‘‘SEC. 515. NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘situa-
tional awareness’ means information gathered from a vari-
ety of sources that, when communicated to emergency 
managers and homeland security decision makers, can 
form the basis for homeland security decisionmaking. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Operations 
Center is the principal operations center for the Depart-
ment and shall— 
‘‘(1) provide situational awareness and a com-
mon operating picture for the entire Federal Govern-
ment, and for State, local, and tribal governments as 
appropriate, for homeland security purposes; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that critical homeland security in-
formation reaches government decision-makers. 
‘‘(c) FEMA AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to provide to the National Operations 
Center any authority that overlaps with the authority of 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, except to the extent necessary to coordinate the 
activities or information of the National Operations Cen-
ter with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.’’. 
(c) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.—Section 516 of such 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
by striking ‘‘natural disasters, acts of terrorism, 
and other man-made disasters’’ and inserting 
‘‘homeland security’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘the 
Federal 
Emergency 
Management 
Agency,’’ 
after ‘‘the Department of Veterans Affairs,’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) FEMA AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to provide to the Chief Medical Officer 
any authority that overlaps with the authority of the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, except to the extent necessary to coordinate activities 
or information with the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.’’. 
(d) REPEALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of 
such Act (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) are repealed: 
(A) Section 501. 
(B) Section 503. 
(C) Section 504. 
(D) Section 505. 
(E) Section 506. 
(F) Section 507. 
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(G) Section 508. 
(H) Section 509. 
(I) Section 510. 
(J) Section 513. 
(K) Section 519. 
(e) REDESIGNATIONS.—Sections 502, 511, 512, 514, 
515, 516, 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, and 524 of such 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 312, 321, 321a, 321c, 321d, 321e, 
321f, 321g, 321i, 321j, 321k, 321l, and 321m) are redes-
ignated as sections 501 through 513, respectively. 
(f) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing the items relating to title V and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘TITLE V—OTHER OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. Definition. 
‘‘Sec. 502. The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. 
‘‘Sec. 503. Evacuation plans and exercises. 
‘‘Sec. 504. Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications. 
‘‘Sec. 505. National Operations Center. 
‘‘Sec. 506. Chief Medical Officer 
‘‘Sec. 507. Nuclear incident response. 
‘‘Sec. 508. Conduct of certain public health-related activities. 
‘‘Sec. 509. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services. 
‘‘Sec. 510. Procurement of security countermeasures for strategic national 
stockpile. 
‘‘Sec. 511. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Guidance and recommendations. 
‘‘Sec. 513. Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification 
program.’’. 
SEC. 110. RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with Congress, 
the Administrator shall prepare recommended legislation 
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