‘‘(b) 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; 
‘‘(8) the degree to which the plan is mutually 
supportive among contiguous jurisdictions and 
States; 
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‘‘(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; and 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(c) 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 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(d) 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 National Emergency Management Re-
form and Enhancement Act of 2006, each Regional 
Director for Emergency Management shall submit a 
plan to the National Advisory Council on Emergency 
Management describing the peer review process de-
veloped by the Regional Director for Emergency 
Management. The National Advisory Council on 
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Emergency Management shall review and approve or 
disapprove each such plan. 
‘‘(e) 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. 
‘‘(f) 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 response providers and emergency re-
sponse support providers within the urban area or 
State (including, in the case of a State, such pro-
viders from both urban and rural areas within the 
State); and 
‘‘(3) locally-governed multi-jurisdictional coun-
cils of governments and regional planning commis-
sions responsible for implementing and coordinating 
local emergency response plans. 
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‘‘SEC. 525. SYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION FOR 
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Emergency Management, shall 
establish a System Assessment and Validation for Emer-
gency Responders Program to provide high quality, impar-
tial, and operationally relevant evaluations and validations 
of critical emergency response provider-related equipment 
and systems and provide such evaluations and validations 
to emergency response providers in an operationally useful 
form. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) provide impartial, practitioner relevant, 
and operationally oriented assessments and valida-
tions of emergency response provider equipment and 
systems, including— 
‘‘(A) commercial, off-the-shelf emergency 
response provider equipment and systems in all 
equipment list categories of the Interagency 
Board for Equipment Standardization and 
Interoperability; and 
‘‘(B) such other equipment or systems as 
the Secretary determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(2) provide information that enables decision- 
makers and emergency response providers to better 
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select, procure, use, and maintain emergency re-
sponse provider equipment or systems; 
‘‘(3) assess and validate the performance of 
products within a system and systems within sys-
tems; and 
‘‘(4) provide information and feedback to emer-
gency response providers through a well-maintained, 
Internet-accessible database. 
‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT AND VALIDATION PROCESS.—The 
assessment and validation of emergency response provider 
equipment and systems shall utilize multiple evaluation 
techniques, including 
‘‘(1) operational assessments of equipment per-
formance on vehicle platforms; 
‘‘(2) technical assessments on a comparative 
basis of system component performance across 
makes and models under controlled conditions; and 
‘‘(3) integrative assessments on an individual 
basis of system component interoperability and com-
patibility with other system components. 
‘‘SEC. 526. HOMELAND SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Training and Exer-
cises, shall establish a graduate-level Homeland Security 
Education Program in the National Capital Region to pro-
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vide educational opportunities to senior Federal officials 
and selected State and local officials with homeland secu-
rity and emergency management responsibilities. 
‘‘(b) LEVERAGING OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—To 
maximize efficiency and effectiveness in carrying out the 
Program, the Secretary shall use existing Department-re-
viewed Master’s Degree curricula in homeland security, in-
cluding curricula pending accreditation, together with as-
sociated learning materials, quality assessment tools, dig-
ital libraries, exercise systems and other curriculum com-
ponents already being delivered by Federal, State, and pri-
vate universities and educational facilities, including the 
National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. 
‘‘(c) STUDENT ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(1) SOURCES.—The student body of the Pro-
gram shall include officials from Federal, State, trib-
al, and local governments, and from other sources 
designated by the Under Secretary for Emergency 
Management. 
‘‘(2) ENROLLMENT PRIORITIES AND SELECTION 
CRITERIA.—The Under Secretary for Emergency 
Management shall establish policies governing stu-
dent enrollment priorities and selection criteria that 
are consistent with the mission of the Program. 
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‘‘(3) DIVERSITY.—The Secretary shall take rea-
sonable steps to ensure that the student body rep-
resents racial, gender, and ethnic diversity. 
‘‘(d) SERVICE COMMITMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before any employee se-
lected for the Program may be assigned to such edu-
cation, the employee shall agree in writing to— 
‘‘(A) continue in the service of the agency 
sponsoring the employee during the two-year 
period beginning on the date on which the em-
ployee completes the program, unless the em-
ployee is involuntarily separated from the serv-
ice of that agency for reasons other than reduc-
tion in force; and 
‘‘(B) pay to the Government the amount of 
the additional expenses incurred by the Govern-
ment in connection with the employee’s edu-
cation if the employee is voluntarily separated 
from the service to the agency before the end 
of the period described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) 
EXEMPTION.—An 
employee 
who 
leaves the service of the sponsoring agency to 
enter into the service of another agency in any 
branch of the Government shall not be required 
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to make a payment under paragraph (1)(B), 
unless the head of the agency that sponsored 
the education of the employee notifies the em-
ployee before the date on which the employee 
enters the service of the other agency that pay-
ment is be required under that paragraph. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—If an em-
ployee is required to make a payment under 
paragraph (1)(B), the agency that sponsored 
the education of the employee shall determine 
the amount of the payment, except that such 
amount may not exceed the pro rata share of 
the expenses incurred for the time remaining in 
the two-year period. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERY OF PAYMENT.—If an employee 
who is required to make a payment under this sub-
section does not make the payment, a sum equal to 
the amount of the expenses incurred by the Govern-
ment for the education of that employee is recover-
able by the Government from the employee or his es-
tate by— 
‘‘(A) setoff against accrued pay, compensa-
tion, amount of retirement credit, or other 
amount due the employee from the Government; 
or 
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‘‘(B) such other method as is provided by 
law for the recovery of amounts owing to the 
Government. 
‘‘SEC. 527. OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY PREPARED-
NESS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Directorate of 
Emergency Management an Office of Public and Commu-
nity Preparedness. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for 
Grants and Planning. 
‘‘(c) COMPONENTS.—The Office of Public and Com-
munity Preparedness shall consist of the following: 
‘‘(1) The various component programs of the 
Citizen Corps, including Community Emergency Re-
sponse Teams, Fire Corps, Volunteers in Police 
Service, USA on Watch, and the Medical Reserve 
Corps. 
‘‘(2) The Internet website known as Ready.gov 
and the components of that website, including Ready 
Businesses, Ready Kids, and Listo. 
‘‘(3) Such other duties relating to community, 
public, and citizen preparedness as the Secretary 
may provide. 
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‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of the Office 
of Public and Community Preparedness, in coordination 
with and support of the Regional Directors of Emergency 
Management under section 504, shall have the primary 
responsibility within the Department for assisting the ef-
forts of State, local, and tribal governments in preparing 
citizens and communities in the United States for acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, in-
cluding primary responsibility for each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Coordinating and supporting public and 
community preparedness efforts at all levels of Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(2) Serving as the principal advisor to the Sec-
retary on public and community preparedness issues. 
‘‘(3) Developing guidance on citizen prepared-
ness for grants to State, local, and tribal govern-
ments. 
‘‘(4) Providing, through the Regional Offices 
under section 504, State, local, and tribal Citizen 
Corps Councils with tools, information, and technical 
assistance to connect local and national citizen pre-
paredness efforts. 
‘‘(5) Directing, managing, and implementing all 
programs associated with the entities under sub-
section (c). 
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‘‘(6) Establishing specialized preparedness pro-
grams for at-risk communities under subsection (e). 
‘‘(7) Ensuring coordination with private sector 
entities, faith-based groups, other nongovernmental 
organizations, special needs groups, emergency re-
sponse provider organizations, emergency response 
support provider organizations, and international or-
ganizations, in order to promote citizen preparedness 
and participation. 
‘‘(8) Developing a comprehensive program of 
public service announcements for use on a national 
basis or, in consultation with State, local, or tribal 
governments, on a regional, State, or local basis. 
‘‘(9) Assisting in the implementation of national 
strategies for public and community preparedness, 
including the development of individual preparedness 
skills and capabilities, including assembling pre-
paredness kits, developing emergency communica-
tions plans, training in basic fist aid, and learning 
how to react to a variety of emergencies. 
‘‘(e) AT-RISK COMMUNITIES.—In carrying out the 
responsibilities under this section, the Director shall con-
sider the unique preparedness challenges faced by persons 
with disabilities, health problems, language barriers, and 
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income barriers, the elderly, children, and individuals with 
pets, service animals, or farm animals. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Directorate 
a National Citizen Corps Council. The Under Sec-
retary for Emergency Management or a designee 
shall serve as chair of the Council. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council shall consist 
of national leaders of organizations and associations 
representing at risk communities described under 
subsection (e), emergency response providers, emer-
gency response support providers, community and 
volunteer service providers, government, and the pri-
vate sector. 
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities 
of the Council are as follows: 
‘‘(A) To work together at the national level 
and encourage members of the Council at the 
State, local, and tribal level to collaborate in 
support of the Citizen Corps. 
‘‘(B) To identify opportunities for Federal, 
State, local, and tribal organizations to collabo-
rate to accomplish the shared goals of the Cit-
izen Corps programs. 
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‘‘(C) To encourage the development and 
support of local Citizen Corps Councils and to 
advance the Citizen Corps mission across the 
country. 
‘‘(D) To exchange facts and information 
on programs to promote public awareness, 
training, safety, and volunteer service opportu-
nities and on safety and preparedness messages 
to be conveyed to the public. 
‘‘(E) To develop and disseminate messages 
on safety and emergency preparedness that will 
be effective in engaging communities and indi-
viduals in the Citizen Corps. 
‘‘(F) To serve as the catalyst for engaging 
others within their areas of expertise to pro-
mote the Citizen Corps mission. 
‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Under Secretary for 
Emergency Management or a designee shall convene 
meetings of the National Citizen Corps Council at 
the discretion of the Under Secretary or at the di-
rection of the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) COORDINATION.—The Director shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with other Federal entities, as 
appropriate, including the Departments of Health 
and Human Services, Justice, Commerce, and Edu-
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cation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice, to enhance public and community preparedness; 
‘‘(2) coordinate with State, local, and tribal 
governments; and 
‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, make grants and enter into contracts and co-
operative agreements with other Federal agencies 
and nongovernmental organizations, as may be nec-
essary and proper to carry out the responsibilities of 
the Director under this section. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Emergency Response 
‘‘SEC. 541. NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 
AND NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN INTEGRA-
TION CENTER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Directorate of 
Emergency Management a National Incident Management 
System and National Response Plan Integration Center 
(referred to in this section as the ‘NIC’). 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The NIC shall be headed by a Di-
rector, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Di-
rector shall report directly to the Deputy Under Secretary 
for Response and Recovery. 
‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning 
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and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies, and the National Advisory Council on Emer-
gency Management under section 508, shall establish a 
mechanism for ensuring ongoing management and mainte-
nance of the National Incident Management System 
(NIMS), the National Response Plan (NRP), any other 
document or tool in support of Homeland Security Presi-
dential Directive 5, or any other Homeland Security Presi-
dential Directive related to incident management and re-
sponse. The responsibilities of the Director shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Revising, as appropriate, the NIMS and 
the NRP not later than 90 days after the enactment 
of this section with respect to— 
‘‘(A) clarifying the roles and responsibil-
ities of the Principal Federal Official, the Fed-
eral Coordinating Officer, the Federal Resource 
Coordinator, and the Disaster Recovery Man-
ager; 
‘‘(B) developing procedures for the timely 
activation of each such role; 
‘‘(C) establishing as part of the NRP an 
emergency support function with respect to vol-
unteers and donations; 
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‘‘(D) realigning the emergency support 
functions of the NRP so as to be consistent 
with the NIMS; 
‘‘(E) developing doctrine and procedures 
relating to the management of acts of ter-
rorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies 
affecting multiple State; 
‘‘(F) improving the utilization of Federal, 
State, local, and tribal resources, including the 
deployment of emergency response providers, 
specialized equipment, and supplies; 
‘‘(G) finalizing and releasing the Cata-
strophic Incident Supplement to the NRP; 
‘‘(H) ensuring the effective use of emer-
gency response providers at emergency scenes; 
and 
‘‘(I) reviewing other matters pertaining to 
the NIMS and the NRP as the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(2) Developing a national program for NIMS 
and NRP education and awareness, including spe-
cific instruction on the purposes of the NIMS and 
the NRP and responsibilities of the NIC. 
‘‘(3) Promoting the compatibility between na-
tional voluntary consensus standards for the NIMS 
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