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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3300 

To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2013 

Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. CARSON

of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Reauthoriza5 tion Act of 2013’’. 


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1 TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 

2 FEMA AND MODERNIZATION 

3 OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC 

4 ALERT AND WARNING SYS5 TEM 

6 SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY 

7 MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 

8 Section 699 of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 811) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘administration and operations’’ 

11 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘management 

12 and administration’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (3) by striking the period and 

15 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2014, $972,145,000; 

18 ‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2015, $972,145,000; and 

19 ‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2016, $972,145,000.’’. 

20 SEC. 102. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS21 TEM MODERNIZATION. 

22 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

23 ‘‘Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Moderniza24 tion Act of 2013’’. 


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1 (b) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS2 TEM MODERNIZATION.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—To provide timely and effec4 tive disaster warnings under this section, the Presi5 dent, acting through the Administrator of the Fed6 eral Emergency Management Agency, shall— 

7 (A) modernize the integrated public alert 

8 and warning system of the United States (in 

9 this section referred to as the ‘‘public alert and 

10 warning system’’) to ensure that the President 

11 under all conditions is able to alert and warn 

12 governmental authorities and the civilian popu13 lation in areas endangered by disasters; and 

14 (B) implement the public alert and warn15 ing system. 

16 (2) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—In car17 rying out paragraph (1), the Administrator shall, 

18 consistent with the recommendations in the final re19 port of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 

20 System Advisory Committee (established under sub21 section (c))— 

22 (A) establish or adopt, as appropriate, 

23 common alerting and warning protocols, stand24 ards, terminology, and operating procedures for 

25 the public alert and warning system; 


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1 (B) include in the public alert and warning 

2 system the capability to adapt the distribution 

3 and content of communications on the basis of 

4 geographic location, risks, or personal user 

5 preferences, as appropriate; 

6 (C) include in the public alert and warning 

7 system the capability to alert and warn, and 

8 provide the equivalent amount of information to 

9 individuals with disabilities and individuals with 

10 access and functional needs; 

11 (D) ensure that training, tests, and exer12 cises are conducted for the public alert and 

13 warning system and that the system is incor14 porated into other training and exercise pro15 grams of the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity, as appropriate; 

17 (E) establish and integrate into the Na18 tional Incident Management System a com19 prehensive and periodic training program to in20 struct and educate Federal, State, tribal, and 

21 local government officials in the use of the 

22 Common Alerting Protocol enabled Emergency 

23 Alert System; 


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1 (F) conduct, at least once every 3 years, 

2 periodic nationwide tests of the public alert and 

3 warning system; and 

4 (G) ensure that the public alert and warn5 ing system is resilient, secure, and can with6 stand acts of terrorism and other external at7 tacks. 

8 (3) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—The public alert 

9 and warning system shall— 

10 (A) incorporate multiple communications 

11 technologies; 

12 (B) be designed to adapt to, and incor13 porate, future technologies for communicating 

14 directly with the public; 

15 (C) to the extent technically feasible, be 

16 designed to provide alerts to the largest portion 

17 of the affected population, including non18 resident visitors and tourists and individuals 

19 with disabilities and access and functional 

20 needs, and improve the ability of remote areas 

21 to receive alerts; 

22 (D) promote local and regional public and 

23 private partnerships to enhance community pre24 paredness and response; 


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1 (E) provide redundant alert mechanisms if 

2 practicable so as to reach the greatest number 

3 of people regardless of whether they have access 

4 to, or utilize, any specific medium of commu5 nication or any particular device; and 

6 (F) include a mechanism to ensure the 

7 protection of individual privacy. 

8 (4) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 

9 180 days after the date of submission of the report 

10 of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 

11 Advisory Committee, the Administrator shall submit 

12 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc13 ture and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

14 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

15 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

16 Senate a detailed plan to implement the public alert 

17 and warning system. The plan shall include a 

18 timeline for implementation, a spending plan, and 

19 recommendations for any additional authority that 

20 may be necessary to fully implement this subsection. 

21 (5) MAXIMUM FUNDS.—The Administrator may 

22 use not more than $12,733,000 of the amount made 

23 available pursuant to section 699 of the Post24 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 

25 2006 (6 U.S.C. 811) for each of fiscal years 2014, 


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1 2015, and 2016 to carry out the provisions of this 

2 section. 

3 (c) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS4 TEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis7 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen8 cy shall establish an advisory committee to be known 

9 as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 

10 Advisory Committee (in this subsection referred to 

11 as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 

12 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee 

13 shall be composed of the following members (or their 

14 designees) to be appointed by the Administrator as 

15 soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 

16 this Act: 

17 (A) The Chairman of the Federal Commu18 nications Commission. 

19 (B) The Administrator of the National 

20 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 

21 Department of Commerce. 

22 (C) The Assistant Secretary for Commu23 nications and Information of the Department of 

24 Commerce. 


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1 (D) Representatives of State and local gov2 ernments, representatives of emergency man3 agement agencies, and representatives of emer4 gency response providers, selected from among 

5 individuals nominated by national organizations 

6 representing governments and personnel. 

7 (E) Representatives from federally recog8 nized Indian tribes and national Indian organi9 zations. 

10 (F) Individuals who have the requisite 

11 technical knowledge and expertise to serve on 

12 the Advisory Committee, including representa13 tives of— 

14 (i) communications service providers; 

15 (ii) vendors, developers, and manufac16 turers of systems, facilities, equipment, 

17 and capabilities for the provision of com18 munications services; 

19 (iii) third-party service bureaus; 

20 (iv) the broadcasting industry, includ21 ing commercial and noncommercial radio 

22 and television stations; 

23 (v) the cellular industry; 

24 (vi) the cable industry; 

25 (vii) the satellite industry; and 


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1 (viii) national organizations rep2 resenting individuals with disabilities and 

3 access and functional needs and national 

4 organizations representing the elderly. 

5 (G) Qualified representatives of such other 

6 stakeholders and interested and affected parties 

7 as the Administrator considers appropriate. 

8 (3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Administrator shall 

9 serve as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee. 

10 (4) MEETINGS.— 

11 (A) INITIAL MEETING.—The initial meet12 ing of the Advisory Committee shall take place 

13 not later than 120 days after the date of enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 (B) OTHER MEETINGS.—After the initial 

16 meeting, the Advisory Committee shall meet at 

17 the call of the Chairperson. 

18 (C) NOTICE; OPEN MEETINGS.—Meetings 

19 held by the Advisory Committee shall be duly 

20 noticed at least 14 days in advance and shall be 

21 open to the public. 

22 (D) INTERESTED PERSONS.—Interested 

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1 mittee, in accordance with subsection (c) of sec2 tion 552b of title 5, United States Code. 

3 (E) MEETING MINUTES.—The Advisory 

4 Committee shall keep detailed minutes of each 

5 meeting, which shall contain a record of the 

6 persons present, a complete and accurate de7 scription of matters discussed and conclusions 

8 reached, and copies of all reports received, 

9 issued, or approved by the Advisory Committee. 

10 (F) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 

11 records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appen12 dixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, 

13 or other documents which were made available 

14 to or prepared for or by the Advisory Com15 mittee shall be available for public inspection 

16 and copying, subject to section 552 of title 5, 

17 United States Code, at a single location in the 

18 office of FEMA until the Advisory Committee 

19 ceases to exist. 

20 (5) RULES.— 

21 (A) QUORUM.—One-third of the members 

22 of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a 

23 quorum for conducting business of the Advisory 

24 Committee. 


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1 (B) SUBCOMMITTEES.—To assist the Advi2 sory Committee in carrying out its functions, 

3 the Chairperson may establish appropriate sub4 committees composed of members of the Advi5 sory Committee and other subject matter ex6 perts as the Chairperson considers necessary. 

7 (C) ADDITIONAL RULES.—The Advisory 

8 Committee may adopt such other rules as are 

9 necessary to carry out its duties. 

10 (6) CONSULTATION WITH NONMEMBERS.—The 

11 Advisory Committee and the program offices for the 

12 integrated public alert and warning system for the 

13 United States shall regularly meet with groups that 

14 are not represented on the Advisory Committee to 

15 consider new and developing technologies that may 

16 be beneficial to the public alert and warning system. 

17 Such groups may include— 

18 (A) the Defense Advanced Research 

19 Projects Agency; 

20 (B) entities engaged in federally funded re21 search; and 

22 (C) academic institutions engaged in rel23 evant work and research. 


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1 (7) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Advisory Com2 mittee shall develop recommendations for an inte3 grated public alert and warning system, including— 

4 (A) recommendations for common alerting 

5 and warning protocols, standards, terminology, 

6 and operating procedures for the public alert 

7 and warning system; and 

8 (B) recommendations to provide for a pub9 lic alert and warning system that— 

10 (i) has the capability to adapt the dis11 tribution and content of communications 

12 on the basis of geographic location, risks, 

13 or personal user preferences, as appro14 priate; 

15 (ii) has the capability to alert and 

16 warn individuals with disabilities and indi17 viduals with limited English proficiency; 

18 (iii) incorporates multiple communica19 tions technologies; 

20 (iv) is designed to adapt to, and incor21 porate, future technologies for commu22 nicating directly with the public; 

23 (v) is designed to provide alerts to the 

24 largest portion of the affected population 

25 feasible, including nonresident visitors and 


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1 tourists, and improve the ability of remote 

2 areas to receive alerts; 

3 (vi) promotes local and regional public 

4 and private partnerships to enhance com5 munity preparedness and response; and 

6 (vii) provides redundant alert mecha7 nisms if practicable in order to reach the 

8 greatest number of people regardless of 

9 whether they have access to, or utilize, any 

10 specific medium of communication or any 

11 particular device. 

12 (8) INITIAL AND ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later 

13 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Admin15 istrator, the Committee on Transportation and In16 frastructure and the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity of the House of Representatives, and the Com18 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af19 fairs of the Senate a report containing the rec20 ommendations of the Advisory Committee. 

21 (9) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

22 Neither the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

23 U.S.C. App.) nor any rule, order, or regulation pro24 mulgated under that Act shall apply to the Advisory 

25 Committee. 


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1 (10) TERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee 

2 shall terminate not later than 3 years after the date 

3 of enactment of this Act. 

4 (d) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

5 Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or 

6 require FEMA or any other government entity to require 

7 any action on the part of the Federal Communications 

8 Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Office of 

9 Emergency Communications, or any other nongovernment 

10 entity nor impact any existing obligations of these entities. 

11 TITLE II—STAFFORD ACT AND 

12 OTHER PROGRAMS 

13 SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION OF URBAN SEARCH AND RES14 CUE RESPONSE SYSTEM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Robert T. Stafford 

16 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 5141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 327. NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RE20 SPONSE SYSTEM. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 

22 definitions apply: 

23 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis24 trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

25 Emergency Management Agency. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means the 

2 Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

3 ‘‘(3) HAZARD.—The term ‘hazard’ has the 

4 meaning given that term by section 602. 

5 ‘‘(4) NONEMPLOYEE SYSTEM MEMBER.—The 

6 term ‘nonemployee System member’ means a System 

7 member not employed by a sponsoring agency or 

8 participating agency. 

9 ‘‘(5) PARTICIPATING AGENCY.—The term ‘par10 ticipating agency’ means a State or local govern11 ment, nonprofit organization, or private organization 

12 that has executed an agreement with a sponsoring 

13 agency to participate in the System. 

14 ‘‘(6) SPONSORING AGENCY.—The term ‘spon15 soring agency’ means a State or local government 

16 that is the sponsor of a task force designated by the 

17 Administrator to participate in the System. 

18 ‘‘(7) SYSTEM.—The term ‘System’ means the 

19 National Urban Search and Rescue Response Sys20 tem to be administered under this section. 

21 ‘‘(8) SYSTEM MEMBER.—The term ‘System 

22 member’ means an individual who is not a full-time 

23 employee of the Federal Government and who serves 

24 on a task force or on a System management or other 

25 technical team. 


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1 ‘‘(9) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘task force’ 

2 means an urban search and rescue team designated 

3 by the Administrator to participate in the System. 

4 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require5 ments of this section, the Administrator shall continue to 

6 administer the emergency response system known as the 

7 National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. 

8 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—In administering the System, the 

9 Administrator shall provide for a national network of 

10 standardized search and rescue resources to assist States 

11 and local governments in responding to hazards. 

12 ‘‘(d) TASK FORCES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator shall 

14 designate task forces to participate in the System. 

15 The Administrator shall determine the criteria for 

16 such participation. 

17 ‘‘(2) SPONSORING AGENCIES.—Each task force 

18 shall have a sponsoring agency. The Administrator 

19 shall enter into an agreement with the sponsoring 

20 agency with respect to the participation of each task 

21 force in the System. 

22 ‘‘(3) COMPOSITION.— 

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1 cies. The sponsoring agency shall enter into an 

2 agreement with each participating agency with 

3 respect to the participation of the participating 

4 agency on the task force. 

5 ‘‘(B) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—A task force 

6 may also include, at the discretion of the spon7 soring agency, other individuals not otherwise 

8 associated with the sponsoring agency or a par9 ticipating agency. The sponsoring agency of a 

10 task force may enter into a separate agreement 

11 with each such individual with respect to the 

12 participation of the individual on the task force. 

13 ‘‘(e) MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL TEAMS.—The 

14 Administrator shall maintain such management teams and 

15 other technical teams as the Administrator determines are 

16 necessary to administer the System. 

17 ‘‘(f) APPOINTMENT OF SYSTEM MEMBERS INTO

18 FEDERAL SERVICE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may ap20 point a System member into Federal service for a 

21 period of service to provide for the participation of 

22 the System member in exercises, preincident staging, 

23 major disaster and emergency response activities, 

24 and training events sponsored or sanctioned by the 

25 Administrator. 


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1 ‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL

2 SERVICE LAWS.—The Administrator may make ap3 pointments under paragraph (1) without regard to 

4 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov5 erning appointments in the competitive service. 

6 ‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORI7 TIES.—The authority of the Administrator to make 

8 appointments under this subsection shall not affect 

9 any other authority of the Administrator under this 

10 Act. 

11 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—A System member who is 

12 appointed into Federal service under paragraph (1) 

13 shall not be considered an employee of the United 

14 States for purposes other than those specifically set 

15 forth in this section. 

16 ‘‘(g) COMPENSATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PAY OF SYSTEM MEMBERS.—Subject to 

18 such terms and conditions as the Administrator may 

19 impose by regulation, the Administrator shall make 

20 payments to the sponsoring agency of a task force— 

21 ‘‘(A) to reimburse each employer of a Sys22 tem member on the task force for compensation 

23 paid by the employer to the System member for 

24 any period during which the System member is 


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1 appointed into Federal service under subsection 

2 (f)(1); and 

3 ‘‘(B) to make payments directly to a non4 employee System member on the task force for 

5 any period during which the non-employee Sys6 tem member is appointed into Federal service 

7 under subsection (f)(1). 

8 ‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES FILL9 ING POSITIONS OF SYSTEM MEMBERS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to such terms 

11 and conditions as the Administrator may im12 pose by regulation, the Administrator shall 

13 make payments to the sponsoring agency of a 

14 task force to reimburse each employer of a Sys15 tem member on the task force for compensation 

16 paid by the employer to an employee filling a 

17 position normally filled by the System member 

18 for any period during which the System mem19 ber is appointed into Federal service under sub20 section (f)(1). 

21 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Costs incurred by an 

22 employer shall be eligible for reimbursement 

23 under subparagraph (A) only to the extent that 

24 the costs are in excess of the costs that would 

25 have been incurred by the employer had the 


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1 System member not been appointed into Fed2 eral service under subsection (f)(1). 

3 ‘‘(3) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—A System mem4 ber shall not be entitled to pay directly from the 

5 Agency for a period during which the System mem6 ber is appointed into Federal service under sub7 section (f)(1). 

8 ‘‘(h) PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, DISABILITY, OR

9 DEATH.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A System member who is 

11 appointed into Federal service under subsection 

12 (f)(1) and who suffers personal injury, illness, dis13 ability, or death as a result of a personal injury sus14 tained while acting in the scope of such appointment 

15 shall, for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 

16 of title 5, United States Code, be treated as though 

17 the member were an employee (as defined by section 

18 8101 of that title) who had sustained the injury in 

19 the performance of duty. 

20 ‘‘(2) ELECTION OF BENEFITS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a System member 

22 (or, in the case of the death of the System 

23 member, the System member’s dependent) is 

24 entitled— 


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1 ‘‘(i) under paragraph (1) to receive 

2 benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 

3 of title 5, United States Code, by reason of 

4 personal injury, illness, disability, or death, 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) to receive benefits from a State 

7 or local government by reason of the same 

8 personal injury, illness, disability, or death, 

9 the System member or dependent shall elect to 

10 receive either the benefits referred to in clause 

11 (i) or (ii). 

12 ‘‘(B) DEADLINE.—A System member or 

13 dependent shall make an election of benefits 

14 under subparagraph (A) not later than 1 year 

15 after the date of the personal injury, illness, 

16 disability, or death that is the reason for the 

17 benefits or until such later date as the Sec18 retary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause 

19 shown. 

20 ‘‘(C) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—An election 

21 of benefits made under this paragraph is irrev22 ocable unless otherwise provided by law. 

23 ‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE OR LOCAL

24 BENEFITS.—Subject to such terms and conditions as 

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1 event that a System member or dependent elects 

2 benefits from a State or local government under 

3 paragraph (2)(A), the Administrator shall reimburse 

4 the State or local government for the value of those 

5 benefits. 

6 ‘‘(i) LIABILITY.—A System member appointed into 

7 Federal service under subsection (f)(1), while acting with8 in the scope of the appointment, is deemed an employee 

9 of the Federal Government under section 1346(b) of title 

10 28, United States Code, and chapter 171 of that title, re11 lating to tort claims procedure. 

12 ‘‘(j) EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.— 

13 With respect to a System member who is not a regular 

14 full-time employee of a sponsoring agency or participating 

15 agency, the following terms and conditions apply: 

16 ‘‘(1) SERVICE.—Service as a System member is 

17 deemed ‘service in the uniformed services’ for pur18 poses of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, 

19 relating to employment and reemployment rights of 

20 individuals who have performed service in the uni21 formed services (regardless of whether the individual 

22 receives compensation for such participation). All 

23 rights and obligations of such persons and proce24 dures for assistance, enforcement, and investigation 

25 shall be as provided for in such chapter. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PRECLUSION.—Preclusion of giving notice 

2 of service by necessity of appointment under this 

3 section is deemed preclusion by ‘military necessity’ 

4 for purposes of section 4312(b) of title 38, United 

5 States Code, pertaining to giving notice of absence 

6 from a position of employment. A determination of 

7 such necessity shall be made by the Administrator 

8 and shall not be subject to judicial review. 

9 ‘‘(k) LICENSES AND PERMITS.—If a System member 

10 holds a valid license, certificate, or other permit issued by 

11 any State or other governmental jurisdiction evidencing 

12 the member’s qualifications in any professional, mechan13 ical, or other skill or type of assistance required by the 

14 System, the System member is deemed to be performing 

15 a Federal activity when rendering aid involving such skill 

16 or assistance during a period of appointment into Federal 

17 service under subsection (f)(1). 

18 ‘‘(l) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es20 tablish and maintain an advisory committee to pro21 vide expert recommendations to the Administrator in 

22 order to assist the Administrator in administering 

23 the System. 


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1 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee 

2 shall be composed of members from geographically 

3 diverse areas, and shall include— 

4 ‘‘(A) the chief officer or senior executive 

5 from at least three sponsoring agencies; 

6 ‘‘(B) the senior emergency manager from 

7 at least two States that include sponsoring 

8 agencies; and 

9 ‘‘(C) at least one representative rec10 ommended by the leaders of the task forces. 

11 ‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF TERMINATION RE12 QUIREMENT.—Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advi13 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 

14 to the advisory committee under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(m) PREPAREDNESS COOPERATIVE AGREE16 MENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 

18 of appropriations for such purpose, the Adminis19 trator shall enter into an annual preparedness coop20 erative agreement with each sponsoring agency. 

21 Amounts made available to a sponsoring agency 

22 under such a preparedness cooperative agreement 

23 shall be for the following purposes: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Training and exercises, including 

2 training and exercises with other Federal, 

3 State, and local government response entities. 

4 ‘‘(B) Acquisition and maintenance of 

5 equipment, including interoperable communica6 tions and personal protective equipment. 

7 ‘‘(C) Medical monitoring required for re8 sponder safety and health in anticipation of and 

9 following a major disaster, emergency, or other 

10 hazard, as determined by the Administrator. 

11 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Not12 withstanding section 1552(b) of title 31, United 

13 States Code, amounts made available for cooperative 

14 agreements under this subsection that are not ex15 pended shall be deposited in an agency account and 

16 shall remain available for such agreements without 

17 fiscal year limitation. 

18 ‘‘(n) RESPONSE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 

19 Administrator shall enter into a response cooperative 

20 agreement with each sponsoring agency, as appropriate, 

21 under which the Administrator agrees to reimburse the 

22 sponsoring agency for costs incurred by the sponsoring 

23 agency in responding to a major disaster or emergency. 


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1 ‘‘(o) OBLIGATIONS.—The Administrator may incur 

2 all necessary obligations consistent with this section in 

3 order to ensure the effectiveness of the System. 

4 ‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

6 appropriated to carry out the System and the provi7 sions of this section $35,180,000 for each of fiscal 

8 years 2014, 2015, and 2016. 

9 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Ad10 ministrator may use not to exceed 6 percent of the 

11 funds appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to 

12 paragraph (1) for salaries, expenses, and other ad13 ministrative costs incurred by the Administrator in 

14 carrying out this section.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (1) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 5, UNITED

17 STATES CODE.—Section 8101(1) of title 5, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

20 at the end; 

21 (B) by moving subparagraph (F) to appear 

22 after subparagraph (E); 

23 (C) in subparagraph (F)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

2 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(G) an individual who is a System mem5 ber of the National Urban Search and Rescue 

6 Response System during a period of appoint7 ment into Federal service pursuant to section 

8 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

9 and Emergency Assistance Act;’’. 

10 (2) INCLUSION AS PART OF UNIFORMED SERV11 ICES FOR PURPOSES OF USERRA.—Section 4303 of 

12 title 38, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (13) by inserting ‘‘, a pe14 riod for which a System member of the Na15 tional Urban Search and Rescue Response Sys16 tem is absent from a position of employment 

17 due to an appointment into Federal service 

18 under section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford 

19 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’ 

20 before ‘‘, and a period’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (16) by inserting after 

22 ‘‘Public Health Service,’’ the following: ‘‘System 

23 members of the National Urban Search and 

24 Rescue Response System during a period of ap25 pointment into Federal service under section 


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1 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

2 and Emergency Assistance Act,’’. 

3 SEC. 202. REAUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGE4 MENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT GRANTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VI of the Rob6 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 5196 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 617. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COM10 PACT GRANTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Fed12 eral Emergency Management Agency may make grants to 

13 provide for implementation of the Emergency Manage14 ment Assistance Compact consented to by Congress in the 

15 joint resolution entitled ‘Joint resolution granting the con16 sent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assist17 ance Compact’ (Public Law 104–321; 110 Stat. 3877). 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—States and the 

19 Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance 

20 Compact shall be eligible to receive grants under sub21 section (a). 

22 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant received under this 

23 section shall be used— 

24 ‘‘(1) to carry out recommendations identified in 

25 the Emergency Management Assistance Compact 


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1 after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane 

2 seasons; 

3 ‘‘(2) to administer compact operations on behalf 

4 of States, as such term is defined in the compact, 

5 that have enacted the compact; 

6 ‘‘(3) to continue coordination with the Federal 

7 Emergency Management Agency and appropriate 

8 Federal agencies; 

9 ‘‘(4) to continue coordination with States and 

10 local governments and their respective national orga11 nizations; and 

12 ‘‘(5) to assist State and local governments, 

13 emergency response providers, and organizations 

14 representing such providers with credentialing the 

15 providers and the typing of emergency response re16 sources. 

17 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator of the 

18 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall consult 

19 with the Administrator of the Emergency Management 

20 Assistance Compact to ensure effective coordination of ef21 forts in responding to requests for assistance. 

22 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

23 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

24 $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 

25 2016. Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’. 


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1 (b) REPEAL.—Section 661 of the Post-Katrina 

2 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 

3 761) is repealed. 

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