‘‘(iii) local residents, businesses, and 
schools (including parents and teachers); 
‘‘(iv) health care providers; and 
‘‘(v) other organizations and persons. 
‘‘(B) COMMITTEES.—Involvement under 
subparagraph (A) may be provided through the 
establishment of an advisory or oversight com-
mittee or board. 
‘‘(7) PRIVACY.—The President shall carry out 
each program under paragraph (1) in accordance 
with regulations relating to privacy promulgated 
under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
1320d–2 note; Public Law 104–191). 
‘‘(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the es-
tablishment of a program under subsection (b)(1), and 
every 5 years thereafter, the President, or the medical in-
stitution or consortium of such institutions having entered 
into a cooperative agreement under subsection (b)(5), 
shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 
of Labor, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, and appropriate committees of Congress a 
report on programs and studies carried out under the pro-
gram.’’.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT ON DIS-
ASTER AREA HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AND MONITORING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy shall jointly enter into a contract with the National 
Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and prepare a 
report on disaster area health and environmental protec-
tion and monitoring. 
(b) EXPERTISE.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall be prepared with the participation of individuals who 
have expertise in— 
(1) environmental health, safety, and medicine; 
(2) occupational health, safety, and medicine; 
(3) clinical medicine, including pediatrics; 
(4) toxicology; 
(5) epidemiology; 
(6) mental health; 
(7) medical monitoring and surveillance; 
(8) environmental monitoring and surveillance; 
(9) environmental and industrial hygiene; 
(10) emergency planning and preparedness; 
(11) public outreach and education; 
(12) State and local health departments;
(13) State and local environmental protection 
departments; 
(14) functions of workers that respond to disas-
ters, including first responders; and 
(15) public health and family services. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall provide advice and recommendations regarding pro-
tecting and monitoring the health and safety of individuals 
potentially exposed to any chemical or other substance as-
sociated with potential acute or chronic human health ef-
fects as the result of a disaster, including advice and rec-
ommendations regarding— 
(1) the establishment of protocols for the moni-
toring of and response to chemical or substance re-
leases in a disaster area for the purpose of pro-
tecting public health and safety, including— 
(A) chemicals or other substances for 
which samples should be collected in the event 
of a disaster, including a terrorist attack; 
(B) chemical- or substance-specific meth-
ods of sample collection, including sampling 
methodologies and locations; 
(C) chemical- or substance-specific meth-
ods of sample analysis;
(D) health-based threshold levels to be 
used and response actions to be taken in the 
event that thresholds are exceeded for indi-
vidual chemicals or other substances; 
(E) procedures for providing monitoring 
results to— 
(i) appropriate Federal, State, and 
local government agencies; 
(ii) appropriate response personnel; 
and 
(iii) the public; 
(F) responsibilities of Federal, State and 
local agencies for— 
(i) collecting and analyzing samples; 
(ii) reporting results; and 
(iii) taking appropriate response ac-
tions; and 
(G) capabilities and capacity within the 
Federal Government to conduct appropriate en-
vironmental monitoring and response in the 
event of a disaster, including a terrorist attack; 
and 
(2) other issues as specified by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 4. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’. 
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