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‘‘(vi) designed to promptly develop after-action 
reports and plans for quickly incorporating lessons 
learned into future operations; and’’. 
SEC. 403. NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM MODEL EXERCISES. 
Section 648(b)(2)(B) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of exercises’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘shall include a selection of model 
exercises that State, local, and tribal governments can readily adapt 
for use and provide assistance to State, local, and tribal govern-
ments with the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises 
(whether a model exercise program or an exercise designed locally)’’. 
SEC. 404. PREIDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING MULTIJURISDICTIONAL 
FACILITIES TO STRENGTHEN INCIDENT COMMAND; PRI-
VATE SECTOR PREPAREDNESS. 
Section 507(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 317(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (K); 
and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following: 
‘‘(I) coordinating with the private sector to help ensure 
private sector preparedness for natural disasters, acts of 
terrorism, and other man-made disasters; 
‘‘(J) assisting State, local, and tribal governments, 
where appropriate, to preidentify and evaluate suitable 
sites where a multijurisdictional incident command system 
may quickly be established and operated from, if the need 
for such a system arises; and’’. 
SEC. 405. FEDERAL RESPONSE CAPABILITY INVENTORY. 
Section 651 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 751) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘The inventory’’ and inserting ‘‘For each Federal agency 
with responsibilities under the National Response Plan, 
the inventory’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) a list of personnel credentialed in accordance with 
section 510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
320); 
‘‘(3) a list of resources typed in accordance with section 
510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 320); 
and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘capabilities, readi-
ness’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘— 
‘‘(A) capabilities; 
‘‘(B) readiness; 
‘‘(C) the compatibility of equipment; 
‘‘(D) credentialed personnel; and 
‘‘(E) typed resources;’’;
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(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘of capabilities, 
credentialed personnel, and typed resources’’ after ‘‘rapid 
deployment’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘inventories’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the inventory described in subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 406. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 652(a)(2) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 752(a)(2)), as amended by section 
103, is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘section 651(a);’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 651, including the number and type of 
credentialed personnel in each category of personnel trained 
and ready to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster;’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) a discussion of whether the list of credentialed 
personnel of the Agency described in section 651(b)(2)— 
‘‘(i) complies with the strategic human capital plan 
developed under section 10102 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(ii) is sufficient to respond to a natural disaster, 
act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, including 
a catastrophic incident.’’. 
SEC. 407. FEDERAL PREPAREDNESS. 
Section 653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘coordinating, primary, or supporting’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including 
credentialing of personnel and typing of resources likely 
needed to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster in accordance with section 
510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 320)’’ 
before the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) regularly updates, verifies the accuracy of, and provides 
to the Administrator the information in the inventory required 
under section 651.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ after ‘‘The President shall certify’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘coordinating, primary, or supporting’’. 
SEC. 408. CREDENTIALING AND TYPING. 
Section 510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
320) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as so designated, by striking 
‘‘credentialing of personnel and typing of’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
credentialing and typing of incident management personnel, 
emergency response providers, and other personnel (including 
temporary personnel) and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations of the 
9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the Administrator shall provide 
the standards developed under subsection (a), including detailed 
written guidance, to— 
‘‘(A) each Federal agency that has responsibilities 
under the National Response Plan to aid that agency with 
credentialing and typing incident management personnel, 
emergency 
response 
providers, 
and 
other 
personnel 
(including temporary personnel) and resources likely 
needed to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster; and 
‘‘(B) State, local, and tribal governments, to aid such 
governments with credentialing and typing of State, local, 
and tribal incident management personnel, emergency 
response providers, and other personnel (including tem-
porary personnel) and resources likely needed to respond 
to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made 
disaster. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall provide exper-
tise and technical assistance to aid Federal, State, local, and 
tribal government agencies with credentialing and typing 
incident management personnel, emergency response providers, 
and other personnel (including temporary personnel) and 
resources likely needed to respond to a natural disaster, act 
of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. 
‘‘(c) CREDENTIALING
AND TYPING
OF PERSONNEL.—Not later 
than 6 months after receiving the standards provided under sub-
section (b), each Federal agency with responsibilities under the 
National Response Plan shall ensure that incident management 
personnel, emergency response providers, and other personnel 
(including temporary personnel) and resources likely needed to 
respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other manmade 
disaster are credentialed and typed in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION ON HEALTH CARE STANDARDS.—In devel-
oping standards for credentialing health care professionals under 
this section, the Administrator shall consult with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services.’’. 
SEC. 409. MODEL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CRITICAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE WORKERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
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‘‘SEC. 522. MODEL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR CRITICAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE WORKERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the date 
of enactment of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007, and in coordination with appropriate 
national professional organizations, Federal, State, local, and tribal 
government agencies, and private-sector and nongovernmental enti-
ties, the Administrator shall establish model standards and guide-
lines for credentialing critical infrastructure workers that may be 
used by a State to credential critical infrastructure workers that 
may respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man- 
made disaster. 
‘‘(b) DISTRIBUTION AND ASSISTANCE.—The Administrator shall 
provide the standards developed under subsection (a), including 
detailed written guidance, to State, local, and tribal governments, 
and provide expertise and technical assistance to aid such govern-
ments with credentialing critical infrastructure workers that may 
respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other manmade 
disaster.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 101(b)) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 521 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 522. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers.’’. 
SEC. 410. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary 
to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title. 
TITLE 
V—IMPROVING 
INTELLIGENCE 
AND INFORMATION SHARING WITHIN 
THE 
FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
AND 
WITH STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENTS 
Subtitle A—Homeland Security 
Information Sharing Enhancement 
SEC. 501. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION 
SHARING. 
(a) ADVISORY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 203. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall administer the Home-
land Security Advisory System in accordance with this section to 
provide advisories or warnings regarding the threat or risk that 
acts of terrorism will be committed on the homeland to Federal, 
State, local, and tribal government authorities and to the people 
of the United States, as appropriate. The Secretary shall exercise 
primary responsibility for providing such advisories or warnings.
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‘‘(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—In administering the Homeland 
Security Advisory System, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) establish criteria for the issuance and revocation of 
such advisories or warnings; 
‘‘(2) develop a methodology, relying on the criteria estab-
lished under paragraph (1), for the issuance and revocation 
of such advisories or warnings; 
‘‘(3) provide, in each such advisory or warning, specific 
information and advice regarding appropriate protective meas-
ures and countermeasures that may be taken in response to 
the threat or risk, at the maximum level of detail practicable 
to enable individuals, government entities, emergency response 
providers, and the private sector to act appropriately; 
‘‘(4) whenever possible, limit the scope of each such advisory 
or warning to a specific region, locality, or economic sector 
believed to be under threat or at risk; and 
‘‘(5) not, in issuing any advisory or warning, use color 
designations as the exclusive means of specifying homeland 
security threat conditions that are the subject of the advisory 
or warning. 
‘‘SEC. 204. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING. 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION SHARING.—Consistent with section 1016 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
U.S.C. 485), the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
for Intelligence and Analysis, shall integrate the information and 
standardize the format of the products of the intelligence compo-
nents of the Department containing homeland security information, 
terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information, 
or national intelligence (as defined in section 3(5) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(5))) except for any internal 
security protocols or personnel information of such intelligence 
components, or other administrative processes that are adminis-
tered by any chief security officer of the Department. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION SHARING
AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 
OFFICERS.—For each intelligence component of the Department, 
the Secretary shall designate an information sharing and knowledge 
management officer who shall report to the Under Secretary for 
Intelligence and Analysis regarding coordinating the different sys-
tems used in the Department to gather and disseminate homeland 
security information or national intelligence (as defined in section 
3(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(5))). 
‘‘(c) STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE-SECTOR SOURCES OF INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
BUSINESS
PROCESSES.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Intelligence 
and Analysis or the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure 
Protection, as appropriate, shall— 
‘‘(A) establish Department-wide procedures for the 
review and analysis of information provided by State, local, 
and tribal governments and the private sector; 
‘‘(B) as appropriate, integrate such information into 
the information gathered by the Department and other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government; and 
‘‘(C) make available such information, as appropriate, 
within the Department and to other departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government.
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‘‘(2) FEEDBACK.—The Secretary shall develop mechanisms 
to provide feedback regarding the analysis and utility of 
information provided by any entity of State, local, or tribal 
government or the private sector that provides such information 
to the Department. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING AND EVALUATION OF EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) TRAINING.—The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis or the Assistant Sec-
retary for Infrastructure Protection, as appropriate, shall pro-
vide to employees of the Department opportunities for training 
and education to develop an understanding of— 
‘‘(A) the definitions of homeland security information 
and national intelligence (as defined in section 3(5) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(5))); and 
‘‘(B) how information available to such employees as 
part of their duties— 
‘‘(i) might qualify as homeland security information 
or national intelligence; and 
‘‘(ii) might be relevant to the Office of Intelligence 
and Analysis and the intelligence components of the 
Department. 
‘‘(2) EVALUATIONS.—The Under Secretary for Intelligence 
and Analysis shall— 
‘‘(A) on an ongoing basis, evaluate how employees of 
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence 
components of the Department are utilizing homeland secu-
rity information or national intelligence, sharing informa-
tion within the Department, as described in this title, and 
participating in the information sharing environment estab-
lished under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485); and 
‘‘(B) provide to the appropriate component heads reg-
ular reports regarding the evaluations under subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘SEC. 205. COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NETWORK 
ARCHITECTURE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, shall establish, consistent 
with the policies and procedures developed under section 1016 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
(6 U.S.C. 485), and consistent with the enterprise architecture 
of the Department, a comprehensive information technology net-
work architecture for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis that 
connects the various databases and related information technology 
assets of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the intelligence 
components of the Department in order to promote internal informa-
tion sharing among the intelligence and other personnel of the 
Department. 
‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
NETWORK 
ARCHITECTURE DEFINED.—The term ‘comprehensive information 
technology network architecture’ means an integrated framework 
for evolving or maintaining existing information technology and 
acquiring new information technology to achieve the strategic 
management and information resources management goals of the 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis.