tional Preparedness Goal and the directives, policies, 
and guidelines supporting the National Preparedness 
Goal. 
‘‘SEC. 524. CATASTROPHIC PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
sure that, in return for Federal funds, State and local gov-
ernments take responsibility for preparing and planning 
for catastrophic incidents. 
‘‘(b) CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘catastrophic incident’ means any nat-
ural or manmade incident, including terrorism, that re-
sults in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, 
or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastruc-
ture, environment, economy, national morale, or govern-
ment functions. 
‘‘(c) 
CATASTROPHIC
EMERGENCY
PLANS
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary for Grants and Planning and in consultation 
with the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exercises, 
shall require any State or urban area that submits an ap-
plication to the Secretary for Federal homeland security 
financial assistance administered by the Department to 
maintain a catastrophic emergency plan to be imple-
mented in the event of a catastrophic incident. The Sec-
retary shall require the State or urban area to update, 
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implement, and exercise the catastrophic emergency plan 
as necessary. 
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS.—Each catastrophic emergency 
plan required under this section, with respect to a State 
or urban area, shall include— 
‘‘(1) evacuation and sheltering in place proce-
dures for the general population of the State or 
urban area; 
‘‘(2) the procedures in place to address the pre- 
positioning of food, medical and fuel supplies; 
‘‘(3) the evacuation and sheltering in place pro-
cedures for populations with special needs, including 
persons with disabilities, health problems, language 
barriers, and income barriers, the elderly, children, 
and individuals with pets, service animals, or farm 
animals; 
‘‘(4) sheltering options for displaced popu-
lations; 
‘‘(5) the augmentation of response resources; 
‘‘(6) regional planning, mutual aid agreements, 
and requests for assistance that can meet urgent 
needs; 
‘‘(7) the adequacy of delivery networks for crit-
ical services and supplies; 
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‘‘(8) the degree to which the plan is mutually 
supportive among contiguous jurisdictions and 
States; 
‘‘(9) the use of all available and appropriate 
transportation modes and resources, including the 
identification of routes of egress and ingress, and 
destinations; 
‘‘(10) the changes in authorities or regulations 
which may be necessary for the plan to meet the de-
mands of a catastrophic event; 
‘‘(11) contingency plans for the survivability, 
sustainability, and interoperability of emergency 
communications systems; 
‘‘(12) procedures for disseminating timely and 
accurate public alerts and warnings; 
‘‘(13) procedures and policies for the continuity 
of operations for government and other essential 
services; 
‘‘(14) search and rescue procedures for popu-
lations with special needs, including persons with 
disabilities, health problems, language barriers, and 
income barriers, the elderly, children, and individ-
uals with pets, service animals, or farm animals; and 
‘‘(15) a clearly defined command structure. 
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‘‘(e) CONSISTENCY.—A catastrophic emergency plan 
required under this section shall be consistent with, and 
support the implementation of— 
‘‘(1) any applicable State or urban area home-
land security strategy or plan; and 
‘‘(2) the National Incident Management Sys-
tem, the National Response Plan, the National Pre-
paredness Goal, the National Preparedness Guid-
ance, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, 
and other such national initiatives as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(f) PEER REVIEW CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
REGIONAL
PLANS.— 
Each Regional Director for Emergency Management 
under section 504, in coordination with the Assist-
ant Secretary for Grants and Planning, shall develop 
a process of peer review for any catastrophic emer-
gency plan submitted under subsection (a) by a 
State or urban area in the geographical area in 
which the Regional Office directed by that Regional 
Director for Emergency Management is located. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PLANS.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Foundations for Emergency Manage-
ment Act, each Regional Director for Emergency 
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Management shall submit a plan to the National Ad-
visory Council on Emergency Management describ-
ing the peer review process developed by the Re-
gional Director for Emergency Management. The 
National Advisory Council on Emergency Manage-
ment shall review and approve or disapprove each 
such plan. 
‘‘(g) REMEDIAL ACTION.—Not later than 90 days 
after completion of exercises under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for 
Training and Exercises, shall develop a lessons learned 
and remedial action strategy for catastrophic planning. 
‘‘(h) CONSULTATION.—In developing the catastrophic 
emergency plan required under this section, a State or 
urban area shall consult with and seek appropriate com-
ments from— 
‘‘(1) local governments within the urban area or 
State; 
‘‘(2) a geographic and substantive cross section 
of emergency managers, emergency response pro-
viders, and emergency support providers within the 
urban area or State (including, in the case of a 
State, such providers from both urban and rural 
areas within the State); 
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