retary for Emergency Management or a designee 
shall serve as chair of the Council. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall consist 
of national leaders of organizations and associations 
representing at risk communities described under 
subsection (e), emergency managers, emergency re-
sponse providers, emergency support providers, com-
munity and volunteer service providers, government, 
and the private sector. 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 
of the Council are as follows: 
‘‘(A) To work together at the national level 
and encourage members of the Council at the 
State, local, and tribal level to collaborate in 
support of the Citizen Corps. 
‘‘(B) To identify opportunities for Federal, 
State, local, and tribal organizations to collabo-
rate to accomplish the shared goals of the Cit-
izen Corps programs. 
‘‘(C) To encourage the development and 
support of local Citizen Corps Councils and to 
advance the Citizen Corps mission across the 
country. 
‘‘(D) To exchange facts and information 
on programs to promote public awareness, 
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nities and on safety and preparedness messages 
to be conveyed to the public. 
‘‘(E) To develop and disseminate messages 
on safety and emergency preparedness that will 
be effective in engaging communities and indi-
viduals in the Citizen Corps. 
‘‘(F) To serve as the catalyst for engaging 
others within their areas of expertise to pro-
mote the Citizen Corps mission. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Under Secretary for 
Emergency Management or a designee shall convene 
meetings of the National Citizen Corps Council at 
the discretion of the Under Secretary or at the di-
rection of the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) COORDINATION.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with other Federal entities, as 
appropriate, including the Departments of Health 
and Human Services, Justice, Commerce, and Edu-
cation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice, to enhance public and community preparedness; 
‘‘(2) coordinate with State, local, and tribal 
governments; and 
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‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, make grants and enter into contracts and co-
operative agreements with other Federal agencies 
and nongovernmental organizations, as may be nec-
essary and proper to carry out the responsibilities of 
the Director under this section. 
‘‘SEC. 528. PRESCRIPTED MISSION ASSIGNMENTS AND RE-
QUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘The Secretary shall develop prescripted mission as-
signments and requests for assistance for assets most like-
ly to be used in responding to future emergencies and dis-
asters. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Emergency Response 
‘‘SEC. 541. NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
AND NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN INTEGRA-
TION CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Directorate of 
Emergency Management a National Incident Management 
System and National Response Plan Integration Center 
(referred to in this section as the ‘NIC’). 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The NIC shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report directly to the Deputy Under Secretary 
for Response and Recovery. 
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‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning, 
the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, the 
heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agen-
cies, and the National Advisory Council on Emergency 
Management under section 509, shall establish a mecha-
nism for ensuring ongoing management and maintenance 
of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the 
National Response Plan (NRP), any other document or 
tool in support of Homeland Security Presidential Direc-
tive 5, or any other Homeland Security Presidential Direc-
tive related to incident management and response. The re-
sponsibilities of the Director shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Revising, as appropriate, the NIMS and 
the NRP not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this section with respect to— 
‘‘(A) clarifying the roles and responsibil-
ities of the Principal Federal Official, the Fed-
eral Coordinating Officer, the Federal Resource 
Coordinator, and the Disaster Recovery Man-
ager; 
‘‘(B) developing procedures for the timely 
activation of each such role; 
‘‘(C) establishing, in consultation with the 
Director for Public and Community Prepared-
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ness and the Director of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service, as part of the 
NRP an emergency support function with re-
spect to volunteers and donations; 
‘‘(D) realigning the emergency support 
functions of the NRP so as to be consistent 
with the NIMS; 
‘‘(E) developing doctrine and procedures 
relating to the management of acts of ter-
rorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies 
affecting multiple State; 
‘‘(F) improving the utilization of Federal, 
State, local, and tribal resources, including the 
deployment of emergency response providers, 
specialized equipment, and supplies; 
‘‘(G) finalizing and releasing the Cata-
strophic Incident Supplement to the NRP; 
‘‘(H) ensuring the effective use of emer-
gency response providers at emergency scenes; 
‘‘(I) conforming the NRP and NIMS to 
the provisions of this Act; 
‘‘(J) reviewing other matters pertaining to 
the NIMS and the NRP as the Secretary may 
require; 
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‘‘(K) clarifying, in consultation with the 
Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, the role 
of the Department of Defense in catastrophic 
events under the NRP, including the cir-
cumstances in which the Department of De-
fense should be employed and the objectives and 
limitations that the Department of Defense 
should have; 
‘‘(L) defining the circumstances under 
which the Catastrophic Incident Annex and 
Supplement should be invoked under the NRP 
for known and no-notice events; and 
‘‘(M) designating which agency has the 
primary responsibility under the NRP for emer-
gency support function 13 (Public Safety and 
Security) and in which circumstances. 
‘‘(2) Developing a national program for NIMS 
and NRP education and awareness, including spe-
cific instruction on the purposes of the NIMS and 
the NRP and responsibilities of the NIC. 
‘‘(3) Promoting the compatibility between na-
tional voluntary consensus standards for the NIMS 
and the NRP and such standards developed by other 
public, private, or professional groups. 
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‘‘(4) Facilitating the development and publica-
tion of materials and standardized templates to sup-
port the implementation and continuous refinement 
of the NIMS and the NRP. 
‘‘(5) Developing performance measures and as-
sessment criteria for the various components of the 
NIMS and the NRP and compliance requirements 
and compliance timelines for implementation by 
Federal, State, local, and tribal entities. 
‘‘(6) Establishing a peer review process for 
NIMS compliance certifications that verifies the sat-
isfaction of training, planning, exercising, and other 
activities. 
‘‘(7) Defining, in consultation with the Assist-
ant Secretary for Training and Exercises, the gen-
eral training requirements and the national training 
standards and course curricula associated with the 
NIMS and the NRP. 
‘‘(8) Facilitating the development of national 
voluntary consensus standards, guidelines, and pro-
tocols for incident management training and exer-
cises, including consideration of existing exercise and 
training programs at all levels of government. 
‘‘(9) Facilitating the establishment and mainte-
nance of a publication management system for docu-
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ments supporting the NIMS and the NRP and other 
related publications and materials related to the 
NIMS and the NRP, including the development or 
coordination of general publications. 
‘‘(10) Reviewing and certifying, in coordination 
with accrediting organizations and in consultation 
with Federal, State, local, tribal, private-sector, and 
nongovernmental entities, the discipline-specific pub-
lication management requirements submitted by pro-
fessional organizations and associations. 
‘‘(11) Facilitating the development and publica-
tion of national voluntary consensus standards, 
guidelines, and protocols for the qualification and 
certification of emergency managers, emergency re-
sponse providers, and emergency support providers, 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(12) Reviewing and approving, in coordination 
with appropriate national professional organizations 
and with input from Federal, State, local, tribal, pri-
vate-sector, and other nongovernmental entities, the 
discipline-specific qualification and certification re-
quirements submitted by organizations and associa-
tions representing emergency managers, emergency 
response providers, and emergency support pro-
viders. 
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‘‘(13) Facilitating the establishment and main-
tenance of a documentation and database system re-
lated to qualification, certification, and credentialing 
of emergency managers, emergency response pro-
viders, and emergency support providers and non-
governmental organizations, including reviewing and 
approving, in coordination with appropriate national 
professional organizations and with input from the 
Federal, State, local, tribal, private-sector and non-
governmental entities, of the discipline-specific re-
quirements. 
‘‘(14) Establishing a data maintenance system 
to provide emergency managers with the detailed 
qualification, experience, and training information 
needed to credential personnel for prescribed na-
tional emergency management positions. 
‘‘(15) Coordinating minimum professional cer-
tification standards and facilitation of the design 
and implementation of a credentialing system that 
can be used nationwide. 
‘‘(16) Facilitating the development and issuance 
of national standards for the typing of resources. 
‘‘(17) Facilitating the definition and mainte-
nance of the information framework required to 
guide the development of NIMS information sys-
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tems, including the development of data standards 
for— 
‘‘(A) incident notification and situation re-
ports; 
‘‘(B) status reporting; 
‘‘(C) analytical data; 
‘‘(D) geospatial information; 
‘‘(E) wireless communications; 
‘‘(F) identification and authentication; and 
‘‘(G) incident reports, including lessons 
learned reports. 
‘‘(18) Performing such other duties relating to 
such responsibilities as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) OPERATIONAL PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The head of each pri-
mary department and agency for each emergency 
support function under the NRP shall develop de-
tailed operational plans describing— 
‘‘(A) how the department or agency will 
become operational during an incident of na-
tional significance; and 
‘‘(B) how the department or agency will 
coordinate with other annexes and emergency 
support functions. 
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‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—Operational plans developed 
under paragraph (1) should conform to the NIMS 
and be consistent with the emergency support func-
tion structure. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the Director’s realignment 
of emergency support functions pursuant to sub-
section (c)(1)(D), the head of each primary depart-
ment and agency shall submit to Congress a report 
containing an operational plan developed under this 
subsection, together with a certification that the re-
sponse structures of the department or agency are 
aligned with the NIMS and the NRP. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010. 
‘‘SEC. 542. USE OF NATIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR NETWORKS 
IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
‘‘To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary, 
acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Man-
agement, shall use national private sector networks and 
infrastructure for emergency response to acts of terrorism, 
natural disasters, and other emergencies. 
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‘‘SEC. 543. NUCLEAR INCIDENT RESPONSE. 
‘‘(a) NUCLEAR INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM.—In con-
nection with actual or threatened acts of terrorism, nat-
ural disasters, or other emergencies in the United 
States— 
‘‘(1) the Nuclear Incident Response Team shall 
operate as an organizational unit of the Department; 
and 
‘‘(2) while so operating, the Secretary shall 
have direction, authority, and control of the Nuclear 
Incident Response Team. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to the author-
ity under subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall at all 
times carry out the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(1) Establishing standards for performance of 
the Nuclear Incident Response Team and, when 
such standards have been met, certifying that they 
have been met. 
‘‘(2) Conducting joint and other exercises and 
training and evaluating performance. 
‘‘(3) Providing funds to the Department of En-
ergy and the Environmental Protection Agency, as 
appropriate, for homeland security planning, exer-
cises and training, and equipment. 
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