make such training facility and any relevant training 
course available to— 
(1) the Board for safety training of employees 
of the Board in carrying out their duties and pow-
ers; and 
(2) other relevant personnel of the United 
States Government, State and local governments, 
governments of foreign countries, interstate authori-
ties, and private organizations the Board designates 
in consultation with the relevant departments and 
agencies. 
(b) FEES.—Training shall be provided at a reason-
able fee established periodically by the Board in consulta-
tion with the relevant departments and agencies. The fee 
shall be paid directly to the relevant departments and 
agencies, and shall be deposited in the Treasury. 
(c) TRAINING
OF BOARD EMPLOYEES
AND OTH-
ERS.—The Board may conduct training of its employees 
in those subjects necessary for proper performance. The 
Board may also authorize attendance at courses given 
under this subsection by other government personnel, per-
sonnel of foreign governments, and personnel from indus-
try or otherwise who have a requirement for training. The 
Board may require non-Board personnel to reimburse 
some or all of the training costs, and amounts so reim-
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bursed shall be credited to the appropriation of the Board 
as offsetting collections. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated, to remain available until expended, for the pur-
poses of this Act— 
(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(2) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(3) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
(4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
(b) EMERGENCY FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established in 
the Treasury of the United States an Emergency 
Fund for the Board, which shall be available to the 
Board for necessary expenses of the Board, not oth-
erwise provided for, for reviews. 
(2) APPROPRIATIONS.—There shall be appro-
priated, out of amounts in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, to the Emergency Fund— 
(A) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(B) such sums as are necessary to main-
tain the Emergency Fund at a level not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter; 
and 
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(C) such other sums as Congress deter-
mines necessary. 
(c) FEES, REFUNDS, AND REIMBURSEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board may impose and 
collect such fees, refunds, and reimbursements as it 
determines to be appropriate for services provided by 
or through the Board. 
(2) RECEIPTS CREDITED AS OFFSETTING COL-
LECTIONS.—Notwithstanding section 3302 of title 
31, United States Code, any fee, refund, or reim-
bursement collected under this subsection— 
(A) shall be credited as offsetting collec-
tions to the account that finances the activities 
and services for which the fee is imposed or 
with which the refund or reimbursement is as-
sociated; 
(B) shall be available for expenditure only 
to pay the costs of activities and services for 
which the fee is imposed or with which the re-
fund or reimbursement is associated; and 
(C) shall remain available until expended. 
(3) REFUNDS.—The Board may refund any fee 
paid by mistake or any amount paid in excess of 
that required. 
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SEC. 12. AUTHORITY OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, in accordance with the 
mission of the Inspector General to prevent and detect 
fraud and abuse, shall have authority to review only the 
financial management, property management, and busi-
ness operations of the Board, including internal account-
ing and administrative control systems, to determine com-
pliance with applicable Federal laws, rules, and regula-
tions. 
(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out this section, the In-
spector General shall— 
(1) keep the Chairperson of the Board and 
Congress fully and currently informed about prob-
lems relating to administration of the internal ac-
counting and administrative control systems of the 
Board; 
(2) issue findings and recommendations for ac-
tions to address such problems; and 
(3) report periodically to Congress on any 
progress made in implementing actions to address 
such problems. 
(c) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—In carrying out this 
section, the Inspector General may exercise authorities 
granted to the Inspector General under subsections (a) 
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and (b) of section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
for use by the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security such sums as may be nec-
essary to cover expenses associated with activities 
pursuant to the authority exercised under this sec-
tion. 
(2) REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT.—In the ab-
sence of an appropriation under this subsection for 
an expense referred to in paragraph (1), the Inspec-
tor General and the Board shall have a reimbursable 
agreement to cover such expense. 
SEC. 13. EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL DISASTER 
SAFETY BOARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As determined necessary by the 
Comptroller General of the United States or the appro-
priate congressional committees, but not less frequently 
than once every 2 years, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall evaluate and audit the programs and 
expenditures of the Board in order to promote economy, 
efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of the 
programs, operations, and activities of the Board. 
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(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
In carrying out subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall evaluate and audit the pro-
grams, operations, and activities of the Board, including— 
(1) information management and security, in-
cluding privacy protection of personally identifiable 
information; 
(2) the resource levels of the Board and man-
agement of such resources relative to the mission of 
the Board; 
(3) workforce development; 
(4) procurement and contracting planning, 
practices and policies; 
(5) the process and procedures to select an inci-
dent to review; 
(6) the extent to which the Board follows lead-
ing practices in selected management areas; 
(7) the extent to which the Board addresses 
management challenges in completing reviews; 
(8) the extent to which the evaluation, review, 
and recommendation-issuing methodologies of the 
Board are consistent with established best practice, 
as determined by the Comptroller General; and 
(9) an impact evaluation of the work of the 
Board, using the purposes and intent described in 
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this Act and by the Board, against the realized re-
sults of the Board, according to a methodology de-
termined by the Comptroller General, conducted in 
a manner that is not overly disruptive to the work 
of the Board. 
SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACT OF VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘act of vio-
lence’’ means an offense described in section 16(a) 
of title 18, United States Code. 
(2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na-
tional Disaster Safety Board established under sec-
tion 3. 
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘‘Chairperson’’ 
means the Chairperson of the Board designated 
under section 6. 
(4) ECONOMIC INJURY.—The term ‘‘economic 
injury’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘substantial 
economic injury’’ in section 7(b) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)). 
(5) INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘incident’’ means a 
natural hazard or other circumstance that the Board 
decides to review. 
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(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND 
RESEARCH INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘institution of 
higher education and research institution’’ means— 
(A) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1001)); 
(B) a National Laboratory (as defined in 
section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801)); 
(C) a laboratory described in section 
308(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 188(c)(2)); 
(D) the National Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium established under section 1204 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1102) and 
the members of such Consortium; and 
(E) a research institution associated with 
an institution of higher education. 
(7) NATURAL
HAZARD.—The term ‘‘natural 
hazard’’— 
(A) means a major disaster, as defined in 
paragraph (2) of section 102 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
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ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), that is naturally oc-
curring, regardless of— 
(i) whether the President makes a de-
termination with respect to severity and 
magnitude of the disaster under such para-
graph; or 
(ii) the result of such a determination; 
(B) includes any naturally occurring heat 
wave, wind storm, wildfire, wildland urban 
interface fire, urban conflagration fire, or dust 
storm; 
(C) includes any combination of events 
covered by subparagraphs (A) and (B) that 
causes or threatens to cause loss of human life, 
or human or economic injury, as determined by 
the Board; and 
(D) does not include a technological dis-
aster. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
(9) TECHNOLOGICAL
DISASTER.—The term 
‘‘technological disaster’’ means an incident that— 
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(A) is caused by human error or malfunc-
tion in technology, including a dam or struc-
tural failure, a fire (other than a naturally oc-
curring wildfire, wildland urban interface fire, 
urban conflagration fire, or arson), a hazardous 
material incident, a nuclear accident, and a 
power and telecommunications failure; and 
(B) causes loss of human life, or human or 
economic injury, as determined by the Board. 
(10) TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘terrorism’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 2 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 
(11) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
government’’ means the governing body of any In-
dian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, 
village, or community that the Secretary of the Inte-
rior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under 
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 5130 et seq.). 
Æ 
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