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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. 6012. CENTER FOR DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall develop 
an implementation plan, including benchmarks and mile-
stones, to address the findings and recommendations of 
the 2017 Management Review Team that issued a report 
on May 8, 2017, regarding live agent training at the 
Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training 
Facility and provide to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate updates and information on efforts to implement 
recommendations related to the management review of the 
Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological Training 
Facility of the Center for Domestic Preparedness of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, including, as 
necessary, information on additional resources or author-
ity needed to implement such recommendations. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
review and report to Congress on the status of the imple-
mentation plan required by subsection (a) and the govern-
ance structure at the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and 
Radiological Training Facility of the Center for Domestic 
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Preparedness of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency. 
SEC. 6013. FEMA SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), as amended by this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 530. SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISOR. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Agency a Senior Law Enforcement Advisor to serve as a 
qualified expert to the Administrator for the purpose of 
strengthening the Agency’s coordination among State, 
local, and Tribal law enforcement. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Senior Law Enforce-
ment Advisor shall have an appropriate background with 
experience in law enforcement, intelligence, information 
sharing, and other emergency response functions. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Senior Law Enforce-
ment Advisor shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate on behalf of the Administrator 
with the Office for State and Local Law Enforce-
ment under section 2006 for the purpose of ensuring 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement receive con-
sistent and appropriate consideration in policies, 
guidance, training, and exercises related to pre-
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venting, preparing for, protecting against, and re-
sponding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and 
other man-made disasters within the United States; 
‘‘(2) work with the Administrator and the Of-
fice for State and Local Law Enforcement under 
section 2006 to ensure grants to State, local, and 
Tribal government agencies, including programs 
under sections 2003, 2004, and 2006(a), appro-
priately focus on terrorism prevention activities; and 
‘‘(3) serve other appropriate functions as deter-
mined by the Administrator.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 529 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 530. Senior Law Enforcement Advisor.’’. 
SEC. 6014. TECHNICAL EXPERT AUTHORIZED. 
Paragraph (2) of section 503(b) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 313(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(I) identify and integrate the needs of 
children into activities to prepare for, protect 
against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate 
against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and 
other man-made disasters, including cata-
strophic incidents, including by appointing a 
technical expert, who may consult with relevant 
outside organizations and experts, as necessary, 
to coordinate such activities, as necessary.’’. 
SEC. 6015. 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. 
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