114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3583 
AN ACT 
To reform and improve the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Office of Emergency Communications, and 
the Office of Health Affairs of the Department of Home-
land Security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for At-
tacks and Responding to Emergencies Act’’ or the ‘‘PRE-
PARE Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—GRANTS, TRAINING, EXERCISES, AND COORDINATION 
Sec. 101. Memoranda of understanding. 
Sec. 102. Period of performance. 
Sec. 103. Operation Stonegarden. 
Sec. 104. Grants metrics. 
Sec. 105. Grant management best practices. 
Sec. 106. Administration and coordination of grants. 
Sec. 107. Funding prohibition. 
Sec. 108. Law enforcement terrorism prevention. 
Sec. 109. Allowable uses. 
Sec. 110. Maintenance of grant investments. 
Sec. 111. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. 
Sec. 112. Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium. 
Sec. 113. Emergency support functions. 
Sec. 114. Review of National Incident Management System. 
Sec. 115. Approval of certain equipment. 
Sec. 116. Remedial action management program. 
TITLE II—COMMUNICATIONS 
Sec. 201. Office of Emergency Communications. 
Sec. 202. Responsibilities of Office of Emergency Communications Director. 
Sec. 203. Annual reporting on activities of the Office of Emergency Commu-
nications. 
Sec. 204. National Emergency Communications Plan. 
Sec. 205. Technical edits. 
Sec. 206. Public Safety Broadband Network. 
Sec. 207. Statewide interoperability coordinators. 
Sec. 208. Communications training. 
TITLE III—MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS 
Sec. 301. Pre-event anthrax vaccination program for emergency response pro-
viders. 
Sec. 302. Chief Medical Officer. 
Sec. 303. Medical Countermeasures Program. 
TITLE IV—MANAGEMENT
Sec. 401. Mission support. 
Sec. 402. Systems modernization. 
Sec. 403. Strategic human capital plan. 
Sec. 404. Activities related to children. 
TITLE V—FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS PROCESS REFORMS 
Sec. 501. Claims adjustment and engineering reports. 
Sec. 502. Judicial review. 
TITLE I—GRANTS, TRAINING, EX-
ERCISES, 
AND 
COORDINA-
TION 
SEC. 101. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2024. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING WITH DE-
PARTMENTAL COMPONENTS AND OFFICES. 
‘‘The Administrator shall enter into memoranda of 
understanding with the heads of the following depart-
mental components and offices delineating the roles and 
responsibilities of such components and offices regarding 
the policy and guidance for grants under section 1406 of 
the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135), sections 2003 and 2004 
of this Act, and section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code, as appropriate: 
‘‘(1) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection.
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration. 
‘‘(3) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(4) The Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis. 
‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Emergency 
Communications. 
‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for State and 
Local Law Enforcement. 
‘‘(7) The Countering Violent Extremism Coor-
dinator. 
‘‘(8) The Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Lib-
erties. 
‘‘(9) The heads of other components or offices 
of the Department, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2023 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2024. Memoranda of understanding with departmental components and 
offices.’’. 
SEC. 102. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. 
(a) URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE.—Section 
2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
604) is amended by—
(1) redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months.’’. 
(b) STATE
HOMELAND
SECURITY
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(g); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (e) the following 
the new subsection: 
‘‘(f) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 1406 of the Imple-
menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 
U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 110–53) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
(n); and
(2) inserting after subsection (l) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(m) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months.’’. 
(d) PORT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
70107 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months.’’. 
(e) TRIBAL SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 
2005 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
606) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subsections (h) through (k) 
subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and 
(2) inserting after subsection (g) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(h) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 
36 months.’’.
SEC. 103. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. OPERATION STONEGARDEN. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a program to be known as ‘Operation 
Stonegarden’. Under such program, the Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 
law enforcement agencies, through the State Administra-
tive Agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 
shall— 
‘‘(1) be located in— 
‘‘(A) a State bordering either Canada or 
Mexico; or 
‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 
border; and 
‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 
through a sector office. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for any of the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 
sustainment costs. 
‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 
in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(3) Any activity permitted for Operation 
Stonegarden under the Department of Homeland 
Security’s Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security 
Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. 
‘‘(4) Any other appropriate activity, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $55,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for grants under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for 
each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report con-
taining information on the expenditure of grants made 
under this section by each grant recipient.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 
the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 
2004, and 2009 to State, local, and tribal governments, 
as appropriate.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2008 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2009. Operation Stonegarden.’’. 
SEC. 104. GRANTS METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To determine the extent to which 
grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 and 604) have closed 
capability gaps identified in State Preparedness Reports 
required under subsection (c) of section 652 of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 752; title VI of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) and 
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments 
from each State and high-risk urban area, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall conduct and submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate an assessment of information provided in 
such Reports and Assessments. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The assessment 
required under subsection (a) shall include a comparison 
of successive State Preparedness Reports and Threat and 
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments from each 
State and high-risk urban area. 
SEC. 105. GRANT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall include in the annual Notice of 
Funding Opportunity relating to grants under sections 
2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) an appendix that includes a sum-
mary of findings identified by the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security in au-
dits of such grants and methods to address areas identi-
fied for improvement and innovative practices instituted 
by grant recipients. 
SEC. 
106. 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND 
COORDINATION 
OF 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (b) of section 2021 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611) are amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any State or high-risk 
urban area receiving a grant under section 2003 or 
2004 shall establish a State planning committee or 
urban area working group to assist in preparation 
and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland 
security plan or the threat and hazard identification 
and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to as-
sist in determining effective funding priorities for 
grants under such sections 2003 and 2004. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The State planning com-
mittees and urban area working groups referred to 
in paragraph (1) shall include at least one represent-
ative from each of the following significant stake-
holders: 
‘‘(A) Local or tribal government officials. 
‘‘(B) Emergency response providers, in-
cluding representatives of the fire service, law 
enforcement, emergency medical services, and 
emergency managers. 
‘‘(C) Public health officials and other ap-
propriate medical practitioners. 
‘‘(D) Individuals representing educational 
institutions, including elementary schools, com-
munity colleges, and other institutions of higher 
education.
‘‘(E) State and regional interoperable com-
munications coordinators, as appropriate. 
‘‘(F) State and major urban area fusion 
centers, as appropriate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of 
section 2021(b) (6 U.S.C. 611) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or urban area working group, as the case may be,’’ after 
‘‘planning committee’’. 
SEC. 107. FUNDING PROHIBITION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not imple-
ment the National Preparedness Grant Program or any 
successor grant program unless the Secretary receives 
prior authorization from Congress permitting such imple-
mentation. 
SEC. 108. LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION. 
(a) LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION 
PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of section 2006 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘States and high-risk 
urban areas use’’ after ‘‘that’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘is used’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara-
graph (I) to read as follows:
‘‘(I) activities as determined appropriate 
by the Administrator, in coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 
Enforcement within the Office of Policy of the 
Department, through outreach to relevant 
stakeholder organizations.’’. 
(b) OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT.—Subsection (b)(4) of section 2006 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing through consultation with such agencies regard-
ing Department programs that may impact such 
agencies’’ before the semicolon; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘ensure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘certify’’. 
SEC. 109. ALLOWABLE USES. 
Subsection (a) of section 2008 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘including by working in conjunction with 
a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801(3))),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(13) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) enhancing medical preparedness, medical 
surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, in-
cluding the development and maintenance of an ini-
tial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits 
and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, 
their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable 
populations from a chemical or biological event;’’; 
and 
(4) 
in 
subsection 
(b)(3)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(a)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(11)’’. 
SEC. 110. MAINTENANCE OF GRANT INVESTMENTS. 
Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT.—Any applicant 
for a grant under section 2003 or 2004 seeking to use 
funds to purchase equipment, including pursuant to para-
graphs (3), (4), (5), or (9) of subsection (a) of this section, 
shall by the time of the receipt of such grant develop a 
plan for the maintenance of such equipment over its life- 
cycle that includes information identifying which entity is 
responsible for such maintenance.’’.
SEC. 111. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSOR-
TIUM. 
Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d), by amending paragraphs 
(1) and (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, 
$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; 
and 
‘‘(2) for the remaining Members of the National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $98,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015’’. 
SEC. 112. RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Prepared-
ness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Se-
curity consisting of universities and nonprofit organiza-
tions qualified to provide training to emergency response 
providers from rural communities. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a) shall identify, 
develop, test, and deliver training to State, local, and trib-
al emergency response providers from rural communities, 
provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the de-
livery of training by the training partners of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
(c) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of 
the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is au-
thorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 113. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) UPDATE.—Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, periodically updating (but not less 
often than once every five years),’’ after ‘‘administering’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS.—Section 
653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI of the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public 
Law 109–295) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The President, acting through 
the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal
departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or 
supporting responsibilities under the National Response 
Framework performance metrics to ensure readiness to 
execute responsibilities under the emergency support func-
tions of such Framework.’’. 
SEC. 114. REVIEW OF NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEM. 
Paragraph (2) of section 509(b) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 319(b)) is amended, in the 
matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, but 
not less often than once every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodi-
cally’’. 
SEC. 115. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. 
Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Administrator shall de-
velop and implement a uniform process for reviewing ap-
plications to use grants provided under section 2003 or 
2004 to purchase equipment or systems not included on 
the Authorized Equipment List maintained by the Admin-
istrator.’’. 
SEC. 116. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 750; title VI of the
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 650. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with the National Council on Disability and the Na-
tional Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action 
management program to— 
‘‘(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world 
events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, 
and best practices; 
‘‘(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, 
the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best 
practices referred to in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long 
term trend analysis. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—The Admin-
istrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the pro-
gram established in subsection (a) to collect information 
on corrective actions identified by such Federal depart-
ments and agencies during exercises and the response to 
natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made 
disasters, and shall, not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter
for each of the next four years, submit to Congress a re-
port on the status of such corrective actions. 
‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS.— 
The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the max-
imum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action re-
ports and information on lessons learned and best prac-
tices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disas-
ters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exer-
cise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies 
or exercises.’’. 
TITLE II—COMMUNICATIONS 
SEC. 201. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not change 
the location or reporting structure of the Office of Emer-
gency Communications of the Department of Homeland 
Security unless the Secretary receives prior authorization 
from the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate permitting 
such change. 
SEC. 202. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY 
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 
Subsection (c) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘, in cooperation with the National Commu-
nications System,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the Homeland Security Council,’’; 
(5) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary for Grants and Training’’ and inserting 
‘‘Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Di-
rectorate of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency’’; 
(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(7) by adding after paragraph (14), as so redes-
ignated, the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(15) administer the Government Emergency 
Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless 
Priority Service (WPS) programs, or successor pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(16) assess the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on interoperable emergency communica-
tions.’’.
SEC. 206. PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK. 
The Undersecretary of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate in-
formation on the Department of Homeland Security’s re-
sponsibilities related to the development of the nationwide 
Public Safety Broadband Network authorized in section 
6202 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1422; Public Law 112–96), in-
cluding information on efforts by the Department to work 
with the First Responder Network Authority of the De-
partment of Commerce to identify and address cyber risks 
that could impact the near term or long term availability 
and operations of such network and recommendations to 
mitigate such risks. 
SEC. 207. STATEWIDE INTEROPERABILITY COORDINATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 2004(b) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605(b)) 
is amended by— 
(1) redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 
(2) inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) certification that the Governor of 
the State has designated a Statewide Interoper-
ability Coordinator, including identification in 
such certification of the individual so des-
ignated, who shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(I) coordinating the daily operations 
of the State’s interoperability efforts; 
‘‘(II) coordinating State interoper-
ability and communications projects and 
grant applications for such projects; 
‘‘(III) establishing and maintaining 
working groups to develop and implement 
key interoperability initiatives; and 
‘‘(IV) coordinating and updating, as 
necessary, a Statewide Communications 
Interoperability Plan that specifies the cur-
rent status of State efforts to enhance 
communications interoperability within the 
State, including progress, modifications, or 
setbacks, and future goals for communica-
tions interoperability among emergency re-
sponse agencies in the State; or 
‘‘(ii) if a Statewide Interoperability Coordi-
nator has not been designated in accordance 
with clause (i)—
‘‘(I) certification that the State is per-
forming in another manner the functions 
described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of 
such clause; and 
‘‘(II) identification in such certifi-
cation of an individual who has been des-
ignated by the State as the primary point 
of contact for performance of such func-
tions;’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any 
grant for which an application was submitted under the 
State Homeland Security Grant Program under section 
2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
605) before the date of the enactment of this section. 
SEC. 208. COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING. 
The Under Secretary for Management of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, in coordination with the ap-
propriate component heads, shall develop a mechanism, 
consistent with the strategy required pursuant to the De-
partment of Homeland Security Interoperable Commu-
nications Act (Public Law 114–29), to verify that radio 
users within the Department receive initial and ongoing 
training on the use of the radio systems of such compo-
nents, including interagency radio use protocols.
TITLE III—MEDICAL 
PREPAREDNESS 
SEC. 301. PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS. 
(a) ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 526. ANTHRAX PREPAREDNESS. 
‘‘(a) PRE-EVENT ANTHRAX VACCINATION PROGRAM 
FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.—For the pur-
pose of domestic preparedness for and collective response 
to terrorism, the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a 
program to provide anthrax vaccines from the strategic 
national stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)) that will be 
nearing the end of their labeled dates of use at the time 
such vaccines are to be administered to emergency re-
sponse providers who are at high risk of exposure to an-
thrax and who voluntarily consent to such administration, 
and shall— 
‘‘(1) establish any necessary logistical and 
tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines 
so available;
‘‘(2) distribute disclosures regarding associated 
benefits and risks to end users; and 
‘‘(3) conduct outreach to educate emergency re-
sponse providers about the voluntary program. 
‘‘(b) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) support homeland security-focused risk 
analysis and risk assessments of the threats posed 
by anthrax from an act of terror; 
‘‘(2) leverage existing and emerging homeland 
security intelligence capabilities and structures to 
enhance prevention, protection, response, and recov-
ery efforts with respect to an anthrax terror attack; 
and 
‘‘(3) share information and provide tailored an-
alytical support on threats posed by anthrax to 
State, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other 
national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by inserting at the end of the 
items relating to title V the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 526. Anthrax preparedness.’’. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the pre- 
event vaccination program authorized in subsection 
(a) of section 526 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002, as added by subsection (a) of this section, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
shall carry out a pilot program to provide anthrax 
vaccines to emergency response providers as so au-
thorized. The duration of the pilot program shall be 
24 months from the date the initial vaccines are ad-
ministered to participants. 
(2) PRELIMINARY
REQUIREMENTS.—Prior to 
implementing the pilot program under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(A) establish a communication platform for 
such pilot program; 
(B) establish education and training mod-
ules for such pilot program; 
(C) conduct economic analysis of such pilot 
program; and 
(D) create a logistical platform for the an-
thrax vaccine request process under such pilot 
program. 
(3) LOCATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall select emergency response pro-
viders based in at least two States for participation 
in such pilot program.
(4) DISTRIBUTION
OF
INFORMATION.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to 
each emergency response provider who participates 
in the pilot program under paragraph (1) disclosures 
and educational materials regarding the associated 
benefits and risks of any vaccine provided under 
such pilot program and of exposure to anthrax. 
(5) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter until one year after the completion of the 
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
progress and results of such pilot program, including 
the percentage of eligible emergency response pro-
viders, as determined by each pilot location, that vol-
unteer to participate, the degree to which partici-
pants obtain necessary vaccinations, as appropriate, 
and recommendations to improve initial and recur-
rent participation in such pilot program. Each such 
report shall include a discussion of plans to continue 
such pilot program to provide vaccines to emergency
response providers under subsection (a) of section 
526 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(6) DEADLINE
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall begin imple-
menting the pilot program under paragraph (1) by 
not later than the date that is one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 516 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321e) is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘and shall establish medical and human, 
animal, and occupational health exposure policy, 
guidance, strategies, and initiatives,’’ before ‘‘includ-
ing—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including ad-
vice on how to prepare for, protect against, respond 
to, recover from, and mitigate against the medical 
effects of terrorist attacks or other high consequence 
events utilizing chemical, biological, radiological, or 
nuclear agents or explosives’’;
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, including co-
ordinating the Department’s policy, strategy and 
preparedness for pandemics and emerging infectious 
diseases’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘emergency 
medical services and medical first responder stake-
holders,’’ after ‘‘the medical community’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(6) by adding after paragraph (7) the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) ensuring that the workforce of the Depart-
ment has evidence-based policy, standards, require-
ments, and metrics for occupational health and oper-
ational medicine programs; 
‘‘(9) directing and maintaining a coordinated 
system for medical support for the Department’s 
operational activities; 
‘‘(10) providing oversight of the Department’s 
medical programs and providers, including— 
‘‘(A) 
reviewing 
and 
maintaining 
verification of the accreditation of the Depart-
ment’s health provider workforce;
‘‘(B) developing quality assurance and clin-
ical 
policy, 
requirements, 
standards, 
and 
metrics for all medical and health activities of 
the Department; 
‘‘(C) providing oversight of medical records 
systems for employees and individuals in the 
Department’s care and custody; and 
‘‘(D) providing medical direction for emer-
gency medical services activities of the Depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(11) as established under section 527, main-
taining a medical countermeasures stockpile and dis-
pensing system, as necessary, to facilitate personnel 
readiness, and protection for working animals, em-
ployees, and individuals in the Department’s care 
and custody in the event of a chemical, biological, 
radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally 
occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic.’’. 
(b) MEDICAL LIAISONS.—The Chief Medical Officer 
of the Department of Homeland Security may provide 
medical liaisons to the components of the Department to 
provide subject matter expertise on medical and public 
health issues and a direct link to the Chief Medical Offi-
cer. Such expertise may include the following:
(1) Providing guidance on health and medical 
aspects of policy, planning, operations, and work-
force health protection. 
(2) Identifying and resolving component med-
ical issues. 
(3) Supporting the development and alignment 
of medical and health systems. 
(4) Identifying common gaps in medical and 
health standards, policy, and guidance, and enter-
prise solutions to bridge such gaps. 
SEC. 303. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), as amended by section 
301 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 527. MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel 
readiness, and protection for working animals, employees, 
and individuals in the Department’s care and custody, in 
the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, 
or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, 
or pandemic, and to support Department mission con-
tinuity.
‘‘(b) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Medical Officer, estab-
lished under section 516, shall provide programmatic over-
sight of the medical countermeasures program established 
pursuant to subsection (a), and shall— 
‘‘(1) develop Department-wide standards for 
medical countermeasure 
storage, 
security, 
dis-
pensing, and documentation; 
‘‘(2) maintain a stockpile of medical counter-
measures, including antibiotics, antivirals, and radio-
logical countermeasures, as appropriate; 
‘‘(3) preposition appropriate medical counter-
measures in strategic locations nationwide, based on 
threat and employee density, in accordance with ap-
plicable Federal statutes and regulations; 
‘‘(4) provide oversight and guidance on dis-
pensing of stockpiled medical countermeasures; 
‘‘(5) ensure rapid deployment and dispensing of 
medical countermeasures in a chemical, biological, 
radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally 
occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic; 
‘‘(6) provide training to Department employees 
on medical countermeasure dispensing; and 
‘‘(7) support dispensing exercises. 
‘‘(c) 
MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES
WORKING 
GROUP.—The Chief Medical Officer shall establish a med-
ical countermeasures working group comprised of rep-
resentatives from appropriate components and offices of 
the Department to ensure that medical countermeasures 
standards are maintained and guidance is consistent. 
‘‘(d) 
MEDICAL
COUNTERMEASURES
MANAGE-
MENT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this section, the Chief Medical Officer shall de-
velop and submit to the Secretary an integrated logistics 
support plan for medical countermeasures, including— 
‘‘(1) a methodology for determining the ideal 
types and quantities of medical countermeasures to 
stockpile and how frequently such methodology shall 
be reevaluated; 
‘‘(2) a replenishment plan; and 
‘‘(3) inventory tracking, reporting, and rec-
onciliation procedures for existing stockpiles and 
new medical countermeasure purchases. 
‘‘(e) STOCKPILE ELEMENTS.—In determining the 
types and quantities of medical countermeasures to stock-
pile under subsection (d), the Chief Medical Officer shall 
utilize, if available— 
‘‘(1) Department chemical, biological, radio-
logical, and nuclear risk assessments; and 
‘‘(2) Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion guidance on medical countermeasures.
‘‘(f) REPORT.—No later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Chief Medical Officer 
shall report to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate on progress in achieving the requirements of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
amended by section 301 of this Act, is further amended 
by inserting at the end of the items relating to title V 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 527. Medical countermeasures.’’. 
TITLE IV—MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 401. MISSION SUPPORT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall designate 
an individual to serve as the chief management official and 
principal advisor to the Administrator on matters related 
to the management of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, including management integration in sup-
port of emergency management operations and programs. 
(b) MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
acting through the official designated pursuant to sub-
section (a), shall be responsible for the management and
administration of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, including with respect to the following: 
(1) Procurement. 
(2) Human resources and personnel. 
(3) Information technology and communications 
systems. 
(4) Real property investment and planning, fa-
cilities, accountable personal property (including 
fleet and other material resources), records and dis-
closure, privacy, safety and health, and sustain-
ability and environmental management. 
(5) Security for personnel, information tech-
nology and communications systems, facilities, prop-
erty, equipment, and other material resources. 
(6) Any other management duties that the Ad-
ministrator may designate. 
(c) MOUNT WEATHER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as limiting or otherwise affecting the 
role or responsibility of the Assistant Administrator for 
National Continuity with respect to the matters described 
in subsection (b) as they relate to the Mount Weather 
Emergency Operations Center and associated facilities. 
The management and administration of the Mount Weath-
er Emergency Operations Center and associated facilities
remains the responsibility of the Assistant Administrator 
for National Continuity. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that in-
cludes— 
(1) a review of financial, human capital, infor-
mation technology, real property planning, and ac-
quisition management of headquarters and all re-
gional offices of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency; and 
(2) a strategy for capturing financial, human 
capital, information technology, real property plan-
ning, and acquisition data. 
SEC. 402. SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency’s efforts to modernize its 
grants and financial information technology systems, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) A summary of all previous efforts to mod-
ernize such systems. 
(2) An assessment of long term cost savings 
and efficiencies gained through such modernization 
effort. 
(3) A capability needs assessment. 
(4) Estimated quarterly costs. 
(5) Estimated acquisition life cycle dates, in-
cluding acquisition decision events. 
SEC. 403. STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL PLAN. 
Subsection (c) of section 10107 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 404. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CHILDREN. 
Paragraph (2) of section 503(b) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 313(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(I) integrate the needs of children into 
the Agency’s activities to prepare for, protect 
against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate 
against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and 
other man-made disasters, including by appoint-
ing a technical expert to coordinate such activi-
ties, as necessary.’’. 
TITLE V—FLOOD INSURANCE 
CLAIMS PROCESS REFORMS 
SEC. 501. CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT AND ENGINEERING RE-
PORTS. 
Section 1312 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4019) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) FINAL ENGINEERING REPORTS.—The Adminis-
trator shall require that, in the case of any on-site inspec-
tion of a property by an engineer for the purpose of assess-
ing any claim for losses covered by a policy for flood insur-
ance coverage provided under this title, the final engineer-
ing report shall be provided to the insured under the pol-
icy, as follows: 
‘‘(1) TIMING.—The final engineering report 
may not be transmitted to any other person, em-
ployer, agency, or entity, before it is transmitted to 
the insured. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON ALTERATIONS; CERTIFI-
CATION.—The final engineering report may not in-
clude alterations by, or at the request of, anyone 
other than the responsible in charge for such report 
and shall include a certification, signed by the re-
sponsible in charge for the report, that it does not 
contain any such alterations. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL.—The final engineering re-
port shall be transmitted to the insured in a manner 
as the Administrator shall provide that provides rea-
sonable assurance that it was transmitted directly to 
the insured by the responsible in charge. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS COVERED.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘final engineering report’ means 
an engineering report, survey, or other document in 
connection with such claim that— 
‘‘(A) is based on such on-site inspection; 
‘‘(B) contains final conclusions with re-
spect to an engineering issue or issues involved 
in such claim; and 
‘‘(C) is signed by the responsible in charge 
or affixed with the seal of such responsible in 
charge, or both.
‘‘(e) CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT REPORTS.—The Adminis-
trator shall require that, in the case of any on-site inspec-
tion of a property by a claims adjustor for the purpose 
of assessing any claim for losses covered by a policy for 
flood insurance coverage provided under this title, any re-
port shall be provided to the insured under the policy, as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) TIMING.—Such report may not be trans-
mitted to any other person, employer, agency, or en-
tity, before it is transmitted to the insured. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON ALTERATIONS; CERTIFI-
CATION.—The report may not include alterations by, 
or at the request of, anyone other than such pre-
parer and shall include a certification, signed by the 
preparer of the report, that it does not contain any 
such alterations. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL.—The report shall be trans-
mitted to the insured in a manner as the Adminis-
trator shall provide that provides reasonable assur-
ance that it was transmitted directly to the insured 
by the preparer. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS COVERED.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘report’ means any report or 
document in connection with such claim that is 
based on such on-site inspection by the claims adjus-
tor, including any adjustment report and field re-
port. Such term also includes any draft, preliminary 
version, or copy of any such report and any amend-
ments or additions to any such report. Such term 
does not include any engineering report, as such 
term is defined for purposes of subsection (d).’’. 
SEC. 502. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) GOVERNMENT PROGRAM WITH INDUSTRY AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 1341 of the National Flood Insurance 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4072) is amended by striking 
‘‘within one year after the date of mailing of notice of dis-
allowance or partial disallowance by the Administrator’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘not later than the expiration 
of the 2-year period beginning upon the date of the occur-
rence of the losses involved in such claim or, in the case 
of a denial of a claim for losses that is appealed to the 
Administrator, not later than (1) the expiration of the 90- 
day period beginning upon the date of a final determina-
tion upon appeal denying such claim in whole or in part, 
or (2) the expiration of such 2-year period, whichever is 
later’’. 
(b) INDUSTRY PROGRAM WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE.—Section 1333 of the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4053) is amended by striking 
‘‘within one year after the date of mailing of notice of dis-
allowance or partial disallowance of the claim’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘not later than the expiration of the 2- 
year period beginning upon the date of the occurrence of 
the losses involved in such claim or, in the case of a denial 
of a claim for losses that is appealed to the Administrator, 
not later than (1) the expiration of the 90-day period be-
ginning upon the date of a final determination upon ap-
peal denying such claim in whole or in part, or (2) the 
expiration of such 2-year period, whichever is later’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3583 
AN ACT 
To reform and improve the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, the Office of Emergency 
Communications, and the Office of Health Af-
fairs of the Department of Homeland Security, 
and for other purposes.