81BE104D95AB8800D0AF7BE647"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for
Grants and Planning, and in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications, shall prohibit any State, local, or tribal government
from using Federal homeland security assistance administered by the Department
to achieve, maintain, or enhance interoperable emergency communications
capabilities if such government has not complied with the requirement to submit
a Statewide Interoperable Communications Plan as required by section 7303(f) of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/194">6 U.S.C. 194(f)</external-xref>)
within 2 years after the date of enactment of this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24D3DC93E0CA45198E45947FA3C69B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The
Secretary, in coordination with other Federal departments and agencies with
responsibility for standards shall develop, promulgate, and revise national
voluntary consensus standards on interoperable emergency communications within
4 years after the date of the enactment of this section, if the requirements of
paragraph (1)(B) have not been satisfied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BA586C740D84FE280944E4577103F9E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transfer of
functions</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this subsection, the President shall transfer to the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications the functions authorized by section 3006 of the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/71">Public Law 109–71</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 24), including the
authority to borrow under 3006(b) of that Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H77C3A58DA8B24B72A801C3BC5C5E39E4"><enum>565.</enum><header>Regional
emergency communications coordination</header>
<subsection id="HE51099F58B92424184DFF32F6110A200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in each Regional Office under section 504 a
Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group (in this section
referred to as an <quote>RECC Working Group</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF9FEEE33D924F31969DB8B57FB8A534"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subject matter
experts</header><text>The RECC Working Group shall consist of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H55D4DB2CF8244E79B8EB106BF6C642C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-Federal</header><text>Organizations
representing the interests of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H050A675D811545A8ABC5B2D22FDAFC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State
officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD0F282FA38C4E679416E9A32C3900C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Local
officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFAA05DEC16642B3A60000E6426CC080"><enum>(C)</enum><text>State police
departments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA14D9D241734276BFD7FE684D0982F7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Local police
departments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FD24D80D0964771853488B1BE178A9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Local fire
departments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC17E23CD6AAC48CC9CF366259ED4DD59"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Public safety
answering points (9–1–1 services).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB799F3AAD2BF40D1A6AEED1FBD81803"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Communications
equipment vendors (including broadband data service providers).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61EAF5E289944D3D93F1F1AEA003206"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Hospitals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B7DCF7AE50F499EBE6DB637918F28FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Public utility
services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H666E4204E03149599E24A5EC58811EA"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Local exchange
carriers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3ED72E252B8464A00DC7BEE690030B5"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Local broadcast
media.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87B615F07A53404D9D8CF3DEAEB95EA7"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Wireless
carriers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95553DA07C1345D28F4130B657F4C3E0"><enum>(M)</enum><text>Satellite
communications services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAE1554EC6434D859CD534B25BC51D12"><enum>(N)</enum><text>Emergency
evacuation transit services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD33ECE4BC77A4B95A0D7CF7C2DBC73A0"><enum>(O)</enum><text>Ambulance
services.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H880C791F6E8342FC9839BEAFA5B120CF"><enum>(P)</enum><text>HAM and amateur
radio operators.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H185809E1C9BB45EB8344F9604593024E"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>State emergency
managers, homeland security directors, or representatives of State
Administrative Agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF714342A2D464ECCA88360C08DB57CB"><enum>(R)</enum><text>Local emergency
managers or homeland security directors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA7806F329334457A2D0BAC13EFCA2DB"><enum>(S)</enum><text>Other emergency
response providers or emergency support providers as deemed appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD555A677A18C483092EF4BCD024DF13C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal</header><text>Representatives
from the Department and other Federal departments and agencies with
responsibility for coordinating interoperable emergency communications with or
providing emergency support services to State, local, and tribal
governments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H954CE44A53E94CA8B7B39F212E5B796D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
duties of each RECC Working Group shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H14B032A780964EF2A9719B2C155198EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assessing the
survivability, sustainability, and interoperability of local emergency
communications systems to meet the goals of the National Emergency
Communications Strategy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H06C21FD204CC4BC2B141BC7F065F8DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reporting annually
to the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications on the status of its
region in building a robust and sustainable interoperable voice and data
emergency communications network and on the progress of the region in meeting
the goals of the National Emergency Communications Strategy under section 562
when such Strategy in complete;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5196175625834561833BCA2C9C3B5306"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinating the
establishment of an effective multijurisdictional, multi-agency emergency
communications network for use during acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and
other emergencies through the expanded use of emergency management and public
safety communications mutual aid agreements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H385BCA576F2B4BB7AED54BF9F5240071"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating the establishment of Federal,
State, local, and tribal support services and networks designed to address the
immediate and critical human needs in responding to acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB23AC7A1F0604ECA8CCADDB4B1B27CE9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>566.</enum><header>Emergency
Communications Preparedness Center</header>
<subsection id="H2A4EE5C5211A45AE9787705DB6436FA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center (in this
section referred to as the <quote>Center</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F2519C89D4E4102A37EF0EC23F4E51"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Operation</header>
<paragraph id="HE5AB9092D35945FE8529009600DB93B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, the Chairman of the Federal Communication
Commission, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney
General, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies or their
designees shall jointly operate the Center in accordance with the Memorandum of
Understanding entitled, <quote>Emergency Communications Preparedness Center
(ECPC) Charter</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70DFE4939D454F87A195ADD790F86562"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The
Secretary shall be the Chair of the Center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0144CE5852040E10091F7A0509FA114"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The
Center shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H298EF1907F6C40569E4BEC5500CB5114"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve as the focal
point for interagency efforts to address operable and interoperable
communications;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD931A5ACD30B458B88B2B3695D1E36BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve as a
clearinghouse with respect to all relevant information regarding
intergovernmental efforts to achieve nationwide interoperable emergency
communications capabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28A339FA1EC84ADB973425C650D9E1A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ensure cooperation
among the relevant Federal Government departments and agencies to improve
effectiveness in the communication and implementation of the goals of the
National Emergency Communications Strategy, including specifically by working
to avoid duplication, hindrances, and counteractive efforts among the
participating Federal departments and agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F285477D4C94A6EB0A876600EA512E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prepare and submit
to Congress, on an annual basis, a strategic assessment regarding the efforts
of Federal departments and agencies to implement the National Emergency
Communications Strategy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3907A96C12F2491EA930EB0203B68107"><enum>(5)</enum><text>perform such other
functions as the President may assign.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED41FA5EBFA14A48A1D90A300CBD8CC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the
President shall transmit to the Congress a report regarding the implementation
of this section, including a description of the staffing and resource needs of
the Center.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H14A42CC6864445468752D847A7C8053B"><enum>567.</enum><header>Urban and other
high risk area communications capabilities</header>
<subsection id="H22E6B409183D46F993B199AA4009555D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of Defense, and with
appropriate State, local, and tribal government officials, shall provide
technical guidance, training, and other assistance, as appropriate, to support
the rapid establishment of consistent, secure, and effective interoperable
emergency communications capabilities in the event of an emergency in urban and
other areas determined by the Secretary to be at consistently high levels of
risk from terrorist attack.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCDD759A07B814CE6B8BC855FA2FA287D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum
capabilities</header><text>The interoperable emergency communications
capabilities established under subsection (a) shall ensure the ability of all
levels of government, emergency response providers, emergency support
providers, the private sector, and other organizations with emergency response
capabilities—</text>
<paragraph id="H227CBFC38100477691625E910772D555"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to communicate
with each other in the event of an emergency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B65C30A04D042C8AD4E3BF413694571"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to have
appropriate and timely access to the Information Sharing Environment described
in section 1016 of the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (6
U.S.C. 321); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A9213250C2040D3ABD984DC56144137"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to be consistent
with any applicable State or Urban Area homeland strategy or plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H85AD3304833949BEB73683ED003845E1"><enum>568.</enum><header>Integrated
national alert and warning system</header>
<subsection id="H968BE79EC73441E081FB956F78C04276"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications, and in coordination with the head of any Federal
department or agency that possesses or acquires alert and warning capabilities,
including the Departments of Commerce and Defense and the Federal
Communications Commission, shall develop, manage, operate, and coordinate an
integrated national public alert and warning system that incorporates legacy
systems.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC5A1424B62142F698EECB005190F9A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Such
system shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF5ADBCA662C348CDA66E008B8F31DA46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be operational
within 3 years of the date of enactment of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H682F729015F44434990000DC1DB765B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure effective
collaboration with State, local, and tribal governments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H59CE4E66FA06410EA65E74D3D00B08C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>complement and
provide interoperability with State, local, and tribal public alert and warning
systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD90E093110564508AEF721E47DB179B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure the
interoperability of commercially available equipment for radio and data
communications systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC323865B34A044C1B1FDC25FD7C6F98"><enum>(5)</enum><text>carry alert and
warning messages for acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7D46F2168EF413BB085B010F068B318"><enum>(6)</enum><text>conduct regular
internal training and exercises on generating and disseminating public alert
and warning messages;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7DEED5722324051B9F92F00C4F945A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>support public
education and outreach to increase community awareness of the integrated
national alert and warning system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF706E0EEB0EC416C9F5B5948EDB23879"><enum>(8)</enum><text>incorporate, to
the maximum extent possible, technologies and systems that warn and support the
unique needs faced by persons with disabilities or language barriers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFD5EA7EBA634E2AA3EB50F656A669AD"><enum>(9)</enum><text>develop
public–private partnerships to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A506CAB07E04B3BB9981448CD321064"><enum>(A)</enum><text>leverage
government and industry needs, capabilities, and resources necessary to
delivery effective disaster warnings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8871B5628ECC479500C36601DD88D02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>facilitate the
development, promulgation, and regular updating of national voluntary consensus
standards for public alert and warning technologies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BDD5BF415CD44838322AA0037FDEBE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify, in consultation with the
Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection and the Assistant Secretary
for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, critical infrastructure and key
resources necessary to provide accurate, survivable, and sustainable public
alerts and warnings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C04BB6C134E4AFBB3A51FDCF1099B80"><enum>(D)</enum><text>incorporate
private sector threat information sharing into Federal, State, and local alert
and warning systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA45570376B9D4EFC96F4BE6117FB00F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensure continuity
of operations plans are in place to minimize the disruption to communications
infrastructure used for the dissemination of public alerts and warnings;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39FBF596C4A142A8A21CDF0800B910F7"><enum>(10)</enum><text>promulgate
standard operating procedures and protocols for the integrated national public
alert and warning system; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1B017AF7E894B9DA1E5C22BCF240680"><enum>(11)</enum><text>identify and
incorporate existing, new, and emerging technologies, including the utilization
of both satellite and ground based alert and warning distribution networks to
provide redundant, timely, and accurate public alerts and warnings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HECAC815AB0C048978F11E81065CF2B34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation
plan</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for
Emergency Communications, shall develop an implementation plan for this section
within 180 days after the enactment of this section.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0785F9698F78402F9E3F9018A6A4AF68"><enum>E</enum><header>Logistics</header>
<section id="H65C596C3D96044EAB2F0BF37948BE4ED"><enum>580.</enum><header>Chief Logistics
Officer</header>
<subsection id="H3F4492B922E64D138365B4DED071AD90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is in the Department a Chief
Logistics Officer, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Chief Logistics
Officer shall oversee all logistics operations of the Department across
multiple support functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H73673E0A7C2643358D2E87286D38FE8C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>S<?xm-replace_text "?>upply
chain management system</header><text>The Chief Logistics Officer shall be
responsible for developing and maintaining an integrated <?xm-replace_text "?>supply
chain management system. The supply chain management system shall be structured
to be compatible with the National Incident Management System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1ADDC6AB059349478EED29B9E5BFC3FE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Chief Logistics Officer shall —</text>
<paragraph id="H80A7989EFEA7409690F85FF80F2F2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>guide and assist
Federal, State, and local entities that manage emergency response assets and
commodities to enable the entities to procure and deliver supplies for
emergency operations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF460A37488CC478BA914AEED558500E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide for the
development of logistics technology and software solutions to allow emergency
managers to view all assets in the supply chain and to be able to access those
assets.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H00BEFA377375494FBEFB5D75B4CB04DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regional
logistics officers</header><text>Each regional office of the Department shall
have a logistics officer, who shall be appointed by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7F6B5B6B2943469E91CFB47385BC4EA8"><enum>581.</enum><header>Prepositioned
equipment program</header>
<subsection id="H47138A1E4F1A4324AE54823591BB503F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting
through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management and in coordination with
the Regional Directors, shall establish a Prepositioned Equipment Program to
preposition standardized emergency equipment in selected geographic areas to
sustain and replenish critical assets used by State, local, or tribal
governments in response to, or rendered inoperable by the effects of, acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB692DB5E07064E9FAF8141EACA5200CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Force
packages</header><text>As part of the Program, the Secretary shall establish a
number of force packages. Each force package shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4DEDADA2AE740E0AF0099A9EF98F8EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain
preposition-standardized equipment and frequently used off-the-shelf
items;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H404B20F9A98145439F1F912908FA22F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be strategically
located and maintained at logistics centers in no less than 11 regions and, to
the extent practicable, co-located with the push packages of the Strategic
National Stockpile;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F5EF86023714DA8A88D7C5C53A1104F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be rapidly
deployable to any major population area within at least 12 hours; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1627FF0AE88498C883E03E93F333B34"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be easily
transportable by air, land, or water.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2CF99F011902439A9807BECB1846D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Types of equipment
included</header><text>Each force package shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCF7881929984E7E823FCDBDC91FC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>personal protective
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7F6FE7340164915A45C36FDB1DD012C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>detection
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A4F46FD59E040478DA1D7835491E2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>decontamination
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2674D19BD7164B4AB180BD05B08AEAE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>search and rescue
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA531F42C9BE446C08E8487AE37D1F982"><enum>(5)</enum><text>medical equipment
and supplies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H166412B577534433AD129F9EF3088DB0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>communications
equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D4E39E295544449869F14782163BF4C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>mobile
shelters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF70DAD909B4BC18366A6BA00EC51D6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>mobile medical
facilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6123E14AF384FE4A82C7F4301F3696B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any additional
devices, tools, supplies, and material most likely needed by initial on-scene
emergency response providers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F6489DE32BC48CE912BC85FC2ECFFB6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Support
teams</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each force package
shall be staffed by qualified and trained personnel who reside in the region.
Such personnel shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CF848D5DF244A63B10088F90608401F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be available to
respond to emergencies when necessary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D41DC9D0F9A44348500C466BC5C200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide life-cycle
management and maintenance of equipment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35F3E4CBBD6F4A6D9D22F5978FCADE34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>perform associated
logistics, including equipment maintenance and calibration.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD33E8D2F563F4ACD9F8B235C5F765F8C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Procedures for
deployment of force packages</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the
Under Secretary, shall deploy force packages to State, local, and tribal
officials when—</text>
<paragraph id="H49CF437387874DB1A95BBC584C1716C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State or local
government entity, through the Governor of the State, or a tribal government
entity, makes a request for the transfer deployment of a force package;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA97340F974414248A8F9D8C8F330BE97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Under
Secretary approves such request.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFAED433CB39546FFB394FF9FA2BB0734"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
carrying out the Prepositioned Equipment Program under this section, the
Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human
Services and with the heads of such other Federal departments and agencies as
the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0678D2918919498492D17FE8BFD0D58"><enum>582.</enum><header>21st century
logistics system</header>
<subsection id="H86F0DBB953E349B0A4B97B08BE86C5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall,
in consultation with the private sector and the heads of other appropriate
Federal departments and agencies, develop a 21st century logistics system that
includes real-time tracking of assets. The system shall be efficient,
transparent, and flexible for procurement and delivery of goods and services
necessary for an effective and timely response to major disasters and other
emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06EDC6CA29BB4B12B0CE7CBE2F8900F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>System
development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
shall ensure that the logistics system is developed through the use of
in-house, private sector, and other Federal agency logistics capabilities (or a
combination thereof).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H20764A715A884A1B9B66167133FE1E6E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the requirements of
section 611(h)(1)(C) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5196">42 U.S.C. 5196(h)(1)(C)</external-xref>), the 21st century logistics system
shall include an inventory of Federal response capabilities and corresponding
assets and resources. Such inventory shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HFDDFDCF5086241DAA94CC76D004EF73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the performance
parameters of each capability;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F7B4841CCBE42928BBCD37FABAD58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the timeframe within
which each capability can be available for deployment to an incident;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDBF5A6088824406AEEC1E7897619251"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the readiness of
each capability to respond to domestic incidents; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E80CBB4C73541B2A8F68B6DE9000454"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the availability
of such capability.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB23204066524CF8A9003C59B1FC4166"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Military
capabilities</header><text>The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the
Secretary a description of the functions and capabilities of any entity of the
Department of Defense that may be used to provide support to civil authorities
in responding to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other
emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2249F1D8332A426600115FF1114E86F8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Database</header><text>The
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall
establish an inventory database to allow—</text>
<paragraph id="H6AA89688347D47F8B4816D4791EB593F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>real-time exchange
of information regarding capabilities, assets, and resources, readiness, or the
compatibility of equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H381BA69648EC4137A8DB59DD0929FDA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>easy
identification and rapid deployment during an incident; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5737465E99E4A6FB0310343FF7575A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the sharing of
inventories across jurisdictions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF912690F01474BEDB0E500DA30F97E67"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Force
packages</header><text>The Secretary, acting though the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management, shall certify on an annual basis that Federal departments
and agencies with primary or supporting agency responsibilities under an
emergency support function of the National Response Plan have developed and
maintained force packages of rapidly deployable Federal capabilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1BF44E0727C44D5892CB6C63476B8929"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Logistics
support centers</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary
and in coordination with other Federal departments and agencies and State,
local, and tribal governments, shall identify physical locations in selected
geographic areas that could be used as logistics support centers for receiving,
staging, and integrating Federal capabilities in the event of acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H577107B2CEFD4A64B877AE44576344"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>In
carrying out the activities of the program under this section, the Under
Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Emergency Management
Assistance Compact to ensure effective coordination of efforts in responding to
requests for assistance.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3899F5A0EE864EFC99483000764006F"><enum>583.</enum><header>Small business
database for Federal contracting related to major disasters and emergency
assistance activities</header>
<subsection id="H4EE58D7C68A749228D40200710B29B56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary,
acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management and in coordination
with the Regional Directors under section 504, shall establish and maintain a
database that contains information about small business entities for purposes
of Federal contracting related to assistance activities conducted in response
to and recovery from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other
emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE67052F3ACF4ADCAA01637C64E383B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Included
information</header><text>The database under subsection (a) shall include the
following information about each small business entity included in the
database:</text>
<paragraph id="H24D242E666744B85941800CAF320088"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name of the
small business entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EB55E0889CB42CD87378200CB3EFA22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The location of
the small business entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAB5F83BF9D3940F6AC45A8404591858B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The area served by
the small business entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF66AF0623C034E158B764376E0FB4BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The type of good
or service provided by the small business entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9EEC69FFB30447E3B510F11BD2956043"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Source of
information</header>
<paragraph id="H2964581E2AE54DC6A3B22DCB3ADD403"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>The
database may only contain such information about a small business entity as is
submitted by the small business entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EFD7C17441546BDADEE19527215AB52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Attestation</header><text>Each
small business entity submitting information to the database shall
submit—</text>
<subparagraph id="H05523F80F9974D568C32DEB0ED26FECD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an attestation
that the information submitted is true; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1EAC2A8654F44AF8BB12700C63CB0B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>documentation
supporting such attestation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAC8137CFD1A54AD4BA67384BC94215E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Verification</header><text>The
Secretary shall verify only that the documentation submitted by each small
business entity supports the information submitted by that small business
entity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB050A1B9C7AF4B459800C15398F54D56"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of
database</header><text>The Secretary shall make the database generally
available on the Internet website of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA07963F4183409790B51700F171A206"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation of
database</header><text>Before awarding a Federal contract for a
disaster-related activity, a component of the Department shall consult the
database established under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E877186EA68404F98D827FABD2E587E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Database
integration</header><text>The Secretary shall integrate the database
established under this section into any other procurement-related database
maintained by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB70D6C745AC4654B1E807902BBD1E69"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the terms <quote>small business entity</quote>,
<quote>small business entity owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals</quote>, <quote>small business entity owned and
controlled by women</quote>, and <quote>small business entity owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans</quote> shall have the meanings given
the terms <quote>small business concern</quote>, <quote>small business concern
owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals</quote>, <quote>small business concern owned and controlled by
women</quote>, and <quote>small business concern owned and controlled by
service-disabled veterans</quote> respectively under the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 631 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C5821A4BA9B4CB3AD348268D102CC1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>584.</enum><header>Pre-negotiated
contracts for delivery of goods and services after emergencies</header>
<subsection id="HE01AD15DA8BF488189DC27DD7CA9C94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Undersecretary for Emergency Management, in
accordance with the process for coordinated, pre-negotiated contracts
established pursuant to section 504(e)(7)(E), shall have, and may delegate to
any Regional Director for Emergency Management, the authority to enter into
contracts for the delivery of necessary goods or services relating to the
response to or recovery from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other
emergencies affecting the geographical area served by the Regional Office of
that Regional Director.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC1D6E86239D140268327122EE12DEEBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Necessary goods
and services</header><text>The necessary goods and services referred to in
subsection (a) include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3C1854B2CAEC457599FF08AEC97C7C55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Debris removal and
other disaster clean-up needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H420159D625904C91848E76FAA8E2FEB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provision of
food, water, ice, and first aid supplies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F354786645942F6BAA04FC23B858700"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Meals-ready-to-eat.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H681FD7F5B7C1452D845DCC2248F274DC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The provision of
such other goods and services as determined appropriate by the each Regional
Director in coordination with the applicable Regional Advisory Council on
Emergency Management.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H287C450CEC0D4619B78000CDF125F668"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preference for
contracts with small businesses</header><text>To the greatest extent
practicable, in entering into a contract under subsection (a), the Under
Secretary, or the relevant delegated Regional Director for Emergency
Management, shall give a preference to a small business entity, as that term is
defined in section 583.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2BB2C990B0CD436BB9485C6EC929DFE5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Competitive
procedures</header><text>In entering into a contract under this section, the
Under Secretary, or the relevant delegated Regional Director for Emergency
Management, shall use competitive procedures, to the maximum extent
practicable, except as otherwise provided by law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA80A9D1188464CF99482CB00B098B45C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation
with other Federal departments and agencies</header><text>The Under Secretary,
or the relevant delegated Regional Director for Emergency Management, shall
consult with the head of a Federal department or agency with respect to any
contract entered into by the head of such department or agency using funds made
available for preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery with respect to
acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF274D39511E845E2A1BBA8870843D9CF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relationship to
Federal assistance</header><text>In the case of a contract that has been
negotiated by the relevant Regional Director for Emergency Management acting
under authority delegated by the Under Secretary, the existence of a contract
entered into under this section shall not prevent a State, local, or tribal
government from receiving or using Federal assistance for the provision of
necessary goods and services relating to response or recovery.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC0F197F4ECF74B519E00DD9871774DD"><enum>F</enum><header>Infrastructure
Protection and Cybersecurity</header>
<section id="H68961019BE65446A9CB5D4FF6DFF3DBA"><enum>591.</enum><header>Office of
Infrastructure Protection</header>
<subsection id="H84C337F24B46454588349BB7727E7371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department an Office of Infrastructure
Protection under the authority of the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB2B97BB820AB4112BEFB7754417EBAC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary for Infrastructure Protection</header><text>The head of the Office
shall be the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection. The Assistant
Secretary shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE6C2CBA469A4B3BA737C317C44CE5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of the Assistant Secretary</header><text>The Assistant Secretary shall carry
out the responsibilities of the Department regarding infrastructure protection.
Such responsibilities shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H38C8CADAB2B849FC9668AF97003915E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To identify and
carry out comprehensive risk assessments of key resources and critical
infrastructure of the United States, to determine the risks posed by particular
types of terrorist attacks within the United States (including an assessment of
the probability of success of such attacks and the feasibility and potential
efficacy of various countermeasures to such attacks).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F9C2B2D56BE46889BF61E0000F7966C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To develop and
maintain a comprehensive national plan for securing the key resources and
critical infrastructure of the United States, in accordance with Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 7.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1EB26B60BBB486EA19381C0AA2D585"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To recommend
measures necessary to protect the key resources and critical infrastructure of
the United States in coordination with other Federal Departments and agencies
and in consultation with State, local, and tribal government agencies and
authorities, and the private sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69D72B1BDA494826B710E679E07E010"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To assess the
preparedness capabilities of critical infrastructure to mitigate against,
respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic
emergencies, including natural disasters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF2C1601287C485C96B9D29695C0635C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To coordinate and
implement, as appropriate, preparedness efforts to ensure that critical
infrastructure and key resources efforts are fully integrated and coordinated
with the response and recovery activities of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90FF0F7A726D45DC9290B6A496CACE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To establish and
maintain partnerships and information sharing processes with Federal, State,
local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and international
governments and organizations to enhance coordination of critical
infrastructure and key resource efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H671E4578BC954277866746B5A57E6695"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To coordinate with
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and elements of the
intelligence community and with Federal, State, local, and tribal law
enforcement agencies, and the private sector, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H424C6DDF8C7640D0A1DE3EDA3DB63781"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To provide the
Secretary with an annual summary of national critical infrastructure protection
efforts and priorities and to provide, in consultation with the Assistant
Secretary for Grants and Planning, recommendations for Federal critical
infrastructure protection funding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC78133B1F1B4CF89CC6C746443D9FCF"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In carrying out
responsibilities under paragraphs (1) and (2), to consult with other Federal,
State, local, and tribal government agencies and authorities as
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4A38D45F79B4F8E0062C22027003BA7"><enum>(10)</enum><text>To perform other
such duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may
provide.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42E6D0E28EEF41CDA175BF1226260053"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Integration
Center</header>
<paragraph id="HBAD186A87E0D4E0F88B0E6A1D6143C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is an Integration Center in the Office of
Infrastructure Protection, which shall be staffed by the Office of
Infrastructure Protection, the Office of Cybersecurity and Telecommunications,
and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF13F90DA70634344B0FDA478298B3531"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The
Integration Center shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7D7D0C7E88B94DF1A177BC9BE1B413B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be responsible for
the integration of relevant threat, consequence, and vulnerability information,
analysis, and assessments (whether such information, analysis, or assessments
are provided or produced by the Department or others) in order to identify
priorities for protective and support measures by the Department, other Federal
departments and agencies, State, local, and tribal government agencies and
authorities, the private sector, and other entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF7E9D075221456500A6B099E57329C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and
disseminate analytical products that combine homeland security information with
critical infrastructure and key resource vulnerability and consequence
information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6E2C1464C70473395C9DDAD700D2E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Critical
infrastructure information</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the
Department makes full and efficient use of open-source information to analyze
United States critical infrastructure from the perspective of terrorists using
publicly available information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1693C0FAF24B453C98EEE6B88750B4D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Staff</header>
<paragraph id="HEC3F71BCE4914ADBBF13EDBDED63DD88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Office has staff that
possess appropriate expertise and experience to assist the Assistant Secretary
in discharging responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27DE8FCBAB814529B592AC9E42CDA9C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Private sector
staff</header><text>Staff under this subsection may include individuals from
the private sector.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54263F23CCE64C1CAAC03DE2A54C412E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Security
clearances</header><text>Staff under this subsection shall possess security
clearances appropriate for their work under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88B1FF78421C4294B5037FE984D30600"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Detail of
personnel</header>
<paragraph id="HF38153AB00F74F42A154FE5F4D49CFD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to assist the Office in discharging
responsibilities under this section, personnel of other Federal departments and
agencies may be detailed to the Department for the performance of analytic
functions and related duties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2877C8E8C1C94E1AAF92605804F2725E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>The Secretary and the head of the Federal department
or agency concerned may enter into cooperative agreements for the purpose of
detailing personnel under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48FCFF355A064E669E4B1EEA8EFB4E70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis</header><text>The
detail of personnel under this subsection may be on a reimbursable or
non-reimbursable basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6587FFE0D827489E881099E1CC83A7C9"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reprogramming
and transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
reprogramming or transferring funds, the Secretary shall comply with any
applicable provision of an annual Homeland Security Appropriations Act relating
to the reprogramming or transfer of funds.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69A1DEC5326441FE8464B0B5FF36A289" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>592.</enum><header>Office of
Cybersecurity and Telecommunications</header>
<subsection id="HCE4D221EFCE74C8787C7002F44484900"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is in the Department an Office of Cybersecurity and
Telecommunications under the authority of the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H89BF00902F31448FA7F4CFF7C2CEBB02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications</header><text>The head of
the Office shall be the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and
Telecommunications. The Assistant Secretary shall report directly to the Under
Secretary for Emergency Management.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABA9640336334FCBA2478DB65DE29090"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities
of Assistant Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Assistant Secretary shall carry out the responsibilities of the Department
regarding cybersecurity and telecommunications. Such responsibilities shall
include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H89F6D07D7A1549F58C8232C995A107AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To establish and
manage—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BDAB3270BEA48A0B57CEB05E5F38BB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a national
cybersecurity response system that includes the ability to—</text>
<clause id="H13E3D7875A8B43D38C145D6FA6535FF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>analyze the effect
of cybersecurity threat information on national critical infrastructure
identified under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9AACB6B79E8446E4A9148CD46C345FF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aid in the
detection and warning of potential vulnerability or attack that could cause
widespread disruption, and in the restoration of, cybersecurity infrastructure
in the aftermath of such attacks;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H707A760E0FE34A33AB32142DBEFE4D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a national
cybersecurity threat and vulnerability reduction program that facilitates and
coordinates with businesses and organizations to conduct risk assessments on
information technology and deal with vulnerabilities that would have a national
effect on critical infrastructure and that coordinates the mitigation of such
vulnerabilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H167747795C8C4102878FC7FC1EABA5A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a continuity of
operations program to plan and allocate resources for the continuation of
critical information operations in the event of a large scale disruption of the
information infrastructure and to coordinate a response;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCF93A895CEF4B90BA18091259554762"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a reconstitution
program to ensure that priorities, procedures, and resources are in place to
reconstitute information infrastructures in the government and private sector
that are critical to the orderly functioning of the economy, health of the
population, and national security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E6B5BB061B54A07ADEF8D95D2173B00"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a resiliency
program that will support basic and fundamental research to improve the
reliability of network protocols as well as provide for reasonable security
controls and that will work with the private sector to improve the security of
key network protocols and develop more secure, reliable successors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C026A6B1B67407BB6FADC7C32280303"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a national
public-private cybersecurity awareness, training, and education program that
promotes Internet security awareness among all enduser groups, including the
education community, students, businesses, and government entities, and helps
coordinate cybersecurity awareness initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1441A4FAA07419CAD0160324338A6A"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a Government
cybersecurity program to coordinate and consult with Federal, State, and local
governments to enhance their cybersecurity programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7514922029C4714990600D8493C6BAF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a national
security and international cybersecurity cooperation program to help foster
Federal efforts to enhance international cybersecurity awareness and
cooperation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H563DD65363864517BF3F3F4CE9BBF4A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To coordinate and
to leverage existing efforts within the private sector on the program under
paragraph (1) as appropriate and to promote cybersecurity information sharing,
vulnerability assessment, and threat warning regarding critical
infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB214182280AF4673A696F3208C04A841"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To coordinate with
other directorates and offices within the Department and with other Federal
agencies, as appropriate, on the cybersecurity aspects of their
missions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32E5BAE7470142F5AACEDEF800353558"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To carry out, in
coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Communications, as
appropriate, the duties of the National Communications System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3B82B3224B34FD99476263000BDE5B5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To coordinate with
the Under Secretary to ensure that the National Response Plan developed
includes appropriate measures for the recovery of the cybersecurity elements of
critical infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H247ADAD05A2D4BABA1FB6F50A7B242DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To develop
processes for information sharing with the private sector, consistent with
section 214, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5379CAAA6624F1288251BB436008D05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote voluntary
cybersecurity best practices, standards, and benchmarks that are responsive to
rapid technology changes and to the security needs of critical infrastructure;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD456801347548C2A8929EDAA5BFCFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consider roles of
Federal, State, local, and foreign governments, appropriate standards bodies,
and the private sector, including the insurance industry and auditors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB7EFA56C19804107B6C59FAC60000800"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To coordinate with
the Chief Information Officer of the Department in establishing a secure
information sharing architecture and information sharing processes, including
with respect to the Department's operation centers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E000BCC2B8C4BD19F67FBC0C7E08E43"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To consult with
the Electronic Crimes Task Force of the United States Secret Service on private
sector outreach and information activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74949EEF6D1C4BFB82A0860020351714"><enum>(9)</enum><text>To consult with
the Office for Training and Exercises to ensure that realistic cybersecurity
scenarios are incorporated into training exercises, including tabletop and
recovery exercises.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB82951477F14B6B00C51E93C805D078"><enum>(10)</enum><text>To consult and
coordinate with the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, the
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and, where appropriate, with other
relevant Federal departments and agencies, on the security of digital control
systems, such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC6C23230EB049F2BB24AC97446D684C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>To consult and
coordinate with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology on cybersecurity
research and development requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B7A03D5C58E46239D5F5247BA002C84"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on
the programs under this section and the specific funding requirements of each
priority and objective of the Secretary with respect to such programs. For
each priority or objective the Secretary shall describe how the private sector
is involved in each such program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54C58E74F0EA4BCB92DC4F617431D7BE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadline for
nomination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this section, the President shall
nominate an individual to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity
and Telecommunications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF76B0BF4F86B4F0D8E54FF9E8A5A2B8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff</header>
<paragraph id="HC5B1716BAD9B4BB68F57C35BADD5BB34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide the Office with staff having
appropriate expertise and experience to assist the Assistant Secretary in
discharging responsibilities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FC29FAAFA95475599BFF4E26B3DE61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security
clearances</header><text>Staff under this subsection shall possess security
clearances appropriate for their work under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H396C84D3F0BF4CC500AB77F988908F4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Detail of
personnel</header>
<paragraph id="H135AC7EC2DE640DF9733B7300DD99EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to assist the Office in discharging
responsibilities under this section, personnel of other Federal departments and
agencies may be detailed to the Department for the performance of analytic
functions and related duties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2E58EB779504436AF62C7CA32802DE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative
agreements</header><text>The Secretary and the head of the Federal department
or agency concerned may enter into cooperative agreements for the purpose of
detailing personnel under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10BDB09DE50E42EA8FE17E6C30B0B3AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Basis</header><text>The
detail of personnel under this subsection may be on a reimbursable or
non-reimbursable basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA5E0D43CFB6409695AF975BB76B5241"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reprogramming
and transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
reprogramming or transferring funds, the Secretary shall comply with any
applicable provision of an annual Homeland Security Appropriations Act relating
to the reprogramming or transfer of
funds.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle>.
(b)The items relating
to title V in the table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 are amended to read as follows:
Title V—Emergency Management
Subtitle A—Directorate of Emergency Management
Sec. 501. Directorate of Emergency Management.
Sec. 502. Responsibilities of the Under Secretary.
Sec. 503. Principal advisor on emergency
management.
Sec. 504. Regional offices.
Sec. 505. Chief Medical Officer.
Sec. 506. National Biosurveillance Integration
System.
Sec. 507. Office of State, Local, and Tribal Government
Coordination.
Sec. 508. National Operations Center.
Sec. 509. Office of National Capital Region
Coordination.
Sec. 510. National Advisory Council on Emergency
Management.
Sec. 511. Reorganization of Directorate.
Subtitle B—Emergency Preparedness
Sec. 521. Office of Grants and Planning.
Sec. 522. Office of Training and Exercises.
Sec. 523. Essential capabilities.
Sec. 524. Catastrophic planning.
Sec. 525. System assessment and validation for emergency
responders program.
Sec. 526. National Homeland Security Academy.
Sec. 527. Office of Public and Community
Preparedness.
Sec. 528. Prescripted mission assignments and requests for
assistance.
Subtitle C—Emergency Response
Sec. 541. National incident management system and national
response plan integration center.
Sec. 542. Use of national private sector networks in emergency
response.
Sec. 543. Nuclear incident response.
Sec. 544. National urban search and rescue response
system.
Sec. 545. Metropolitan Medical Response System.
Sec. 546. Emergency Management Assistance Compact
authorization.
Subtitle D—Emergency Communications
Sec. 561. Office of Emergency Communications.
Sec. 562. National emergency communications
strategy.
Sec. 563. Assessments and reports.
Sec. 564. Coordination of Federal emergency communications
grant programs.
Sec. 565. Regional emergency communications
coordination.
Sec. 566. Emergency Communications Preparedness
Center.
Sec. 567. Urban and other high risk area communications
capabilities.
Sec. 568. Integrated national alert and warning
system.
Subtitle E—Logistics
Sec. 580. Chief Logistics Officer.
Sec. 581. Prepositioned equipment program.
Sec. 582. 21st century logistics system.
Sec. 583. Small business database for Federal contracting
related to major disasters and emergency assistance activities.
Sec. 584. Pre-negotiated contracts for delivery of goods and
services after emergencies.
Subtitle F—Infrastructure Protection and
Cybersecurity
Sec. 591. Office of Infrastructure Protection.
Sec. 592. Office of Cybersecurity and
Telecommunications.
.
102.
(a)Not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the
Homeland Security Council shall establish within the Council a Disaster
Response Group (referred to in this section as the DRG
).
(b)
(1)The DRG shall be responsible for resolving interagency
conflicts arising during incidents of national significance and any related
strategic policy planning and interagency coordination activities.
(2)Decisions of the DRG relating to interagency conflicts
shall be implemented through the Director of the National Operations Center of
the Department of Homeland Security. In the event a conflict cannot be
resolved, the DRG shall develop recommendations for deputies and
principals.
(c)The Chairman shall determine and appoint
the members of the DRG. The structure of the DRG shall be similar to the
structure of Counterterrorism Security Group. The Chairman shall consult with
members of the Counterterrorism Security Group in the establishment of the
DRG.
(d)The DRG shall conduct meetings on a regular
basis, but more frequently during times of crisis.
103.Streamlined
deputation of qualified Federal law enforcement officersThe Attorney General shall develop
procedures for the streamlined deputation of qualified Federal law enforcement
officers to assist in areas affected by an emergency, major disaster, or
catastrophic incident. The Attorney General should consult with the appropriate
State officials to develop agreements under which a State requesting Federal
law enforcement assistance agrees in advance to grant limited State law
enforcement authority to Federal agents for the duration of the emergency,
major disaster, or catastrophic incident.
104.International
assistance for domestic catastrophic incidents
(a)Procedures for
review of offers of international assistanceThe Secretary of Homeland Security, acting
jointly with the Secretary of State and in consultation with the heads of other
appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop procedures for reviewing,
accepting, or rejecting offers of international assistance for domestic
catastrophic incidents.
(b)Procedures
developed under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)an appropriate
mechanism, to be administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security and
supported by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Treasury, to receive,
disburse, and audit any cash assistance received in support of victim
needs;
(2)a
coordination process among Federal agencies and non-governmental partners to
solicit, accept, receive, integrate, and distribute foreign assistance;
(3)an expedited
review process for international aid that addresses both critical needs and
legitimate foreign policy objectives;
(4)a
process to provide for the inclusion of a representative of the United States
Agency for International Development (referred to in this section as
USAID
) in the Joint Field Office;
(5)a process to provide for the inclusion
of—
(A)a representative
from USAID, including the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (referred
to in this section as OFDA
) on the State Department Task Force,
and a representative of the Department of State on USAID/OFDA’s Response
Management Team, to improve interagency coordination; and
(B)a representative of the Department of
Homeland Security on the State Department Task Force and USAID/OFDA’s Response
Management Team to provide more efficient information sharing about assistance
needs on the ground.
105.Gulf Coast Long-Term
Recovery Office
(a)The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland
Security a Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office to administer amounts available
to the Department for providing assistance to the residents of the Gulf Coast
region for recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
(b)The Office shall be headed by a Director,
who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(c)The Director of the Gulf Coast Long-Term
Recovery Office shall work with State, local, and tribal governments, the
private sector, and nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based and
other community humanitarian relief entities, to provide assistance to
residents of the Gulf Coast region for recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita, including the following:
(1)To assess the
social and economic consequences in the areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita and coordinate Federal efforts to address long-term community recovery
issues.
(2)To
advise the Secretary of Homeland Security on the long-term community recovery
implications of response activities.
(3)To
conduct comprehensive market disruption and loss analysis and develop a forward
looking market-based comprehensive long-term recovery plan for the affected
areas.
(4)To identify
appropriate Federal programs and agencies to support the implementation of the
long-term community recovery plan, to ensure coordination across appropriate
Federal departments and agencies, and to identify any gaps in the available
resources.
(5)To avoid
duplication of assistance, to coordinate, to the extent possible, program
application processes and planning requirements in order to streamline
assistance, and to identify and coordinate the resolution of policy and program
issues.
(6)To determine
responsibilities for recovery activities, to provide a method of maintaining
continuity in the delivery of assistance under programs administered by various
Federal departments and agencies, and to oversee coordination with State,
local, and tribal governments and other involved parties, to ensure
follow-through of recovery and hazard mitigation efforts.
(7)To encourage
implementation of mitigation measures during recovery.
(8)To carry out such
other activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
(d)The
Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office established under subsection (a) shall
terminate at the discretion of the Secretary.
106.National Disaster
Medical System
(a)Authorization of
appropriationsSection 2811
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11), as added by section 102
of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of
2002 (116 Stat. 599), is amended in subsection (h) by striking such
sums
and all that follows and inserting $85,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2007 through 2010.
.
(b)Not later than 9 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management, shall submit to Congress a report that provides—
(1)an
assessment of the need to expand the National Disaster Medical System,
including an examination of the feasibility of maintaining a full time,
non-volunteer operational unit or units;
(2)an evaluation of
the relationship between the National Disaster Medical System and the
Metropolitan Medical Response System;
(3)an assessment of
the coordination between the Department and the Department of Health and Human
Services during deployment; and
(4)an evaluation of
whether the National Disaster Medical System should remain in the Department
and, if not, which Department should have responsibility.
107.Office of
Interoperability and Compatibility
(a)Title III of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
314.Office of
interoperability and compatibility
(a)Clarification of
responsibilitiesThe Director of the Office of Interoperability
and Compatibility shall—
(1)assist the
Secretary in developing and implementing the science and technology aspects of
the program described in subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G) of section
7303(a)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6
U.S.C. 194(a)(1));
(2)support the
creation of national voluntary consensus standards for interoperable emergency
communications;
(3)establish a
comprehensive research, development, testing, and evaluation program for
improving interoperable emergency communications;
(4)establish
requirements for total and nonproprietary interoperable emergency
communications capabilities for all public safety radio and data communications
systems and equipment;
(5)evaluate and
validate new technology concepts in real-world environments to achieve
interoperable emergency communications capabilities;
(6)encourage more
efficient use of existing resources, including equipment and spectrum, to
achieve interoperable emergency communications capabilities;
(7)test and deploy
public safety communications systems that are less prone to failure, support
new nonvoice services, consume less spectrum, and cost less than existing
systems; and
(8)work with the
private sector to develop solutions to improve emergency communications
capabilities and achieve interoperable emergency communications
capabilities.
(b)The
Director shall coordinate with the Assistant Secretary for Emergency
Communications with respect to the SAFECOM program.
(c)The Secretary shall provide the Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility the resources and staff necessary to carry
out the responsibilities under this
section.
.
(b)The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is
amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to title III the
following:
Sec. 314. Office of Interoperability and
Compatibility.
.
108.
(a)Financial assistance
provided to State, local, and tribal governments by the Secretary of Homeland
Security for prevention activities may be used by the State, local, or tribal
government to hire new staff and contractors to serve as intelligence analysts
to facilitate information and intelligence sharing activities.
(b)An
individual shall successfully complete training to ensure baseline proficiency
in intelligence analysis and production before the individual may serve as an
intelligence analyst or as a staff intelligence employee or contractor.
(c)The requirements under subsection (b) shall apply with
respect to an individual hired after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
109.Redesignation of
Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection
(a)Redesignation of
Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
ProtectionSection 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 121) is amended—
(1)in subsection
(a)(1)—
(A)by striking
a Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection
and inserting an Office of Intelligence and
Analysis
; and
(B)by striking
an Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection
and inserting an Under Secretary for Intelligence and
Analysis
;
(2)by striking
subsection (b) and redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as subsections (b)
through (f), respectively;
(3)in subsection (b),
as so redesignated—
(A)by striking
and infrastructure protection
and inserting and
intelligence
; and
(B)by striking
the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection
and inserting the Under Secretary for Intelligence
and Analysis
;
(4)in subsection (c),
as so redesignated—
(A)by striking
the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection
and inserting the Under Secretary for Intelligence
Analysis
;
(B)by striking
paragraphs (2), (5), and (6), and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (19) as
paragraphs (2) through (16), respectively;
(C)in paragraph (2),
as so redesignated, by striking To integrate
and inserting
To participate in the integration of
; and
(D)in paragraph (14),
as so redesignated, by inserting the Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection and
after coordinate
with
;
(5)in
subsections (d) and (e), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), by striking
Directorate
each place it appears and inserting
Office
; and
(6)in
subsection (f), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), by striking , for
assignment to the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure
Protection under this section,
.
(b)Technical and
conforming amendments
(1)Homeland Security
Act of 2002The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended—
(A)in section
103(a)(2) (6 U.S.C. 113(a)(2)), by striking Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection
and inserting Intelligence and
Analysis
;
(B)in section 223 (6
U.S.C. 123), by striking Under Secretary for Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection
and inserting Assistant Secretary for
Infrastructure Protection
;
(C)in section 224 (6
U.S.C. 144), by striking Under Secretary for Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection
and inserting Assistant Secretary for
Cybersecurity and Telecommunications
; and
(D)in section 302(3)
(6 U.S.C. 182(3)), by striking Under Secretary for Information Analysis
and Infrastructure Protection
and inserting Under Secretary for
Intelligence and Analysis and the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure
Protection
.
(2)
(A)The heading for
section 201 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121) is amended to
read as follows:
201.Office of
Intelligence and
Analysis
.
(B)The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating
to section 201 and inserting the following:
Sec. 201. Office of Intelligence and
Analysis.
.
(C)The heading for
subsection (a) of section 201 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 121) is amended to read as
follows: Under Secretary
of Homeland Security for Intelligence and
Analysis.—
.
(D)The heading for
subsection (b) of section 201 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 121), as redesignated by
subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended to read as follows:
Discharge of Intelligence
and Analysis.—
.
(3)Section 507(b) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 317(b)) is repealed.
(4)National
Security Act of 1947Section 106(b)(2)(I) of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403-6(b)(2)(I)) is amended to read as
follows:
(I)the Under Secretary of Homeland
Security for Intelligence and
Analysis.
.
(5)Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004Section 7306(a)(1) of
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-458; 118 Stat. 3848) is amended by striking Under Secretary for
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
and inserting
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis
.
110.National
Academy of Public Administration study on implementation of organizational
reforms
(a)Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter
into an arrangement with the National Academy of Public Administration to
conduct a study of the implementation of the organizational changes to the
Department of Homeland Security made by this Act and the amendments made by
this Act. Under the arrangement, the Academy shall provide assistance in the
creation and implementation of the Directorate of Emergency Management.
(b)Deadline for
beginning of studyThe study required under this section shall
begin not later than two months after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(c)The
study required under this section shall end not later than the date that is one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
111.GAO reports on
an inventory and status of homeland security training
(a)Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress an initial report
on the overall inventory and status of training programs for emergency response
providers in the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal departments
and agencies and the extent to which such programs are coordinated.
(b)Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to Congress a final report on homeland security training that includes
the following:
(1)An assessment of the effectiveness of the
structure and organization of training programs for emergency response
providers in the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal departments
and agencies.
(2)Recommendations
to—
(A)improve the
coordination, structure, and organization of such training programs; and
(B)increase the
availability of training to emergency response providers who are not able to
attend centralized training programs;
(3)A
description of the structure and organizational effectiveness of such programs
for emergency response providers in rural communities.
(4)An identification
of any duplication or redundancy among such programs.
(5)A
description of the use of State and local training institutions, universities,
centers, the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and other national
training programs funded by the Department of Homeland Security, in designing
and providing training.
(6)A
cost-benefit analysis of the costs and time required for emergency response
providers to participate in training courses at Federal institutions.
(7)An assessment of
the approval process for certifying training courses that are not administered
by the Department of Homeland Security and that are useful for anti-terrorism
purposes and eligible for grants awarded by the Department.
(8)A
description of the use of Department of Homeland Security grant funds by State,
local, and tribal governments to acquire training.
(9)An analysis of the feasibility of Federal,
State, local, and tribal government personnel receiving the training that is
necessary to adopt the National Response Plan and the National Incident
Management System of the Department of Homeland Security.
(10)A description of
the role of each training institution within the Department of Homeland
Security in the design and implementation of emergency preparedness and related
training courses for emergency response providers.
112.Grants for training
and exercises to assist public elementary and secondary schools
(a)Financial assistance
provided by the Secretary of Homeland Security to a State, local, or tribal
government under a program described in subsection (b) may be used by the
State, local, or tribal government to provide training or exercises to assist
public elementary and secondary schools in developing and implementing programs
to instruct students with respect to age-appropriate skills to prevent, prepare
for, respond to, mitigate against, or recover from acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, and other emergencies.
(b)The programs referred to in subsection (a) are the
following:
(1)The State Homeland
Security Grant program.
(2)The Urban Area
Security Initiative.
(3)The Law Enforcement
Terrorism Prevention Program.
113.Sense of Congress on
the Project 25 conformity assessment projectIt is the sense of Congress that in carrying
out the responsibilities and authorities of the Department of Homeland Security
relating to the SAFECOM Program, the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security
for Emergency Communications should work with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology for the purpose of implementing, as soon as possible,
the Project 25 Compliance Assessment Program.
114.National
pandemic influenza exercise
(a)Not later than 270
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for
Training and Exercises, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer of the
Department of Homeland Security, and in cooperation with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the heads of all other Federal, State, and local government
agencies responsible for pandemic influenza preparedness and response shall
conduct a full-scale, national exercise to test the effectiveness and
implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza.
(b)In carrying out the national exercise under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall use the following
scenarios:
(1)The introduction
of highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza into the domestic poultry supply by
transmission from migratory wild birds. The same transmission and
mortality/morbidity characteristics as the strain existing as of May 2006 shall
be assumed. No human-to-human transmission may be assumed, but bird-to-human
transmission shall be assumed possible with the same level of probability as
the existing strain.
(2)The introduction
of a strain of virus mutated from H5N1 that is transmissible from human to
human with the same efficiency as seasonal influenza and the
morbidity/mortality characteristics of the 1918 outbreak of influenza commonly
referred to as the Spanish flu.
(c)The national exercise under subsection (a) shall be as
realistic as possible, as provided in subsection (e), and may not be conducted
as a table-top exercise.
(d)The national exercise under subsection (a)
shall involve all 50 States, and all counties and cities within the
States.
(e)In carrying out
the national exercise under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make the
following assumptions:
(1)Only medical
supplies that are available or could be manufactured at the time of the
exercise may be used. The Secretary may not assume that the Federal Government
possesses more vaccine, medicine, or medical supplies than is held in the
stockpile under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act at such time,
and may not assume that the Federal Government can make more vaccine, medicine,
or medical supplies than the production capacity that exists as of such
time.
(2)Medical facilities
may only provide the amount of space, personnel, and medical supplies
identified at the time the exercise is conducted, but the Secretary may use
facilities other than medical facilities for medical purposes.
115.Public-private
sector planning and response pilot program
(a)Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency
Management shall direct the Regional Director for Emergency Management for a
region having significant risk of both terrorism and catastrophic national
disaster to establish a public-private sector planning and response pilot
program, under which the Regional Director shall designate emergency managers
and private sector individuals to identify for the region a network of critical
resources and key individuals in accordance with subsection (b).
(b)The network shall consist of—
(1)critical resources
that can be activated immediately for emergency response in the region,
including preparation of a specific list of items, their locations, and
logistics managers to provide them; and
(2)key individuals
who know how to reach each other in a crisis, and have backup communications
plans if primary communications systems fail.
(c)Included
critical resourcesThe critical resources identified under
subsection (b) shall include the following:
(1)Communications
experts and equipment, including a corps of technology experts who can surge
when and where needed to provide both equipment and expertise to fix and build
communications systems.
(2)Food and water,
including both at stationery locations and mobile capabilities.
(3)Construction
equipment and personnel.
(4)Medical care
facilities and medical corps to treat non-life threatening injuries.
(5)Transportation
resources, including buses, trains, trucks, helicopters, and amphibious
vehicles.
(d)Under Secretary for Emergency Management shall ensure
that the pilot program—
(1)has built-in
flexibility to ensure the utilization of additional private sector offers of
assistance and identification of new vital resources that were not anticipated
in advance; and
(2)is
implemented in accordance with a concise, user-friendly plan under which the
Regional Director can expeditiously and efficiently activate the network
identified under subsection (b) at the time the Under Secretary for Emergency
Management declares an incident of national significance.
(e)Under
Secretary for Emergency Management shall establish protocols for the pilot
program by not later than 180 days after the establishment of the program under
subsection (a).
(f)The Congress—
(1)does not intend in
this section that the Directorate of Emergency Management of the Department of
Homeland Security rely on the private sector to the extent of minimizing the
procurement of emergency supplies and personnel and other activities under this
Act or any other law; and
(2)intends in this
section that a public-private partnership network be identified and treated as
a possible resource in the event of a catastrophic act of terrorism, natural
disaster, or other emergency.
116.Emergency Management
Performance GrantsFor the
Emergency Management Performance Grants Program formerly conducted by the
Directorate for Preparedness, there is authorized to be appropriated
$360,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.
117.
(a)Not later than
December 31, 2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in cooperation with the
heads of Federal, State, and local departments and agencies, representatives of
volunteer organizations, and other appropriate experts, shall conduct an
exercise to simulate a hurricane hitting New York City for purposes of the
preparation for, response to, and recovery from such an event.
(b)Not later than 90 days after the last day
of the exercise, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results
of the exercise, including information concerning how the exercise was
developed and conducted, who participated in the exercise, the findings of
participants, and recommendations for future actions.
118.
(a)Expansion of
definition of emergency response providerParagraph (6) of
section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)) is amended by
striking includes
and all that follows and inserting
includes Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental
emergency public safety, law enforcement, fire, emergency response, emergency
medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel,
organizations, agencies, and authorities.
.
(b)Such section is further amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraphs:
(17)The term emergency
management
refers to the governmental function that coordinates and
integrates all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the
capability to prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, or recover from a
threatened or actual act of terrorism, emergency, natural disaster, or
catastrophic incident.
(18)The term prevention
means
any activity undertaken to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act
of terrorism.
(19)The term emergency support
providers
includes Federal, State, and local governmental and
nongovernmental utilities, public works, transportation, and public health and
related personnel, organizations, agencies, and
authorities.
.
119.
(a)The
following provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 are repealed:
(1)Section 430.
(2)Subtitle A of
title VIII.
(3)Section
882.
(b)Other conforming
amendments
(1)Section 103(a) is amended—
(A)in paragraph (5),
by striking Preparedness and Response
and inserting
Management
; and
(B)by striking
paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as paragraphs (7)
through (9), respectively.
(2)Increase in
number of Assistant SecretariesSection 103(a)(9) of such Act, as
redesignated by paragraph (1)(B), is amended by striking 12
and
inserting 17
.
<enum>II</enum><header>Fraud, Waste, and
Abuse Prevention</header>
<section id="H21EE371A5B414618BF563400AB10CCE"><enum>201.</enum><header>Fraud, waste,
and abuse controls; fraud prevention training program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="HC55B9A8B7041430C99F6EB7E70D54797"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD21B83ABEB434F9188D1AE63563184F8" style="OLC">
<section id="H513D520496B0456EB0267D3C8225CE04"><enum>707.</enum><header>Fraud, waste,
and abuse controls</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H0CF64151E4794CE38C4C29E0DFE196E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management, shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CD5204A61204CC0B9A26EC7C56995A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all programs
within the Directorate administering Federal assistance develop and maintain
proper internal management controls to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and
abuse;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1233A2D894924C0E84A9DA31F6963797"><enum>(2)</enum><text>application
databases used by the Directorate to collect information on eligible recipients
must record disbursements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5271B71275374E7798B33303EE00EB83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such tracking is
designed to highlight and identify ineligible applications; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2930D7DF242C4B94BB5359D03B37BAD0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the databases used
to collect information from applications for such assistance must be integrated
with the disbursements and payment records.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2569C8B2CF5D4D60A48400E9ADB2ACA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Audits and
reviews required</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that any existing
database or similar application processing system in effect on the date of the
enactment of this section for Federal assistance programs administered by the
Department undergo a review by the Inspector General of the Department to
determine the existence and implementation of such internal controls required
under this section, before such database application may be used to determine
eligibility and disbursement of Federal assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0010FBCA9502466EAB6C5948D1D512A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification
required</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for
Emergency Management, shall certify to the Congress on an annual basis that
proper internal controls required under this section are in place and
operational before a database or similar application processing system may be
utilized for the purpose of the dispensing of Federal assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4D9EF583C0A041DEA712E846F4A1F03E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Recommendations or findings that remain unresolved
between program administrators and the Department Inspector General for 30 days
must be immediately reported to Congress by the Department Inspector
General.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H72E470E6801A4056827C5886555F214D"><enum>708.</enum><header>Fraud
prevention training program</header>
<subsection id="HE864A1D83220437D80D1DC1F1648F320"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training program
required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary,
acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall develop and
implement a program to provide training on the prevention of waste, fraud, and
abuse of Federal assistance funds and services during the response to or
recovery from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies and
ways to identify such potential waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3B7FF9826A54497AA01949C7F3C71651"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Individuals
eligible for training</header><text>Under the training program required under
subsection (a), the Secretary may provide training to—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E3194D2C45447E7A308F7D207DFCD4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employees,
contractors, and volunteers of the Federal Government;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49D8AA092FAC4485B9CF45FFA86CD017"><enum>(2)</enum><text>employees and
volunteers of any State, local, or tribal government entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27B2592B3F2B4DB6ACBEB70080CCD626"><enum>(3)</enum><text>employees and
volunteers of nonprofit organizations that assist in the administration of
Federal assistance funds and services provided in response to acts of
terrorism, natural disasters, or other national emergencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CE9440FAAED4C9A00BA8D410059A702"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information
sharing</header><text>Any State, local, or tribal government entity or
nonprofit entity that provides Federal assistance funds or services to
individuals affected by acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other
emergencies may share information with the Federal Government, in a manner
consistent with Federal Privacy Act protections, about any recipient of such
assistance, at the request of the head of a Federal department or agency, for
the purpose of preventing fraud and abuse of Federal
assistance.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H313025C7450241E7810037575602497C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
related to section 706 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H061FB6C234BC4A94962BC0E29F542617" style="OLC">
<toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="HD21B83ABEB434F9188D1AE63563184F8" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="H513D520496B0456EB0267D3C8225CE04" level="section">Sec. 707. Fraud, waste, and abuse controls.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H72E470E6801A4056827C5886555F214D" level="section">Sec. 708. Fraud prevention training
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H393E4A7D3D074AEE90BF825DCDBF36"><enum>202.</enum><header>Assessment and
report regarding utilization of Independent Private Sector Inspectors
General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="HD7FB2B65F2BC4DBD97E1F32DBC7CA4F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Under Secretary for Emergency Management of the
Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Under Secretary for
Management, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1BE614B201146B2B4F4C6DD960CB7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the role
that Independent Private Sector Inspectors General (popularly known as
<quote>IPSIGs</quote>) played in preventing waste, fraud, and abuse, in
contracts for goods or services purchased or commissioned after the terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2378CBEEA19460B80D4E4C48B89DD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report the findings of such assessment to
Congress by not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act and
post the report on the primary agency public access website.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FE31932095E41B189C9A722C436C300"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Utilization of
IPSIGs to monitor and provide greater accountability</header><text>Such
assessment shall include examination of how IPSIGs may be utilized to monitor
and provide greater accountability for contracts using Federal funding provided
in response to a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other national
emergency, including contracts for debris removal and the repair or
reconstruction of damaged infrastructure.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3161904F87974F4BB2E640A69FCD9B65"><enum>203.</enum><header>Enhanced
accountability for Federal assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H10B6D8F6636546A38D16B43E8745BDBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting
after section 856 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/426">6 U.S.C. 426</external-xref>) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFADC08C70719488CBD90B9524CE1AEAC" style="OLC">
<section id="H3EAE98892D564023BFA8DDD826F39D00"><enum>856a.</enum><header>Enhanced
accountability for Federal assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="HD17482DA93C94172A183C0679F55B085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recipients of
Federal assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H6BD2A934EA0F42CA81379DCF73E79700"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State, local, tribal, and nonprofit entity that
receives Federal assistance funds in response to acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, or other emergencies shall report to the pertinent Federal agency
six months after the initial disbursement of resources regarding the
expenditure of such funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H765079CC26064E00BFE5CF2339169E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HADB8592C30CF432CA2FB5B6F5497DA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the projects or
programs that received Federal assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D124C60ECC445CC9E99496900460363"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the entity
administering the program or project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FEAB60677394A0CB5928CB2F735CA39"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the dates and
amounts disbursed, allocated, and expended.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H372CCBAD7BD745BF802327BC32C33EC2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Minimizing
reporting burden</header><text>The Under Secretary for Emergency Management
shall determine whether the requirement to report under this section is
duplicative of or can be combined with other reporting requirements and, if so,
the Under Secretary shall combine such requirements and eliminate such
duplication.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1632682E4A048CFB38B45D397D3E2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
assistance disbursing agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H12BB4C4FDB3042BB9039A867C313BB10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each Federal agency that disburses Federal assistance
funds in response to an act of terrorism, a natural disaster, or another
emergency shall submit to the Inspector General of the Department, acting in
the Inspector General’s role as chairman of the President’s Council on
Integrity and Efficiency Homeland Security Roundtable, a report on the
expenditure of such funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB86FD5537ECC4F79A3EB5CEAE74EAD60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C5DB1D0983A418AA2F448D39D67A485"><enum>(A)</enum><text>names and
addresses of recipient agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6699981A19D423C9968962E006B6010"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the purpose for
which resources were provided;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82F8324D88F247498000E166A5951D9D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the amounts
disbursed, allocated, and expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E2EDED7EB614FA7AE097D1BDD4DE2DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the status of
reporting by agencies that received disbursements (as set forth under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB0A183E5D0B04980993123EEAD39885E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Each
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of the appropriations Act that makes available
the Federal assistance funds covered by the report, and on a recurrent basis
every six months thereafter until such time as all such funds are expended or
the Inspector General and such Council determine that such reports are no
longer
required.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF0C40DEBCD84A7B80314B3FCFCB000"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
related to section 856 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D9251F5492F4A5DBFBF08DCCDEE8D3F" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 856a. Enhanced accountability for
Federal
assistance.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HCAE4B760647048779900C0E5B2E3768F"><enum>204.</enum><header>Enhanced
information sharing among Federal agencies to prevent fraud, waste, and
abuse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H73C1EF826C7F4156BFDFFCF34E9F671E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is further amended by
inserting after section 856a the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7486652AE0A457883E1B6D2A8FDB08" style="OLC">
<section id="H1D2C65A3D55845F29CB36720EC06F9C9"><enum>856b.</enum><header>Enhanced
information sharing among Federal agencies to prevent fraud, waste, and
abuse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H3348F7B7D30D49DE00BE00055FC1393C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Confirmation of
identity and eligibility of applicants</header><text>Any Federal, State, local,
or tribal agency that disburses Federal grants, loans, services, and other
assistance in response to or for the recovery from acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, or other emergencies, shall make reasonable efforts to confirm the
identity and eligibility of the applicant for such assistance without placing
undue burden on the applicant.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE71D89BDBFA24AA69BEEA07E6ED0906"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consent to
access</header>
<paragraph id="H18FA41DBA9FC4562A1A248A2D628D3E9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inclusion on
application materials</header><text>The Federal, State, local, or tribal agency
may include provisions on application materials for grants, loans, services,
and other assistance that would allow access to Internal Revenue Service
information (IRS Form 8821 Tax Information Authorization) and other relevant
Federal databases, to allow government agencies to share information and
enhance the accuracy and expedite the delivery of assistance to
applicants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FF7387590214449BEF157FF7B202BEC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consent not
required</header><text>Any applicant who declines to consent to the sharing of
such information shall not be denied assistance or otherwise penalized for that
reason.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFBCF885241B482284082B398B96DE2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting after the
item related to section 856a the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6F6D0E5F94F44A491C542B9C89BCB00" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 856b. Enhanced information sharing
among Federal agencies to prevent fraud, waste, and
abuse.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H50FE4CF1CF21445FA9B1EFF225E0B053"><enum>205.</enum><header>Deputy
Inspector General for Response and Recovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H2B8A52F2BBF048D3AD026322643D1F87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subtitle B of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/371">6 U.S.C. 371</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5B9AD8DB567461EAADDB5696563429F" style="OLC">
<section id="HF8C458FB8A7844D20066DE69AD3DB255"><enum>813.</enum><header>Deputy
Inspector General for Response and Recovery</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"></text>
<subsection id="H52DCE2EE111341C500A74E12C6442BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established the position of Deputy Inspector General for Response and
Recovery within the Office of the Inspector General of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H517ED34E44324E8C9BA6F1EE31F2FA80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Deputy Inspector General shall be appointed—</text>
<paragraph id="H20AC33DEECDE46FCBE969B5BB797ECE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by the Inspector
General of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8B83BCF93F14927A6CF8C8F4E06EB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solely on the basis
of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial
analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or
investigations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H71150ADA73C841A891B000E1FD1C6093"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting and
status as SES position</header><text>The Deputy Inspector General shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE5CE7C5EF004E219DDB5DFF005500E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>report to, and be
under the direct authority and supervision of, the Inspector General;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFAB2B7217254C72AB5CB3A6ECAAA18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve as a career
member of the Senior Executive Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H615CC37D9AC74363A311CDBAC55CDD09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header>
<paragraph id="HAB2F7EE1B3344E9C9BDA9D706C954FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Audits and
investigations</header><text>The Deputy Inspector General shall, in
coordination with Inspectors General of other departments, as appropriate,
conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment,
handling, and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
for response to and recovery from an act of terrorism, natural disaster, or
other emergency by the Federal Government, and of the programs, operations, and
contracts carried out utilizing such funds, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDC08AC3FEF546F48F9CC646A9AEB4F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the oversight and
accounting of the obligation and expenditure of such funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H523F3BCD523F43B18EF2845E18ED3E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the monitoring and
review of reconstruction activities funded by such funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBD45B0BA7254953B273B14C3C693DB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the monitoring and
review of contracts by such funds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCAFE1C0F9E14E909FD38D6601536D92"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the monitoring and
review of the transfer of such funds and associated information between and
among departments, agencies, and entities of the United States, and private
nongovernmental entities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF674E85007540EA8236024308EAFCC9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the maintenance of
records on the use of such funds to facilitate future audits and investigations
of such funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B8F65F8EA694E97842E9EA33E35645D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fraud tip
line</header><text>The Deputy Inspector General shall ensure that not more than
48 hours after a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other national
emergency, the Office of the Inspector General institutes and publicizes a
Fraud Tip Line to facilitate the collection of allegations of waste, fraud, and
abuse of Federal assistance funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AD1C73796134C98981E34B4D21EDA75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Avoidance of
duplication</header><text>The Deputy Inspector General shall ensure, to the
greatest extent possible, that the activities of the Deputy Inspector General
do not duplicate audits and investigations of Inspectors General and other
auditors of Federal departments and agencies, and State and local government
entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2550D3CE3A4F45A4A98BC319C7F4439E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination
with FBI</header><text>The Deputy Inspector General shall ensure that
investigative activities under this section are coordinated with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H27815C80D21144589D752C5ED5D6E42"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Financial
management matters</header><text>In order to assist the Deputy Inspector
General for the purposes of carrying out this section, all agencies receiving
or distributing Federal funds to respond to acts of terrorism, natural
disasters, or other emergencies shall establish and maintain budgetary
procedures to distinguish funds related to response and relief efforts from
other agency funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H984B330D8CCB4607B2FF1B671E2CC3D8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There
is authorized to be appropriated for operations of the Office of the Deputy
Inspector General $11,000,000 for each fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H53B755B6AA374554AAFF78C19ECE8C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting after the
item related to section 812 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EE2D4CAD0844D56AA42518BD1D49160" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 813. Deputy Inspector General for
Response and
Recovery.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA71B7418029644F3A1123BEEAD7C1B4D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall appoint the Deputy
Inspector General under this section not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H42E88B2862874031A4DB677B764793F9"><enum>206.</enum><header>Protection of
Department of Homeland Security official seal and insignia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 875 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/455">6 U.S.C. 455</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB532954375A24725BB6BA5CD05970858" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H39395364E6D0478D82ACEAB3CDB5F9B7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Protection of
name, initials, insignia, and seal</header>
<paragraph id="H55D10B4AAA544AC78E04F1EBCC2450E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except with the written permission of the Secretary, no
person may knowingly use, in connection with any advertisement, commercial
activity, audiovisual production (including film or television production),
impersonation, Internet domain name, Internet e-mail address, or Internet web
site, merchandise, retail product, or solicitation in a manner reasonably
calculated to convey the impression that the Department or any organizational
element of the Department has approved, endorsed, or authorized such use, any
of the following (or any colorable imitation thereof):</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FD526B0BA1840D3920097D318DF5318"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The words
<quote>Department of Homeland Security</quote>, the initials
<quote>DHS</quote>, the insignia or seal of the Department, or the title
<quote>Secretary of Homeland Security</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92FF2DAAA5EC4683AEB3206A9FFEAB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The name, initials,
insignia, or seal of any organizational element (including any former such
element) of the Department, or the title of any other officer or employee of
the Department, notice of which has been published by the Secretary of Homeland
Security in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9470E33569AB4A06A447DF8529B8501F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
action</header><text>Whenever it appears to the Attorney General that any
person is engaged or is about to engage in an act or practice that constitutes
or will constitute conduct prohibited by subsection (d)(1), the Attorney
General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United
States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as
practicable to the hearing and determination of such action and may, at any
time before final determination, enter such restraining orders or prohibitions,
or take such other actions as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United
States or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is
brought.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H17185EE50E0349E693AB5D4DBDF43FF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notice and
publication</header><text>The notice and publication to which paragraph (1)(B)
refers is a notice published in the Federal Register including the name,
initials, seal, or class of titles protected under paragraph (1)(B) and a
statement that they are protected under that provision. The Secretary may amend
such notices from time to time as the Secretary determines appropriate in the
public interest and shall publish such amendments in the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85B12316DB844B10A1CAB49514D0810"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Audiovisual
production</header><text>For the purpose of this subsection, the term
<quote>audiovisual production</quote> means the production of a work that
consists of a series of related images that are intrinsically intended to be
shown by the use of machines or devices such as projectors, viewers, or
electronic equipment, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of
the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the work
is
embodied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Amendments to
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Program</header>
<section id="HE9690CF90FE9438EA43700B2F21553ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="H600C97F2C17B456F8BE2F7EFA1055106"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Major
disaster</header><text>Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BB2A07D4FA747C0B2BAC4D1015227E7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1256F2B29FEF4DF7B9467675B231BEC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Major
disaster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>major disaster</quote> means any natural or manmade disaster (including
any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave,
tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm,
drought, terrorist attack, fire, flood, explosion, or other similar incident),
in any part of the United States, which in the determination of the President
causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster
assistance under this Act to supplement the efforts and available resources of
States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the
damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused
thereby.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF97384AC36B2464D94A17F4825F554D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Catastrophic
incident</header><text>Section 102 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB4DEA4C88284A9E8400D8642CBA4C14" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8C67240B769A4ED1895277C4B5813FE3"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Catastrophic
incident</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>catastrophic incident</quote> means any major disaster that results in
extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely
affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national
morale, or government functions. A catastrophic incident could result in
sustained national impacts over a prolonged period of time; almost immediately
exceeds resources normally available to State, local, tribal, and
private-sector authorities in the impacted area; and significantly interrupts
governmental operations and emergency services to such an extent that national
security could be
threatened.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H91076C9CCE8645F39E5C186FB6F2007C"><enum>302.</enum><header>State disaster
preparedness programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
201(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5131">42 U.S.C. 5131</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>emergencies and major
disasters</quote> and inserting <quote>emergencies, major disasters, and
catastrophic incidents</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H83A88E5EF21F43138D45D23179EDA372"><enum>303.</enum><header>Standards and
reviews</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5156) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following:
<quote>The President shall conduct annual reviews of Federal agencies, States,
and local governments in preparing for emergencies, major disasters, and
catastrophic incidents and in providing major disaster and emergency assistance
in order to ensure maximum coordination and effectiveness of such programs and
consistency in policies for reimbursement of States under this
Act.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0B7442D40C3A47B788C6E8008F57C8B3"><enum>304.</enum><header>Penalty for
misuse of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 314(a)
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5157(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE7EF2A22E904C0AB4ACDEBB1D43E0F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF3CB364477D24BBDBF7E4711DB34B987"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Misuse of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who
knowingly and willfully misapplies the proceeds of a loan or other cash benefit
obtained under this Act shall be fined an amount equal to 3 times the
misapplied amount of the proceeds or cash
benefit.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H50B9AB619B754FECA9F12C3F09C1B674"><enum>305.</enum><header>Advance of
non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
319(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5162">42 U.S.C. 5162(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F665A1AAAB448848CCCE75CD80A425" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC7E6030C132041DFA9339F713505B3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may
lend or advance to an eligible applicant or a State the portion of assistance
for which the State is responsible under the cost-sharing provisions of this
Act in any case in which a catastrophic incident
occurs.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HC86E743CB8874A6CA87855DA1799B3B2"><enum>306.</enum><header>Mitigation
planning</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 322(a) of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5165(a)) is amended by inserting <quote>, including any critical
infrastructure,</quote> after <quote>vulnerabilities</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0AD70C08DA26477292E3D285BCFD6B1F"><enum>307.</enum><header>Procedure for
declaration of major disasters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H741C3C743ED14B2185CE5D32F95E8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Request and
declaration</header-in-text><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">.—</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>All requests</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBECEE71975A402C989E926CE6CDFA6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F69A8C340C64D47BBDB12FE76C5DA3E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4A4B32A33DC34A51A9745F33AE60C4BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Major disasters
involving Federal primary responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may declare that a major
disaster exists without a request from an affected State in the event of a
catastrophic incident or if the President determines that the primary
responsibility for the response rests with the Federal Government because the
major disaster involves a subject area for which, under the Constitution or
laws of the United States, the Federal Government exercises exclusive or
preeminent responsibility and authority. In determining whether or not such a
major disaster exists, the President should consult with the Governor of any
affected State, if
practicable.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H56459F3A01884F9CBAF94C1CE119A296"><enum>308.</enum><header>Essential
assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(b) of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170b(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8B948BABD5346B0B2ABAF71CFEE766" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H73DE936382224EAFAC7CEA5DA2E4EEAF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
share</header>
<paragraph id="H172CBADA680A446AA1297F90CE00CBD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Federal share of assistance
under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of
such assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC608F4DAB3184992825524725C64BC9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Catastrophic
incidents</header><text>In the case of a catastrophic incident, the Federal
share of assistance under this section shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35791AB00A7B48D1933EE3BF7304D59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>100 percent of the
eligible cost of such assistance for 72 hours after the incident; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEE91505D8A7454A805312060826B673"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not be less than
75 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance
thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H0D653AD229134FCD8B25C303A7F82254"><enum>309.</enum><header>Temporary
housing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
408(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5174">42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(1)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>18-month</quote> and inserting <quote>10-month</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H12D3D0EDEAFE4C6B9304965DECDF946C"><enum>310.</enum><header>Procedure for
declaration of emergencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5191">42 U.S.C. 5191(b)</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC85F4E94BC94DDDBA56C5A00063A458" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAC53E66DF4F24BD886579B948E72968F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergencies
involving Federal primary responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may declare that an emergency
exists without a request from an affected State in the event of a catastrophic
incident or if the President determines the primary responsibility for the
response rests with the Federal Government because the emergency involves a
subject area for which, under the Constitution or laws of the United States,
the Federal Government exercises exclusive or preeminent responsibility and
authority. In determining whether or not such an emergency exists, the
President should consult the Governor of any affected State, if
practicable.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Good
Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD69251FB32644A1B86EB188697A77549" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Good Samaritan Liability
Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2006</short-title></quote> or
the <quote><short-title>GIVE Act of
2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H690E4C56350A45D9AE003FE0007B0095" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HC75804D606884E0AA827D06D4DD01CC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>It is in the
national interest to encourage individuals to volunteer, and particularly to
assist victims of national disasters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6702764F37D84A97BB08A1C3AC524FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The willingness of
volunteers to offer their services is deterred by the potential for liability
actions against them.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H810F33AC4F5142D884373D85DF6D74E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The contribution
of programs that use volunteers to their communities is thereby diminished,
resulting in fewer and higher cost programs than would be obtainable if
volunteers were participating.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H181032C28A9F4AD2B6AEB7F02696E31B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The exposure of
potential volunteers, their employers, and those who would use the services of
volunteers under existing law to compensatory and punitive damages for
negligent acts discourages the provision of these services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F37A22CC68E405DA4D28300448D23AB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The availability
of damages for actions that constitute gross negligence creates uncertainty
concerning the actual conduct that might cause liability to be imposed on
volunteers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3A2B281AC2F428E95999B67EB81E2D0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Potential
liability for acts of volunteers discourages the employers or business partners
of potential volunteers from permitting those potential volunteers to provide
disaster relief services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8828EC0A758466193DD8071376038C"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Potential liability
for acts of volunteers discourages entities that might use the services
provided by volunteers from doing so.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E8720CE44304A84AF9E6C6261631D92"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Well-founded fear
of liability under existing law for providing goods, equipment, access to
facilities, and other in-kind contributions discourages those who would donate
them from doing so.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04A587DB99234CE9AB433DD666C2B404"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Well-founded fear
of liability under existing law for providing goods discourages governmental
and intergovernmental entities from providing needed disaster relief
goods.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31FB0205E2644A6DA4CD1957E3D37760"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Well-founded fear
of liability for punitive damages under existing law discourages governmental
and intergovernmental entities from providing needed disaster relief goods and
discourages potential volunteers from providing volunteer services to disaster
victims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H824CE098F71C406D91FD95A597434278"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Fear of
compensatory and punitive damages for providing volunteer services deters
potential volunteers from States located outside the national disaster area
from providing volunteer services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32EB9A5951FE41D4AC463BF2BBF669A"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Fear of
compensatory and punitive damages for providing volunteer services deters
potential foreign volunteers from providing disaster relief services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AB10172A7AE4EBA8B3973D5E51BFC37"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Any lessening of
liability for volunteers providing disaster relief services, their employers
and business partners, and entities utilizing their services should maintain
adequate incentives for each of these classes of persons or entities to avoid
causing harm.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H377B252EF0904BFCAF4783F100097F00"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Unwillingness to
provide volunteer services in the face of uncertain liability substantially
affects, burdens, and deters interstate commerce and travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE28018278DB34AC0ACC889445EEB4132"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Unwillingness of
employers and business partners to allow their employees and business partners
to provide volunteer and disaster relief services in the face of uncertain
liability substantially affects, burdens, and deters interstate commerce and
travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65648163E59B49FF98DBCBA032FED0A4"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Unwillingness of
persons, entities, or organizations to accept volunteer and disaster relief
services from volunteers in the face of uncertain liability substantially
affects, burdens, and deters interstate commerce and travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H11D2A97FC6BB4A068C95F0ABB746F9EA"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Unwillingness by
foreigners to provide volunteer and disaster relief services in the face of
uncertain liability substantially affects, burdens, and deters foreign commerce
and travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C12A820F09F492A9BBE21B34200567C"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Because Federal
funds are expended on useful and cost-effective social service programs, many
of which are national in scope, depend heavily on volunteer participation, and
represent some of the most successful public-private partnerships, protection
of volunteerism through clarification and limitation of the personal liability
risks assumed by the volunteer in connection with such participation is an
appropriate subject for Federal legislation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6B30740BEDE473590D2BA1E5F39B2"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Services and goods
provided by volunteers and nonprofit organizations would often otherwise be
provided by private entities that operate in interstate commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6ACC656A03346408264AEC042C4DC41"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Due to high
liability costs and unwarranted litigation costs, volunteers and nonprofit
organizations face higher costs in purchasing insurance, through interstate
insurance markets, to cover their activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC27BB48BDE1B41248E4B9FBDE5CAAC00"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Clarifying and
limiting the liability risk assumed by volunteers is an appropriate subject for
Federal legislation because—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD389C67D308B40C4824D03C5F0F8A910"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of the national
scope of the problems created by the legitimate fears of volunteers about
frivolous, arbitrary, or capricious lawsuits;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0FFD8573AFE4F28B6CD9D76CD78A949"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the citizens of
the United States depend on, and the Federal Government expends funds on and
provides tax exemptions and other consideration to, numerous social programs
that depend on the services of volunteers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF88E144737B54C83B4EF67AE04393C32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>it is in the
interest of the Federal Government to encourage the continued operation of
volunteer service organizations and contributions of volunteers, as the Federal
Government lacks the capacity to carry out all of the services provided by such
organizations and volunteers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BBFF60ACBFF483EBFB22C12A94092FE"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC7A793DCC2A1442AADE5572EE9AA357"><enum>(i)</enum><text>liability reform for
volunteers, will promote the free flow of goods and services, lessen burdens on
interstate commerce and uphold constitutionally protected due process rights;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H81A78635C6114FBD9502F54D2334119D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>therefore, liability reform is an
appropriate use of the powers contained in article 1, section 8, clause 3 of
the Constitution of the United States, and the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC21C5E4801A24F73812F7181BB74A6D5"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Unless Congress
provides uniform standards to address disasters that could occur in any State
or combination of States, potential volunteers and others will not be certain
which laws would govern their providing disaster relief services, which would
substantially affect, burden, and deter interstate and foreign commerce and
travel in the event of a national disaster.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="HF58DE43E996B4CE2A083F892CCFDF700"><enum>A</enum><header>Disaster Relief
Volunteer Protection</header>
<section id="H1B98D98D48854CB100196EDCDA786627"><enum>411.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1BF97C7557B412C81441032E45D845C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>compensation</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4C811D753554CEBB21F89713356BED4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means monetary or
other compensation of any kind provided in exchange for an individual's
services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EBF6C4E48FD4AAF00EB44BD2785AFB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not
include—</text>
<clause id="HFA15D23FDE79433E896BD26854CD967C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>reasonable
reimbursement or allowance for expenses actually incurred by such
individual;</text>
</clause><clause id="H16840B1CF0C04E90992359F323E21851"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provision of
reasonable supplies, lodging, or transportation to such an individual;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAAFD30447984CF28799D03100315CC4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ordinary
salary or compensation paid to such an individual by the employer of the
individual while the individual is on leave from performing ordinary duties for
the employer of the individual in order to provide disaster relief
services;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4D39B292ED62481B84E640A023BA527D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>declared disaster</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6B437AD5D944CC7A019306FE2222758"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a public health
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section
319 of the Public Health Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247d">42 U.S.C. 247d</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H918C6906E8C14AC0951BCB6C468590FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a public health
emergency, or a risk of such emergency, as determined by the Secretary of
Homeland Security in accordance with clause (i) or (ii) of section
2811(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health Services Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300hh-11">42 U.S.C. 300hh-11(b)(3)(A)</external-xref>),
as transferred by section 503(5) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
313(5)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0598A3E4F4BA43D983996CDF70CEEB73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an emergency or
major disaster declared by the President under section 401 or 501 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170</external-xref>,
5191);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB39CA1FCD5F74AAB9EF8BA83903C0084"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>disaster relief goods</term> means either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1AEDDED96B9A4E63009000D3D05457E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>those goods
provided in preparation for, response to, or recovery from a declared disaster
and reasonably necessary to such preparation, response, or recovery; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H324909D3B46B498A8CCCAFCBDE55C9AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>those goods
defined by a supplemental declaration under this subtitle;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HADAA19ED486043DE92308088BD4421CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>disaster relief services</term> means services or assistance provided in
preparation for, response to, or recovery from a declared disaster, including
health, medical, firefighting, rescue, reconstruction, and any other services
or assistance specified by a supplemental declaration under this subtitle as
necessary or desirable to prepare for, respond to, or recover from such
declared disaster;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FD7522E1A5B46F6866F956767F82CCD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>disaster relief volunteer</term> means an individual—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F6171320F23456E8BB49DF1E2D0A49C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>who provides
disaster relief services or assistance in connection with a declared disaster
without expectation or receipt of compensation in exchange for providing such
services or assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AC3BC51C4C242CB910986F0001C58F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who, to the extent
required by the appropriate authorities of a State (even if such State is not
the State in which the volunteer provides services or assistance) or, if, and
to the extent, specified in a supplemental declaration under this subtitle, a
foreign country, is licensed, certified, or authorized to provide the relevant
services or assistance;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H684EF2F00478467698BF61DF945D8940"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>non-economic loss</term> means losses for physical and emotional pain,
suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, mental anguish, disfigurement,
loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and companionship, loss of
consortium (other than loss of domestic service), hedonic damages, injury to
reputation, and all other non-pecuniary losses of any kind or nature;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4ADA7213E9ED485E824E44FD0018EBA3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>supplemental declaration</term> means a declaration under section 418
regarding the scope of a declared disaster; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FEDCA733B28419EADBB5100E000F8E5"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means each of the several States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any
other territory or possession of the United States, and any political
subdivision of any such State, territory, or possession.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7FA671C03E2047F5B566340115101984"><enum>412.</enum><header>Liability of
disaster relief volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 419, a
disaster relief volunteer shall not be liable for harm caused by an act or
omission of the volunteer that is within the scope of the activities of the
volunteer to provide or facilitate the provision of disaster relief services in
connection with a declared disaster if—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E84FD4F520F4A7400F03B6B707C364E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the harm was not
caused by willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct by the volunteer; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC651359D323453F88062B1D6CE57595"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the harm was not
caused by the volunteer operating a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other
vehicle for which the State requires the operator or the owner of the vehicle,
craft, or vessel to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H70717F8B18D24548AEC914D5FEABA2E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>possess an
operator's license; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F97C87B50F0444B83C557EA4E1AF31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintain
insurance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H56FAF515C4D84ABA9F04C78756C3C800"><enum>413.</enum><header>Liability of
employer or partner of disaster relief volunteer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 419, an
employer or business partner of a disaster relief volunteer shall not be liable
for any act or omission of such volunteer within the scope of the activities of
the volunteer to provide or facilitate the provision of disaster relief
services in connection with a declared disaster.</text>
</section><section id="HFA8C4DBEEC5E47A9BD2328D0B48927F3"><enum>414.</enum><header>Liability of
host or enabling person, entity, or organization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in section 419, a person,
entity, or organization, including a governmental or intergovernmental entity,
that works with, accepts services from, or opens its facilities to a disaster
relief volunteer to enable the volunteer to render disaster relief services in
connection with a declared disaster shall not be liable for any act or omission
of a disaster relief volunteer.</text>
</section><section id="H29B59D85D5DE4603B50286D710D0CCCD"><enum>415.</enum><header>Liability of
governmental and intergovernmental entities for donations of disaster relief
goods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in
section 419, a governmental or intergovernmental entity that donates disaster
relief goods to an agency or instrumentality of the United States in connection
with a declared disaster shall not be liable for harm caused by such donated
goods if the harm was not caused by willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct by
the governmental or intergovernmental entity.</text>
</section><section id="H0DA422B4F5FA42A388BEF29FCE3B149"><enum>416.</enum><header>Limitation on
punitive and non-economic damages based on actions of disaster relief
volunteers and governmental or intergovernmental donors</header>
<subsection id="H01904F55C1944F4CB9814667E5FEE53E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Punitive
Damages</header><text>Except as provided in section 419, punitive damages may
not be awarded in any civil action against a disaster relief volunteer or
governmental or intergovernmental entity unless a claimant establishes by clear
and convincing evidence that the damages to the claimant were proximately
caused by willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct by either—</text>
<paragraph id="H657571C284FE4A7694AD11A01E006551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
disaster relief volunteer in an action brought for harm caused by the
activities of the volunteer to provide or facilitate the provision of disaster
relief services in connection with a declared disaster; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C8856F534F1460E93CE2BAB469258E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
governmental or intergovernmental entity for harm caused by disaster relief
goods donated by such governmental or intergovernmental entity in connection
with a declared disaster.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2982FC574E4A4B4C9866B768DC9E3EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-economic
damages</header>
<paragraph id="HCD90374E8CBA472F97B9CEA2B1C9F2B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in section 419, liability for
non-economic loss in any civil action brought against either a disaster relief
volunteer for harm caused the activities of the volunteer to provide or
facilitate the provision of disaster relief services in connection with a
declared disaster, or a governmental or intergovernmental entity for harm
caused by disaster relief goods donated by such governmental or
intergovernmental entity in connection with a declared disaster, if permitted
under section 412 or section 415, shall be determined in accordance with
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H622B6C1DE1E240E9A800F1BB14565BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of
liability</header>
<subparagraph id="HCC1E5685DF2743A6B3AF70313E93CF62"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The amount of damages for non-economic loss allocated to
a disaster relief volunteer or governmental or intergovernmental entity
defendant shall be in direct proportion to the percentage of responsibility of
that defendant, determined in accordance with subparagraph (B), for the harm to
the claimant with respect to which that defendant is liable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H718FC3565A384281B8C5BE6717DA312D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Percentage</header><text>In
a civil action described in paragraph (1), for purposes of determining the
amount of non-economic loss, the trier of fact shall determine the percentage
of responsibility of each defendant found liable for harm to the
claimant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE1B5209E7EE49D7B75B0000AFBD018B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Separate
judgments</header><text>The court shall render a separate judgment against each
defendant for any non-economic loss.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4245BDA2F95F47DA9D27478CDEDC05BF"><enum>417.</enum><header>Judicial review
of allegations</header>
<subsection id="H7F5E3444EA7649629B7BC5668174004C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A claimant in a civil action for an act or omission
subject to the limitations of liability under this subtitle shall attach 1 or
more sworn affidavits or documents containing admissible evidence of an act or
omission outside the limitations of section 412, 413, 414, or 415.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CF3C2ACB0C348D884838FBFB7F2D965"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial
review</header><text>Before allowing a civil action described in subsection (a)
to proceed into discovery, the trial judge shall determine whether, as a matter
of law, the evidence submitted is sufficient to raise a genuine issue of
material fact.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0B5A00E53BC74DDE94E16E6529163C27"><enum>418.</enum><header>Supplemental
declaration</header>
<subsection id="H88CBE3712DCE4AFFB9F4D28BB1EA73FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of a
declared disaster, the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
or the Secretary of Homeland Security may issue a supplemental
declaration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA97FBBD340EE493D9FAED9CB11E55E00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporal
effect</header><text>A supplemental declaration may provide that, for purposes
of this subtitle, such declared disaster shall have such temporal effect as the
President or the Secretary may deem necessary or appropriate to further the
public interest, including providing that such declared disaster shall have an
effective date earlier than the date of the declaration or determination of
such declared disaster.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBE72FDF82224D608394C51C3608E512"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Geographic and
other conditions</header><text>A supplemental declaration may provide that, for
purposes of this subtitle, such declared disaster shall have such geographic or
other conditions as the President or the relevant Secretary may deem necessary
or appropriate to further the public interest.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1EF0DFE1F9C64ABFBBCA3DEA4F013CD"><enum>419.</enum><header>Election of
State regarding nonapplicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A provision of this subtitle shall not apply
to any civil action in a State court against a person in which all parties are
citizens of the State if such State enacts a statute—</text>
<paragraph id="H925DF0A41ED447E0B6313E71E43F7C18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>citing the
authority of this subtitle;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE4284CF843340FDB59FA375A09F4588"><enum>(2)</enum><text>declaring the
election of such State that such provision shall not apply to such civil action
in the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0D500D8F7EA4A53A73BBD677040EC6F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>containing no
other provisions.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE16067EE238B4C8A82E94693EA14DB8"><enum>420.</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed
to abrogate or limit any protection that a volunteer, as defined in section
6(6) of the Volunteer Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14505">42 U.S.C. 14505(6)</external-xref>), may be entitled to
under that Act. Neither shall anything in this subtitle be construed to confer
any private right of action or to abrogate or limit any protection with respect
to either liability or damages that any person may be entitled to under any
other provision of law.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2E750CFEDFBE485EB6FD9B4B57DDE5F7"><enum>B</enum><header>Volunteer
Protection Improvements</header>
<section id="H77C62A62BD3747D495E86733AD577162"><enum>441.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5378712D96F428E879BFCE8A54C2B87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>aircraft</term> has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of title
49, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28A66E68CF8E4DAF954D50160050EA71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>equipment</term> includes mechanical equipment, electronic equipment, and
office equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3CC174C0D094682A0846400BB8CE13"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term
<term>facility</term> means any real property, including any building,
improvement, or appurtenance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33E026038B894D5FA10093362190EA03"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term
<term>motor vehicle</term> has the meaning given that term in section 30102 of
title 49, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6463C7A105834C3FB30001CA2F2CC91C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term
<term>nonprofit organization</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40A1CF0454C04EA7BB28E61367E6CF70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any organization
described in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/501">section 501(c)(3)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt
from tax under section 501(a) of such Code; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5ADF8018065B4BBDA70884D3D67E1543"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any not-for-profit
organization organized and conducted for public benefit and operated primarily
for charitable, civic, educational, religious, welfare, or health
purposes;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE996E3C4BB7488A8D504C717C01C800"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term
<term>person</term> includes any governmental or other entity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC23937524C5F4110A74544D7415CB175"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the term
<term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any other territory or possession
of the United States, or any political subdivision of any such State,
territory, or possession.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDCFBD4C436F44110BF58B863C5E6D36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>442.</enum><header>Liability protection
for actions of volunteers generally</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Volunteer Protection Act of
1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14503">42 U.S.C. 14503</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE45DD3B5BEE48768479545812663246"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3) by striking
<quote>willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless
misconduct</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>willful, knowing, or
reckless misconduct</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BCE72B5987D459DA900AEB270049D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (c) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCF039CF6D484B24B7CB14B57119CAD1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8D9B54AD995B4466B133009E08D2002E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect on
liability of nonprofit organizations</header><text>No nonprofit organization
shall be liable for the acts or omissions of a volunteer with respect to harm
caused to any person unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H679AA5D966154457BA00A833F62C4FB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the acts or
omissions of the volunteer are not subject to the limitations on liability
under subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50F4D781C86E47F9ACDB2B24F3C74B65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the nonprofit
organization has willfully disregarded or been recklessly indifferent to the
reasonable expectations or safety of the individual harmed by the
volunteer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B98A6F814A143D9813563781BF1CB08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E608682543E40BA98F2FB04B9002E19" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H850787ECAA61423D85B60015DBD8C8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Judicial review of
allegations</header>
<paragraph id="HFA0EF2D9D4214FBDA780C06DCE421797"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A claimant in a civil action for an act or omission
subject to the limitations of liability under this Act shall attach 1 or more
sworn affidavits or documents containing admissible evidence of an act or
omission outside the limitations of subsection (a), (c), (e)(1), or
(f)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF2273923B3045D30060E6D493482F73"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
review</header><text>Before allowing a civil action described in paragraph (1)
to proceed into discovery, the trial judge shall determine whether, as a matter
of law, the evidence submitted is sufficient to raise a genuine issue of
material
fact.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4C9DFF4AD9E245FDB7B59462D64C9D84" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>443.</enum><header>Charitable donations
liability reform for in-kind contributions</header>
<subsection id="HDD8C3343AA884CF5BCA532A7EFFE10B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<paragraph id="H2D97451865644C06BD5CD5F4A7F10237"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Liability for
donations of equipment to nonprofit organizations</header>
<subparagraph id="HD20F822725444F11AA6638BF08B05468"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not
be subject to civil liability relating to any injury or death that results from
the use of equipment donated by such person to a nonprofit organization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC2BB4C776634C9DBE56DEB737AFCC67"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
paragraph shall apply with respect to civil liability under Federal and State
law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD2E61D8E5B4E4619A3D405BB0028E708"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liability for
providing use of facilities to nonprofit organizations</header>
<subparagraph id="HC98E6AA411454353BC46DA0879301C55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not
be subject to civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring at a
facility owned or operated by the person in connection with a use of such
facility by a nonprofit organization, if—</text>
<clause id="H6F154C1F2F4443FAB6091D8C5CD5060"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
use occurs outside of the normal use of the facility by the person;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA14BDE716EC84B6BAA226588EB994F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such
injury or death occurs during a period that such facility is used by the
nonprofit organization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D6F35CFE228410FA477A2F1F0379990"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the person
authorized the use of such facility by the nonprofit organization.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5975CFC31234A5CAFA3E71BDCBE204"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
paragraph shall apply—</text>
<clause id="H0C4A1867B67842F5AE8FBB0014E8990"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with
respect to civil liability under Federal and State law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8897D7611B334779B20073EC28780C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regardless of
whether a nonprofit organization pays for the use of a facility.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB91B697181654CC88DDB3B62BE9C18A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Liability for
providing use of a motor vehicle or aircraft</header>
<subparagraph id="H9123C198E9D64C6D9D7651499FCF3646"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not
be subject to civil liability relating to any injury or death occurring as a
result of the operation of an aircraft or a motor vehicle the person loaned to
a nonprofit organization, if—</text>
<clause id="H20790303DAD6467F855C2C9231116B18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
use occurs outside of the normal use of the aircraft or motor vehicle by the
person;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBFC3A0549CD144CDB18B18D0588CAB64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such injury or
death occurs during a period that such motor vehicle or aircraft is used by a
nonprofit organization; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8A0B30E5787F4366837403B338ACE497"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the person
authorized the use by the nonprofit organization of motor vehicle or aircraft
that resulted in the injury or death.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24DFFD05CFCE4B5F9E869C0091DA301F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This
paragraph shall apply—</text>
<clause id="HB51A59CCBB424F30BAC6BAC01E6F9DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with
respect to civil liability under Federal and State law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H960EE87D05BC48CEADD7CA00750057BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>regardless of
whether a nonprofit organization pays for the use of the aircraft or motor
vehicle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BA86AA3E5BF49EBA249722C9D17E171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Subsection
(a) shall not apply to an injury or death that results from an act or omission
of a person that constitutes willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD75D9A0055D54B01945DB25981872221"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Judicial review
of allegations</header>
<paragraph id="HE17D46406FD04BC2BE3FA30933947EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A claimant in a civil action for an act or omission
subject to the limitations of liability under this section shall attach 1 or
more sworn affidavits or documents containing admissible evidence of an act or
omission outside the limitations of subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE6B2E5815BA42AB8170FAD1F22B1D52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial
review</header><text>Before allowing a civil action described in paragraph (1)
to proceed into discovery, the trial judge shall determine whether, as a matter
of law, the evidence submitted is sufficient to raise a genuine issue of
material fact.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF3D399F4B6114214BDA71F83F68270CE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Superseding
provision</header>
<paragraph id="H5A2E253AD9BC4BB6A2936E7E86B74E9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) and subsection (e),
this section preempts the laws of any State to the extent that such laws are
inconsistent with this section, except that this section shall not preempt any
State law that provides additional protection for a person for an injury or
death described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) with respect to
which the conditions specified in such paragraph apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H007CBD70A4794C9183002BA5796D3DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing
in this section shall be construed to supersede any Federal or State health or
safety law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEAB40DE79D7040E6AB23A9464D0960FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Election of
State regarding nonapplicability</header><text>A provision of this section
shall not apply to any civil action in a State court against a person in which
all parties are citizens of the State if such State enacts a statute—</text>
<paragraph id="H4B65D9E196E945AB9EA7CAD266C5139"><enum>(1)</enum><text>citing the
authority of this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03676E65BB9D4A13A9C76D79CF2788D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>declaring the
election of such State that such provision shall not apply to such civil action
in the State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05A39528252D4E2FA469EF4174B6F496"><enum>(3)</enum><text>containing no
other provisions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F3AFF64800444E28FD5AC2470205BF2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>This section shall apply to liability for injury or death
caused by equipment donated, facilities used, or aircraft or motor vehicles
loaned on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Disaster Recovery
Personal Protection</header>
<section id="H9906606DAA67454D9C79174F428400C0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Disaster Recovery Personal
Protection Act of 2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA434148D9DAF4CAE8E8704DCADB65757"><enum>502.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H755EAF7C2ED143EEB866FC088CB0ADB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Second
Amendment to the Constitution states, <quote>A well regulated militia being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and
bear arms, shall not be infringed,</quote> and Congress has repeatedly
recognized this language as protecting an individual right.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H379D424D916F4CDEB6C2CE653F615066"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, State and local law enforcement and public safety service
organizations were overwhelmed and could not fulfill the safety needs of the
citizens of the State of Louisiana.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98DD536BE63446D4890323AB008EF8EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, the safety of these citizens, and of their homes and
property, was threatened by instances of criminal activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4419EB40E7094599A77D9E56CA0446D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Many of these
citizens lawfully kept firearms for the safety of themselves, their loved ones,
their businesses, and their property, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment,
and used their firearms, individually or in concert with their neighbors, for
protection against crime.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B8EFE91457B46BCB0583534A0252987"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina, certain agencies confiscated the firearms of these citizens,
in contravention of the Second Amendment, depriving these citizens of the right
to keep and bear arms and rendering them helpless against criminal
activity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B197F263CC463D9CA4CBB8CD06279"><enum>(6)</enum><text>These confiscations
were carried out at gunpoint, by nonconsensual entries into private homes, by
traffic checkpoints, by stoppage of boats, and otherwise by force.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA93F8DFF166744B1BFA000F39218E06E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The citizens from
whom firearms were confiscated were either in their own homes or attempting to
flee the flooding and devastation by means of motor vehicle or boat, and were
accosted, stopped, and arbitrarily deprived of their private property and means
of protection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB9390EE76A943F6BC806796A6916301"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The means by which
the confiscations were carried out, which included intrusion into the home,
temporary detention of persons, and seizures of property, constituted
unreasonable searches and seizures and deprived these citizens of liberty and
property without due process of law in violation of fundamental rights under
the Constitution.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24F137C843CD4A8C00D7AB08B64C1B43"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Many citizens who
took temporary refuge in emergency housing were prohibited from storing
firearms on the premises, and were thus treated as second-class citizens who
had forfeited their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F4B92A26AD642D6B75E80F2F940C5A5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>At least one
highly-qualified search and rescue team was prevented from joining in relief
efforts because the team included individuals with firearms, although these
individuals had been deputized as Federal law enforcement officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCCEEA81D3EE478081F134680155DF62"><enum>(11)</enum><text>These
confiscations and prohibitions, and the means by which they were carried out,
deprived the citizens of Louisiana not only of their right to keep and bear
arms, but also of their rights to personal security, personal liberty, and
private property, all in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5417A1A0D5B24891B5487E27F0CD7585" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header>Prohibition on
confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5201">42 U.S.C. 5201</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8191B2F510A4E5092379DA1407E39EC" style="OLC">
<section id="H73A666550D634DB9994482FB63A1197"><enum>706.</enum><header>Firearms
policies</header>
<subsection id="H433E3E8C42204AE30045D059487D17CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition on
confiscation of firearms</header><text>No officer or employee of the United
States (including any member of the uniformed services), or person operating
pursuant to or under color of Federal law, or receiving Federal funds, or under
control of any Federal official, or providing services to such an officer,
employee, or other person, while acting in support of relief from a major
disaster or emergency, may—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCD53C07A7DC47AEB928CE7237A22D74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>temporarily or
permanently seize, or authorize seizure of, any firearm the possession of which
is not prohibited under Federal or State law, other than for forfeiture in
compliance with Federal law or as evidence in a criminal investigation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7FBF70226DDD4EA091184F008B175CDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require
registration of any firearm for which registration is not required by Federal
or State law;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE47451ABE9649169C47A17D1553868B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prohibit
possession of any firearm, or promulgate any rule, regulation, or order
prohibiting possession of any firearm, in any place or by any person where such
possession is not otherwise prohibited by Federal or State law; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA47FB5739AE04B448B12D85D86246C5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>prohibit the
carrying of firearms by any person otherwise authorized to carry firearms under
Federal or State law, solely because such person is operating under the
direction, control, or supervision of a Federal agency in support of relief
from a major disaster or emergency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12C7DFEE94704419BE95008E0314E845"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Private rights
of action</header>
<paragraph id="H968D93B8C1D0431D9F9468C6EB669D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any individual aggrieved by a violation of this section
may seek relief in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding
for redress against any person who subjects such individual, or causes such
individual to be subjected, to the deprivation of any of the rights,
privileges, or immunities secured by this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C98F2C6BE6B49470001B29E90A0E3D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remedies</header><text>In
addition to any existing remedy in law or equity, under any law, an individual
aggrieved by the seizure or confiscation of a firearm in violation of this
section may bring an action for return of such firearm in the United States
district court in the district in which that individual resides or in which
such firearm may be found.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H299C09D93A664852AFE4C9598530A655"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Attorney
fees</header><text>In any action or proceeding to enforce this section, the
court shall award the prevailing party, other than the United States, a
reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the
costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VI<?xm-replace_text "?></enum><header>Hurricane
Election Relief</header>
<section id="HEE9764BA49004992B39644A6758EC208"><enum>601.</enum><header><?xm-replace_text "?>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2006</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HACBB7102569749578C23A283A9230464"><enum>602.</enum><header>Grants to
States for restoring and replacing election administration supplies, materials,
records, equipment, and technology which were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated
by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita</header>
<subsection id="HAF04D4A5AAB34CF28D3E5586E377AA5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to
make grants</header><text>The Election Assistance Commission shall make a grant
to each eligible State, in such amount as the Commission considers appropriate,
for purposes of restoring and replacing supplies, materials, records,
equipment, and technology used in the administration of Federal elections in
the State which were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a result of Hurricane
Katrina or Hurricane Rita and ensuring the full participation in such elections
by individuals who were displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane
Rita.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA6E5B0221F94A2DAFA32C81DCCD17B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of grant
funds</header><text>Funds received under a grant under subsection (a) shall be
used in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of title III of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEEF0290946B4EDB9CB5B1DF97DDF49D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
State is eligible to receive a grant under this section if the State submits to
the Commission (at such time and in such form as the Commission may require) a
certification that—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C16E4F6DA064195B5B1B7275D7DD57D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supplies,
materials, records, equipment, and technology used in the administration of
Federal elections in the State were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a
result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H352B868DDE334B59A79C2700D5E8E672"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the system of such
State for conducting Federal elections has been significantly impacted by the
displacement of individuals as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane
Rita.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE80D9052E6CC49289E3DBA33BB005F95"><enum>603.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this title $50,000,000 for
fiscal year 2007. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text>
</section>