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Vol. 53. No. 228
The President Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988
(a)	The policy of the United States is to have sufficient capabilities at all levels of government to meet essential defense and civilian needs during any national security emergency. A national security emergency is any occurrence, including natural diaster, military attack, technological emergency, or other emergency, that seriously degrades or seriously threatens the national security of the United States. Policy for national security emergency preparedness shall be established by the President. Pursuant to the President's direction, the National Security Council shall be responsible for developing and administering such policy. All national security emergency preparedness activities shall be consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and with preservation of the constitutional government of the United States.
(b)	Effective national security emergency preparedness planning requires: identification of functions that would have to be perfomed during such an emergency; development of plans for performing these functions; and development of the capability to execute those plans.
Sec. 102.Purpose.
(a) This Order addresses national security emergency preparedness functions and activities. As used in this Order, preparedness functions and activities include, as appropriate, policies, plans, procedure, and readiness measures that enhance the ability of the United States Government to mobilize for, respond to, and recover from a national security emergency.
(b) The National Security Council shall arrange for Executive branch liasion with, and assistance to, the Congress and the Federal judiciary on national security-emergency preparedness matters.
(f) Plans and procedure will be designed and developed to provide maximum flexibility to the President for his implementation of emergency actions.
(b) Each Federal department and agency shall work within the framework established by, and cooperate with those organizations assigned responsibility in. Executive Order No. 12472, to ensure adequate national security emergency preparedness telecommunications in support of the functions and activities addressed by this Order.
Sec. 201. General. The bead of each Federal department and agency. as appropriate. shall:
(1) Be prepared to respond adequately to all national security emergencies, including those that are international in scope. and those that may occur within any region of the Nation;
(2) Consider national security emergency preparedness factors in the conduct of his or her regular functions, particularly those functions essential	in time of emergency. Emergency plans and programs, and an appropriate state of readiness, including organizational infrastructure, shall be developed as an integral part of the continuing activities of each Federal department and agency;
(a) Development of a system of emergency actions that defines alternatives, processes, and issues to be considered during various stages of national security emergencies:
(7) Make policy recommendations to the National Security Council regarding national security emergency preparedness activities and functions of the Federal Covernment;
(8) Coordinate with State and local goverrunent agencies and other organizations, including private sector organizations, when appropriate. Federal plans should include appropriate involvement of and reliance upon private sector organizations in the response to national security emergencies;
(12) Ensure a capability to provide, during a national security emergency, information concerning Acts of Congress, presidential proclamations, Executive orders, ,regulations, and notices of other actions to the Archivist of the United States, for publication in the Federal Register, or to each agency designated to maintain the Federal Register in an emergency;
(15) Consult and coordinate with the Director of the Federal Ernergency Management Agency to ensure that those activities and plans are consistent with current National Security Council guidelines and policies.
Sec. 202. Continuity of Government. Tne head of each Federal department and agency shall ensure the continuity of essential functions in any national security emergency by providing for: succession to office and emergency delegation of authority in accordance with applicable law; safekeeping of essential resources, facilities, and records; and establishment of emergency operating capabilities.
(3) Prepare plans and procedures to share between and among the responsible agencies resources such an energy, equipment, food, land, materials, minerals, services, supplies, transportation, water, and workforce needed to carry out assigned responsibilities and other essential functions, and cooperate with other agencies in developing programs to ensure availability of such resources in a national security emergency;
Sec. 204. Protection qf Essential Resources and Facilities. The head of each Federal department and agency, within assigned areas of responsibility, shall:
Sec. 208. Transfer of Functions. Recommendations for interagency transfer of of any emergency preparedness function assigned under this Order or for assignment of any new emergency preparedness function shall be coordinated with all affected Federal departments and agencies before submission to the National Security Council.
Sec. 301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
(4) Develop plans for the use of resources under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture and, in cooperation with the Secretaries of Commerce, Defense,and the Interior, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee VaUey Authority, and the heads of other government entities, plan for the national security emergency management, production, and processing of forest products;
(5) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, plans and program for water to be used in agricultural production and food processing in national security emergencies;
(8) Develop plans, in consonance with those of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency, for national security emergency agricultural health services and forestry. including:
(a) Diagnosis and control or eradication of diseases, pests, or hazardous agents ( biological, chemical, or radiological) against animals, crops, timber, or products thereof;
(9) In consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United States in agriculture related international civil emergency preparedness planning and related activities.
Sec. 3O2. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Agriculture shall assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out plans for stockpiling strategic and critical agricultural materials.
(2) In coorperation with the Secretary of Defense and other departments and agencies, identify those industrial products and facilities that are essential to mobilization readiness, national defense, or post-attack survival and recovery;
(3) In coorperation with the Secretary of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, analyze potential effects of national security emergencies on actual production capability, taking into account the entire production complex, including shortages of resources, and develop preparedness measures to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national security emergencies;
(4) In coorperation with the Secretary of Defense, perform industry analyses to assess capabilities of the commercial industrial base to support the national defense, and develop policy alternatives to improve the international competitiveness of specific domestic industries and their abilities to meet defense program needs;
(5) In coorperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, develop plans for providing emergency assistance to the private sector through direct or participation loans for the financing of production facilities and equipment;
(6) In coorperation with the Secretaries of State, Defense, Transportation, and the Treasury, prepare plans to regulate and control exports and imports in national security emergencies;
(7) Provide for the collection and reporting of census information on human and economic resources, and maintain a capability to conduct emergency surveys to provide information on the status of these resources as required for national security emergencies;
(10) In coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of the Federal Emegency Management Agency, represent the United States in industry-related international (NATO and allied) civil emergency preparedness planning and related activities.
(3) Assist, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury in the formalation and execution of economic measures affecting other nations.
(7) In consulation with the Secretaries of State and Energy, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others, as required, develop plans and capabilities for identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and responding to hazards related to nuclear weapons, materials, and devices; and maintain liaison, as appropriate, with the Secretary of Energy and the Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure the continuity of nuclear weapons production and the appropriate allocation of scarce resources, including the recapture of special nuclear materials from Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses when appropriate;
(8) Coordination with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, to prepare for the use, maintaince, and development of technologically advanced aerospace and aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and methodologies applicable to national security emergencies;
(13) In coorperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other departments and agencies, identify those industrial products and facilities that are essential to mobilization readiness, national defense, or post-attack survival and recovery;
(14) In coorperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal departments and agencies, analyze potential effects of national security emergencies on actual production capability, taking into account the entire production complex, including shortages of resources, and develop preparedness measures to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national security emergencies;
(15) With the assistance of the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, provide management direction for the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials, conduct storage, maintaince, and quality assurance operations for the stockpile of strategic and critical materials, and formulate plans, programs, and reports relating to the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials.
(b) Recommendation for use of financial incentives and other methods to improve defense production as provided by law; and
(c) Recommendation for export and import policies;
(7) Coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency the development of plans for mutual civil-military support during national security emergencies;
(1)	Assist school systems in developing their plans to provide for the earliest possible resumption of activities following national security emergencies;
(2)	Develop plans to provide assistance, including efforts to meet shortages of critical educational personnel, to local educational agencies;
(3)	Develop plans, in coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for dissemination of emergency preparedness instructional material through educational institutions and the media during national security emergencies.
(1)	Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor in providing education and training to overcome shortages of critical skills;
(2)	Support the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the development of human services educational and training materials, including self-help program materials for use by human service organizations and professional schools.
Sec. 701. Lead Responsibiliiies. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Energy shall:
(1)	Conduct national security emergency preparedness planning, including capabilities development, and administer operational programs for all energy, resources, including:
(a)	Providing information, in cooperation with Federal, State, and energy industry officials, on energy supply and demand conditions and on the requirements for and the availability of materials and services critical to energy supply systems;
(b)	In coordination with appropriate departments and agencies and in consultation with the energy industry, develop implementation plans and operational systems for priorities and allocation of all energy resource requirements for national defense and essential civilian needs to assure national security emergency preparedness;
(c)	Developing, in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, plans necessary for the integration of its power system into the national supply system;
(2)	Identify energy facilities essential to the mobilization, deployment, and sustainment of resources to support the national security and national welfare, and develop energy supply and demand strategies to ensure continued provision of minimum essential services in national security emergencies;
(3)	In coordination with the Secretary of Defense, ensure continuity of nuclear weapons production consistent with national security requirements;
(4)	Assure the security of nuclear materials, nuclear weapons, or devices in the custody of the Department of Energy, as well as the security of all other Department of Energy programs and facilities;
(8) At the request of or with the concurrence of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, recapture special nuclear materials from Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees where necessary to assure the use, preservation, or safeguarding of such material for the common defense and security;
(9) Develop nationaj security emergency operational procedures for the control, utilization, acquisition, leasing, assignment, and priority of occupancy of real property within the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy;
(1) Provide advice and assistance, in coordination with appropriate agencies, to Federal, State, local officials and private sector organizations to assess the radiological impact associated with national security emergencies;
Sec. 801. Lead Pesponsibilities. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Part 1 and 2, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall:
(3)	Develop national plans to set priorities and allocate health, mental health, and medical services' resources among civilian and military claimants;
(4)	Develop health and medical survival information programs and a nationwide program to train health and mental health professionals and paraprofessionals in special knowledge and skills that would be useful in national security emergencies;
(5)	Develop programs to reduce or eliminate adverse health and mental health effects produced by hazardous agents (biological, chemical, or radiological), and, in coordination with appropriate Federal agencies, develop programs to minimize property and environmental damage associated with national security emergencies;
PART l0-Departrnent of the Interior
(1)	Develop programs and encourage the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical and other nonfuel minerals for national security emergency purposes;
(2)	Provide guidance to mining industries in the development of plans and programs to ensure continuity of production during national security emergencies;
(3)	Develop and implement plans for the management, control, allocation, and use of public land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in national security emergencies and coordinate land emergency planning at the Federal, State, and local levels.
(5) Develop plans and procedures for the custody and protection of prisoners and the use of Federal penal and correctional institutions and resource during national security emergencies;
(3) Develop plans and procedures for protecting and providing incentives for the civilan labor force during national security emergencies;
Sec. 1301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2., the Secretary of State shall:
(e) Provision of foreign assistance, including continuous supervision and general direction of authorized economic military assistance programs;
(g) Protection of international organizations and foreign diplomatic, consular and other official personnel and property, or other assets, in the United States, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury;
(i) Maintenance of diplomatic and consular representation aboard; and
(b) Allocation of traraportation resource capacity; and
(c) Emergency management and control of civil transportation resources and systems, including privately owned automobiles, urban mass transit, intermodal transportation systems, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and the SL Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;
(1) Develop plans to maintain stable economic conditions and a market economv during national security emergencies; emphasize measures to minimize inflation and disruptions; and, minimize reliance on direct controls of the monetary, credit, and financial systems. These plans will include provisions for:
(3) Provide for the preservation of, and facilitate emergency operations of public and private financial institution systems, and provide for their restoration during or after national security emergencies;
(7) Develop plans for restoration of the economy following an attack; for the development of emergency monetary, credil and Federal benefit payment programs of those Federal departments and agencies that have responsibilities dependent on the policies or capabilities of the Department of the Treasury; and for the implementation of national policy on sharing war losses;
(13) Cooperate and consult with the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission in the development of emergenry financial control plans and regulations for trading of stocks and commodities, and in the development of plans for the maintenance and restoration of stable and orderly markets;
(1) Cooperate with the Attorney General of the United States on law enforcement activities, including the control of people entering and leaving the Unite States;
PART l6-Evironmental Protection Agency
Sec. 1701. Lead Responsibilifies. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall:
PART 18-General Services Atiministration
(5) Develop plans and operating procedures for the use, in national security emergencies, of excess and surplus real and personal property by Federal, State, and local govenunental entities;
PART l9-National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sec. 2901. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense to prepare for the use, maintenance, and development of technologically advanced aerospace and aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and methodologies applicable to national security emergencies.
Sec. 2001. Lead Responsibilities. ln addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Archivist of the United States shall:
Sec. 2102. Support Responsibilities. The Members of the Nuclear Regulator Commission shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Energy in assessing damage to Commission-licensed facilities, identifying useable facilities, and estimating the time and actions necessary to restart inoperative facilities;
Sec. 2501. Lead Responsibililies. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall:
(1) Plan for the implementation of information programs to promote an understanding aboard of the status of national security emergencies within the United States;
(2) In coordination with the Secretary of State's exercise of telecommunications functions affecting United States diplomatic missions and consular offices overseas, maintain the capability to provide television and simultaneous direct broadcasting in major languages to all areas of the world, and the capability to provide wireless file to all United States embassies during national security emergencies.
Sec. 2502. Support Responsibilities. the Director of the United States Information Agency shall assist the heads of other Federal departments and agencies in planning for the use of media resources and foreign public information programs during national security emergencies.
Sec. 2601. Lead Responsibility. In addilion to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Postmaster General shall prepare plans and programs to provide essential postal services during national security emergencies.
Sec. 27O2.Support Responsibilities. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall:
Sec. 2801. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare plans and programs to maintain its functions during national securitv emergencies. In connection with these functions, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall:
November 18,1988.