‘‘(2) An assessment of the progress made by 
the National Capital Region in implementing home-
land security efforts. 
‘‘(3) The recommendations of the Director with 
respect any additional resources needed to fully im-
plement homeland security efforts in the National 
Capital Region. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as limiting the power of any State, local, or trib-
al government. 
‘‘SEC. 510. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall establish an advisory body pursuant to section 
871(a), to be known as the National Advisory Council on 
Emergency Management. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Advisory Council shall 
assist the Secretary in implementing subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW, REVISE, OR RE-
PLACE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS.—The Secretary shall peri-
odically, but not less than biennially, review, revise, or re-
place— 
‘‘(1) the National Response Plan; 
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‘‘(2) the National Incident Management Sys-
tem; 
‘‘(3) the National Preparedness Guidance; 
‘‘(4) the National Preparedness Goal; 
‘‘(5) the Targeted Capabilities List; 
‘‘(6) the Universal Task List; 
‘‘(7) the National Infrastructure Protection 
Plan; 
‘‘(8) the National Planning Scenarios; 
‘‘(9) any successor to any document under any 
of paragraphs (1) through (8); and 
‘‘(10) any other national initiatives on acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies 
that affects emergency managers, emergency re-
sponse providers, and emergency support providers 
as necessary. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date on which the Advisory Council is es-
tablished under subsection (a), and not later than 
every two years thereafter, the Advisory Council 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Council for reviewing, 
revising, or replacing such national initiatives. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall— 
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‘‘(A) include a priority ranking of essential 
capabilities for emergency preparedness in 
order to provide guidance to the Secretary and 
to the Congress on determining the appropriate 
allocation of, and funding levels for, the needs 
of emergency response providers; 
‘‘(B) set forth a methodology by which any 
State, local, or tribal government will be able to 
determine the extent to which it possesses or 
has access to the essential capabilities that 
State, local, and tribal governments having 
similar risks should obtain; 
‘‘(C) describe the availability of national 
voluntary consensus standards, and whether 
there is a need for new national voluntary con-
sensus standards, with respect to training and 
equipment for emergency response providers; 
‘‘(D) include such additional matters as 
the Secretary may specify in order to further 
the emergency preparedness capabilities of 
emergency response providers; and 
‘‘(E) include such revisions to the contents 
of previous reports as are necessary to take into 
account changes in the most current risk as-
sessment prepared by and available from the 
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Chief Intelligence Officer and the Assistant Sec-
retary for Infrastructure Protection or other 
relevant information as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY
WITH
FEDERAL
WORKING 
GROUP.—The Advisory Council shall ensure that its 
recommendations for essential capabilities for emer-
gency preparedness are, to the extent feasible, con-
sistent with any preparedness goals or recommenda-
tions of the Federal working group established under 
section 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d–6(a)). 
‘‘(e) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Council shall 
consist of 30 members appointed by the Secretary, 
and shall, to the extent practicable, represent a geo-
graphic (including urban and rural) and substantive 
cross section of emergency managers, emergency re-
sponse providers, and emergency support providers 
from State, local, and tribal governments, including 
as appropriate— 
‘‘(A) members selected from the emergency 
management and response fields, including fire 
service, law enforcement, hazardous materials 
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response, emergency medical services, and 
emergency management personnel; 
‘‘(B) health scientists, emergency and in-
patient medical providers, and public health 
professionals, including— 
‘‘(i) experts in emergency health care 
response to chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear terrorism; 
‘‘(ii) experts in providing mental 
health care during emergency response op-
erations; and 
‘‘(iii) experts in stockpiling medical 
equipment and supplies and medical logis-
tics; 
‘‘(C) experts from Federal, State, and local 
governments, and the private sector, rep-
resenting standards-setting organizations, in-
cluding representation from the voluntary con-
sensus codes and standards development com-
munity, particularly those with expertise in the 
emergency preparedness and response field; 
‘‘(D) State and local officials with exper-
tise in terrorism preparedness and emergency 
management, including Adjutants General, sub-
ject to the condition that if any such official is 
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an elected official representing 1 of the two 
major political parties, an equal number of 
elected officials shall be selected from each such 
party; and 
‘‘(E) members selected from the emergency 
support field, including public works, utilities, 
and transportation personnel who are routinely 
engaged in emergency response. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS 
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND TRANSPOR-
TATION.—In the selection of members of the Advi-
sory Council who are health or emergency medical 
services professionals, the Secretary shall coordinate 
such selection with the Secretaries of Health and 
Human Services and Transportation. 
‘‘(3) EX
OFFICIO
MEMBERS.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall each designate 1 or more officers of their re-
spective Department to serve as ex officio members 
of the Advisory Council. One of the ex officio mem-
bers from the Department of Homeland Security 
shall be the designated officer of the Federal Gov-
ernment for purposes of subsection (e) of section 10 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. 
U.S.C.). 
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‘‘(4) TERMS OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term of office of each 
member of the Advisory Council shall be 3 
years. 
‘‘(B) INITIAL
APPOINTMENTS.—Of the 
members initially appointed to the Advisory 
Council— 
‘‘(i) one-third shall be appointed for a 
term of one year; and 
‘‘(ii) one-third shall be appointed for a 
term of two years. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
871(a) and subject to paragraph (2), the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), including 
subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 10 of such 
Act, and section 552b(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall apply to the Advisory Council. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Council. 
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‘‘SEC. 511. REORGANIZATION OF DIRECTORATE. 
‘‘The Secretary may not allocate or reallocate func-
tions among the officers of the Directorate of Emergency 
Management or establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue 
organizational units within the Directorate of Emergency 
Management under the authority of section 872 until the 
date that is 120 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits to Congress a report describing the proposed allo-
cation, reallocation, establishment, consolidation, alter-
ation or discontinuance. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Emergency 
Preparedness 
‘‘SEC. 521. OFFICE OF GRANTS AND PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department an 
Office of Grants and Planning under the authority of the 
Under Secretary for Emergency Management. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The head of the office 
shall be the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary 
for Grants and Planning shall carry out the following re-
sponsibilities: 
‘‘(1) Administering Department grant programs 
that enhance the capacity of State, regional, local, 
and tribal governments to prevent, prepare for, miti-
gate against, respond to, and recover from acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies. 
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‘‘(2) Ensuring coordination of the homeland se-
curity assistance programs of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(3) Establishing incentives for the efficient ad-
ministration of Federal homeland security assist-
ance. 
‘‘(4) Evaluating the effectiveness of funded De-
partment 
programs 
and 
disseminating 
lessons 
learned, as appropriate. 
‘‘(5) Reviewing and revising, in consultation 
with the NIC (as that term is used in section 541) 
and the National Advisory Council on Emergency 
Management, on a periodic basis, but not less than 
biennially, preparedness documents and capabilities- 
based planning tools, related to catastrophic acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the National Preparedness Goal; 
‘‘(B) the Targeted Capabilities List; 
‘‘(C) the Universal Task List; 
‘‘(D) the National Planning Scenarios; and 
‘‘(E) any other document or tool in sup-
port of Homeland Security Presidential Direc-
tive 8 or any other Homeland Security Presi-
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dential Directive related to the national emer-
gency management system. 
‘‘(6) Establishing, in coordination with State, 
local, and tribal governments, a clear and account-
able process for achieving, maintaining, and enhanc-
ing national preparedness for catastrophic acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(7) Providing technical assistance to State, 
local, and tribal governments on catastrophic plan-
ning and preparedness. 
‘‘(8) Developing performance measures and 
metrics for assessing national preparedness. 
‘‘(9) Assessing, on a periodic basis, but not less 
than annually, the effectiveness of preparedness ca-
pabilities at the Federal, State, local, and tribal lev-
els. 
‘‘(10) Developing priorities for Federal home-
land security assistance to State, local, and tribal 
governments on the basis of such periodic assess-
ments. 
‘‘(11) Implementing a shared resource planning 
system to facilitate collaborative plan development. 
‘‘(12) Reviewing, in coordination with appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies, all Federal 
preparedness activities. 
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‘‘(13) Performing such other duties relating to 
such responsibilities as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL STATUS REPORTS.—Not later than 60 
days after the last day of each fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall provide to Congress a status report on the Nation’s 
level of preparedness during that fiscal year, including 
State, local, and tribal capabilities, the amount and use 
of grants awarded by the Department to State, local, and 
tribal governments, the readiness of Federal response as-
sets, the utilization of mutual aid, and an assessment of 
how the Federal homeland security assistance programs 
support the National Preparedness Goal. 
‘‘SEC. 522. OFFICE OF TRAINING AND EXERCISES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department an 
Office of Training and Exercises under the authority of 
the Under Secretary for Emergency Management. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The head of the office 
shall be the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exer-
cises. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary 
for Training and Exercises shall— 
‘‘(1) establish specific requirements for training 
programs and exercises for Federal, State, regional, 
local, and tribal government officials, emergency re-
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sponse providers, emergency support providers, and 
other entities as appropriate; 
‘‘(2) design, develop, perform, and evaluate 
training programs and exercises at all levels of gov-
ernment to enhance and test the Nation’s capability 
to prevent, prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, 
and recover from threatened or actual acts of ter-
rorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies; 
‘‘(3) establish common supporting methodology 
for training programs and exercises; 
‘‘(4) define and implement performance meas-
ures for training programs and exercises; 
‘‘(5) coordinate the training and exercise activi-
ties of the Department; 
‘‘(6) serve as the primary point of contact in 
the Department for homeland security training and 
exercises for other Federal departments and agen-
cies; 
‘‘(7) identify, analyze, and monitor the imple-
mentation of best practices and lessons learned with 
respect to training and exercises; 
‘‘(8) establish a comprehensive program for the 
professional development and education of homeland 
security personnel at all levels of government, non-
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governmental organizations, and emergency manage-
ment personnel in the private sector; and 
‘‘(9) perform such other duties relating to such 
responsibilities as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary for 
Training and Exercises shall have authority over the 
following: 
‘‘(A) The Center for Domestic Prepared-
ness. 
‘‘(B) The National Emergency Training 
Center. 
‘‘(C) The National Exercise and Evalua-
tion Program. 
‘‘(2) NOBLE
TRAINING
CENTER.—The Noble 
Training Center is transferred to the Center for Do-
mestic Preparedness. The Center for Domestic Pre-
paredness shall integrate the Noble Training Center 
into the program structure of the Center for Domes-
tic Preparedness. 
‘‘(e) NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Training and 
Exercises, shall carry out a National Exercise Pro-
gram for the purpose of testing, evaluating, and en-
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hancing the capabilities of Federal, State, regional, 
local, and tribal government entities to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover 
from threatened or actual acts of terrorism, natural 
disasters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF PROGRAM.—The National 
Exercise Program— 
‘‘(A) shall enhance coordination for pre-
paredness between all levels of government, 
emergency response providers, emergency sup-
port providers, nongovernmental organizations, 
international governments and organizations, 
and the private sector; 
‘‘(B) shall be— 
‘‘(i) multidisciplinary in nature, in-
cluding, as appropriate, information anal-
ysis and cybersecurity components; 
‘‘(ii) as realistic as practicable and 
based on current risk assessments, includ-
ing credible threats, vulnerabilities, and 
consequences; 
‘‘(iii) carried out with the minimum 
degree of notice to involved parties regard-
ing the timing and details of such exer-
cises, consistent with safety considerations; 
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‘‘(iv) evaluated against performance 
measures and followed by corrective action 
to solve identified deficiencies; and 
‘‘(v) assessed to learn best practices, 
which the Secretary shall share with ap-
propriate Federal, State, regional, local, 
and tribal personnel, authorities, and 
training institutions for emergency man-
agers, emergency response providers, and 
emergency support providers; and 
‘‘(C) shall provide assistance to State, re-
gional, local, and tribal governments with the 
design, implementation, and evaluation of exer-
cises that— 
‘‘(i) conform to the requirements 
under subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(ii) are consistent with any applica-
ble State or urban area homeland security 
strategy or plan; 
‘‘(iii) support implementation of— 
‘‘(I) the National Incident Man-
agement System; 
‘‘(II) 
the 
National 
Response 
Plan; 
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‘‘(III) the National Preparedness 
Goal; 
‘‘(IV) the National Preparedness 
Guidance; 
‘‘(V) the National Infrastructure 
Protection Plan; and 
‘‘(VI) any other similar national 
initiatives; and 
‘‘(iv) provide for systematic evaluation 
of readiness. 
‘‘(3) NATIONAL LEVEL EXERCISES.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for 
Training and Exercises, shall periodically but not 
less than biennially, perform national exercises for 
the following purposes: 
‘‘(A) To involve in national exercises high- 
ranking officials from— 
‘‘(i) Federal, State, local, tribal, and 
international governments; 
‘‘(ii) nongovernmental organizations, 
including faith-based organizations; 
‘‘(iii) the private sector; and 
‘‘(iv) others as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
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‘‘(B) To test and evaluate, in coordination 
with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Defense, the capability of Federal, State, local, 
and tribal governments to detect, disrupt, and 
prevent threatened or actual catastrophic acts 
of terrorism, especially those involving weapons 
of mass destruction. 
‘‘(C) To test and evaluate the readiness of 
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to 
respond in a coordinated and unified manner to 
catastrophic acts of terrorism, natural disasters, 
and other emergencies. 
‘‘(D) To test and evaluate the readiness of 
Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to 
recover from catastrophic acts of terrorism, nat-
ural disasters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In 
carrying out the National Exercise Program, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate with— 
‘‘(i) components of the Department 
that have expertise in exercises, including 
the Coast Guard, the United States Secret 
Service, United States Customs and Bor-
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der Protection, and United States Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement; and 
‘‘(ii) such other Federal departments 
and agencies as the Secretary determines 
are appropriate; and 
‘‘(B) consult regularly with— 
‘‘(i) a geographic and substantive 
cross section of emergency managers, 
emergency response providers, and emer-
gency support providers (including such 
providers located in both urban and rural 
areas); 
‘‘(ii) Federal, State, and local training 
institutions for emergency managers, emer-
gency response providers, and emergency 
support providers; and 
‘‘(iii) State and local officials, includ-
ing Adjutants General, with expertise in 
terrorism preparedness and emergency 
management. 
‘‘(5) TOP OFFICIAL PREVENTION EXERCISES.— 
Not later than one year after the date of enactment 
of the Foundations for Emergency Management Act, 
the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec-
retary for Training and Exercises, shall establish a 
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