A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the United States Emergency Management Authority, and for other purposes.

Summary: United States Emergency Management Authority Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to replace provisions concerning the Directorate of, and the Under Secretary for, Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with provisions establishing a United States Emergency Management Authority to lead the nation's efforts to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the risks of natural and man-made disasters, including catastrophic incidents.

 Directs the Authority's Administrator to: (1) provide federal leadership necessary to prepare for and respond to disasters; (2) develop a National Emergency Management System capable of responding to catastrophic incidents; (3) establish 10 Regional Offices; and (4) promote public and community preparedness.

Transfers functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Directorate to the Authority. Requires the Authority to be maintained as a distinct entity within DHS. Establishes within the Authority a Director for Preparedness and a Director for Response and Recovery.

Requires: (1) each Regional Administrator to establish multi-agency strike teams; and (2) the Secretary of DHS to establish the National Advisory Council on Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Establishes within the Authority a National Incident Management System Integration Center, a Chief Medical Officer, a National Search and Rescue Response System, and a Metropolitan Medical Response System. Establishes within DHS a National Operations Center, a System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders Program, an Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications, and an Office for the Prevention of Terrorism.

Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to make grants to administer and improve the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

granting the consent of Congress 
to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact' (Public Law 104-321; 
110 Stat. 3877).
    ``(b) Uses.--A grant under this section shall be used to--
            ``(1) carry out recommendations identified in after-action 
        reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane season issued under the 
        Emergency Management Assistance Compact;
            ``(2) coordinate with the Department and other Federal 
        Government agencies;
            ``(3) coordinate with State and local government entities 
        and their respective national associations;
            ``(4) assist State and local governments with credentialing 
        emergency response providers and the typing of emergency 
        response resources; or
            ``(5) administer the operations of the Emergency Management 
        Assistance Compact.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $4,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010. Amounts appropriated under this 
section shall remain available for 3 fiscal years after the date on 
which such funds are appropriated.

``SEC. 517. OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TERRORISM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department an 
Office for the Prevention of Terrorism, which shall be headed by a 
Director.
    ``(b) Director.--
            ``(1) Reporting.--The Director of the Office for the 
        Prevention of Terrorism shall report directly to the Secretary.
            ``(2) Qualifications.--The Director of the Office for the 
        Prevention of Terrorism shall have an appropriate background 
        with experience in law enforcement, intelligence, or other 
        anti-terrorist functions.
    ``(c) Assignment of Personnel.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall assign to the Office 
        for the Prevention of Terrorism permanent staff and other 
        appropriate personnel detailed from other components of the 
        Department to carry out the responsibilities under this 
        section.
            ``(2) Liaisons.--The Secretary shall designate senior 
        employees from each component of the Department that has 
        significant antiterrorism responsibilities to act a liaison 
        between that component and the Office for the Prevention of 
        Terrorism.
    ``(d) Responsibilities.--The Director of the Office for the 
Prevention of Terrorism shall--
            ``(1) coordinate policy and operations between the 
        Department and State and local government agencies relating to 
        preventing acts of terrorism within the United States;
            ``(2) serve as a liaison between State and local law 
        enforcement agencies and the Department;
            ``(3) in coordination with the Office of Intelligence, 
        develop better methods for the sharing of intelligence with 
        State and local law enforcement agencies;
            ``(4) coordinate with the Office of Grants and Training to 
        ensure that homeland security grants to State and local 
        government agencies are adequately focused on terrorism 
        prevention activities; and
            ``(5) coordinate with the Authority, the Department of 
        Justice, the National Institute of Justice, law enforcement 
        organizations, and other appropriate entities to develop 
        national voluntary consensus standards for training and 
        personal protective equipment to be used in a tactical 
        environment by law enforcement officers.
    ``(e) Pilot Project.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Office for the 
        Prevention of Terrorism, in coordination with the Director for 
        Response, shall establish a pilot project to determine the 
        efficacy and feasibility of establishing law enforcement 
        deployment teams.
            ``(2) Function.--The law enforcement deployment teams 
        participating in the pilot program under this subsection shall 
        form the basis of a national network of standardized law 
        enforcement resources to assist State and local governments in 
        responding to a natural or man-made disaster.
    ``(f) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
effect the roles or responsibilities of the Department of Justice.

``SEC. 518. DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS.

    ``(a) Cybersecurity and Telecommunications.--There is in the 
Department an Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and 
Telecommunications.
    ``(b) United States Fire Administration.--The Administrator of the 
United States Fire Administration shall have a rank equivalent to an 
assistant secretary of the Department.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Executive Schedule.--
            (1) Administrator.--Section 5313 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Administrator of the United States Emergency Management 
        Authority.''.
            (2) Directors.--Section 5314 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Directors, United States Emergency Management 
        Authority.''.
            (3) FEMA officers.--
                    (A) Federal insurance administrator.--Section 5315 
                of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                ``Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency.''.
                    (B) Inspector general.--Section 5315 of title 5, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``Inspector 
                General, Federal Emergency Management Agency.''.
                    (C) Chief information officer.--Section 5315 of 
                title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                ``Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency.''.
    (b) Officers of the Department.--Section 103(a) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) An Administrator of the United States Emergency 
        Management Authority.'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) (as 
        amended by this subsection) as paragraphs (2) through (9), 
        respectively.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by 
striking the items relating to title V and sections 501 through 509 and 
inserting the following:

             ``TITLE V--NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

``Sec. 501. Definitions.
``Sec. 502. United States Emergency Management Authority.
``Sec. 503. Authorities and responsibilities.
``Sec. 504. Authority components.
``Sec. 505. Preserving the United States Emergency Management 
                            Authority.
``Sec. 506. Directors.
``Sec. 507. Regional Offices.
``Sec. 508. National Advisory Council on Emergency Preparedness and 
                            Response.
``Sec. 509. National Incident Management System Integration Center.
``Sec. 510. National Operations Center.
``Sec. 511. Chief Medical Officer.
``Sec. 512. Public and community preparedness.
``Sec. 513. SAVER Program.
``Sec. 514. National Search and Rescue Response System.
``Sec. 515. Metropolitan Medical Response System.
``Sec. 516. Emergency Management Assistance Compact authorization.
``Sec. 517. Office for the Prevention of Terrorism Coordination.
``Sec. 518. Department officials.
``Sec. 519. Nuclear incident response.
``Sec. 520. Conduct of certain public health-related activities.
``Sec. 521. Use of national private sector networks in emergency 
                            response.
``Sec. 522. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and 
                            services.
``Sec. 523. Procurement of security countermeasures for strategic 
                            national stockpile.
``Sec. 524. Urban and other high risk area communications 
                            capabilities.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
January 1, 2007.