‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS.—If the Under 
Secretary determines that the development of such screen-
ing capabilities should be undertaken, the Secretary shall, 
to the extent possible, initiate development of safe and ef-
fective methods to— 
‘‘(1) rapidly screen incoming persons at ports of 
entry for biological agents, pandemic influenza, and 
other infectious diseases; and 
‘‘(2) obtain results of such screening near the 
point of entry.’’. 
SEC. 507. COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 527. COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
develop a communications plan designed to provide 
information to the public related to preventing, pro-
tecting against, responding to, and recovering from 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear at-
tacks. 
‘‘(2) PRE-SCRIPTED MESSAGES AND MESSAGE 
TEMPLATES.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall develop and disseminate, through the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, a public 
alerts and warnings system, and prescripted 
messages and message templates to be provided 
to State, local, and tribal authorities so that 
those authorities can quickly and rapidly dis-
seminate critical information to the public in 
anticipation of, during, or in the immediate 
aftermath of a chemical, biological, radiological, 
or nuclear attack, and to be included in the De-
partment 
of 
Homeland 
Security’s 
lessons 
learned information sharing system. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT
AND
DESIGN.—The 
pre-scripted messages or message templates 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be developed in consultation with 
State, local, and tribal authorities and in 
coordination with other appropriate Fed-
eral departments and agencies; 
‘‘(ii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to the population directly af-
fected by an incident, including informa-
tion regarding an evacuation, sheltering in 
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place, hospital surge operations, health, 
and safety; 
‘‘(iii) be designed to provide accurate, 
essential, and appropriate information and 
instructions to emergency response pro-
viders and medical personnel responding to 
an incident; and 
‘‘(iv) include direction for the coordi-
nation of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
communications teams. 
‘‘(C) COMMUNICATIONS
FORMATS.—The 
Administrator shall develop pre-scripted mes-
sages or message templates under this para-
graph in multiple formats to ensure delivery— 
‘‘(i) in cases where the usual commu-
nications infrastructure is unusable; and 
‘‘(ii) to individuals with disabilities or 
other special needs and individuals with 
limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) DISSEMINATION AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE.—The Administrator shall ensure 
that all pre-scripted messages and message 
templates developed under this paragraph are 
made available to State, local, and tribal au-
thorities so that those authorities may incor-
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porate them, as appropriate, into their emer-
gency plans. The Administrator shall also make 
available relevant technical assistance to those 
authorities to support communications plan-
ning. 
‘‘(E) EXERCISES.—To ensure that the pre- 
scripted messages or message templates devel-
oped under this paragraph can be effectively 
utilized in a disaster or incident, the Adminis-
trator shall incorporate Federal, State, local, 
and tribal communications teams that deliver 
such pre-scripted messages or message tem-
plates into exercises, including those conducted 
under the National Exercise Program. 
‘‘(b) TERRORISM THREAT AWARENESS.— 
‘‘(1) TERRORISM
THREAT
AWARENESS.—The 
Secretary, in consultation with the heads of appro-
priate Federal departments and agencies, shall for 
purposes of preparedness and collective response to 
terrorism and for other purposes— 
‘‘(A) ensure that homeland security infor-
mation concerning terrorist threats is provided 
to State, local, and tribal authorities and the 
public within the United States, as appropriate; 
and 
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‘‘(B) establish a process to optimize oppor-
tunities for qualified heads of State, local, and 
tribal government entities to obtain appropriate 
security clearances so that they may receive 
classified threat information when appropriate. 
‘‘(2) THREAT BULLETINS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with the 
requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall, on a timely basis, prepare unclassified 
threat bulletins on chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear threats. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each assessment 
required under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) include guidance to the public for 
preventing and responding to acts of ter-
rorism arising from such threats; and 
‘‘(ii) be made available on the Internet 
Web site of the Department and other 
publicly accessible Internet Web sites, com-
munication systems, and information net-
works. 
‘‘(3) GUIDANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 
AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary, using information 
provided by the terrorism risk assessments required 
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under section 2104 and other threat assessments 
available to the Department— 
‘‘(A) shall provide to State, local, and trib-
al authorities written guidance on commu-
nicating terrorism-related threats and risks to 
the public within their jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(B) shall identify the governmental ra-
tionale for identifying particular communities 
as being at heightened risk of exploitation.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees the com-
munications plans required to be developed under the 
amendments made by subsection (a), including pre- 
scripted messages or message templates developed in con-
junction with the plans and a description of the means 
that will be used to deliver these messages during such 
incidents. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such title the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 527. Communications planning.’’. 
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SEC. 508. RESPONSE GUIDELINES CONCERNING WEAPONS 
OF MASS DESTRUCTION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTARY GUIDANCE.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall— 
(1) develop for police, fire, emergency medical 
services, emergency management, and medical and 
public health personnel, voluntary guidance for re-
sponding to chemical, biological, radiological, or nu-
clear attacks; 
(2) make such guidance available to State, 
local, and tribal authorities, educational institutions, 
nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, 
and the public; and 
(3) in developing the guidance under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) review the experiences of other coun-
tries and the expertise of academic institutions 
and nongovernmental organizations; and 
(B) consider the unique needs of children 
and other vulnerable populations. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance developed under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be voluntary, risk-based guidance that 
shall include— 
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(1) protective action guidance for ensuring the 
security, health, and safety of emergency response 
providers and their families and household contacts; 
(2) specific information regarding the effects of 
the chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear ma-
terial on those exposed to the agent; and 
(3) best practices for emergency response pro-
viders to effectively diagnose, handle, and otherwise 
manage individuals affected by an incident involving 
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material. 
(c) REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) review the guidance developed under sub-
section (a)(1) at least once every 2 years; 
(2) make revisions to the guidance as appro-
priate; and 
(3) make any revised guidance available to 
State, local, and tribal authorities, nongovernmental 
organizations, the private sector, and the public. 
(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING AND REVISING 
GUIDANCE.—In carrying out the requirements of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish procedures to— 
(1) enable members of the first responder and 
first provider community to submit recommendations 
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of areas in which guidance is needed and could be 
developed under subsection (a)(1); 
(2) determine which entities should be consulted 
in developing or revising the guidance; 
(3) prioritize, on a regular basis, guidance that 
should be developed or revised; and 
(4) develop and disseminate the guidance in ac-
cordance with the prioritization under paragraph 
(3). 
SEC. 509. PLUME MODELING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXI of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002, as added by section 501 of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2107. PLUME MODELING. 
‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ac-
quire, use, and disseminate the best available inte-
grated plume models to enable rapid response activi-
ties following a chemical, biological, nuclear, or radi-
ological attack or event. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) identify Federal, State, and local 
needs regarding plume models and ensure the 
rapid development and distribution of inte-
grated plume models that meet those needs to 
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appropriate officials of the Federal Government 
and State, local, and tribal authorities to enable 
immediate response to a chemical, biological, or 
radiological attack or event; 
‘‘(B) establish mechanisms for dissemina-
tion by appropriate emergency response officials 
of the integrated plume models described in 
paragraph (1) to nongovernmental organiza-
tions and the public to enable appropriate col-
lective response activities; 
‘‘(C) ensure that guidance and training in 
how to appropriately use such models are pro-
vided; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that lessons learned from as-
sessing the development and dissemination of 
integrated plume models during exercises ad-
ministered by the Department are put into the 
lessons learned information sharing system 
maintained by the Department. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) PLUME MODEL.—The term ‘plume model’ 
means the assessment of the location and prediction 
of the spread of agents following a chemical, biologi-
cal, radiological, or nuclear attack or event. 
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138 
the system described in paragraph 
(4); 
‘‘(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
require each covered student or exchange visitor 
to be observed at least once every 60 days; and 
‘‘(C) prescribe regulations defining what 
constitutes the commencement of participation 
of a covered student in a designated exchange 
visitor program (as defined in section 641(h) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(h))). 
‘‘(6) ENHANCED ACCESS.—The Secretary shall 
provide access to the Student and Exchange Visitor 
Information System (hereinafter in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘SEVIS’), or other equivalent or 
successor program or system, to appropriate employ-
ees of an institution or exchange visitor program 
sponsor participating in the Student and Exchange 
Visitor Program if— 
‘‘(A) at least two authorized users are 
identified at each participating institution or 
exchange visitor sponsor; 
‘‘(B) at least one additional authorized 
user is identified at each such institution or 
sponsor for every 200 covered students or ex-
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