and products designed to provide timely and accurate 
information that has specific relevance to each of the 
Nation’s critical infrastructure sectors (as identified 
in the national infrastructure protection plan issued 
under paragraph (5)), to private sector officials in 
each such sector who are responsible for protecting in-
stitutions within that sector from potential acts of 
terrorism
and
for
mitigating
the
potential
con-
sequences of any such act.’’. 
SEC. 213. ANALYTIC EXPERTISE ON THE THREATS FROM BI-
OLOGICAL AGENTS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(21) To ensure sufficient analytic expertise 
within the Office of Information Analysis to create 
and disseminate, on an ongoing basis, products based 
on the analysis of homeland security information, as 
defined in section 892(f)(1), with specific reference to 
the threat of terrorism involving the use of nuclear 
weapons and biological agents to inflict mass casual-
ties or other catastrophic consequences on the popu-
lation or territory of the United States.’’.
SEC. 214. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 203. ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY INFORMATION. 
‘‘The Secretary shall establish a process and assign an 
individual or entity the responsibility to ensure that, as ap-
propriate, elements of the Department conduct alternative 
analysis (commonly referred to as ‘red-team analysis’) of 
homeland security information, as that term is defined in 
section 892(f)(1), that relates to potential acts of terrorism 
involving the use of nuclear weapons or biological agents 
to inflict mass casualties or other catastrophic consequences 
on the population or territory of the United States.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 202 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 203. Alternative analysis of homeland security information.’’. 
SEC. 215. ASSIGNMENT OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND IN-
FRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION FUNCTIONS. 
Section 201(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) ASSIGNMENT OF SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The 
Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infra-
structure Protection— 
‘‘(A) shall assign to the Assistant Secretary 
for Information Analysis the responsibility for 
performing the functions described in para-
graphs (1), (4), (7) through (14), (16), and (18) 
of subsection (d); 
‘‘(B) shall assign to the Assistant Secretary 
for Infrastructure Protection the responsibility 
for performing the functions described in para-
graphs (2), (5), and (6) of subsection (d); 
‘‘(C) shall ensure that the Assistant Sec-
retary for Information Analysis and the Assist-
ant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection both 
perform the functions described in paragraphs 
(3), (15), (17), and (19) of subsection (d); 
‘‘(D) may assign to each such Assistant Sec-
retary such other duties relating to such respon-
sibilities as the Under Secretary may provide; 
‘‘(E) shall direct each such Assistant Sec-
retary to coordinate with Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies, and with tribal 
and private sector entities, as appropriate; and
‘‘(F) shall direct the Assistant Secretary for 
Information Analysis to coordinate with ele-
ments of the intelligence community, as appro-
priate.’’. 
SEC. 216. AUTHORITY FOR DISSEMINATING HOMELAND SE-
CURITY INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 104. AUTHORITY FOR DISSEMINATING HOMELAND SE-
CURITY INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) PRIMARY AUTHORITY.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall be the executive branch 
official responsible for disseminating homeland security in-
formation to State and local government and tribal officials 
and the private sector. 
‘‘(b) PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED.—No Federal offi-
cial may disseminate any homeland security information, 
as defined in section 892(f)(1), to State, local, tribal, or 
private sector officials without the Secretary’s prior ap-
proval, except— 
‘‘(1) in exigent circumstances under which it is 
essential that the information be communicated im-
mediately; or
‘‘(2) when such information is issued to State, 
local, or tribal law enforcement officials for the pur-
pose of assisting them in any aspect of the adminis-
tration of criminal justice.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 103 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Authority for disseminating homeland security information.’’. 
SEC. 217. 9/11 MEMORIAL HOMELAND SECURITY FELLOWS 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subtitle A of title 
II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 
et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 204. 9/11 MEMORIAL HOMELAND SECURITY FELLOWS 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a fellowship program in accordance with this section 
for the purpose of bringing State, local, tribal, and 
private sector officials to participate in the work of 
the Homeland Security Operations Center in order to 
become familiar with— 
‘‘(A) the mission and capabilities of that 
Center; and
‘‘(B) the role, programs, products, and per-
sonnel of the Office of Information Analysis, the 
Office of Infrastructure Protection, and other ele-
ments of the Department responsible for the inte-
gration, analysis, and dissemination of home-
land security information, as defined in section 
892(f)(1). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM NAME.—The program under this 
section shall be known as the 9/11 Memorial Home-
land Security Fellows Program. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for selection 
as a fellow under the program, an individual must— 
‘‘(1) have homeland security-related responsibil-
ities; and 
‘‘(2) possess an appropriate national security 
clearance. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary— 
‘‘(1) may conduct up to 4 iterations of the pro-
gram each year, each of which shall be 90 days in du-
ration; and 
‘‘(2) shall ensure that the number of fellows se-
lected for each iteration does not impede the activities 
of the Center. 
‘‘(d) CONDITION.—As a condition of selecting an indi-
vidual as a fellow under the program, the Secretary shall
require that the individual’s employer agree to continue to 
pay the individual’s salary and benefits during the period 
of the fellowship. 
‘‘(e) STIPEND.—During the period of the fellowship of 
an individual under the program, the Secretary shall, sub-
ject to the availability of appropriations— 
‘‘(1) provide to the individual a stipend to cover 
the individual’s reasonable living expenses during the 
period of the fellowship; and 
‘‘(2) reimburse the individual for round-trip, 
economy fare travel to and from the individual’s 
place of residence twice each month.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 
‘‘Sec. 204. 9/11 Memorial Homeland Security Fellows Program.’’. 
SEC. 218. ACCESS TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM-RELATED IN-
FORMATION. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(22) To ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the Assistant Secretary for Informa-
tion Analysis receives promptly and without re-
quest all information obtained by any compo-
nent of the Department if that information re-
lates, directly or indirectly, to a threat of ter-
rorism involving the potential use of nuclear 
weapons; 
‘‘(B) such information is— 
‘‘(i)
integrated
and
analyzed
com-
prehensively; and 
‘‘(ii) disseminated in a timely manner, 
including to appropriately cleared State, 
local, tribal, and private sector officials; 
and 
‘‘(C) such information is used to determine 
what requests the Department should submit for 
collection of additional information relating to 
that threat.’’. 
SEC. 219. ACCESS OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INFOR-
MATION ANALYSIS TO TERRORISM INFORMA-
TION. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(23) To ensure that the Assistant Secretary for 
Information Analysis— 
‘‘(A) is routinely and without request given 
prompt access to all terrorism-related informa-
tion collected by or otherwise in the possession of
any component of the Department, including all 
homeland security information (as that term is 
defined in section 892(f)(1)); and 
‘‘(B) to the extent technologically feasible 
has direct access to all databases of any compo-
nent of the Department that may contain such 
information.’’. 
SEC. 220. ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY 
INFORMATION NETWORK. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(24) To administer the homeland security infor-
mation network, including— 
‘‘(A) exercising primary responsibility for 
establishing a secure nationwide real-time home-
land security information sharing network for 
Federal, State, and local government agencies 
and authorities, tribal officials, the private sec-
tor, and other governmental and private entities 
involved in receiving, analyzing, and distrib-
uting information related to threats to homeland 
security; 
‘‘(B) ensuring that the information sharing 
systems, developed in connection with the net-
work established under subparagraph (A), are 
utilized and are compatible with, to the greatest 
extent practicable, Federal, State, and local gov-
ernment, tribal, and private sector antiterrorism 
systems and protocols that have been or are being 
developed; and 
‘‘(C) ensuring, to the greatest extent pos-
sible, that the homeland security information 
network and information systems are integrated 
and interoperable with existing private sector 
technologies.’’. 
SEC. 221. IAIP PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 97 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after section 9701 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 9702. Recruitment bonuses 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
chapter 57, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection, may pay a bonus to an indi-
vidual in order to recruit such individual for a position 
that is primarily responsible for discharging the analytic 
responsibilities specified in section 201(d) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(d)) and that—
‘‘(1) is within the Directorate for Information 
Analysis and Infrastructure Protection; and 
‘‘(2) would be difficult to fill in the absence of 
such a bonus. 
In determining which individuals are to receive bonuses 
under this section, appropriate consideration shall be given 
to the Directorate’s critical need for linguists. 
‘‘(b) BONUS AMOUNT, FORM, ETC.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of a bonus 
under this section shall be determined under regula-
tions of the Secretary of Homeland Security, but may 
not exceed 50 percent of the annual rate of basic pay 
of the position involved. 
‘‘(2) FORM OF PAYMENT.—A bonus under this 
section shall be paid in the form of a lump-sum pay-
ment and shall not be considered to be part of basic 
pay. 
‘‘(3)
COMPUTATION
RULE.—For
purposes
of 
paragraph (1), the annual rate of basic pay of a posi-
tion does not include any comparability payment 
under section 5304 or any similar authority. 
‘‘(c) SERVICE AGREEMENTS.—Payment of a bonus 
under this section shall be contingent upon the employee 
entering into a written service agreement with the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. The agreement shall include—
‘‘(1) the period of service the individual shall be 
required to complete in return for the bonus; and 
‘‘(2) the conditions under which the agreement 
may be terminated before the agreed-upon service pe-
riod has been completed, and the effect of any such 
termination. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—A bonus under this section may 
not be paid to recruit an individual for— 
‘‘(1) a position to which an individual is ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate; 
‘‘(2) a position in the Senior Executive Service 
as a noncareer appointee (as defined under section 
3132(a)); or 
‘‘(3) a position which has been excepted from the 
competitive service by reason of its confidential, pol-
icy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating 
character. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The authority to pay bonuses 
under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2008. 
‘‘§ 9703. Reemployed annuitants 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If an annuitant receiving an an-
nuity from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
Fund becomes employed in a position within the Direc-
torate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protec-
tion of the Department of Homeland Security, the annu-
itant’s annuity shall continue. An annuitant so reemployed 
shall not be considered an employee for the purposes of 
chapter 83 or 84. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION.—The exclusion pursuant to this 
section of the Directorate for Information Analysis and In-
frastructure Protection from the reemployed annuitant pro-
visions of chapters 83 and 84 shall terminate 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this section, unless extended 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Any such extension 
shall be for a period of 1 year and shall be renewable. 
‘‘(c) ANNUITANT DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘annuitant’ has the meaning given such term 
under section 8331 or 8401, whichever is appropriate. 
‘‘§ 9704. Regulations 
‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
may prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out sec-
tion 9702 or 9703.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
97 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 9701 the following: 
‘‘9702. Recruitment bonuses. 
‘‘9703. Reemployed annuitants. 
‘‘9704. Regulations.’’.
SEC. 222. INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS AND 
PRIORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g), 
as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION
IN FOREIGN COLLECTION RE-
QUIREMENTS
AND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES.—The Sec-
retary shall be a member of any Federal Government inter-
agency board, established by Executive order or any other 
binding interagency directive, that is responsible for estab-
lishing foreign collection information requirements and pri-
orities for estimative analysis.’’. 
(b) HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENTS BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of such Act (6 U.S.C. 
111 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 105. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION REQUIRE-
MENTS BOARD. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF BOARD.—There is estab-
lished an interagency Homeland Security Information Re-
quirements Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘Information Requirements Board’).
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The following officials are mem-
bers of the Information Requirements Board: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security, who 
shall serve as the Chairman of the Information Re-
quirements Board. 
‘‘(2) The Attorney General. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Commerce. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary of Energy. 
‘‘(7) The Secretary of State. 
‘‘(8) The Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(9) The Director of National Intelligence. 
‘‘(10) The Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation. 
‘‘(11)
The
Director
of
the
National 
Counterterrorism Center. 
‘‘(12) The Chief Privacy Officer of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) OVERSIGHT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The Information Requirements Board 
shall oversee the process for establishing homeland se-
curity requirements and collection management for 
all terrorism-related information and all other home-
land security information (as defined in section 
892(f)(1)) collected within the United States. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
COLLECTION
PRIOR-
ITIES.—The Information Requirements Board shall— 
‘‘(A) determine the domestic information 
collection requirements for information relevant 
to the homeland security mission; and 
‘‘(B) prioritize the collection and use of 
such information. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION OF COLLECTION REQUIRE-
MENTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) COORDINATION
WITH
COUNTERPART 
AGENCIES.—The Chairman shall ensure that the 
Information Requirements Board carries out its 
activities in a manner that is fully coordinated 
with the Board’s counterpart entities. 
‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION OF COUNTERPART EN-
TITIES.—The Chairman and the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall ensure that each counter-
part entity— 
‘‘(i) has at least one representative on 
the Information Requirement Board and on 
every subcomponent of the Board; and 
‘‘(ii) meets jointly with the Informa-
tion Requirements Board (and, as appro-
priate,
with
any
subcomponent
of
the 
Board) as often as the Chairman and the 
Director of National Intelligence determine 
appropriate. 
‘‘(C) COUNTERPART ENTITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘counterpart entity’ means 
an entity of the Federal Government that is re-
sponsible for foreign intelligence collection re-
quirements and management. 
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Information Require-
ments Board shall meet regularly at such times and 
places as its Chairman may direct. 
‘‘(2) INVITED
REPRESENTATIVES.—The Chair-
man may invite representatives of Federal agencies 
not specified in subsection (b) to attend meetings of 
the Information Requirements Board.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 104 the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 105. Homeland Security Information Requirements Board.’’. 
SEC. 223. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is further amended—
(1) in section 201(d)(7) (6 U.S.C. 121(d)(7)) by 
inserting ‘‘under section 205’’ after ‘‘System’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Under Secretary for Infor-
mation Analysis and Infrastructure Protection shall imple-
ment a Homeland Security Advisory System in accordance 
with this section to provide public advisories and alerts re-
garding threats to homeland security, including national, 
regional, local, and economic sector advisories and alerts, 
as appropriate. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The Under Secretary, 
under the System— 
‘‘(1) shall include, in each advisory and alert re-
garding a threat, information on appropriate protec-
tive measures and countermeasures that may be taken 
in response to the threat; 
‘‘(2) shall, whenever possible, limit the scope of 
each advisory and alert to a specific region, locality, 
or economic sector believed to be at risk; and 
‘‘(3) shall not, in issuing any advisory or alert, 
use color designations as the exclusive means of speci-
fying the homeland security threat conditions that are 
the subject of the advisory or alert.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to subtitle A of title II the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 205. Homeland Security Advisory System.’’. 
SEC. 224. USE OF OPEN-SOURCE INFORMATION. 
Section 201(d) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 121(d)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(25) To ensure that, whenever possible— 
‘‘(A) the Assistant Secretary for Informa-
tion Analysis produces and disseminates reports 
and analytic products based on open-source in-
formation that do not require a national security 
classification under applicable law; and 
‘‘(B) such unclassified open-source reports 
are
produced
and
disseminated
contempora-
neously with reports or analytic products con-
cerning the same or similar information that the 
Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis 
produces and disseminates in a classified for-
mat.’’.
SEC. 225. FULL AND EFFICIENT USE OF OPEN-SOURCE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 206. FULL AND EFFICIENT USE OF OPEN-SOURCE IN-
FORMATION. 
‘‘The Under Secretary shall ensure that, in meeting 
their analytic responsibilities under section 201(d) and in 
formulating requirements for collection of additional infor-
mation, the Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis 
and the Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection 
make full and efficient use of open-source information wher-
ever possible.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 205 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 206. Full and efficient use of open-source information.’’. 
TITLE
III—DOMESTIC
PRE-
PAREDNESS
AND
PROTEC-
TION 
Subtitle A—Preparedness and 
Protection 
SEC. 301. NATIONAL TERRORISM EXERCISE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 430(c) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 238) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (8), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) designing, developing, performing, and 
evaluating exercises at the national, State, territorial, 
regional, local, and tribal levels of government that 
incorporate government officials, emergency response 
providers, public safety agencies, the private sector, 
international governments and organizations, and 
other appropriate entities to test the Nation’s capa-
bility to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover 
from threatened or actual acts of terrorism.’’. 
(b) NATIONAL TERRORISM EXERCISE PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Title VIII 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 
107–296) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle J—Terrorism 
Preparedness Exercises 
‘‘SEC. 899A. NATIONAL TERRORISM EXERCISE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through the Office 
for Domestic Preparedness, shall establish a National Ter-
rorism Exercise Program for the purpose of testing and 
evaluating the Nation’s capabilities to prevent, prepare for,
respond to, and recover from threatened or actual acts of 
terrorism that— 
‘‘(1) enhances coordination for terrorism pre-
paredness between all levels of government, emergency 
response providers, international governments and or-
ganizations, and the private sector; 
‘‘(2) is— 
‘‘(A) multidisciplinary in nature, includ-
ing, as appropriate, information analysis and 
cybersecurity components; 
‘‘(B) as realistic as practicable and based 
on current risk assessments, including credible 
threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences; 
‘‘(C) carried out with the minimum degree 
of notice to involved parties regarding the timing 
and details of such exercises, consistent with safe-
ty considerations; 
‘‘(D) evaluated against performance meas-
ures and followed by corrective action to solve 
identified deficiencies; and 
‘‘(E) assessed to learn best practices, which 
shall be shared with appropriate Federal, State, 
territorial, regional, local, and tribal personnel, 
authorities, and training institutions for emer-
gency response providers; and
‘‘(3) assists State, territorial, local, and tribal 
governments with the design, implementation, and 
evaluation of exercises that— 
‘‘(A) conform to the requirements of para-
graph (2); and 
‘‘(B) are consistent with any applicable 
State homeland security strategy or plan. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL LEVEL EXERCISES.—The Secretary, 
through the National Terrorism Exercise Program, shall 
perform on a periodic basis national terrorism prepared-
ness exercises for the purposes of— 
‘‘(1) involving top officials from Federal, State, 
territorial, local, tribal, and international govern-
ments, as the Secretary considers appropriate; 
‘‘(2) testing and evaluating the Nation’s capa-
bility to detect, disrupt, and prevent threatened or ac-
tual catastrophic acts of terrorism, especially those 
involving weapons of mass destruction; and 
‘‘(3) testing and evaluating the Nation’s readi-
ness to respond to and recover from catastrophic acts 
of terrorism, especially those involving weapons of 
mass destruction. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.—In 
implementing the responsibilities described in subsections 
(a) and (b), the Secretary shall consult with a geographic
(including urban and rural) and substantive cross section 
of governmental and nongovernmental first responder dis-
ciplines, including as appropriate— 
‘‘(1) Federal, State, and local first responder 
training institutions; 
‘‘(2) representatives of emergency response pro-
viders; and 
‘‘(3) State and local officials with an expertise 
in terrorism preparedness.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by add-
ing at the end of the items relating to title VIII the 
following: 
‘‘Subtitle J—Terrorism Preparedness Exercises 
‘‘Sec. 899a. National terrorism exercise program.’’. 
(c) TOPOFF PREVENTION EXERCISE.—No later than 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall design and carry out 
a national terrorism prevention exercise for the purposes 
of— 
(1) involving top officials from Federal, State, 
territorial, local, tribal, and international govern-
ments; and 
(2) testing and evaluating the Nation’s capa-
bility to detect, disrupt, and prevent threatened or ac-