committee to be known as the National Advisory Com-
mittee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards 
Emergencies (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Advisory 
Committee’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 
(1) provide advice and consultation with respect 
to activities carried out pursuant to section 2814 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh– 
16), as applicable and appropriate; 
(2) evaluate and provide input with respect to 
the public health, accessibility, and medical needs of 
individuals with disabilities as they relate to prepa-
ration for, response to, and recovery from all-haz-
ards emergencies; and 
(3) provide advice and consultation with respect 
to State emergency preparedness and response ac-
tivities, including related drills and exercises pursu-
ant to the preparedness goals under section 2802(b) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh– 
1(b)). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2020, the 
Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Veterans’ 
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Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 
the Committee on Veterans Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report that evaluates the extent to 
which individuals with disabilities are thoroughly included 
in disaster preparedness planning and disaster recovery. 
Such report shall— 
(1) include recommendations that offer specific 
improvements that could be made across local, State, 
tribal, territorial, and Federal efforts to improve 
outcomes in areas that include— 
(A) preparedness; 
(B) planning; 
(C) exercises and drills; 
(D) alerts, warning, and notifications; 
(E) evacuation; 
(F) sheltering; 
(G) health maintenance; 
(H) accessing emergency programs and 
services; 
(I) medical care (including mental health 
care); 
(J) temporary housing; 
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(K) transitioning back to home, work, 
school, and community; 
(L) permanent housing; 
(M) long term recovery; 
(N) mitigation; and 
(O) community resilience; and 
(2) assess the strength of existing policies to in-
corporate such individuals as well as the efficacy of 
implementation. 
(d) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with such other heads of agencies and depart-
ments as may be appropriate, shall appoint not to 
exceed 25 members to the Advisory Committee. 
(2) REQUIRED
MEMBERS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint to the 
Advisory Committee such individuals as may be ap-
propriate to perform the duties described in sub-
sections (b), which shall include— 
(A) the Assistant Secretary for Prepared-
ness and Response (or their designee); 
(B) the Director of the Administration for 
Community Living (or their designee); 
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(C) the Director of the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority 
(or their designee); 
(D) the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (or their designee); 
(E) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
(or their designee); 
(F) the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health (or their designee); 
(G) the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (or their des-
ignee); 
(H) the Director of Office of Disability In-
tegration and Coordination (or their designee); 
(I) the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity (or their designee); 
(J) the Chair of the National Council on 
Disability (or their designee); 
(K) the Chair of the United States Access 
Board (or their designee); 
(L) the Director of the Disability Rights 
Section of the Department of Justice (or their 
designee); 
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(M) the Secretary of the Department of 
Education (or their designee); 
(N) the Secretary of the Department of 
Transportation (or their designee); 
(O) the Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (or their des-
ignee); 
(P) a representative from the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Administration’s Of-
fice of Emergency Management; 
(Q) the Director of the Bureau of Prisons 
(or their designee); 
(R) at least four representatives who are 
individuals with disabilities that have sub-
stantive expertise in disability inclusive emer-
gency management policy and operations; 
(S) at least two non-Federal health care 
professionals with expertise in disability accessi-
bility before, during, and after disasters, med-
ical and mass care disaster planning, prepared-
ness, response, or recovery; and 
(T) at least two representatives from 
State, local, territorial, or tribal agencies with 
expertise in disability-inclusive disaster plan-
ning, preparedness, response, or recovery. 
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(e) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet 
not less than biannually. 
(f) DISABILITY DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘disability’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102). 
(g) TERMINATION OF COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee 
shall terminate on September 30, 2023. 
(2) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than March 
30, 2023, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall submit to Congress a recommendation on 
whether the Advisory Committee should be extended. 
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