SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DISABILITY INTEGRATION AND COORDI-
NATION. 
Section 513 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 321b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), by redes-
ignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by 
inserting after paragraph (10) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) serving as the head of the Office of Dis-
ability Integration and Coordination established 
under subsection (c); and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) OFFICE OF DISABILITY INTEGRATION AND CO-
ORDINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish within the Agency the Office of Disability In-
tegration and Coordination (in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(2) MISSION.—The Administrator shall, in 
consultation with the National Council on Disability, 
State, local, and tribal governments, private sector 
entities, and nongovernmental organizations, includ-
ing faith-based and other community humanitarian 
relief entities, use the Office to implement strategies 
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and activities in support of the responsibilities of the 
Disability Coordinator under this section and as as-
signed by other provisions of law or by the Adminis-
trator. 
‘‘(3) STAFFING.—The Disability Coordinator— 
‘‘(A) subject to subparagraph (B), shall 
maintain staffing levels of the Office that are 
commensurate with the current and projected 
workload; 
‘‘(B) shall maintain not less than 10 full- 
time, permanent personnel of the headquarters 
office of the Agency who are properly trained to 
implement the Office’s mission, and who shall 
be assigned to the Regional Offices as nec-
essary; and 
‘‘(C) shall periodically evaluate the staffing 
levels of the headquarters office of the Agency. 
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Adminis-
trator, in coordination with the Disability Coordi-
nator and in consultation with the National Council 
on Disability, State, local, and tribal governments, 
private sector entities, and nongovernmental organi-
zations, including faith-based and other community 
humanitarian relief entities, shall establish perform-
ance measures for the Office that are specific, meas-
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urable, achievable, and relevant, including but not 
limited to— 
‘‘(A) ensuring the timely development, up-
date, integration, and dissemination of informa-
tion, including policy guidance, training mate-
rials, and other planning tools for State, local, 
and tribal government officials and other appro-
priate stakeholders; and 
‘‘(B) ensuring the integration of people 
with disabilities into emergency, preparedness, 
protection, mitigation, evacuation, sheltering, 
transition, resiliency, and recovery plans. 
‘‘(5) ANNUAL
REPORT.—The Administrator 
shall submit annual reports to Congress on— 
‘‘(A) the progress achieved by the Office in 
implementing strategies and activities in sup-
port of the responsibilities of the Disability Co-
ordinator as stated under this section; and 
‘‘(B) specific barriers noted in achieving 
such progress.’’. 
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