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‘‘(C) response, by conducting emergency op-
erations to save lives and property through posi-
tioning emergency equipment, personnel, and 
supplies, through evacuating potential victims, 
through providing food, water, shelter, and med-
ical care to those in need, and through restoring 
critical public services; 
‘‘(D) recovery, by rebuilding communities so 
individuals, businesses, and governments can 
function on their own, return to normal life, and 
protect against future hazards; and 
‘‘(E) critical infrastructure protection, by 
establishing an inventory of, and protections for, 
public and private sector critical infrastructure, 
including cyber and communications assets; 
‘‘(2) increasing efficiencies, by coordinating ef-
forts relating to mitigation, preparedness, response, 
recovery, and infrastructure protection; 
‘‘(3) helping to ensure the effectiveness of emer-
gency response providers in responding to a natural 
or man-made disaster; 
‘‘(4) providing the Federal Government’s re-
sponse to a natural or man-made disaster, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) managing such response; 
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‘‘(B) directing the Domestic Emergency 
Support Team, the National Disaster Medical 
System, and (when operating as an organiza-
tional unit of the Department under this title) 
the Nuclear Incident Response Team; 
‘‘(C) overseeing the Metropolitan Medical 
Response System; and 
‘‘(D) coordinating other Federal response 
resources, including requiring deployment of the 
Strategic National Stockpile, in the event of a 
natural or man-made disaster; 
‘‘(5) working with Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment personnel, agencies, and authorities to build 
a comprehensive national incident management sys-
tem to respond to a natural or man-made disaster; 
‘‘(6) with respect to the Nuclear Incident Re-
sponse Team (regardless of whether it is operating as 
an organizational unit of the Department under this 
title)— 
‘‘(A) establishing standards and certifying 
when those standards have been met; 
‘‘(B) conducting joint and other exercises 
and training and evaluating performance; and 
‘‘(C) providing funds to the Department of 
Energy and the Environmental Protection Agen-
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cy, as appropriate, for homeland security plan-
ning, exercises and training, and equipment; 
‘‘(7) helping to ensure that emergency response 
providers acquire interoperable and sustainable tech-
nology; 
‘‘(8) assisting the President in carrying out the 
functions under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.); 
‘‘(9) administering homeland security emergency 
management, first responder, and other preparedness 
grants; 
‘‘(10) administering and implementing the Na-
tional Response Plan, including monitoring, evalu-
ating, and ensuring the readiness of each emergency 
support function under the National Response Plan; 
‘‘(11) coordinating with the National Advisory 
Council; 
‘‘(12) ensuring the protection of critical infra-
structure by— 
‘‘(A) carrying out the responsibilities under 
paragraphs (2) through (6) of section 201(d); 
‘‘(B) helping ensure the protection and re-
siliency of key resources and critical infrastruc-
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ture, including cyber infrastructure, against a 
natural or man-made disaster; and 
‘‘(C) planning for, assisting with, and fa-
cilitating, the restoration of key resources and 
critical infrastructure, including cyber infra-
structure, in the event of a natural or man-made 
disaster; 
‘‘(13) establishing in each Regional Office a Re-
gional Advisory Council on Preparedness and Re-
sponse, to advise the Regional Administrator of that 
Regional Office on emergency preparedness and re-
sponse issues specific to the region; and 
‘‘(14) otherwise carrying out the mission of the 
Authority as described in section 502(b). 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED
TO 
CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in con-
sultation with the Secretary and other senior Depart-
ment officials, shall develop a national emergency 
management system that is capable of responding to 
catastrophic incidents. 
‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall develop and submit to Congress annually 
an estimate of the resources of the Authority and 
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other Federal agencies needed for and devoted 
specifically to developing local, State, and na-
tional capabilities necessary to respond to a cat-
astrophic incident. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each estimate under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include the resources both 
necessary for and devoted to— 
‘‘(i) planning; 
‘‘(ii) training and exercises; 
‘‘(iii) Regional Office enhancements; 
‘‘(iv) staffing, including for surge ca-
pacity during a catastrophic event; 
‘‘(v) additional logistics capabilities; 
‘‘(vi) other responsibilities under the 
Catastrophic Incident Annex of the Cata-
strophic Incident Supplement of the Na-
tional Response Plan; and 
‘‘(vii) State and local catastrophic pre-
paredness. 
‘‘(c) ALL-HAZARDS-PLUS APPROACH.—In carrying 
out this section, the Administrator shall implement an all- 
hazards-plus strategy that places priority on building those 
common capabilities necessary to prepare for, respond to, 
recover from, and mitigate the risks of terrorist attacks and 
natural disasters, while also building the unique capabili-
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