SEC. 105. PRIORITIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 2007 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 608) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) its population, including consideration 
of domestic and international tourists, com-
muters, and military populations, including 
military populations residing in communities 
outside military installations;’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘, 
including threat information from other rel-
evant Federal agencies and field offices, as ap-
propriate’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
(C) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘tar-
get’’ and inserting ‘‘core’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘target’’ and 
inserting ‘‘core’’. 
(b) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, through the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, shall review and report to the 
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
on the risk formula and methodology used to award grants 
under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605), including a discus-
sion of any necessary changes to such formula to ensure 
grant awards are appropriately based on risk. 
SEC. 106. ALLOWABLE USES. 
Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘target’’ and inserting ‘‘core’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6) 
through (14) as paragraphs (8) through (16), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(6) enhancing medical preparedness, medical 
surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, in-
cluding the development and maintenance of an ini-
tial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits 
and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, 
their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable 
populations from a chemical or biological event; 
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‘‘(7) enhancing cybersecurity, including pre-
paring for and responding to cybersecurity risks and 
incidents (as such terms are defined in section 227) 
and developing statewide cyber threat information 
analysis and dissemination activities;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘Homeland Security Advisory Sys-
tem’’ and inserting ‘‘National Terrorism Advi-
sory System’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘(a)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(12)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘target’’ and inserting ‘‘core’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘target’’ and 
‘‘core’’. 
SEC. 107. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2008 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609), as amended by sec-
tion 106 of this Act, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If an applicant’’ and in-
serting the following: 
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‘‘(1) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—If an appli-
cant’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall implement a uniform process for reviewing ap-
plications that, in accordance with paragraph (1), 
contain explanations to use grants provided under 
section 2003 or 2004 to purchase equipment or sys-
tems that do not meet or exceed any applicable na-
tional voluntary consensus standards developed 
under section 647 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 747). 
‘‘(3) FACTORS.—In carrying out the review 
process under paragraph (2), the Administrator 
shall consider the following: 
‘‘(A) Current or past use of proposed 
equipment or systems by Federal agencies or 
the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(B) The absence of a national voluntary 
consensus standard for such equipment or sys-
tems. 
‘‘(C) The existence of an international con-
sensus standard for such equipment or systems, 
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and whether such equipment or systems meets 
such standard. 
‘‘(D) The nature of the capability gap 
identified by the applicant, and how such equip-
ment or systems will address such gap. 
‘‘(E) The degree to which such equipment 
or systems will serve the needs of the applicant 
better than equipment or systems that meet or 
exceed existing consensus standards. 
‘‘(F) Any other factor determined appro-
priate by the Administrator.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Administrator shall 
implement a uniform process for reviewing applications to 
use grants provided under section 2003 or 2004 to pur-
chase equipment or systems not included on the Author-
ized Equipment List maintained by the Administrator.’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report assessing the implementation of the review 
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process established under paragraph (2) of subsection (f) 
of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(as added by subsection (a) of this section), including in-
formation on the following: 
(1) The number of requests to purchase equip-
ment or systems that do not meet or exceed any ap-
plicable consensus standard evaluated under such re-
view process. 
(2) The capability gaps identified by applicants 
and the number of such requests granted or denied. 
(3) The processing time for the review of such 
requests. 
SEC. 108. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2024. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DE-
PARTMENTAL COMPONENTS AND OFFICES. 
‘‘The Administrator shall enter into memoranda of 
understanding with the heads of the following depart-
mental components and offices delineating the roles and 
responsibilities of such components and offices regarding 
the policy and guidance for grants under section 1406 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135), sections 2003 and 2004 
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of this Act, and section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code, as appropriate: 
‘‘(1) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
‘‘(3) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(4) The Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis. 
‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Emergency 
Communications. 
‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for State and 
Local Law Enforcement. 
‘‘(7) The Countering Violent Extremism Coor-
dinator. 
‘‘(8) The Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties. 
‘‘(9) The heads of other components or offices 
of the Department, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2023 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2024. Memoranda of understanding with departmental components and 
offices.’’. 
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SEC. 109. GRANTS METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To determine the extent to which 
grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 and 604) have closed 
capability gaps identified in State Preparedness Reports 
required under subsection (c) of section 652 of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 752; title VI of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) and 
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments 
required under subsections (e) and (f) of such sections 
2003 and 2004, respectively, as added by this Act, from 
each State and high-risk urban area, the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall con-
duct and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate an assessment of information provided in such Reports 
and Assessments. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The assessment 
required under subsection (a) shall include a comparison 
of successive State Preparedness Reports and Threat and 
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments that aggre-
gates results across the States and high-risk urban areas. 
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SEC. 110. GRANT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall include in the annual Notice of 
Funding Opportunity relating to grants under sections 
2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) an appendix that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A summary of findings identified by the Of-
fice of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security in audits of such grants and 
methods to address areas identified for improve-
ment, including opportunities for technical assist-
ance. 
(2) Innovative projects and best practices insti-
tuted by grant recipients. 
SEC. 111. PROHIBITION ON CONSOLIDATION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not imple-
ment the National Preparedness Grant Program or any 
successor consolidated grant program unless the Secretary 
receives prior authorization from Congress permitting 
such implementation. 
SEC. 112. MAINTENANCE OF GRANT INVESTMENTS. 
Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609), as amended by sections 106 and 107 of 
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(h) MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT.—Any applicant 
for a grant under section 2003 or 2004 seeking to use 
funds to purchase equipment, including pursuant to para-
graph (3), (4), (5), or (12) of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, shall by the time of the receipt of such grant develop 
a plan for the maintenance of such equipment over its life 
cycle that includes information identifying which entity is 
responsible for such maintenance.’’. 
SEC. 113. TRANSIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
associated backfill’’ after ‘‘security training’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (m) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(m) PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), funds provided pursuant to a grant 
awarded under this section for a use specified in 
subsection (b) shall remain available for use by a 
grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 36 
months. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Funds provided pursuant to 
a grant awarded under this section for a use speci-
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fied in subparagraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) 
shall remain available for use by a grant recipient 
for a period of not fewer than 55 months. 
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this sec-
tion $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2022.’’. 
SEC. 114. PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 70107 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by— 
(1) striking subsection (l); 
(2) redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
(l); and 
(3) adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(n) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months. 
‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for grants under this sec-
tion $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2018 
through 2022.’’. 
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SEC. 115. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSOR-
TIUM. 
Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d), by amending paragraphs 
(1) and (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, 
$63,939,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019; 
and 
‘‘(2) for the remaining Members of the National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $101,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2018 and 2019.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 116. RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Prepared-
ness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Se-
curity consisting of universities and nonprofit organiza-
tions qualified to provide training to emergency response 
providers from rural communities. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a) shall identify, 
develop, test, and deliver training to State, local, and trib-
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al emergency response providers from rural communities, 
provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the de-
livery of training by the training partners of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
(c) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of 
the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is au-
thorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 117. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) UPDATE.—Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, periodically updating (but not less 
often than once every five years),’’ after ‘‘administering’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS.—Section 
653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public 
Law 109–295) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The President, acting through 
the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal 
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departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or 
supporting responsibilities under the National Response 
Framework performance metrics to ensure readiness to 
execute responsibilities under the emergency support func-
tions of such Framework.’’. 
SEC. 118. REVIEW OF NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM. 
Paragraph (2) of section 509(b) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 319(b)) is amended, in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, but 
not less often than once every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodi-
cally’’. 
SEC. 119. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 750; title VI of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 650. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with the National Council on Disability and the Na-
tional Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action 
management program to— 
‘‘(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world 
events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, 
and best practices; 
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‘‘(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, 
the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best 
practices referred to in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long- 
term trend analysis. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—The Admin-
istrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the pro-
gram established pursuant to subsection (a) to collect in-
formation on corrective actions identified by such Federal 
departments and agencies during exercises and the re-
sponse to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other 
man-made disasters, and shall, not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section and annu-
ally thereafter for each of the next four years, submit to 
Congress a report on the status of such corrective actions. 
‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS.— 
The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the max-
imum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action re-
ports and information on lessons learned and best prac-
tices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disas-
ters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exer-
cise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies 
or exercises.’’. 
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SEC. 120. CYBER PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in section 210A (6 U.S.C. 124h)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (10), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: 
‘‘, including, in coordination with the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications 
integration center under section 227, ac-
cess to timely technical assistance, risk 
management support, and incident re-
sponse capabilities with respect to cyber 
threat indicators, defensive measures, cy-
bersecurity risks, and incidents (as such 
terms are defined in such section), which 
may include attribution, mitigation, and 
remediation, and the provision of informa-
tion and recommendations on security and 
resilience, including implications of cyber-
security risks to equipment and technology 
related to the electoral process’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (11), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (12) 
as paragraph (14); and 
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(iv) by inserting after paragraph (11) 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) review information relating to cybersecu-
rity risks that is gathered by State, local, and re-
gional fusion centers, and incorporate such informa-
tion, as appropriate, into the Department’s own in-
formation relating to cybersecurity risks; 
‘‘(13) ensure the dissemination to State, local, 
and regional fusion centers of the information de-
scribed in paragraph (12); and’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(C) through (G) as subparagraphs (D) 
through (H), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The national cybersecurity and com-
munications integration center under section 
227.’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion, recommendations, and best prac-
tices’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (9), by inserting 
‘‘best practices,’’ after ‘‘defensive meas-
ures,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘and State, local, and regional fusion cen-
ters, as appropriate’’ before the semicolon at 
the end. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that to facilitate the timely dissemination to appro-
priate State, local, and private sector stakeholders of 
homeland security information related to cyber threats, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security should, to the great-
est extent practicable, work to share actionable informa-
tion in an unclassified form related to such threats. 
SEC. 121. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER-
RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 2009. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER-
RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator and the heads of other 
relevant components of the Department, shall carry 
out a program for emergency response providers to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging ter-
rorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi-
nated terrorist attacks and active shooters, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, against major metropolitan 
areas. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the pro-
gram pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
provide to eligible applicants— 
‘‘(A) information, in an unclassified for-
mat, on emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in-
cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks 
and active shooters, which grants under such 
program are intended to address; and 
‘‘(B) information on training and exercises 
best practices. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdictions that receive, 
or that previously received, funding under section 
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2003 may apply for a grant under the program es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible ap-
plicants receiving funding under the program estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) may include in ac-
tivities funded by such program neighboring jurisdic-
tions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in 
response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in-
cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and 
active shooters. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) 
may use such grant to— 
‘‘(1) identify capability gaps related to pre-
paring for, preventing, and responding to emerging 
terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi-
nated terrorist attacks and active shooters; 
‘‘(2) develop or update plans, annexes, and 
processes to address any capability gaps identified 
pursuant to paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) conduct training to address such identified 
capability gaps; 
‘‘(4) conduct exercises, including at locations 
such as mass gathering venues, places of worship, or 
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educational institutions, as appropriate, to validate 
capabilities; and 
‘‘(5) pay for backfill associated with personnel 
participating in training and exercises under para-
graphs (3) and (4). 
‘‘(d) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis-
trator shall make funds provided under this section avail-
able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 
fewer than 36 months. 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Administrator 
shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate, analyze, and 
share with relevant emergency response providers informa-
tion on best practices and lessons learned from— 
‘‘(1) the planning, training, and exercises con-
ducted using grants authorized under the program 
established pursuant to subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) responses to actual terrorist attacks 
around the world. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this 
section $39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2022.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
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amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2008 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2009. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise 
grant program.’’. 
SEC. 122. CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall provide to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate updates and information on efforts to 
implement recommendations related to the management 
review of the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radio-
logical Training Facility of the Center for Domestic Pre-
paredness of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
including, as necessary, information on additional re-
sources or authority needed to implement such rec-
ommendations. 
TITLE II—COMMUNICATIONS 
SEC. 201. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not change 
the location or reporting structure of the Office of Emer-
gency Communications of the Department of Homeland 
Security unless the Secretary receives prior authorization 
from the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
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rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate permitting 
such change. 
SEC. 202. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY 
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 1801 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘, in cooperation with the National Commu-
nications System,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary for Grants and Training’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency’’; 
(5) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(6) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
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‘‘(15) administer the Government Emergency 
Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless 
Priority Service (WPS) programs, or successor pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(16) assess the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on interoperable emergency communica-
tions.’’. 
(b) PERFORMANCE OF PREVIOUSLY TRANSFERRED 
FUNCTIONS.—Subsection (d) of section 1801 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by— 
(1) striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(2). 
SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORTING ON ACTIVITIES OF THE OF-
FICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
Subsection (f) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTING OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES.— 
The Director of the Office of Emergency Communications 
shall, not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection and annually thereafter for each 
of the next four years, report to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
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on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate on the activities and programs of the Office, in-
cluding specific information on efforts to carry out para-
graphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
Section 1802 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 572) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, and in cooperation with 
the Department of National Communications 
System (as appropriate),’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not less than once 
every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodically’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) consider the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on the attainment of interoperable emer-
gency communications;’’. 
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SEC. 205. TECHNICAL EDIT. 
Paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary 
for Grants and Planning’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
SEC. 206. PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK. 
The Undersecretary of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall provide to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate in-
formation on the Department of Homeland Security’s re-
sponsibilities related to the development of the nationwide 
Public Safety Broadband Network authorized in section 
6202 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1422; Public Law 112–96), in-
cluding information on efforts by the Department to work 
with the First Responder Network Authority of the De-
partment of Commerce to identify and address cyber risks 
that could impact the near-term or long-term availability 
and operations of such network and recommendations to 
mitigate such risks. 
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SEC. 207. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING. 
The Under Secretary for Management of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, in coordination with the ap-
propriate component heads, shall develop a mechanism, 
consistent with the strategy required pursuant to section 
4 of the Department of Homeland Security Interoperable 
Communications Act (Public Law 114–29; 6 U.S.C. 194 
note), to verify that radio users within the Department 
receive initial and ongoing training on the use of the radio 
systems of such components, including interagency radio 
use protocols. 
TITLE III—MEDICAL 
PREPAREDNESS 
SEC. 301. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 
Section 516 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 321e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘and shall establish medical and 
human, animal, and occupational health expo-
sure policy, guidance, strategies, and initia-
tives,’’ before ‘‘including—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding advice on how to prepare for, protect 
against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate 
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against the medical effects of terrorist attacks 
or other high consequence events utilizing 
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear 
agents or explosives’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding coordinating the Department’s policy, 
strategy and preparedness for pandemics and 
emerging infectious diseases’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘emer-
gency medical services and medical first re-
sponder stakeholders,’’ after ‘‘the medical com-
munity,’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(F) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) ensuring that the workforce of the Depart-
ment has evidence-based policy, standards, require-
ments, and metrics for occupational health and oper-
ational medicine programs; 
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‘‘(9) directing and maintaining a coordinated 
system for medical support for the Department’s 
operational activities; 
‘‘(10) providing oversight of the Department’s 
medical programs and providers, including— 
‘‘(A) 
reviewing 
and 
maintaining 
verification of the accreditation of the Depart-
ment’s health provider workforce; 
‘‘(B) developing quality assurance and clin-
ical 
policy, 
requirements, 
standards, 
and 
metrics for all medical and health activities of 
the Department; 
‘‘(C) providing oversight of medical records 
systems for employees and individuals in the 
Department’s care and custody; and 
‘‘(D) providing medical direction for emer-
gency medical services activities of the Depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(11) as established under section 528, main-
taining a medical countermeasures stockpile and dis-
pensing system, as necessary, to facilitate personnel 
readiness, and protection for the Department’s em-
ployees and working animals and individuals in the 
Department’s care and custody in the event of a 
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explo-
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sives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or 
pandemic.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) MEDICAL LIAISONS.—The Chief Medical Officer 
may provide medical liaisons to the components of the De-
partment to provide subject matter expertise on medical 
and public health issues and a direct link to the Chief 
Medical Officer. Such expertise may include the following: 
‘‘(1) Providing guidance on health and medical 
aspects of policy, planning, operations, and work-
force health protection. 
‘‘(2) Identifying and resolving component med-
ical issues. 
‘‘(3) Supporting the development and alignment 
of medical and health systems. 
‘‘(4) Identifying common gaps in medical and 
health standards, policy, and guidance, and enter-
prise solutions to bridge such gaps.’’. 
SEC. 302. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 528. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel 
readiness, and protection for the Department’s employees 
and working animals and individuals in the Department’s 
care and custody, in the event of a chemical, biological, 
radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occur-
ring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support De-
partment mission continuity. 
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Medical Officer of the 
Department shall provide programmatic oversight of the 
medical countermeasures program established pursuant to 
subsection (a), and shall— 
‘‘(1) develop Department-wide standards for 
medical countermeasure 
storage, 
security, 
dis-
pensing, and documentation; 
‘‘(2) maintain a stockpile of medical counter-
measures, including antibiotics, antivirals, and radio-
logical countermeasures, as appropriate; 
‘‘(3) preposition appropriate medical counter-
measures in strategic locations nationwide, based on 
threat and employee density, in accordance with ap-
plicable Federal statutes and regulations; 
‘‘(4) provide oversight and guidance on dis-
pensing of stockpiled medical countermeasures; 
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‘‘(5) ensure rapid deployment and dispensing of 
medical countermeasures in a chemical, biological, 
radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally 
occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic; 
‘‘(6) provide training to Department employees 
on medical countermeasure dispensing; and 
‘‘(7) support dispensing exercises. 
‘‘(c) 
MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES
WORKING 
GROUP.—The Chief Medical Officer shall establish a med-
ical countermeasures working group comprised of rep-
resentatives from appropriate components and offices of 
the Department to ensure that medical countermeasures 
standards are maintained and guidance is consistent. 
‘‘(d) 
MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES
MANAGE-
MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this section, the Chief Medical Officer shall de-
velop and submit to the Secretary an integrated logistics 
support plan for medical countermeasures, including— 
‘‘(1) a methodology for determining the ideal 
types and quantities of medical countermeasures to 
stockpile and how frequently such methodology shall 
be reevaluated; 
‘‘(2) a replenishment plan; and 
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‘‘(3) inventory tracking, reporting, and rec-
onciliation procedures for existing stockpiles and 
new medical countermeasure purchases. 
‘‘(e) STOCKPILE ELEMENTS.—In determining the 
types and quantities of medical countermeasures to stock-
pile under subsection (d), the Chief Medical Officer shall 
utilize, if available— 
‘‘(1) Department chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear risk assessments; and 
‘‘(2) Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion guidance on medical countermeasures. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Chief Medical 
Officer shall report to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate on progress in achieving the requirements of this 
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting at the end of the items relating to 
title V the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 528. Medical countermeasures.’’. 
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TITLE IV—MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 401. MISSION SUPPORT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall designate 
an individual to serve as the chief management official and 
principal advisor to the Administrator on matters related 
to the management of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, including management integration in sup-
port of emergency management operations and programs. 
(b) MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
acting through the official designated pursuant to sub-
section (a), shall be responsible for the management and 
administration of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, including with respect to the following: 
(1) Procurement. 
(2) Human resources and personnel. 
(3) Information technology and communications 
systems. 
(4) Real property investment and planning, fa-
cilities, accountable personal property (including 
fleet and other material resources), records and dis-
closure, privacy, safety and health, and sustain-
ability and environmental management. 
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(5) Security for personnel, information tech-
nology and communications systems, facilities, prop-
erty, equipment, and other material resources. 
(6) Any other management duties that the Ad-
ministrator may designate. 
(c) MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the 
role or responsibility of the Assistant Administrator for 
National Continuity Programs with respect to the matters 
described in subsection (b) as such matters relate to the 
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center and associ-
ated facilities. The management and administration of the 
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center and associ-
ated facilities remains the responsibility of the Assistant 
Administrator for National Continuity Programs. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that in-
cludes— 
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(1) a review of financial, human capital, infor-
mation technology, real property planning, and ac-
quisition management of headquarters and all re-
gional offices of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency; and 
(2) a strategy for capturing financial, human 
capital, information technology, real property plan-
ning, and acquisition data. 
SEC. 402. SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency’s efforts to modernize its 
grants and financial information technology systems, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) A summary of all previous efforts to mod-
ernize such systems. 
(2) An assessment of long-term cost savings 
and efficiencies gained through such modernization 
effort. 
(3) A capability needs assessment. 
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(4) Estimated quarterly costs. 
(5) Estimated acquisition life-cycle dates, in-
cluding acquisition decision events. 
SEC. 403. STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL PLAN. 
Subsection (c) of section 10102 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2018’’. 
Æ 
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