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(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) consider the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on the attainment of interoperable emer-
gency communications;’’. 
SEC. 205. TECHNICAL EDITS. 
Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) of section 1801 (6 U.S.C. 
571) by— 
(A) striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(2) in paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) (6 
U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 
Grants and Planning’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Ad-
ministrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
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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: 
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‘‘(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)— 
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‘‘(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. 
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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; 
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