defense jointly in the Federal Government and the several
States and their political subdivisions. The Congress rec-
ognizes that the organizational structure established joint-
ly by the Federal Government and the several States and
their political subdivisions for civil defense purposes can
be effectively utilized to provide relief and assistance to
people in areas of the United States adversely affected by
a major disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency. The
Federal Government shall provide necessary direction, co-
ordination, and guidance and shall provide necessary as-
sistance as authorized in this Act.
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this Act, the following definitions
apply:
‘‘(1) CATASTROPHIC DISASTER.—The term ‘cat-
astrophic disaster’ has the same meaning given that
term in section 102(3) of The Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5122(3)).
‘‘(2) CIVIL DEFENSE.—The term ‘civil defense’
means all those activities and measures designed or
undertaken—
‘‘(A) to minimize the effects of a major
disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency
upon the civilian population;
‘‘(B) to deal with the immediate emergency
conditions which would be created by the major
disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency;
‘‘(C) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or
the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and
facilities destroyed or damaged by the major
disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency; or
‘‘(D) to improve preparedness and re-
sponse training for a major disaster, cata-
strophic disaster, or emergency.
‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
‘‘(4) EMERGENCY.—The term ‘emergency’ has
the same meaning given that term in section 102(1)
of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)).
‘‘(5) FACILITIES.—The term ‘facilities’, except
as otherwise provided in this Act, includes buildings,
shelters, utilities, and land.
‘‘(6) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major dis-
aster’ has the same meaning given that term in sec-
tion 102(2) of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5122(2)).
‘‘(7) MATERIALS.—The term ‘materials’ in-
cludes raw materials, supplies, medicines, equip-
ment, component parts and technical information
and processes necessary for civil defense.
‘‘(8) NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES.—The term
‘neighboring countries’ includes Canada and Mexico.
‘‘(9) ORGANIZATIONAL EQUIPMENT.—The term
‘organizational equipment’ means equipment (other
than those items which the local community nor-
mally utilizes in combating local disasters, except
when required in unusual quantities dictated by the
requirements of the civil defense plans) determined
by the Director to be—
‘‘(A) necessary to a civil defense organiza-
tion, as distinguished from personal equipment;
and
‘‘(B) of such a type or nature as to require
it to be financed in whole or in part by the Fed-
eral Government.
‘‘(10) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes the
several States, the District of Columbia, the Terri-
tories, the possessions of the United States, and
interstate civil defense authorities established under
section 102(g).
‘‘SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF ACT.
‘‘The provisions of this Act shall be applicable to the
United States, its States, Territories and possessions, and
the District of Columbia, and their political subdivisions.
‘‘TITLE I—POWERS AND DUTIES
‘‘SEC. 101. ELEMENTS OF CIVIL DEFENSE.
‘‘Activities and measures designed or undertaken as
part of civil defense activities under this Act shall include
the following:
‘‘(1) Measures to be undertaken in preparation
for anticipated major disasters, catastrophic disas-
ters, and emergencies (including the establishment
of appropriate organizations, operational plans, and
supporting agreements, the recruitment and training
of personnel, the conduct of research, the procure-
ment and stockpiling of necessary materials and
supplies, the provision of suitable warning systems,
the construction or preparation of shelters, shelter
areas, and control centers, and, when appropriate,
the non-military evacuation of civil population).
‘‘(2) Measures to be undertaken during a major
disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency (includ-
ing the enforcement of passive defense regulations
prescribed by duly established military or civil au-
thorities, the evacuation of personnel to shelter
areas, the control of traffic and panic, and the con-
trol and use of lighting and civil communications).
‘‘(3) Measures to be undertaken following a
major disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency
(including activities for fire fighting, rescue, emer-
gency medical, health and sanitation services, mon-
itoring for specific dangers of special weapons,
unexploded bomb reconnaissance, essential debris
clearance, emergency welfare measures, and imme-
diately essential emergency repair or restoration of
damaged vital facilities).
‘‘SEC. 102. DETAILED FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.
‘‘(a) PREPARATION
OF
PLANS
FOR
CIVIL
DE-
FENSE.—The Director may prepare national plans and
programs for the civil defense of the United States, spon-
sor and direct such plans and programs, and request such
reports on State plans and operations for civil defense as
may be necessary to keep the President, the Congress and
the States advised of the status of civil defense in the
United States.
‘‘(b) DELEGATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—The Director may delegate, with the approval of
the President, to the several departments and agencies of
the Federal Government appropriate civil defense respon-
sibilities, and review and coordinate the civil defense ac-
tivities of the departments and agencies with each other
and with the activities of the States and neighboring coun-
tries.
‘‘(c) 
CIVIL
DEFENSE
COMMUNICATIONS
AND
WARNINGS.—The Director may make appropriate provi-
sion for necessary civil defense communications and for
dissemination of warnings to the civilian population of a
major disaster, catastrophic disaster, or emergency.
‘‘(d) DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES.—
The Director may study and develop civil defense meas-
ures designed to afford adequate protection of life and
property.
‘‘(e) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Director may con-
duct or arrange, by contract or otherwise, for training pro-
grams for the instruction of civil defense officials and
other persons in the organization, operation, and tech-
niques of civil defense. As part of such training programs,
the Director may conduct or operate schools or classes and
provide instructors and training aids as the Director con-
siders to be necessary. The Director may pay travel ex-
penses and provide per diem allowances, in lieu of subsist-
ence, for trainees in attendance at such training programs
or furnish subsistence and quarters for trainees and in-
structors on terms prescribed by the Director.
‘‘(f) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Direc-
tor may publicly disseminate appropriate civil defense in-
formation by all appropriate means.
‘‘(g) ENCOURAGEMENT OF STATE CIVIL DEFENSE
WORK.—The Director may assist and encourage the
States to negotiate and enter into interstate civil defense
compacts. The Director shall review the terms and condi-
tions of such proposed compacts in order to assist to the
extent feasible in obtaining uniformity therein and consist-
ency with the national civil defense plans and programs
and assist and coordinate the activities under such com-
pacts. The Director shall aid and assist in encouraging
reciprocal civil defense legislation by the States which will
permit the furnishing of mutual aid for civil defense pur-
poses in the event of a major disaster, catastrophic disas-
ter, or emergency that cannot be adequately met or con-
trolled by a State or political subdivision thereof.
‘‘(h) SUBMISSION OF COMPACTS.—A copy of each
civil defense compact entered into under subsection (g)
shall be transmitted promptly to the Senate and the House
of Representatives. The consent of the Congress shall be
granted to each such compact, upon the expiration of the
first period of sixty calendar days of continuous session
of the Congress following the date on which the compact
is transmitted to it; but only if, between the date of trans-
mittal and expiration of such sixty-day period, there has
not been passed a concurrent resolution stating in sub-
stance that the Congress does not approve the compact.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prevent-
ing Congress from withdrawing at any time its consent
to any such compact.
‘‘(i) FINANCIAL AID TO STATES.—The Director may
make financial contributions, on the basis of programs or
projects approved by the Director, to the States for civil
defense purposes, including the procurement, construc-
tion, leasing, or renovating of materials and facilities.
Such contributions shall be made on such terms or condi-
tions as the Director shall prescribe, including the method
of purchase, the quantity, quality, or specifications of the
materials or facilities, and such other factors or care or
treatment to assure the uniformity, availability, and good
condition of such materials or facilities. All laborers and
mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in
the performance of construction work financed with the
assistance of any contribution of Federal funds made by
the Director under the provisions of this section shall be
paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on simi-
lar construction in the locality as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act
(40 U.S.C. 276a–276a–5), and every such employee shall
receive compensation at a rate not less than one and one-
half times the basic rate of pay of the employee for all
hours worked in any work week in excess of eight hours
in any workday or forty hours in the work week, as the
case may be. The Director shall make no contribution of
Federal funds without first obtaining adequate assurance
that these labor standards will be maintained upon the
construction work.
‘‘(j) SURPLUS PROPERTY.—The Director may ar-
range for the sale or disposal of materials and facilities
found by the Director to be unnecessary or unsuitable for
civil defense purposes in the same manner as provided for
excess property in the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), and
any funds received as proceeds from the sale or other dis-
position of such materials and facilities shall be covered
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
‘‘SEC. 103. MUTUAL AID PACTS BETWEEN STATES AND
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
‘‘The Director shall give all practicable assistance to
States in arranging, through the Department of State,
mutual civil defense aid between the States and neighbor-
ing countries.
‘‘SEC. 104. CIVIL DEFENSE IDENTITY INSIGNIA.
‘‘The Director may prescribe insignia, arm bands,
and other distinctive articles (including designs previously
covered under Letters Patent which were assigned to the
United States and held by the Office of Civilian Defense
created by Executive Order Numbered 8757 issued May
20, 1941) which may be manufactured for or possessed
or worn by persons engaged in civil defense activities pur-
suant to rules for the manufacture, possession, or wearing
thereof established by the Director. The manufacture, pos-
session, or wearing of any such insignia, arm band, or
other distinctive article otherwise than in accordance with
such rules shall be unlawful and shall subject such person
to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not
more than one year, or both.
‘‘SEC. 105. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PERSONNEL AND ADMINIS-
TRATIVE EXPENSES.
‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTIONS AUTHORIZED.—To further as-
sist in carrying out the purpose of this Act, the Director
may make financial contributions to the States (including
interstate civil defense authorities established pursuant to
section 201(g)) for necessary and essential State and local
civil defense personnel and administrative expenses, on the
basis of approved plans (which shall be consistent with the
national plan for civil defense approved by the Director)
for the civil defense of the States. The financial contribu-
tions to the States for the purposes of this section shall
not exceed one-half of the total cost of such necessary and
essential State and local civil defense personnel and ad-
ministrative expenses.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A plan submitted under
this section shall—
‘‘(1) provide, pursuant to State law, that the
plan shall be in effect in all political subdivisions of
the State and be mandatory on them, and be admin-
istered or supervised by a single State agency;
‘‘(2) provide that the State shall share the fi-
nancial assistance with that provided by the Federal
Government under this section from any source de-
termined by it to be consistent with State law;
‘‘(3) provide for the development of State and
local civil defense operational plans, pursuant to
standards approved by the Director;
‘‘(4) provide for the employment of a full-time
civil defense director, or deputy director, by the
State, and for such other methods of administration;
‘‘(5) provide that the State shall make such re-
ports in such form and content as the Director may
require; and
‘‘(6) make available to duly authorized rep-
resentatives of the Director and the Comptroller