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lines established under section 703(b)(2)(A) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (as added by this 
Act), are established for national and regional 
emergency operations centers. 
(d) PERSONNEL.—The Director shall ensure 
that the national and regional emergency op-
erations centers consist of adequate numbers 
of properly planned, organized, equipped, 
trained, and exercised personnel to achieve 
the established target capability levels. 
(e) READINESS REPORTING.—The Director 
shall evaluate the readiness of the emergency 
operations centers on a regular basis and re-
port readiness levels in the report required 
under section 703(b)(8)(A) of such Act. 
SEC. 204. LOGISTICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall de-
velop an efficient, transparent, and flexible lo-
gistics system for procurement and delivery 
of goods and services necessary for an effec-
tive and timely response to major disasters 
and other emergencies and for real-time visi-
bility of items at each point throughout the lo-
gistics system. 
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(b) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.—The Director 
shall ensure that the logistics system is devel-
oped through the use of in-house, private sec-
tor, and other Federal agency logistics capa-
bilities (or a combination thereof). 
(c) STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS.—The Di-
rector shall encourage State and local govern-
ments to establish contracts with vendors for 
disaster relief supplies in advance of major 
disasters and other emergencies. 
SEC. 205. PREPOSITIONED EQUIPMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) NOTICE.—The Director shall notify 
State and local officials in an area in which 
a location for the prepositioned equipment 
program will be closed at least 60 days before 
the date of such closure. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the pre-positioned equipment 
program is an important all-hazard disaster 
relief tool, which is strongly supported by the 
Nation’s first responder communities, should 
be continued in at least 11 locations, and 
should be funded at the level required to ef-
fectively carry out the program. 
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SEC. 206. COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY.—The Di-
rector shall establish and maintain a durable, 
deployable, operable, and interoperable com-
munications capability within the Agency in 
order to gain and retain incident manage-
ment communications in areas that have lost 
regular 
communications 
systems 
during 
major disasters and other emergencies. 
(b) RECONNAISSANCE TEAMS.—The Director 
shall establish self-sustaining reconnaissance 
teams to relay information back to Agency 
headquarters to improve situational aware-
ness and incident management coordination. 
SEC. 207. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Subtitle B of title VI of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 630. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Director shall carry out 
a program to make grants to States and local 
governments to improve the response capa-
bilities of the States and local governments in 
the event of a major disaster or other emer-
gency. 
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants amounts re-
ceived by a State or local government under 
this section shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to purchase or improve commer-
cially available interoperable commu-
nications equipment that— 
‘‘(A) complies with, where applica-
ble, 
national 
voluntary 
consensus 
standards; 
‘‘(B) facilitates operability, inter-
operability, coordination, and inte-
gration between and among emer-
gency communications systems (in-
cluding satellite phone and satellite 
communications equipment); and 
‘‘(C) ensures that first responders, 
government officials, and emergency 
personnel are able to adequately and 
effectively communicate with each 
other in the event of a major disaster 
or other emergency; 
‘‘(2) to purchase mobile equipment to 
generate emergency power; and 
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‘‘(3) to train first responders and 
emergency personnel on how best to use 
effectively such equipment. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—A State or local gov-
ernment seeking a grant under this section 
shall submit to the Director an application at 
such time, in such manner, and accompanied 
by such information as the Director may re-
quire. 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Director 
shall provide to States and local governments 
technical assistance with respect to the pro-
curement, installation, and use of equipment 
under subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—In implementing the 
program, the Director shall ensure the coordi-
nation with other emergency equipment as-
sistance grant programs. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009. Such sums 
shall remain available until expended.’’. 
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SEC. 208. OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF FEDERAL 
DISASTER EXPENDITURES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section 
is to ensure that Federal agencies exercise 
sufficient stewardship over the funds pro-
vided to the agencies through Agency mission 
assignments for disaster response, relief, and 
recovery activities by requiring and funding 
management oversight activities to prevent 
fraud, waste, and abuse and to detect and pur-
sue prosecution of fraud so that taxpayers’ in-
terests are fully protected. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR TO DESIGNATE 
FUNDS FOR OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES.—The Direc-
tor may designate up to one percent of the 
total amount provided to a Federal agency for 
a mission assignment as oversight funds to be 
used by the recipient agency for performing 
oversight of activities carried out under the 
Agency 
reimbursable 
mission 
assignment 
process. Such funds shall remain available 
until expended. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) TYPES
OF
OVERSIGHT
ACTIVITIES.— 
Oversight funds may be used for the fol-
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lowing types of oversight activities re-
lated to Agency mission assignments: 
(A) Monitoring, tracking, and au-
diting expenditures of funds. 
(B) Ensuring that sufficient man-
agement and internal control mecha-
nisms are available so that Agency 
funds are spent appropriately and in 
accordance with all applicable laws 
and regulations. 
(C) Reviewing selected contracts 
and other activities. 
(D) Investigating allegations of 
fraud involving Agency funds. 
(E) Conducting and participating 
in fraud prevention activities with 
other Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment personnel and contractors. 
(2) PLANS
AND
REPORTS.—Oversight 
funds may be used to issue the plans re-
quired under subsection (f) and the re-
ports required under subsection (g). 
(d) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Over-
sight funds may not be used to finance exist-
ing agency oversight responsibilities related 
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to direct agency appropriations used for dis-
aster response, relief, and recovery activities. 
(e) METHODS OF OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Oversight activities 
may be carried out by an agency under 
this section either directly or by contract. 
Such activities may include evaluations 
and financial and performance audits. 
(2) COORDINATION
OF
OVERSIGHT
AC-
TIVITIES.—Before entering into a contract 
for a financial or performance audit to be 
performed under this section, the head of 
an agency shall coordinate with the In-
spector General of the agency or, if the 
agency does not have an Inspector Gen-
eral, with the Inspector General of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
(f) DEVELOPMENT OF OVERSIGHT PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an agency receives 
oversight funds for a fiscal year, the head 
of the agency shall prepare a plan de-
scribing the oversight activities for dis-
aster response, relief, and recovery an-
ticipated to be undertaken during the 
subsequent fiscal year. 
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(2) SELECTION
OF
OVERSIGHT
ACTIVI-
TIES.—In preparing the plan, the head of 
the agency shall select oversight activi-
ties based upon a risk assessment of 
those areas that present the greatest risk 
of fraud, waste, and abuse. 
(3) SCHEDULE.—The plan shall include 
a schedule for conducting oversight ac-
tivities, including anticipated dates of 
completion. 
(g) FEDERAL
DISASTER
ASSISTANCE
AC-
COUNTABILITY REPORTS.—A Federal agency re-
ceiving oversight funds under this section 
shall submit annually to the Director and the 
appropriate committees of Congress a consoli-
dated report regarding the use of such funds, 
including information summarizing oversight 
activities and the results achieved. 
(h) OVERSIGHT FUNDS.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘oversight funds’’ means funds referred 
to in subsection (b) that are designated for 
use in performing oversight activities. 
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SEC. 209. NONDISCRIMINATION IN DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
WITH RESPECT TO ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 308(a) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5151(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘English proficiency,’’ 
after ‘‘age,’’. 
(b) NONDISCRIMINATION IN DISASTER ASSIST-
ANCE
WITH
RESPECT
TO
ENGLISH
PRO-
FICIENCY.—Consistent with section 308(a) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5151(a)), 
as amended by this section, the Director 
shall— 
(1) identify, in coordination with 
State and local governments, population 
groups with limited English proficiency 
and take into account such groups in dis-
aster preparedness planning; 
(2) ensure that information made 
available to individuals affected by a 
major disaster or emergency is translated 
and made available to the population 
groups identified in paragraph (1); and 
(3) develop and maintain an informa-
tional clearinghouse of model language 
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assistance programs and best practices 
for State and local governments in pro-
viding disaster and emergency related 
services. 
(c) GROUP
SIZE.—For purposes of sub-
section (b), the Director shall define the size 
of a population group. 
TITLE 
III—COMPREHENSIVE 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 301. NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating title VII as title 
VIII; 
(2) by redesignating sections 701 
through 705 as sections 801 through 805, 
respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after title VI the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘TITLE 
VII—COMPREHENSIVE 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
SYSTEM 
‘‘SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title, the definitions contained in 
section 602 and the following definitions 
apply: 
‘‘(1) CAPABILITY.—The term ‘capability’ 
means the ability to provide the means to 
accomplish one or more tasks under spe-
cific conditions and to specific perform-
ance standards. A capability may be de-
livered with any combination of properly 
planned, organized, equipped, trained, 
and exercised personnel that achieves 
the intended outcome. 
‘‘(2) COVERED GRANT.—The term ‘cov-
ered grant’ means a grant referred to in 
section 709 and any other emergency pre-
paredness grant administered by the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency. 
‘‘(3) MISSION
ASSIGNMENT.—The term 
‘mission assignment’ means a work order 
issued to a Federal agency by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, direct-
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