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SEC. 104. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR DOMESTIC 
CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS. 
(a) PROCEDURES
FOR REVIEW
OF OFFERS
OF 
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting jointly with the Secretary of State 
and in consultation with the heads of other appropriate 
Federal agencies, shall develop procedures for reviewing, 
accepting, or rejecting offers of international assistance 
for domestic catastrophic incidents. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Procedures developed under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) an appropriate mechanism, to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
supported by the Secretary of State and the Sec-
retary of Treasury, to receive, disburse, and audit 
any cash assistance received in support of victim 
needs; 
(2) a coordination process among Federal agen-
cies and non-governmental partners to solicit, ac-
cept, receive, integrate, and distribute foreign assist-
ance; 
(3) an expedited review process for inter-
national aid that addresses both critical needs and 
legitimate foreign policy objectives; 
(4) a process to provide for the inclusion of a 
representative of the United States Agency for 
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International Development (referred to in this sec-
tion as ‘‘USAID’’) in the Joint Field Office; 
(5) a process to provide for the inclusion of— 
(A) a representative from USAID, includ-
ing the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assist-
ance (referred to in this section as ‘‘OFDA’’) 
on the State Department Task Force, and a 
representative of the Department of State on 
USAID/OFDA’s Response Management Team, 
to improve interagency coordination; and 
(B) a representative of the Department of 
Homeland Security on the State Department 
Task Force and USAID/OFDA’s Response 
Management Team to provide more efficient in-
formation sharing about assistance needs on the 
ground. 
SEC. 105. GULF COAST LONG-TERM RECOVERY OFFICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish in the Department of Homeland 
Security a Gulf Coast Long-Term Recovery Office to ad-
minister amounts available to the Department for pro-
viding assistance to the residents of the Gulf Coast region 
for recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 
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(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Home-
land Security. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Gulf 
Coast Long-Term Recovery Office shall work with State, 
local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and non-
governmental organizations, including faith-based and 
other community humanitarian relief entities, to provide 
assistance to residents of the Gulf Coast region for recov-
ering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, including the fol-
lowing: 
(1) To assess the social and economic con-
sequences in the areas affected by Hurricanes 
Katrina and Rita and coordinate Federal efforts to 
address long-term community recovery issues. 
(2) To advise the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity on the long-term community recovery implica-
tions of response activities. 
(3) To conduct comprehensive market disrup-
tion and loss analysis and develop a forward looking 
market-based comprehensive long-term recovery plan 
for the affected areas. 
(4) To identify appropriate Federal programs 
and agencies to support the implementation of the 
long-term community recovery plan, to ensure co-
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ordination across appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies, and to identify any gaps in the avail-
able resources. 
(5) To avoid duplication of assistance, to co-
ordinate, to the extent possible, program application 
processes and planning requirements in order to 
streamline assistance, and to identify and coordinate 
the resolution of policy and program issues. 
(6) To determine responsibilities for recovery 
activities, to provide a method of maintaining con-
tinuity in the delivery of assistance under programs 
administered by various Federal departments and 
agencies, and to oversee coordination with State, 
local, and tribal governments and other involved par-
ties, to ensure follow-through of recovery and hazard 
mitigation efforts. 
(7) To encourage implementation of mitigation 
measures during recovery. 
(8) To carry out such other activities as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The Gulf Coast Long-Term Re-
covery Office established under subsection (a) shall termi-
nate at the discretion of the Secretary. 
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SEC. 106. NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2811 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh– 
11), as added by section 102 of the Public Health Security 
and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 
(116 Stat. 599), is amended in subsection (h) by striking 
‘‘such sums’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘$85,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 
2010.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Medical Officer 
of the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, 
shall submit to Congress a report that provides— 
(1) an assessment of the need to expand the 
National Disaster Medical System, including an ex-
amination of the feasibility of maintaining a full 
time, non-volunteer operational unit or units; 
(2) an evaluation of the relationship between 
the National Disaster Medical System and the Met-
ropolitan Medical Response System; 
(3) an assessment of the coordination between 
the Department and the Department of Health and 
Human Services during deployment; and 
(4) an evaluation of whether the National Dis-
aster Medical System should remain in the Depart-
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