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SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating title XVIII, as added by the SAFE 
Port Act (Public Law 109–347; 120 Stat. 1884), as title XIX; 
(2) by redesignating sections 1801 through 1806, as added 
by the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109–347; 120 Stat. 1884), 
as sections 1901 through 1906, respectively; 
(3) in section 1904(a), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1802’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1902’’; 
(4) in section 1906, as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 
1802(a)’’ each place that term appears and inserting ‘‘section 
1902(a)’’; and 
(5) in the table of contents in section 1(b), by striking 
the items relating to title XVIII and sections 1801 through 
1806, as added by the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109–347; 
120 Stat. 1884), and inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE XIX—DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
‘‘Sec. 1901. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
‘‘Sec. 1902. Mission of Office. 
‘‘Sec. 1903. Hiring authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1904. Testing authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1905. Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 1906. Contracting and grant making authorities. 
‘‘TITLE XX—HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS 
‘‘Sec. 2001. Definitions. 
‘‘Subtitle A—Grants to States and High-Risk Urban Areas 
‘‘Sec. 2002. Homeland Security Grant Programs. 
‘‘Sec. 2003. Urban Area Security Initiative. 
‘‘Sec. 2004. State Homeland Security Grant Program. 
‘‘Sec. 2005. Grants to directly eligible tribes. 
‘‘Sec. 2006. Terrorism prevention. 
‘‘Sec. 2007. Prioritization. 
‘‘Sec. 2008. Use of funds. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Grants Administration 
‘‘Sec. 2021. Administration and coordination. 
‘‘Sec. 2022. Accountability.’’. 
TITLE II—EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
SEC. 201. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 762) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 662. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘program’ means the emergency management 
performance grants program described in subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall continue implementation of an emer-
gency management performance grants program, to make grants
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to States to assist State, local, and tribal governments in preparing 
for all hazards, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Federal share of the 
cost of an activity carried out using funds made available under 
the program shall not exceed 50 percent. 
‘‘(d) APPORTIONMENT.—For fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the Administrator shall apportion the amounts 
appropriated to carry out the program among the States as follows: 
‘‘(1) BASELINE
AMOUNT.—The Administrator shall first 
apportion 0.25 percent of such amounts to each of American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Guam, and the Virgin Islands and 0.75 percent of such amounts 
to each of the remaining States. 
‘‘(2) REMAINDER.—The Administrator shall apportion the 
remainder of such amounts in the ratio that— 
‘‘(A) the population of each State; bears to 
‘‘(B) the population of all States. 
‘‘(e) CONSISTENCY IN ALLOCATION.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(d), in any fiscal year before fiscal year 2013 in which the appropria-
tion for grants under this section is equal to or greater than the 
appropriation for emergency management performance grants in 
fiscal year 2007, no State shall receive an amount under this 
section for that fiscal year less than the amount that State received 
in fiscal year 2007. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out the program— 
‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2008, $400,000,000; 
‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2009, $535,000,000; 
‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2010, $680,000,000; 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2011, $815,000,000; and 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2012, $950,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
CENTERS. 
Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 614. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
CENTERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may make grants to States under this title 
for equipping, upgrading, and constructing State and local emer-
gency operations centers. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this title, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out 
using amounts from grants made under this section shall not exceed 
75 percent.’’.
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TITLE 
III—ENSURING 
COMMUNICA-
TIONS INTEROPERABILITY FOR FIRST 
RESPONDERS 
SEC. 301. INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1809. INTEROPERABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish the Inter-
operable Emergency Communications Grant Program to make 
grants to States to carry out initiatives to improve local, tribal, 
statewide, regional, national and, where appropriate, international 
interoperable emergency communications, including communica-
tions in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, 
and other man-made disasters. 
‘‘(b) POLICY.—The Director for Emergency Communications 
shall ensure that a grant awarded to a State under this section 
is consistent with the policies established pursuant to the respon-
sibilities and authorities of the Office of Emergency Communica-
tions under this title, including ensuring that activities funded 
by the grant— 
‘‘(1) comply with the statewide plan for that State required 
by section 7303(f) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(f)); and 
‘‘(2) comply with the National Emergency Communications 
Plan under section 1802, when completed. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall administer the Interoperable 
Emergency Communications Grant Program pursuant to the 
responsibilities and authorities of the Administrator under title 
V of the Act. 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—In administering the grant program, the 
Administrator shall ensure that the use of grants is consistent 
with guidance established by the Director of Emergency 
Communications pursuant to section 7303(a)(1)(H) of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 
194(a)(1)(H)). 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant under this 
section shall use the grant to implement that State’s Statewide 
Interoperability Plan required under section 7303(f) of the Intel-
ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 
194(f)) and approved under subsection (e), and to assist with activi-
ties determined by the Secretary to be integral to interoperable 
emergency communications. 
‘‘(e) APPROVAL OF PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL AS CONDITION OF GRANT.—Before a State 
may receive a grant under this section, the Director of Emer-
gency Communications shall approve the State’s Statewide 
Interoperable Communications Plan required under section
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7303(f) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(f)). 
‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—In approving a plan under this 
subsection, the Director of Emergency Communications shall 
ensure that the plan— 
‘‘(A) is designed to improve interoperability at the city, 
county, regional, State and interstate level; 
‘‘(B) considers any applicable local or regional plan; 
and 
‘‘(C) complies, to the maximum extent practicable, with 
the National Emergency Communications Plan under sec-
tion 1802. 
‘‘(3) APPROVAL OF REVISIONS.—The Director of Emergency 
Communications may approve revisions to a State’s plan if 
the Director determines that doing so is likely to further inter-
operability. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant under this sec-
tion may not use the grant— 
‘‘(A) to supplant State or local funds; 
‘‘(B) for any State or local government cost-sharing 
contribution; or 
‘‘(C) for recreational or social purposes. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—In addition to other remedies currently 
available, the Secretary may take such actions as necessary 
to ensure that recipients of grant funds are using the funds 
for the purpose for which they were intended. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATIONS ON AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) 
NATIONAL
EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS
PLAN 
REQUIRED.—The Secretary may not award a grant under this 
section before the date on which the Secretary completes and 
submits to Congress the National Emergency Communications 
Plan required under section 1802. 
‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY
CONSENSUS
STANDARDS.—The Secretary 
may not award a grant to a State under this section for the 
purchase of equipment that does not meet applicable voluntary 
consensus standards, unless the State demonstrates that there 
are compelling reasons for such purchase. 
‘‘(h) AWARD
OF
GRANTS.—In approving applications and 
awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall consider— 
‘‘(1) the risk posed to each State by natural disasters, 
acts of terrorism, or other manmade disasters, including— 
‘‘(A) the likely need of a jurisdiction within the State 
to respond to such risk in nearby jurisdictions; 
‘‘(B) the degree of threat, vulnerability, and con-
sequences related to critical infrastructure (from all critical 
infrastructure sectors) or key resources identified by the 
Administrator or the State homeland security and emer-
gency 
management 
plans, 
including 
threats 
to, 
vulnerabilities of, and consequences from damage to critical 
infrastructure and key resources in nearby jurisdictions; 
‘‘(C) the size of the population and density of the popu-
lation of the State, including appropriate consideration of 
military, tourist, and commuter populations; 
‘‘(D) whether the State is on or near an international 
border;
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‘‘(E) whether the State encompasses an economically 
significant border crossing; and 
‘‘(F) whether the State has a coastline bordering an 
ocean, a major waterway used for interstate commerce, 
or international waters; and 
‘‘(2) the anticipated effectiveness of the State’s proposed 
use of grant funds to improve interoperability. 
‘‘(i) OPPORTUNITY
TO AMEND APPLICATIONS.—In considering 
applications for grants under this section, the Administrator shall 
provide applicants with a reasonable opportunity to correct defects 
in the application, if any, before making final awards. 
‘‘(j) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATES.—In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall ensure that for each fiscal year, except as 
provided in paragraph (2), no State receives a grant in an 
amount that is less than the following percentage of the total 
amount appropriated for grants under this section for that 
fiscal year: 
‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2008, 0.50 percent. 
‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2009, 0.50 percent. 
‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2010, 0.45 percent. 
‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2011, 0.40 percent. 
‘‘(E) For fiscal year 2012 and each subsequent fiscal 
year, 0.35 percent. 
‘‘(2) TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that for each 
fiscal year, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands each 
receive grants in amounts that are not less than 0.08 percent 
of the total amount appropriated for grants under this section 
for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(k) CERTIFICATION.—Each State that receives a grant under 
this section shall certify that the grant is used for the purpose 
for which the funds were intended and in compliance with the 
State’s approved Statewide Interoperable Communications Plan. 
‘‘(l) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERN-
MENTS.—Not later than 45 days after receiving grant funds, 
any State that receives a grant under this section shall obligate 
or otherwise make available to local and tribal governments— 
‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent of the grant funds; 
‘‘(B) with the consent of local and tribal governments, 
eligible expenditures having a value of not less than 80 
percent of the amount of the grant; or 
‘‘(C) grant funds combined with other eligible expendi-
tures having a total value of not less than 80 percent 
of the amount of the grant. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant 
under this section shall allocate grant funds to tribal govern-
ments in the State to assist tribal communities in improving 
interoperable communications, in a manner consistent with 
the Statewide Interoperable Communications Plan. A State 
may not impose unreasonable or unduly burdensome require-
ments on a tribal government as a condition of providing grant 
funds or resources to the tribal government. 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—If a State violates the requirements of 
this subsection, in addition to other remedies available to the
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Secretary, the Secretary may terminate or reduce the amount 
of the grant awarded to that State or transfer grant funds 
previously awarded to the State directly to the appropriate 
local or tribal government. 
‘‘(m) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS BY STATE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—A State 
that receives a grant under this section shall annually submit 
to the Director of Emergency Communications a report on 
the progress of the State in implementing that State’s Statewide 
Interoperable Communications Plans required under section 
7303(f) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(f)) and achieving interoperability 
at the city, county, regional, State, and interstate levels. The 
Director shall make the reports publicly available, including 
by making them available on the Internet website of the Office 
of Emergency Communications, subject to any redactions that 
the Director determines are necessary to protect classified or 
other sensitive information. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—At least once each 
year, the Director of Emergency Communications shall submit 
to Congress a report on the use of grants awarded under 
this section and any progress in implementing Statewide Inter-
operable Communications Plans and improving interoperability 
at the city, county, regional, State, and interstate level, as 
a result of the award of such grants. 
‘‘(n) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed or interpreted to preclude a State from using a grant 
awarded under this section for interim or long-term Internet Pro-
tocol-based interoperable solutions. 
‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for grants under this section— 
‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2008, such sums as may be necessary; 
‘‘(2) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, 
$400,000,000; and 
‘‘(3) for each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as may 
be necessary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
l(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1808 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1809. Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program.’’. 
(c) INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS PLANS.—Section 7303 of 
the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
U.S.C. 194) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) include information on the governance structure used 
to develop the plan, including such information about all agen-
cies and organizations that participated in developing the plan 
and the scope and timeframe of the plan; and 
‘‘(7) describe the method by which multi-jurisdictional, 
multidisciplinary input is provided from all regions of the juris-
diction, including any high-threat urban areas located in the
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jurisdiction, and the process for continuing to incorporate such 
input.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘or video’’ and inserting 
‘‘and video’’. 
(d) NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.—Section 
1802(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) set a date, including interim benchmarks, as appro-
priate, by which State, local, and tribal governments, Federal 
departments and agencies, and emergency response providers 
expect to achieve a baseline level of national interoperable 
communications, as that term is defined under section 
7303(g)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(g)(1)).’’. 
SEC. 302. BORDER INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1810. BORDER INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Office of Emergency Communications (referred 
to in this section as the ‘Director’), and in coordination with 
the Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary 
of Commerce, shall establish an International Border Commu-
nity Interoperable Communications Demonstration Project 
(referred to in this section as the ‘demonstration project’). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
NUMBER
OF
COMMUNITIES.—The Director 
shall select no fewer than 6 communities to participate in 
a demonstration project. 
‘‘(3) LOCATION OF COMMUNITIES.—No fewer than 3 of the 
communities selected under paragraph (2) shall be located on 
the northern border of the United States and no fewer than 
3 of the communities selected under paragraph (2) shall be 
located on the southern border of the United States. 
‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—The Director, in coordination with the Fed-
eral Communications Commission and the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall ensure that the project is carried out as soon as adequate 
spectrum is available as a result of the 800 megahertz rebanding 
process in border areas, and shall ensure that the border projects 
do not impair or impede the rebanding process, but under no 
circumstances shall funds be distributed under this section unless 
the Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of Com-
merce agree that these conditions have been met. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Consistent with the responsibil-
ities of the Office of Emergency Communications under section 
1801, the Director shall foster local, tribal, State, and Federal 
interoperable emergency communications, as well as interoperable 
emergency communications with appropriate Canadian and Mexi-
can authorities in the communities selected for the demonstration 
project. The Director shall—
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‘‘(1) identify solutions to facilitate interoperable commu-
nications across national borders expeditiously; 
‘‘(2) help ensure that emergency response providers can 
communicate with each other in the event of natural disasters, 
acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters; 
‘‘(3) provide technical assistance to enable emergency 
response providers to deal with threats and contingencies in 
a variety of environments; 
‘‘(4) identify appropriate joint-use equipment to ensure 
communications access; 
‘‘(5) identify solutions to facilitate communications between 
emergency response providers in communities of differing popu-
lation densities; and 
‘‘(6) take other actions or provide equipment as the Director 
deems appropriate to foster interoperable emergency commu-
nications. 
‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall distribute funds 
under this section to each community participating in the dem-
onstration project through the State, or States, in which each 
community is located. 
‘‘(2) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—A State shall make the funds 
available promptly to the local and tribal governments and 
emergency response providers selected by the Secretary to 
participate in the demonstration project. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after a State receives 
funds under this subsection the State shall report to the 
Director on the status of the distribution of such funds to 
local and tribal governments. 
‘‘(e) MAXIMUM PERIOD OF GRANTS.—The Director may not fund 
any participant under the demonstration project for more than 
3 years. 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE.—The Director 
shall establish mechanisms to ensure that the information and 
knowledge gained by participants in the demonstration project are 
transferred among the participants and to other interested parties, 
including other communities that submitted applications to the 
participant in the project. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated for grants under this section such sums as 
may be necessary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of that Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 1809 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1810. Border interoperability demonstration project.’’. 
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING USE OF 
THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs 
(12) and (13), respectively;
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9) as para-
graphs (5) through (10), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) the terms ‘credentialed’ and ‘credentialing’ mean 
having provided, or providing, respectively, documentation that 
identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies the quali-
fications of such personnel by ensuring that such personnel 
possess a minimum common level of training, experience, phys-
ical and medical fitness, and capability appropriate for a par-
ticular position in accordance with standards created under 
section 510;’’; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so redesignated, 
the following: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘resources’ means personnel and major items 
of equipment, supplies, and facilities available or potentially 
available for responding to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster;’’; 
(5) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) the terms ‘typed’ and ‘typing’ mean having evaluated, 
or evaluating, respectively, a resource in accordance with stand-
ards created under section 510.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 641 
of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 
(6 U.S.C. 741) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as para-
graphs (3) through (11), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) 
CREDENTIALED; 
CREDENTIALING.—The 
terms 
‘credentialed’ and ‘credentialing’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 501 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 311).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) RESOURCES.—The term ‘resources’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 501 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311). 
‘‘(13) TYPE.—The term ‘type’ means a classification of 
resources that refers to the capability of a resource. 
‘‘(14) TYPED; TYPING.—The terms ‘typed’ and ‘typing’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 501 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311).’’. 
SEC. 402. NATIONAL EXERCISE PROGRAM DESIGN. 
Section 648(b)(2)(A) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 748(b)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking clauses (iv) and (v) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iv) designed to provide for the systematic evalua-
tion of readiness and enhance operational under-
standing of the incident command system and relevant 
mutual aid agreements; 
‘‘(v) designed to address the unique requirements 
of populations with special needs, including the elderly; 
and