115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7213 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and 

for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Weapons 

3 of Mass Destruction Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

5 OFFICE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Homeland Secu7 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘DOMES9 TIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘COUNTERING WEAPONS OF 

11 MASS DESTRUCTION OFFICE’’; 

12 (2) by striking section 1901 and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 1900. DEFINITIONS. 

15 ‘‘In this title: 

16 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘As17 sistant Secretary’ means the Assistant Secretary for 

18 the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. 

19 ‘‘(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

20 ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such 

21 term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 

22 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

23 ‘‘(3) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 

24 Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office es25 tablished under section 1901(a). 
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1 ‘‘(4) WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.—The 

2 term ‘weapon of mass destruction’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in section 101 of the Foreign Intel4 ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 

5 ‘‘Subtitle A—Countering Weapons 

6 of Mass Destruction Office 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1901. COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC8 TION OFFICE. 

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

10 Department a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 

11 Office. 

12 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Office shall be 

13 headed by an Assistant Secretary for the Countering 

14 Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, who shall be ap15 pointed by the President. 

16 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary 

17 shall serve as the Secretary’s principal advisor on— 

18 ‘‘(1) weapons of mass destruction matters and 

19 strategies; and 

20 ‘‘(2) coordinating the efforts of the Department 

21 to counter weapons of mass destruction. 

22 ‘‘(d) DETAILS.—The Secretary may request that the 

23 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec24 retary of State, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regu25 latory Commission, and the heads of other Federal agen-
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1 cies, including elements of the intelligence community, 

2 provide for the reimbursable detail of personnel with rel3 evant expertise to the Office. 

4 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The Office shall terminate on 

5 the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 

6 of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 

7 2018.’’; 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘Subtitle B—Mission of the Office 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1921. MISSION OF THE OFFICE. 

11 ‘‘The Office shall be responsible for coordinating with 

12 other Federal efforts and developing a strategy and policy 

13 for the Department to plan for, detect, and protect against 

14 the importation, possession, storage, transportation, devel15 opment, or use of unauthorized chemical, biological, radio16 logical, or nuclear materials, devices, or agents in the 

17 United States and to protect against an attack using such 

18 materials, devices, or agents against the people, territory, 

19 or interests of the United States. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 1922. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DEPARTMENT COM21 PONENTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Assistant 

23 Secretary under this title shall not affect or diminish the 

24 authority or the responsibility of any officer of the Depart25 ment or any officer of any other Federal agency with re-
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1 spect to the command, control, or direction of the func2 tions, personnel, funds, assets, or liabilities of any compo3 nent of the Department or any other Federal agency. 

4 ‘‘(b) OFFICE FOR STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PLANS.— 

5 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

6 of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 

7 2018, the Assistant Secretary shall, in coordination with 

8 the Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, sub9 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy 

10 and implementation plan to direct programs within the Of11 fice and to integrate those programs with other programs 

12 and activities of the Department. 

13 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN14 CY.—Nothing in this title or any other provision of law 

15 may be construed to affect or reduce the responsibilities 

16 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the Ad17 ministrator of the Agency, including the diversion of any 

18 asset, function, or mission of the Agency or the Adminis19 trator of the Agency.’’; 

20 (4) by striking section 1905; 

21 (5) by redesignating sections 1902, 1903, 1904, 

22 1906, and 1907 as sections 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 

23 and 1927, respectively, and transferring such sec24 tions to appear after section 1922, as added by 

25 paragraph (3); 
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1 (6) in section 1923, as redesignated— 

2 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

3 ‘‘MISSION OF OFFICE’’ and inserting ‘‘RE4 SPONSIBILITIES’’; and 

5 (B) in subsection (a)(11), by striking ‘‘Do6 mestic Nuclear Detection Office’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Office’’; 

8 (7) in section 1925, as redesignated, in sub9 section (a), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘section 

10 1902’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1923’’; 

11 (8) in section 1926, as redesignated— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

13 (1)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘Director for Domestic 

15 Nuclear Detection’’ and inserting ‘‘Assist16 ant Secretary’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (6) and 

18 (7) of section 1902(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec19 tion 1923’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para21 graphs (6) and (7) of section 1902(a)’’ and in22 serting ‘‘section 1923’’; 

23 (9) in section 1927, as redesignated— 

24 (A) in subsection (a)(1)(C), in the matter 

25 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Director of 
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1 the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 

4 1902’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1923’’; and 

5 (10) by inserting after section 1927, as redesig6 nated, the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 1928. SECURING THE CITIES PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, through the 

9 Assistant Secretary, shall establish a program, to be 

10 known as the ‘Securing the Cities’ or ‘STC’ program, to 

11 enhance the ability of the United States to detect and pre12 vent terrorist attacks and other high-consequence events 

13 utilizing nuclear or other radiological materials that pose 

14 a high risk to homeland security in high-risk urban areas. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Through the STC program the 

16 Secretary shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) assist State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

18 governments in designing and implementing, or en19 hancing existing, architectures for coordinated and 

20 integrated detection and interdiction of nuclear or 

21 other radiological materials that are out of regu22 latory control; 

23 ‘‘(2) support the development of an operating 

24 capability to detect and report on nuclear and other 

25 radiological materials out of regulatory control; 
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1 ‘‘(3) provide resources to enhance detection, 

2 analysis, communication, and coordination to better 

3 integrate State, local, Tribal, and territorial assets 

4 into Federal operations; 

5 ‘‘(4) facilitate alarm adjudication and provide 

6 subject matter expertise and technical assistance on 

7 concepts of operations, training, exercises, and alarm 

8 response protocols; 

9 ‘‘(5) communicate with, and promote sharing of 

10 information about the presence or detection of nu11 clear or other radiological materials among appro12 priate Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

13 government agencies, in a manner that ensures 

14 transparency with the jurisdictions designated under 

15 subsection (c); 

16 ‘‘(6) provide augmenting resources, as appro17 priate, to enable State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

18 governments to sustain and refresh their capabilities 

19 developed under the STC program; 

20 ‘‘(7) monitor expenditures under the STC pro21 gram and track performance in meeting the goals of 

22 the STC program; and 

23 ‘‘(8) provide any other assistance the Secretary 

24 determines appropriate. 

25 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF JURISDICTIONS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the STC 

2 program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

3 designate jurisdictions from among high-risk urban 

4 areas under section 2003. 

5 ‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The 

6 Secretary shall notify the Committee on Homeland 

7 Security and the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 

10 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate not 

11 later than 3 days before the designation of a new ju12 risdiction under paragraph (1) or any change to a 

13 jurisdiction previously designated under that para14 graph. 

15 ‘‘(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

18 develop, in consultation with relevant stake19 holders, an implementation plan for carrying 

20 out the STC program that includes— 

21 ‘‘(i) a discussion of the goals of the 

22 STC program and a strategy to achieve 

23 those goals; 

24 ‘‘(ii) performance metrics and mile25 stones for the STC program; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) measures for achieving and sus2 taining capabilities under the STC pro3 gram; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) costs associated with achieving 

5 the goals of the STC program. 

6 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not 

7 later than one year after the date of the enact8 ment of the Countering Weapons of Mass De9 struction Act of 2018, the Secretary shall sub10 mit to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 and the Comptroller General of the United 

12 States the implementation plan required by 

13 subparagraph (A). 

14 ‘‘(2) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one 

15 year after the submission of the implementation plan 

16 under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall submit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees and the 

18 Comptroller General a report that includes— 

19 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the effectiveness of 

20 the STC program, based on the performance 

21 metrics and milestones required by paragraph 

22 (1)(A)(ii); and 

23 ‘‘(B) proposals for any changes to the STC 

24 program, including an explanation of how those 

25 changes align with the strategy and goals of the 
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1 STC program and, as appropriate, address any 

2 challenges faced by the STC program. 

3 ‘‘(3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not 

4 later than 18 months after the submission of the re5 port required by paragraph (2), the Comptroller 

6 General of the United States shall submit to the ap7 propriate congressional committees a report evalu8 ating the implementation plan required by para9 graph (1) and the report required by paragraph (2), 

10 including an assessment of progress made with re11 spect to the performance metrics and milestones re12 quired by paragraph (1)(A)(ii) and the sustainment 

13 of the capabilities of the STC program. 

14 ‘‘(4) BRIEFING AND SUBMISSION REQUIRE15 MENTS.—Before making any changes to the struc16 ture or requirements of the STC program, the As17 sistant Secretary shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) consult with the appropriate congres19 sional committees; and 

20 ‘‘(B) provide to those committees— 

21 ‘‘(i) a briefing on the proposed 

22 changes, including a justification for the 

23 changes; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) documentation relating to the 

2 changes, including plans, strategies, and 

3 resources to implement the changes; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the effect of 

5 the changes on the capabilities of the STC 

6 program, taking into consideration pre7 vious resource allocations and stakeholder 

8 input.’’. 

9 (b) REFERENCES AND CONSTRUCTION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any reference in any law, 

11 regulation, document, paper, or other record of the 

12 United States to— 

13 (A) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

14 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Coun15 tering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office; and 

16 (B) the Director for Domestic Nuclear De17 tection shall be deemed to be a reference to the 

18 Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weap19 ons of Mass Destruction Office. 

20 (2) CONSTRUCTION.—Sections 1923 through 

21 1927 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as re22 designated by subsection (a), shall be construed to 

23 cover the chemical and biological responsibilities of 

24 the Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons 

25 of Mass Destruction Office. 
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1 (3) AUTHORITY.—The authority of the Director 

2 of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to make 

3 grants or enter into cooperative agreements is trans4 ferred to the Assistant Secretary for the Countering 

5 Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and such au6 thority shall be construed to include grants for all 

7 purposes of title XIX of the Homeland Security Act 

8 of 2002, as amended by this Act. 

9 (c) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.— 

10 (1) REPEAL.—Title V of the Homeland Secu11 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended 

12 by striking section 516. 

13 (2) AMENDMENT.—Title XIX of the Homeland 

14 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 591 et seq.), as 

15 amended by subsection (a), is further amended by 

16 adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘Subtitle C—Chief Medical Officer 

18 ‘‘SEC. 1931. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Office a Chief 

20 Medical Officer, who shall be appointed by the President. 

21 The Chief Medical Officer shall report to the Assistant 

22 Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The individual appointed as 

24 Chief Medical Officer shall be a licensed physician pos-
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1 sessing a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of medi2 cine and public health. 

3 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Medical Officer 

4 shall have the responsibility within the Department for 

5 medical issues related to natural disasters, acts of ter6 rorism, and other man-made disasters, including— 

7 ‘‘(1) serving as the principal advisor on medical 

8 and public health issues to the Secretary, the Ad9 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

10 Agency, the Assistant Secretary, and other Depart11 ment officials; 

12 ‘‘(2) providing operational medical support to 

13 all components of the Department; 

14 ‘‘(3) as appropriate, providing medical liaisons 

15 to the components of the Department, on a reim16 bursable basis, to provide subject matter expertise 

17 on operational medical issues; 

18 ‘‘(4) coordinating with Federal, State, local, 

19 and Tribal governments, the medical community, 

20 and others within and outside the Department, in21 cluding the Centers for Disease Control and Preven22 tion and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

23 Preparedness and Response of the Department of 

24 Health and Human Services, with respect to medical 

25 and public health matters; and 
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1 ‘‘(5) performing such other duties relating to 

2 such responsibilities as the Secretary may require.’’. 

3 (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con4 tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 

5 of 2002 is amended by striking the item relating to 

6 section 516. 

7 (d) WORKFORCE HEALTH AND MEDICAL SUP8 PORT.—Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

9 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 710. WORKFORCE HEALTH AND MEDICAL SUPPORT. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Man13 agement shall be responsible for workforce-focused health 

14 and medical activities of the Department. The Under Sec15 retary for Management may further delegate responsibility 

16 for those activities, as appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Under Secretary for 

18 Management, in coordination with the Chief Medical Offi19 cer, shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) provide oversight and coordinate the med21 ical and health activities of the Department for the 

22 human and animal personnel of the Department; 

23 ‘‘(2) establish medical, health, veterinary, and 

24 occupational health exposure policy, guidance, strat-
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1 egies, and initiatives for the human and animal per2 sonnel of the Department; 

3 ‘‘(3) as deemed appropriate by the Under Sec4 retary, provide medical liaisons to the components of 

5 the Department, on a reimbursable basis, to provide 

6 subject matter expertise on occupational medical and 

7 public health issues; 

8 ‘‘(4) serve as the primary representative for the 

9 Department on agreements regarding the detail of 

10 Commissioned Corps officers of the Public Health 

11 Service of the Department of Health and Human 

12 Services to the Department, except that components 

13 of the Department shall retain authority for fund14 ing, determination of specific duties, and supervision 

15 of such detailed Commissioned Corps officers; and 

16 ‘‘(5) perform such other duties relating to the 

17 responsibilities described in this subsection as the 

18 Secretary may require.’’. 

19 (e) TRANSFERS; ABOLISHMENT.— 

20 (1) TRANSFERS.—The Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security shall transfer to— 

22 (A) the Countering Weapons of Mass De23 struction Office all functions, personnel, budget 

24 authority, and assets of— 
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1 (i) the Domestic Nuclear Detection 

2 Office, as in existence on the day before 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

4 (ii) the Office of Health Affairs, as in 

5 existence on the day before the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, except for the func7 tions, personnel, budget authority, and as8 sets of such office necessary to perform the 

9 functions specified in section 710 of the 

10 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (relating 

11 to workforce health and medical support), 

12 as added by this Act; and 

13 (B) the Management Directorate of the 

14 Department of Homeland Security all functions, 

15 personnel, budget authority, and assets of the 

16 Office of Health Affairs, as in existence on the 

17 day before the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act, that are necessary to perform the functions 

19 of such section 710. 

20 (2) ABOLISHMENT.—Upon completion of all 

21 transfers pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office 

23 of the Department of Homeland Security and 

24 the Office of Health Affairs of the Department 

25 of Homeland Security are abolished; and 
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1 (B) the positions of Assistant Secretary for 

2 Health Affairs and Director for Domestic Nu3 clear Detection are abolished. 

4 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) OTHER OFFICERS.—Paragraph (4) of sec6 tion 103(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

7 (6 U.S.C. 113(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘A Direc8 tor for Domestic Nuclear Detection’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘An Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weap10 ons of Mass Destruction Office’’. 

11 (2) NATIONAL BIOSURVEILLANCE INTEGRATION

12 CENTER.—Section 316(a) of the Homeland Security 

13 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 195b(a)) is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘Secretary shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary, act15 ing through the Assistant Secretary for the Coun16 tering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, shall’’. 

17 (3) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.—Section 

18 317(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

19 U.S.C. 195c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Chief 

20 Medical Officer,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Assistant Sec21 retary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruc22 tion Office,’’. 

23 (4) FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.—Section 

24 505(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

25 U.S.C. 315(b)) is amended— 
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1 (A) by striking paragraph (4); 

2 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

3 paragraph (4); and 

4 (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 

5 by striking ‘‘through (4)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘through (3)’’. 

7 (5) COORDINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOME8 LAND SECURITY EFFORTS RELATED TO FOOD, AGRI9 CULTURE, AND VETERINARY DEFENSE AGAINST

10 TERRORISM.—Section 528(a) of the Homeland Secu11 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321q(a)) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘Health Affairs,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Coun13 tering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office,’’. 

14 (g) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CHEM15 ICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR AC16 TIVITIES.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security shall provide a briefing and 

19 report to the appropriate congressional committees (as de20 fined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

21 (6 U.S.C. 101)) on— 

22 (1) the organization and management of the 

23 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear activi24 ties of the Department of Homeland Security, in25 cluding research and development activities, and the 
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1 location of each activity under the organizational 

2 structure of the Countering Weapons of Mass De3 struction Office; 

4 (2) a comprehensive inventory of chemical, bio5 logical, radiological, and nuclear activities, including 

6 research and development activities, of the Depart7 ment of Homeland Security, highlighting areas of 

8 collaboration between components, coordination with 

9 other agencies, and the effectiveness and accomplish10 ments of consolidated chemical, biological, radio11 logical, and nuclear activities of the Department of 

12 Homeland Security, including research and develop13 ment activities; 

14 (3) information relating to how the organiza15 tional structure of the Countering Weapons of Mass 

16 Destruction Office will enhance the development of 

17 chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear prior18 ities and capabilities across the Department of 

19 Homeland Security; 

20 (4) a discussion of any resulting cost savings 

21 and efficiencies gained through activities described 

22 in paragraphs (1) and (2); 

23 (5) information on how the Assistant Secretary 

24 for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction 

25 Office is coordinating with the Under Secretary of 
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1 Science and Technology of the Department of 

2 Homeland Security on research and development ac3 tivities; and 

4 (6) recommendations for any necessary statu5 tory changes, or, if no statutory changes are nec6 essary, an explanation of why no statutory or orga7 nizational changes are necessary. 

8 (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents 

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

10 amended— 

11 (1) by striking the item relating to section 516; 

12 (2) inserting after the item relating to section 

13 709 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 710. Workforce health and medical support.’’; 

14 and 

15 (3) by striking the items relating to title XIX 

16 (including items relating to section 1901 through 

17 section 1907) and inserting the following: 

‘‘TITLE XIX—COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

OFFICE 

‘‘Sec. 1900. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle A—Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 

‘‘Sec. 1901. Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. 

‘‘Subtitle B—Mission of the Office 

‘‘Sec. 1921. Mission of the Office. 

‘‘Sec. 1922. Relationship to other Department components and Federal agencies. 

‘‘Sec. 1923. Responsibilities. 

‘‘Sec. 1924. Hiring authority. 

‘‘Sec. 1925. Testing authority. 

‘‘Sec. 1926. Contracting and grant making authorities. 
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‘‘Sec. 1927. Joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture. 

‘‘Sec. 1928. Securing the Cities program. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Chief Medical Officer 

‘‘Sec. 1931. Chief Medical Officer.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7213 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

struction Office, and for other purposes. establish the Countering Weapons of Mass De-