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This Act may be cited as the ''National Response to Terrorism and
Consequence Management Act of 2002''.

TITLE I--CAPACITY BUILDING FOR URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCES

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ''National Urban Search and Rescue
Task Force Assistance Act of 2002''.

SEC. 102. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
established the National Urban Search and Rescue Response
System in 1989 pursuant to requirement in the Earthquakes
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 which directed FEMA to provide
adequate search and rescue capacity in the event of an
earthquake;
(2) once the President has issued a major disaster
declaration following a request by a governor, FEMA may
activate up to three task forces that are closest to the
disaster and additional task forces may be activated as
necessary;
(3) each task force must be able to deploy all personnel
and equipment within six hours of activation and are expected
to be able to sustain themselves for the first 72 hours of
operations;
(4) each task force must be capable of deploying at least
62 fully trained individuals, with each position staffed three
deep to ensure the availability of at least two alternatives
available in reserve for each position for a total of 186
members in each task force;
(5) task forces are supported by Incident Support Teams
which provide technical assistance to state and local emergency
managers, coordinate the activities of multiple task forces,
and provide logistical support;
(6) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided $7,200,000 to the
task forces for training and equipment, allocated according to
need;
(7) in fiscal year 2001, FEMA provided some $6,000,000 for
upgrading the capability of six task forces to respond to
disaster resulting from the use of weapons of mass destruction,
including the capacity to search and provide assistance in an
environment with chemical, biological, or radiological
contamination;
(8) there currently are 28 task forces throughout the
United States;
(9) since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the
need for fully equipped and trained task forces is obvious;
(10) by noon of September 12, 2001, eight task forces were
working valiantly with the courageous New York firefighters to
address the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center, four task forces responded to the attacks on the
Pentagon, and 25 of 28 task forces were deployed over a three-
week period;
(11) each task force is currently in need of additional
training and support equipment with each task force being
deployed with some 80,000 pounds of search, rescue, and support
equipment valued at some $1,800,000;
(12) each task force is supported by some $150,000 per year
in operating costs with needs of approximately $1,500,000 to
maintain optimum operational efficiency;
(13) many task forces have inadequate transportation to
ensure a timely response to disasters, including acts of
terrorism;
(14) the cost of maintaining FEMA's Incident Support Teams
as part of the search and rescue task forces is $5,000,000 per
year;
(15) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force is adequately trained and equipped to perform urban
search and rescue functions in all environments, including the
aftermath from acts of terrorism involving weapons of mass
destruction;
(16) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force has adequate equipment to meet all operational needs and
staff support;
(17) the Federal Government needs to ensure that each task
force has the capability to put two full teams in the field to
meet any disaster or act of terrorism;
(18) the Federal Government needs to ensure that designated
task forces have the capability to deploy internationally to
provide search and rescue functions vital to our interests and
those of our allies; and
(19) while these task forces were originally created for
earthquake response, these highly capable task forces have an
expanding and vital role in responding to acts of terrorism,
including those involving weapons of mass destruction.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this act is to provide the needed
funds, equipment, and training to ensure that all urban search and
rescue task forces have the full capability to respond to all emergency
search and rescue needs arising from any disaster, including acts of
terrorism involving a weapon of mass destruction.

SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) The term ''Director'' shall mean the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2) The term ''urban search and rescue task force'' shall
be any of the 28 urban search and rescue task forces currently
designated by FEMA.
(3) The term ''urban search and rescue equipment'' means
any equipment, determined by the Director, as necessary to
respond to any emergency, designated as a disaster by the
President of the United States, including any emergency for
which the proximate cause is a terrorist act, including
biological, nuclear/radioactive, or chemical terrorism.

SEC. 104. ASSISTANCE.

(a) Eligible Activities.--The Director may provide one or more
grants to each urban search and rescue task forces for--
(1) operational costs in excess of the funds provided under
subsection (b) of this section;
(2) the cost of all needed urban search and rescue
equipment;
(3) the cost of equipment needed to allow a task force to
operate in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass
destruction, including chemical, biological, and nuclear/
radioactive contaminants;
(4) the cost of training, including training for operating
in an environment contaminated by weapons of mass destruction,
including chemical, biological, and nuclear/radioactive
weapons;
(5) the cost of transportation;
(6) the cost of task force expansion;
(7) the cost of Incident Support Teams, including the cost
to conduct appropriate task force readiness evaluations; and
(8) the cost of making task forces capable of responding to
international disasters, including acts of terrorism.
(b) Cost of Operations.--The Director shall provide not less than
$1,500,000 for operational costs to each urban search and rescue task
force in each fiscal year.
(c) Priority for Funding.--The Director shall prioritize all
funding under this section to ensure that all urban search and rescue
task forces have the capacity, including all needed equipment and
training, to deploy two separate task forces simultaneously from each
sponsoring agency.
(d) Funding Requirements for International Search and Rescue
Teams.--The Director shall only make grants to fund subsection (a)(8)
upon a determination of need by the Director or to maintain existing
capacity, according to criteria established by the Secretary of State
in coordination with the Director.

SEC. 105. GRANT REQUIREMENTS.

The Director shall establish such requirements as necessary to
award grants under this Act.

SEC. 106. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COORDINATION.

The Director may award no more than four percent of the funds
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 109 for technical
assistance to allow urban search and rescue task forces to coordinate
with other agencies and organizations, including career and volunteer
fire departments, to meet state and local disasters, including those
resulting from acts of terrorism involving the use of a weapon of mass
destruction including chemical, biological, and nuclear/radioactive
weapons.

SEC. 107. ADDITIONAL TASK FORCES.

The Director is authorized to establish additional urban search and
rescue teams pursuant to a finding of need. No additional urban search
and resuce teams may be designated or funded until the first 28 teams
are fully funded and able to deploy simultaneously two task forces from
each sponsoring agency with all necessary equipment, training, and
transportation.

SEC. 108. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.

For purposes of ensuring the effectiveness of the urban search and
resuce task forces assisted under this Act, the Director may use the
authority under section 306 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5149), to
incur any additional obligations as determined necessary by the
Director. Such obligations may include the cost of temporary
employment, workmen compensation, insurance, and other compensation for
work-related injuries consistent with memorandums of understanding
agreed to between the Director and the task forces.

SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated $160,000,000 for fiscal year
2002 of which each task force is to receive not less than $1,500,000
for operational costs (including the costs of basic search and rescue
equipment).

TITLE II--PROMOTE THE CONTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT TO VOLUNTEER
FIREFIGHTING DEPARTMENTS

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ''Good Samaritan Volunteer
Firefighter Assistance Act of 2002''.

SEC. 202. REMOVAL OF CIVIL LIABILITY BARRIERS THAT DISCOURAGE THE
DONATION OF FIRE EQUIPMENT TO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES.

(a) Liability Protection.--A person who donates fire control or
fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not be liable
for civil damages under any State or Federal law for personal injuries,
property damage or loss, or death proximately caused by the equipment
after the donation.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a person if--
(1) the person's act or omission proximately causing the
injury, damage, loss, or death constitutes gross negligence or
intentional misconduct; or
(2) the person is the manufacturer of the fire control or
fire rescue equipment.
(c) Preemption.--This Act preempts the laws of any State to the
extent such laws are inconsistent with this Act, except that
notwithstanding subsection (b), this Act shall not preempt any State
law that provides additional protection from liability for a person who
donates fire control or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire
company.
(d) Certification of Safety by State Fire Marshal.--The State shall
designate its State Fire Marshal or equivalent person to certify the
safety and usefulness of the fire control or fire rescue equipment that
is being donated.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Person.--The term ''person'' includes any governmental
or other entity.
(2) Fire control or rescue equipment.--The term ''fire
control or fire rescue equipment'' includes any fire vehicle,
fire fighting tool, emergency medical equipment, protective
gear, fire hose, or breathing apparatus.
(3) Gross negligence.--The term ''gross negligence'' shall
mean voluntary and conscious conduct harmful to the health or
well-being of another person by a person who, at the time of
the conduct, knew that the conduct was likely to be harmful to
the health or well-being of another person.
(4) Intentional misconduct.--The term ''intentional
misconduct'' shall mean voluntary and conscious conduct harmful
to the health or well-being of another person by a person who,
at the time of the conduct, knew that the conduct was harmful
to the health or well-being of another person.
(5) State.--The term ''State'' includes the several States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, any other territory, or possession of
the United States, and any political subdivision of any such
State, territory, or possession.
(6) Volunteer fire company.--The term ''volunteer fire
company'' shall mean an association of individuals who provide
fire protection and other emergency services, where at least 30
percent of the individuals receive little or no compensation
compared with an entry level full-time paid individual in that
association or in the nearest such association with an entry
level full-time paid individual.
(f) Effective Date.--This Act applies only to liability for injury,
damage, loss, or death caused by equipment that, for purposes of
subsection (a), is donated on or after the date that is 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE III--ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATION OFFICE WITHIN THE FEDERAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATION OFFICE FOR RESPONDING TO ACTS
OF TERRORISM.

(a) FEMA Office for Emergency Coordination.--The Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall establish or designate
an office within FEMA to coordinate the response of State and local
agencies, including fire departments, hospitals, and emergency medical
facilities, to acts of terrorism, including the capacity to provide
assistance in an environment with chemical, biological, or nuclear/
radiological contamination.
(b) Definitions.--
(1) The term ''Director'' shall mean the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2) The term ''State'' shall mean each of the States of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other
territory or possession of the United States.
(c) Technical Assistance Grants.--The Director is authorized to
make grants to provide technical assistance and coordinating funding to
States to ensure that localities, fire departments, hospitals, and
other appropriate entities, as determined by the Director, have the
capacity to respond to the consequences of possible acts of terrorism,
including the capacity to provide assistance in an environment with
chemical, biological, or nuclear/radiological contamination.
(d) Fire and Safety Training Grants.--The Director shall award
grants to states to operate new and existing state fire and safety
training programs for firefighting personnel within each State.
(e) State and Local Coordination Plans To Respond to Acts of
Terrorism.--To be eligible for a technical assistance grant under
subsection (c), a State must submit a plan that--
(1) identifies an organizational hierarchy within the State
and at the local level for responding to acts of terrorism; and
(2) prioritizes State and local needs for developing the
capacity to respond to the aftermath of acts of terrorism,
including the capacity to meet these needs. This plan shall be
developed in conjunction with police departments, fire
departments, hospitals, and emergency medical facilities.
(f) Confidentiality.--The Director, in conjunction with the
Department of Justice, shall establish appropriate guidelines and
safeguards to ensure that any plans developed under subsection (e) have
adequate protections to limit the availability of information that
could put a state or locality at an additional risk of an act of
terrorism.
(g) Cooperation Between Agencies.--The Director shall establish a
task force among Federal agencies for the coordination of Federal,
State, and local resources as needed to develop a national response
plan for responding to acts of terrorism, including the capacity to
provide assistance in an environment with chemical, biological, or
nuclear/radiological contamination.
(h) Administrative Costs.--No more than five percent of any funds
made available to a State under this title may be used for
administrative costs.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--The Director is authorized to
use such sums as necessary from the Disaster Relief Fund to meet the
requirements of this title, including no less than $100,000,000 for
grants to support State fire and safety training programs under
subsection (d). No less than 20 percent of the funds awarded under
subsection (d) for these State fire and safety training programs shall
be used to assist fire departments with an annual budget of no more
than $25,000.
Student:
National Response to Terrorism and Consequence Management Act of 2002 - National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force Assistance Act of 2002 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide grants to urban search and rescue task forces for specified operational, equipment, training, and other costs. Requires the Director to prioritize funding to ensure that all task forces have the capacity to deploy two separate task forces simultaneously from each sponsoring agency.Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2002 - Declares that a person who donates fire control or fire rescue equipment to a volunteer fire company shall not be liable (with exceptions) for civil damages under any State or Federal law for personal injuries, property damage or loss, or death caused by the equipment. Requires each State to designate its State Fire Marshal to certify the safety and usefulness of such equipment.Directs the Director to establish or designate an office to coordinate the responses of State and local agencies to acts of terrorism. Authorizes the Director to make grants to provide technical assistance and coordinating funding to States with State and local coordination plans to ensure that localities, fire departments, hospitals, and other appropriate entities have the capacity to respond to the consequences of possible terrorist acts. Requires the Director to: (1) award grants to States to operate fire and safety training programs for fire-fighting personnel; and (2) establish a Federal agency task force for the coordination of Federal, State, and local resources to develop a national response plan.