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‘‘(C) requires implementation of the stand-
ards developed under subparagraph (B) for all 
Department biological detection programs; 
‘‘(D) makes such standards available and 
promotes their use to support all other Federal 
biological detection programs; and 
‘‘(E) is updated as necessary; 
‘‘(4) prior to obligating funds to acquire bio-
detection systems for purposes of operational testing 
and evaluation, require— 
‘‘(A) a determination of the sensitivity and 
specificity of the currently deployed biodetection 
system; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the sensitivity and 
specificity of the next generation biodetection 
system or systems under consideration for acqui-
sition and whether it meets established oper-
ational requirements; 
‘‘(C) provision of all raw data to the 
Science and Technology Directorate to enable the 
Under Secretary to— 
‘‘(i) conduct a trade-off study com-
paring the results of subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); and 
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‘‘(ii) perform a technical readiness as-
sessment in accordance with section 308(b); 
and 
‘‘(D) that the findings under subparagraph 
(C) inform the cost-benefit analysis under para-
graph (5)(A) and any acquisition decision made 
by the Acquisition Review Board under section 
708(c) of the biodetection system or systems 
under consideration; and 
‘‘(5) prior to acquiring and deploying biodetec-
tion technology, require— 
‘‘(A) a cost-benefit analysis, including an 
analysis of alternatives, that shall be informed 
by the terrorism risk assessments under section 
503; 
‘‘(B) operational testing and evaluation; 
‘‘(C) operational assessment by the end 
users of the technology; and 
‘‘(D) the Department, other relevant execu-
tive agencies, and local jurisdictions intended to 
host the systems to agree on concepts of oper-
ations for resolving alarms. 
‘‘(c) CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
enter into contracts with participating laboratories and 
programs for— 
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‘‘(1) the provision of laboratory services or other 
biosurveillance activities as appropriate for purposes 
of this section on a fee-for-service basis or on a pre-
payment or other similar basis; and 
‘‘(2) administrative and other costs related to 
hosting program personnel and equipment in these 
laboratories or programs. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘participating laboratory’ means 
a laboratory that has been accepted as a member of 
the Laboratory Response Network for Bioterrorism 
that— 
‘‘(A) is fully equipped to detect and respond 
quickly to acts of biological terrorism; 
‘‘(B) provides biocontainment and micro-
biological analysis in support of the Department 
and relevant law enforcement agencies with re-
sponsibilities for investigating biological inci-
dents; and 
‘‘(C) supports threat agent characterization 
studies and assay evaluation, research and devel-
opment. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘assay’ means any scientific test 
that is designed to detect the presence of a biological 
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threat agent that is of a type selected under criteria 
established by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) 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: 
‘‘Sec. 2105. Detection of biological attacks.’’. 
SEC. 506. RAPID BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTION AND 
IDENTIFICATION AT PORTS OF ENTRY. 
(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. 2106. RAPID BIOLOGICAL THREAT DETECTION AND 
IDENTIFICATION AT PORTS OF ENTRY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall require the Under Secretary for Science and Tech-
nology, in consultation with the heads of other relevant 
operational components of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity, to assess whether the development of technological 
screening capabilities for biological agents, pandemic influ-
enza, and other infectious diseases should be undertaken by 
the Science and Technology Directorate to support entry 
and exit screening at ports of entry and for other homeland 
security purposes. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS.—If the Under Sec-
retary determines that the development of such screening 
capabilities should be undertaken, the Secretary shall, to the 
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extent possible, initiate development of safe and effective 
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.’’. 
(b) 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: 
‘‘Sec. 2106. Rapid biological threat detection and identification at ports 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. 528. COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall de-
velop a communications plan designed to provide in-
formation to the public related to preventing, pro-
tecting against, responding to, and recovering from 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks; 
‘‘(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 Federal 
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 Ad-
ministrator shall develop pre-scripted messages 
or message templates under this paragraph 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 avail-
able to State, local, and tribal authorities so that 
those authorities may incorporate them, as ap-
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propriate, into their emergency plans. The Ad-
ministrator shall also make available relevant 
technical assistance to those authorities to sup-
port communications planning. 
‘‘(E) EXERCISES.—To ensure that the pre- 
scripted messages or message templates developed 
under this paragraph can be effectively utilized 
in a disaster or incident, the Administrator shall 
incorporate Federal, State, local, and tribal com-
munications teams that deliver such pre-scripted 
messages or message templates into exercises, in-
cluding those conducted under the National Ex-
ercise 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 clas-
sified threat information when appropriate. 
‘‘(2) THREAT BULLETINS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the re-
quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, 
on a timely basis, prepare unclassified threat 
bulletins on chemical, biological, radiological, 
and nuclear threats. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—Each assessment re-
quired 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 pub-
licly accessible Internet Web sites, commu-
nication 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 tribal 
authorities written guidance on communicating 
terrorism-related threats and risks to the public 
within their jurisdictions; and 
‘‘(B) shall identify the governmental ration-
ale 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 submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees the commu-
nications plans required to be developed under the amend-
ments made by subsection (a), including pre-scripted mes-
sages or message templates developed in conjunction 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. 528. Communications planning.’’. 
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 
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Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the heads of other relevant Federal departments 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, non-
governmental organizations, the private sector, and 
the public; and 
(3) in developing the guidance under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) review the experiences of other countries 
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— 
(1) protective action guidance for ensuring the 
security, health, and safety of emergency response 
providers and their families and household contacts; 
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