set forth in the Homeland Security Advisory Council Cul-
ture Task Force Report of January 2007. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF TERMS.—As part of this 
consideration, the Secretary, acting through the Chief 
Human Capital Officer, shall identify an appropriate term, 
as among ‘‘workforce’’, ‘‘personnel’’, and ‘‘employee’’, to 
replace ‘‘human capital’’ and integrate its use throughout 
the operations, policies, and programs of the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 511. HOMELAND SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM EN-
HANCEMENTS. 
Section 845(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 415(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) LEVERAGING OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—To 
maximize efficiency and effectiveness in carrying out the 
Program, the Administrator shall use curricula modeled 
on existing Department-reviewed Master’s Degree cur-
ricula in homeland security, including curricula pending 
accreditation, together with associated learning materials, 
quality assessment tools, digital libraries, asynchronous 
distance learning, video conferencing, exercise systems, 
and other educational facilities, including the National Do-
mestic Preparedness Consortium, the National Fire Acad-
emy, and the Emergency Management Institute. The Ad-
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ministrator may develop additional educational programs, 
as appropriate.’’. 
TITLE VI—BIOPREPAREDNESS 
IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 601. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND OFFICE OF 
HEALTH AFFAIRS. 
Section 516 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 321e) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 516. CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department a 
Chief Medical Officer, who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
and shall have the rank and title of Assistant Secretary 
for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Chief Medical Officer’). 
‘‘(b) OFFICE OF HEALTH AFFAIRS.—There is in the 
Department an Office of Health Affairs, which shall be 
headed by the Chief Medical Officer. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—The individual appointed as 
the Chief Medical Officer shall possess a demonstrated 
ability in and knowledge of medicine and public health. 
‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Medical Officer 
shall have the primary responsibility within the Depart-
ment for medical and health issues related to the general 
roles, responsibilities, and operations of the Department, 
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and natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man- 
made disasters, including— 
‘‘(1) serving as the principal advisor to the Sec-
retary and leading the Department’s medical care, 
public health, food, water, veterinary care, and agro- 
security and defense responsibilities; 
‘‘(2) providing oversight for all medically-re-
lated actions and protocols of the Department’s 
medical personnel; 
‘‘(3) administering the Department’s respon-
sibilities for medical readiness, including— 
‘‘(A) planning and guidance to support im-
provements in local training, equipment, and 
exercises funded by the Department; and 
‘‘(B) consistent with the National Re-
sponse Plan established pursuant to Homeland 
Security Presidential Directive 8, assisting in 
fulfilling the Department’s roles in related 
emergency support functions; 
‘‘(4) serving as the Department’s primary point 
of contact with the Department of Agriculture, the 
Department of Defense, the Department of Health 
and Human Services, the Department of Transpor-
tation, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
other Federal departments and agencies, on all mat-
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ters of medical and public health to ensure coordina-
tion consistent with the National Response Plan; 
‘‘(5) serving as the Department’s primary point 
of contact for State, local, tribal, and territorial gov-
ernments, the medical community, and the private 
sector, to ensure that medical readiness and re-
sponse activities are coordinated and consistent with 
the National Response Plan and the Secretary’s inci-
dent management requirements; 
‘‘(6) managing the Department’s biodefense 
and biosurveillance activities including the National 
Biosurveillance Integration System, and the Depart-
ments responsibilities under Project BioShield in co-
ordination with the Under Secretary of Science and 
Technology as appropriate; 
‘‘(7) assuring that the Department’s workforce 
has science-based policy, standards, requirements, 
and metrics for occupational safety and health; 
‘‘(8) supporting the operational requirements of 
the Department’s components with respect to protec-
tive medicine and tactical medical support; 
‘‘(9) developing, in coordination with appro-
priate Department entities, end-to-end plans for pre-
vention, readiness, protection, response, and recovery 
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