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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, in the Center, a 
Cyber Crimes Unit (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘CCU’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The CCU— 
(A) shall oversee the cyber security strategy and cyber-related 
operations and programs for U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement; 
(B) shall enhance U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment’s ability to combat criminal enterprises operating on or 
through the Internet, with specific focus in the areas of— 
(i) cyber economic crime; 
(ii) digital theft of intellectual property; 
(iii) illicit e-commerce (including hidden marketplaces); 
(iv) Internet-facilitated proliferation of arms and strategic 
technology; and 
(v) cyber-enabled smuggling and money laundering; 
(C) shall provide training and technical support in cyber inves-
tigations to— 
(i) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; 
and 
(ii) Federal, State, local, tribal, military, and foreign law 
enforcement agency personnel engaged in the investigation of 
crimes within their respective jurisdictions, on request and 
subject to the availability of funds; 
(D) shall participate in research and development in the area 
of cyber investigations, in coordination with appropriate compo-
nents of the Department; and 
(E) may recruit participants of the Human Exploitation Rescue 
Operative (HERO) Child Rescue Corps program for investigative 
and forensic positions in support of the functions of the CCU. 
(3) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The CCU may enter into coopera-
tive agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section. 
Chapter 111—National Emergency 
Management 
Sec. 
11101.
Definitions. 
11102.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
11103.
Authority and responsibilities. 
11104.
Preparedness programs. 
11105.
Functions transferred. 
11106.
Preserving the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
11107.
Regional Offices. 
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11108.
National Advisory Council. 
11109.
National Integration Center. 
11110.
Credentialing and typing. 
11111.
National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. 
11112.
Evacuation plans and exercises. 
11113.
Disability Coordinator. 
11114.
National Operations Center. 
11115.
Responsibilities of Chief Medical Officer. 
11116.
Nuclear incident response. 
11117.
Conduct of certain public health-related activities. 
11118.
Use of national private-sector networks in emergency response. 
11119.
Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers. 
11120.
Guidance and recommendations. 
11121.
Voluntary private-sector preparedness accreditation and certification program. 
11122.
Acceptance of gifts. 
11123.
Integrated public alert and warning system modernization. 
11124.
National planning and education. 
§ 11101. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator of the Agency. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
(3) CATASTROPHIC
INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘catastrophic incident’’ 
means a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster 
that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disrup-
tion severely affecting the population (including mass evacuations), in-
frastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government 
functions in an area. 
(4) CREDENTIALED; CREDENTIALING.—The terms ‘‘credentialed’’ 
and ‘‘credentialing’’ mean having provided, or providing, respectively, 
documentation that identifies personnel and authenticates and verifies 
the qualifications of the personnel by ensuring that the personnel pos-
sess a minimum common level of training, experience, physical and 
medical fitness, and capability appropriate for a particular position in 
accordance with standards created under section 11110 of this title. 
(5) FEDERAL COORDINATING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Federal coordi-
nating officer’’ means a Federal coordinating officer as described in 
section 302 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143). 
(6) INTEROPERABLE
COMMUNICATIONS.—The term ‘‘interoperable 
communications’’ has the meaning given that term in section 10712(a) 
of this title. 
(7) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Incident Management System’’ means a system to enable effec-
tive, efficient, and collaborative incident management. 
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(8) NATIONAL
RESPONSE
PLAN.—The term ‘‘National Response 
Plan’’ means the National Response Plan or a successor plan prepared 
under section 11103(a)(6) of this title. 
(9) NUCLEAR INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM.—The term ‘‘Nuclear Inci-
dent Response Team’’ means a resource that includes— 
(A) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform 
nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including ac-
cident response, search response, advisory, and technical oper-
ations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical as-
sistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance 
Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance func-
tions, and related functions; and 
(B) those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that 
perform such support functions (including radiological emergency 
response functions) and related functions. 
(10) REGIONAL
ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Regional Adminis-
trator’’ means Regional Administrator appointed under section 11107 
of this title. 
(11) REGIONAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Regional Office’’ means a Re-
gional Office established under section 11107 of this title. 
(12) RESOURCES.—The term ‘‘resources’’ means personnel and 
major items of equipment, supplies, and facilities available or poten-
tially available for responding to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster. 
(13) SURGE CAPACITY.—The term ‘‘surge capacity’’ means the abil-
ity to rapidly and substantially increase the provision of search and res-
cue capabilities, food, water, medicine, shelter and housing, medical 
care, evacuation capacity, staffing (including disaster assistance em-
ployees), and other resources necessary to save lives and protect prop-
erty during a catastrophic incident. 
(14) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘tribal government’’ means 
the government of an entity described in section 10101 of this title. 
(15) TYPED; TYPING.—The terms ‘‘typed’’ and ‘‘typing’’ mean hav-
ing evaluated, or evaluating, respectively, a resource in accordance with 
standards created under section 11110 of this title. 
§ 11102. Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(a) MISSION.— 
(1) PRIMARY MISSION.—The primary mission of the Agency is to re-
duce the loss of life and property and protect the Nation from all haz-
ards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man- 
made disasters, by leading and supporting the Nation in a risk-based, 
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comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protec-
tion, response, recovery, and mitigation. 
(2) SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.—In support of the primary mission of the 
Agency, the Administrator shall— 
(A) lead the Nation’s efforts to prepare for, protect against, re-
spond to, recover from, and mitigate against the risk of natural 
disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, includ-
ing catastrophic incidents; 
(B) partner with State, local, and tribal governments and emer-
gency response providers, with other Federal agencies, with the 
private sector, and with nongovernmental organizations to build a 
national system of emergency management that can effectively and 
efficiently utilize the full measure of the Nation’s resources to re-
spond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made 
disasters, including catastrophic incidents; 
(C) develop a Federal response capability that, when necessary 
and appropriate, can act effectively and rapidly to deliver assist-
ance essential to saving lives or protecting or preserving property 
or public health and safety in a natural disaster, act of terrorism, 
or other man-made disaster; 
(D) integrate the Agency’s emergency preparedness, protection, 
response, recovery, and mitigation responsibilities to confront ef-
fectively the challenges of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or 
other man-made disaster; 
(E) develop and maintain robust Regional Offices that will work 
with State, local, and tribal governments, emergency response pro-
viders, and other appropriate entities to identify and address re-
gional priorities; 
(F) under the leadership of the Secretary, coordinate with the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Commissioner of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection, the Director of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, the National Operations Center, and other 
agencies and offices in the Department to take full advantage of 
the substantial range of resources in the Department; 
(G) provide funding, training, exercises, technical assistance, 
planning, and other assistance to build tribal, local, State, re-
gional, and national capabilities (including communications capa-
bilities), necessary to respond to a natural disaster, act of ter-
rorism, or other man-made disaster; and 
(H) develop and coordinate the implementation of a risk-based, 
all-hazards strategy for preparedness that builds those common 
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