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[Committee Print] SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2

‘‘Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for At-3

tacks and Responding to Emergencies Act’’ or the ‘‘PRE-4

PARE Act’’. 5

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6

this Act is as follows: 7

Sec. 1. Short title; Table of contents.

TITLE I—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND

COMMUNICATIONS

Subtitle A—Grants, Training, Exercises, and Coordination

Sec. 101. Memoranda of understanding.

Sec. 102. Period of performance.

Sec. 103. Operation Stonegarden.

Sec. 104. Grants metrics.

Sec. 105. Grant management best practices.

Sec. 106. Funding prohibition.

Sec. 107. Law enforcement terrorism prevention.

Sec. 108. Allowable uses.

Sec. 109. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.

Sec. 110. Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium.

Sec. 111. National Response Framework.

Sec. 112. Remedial action management program.

Subtitle B—Communications

Sec. 121. Office of Emergency Communications.

Sec. 122. Responsibilities of Office of Emergency Communications Director.

Sec. 123. National Emergency Communications Plan.

Sec. 124. Emergency Communications Preparedness Center.

Sec. 125. Technical edits.

Sec. 126. Cybersecurity of Public Safety Broadband Network.

Sec. 127. Department of Homeland Security social media improvement.

Sec. 128. Statewide interoperability coordinators.

Sec. 129. Communications training.

Subtitle C—Medical Preparedness

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Sec. 131. Pre-event anthrax vaccination program for emergency response pro-

viders.

Sec. 132. Chief Medical Officer.

Sec. 133. Medical Countermeasures Program.

Subtitle D—Management

Sec. 141. Mission support.

Sec. 142. Systems modernization.

Sec. 143. Strategic human capital plan.

TITLE I—EMERGENCY PRE-1

PAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND 2

COMMUNICATIONS 3

Subtitle A—Grants, Training, 4

Exercises, and Coordination 5

SEC. 101. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING. 6

Subtitle B of title XX of the Homeland Security Act 7

of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended by adding at 8

the end the following new section: 9

‘‘SEC. 2024. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DE-10

PARTMENTAL COMPONENTS, OFFICES, OR 11

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 12

‘‘The Administrator shall enter into a memorandum 13

of understanding with the following departmental compo-14

nents, offices, or subject matter experts that delineates the 15

roles and responsibilities of such components, offices, or 16

subject matter experts, respectively, regarding the policy 17

and guidance for grants under section 1406 of the Imple-18

menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 19

2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135), sections 2003 and 2004 of this 20


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Act, and section 70107 of title 46, United States Code, 1

as appropriate: 2

‘‘(1) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 3

Border Protection. 4

‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Transportation 5

Security Administration. 6

‘‘(3) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 7

‘‘(4) The Under Secretary for Intelligence and 8

Analysis. 9

‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Emergency 10

Communications. 11

‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for State and 12

Local Law Enforcement. 13

‘‘(7) The Countering Violent Extremism Coor-14

dinator. 15

‘‘(8) Other components, offices, or subject mat-16

ter experts of the Department, as determined by the 17

Secretary.’’. 18

SEC. 102. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. 19

(a) URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE.—Section 20

2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 21

604) is amended by— 22

(1) redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 23

(f); and 24


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(2) inserting after subsection (d) the following 1

new subsection: 2

‘‘(e) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 3

shall make funds provided under this section available for 4

use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 5

36 months.’’. 6

(b) STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PRO-7

GRAM.—Section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 8

2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) is amended by— 9

(1) redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 10

(g); and 11

(2) inserting after subsection (e) the following 12

the new subsection: 13

‘‘(f) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 14



36 months.’’. 17

(c) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSIST-18

ANCE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 1406 of the Imple-19

menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 20

U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 110–53) is amended by— 21

(1) redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 22

(n); and 23

(2) inserting after subsection (l) the following 24

new subsection: 25


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‘‘(m) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 1



36 months.’’. 4

(d) PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 5

70107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-6

ing at the end the following new subsection: 7

‘‘(n) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 8



36 months.’’. 11

(e) TRIBAL SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 12


606) is amended by— 14

(1) redesignating subsections (h) through (k) 15

subsections (i) through (l) respectively; and 16

(2) inserting after subsection (g) the following 17

new subsection: 18

‘‘(h) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 19


use by a recipient of a grant under this section for a period 21

of not less than 36 months.’’. 22


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SEC. 103. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu-2

rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by 3

adding at the end the following new subtitle: 4

‘‘Subtitle C — Other Grant 5

Programs 6

‘‘SEC. 2031. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 7

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 8

Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 9

Stonegarden’. Under such program, the Secretary, acting 10

through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 11

law enforcement agencies to enhance border security in ac-12

cordance with this section. 13

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-14

ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 15

shall— 16

‘‘(1) be located in— 17

‘‘(A) a State bordering either Canada or 18

Mexico; or 19

‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 20

border; and 21

‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing U.S. Cus-22

toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 23

through a sector office. 24


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‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 1

under this section may use such grant for any of the fol-2

lowing: 3

‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 4

sustainment costs. 5

‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 6

in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-7

tivities. 8

‘‘(3) Any activity permitted under the Depart-9

ment of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2015 10

Funding Opportunity Announcement for Operation 11

Stonegarden. 12

‘‘(4) Any other appropriate activity, as deter-13

mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 14

Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-15

tion. 16

‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 17

is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 18

of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for grants under this 19

section. 20

‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually 21

submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 22

House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-23

land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 24


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report containing information on the expenditure of grants 1

made under this section by each grant recipient.’’. 2

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 3

in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 4

amended by inserting after the items relating to subtitle 5

B of title XX the following new items: 6

‘‘Subtitle C – Other Grant Programs

‘‘Sec. 2031. Operation Stonegarden.’’.

SEC. 104. GRANTS METRICS. 7

(a) IN GENERAL.—To determine the extent to which 8

grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 9

Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 and 604) have closed 10

capability gaps identified in State Preparedness Reports 11

required under subsection (c) of section 652 of the Post- 12

Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 13

U.S.C. 752; title VI of the Department of Homeland Secu-14

rity Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) and 15

Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments 16

from each State and high risk urban area, the Adminis-17

trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 18

shall conduct and submit to the Committee on Homeland 19

Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-20

mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 21

of the Senate an assessment of information provided in 22

such Reports and Assessments. 23


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(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The assessment 1

required under subsection (a) shall include a comparison 2

of successive State Preparedness Reports and Threat and 3

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments from each 4

State and high risk urban area. 5

SEC. 105. GRANT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES. 6

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-7

agement Agency shall include in the annual Notice of 8

Funding Opportunity relating to grants under sections 9

2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 10

(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) an appendix that includes a sum-11

mary of findings identified by the Office of the Inspector 12

General of the Department of Homeland Security in au-13

dits of such grants and methods to address areas identi-14

fied for improvement and innovative practices instituted 15

by grant recipients. 16

SEC. 106. FUNDING PROHIBITION. 17

The Secretary of Homeland Security may not imple-18

ment the National Preparedness Grant Program or any 19

successor grant program unless the Secretary receives 20

prior authorization from Congress permitting such imple-21

mentation. 22


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SEC. 107. LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION. 1

(a) LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION 2

PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of section 2006 of the Home-3

land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 4

(1) in paragraph (1)— 5

(A) by inserting ‘‘States and high-risk 6

urban areas use’’ after ‘‘that’’; and 7

(B) by striking ‘‘is used’’; and 8

(2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara-9

graph (I) to read as follows: 10

‘‘(I) activities as determined appropriate 11

by the Administrator, in coordination with the 12

Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 13

Enforcement within the Office of Policy of the 14

Department, through outreach to relevant 15

stakeholder organizations.’’. 16

(b) OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-17

MENT.—Subsection (b)(4) of section 2006 of the Home-18

land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 19

(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, includ-20

ing through consultation with such agencies regard-21

ing Department programs that may impact such 22

agencies’’ before the semicolon; and 23

(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘ensure’’ 24

and inserting ‘‘certify’’. 25


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SEC. 108. ALLOWABLE USES. 1

Subsection (a) of section 2008 of the Homeland Secu-2

rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 3

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 4

inserting ‘‘including by working in conjunction with 5

a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of 6

the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 7

15801(3)),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’; 8

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 9

(13) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively; 10

(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-11

lowing new paragraph: 12

‘‘(6) enhancing medical preparedness, medical 13

surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, in-14

cluding the development and maintenance of an ini-15

tial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits 16

and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, 17

their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable 18

populations from a chemical or biological event;’’; 19

and 20

(4) in subsection (b)(3)(B), by striking 21

‘‘(a)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(11)’’. 22


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SEC. 109. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSOR-1

TIUM. 2

Paragraph (1) and (2) of section 1204(d) of the Im-3

plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 4

(6 U.S.C. 1102(d)) are amended to read as follows: 5

‘‘(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, 6

$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; 7

and 8

‘‘(2) for the remaining Members of the National 9

Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $98,000,000 10

for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.’’. 11

SEC. 110. RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM. 12

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-13

rity is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Prepared-14

ness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Se-15

curity consisting of universities and nonprofit organiza-16

tions qualified to provide training to emergency response 17

providers from rural communities. 18

(b) DUTIES.—The Rural Domestic Preparedness 19

Consortium authorized under subsection (a) shall identify, 20

develop, test, and deliver training to State, local, and trib-21

al emergency response providers from rural communities, 22

provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the de-23

livery of training by the training partners of the Depart-24

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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 1

amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of 2

the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is au-3

thorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness 4

Consortium authorized under subsection (a). 5

SEC. 111. NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK. 6

(a) UPDATE.—Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) of 7

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is 8

amended— 9

(1) by inserting ‘‘, periodically updating (but 10

not less often than once every five years),’’ after 11

‘‘administering’’; and 12

(2) by striking ‘‘National Response Plan’’ each 13

place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Response 14

Framework’’. 15

(b) EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.—Section 16

653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 17

Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI of the Department 18

of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public 19

Law 109–295) is amended— 20

(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 21

subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 22

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-23

lowing new subsection: 24


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‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The President, acting through 1

the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal 2

departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or 3

supporting responsibilities under the National Response 4

Framework performance metrics to demonstrate readiness 5

to execute responsibilities under the emergency support 6

functions of such Framework.’’. 7

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 8

(1) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—The 9

Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— 10

(A) in paragraph (8) of section 501 (6 11

U.S.C. 311), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all that 12

follows through ‘‘prepared’’ and inserting the 13

following: ‘‘term ‘National Response Frame-14

work’ means the National Response Framework 15

or any successor framework or plan prepared’’; 16

(B) in section 507 (6 U.S.C. 317)— 17

(i) in subsection (c)— 18

(I) in paragraph (2)(E), by strik-19

ing ‘‘National Response Plan’’ and in-20

serting ‘‘National Response Frame-21

work’’; and 22

(II) in paragraph (3)(A), by 23

striking ‘‘National Response Plan’’ 24


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and inserting ‘‘National Response 1

Framework’’; and 2

(ii) in subsection (f)(1)(G), by striking 3

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and inserting 4

‘‘National Response Framework’’; 5

(C) in paragraph (1) of section 508(b) (6 6

U.S.C. 318(b)), in the second sentence, by 7

striking ‘‘National Response Plan’’ and insert-8

ing ‘‘National Response Framework’’; 9

(D) in section 509 (6 U.S.C. 319)— 10

(i) in subsection (b)— 11

(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 12

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and insert-13


and 15

(II) in paragraph (2)— 16

(aa) in the matter preceding 17

subparagraph (A), by striking 18

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and 19

inserting ‘‘National Response 20


(bb) in subparagraph (C), 22

by striking ‘‘National Response 23

Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘National 24

Response Framework’’; 25


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(ii) in subsection (c)(1)— 1

(I) in subparagraph (A)— 2

(aa) in the heading, by 3

striking ‘‘NATIONAL RESPONSE 4

PLAN’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL 5

RESPONSE FRAMEWORK’’; and 6

(bb) by striking ‘‘National 7

Response Plan’’ and inserting 8

‘‘National Response Frame-9

work’’; and 10

(II) in subparagraph (B), in the 11

matter preceding clause (i), by strik-12

ing ‘‘National Response Plan’’ and in-13

serting ‘‘National Response Frame-14

work’’; 15

(E) in section 510 (6 U.S.C. 320)— 16

(i) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking 17

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and inserting 18

‘‘National Response Framework’’; and 19

(ii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Na-20

tional Response Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-21

tional Response Framework’’; 22

(F) in paragraph (1) of section 707(b) (6 23

U.S.C. 347), by striking ‘‘National Response 24


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Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘National Response 1


(G) in subparagraph (A) of section 3

1803(d)(3) (6 U.S.C. 573(d)(3)), by striking 4

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-5

tional Response Framework’’. 6

(2) POST-KATRINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 7

REFORM ACT OF 2006.—The Post-Katrina Emer-8

gency Management Reform Act of 2006 (title VI of 9

the Department of Homeland Security Appropria-10

tions Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended— 11

(A) in paragraph (13) of section 602 (6 12

U.S.C. 701), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all that 13

follows through ‘‘prepared’’ and inserting the 14

following: ‘‘term ‘National Response Frame-15

work’ means the National Response Framework 16

or any successor framework or plan prepared’’; 17

(B) in subsection (b) of section 643 (6 18

U.S.C. 743)— 19

(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘NA-20

TIONAL RESPONSE PLAN’’ and inserting 21

‘‘NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK’’; and 22

(ii) by striking ‘‘National Response 23


Framework’’; 25


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(C) in section 648 (6 U.S.C. 748)— 1

(i) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), 2

by striking ‘‘National Response Plan’’ and 3

inserting ‘‘National Response Framework’’; 4

and 5

(ii) in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), 6



(D) in section 649 (6 U.S.C. 749)— 9

(i) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Na-10


tional Response Framework’’; and 12

(ii) in paragraph (1) of subsection (c), 13



(E) in section 651 (6 U.S.C. 751)— 16

(i) in subsection (b), in the matter 17

preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Na-18


tional Response Framework’’; and 20



tional Response Framework’’; 23

(F) in section 652 (6 U.S.C. 752)— 24


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(i) in subparagraph (F) of subsection 1

(b)(2), by striking ‘‘National Response 2



(ii) in subparagraph (A) of subsection 5

(c)(2), by striking ‘‘National Response 6


Framework’’; 8

(G) in section 653 (6 U.S.C. 753)— 9

(i) in subsection (a)— 10

(I) in the matter preceding para-11

graph (1), by striking ‘‘National Re-12

sponse Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘National 13

Response Framework’’; and 14

(II) in paragraph (4), by striking 15

‘‘National Response Plan’’ and insert-16



tional Response Plan’’ each place it ap-19

pears and inserting ‘‘National Response 20


(iii) in subsection (e) (as redesignated 22

pursuant to subsection (b) of this section), 23


inserting ‘‘National Response Framework’’. 25


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(3) ROBERT T. STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF 1

AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT.—Paragraph (1) 2

of section 613(c) (42 U.S.C. 5196b(c)) of the Robert 3

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-4

ance Act is amended— 5

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Na-6

tional Response Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘National 7

Response Framework’’; and 8

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Na-9

tional Response Plan’’ and inserting ‘‘National 10

Response Framework’’. 11

(d) OTHER REFERENCE.—On and after the date of 12

the enactment of this Act, any reference in any other Fed-13

eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation 14

of authority to the ‘‘National Response Plan’’ shall be 15

deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘National Response 16

Framework’’. 17

(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 18


amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to 20

title V the following new item: 21

‘‘Sec. 526. Emergency support functions.’’.

SEC. 112. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 22

Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-23

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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 1

2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows: 2

‘‘SEC. 650. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 3

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina-4

tion with the National Council on Disability and the Na-5

tional Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action 6

management program to— 7

‘‘(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world 8

events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, 9

and best practices; 10

‘‘(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, 11

the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best 12

practices referred to in paragraph (1); and 13

‘‘(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long 14

term trend analysis. 15

‘‘(b) FEDERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—The Admin-16

istrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate 17

Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the pro-18

gram established in subsection (a) to collect information 19

on corrective actions identified by such Federal depart-20

ments and agencies during exercises and the response to 21

natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made 22

disasters. 23

‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS.— 24

The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the max-25


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imum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, 1

local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action re-2

ports and information on lessons learned and best prac-3

tices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disas-4

ters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exer-5

cise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies 6

or exercises.’’. 7

Subtitle B—Communications 8

SEC. 121. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 9

The Secretary of Homeland Security may not change 10

the location or reporting structure of the Office of Emer-11

gency Communications of the Department of Homeland 12

Security unless the Secretary receives prior authorization 13

from the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 14

of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-15

rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate permitting 16

such change. 17

SEC. 122. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY 18

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 19

Subsection (c) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-20

rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended— 21

(1) by striking paragraph (3); 22

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 23

(15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), respectively; 24


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(3) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by 1

striking ‘‘, in cooperation with the National Commu-2

nications System,’’; 3


striking ‘‘the Homeland Security Council,’’; 5

(5) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘Assistant 6

Secretary for Grants and Training’’ and inserting 7

‘‘Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Di-8

rectorate of the Federal Emergency Management 9

Agency’’; 10


striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 12

(7) adding after paragraph (14), as so redesig-13

nated, the following new paragraphs: 14

‘‘(15) administer the Government Emergency 15

Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless 16

Priority Service (WPS) programs, including suc-17

cessor programs; and 18

‘‘(16) assess the impact of emerging tech-19

nologies on interoperable emergency communica-20

tions.’’. 21

SEC. 123. NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 22

Section 1802 of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 23

572) is amended— 24


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(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 1

paragraph (1)— 2

(A) by striking ‘‘, and in cooperation with 3

the Department of National Communications 4

System (as appropriate),’’; and 5

(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not less than once 6

every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodically’’; and 7

(2) in subsection (c)— 8

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 9

through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), 10

respectively; and 11

(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 12

following new paragraph: 13

‘‘(3) consider the impact of emerging tech-14

nologies on the attainment of interoperable emer-15

gency communications;’’. 16

SEC. 124. EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PREPAREDNESS 17

CENTER. 18

Subsection (c) of section 1806 of the Homeland Secu-19

rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 576) is amended by— 20

(1) redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 21

paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 22

(2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following 23

new paragraph: 24


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‘‘(2) serve as the coordinator of Federal user 1

requirements for the nationwide public safety 2

broadband network authorized in section 6202 of the 3

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 4

2012 (47 U.S.C. 1422; Public Law 112–96);’’. 5

SEC. 125. TECHNICAL EDITS. 6

Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act is amend-7

ed— 8

(1) in subsection (d) of section 1801 (6 U.S.C. 9

571) by— 10

(A) striking paragraph (2); and 11

(B) redesignating paragraph (3) as para-12

graph (2); and 13

(2) in paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) (6 14

U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter preceding subpara-15

graph (A), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 16

Grants and Planning’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Ad-17

ministrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of 18

the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 19

SEC. 126. CYBERSECURITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND 20

NETWORK. 21

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 22

date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 23

of the National Protection and Programs Directorate of 24

the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination 25


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with the General Manager of the First Responder Network 1

Authority of the Department of Commerce and the Direc-2

tor of the Office of Emergency Communications of the De-3

partment of Homeland Security, shall conduct a cyberse-4

curity risk assessment of the nationwide Public Safety 5

Broadband Network authorized in section 6202 of the 6

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 7

(47 U.S.C. 1422; Public Law 112–96). 8

(b) REPORT.—Upon the completion of the cybersecu-9

rity risk assessment required under subsection (a), the 10

Under Secretary of the National Protection and Programs 11

Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, in 12

coordination with the General Manager of the First Re-13

sponder Network Authority of the Department of Com-14

merce and the Director of the Office of Emergency Com-15

munications of the Department of Homeland Security, 16

shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 17

Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 18

Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 19

and Governmental Affairs and Committee on Commerce, 20

Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 21

discusses the findings of such assessment. 22


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SEC. 127. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SOCIAL 1

MEDIA IMPROVEMENT. 2

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-3

rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 4

adding at the end the following new section: 5

‘‘SEC. 318. SOCIAL MEDIA WORKING GROUP. 6

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-7

lish within the Department a social media working group 8

(in this section referred to as the ‘Group’). 9

‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—In order to enhance the dissemina-10

tion of information through social media technologies be-11

tween the Department and appropriate stakeholders and 12

to improve use of social media technologies in support of 13

preparedness, response, and recovery, the Group shall 14

identify, and provide guidance and best practices to the 15

emergency preparedness and response community on the 16

use of social media technologies before, during, and after 17

acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emer-18

gencies. 19

‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 20

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Membership of the Group 21

shall be composed of a cross section of subject mat-22

ter experts from Federal, State, local, tribal, terri-23

torial, and nongovernmental organization practi-24

tioners, including representatives from the following 25

entities: 26


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‘‘(A) The Office of Public Affairs of the 1

Department. 2

‘‘(B) The Office of the Chief Information 3

Officer of the Department. 4

‘‘(C) The Privacy Office of the Depart-5

ment. 6

‘‘(D) The Federal Emergency Management 7

Agency. 8

‘‘(E) The Office of Disability Integration 9

and Coordination of the Federal Emergency 10

Management Agency. 11

‘‘(F) The American Red Cross. 12

‘‘(G) The Forest Service. 13

‘‘(H) The Centers for Disease Control and 14

Prevention. 15

‘‘(I) The United States Geological Survey. 16

‘‘(J) The National Oceanic and Atmos-17

pheric Administration. 18

‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON, CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 19

‘‘(A) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall 20

serve as the chairperson of the Group. 21

‘‘(B) CO-CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson 22

shall designate, on a rotating basis, a represent-23

ative from a State or local government who is 24


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a member of the Group to serve as the co-chair-1

person of the Group. 2

‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS.—The chairperson 3

shall appoint, on a rotating basis, qualified individ-4

uals to the Group. The total number of such addi-5

tional members shall— 6

‘‘(A) be equal to or greater than the total 7

number of regular members under paragraph 8

(1); and 9

‘‘(B) include— 10

‘‘(i) not fewer than three representa-11

tives from the private sector; and 12

‘‘(ii) representatives from— 13

‘‘(I) State, local, tribal, and terri-14

torial entities, including from— 15

‘‘(aa) law enforcement; 16

‘‘(bb) fire services; 17

‘‘(cc) emergency manage-18

ment; and 19

‘‘(dd) public health entities; 20

‘‘(II) universities and academia; 21

and 22

‘‘(III) nonprofit disaster relief or-23

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‘‘(4) TERM LIMITS.—The chairperson shall es-1

tablish term limits for individuals appointed to the 2

Group under paragraph (3). 3

‘‘(d) CONSULTATION WITH NON-MEMBERS.—To the 4

extent practicable, the Group shall work with entities in 5

the public and private sectors to carry out subsection (b). 6

‘‘(e) MEETINGS.— 7

‘‘(1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 90 8

days after the date of the enactment of this section, 9

the Group shall hold its initial meeting. 10

‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS.—After the initial 11

meeting under paragraph (1), the Group shall 12

meet— 13

‘‘(A) at the call of the chairperson; and 14

‘‘(B) not less frequently than twice each 15

year. 16

‘‘(3) VIRTUAL MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the 17

Group may be held virtually. 18

‘‘(f) REPORTS.—During each year in which the 19

Group meets, the Group shall submit to the Committee 20

on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transpor-21

tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 22

and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-23

mental Affairs of the Senate a report that includes the 24

following: 25


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‘‘(1) A review and analysis of current and 1

emerging social media technologies being used to 2

support preparedness, response, and recovery activi-3

ties related to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, 4

and other emergencies. 5

‘‘(2) A review of best practices and lessons 6

learned on the use of social media technologies dur-7

ing the response to acts of terrorism, natural disas-8

ters, and other emergencies that occurred during the 9

period covered by the report at issue. 10

‘‘(3) Recommendations to improve the Depart-11

ment’s use of social media technologies for emer-12

gency management purposes. 13

‘‘(4) Recommendations to improve public 14

awareness of the type of information disseminated 15

through social media technologies, and how to access 16

such information, during acts of terrorism, natural 17

disasters, and other emergencies. 18

‘‘(5) A review of available training for Federal, 19

State, local, tribal, and territorial officials on the use 20

of social media technologies in response to acts of 21

terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies. 22

‘‘(6) A review of coordination efforts with the 23

private sector to discuss and resolve legal, oper-24

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‘‘(g) DURATION OF GROUP.— 1

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Group shall terminate 2

on the date that is five years after the date of the 3

enactment of this section unless the chairperson re-4

news the Group for a successive five-year period be-5

fore the date on which the Group would otherwise 6

terminate by submitting to the Committee on Home-7

land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-8

ate and the Committee on Homeland Security and 9

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 10

of the House of Representatives a certification that 11

the continued existence of the Group is necessary to 12

fulfill the purpose described in subsection (b). 13

‘‘(2) CONTINUED RENEWAL.—The chairperson 14

may continue to renew the Group for successive five- 15

year periods by submitting a certification in accord-16

ance with paragraph (1) before the date on which 17

the Group would otherwise terminate.’’. 18



amended by inserting after the item relating to section 21

317 the following new item: 22

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SEC. 128. STATEWIDE INTEROPERABILITY COORDINATORS. 1

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 2004(b) 2

of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605(b)) 3

is amended by— 4

(1) redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 5

subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 6

(2) inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-7

lowing new subparagraph: 8

‘‘(B)(i) certification that the Governor of 9

the State has designated a Statewide Interoper-10

ability Coordinator, including identification in 11

such certification of the individual so des-12

ignated, who shall be responsible for— 13

‘‘(I) coordinating the daily operations 14

of the State’s interoperability efforts; 15

‘‘(II) coordinating State interoper-16

ability and communications projects and 17

grant applications for such projects; 18

‘‘(III) establishing and maintaining 19

working groups to develop and implement 20

key interoperability initiatives; and 21

‘‘(IV) coordinating and updating, as 22

necessary, a Statewide Communications 23

Interoperability Plan that specifies the cur-24

rent status of State efforts to enhance 25

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State, including progress, modifications, or 1

setbacks, and future goals for communica-2

tions interoperability among emergency re-3

sponse agencies in the State; or 4

‘‘(ii) if a Statewide Interoperability Coordi-5

nator has not been designated in accordance 6

with clause (i)— 7

‘‘(I) certification that the State is per-8

forming in another manner the functions 9

described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of 10

such clause; and 11

‘‘(II) identification in such certifi-12

cation of an individual who has been des-13

ignated by the State as the primary point 14

of contact for performance of such func-15

tions;’’. 16

(b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The amendment 17

made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any 18

grant for which an application was submitted under the 19

State Homeland Security Grant Program under section 20


605) before the date of the enactment of this section. 22

SEC. 129. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING. 23

The Under Secretary for Management of the Depart-24

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sistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforce-1

ment and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 2

Protection, shall develop a mechanism to verify that U.S. 3

Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs 4

and Border Protection radio users receive training on the 5

use of the radio systems of such agencies, including inter-6

agency radio use protocols. 7

Subtitle C—Medical Preparedness 8

SEC. 131. PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 9

FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS. 10

(a) ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Se-12

curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amend-13

ed by adding at the end the following new section: 14

‘‘SEC. 526. ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS. 15

‘‘(a) PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 16

FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.—For the pur-17

pose of domestic preparedness for and collective response 18

to terrorism, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-19

retary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a 20

program to provide anthrax vaccines from the strategic 21

national stockpile under section 319F-2(a) of the Public 22

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)) that will be 23

nearing the end of their labeled dates of use at the time 24

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sponse providers who are at high risk of exposure to an-1

thrax and who voluntarily consent to such administration, 2

and shall— 3

‘‘(1) establish any necessary logistical and 4

tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines 5

so available; 6

‘‘(2) distribute disclosures regarding associated 7

benefits and risks to end users; and 8

‘‘(3) conduct outreach to educate emergency re-9

sponse providers about the voluntary program. 10

‘‘(b) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall— 11

‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused risk 12

analysis and risk assessments of the threats posed 13

by anthrax from an act of terror; 14

‘‘(2) leverage existing and emerging homeland 15

security intelligence capabilities and structures to 16

enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov-17

ery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; 18

and 19

‘‘(3) share information and provide tailored an-20

alytical support on threats posed by anthrax to 21

State, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other 22

national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.’’. 23

(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-24

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of 2002 is amended by inserting at the end of the 1

items relating to title V the following new item: 2

‘‘Sec. 526. Anthrax preparedness.’’.

(b) PILOT PROGRAM.— 3

(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pre- 4

event vaccination program authorized in subsection 5

(a) of section 526 of the Homeland Security Act of 6

2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section, the 7

Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 8

with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 9

shall carry out a pilot program to provide anthrax 10

vaccines to emergency response providers as so au-11

thorized. The duration of the pilot program shall be 12

24 months from the date the initial vaccines are ad-13

ministered to participants. 14

(2) PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS.—Prior to 15

implementing the pilot program under paragraph 16

(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 17

(A) establish a communication platform for 18

such pilot program; 19

(B) establish education and training mod-20

ules for such pilot program; 21

(C) conduct economic analysis of such pilot 22

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(D) create a logistical platform for the an-1

thrax vaccine request process under such pilot 2

program. 3

(3) LOCATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro-4

gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-5

land Security shall select emergency response pro-6

viders based in at least two States for participation 7

in such pilot program. 8

(4) DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION.—The 9

Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to 10

each emergency response provider who participates 11

in the pilot program under paragraph (1) disclosures 12

and educational materials regarding the associated 13

benefits and risks of any vaccine provided under 14

such pilot program and of exposure to anthrax. 15

(5) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 16

date of the enactment of this Act and annually 17

thereafter until one year after the completion of the 18

pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 19

Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 20

on Homeland Security and the Committee on En-21

ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 22

and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-23

ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 24

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the percentage of eligible emergency response pro-1

viders, as determined by each pilot location, that vol-2

unteer to participate, the degree to which partici-3

pants obtain necessary vaccinations, as appropriate, 4

and recommendations to improve initial and recur-5

rent participation in such pilot program. Each such 6

report shall include a discussion of plans to continue 7

such pilot program to provide vaccines to emergency 8

response providers under subsection (a) of section 9

526 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 10

added by subsection (a) of this section. 11

(6) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The 12

Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin imple-13

menting the pilot program under paragraph (1) by 14

not later than the date that is one year after the 15

date of the enactment of this Act. 16

SEC. 132. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 17

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 516 of 18

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321e) is 19

amended— 20

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 21

inserting ‘‘and shall establish medical and human, 22

animal, and occupational health exposure policy, 23

guidance, strategies, and initiatives,’’ before ‘‘includ-24

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(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 1

semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including co-2

ordinating the Department’s policy, strategy and 3

preparedness for pandemics and emerging infectious 4

diseases’’; 5

(3) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘emergency 6

medical services and medical first responder stake-7

holders,’’ after ‘‘the medical community’’; 8

(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 9

end; and 10

(5) by adding after paragraph (7) the following 11

new paragraphs: 12

‘‘(8) ensuring that the workforce of the Depart-13

ment has evidence-based policy, standards, require-14

ments, and metrics for occupational health and oper-15

ational medicine programs; 16

‘‘(9) directing and maintaining a coordinated 17

system for medical support for the Department’s 18

operational activities; 19

‘‘(10) providing medical program and provider 20

oversight, including— 21

‘‘(A) reviewing and maintaining 22

verification of the accreditation of the Depart-23

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‘‘(B) development of quality assurance and 1

clinical policy, requirements, standards, and 2

metrics for all medical and health activities of 3

the Department; 4

‘‘(C) providing oversight of medical records 5

systems for employees and individuals in the 6

Department’s care and custody; and 7

‘‘(D) providing medical direction for emer-8

gency medical services activities of the Depart-9

ment; and 10

‘‘(11) as established under section 529, main-11

taining a pharmaceutical stockpile and dispensing 12

system, as necessary, to facilitate personnel readi-13

ness, and protection for working animals, employees, 14

and individuals in the Department’s care and cus-15

tody in the event of public health incidents.’’. 16

(b) MEDICAL LIAISONS.—The Chief Medical Officer 17

of the Department of Homeland Security may provide 18

medical liaisons to the components of the Department who 19

may provide subject matter expertise on medical and pub-20

lic health issues and a direct link to the Chief Medical 21

Officer. Such expertise may include the following: 22

(1) Providing guidance on health and medical 23

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(2) Identifying and resolving component med-1

ical issues. 2

(3) Supporting the development and alignment 3

of medical and health systems. 4

(4) Identifying common gaps in medical and 5

health standards, policy, and guidance, and enter-6

prise solutions to bridge such gaps. 7

SEC. 133. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM. 8

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 9

Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), as amended by section 10

131 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 11

the following new section: 12

‘‘SEC. 527. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES. 13

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 14

medical countermeasures program to protect the Depart-15

ment workforce, working animals, and individuals in the 16

Department’s care and custody from the effects of chem-17

ical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents, and explo-18

sives, as appropriate, and to support Department mission 19

continuity. 20

‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Medical Officer, estab-21

lished under section 516, shall provide programmatic over-22

sight of the medical countermeasures program established 23

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‘‘(1) develop Department-wide standards for 1

medical countermeasure storage, security, dis-2

pensing, and documentation; 3

‘‘(2) maintain a stockpile of medical counter-4

measures, including of antibiotics, antivirals, and ra-5

diological countermeasures, as appropriate; 6

‘‘(3) preposition appropriate medical counter-7

measures in strategic locations nationwide, based on 8

threat and employee density, in accordance with ap-9

plicable Federal statutes and regulations; 10

‘‘(4) provide oversight and guidance on dis-11

pensing of stockpiled medical countermeasures; 12

‘‘(5) ensure rapid deployment and dispensing of 13

medical countermeasures in a chemical, biological, 14

radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally 15

occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic; 16

‘‘(6) provide training to Department employees 17

on medical countermeasure dispensing; and 18

‘‘(7) support dispensing exercises. 19

‘‘(c) MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES WORKING 20

GROUP.—The Chief Medical Officer shall establish a med-21

ical countermeasures working group comprised of rep-22

resentatives from appropriate components and offices of 23

the Department to ensure that medical countermeasures 24

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‘‘(d) COUNTERMEASURES MANAGEMENT.—Not later 1

than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-2

tion, the Chief Medical Officer shall develop and submit 3

to the Secretary an integrated logistics support plan for 4

medical countermeasures, including— 5

‘‘(1) a methodology for determining the ideal 6

types and quantities of medical countermeasures to 7

stockpile and how frequently such methodology shall 8

be reevaluated; 9

‘‘(2) a replenishment plan; and 10

‘‘(3) inventory tracking, reporting, and rec-11

onciliation procedures for existing stockpiles and 12

new medical countermeasure purchases. 13

‘‘(e) STOCKPILE ELEMENTS.—In determining the 14

types and quantities of pharmaceuticals to stockpile under 15

subsection (d), the Chief Medical Officer shall utilize, if 16

available— 17

‘‘(1) Department chemical, biological, radio-18

logical, and nuclear risk assessments; and 19

‘‘(2) Centers for Disease Control and Preven-20

tion guidance on medical countermeasures. 21

‘‘(f) REPORT.—No later than 180 days after the date 22

of the enactment of this section, the Chief Medical Officer 23

shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of 24

the House of Representatives and the Committee on 25


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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-1

ate on progress in achieving the requirements of this sec-2

tion.’’. 3


in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 5

amended by section 131 of this Act, is further amended 6

by inserting at the end of the items relating to title V 7

the following new item: 8

‘‘Sec. 527. Medical countermeasures.’’.

Subtitle D—Management 9

SEC. 141. MISSION SUPPORT. 10

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 11

Federal Emergency Management Agency shall designate 12

an individual to serve as the chief management official and 13

principal advisor to the Administrator on matters related 14

to the management of the Federal Emergency Manage-15

ment Agency, including management integration in sup-16

port of emergency management operations and programs. 17

(b) MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Adminis-18

trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 19

acting through the official designated pursuant to sub-20

section (a), shall be responsible for the management and 21

administration of the Federal Emergency Management 22

Agency, including with respect to the following: 23

(1) Procurement. 24

(2) Human resources and personnel. 25


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(3) Information technology and communications 1

systems. 2

(4) Real property investment and planning, fa-3

cilities, accountable personal property (including 4

fleet and other material resources), records and dis-5

closure, privacy, safety and health, and sustain-6

ability and environmental management. 7

(5) Security for personnel, information tech-8

nology and communications systems, facilities, prop-9

erty, equipment, and other material resources. 10

(6) Any other management duties that the Ad-11

ministrator may designate. 12

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 13

of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 14

Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to 15

the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 16

on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 17

Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 18

and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that in-19

cludes— 20

(1) a review of financial, human capital, infor-21

mation technology, real property planning, and ac-22

quisition management of headquarters and all re-23

gional offices of the Federal Emergency Manage-24

ment Agency; and 25


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(2) a strategy for capturing financial, human 1

capital, information technology, real property plan-2

ning, and acquisition data. 3

SEC. 142. SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION. 4

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-5

ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emer-6

gency Management Agency shall submit to the Committee 7

on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transpor-8

tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 9

and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-10

mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 11

Emergency Management Agency’s efforts to modernize its 12

grants and financial information technology systems, in-13

cluding the following: 14

(1) A summary of all previous efforts to mod-15

ernize such systems. 16

(2) An assessment of long term cost savings 17

and efficiencies gained through such modernization 18

effort. 19

(3) A capability needs assessment. 20

(4) Estimated quarterly costs. 21

(5) Estimated acquisition life cycle dates, in-22

cluding acquisition decision events. 23


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SEC. 143. STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL PLAN. 1

Subsection (c) of section 10107 of title 5, United 2

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 3

‘‘2016’’. 4


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