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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1049 

To enhance the database of emergency response capabilities of the 

Department of Defense. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2017 

Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mrs. DAVIS

of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To enhance the database of emergency response capabilities 

of the Department of Defense. 

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 ‘‘Department of Defense 

5 Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement 

6 Act of 2017’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF DATABASE OF EMERGENCY RE2 SPONSE CAPABILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA5 BASE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1406 of the John 

7 Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fis8 cal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 

9 2436; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall maintain’’ and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than one 

13 year after the date of the enactment of the Department 

14 of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database 

15 Enhancement Act of 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall 

16 establish and maintain’’. 

17 (2) USE OF EXISTING DATABASE OR SYSTEM.— 

18 The Secretary of Defense may meet the requirement 

19 in the amendment made by paragraph (1) through 

20 use or modification of a current database or tracking 

21 system of the Department of Defense if the Sec22 retary determines that such action will— 

23 (A) expedite compliance with the require24 ment in that amendment; and 

25 (B) achieve such compliance at a cost not 

26 greater than the cost of establishing anew the 

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1 database covered by the requirement in that 

2 amendment. 

3 (b) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN DATABASE.—Sub4 section (a) of such section, as designated by subsection 

5 (a)(1) of this section, is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘each State’s National 

8 Guard, as reported by the States’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘the National Guard of each State and Terri10 tory, as reported by the States and Terri11 tories’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘home States’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘home States and Territories’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(3) Cyber capabilities of the National Guard 

17 that are identified by the Department as important 

18 to national security and for response to domestic 

19 natural or manmade disasters. 

20 ‘‘(4) Cyber capabilities of the other reserve 

21 components of the Armed Forces that are identified 

22 by the Department as important to national secu23 rity.’’. 

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1 (c) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO KEEP DATABASE

2 CURRENT.—Such section is further amended by adding 

3 at the end the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO KEEP DATABASE

5 CURRENT.—In implementing and maintaining the data6 base required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall iden7 tify and revise the information required to be included in 

8 the database at least once every two years for purposes 

9 of keeping the database current.’’. 

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