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H.R. 3583 — what changed

Promoting Resilience and Efficiency in Preparing for Attacks and Responding to Emergencies Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 12 sections amended and 4 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 101 Memoranda of understanding

(a)
In general— Subtitle B of title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

“2024. Memoranda of understanding with departmental components and offices

“The Administrator shall enter into memoranda of understanding with the heads of the following departmental components and offices delineating the roles and responsibilities of such components and offices regarding the policy and guidance for grants under section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135), sections 2003 and 2004 of this Act, and section 70107 of title 46, United States Code, as appropriate:

“(1) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

“(2) The Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.

“(3) The Commandant of the Coast Guard.

“(4) The Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis.

“(5) The Director of the Office of Emergency Communications.

“(6) The Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement.

“(7) The Countering Violent Extremism Coordinator.

changed “(8) The heads of other components or offices of the Department, as determined by the Secretary.”Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

added “(9) The heads of other components or offices of the Department, as determined by the Secretary.”

(b)
Clerical amendment— The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2023 the following new item:

Sec. 106 Administration and coordination of grants

(a)
In general— Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of section 2021 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611) are amended to read as follows:

“(1) In general—Any State or high-risk urban area receiving a grant under section 2003 or 2004 shall establish a State planning committee or urban area working group to assist in preparation and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland security plan or the threat and hazard identification and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to assist in determining effective funding priorities for grants under such sections 2003 and 2004.

“(2) Composition—The State planning committees and urban area working groups referred to in paragraph (1) shall include at least one representative from each of the following significant stakeholders:

“(A) Local or tribal government officials.

“(B) Emergency response providers, including representatives of the fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and emergency managers.

“(C) Public health officials and other appropriate medical practitioners.

“(D) Individuals representing educational institutions, including elementary schools, community colleges, and other institutions of higher education.

“(E) State and regional interoperable communications coordinators, as appropriate.

“(F) State and major urban area fusion centers, as appropriate.”

(b)
changed Conforming amendment— Paragraph (3) of section 2021(b) (6 U.S.C. 611) is amended by inserting “or urban area working group, as the case may be,” after “planning “create a planning committee”.

Sec. 110 Maintenance of grant investments

changed Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations 2008 of the 9/11 Commission Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 1102) 609) is amended—amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

added “(g) Maintenance of equipment—Any applicant for a grant under section 2003 or 2004 seeking to use funds to purchase equipment, including pursuant to paragraphs (3), (4), (5), or (9) of subsection (a) of this section, shall by the time of the receipt of such grant develop a plan for the maintenance of such equipment over its life-cycle that includes information identifying which entity is responsible for such maintenance.”

(1)
removed in subsection (d), by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to read as follows:

removed “(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; and

removed “(2) for the remaining Members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $98,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.”

(2)
removed in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “2007” and inserting “2015”.

Sec. 111 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

added Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amended—

(a)
removed In general— The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Security consisting of universities and nonprofit organizations qualified to provide training to emergency response providers from rural communities.
(1)
changed Duties— The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium authorized under in subsection (a) shall identify, develop, test, (d), by amending paragraphs (1) and deliver training (2) to State, local, and tribal emergency response providers from rural communities, provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the delivery of training by the training partners of the Department of Homeland Security.read as follows:

added “(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, $65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; and

added “(2) for the remaining Members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $98,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.”

(2)
changed Authorization of appropriations— Of amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is authorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium authorized under in subsection (a).(e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “2007” and inserting “2015”.

Sec. 112 Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium

(a)
changed Update—In general— Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Security Act consisting of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is amended by inserting “, periodically updating (but not less often than once every five years),” after “administering”.universities and nonprofit organizations qualified to provide training to emergency response providers from rural communities.
(b)
changed Emergency support functions—Duties— Section 653 of The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium authorized under subsection (a) shall identify, develop, test, and deliver training to State, local, and tribal emergency response providers from rural communities, provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act delivery of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI training by the training partners of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended—Security.
(c)
added Authorization of appropriations— Of amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is authorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium authorized under subsection (a).
(1)
removed by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2)
removed by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

removed “(d) Coordination—The President, acting through the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or supporting responsibilities under the National Response Framework performance metrics to ensure readiness to execute responsibilities under the emergency support functions of such Framework.”

Sec. 113 Emergency support functions

(a)
added Update— Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is amended by inserting “, periodically updating (but not less often than once every five years),” after “administering”.
(b)
added Emergency support functions— Section 653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended—
(1)
added by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2)
added by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

added “(d) Coordination—The President, acting through the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or supporting responsibilities under the National Response Framework performance metrics to ensure readiness to execute responsibilities under the emergency support functions of such Framework.”

removed Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 750; title VI of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows:

removed “650. Remedial action management program

removed “(a) In general—The Administrator, in coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action management program to—

removed “(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, and best practices;

removed “(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best practices referred to in paragraph (1); and

removed “(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long term trend analysis.

removed “(b) Federal corrective actions—The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the program established in subsection (a) to collect information on corrective actions identified by such Federal departments and agencies during exercises and the response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, and shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for each of the next four years, submit to Congress a report on the status of such corrective actions.

removed “(c) Dissemination of after action reports—The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the maximum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action reports and information on lessons learned and best practices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exercise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies or exercises.”

Sec. 114 Review of National Incident Management System

added

added Paragraph (2) of section 509(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 319(b)) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, but not less often than once every five years,” after “periodically”.

Sec. 115 Approval of certain equipment

added

added Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609), as amended by section 110, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

added “(h) Review process—The Administrator shall develop and implement a uniform process for reviewing applications to use grants provided under section 2003 or 2004 to purchase equipment or systems not included on the Authorized Equipment List maintained by the Administrator.”

Sec. 116 Remedial action management program

added

added Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 750; title VI of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows:

added “650. Remedial action management program

added “(a) In general—The Administrator, in coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action management program to—

added “(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, and best practices;

added “(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best practices referred to in paragraph (1); and

added “(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long term trend analysis.

added “(b) Federal corrective actions—The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the program established in subsection (a) to collect information on corrective actions identified by such Federal departments and agencies during exercises and the response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, and shall, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter for each of the next four years, submit to Congress a report on the status of such corrective actions.

added “(c) Dissemination of after action reports—The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the maximum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action reports and information on lessons learned and best practices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exercise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies or exercises.”

Sec. 202 Responsibilities of Office of Emergency Communications Director

Subsection (c) of section 1801 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended—

(1)
by striking paragraph (3);
(2)
by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), respectively;
(3)
in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking “, in cooperation with the National Communications System,”;
(4)
in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by striking “the Homeland Security Council,”;
(5)
changed in paragraph (12) (11), as so redesignated, by striking “Assistant Secretary for Grants and Training” and inserting “Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency”;
(6)
changed in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking “and” at the end; andend;
(7)
added in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(8)
renumbered was (9) by adding after paragraph (14), as so redesignated, the following new paragraphs:

“(15) administer the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) programs, or successor programs; and

“(16) assess the impact of emerging technologies on interoperable emergency communications.”

Sec. 204 National Emergency Communications Plan

changed Section 1802 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 572) is amended—

(1)
in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A)
by striking “, and in cooperation with the Department of National Communications System (as appropriate),”; and
(B)
by inserting “, but not less than once every five years,” after “periodically”; and
(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), respectively; and
(B)
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:

“(3) consider the impact of emerging technologies on the attainment of interoperable emergency communications;”

Sec. 205 Technical edits

changed Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended—

(1)
in subsection (d) of section 1801 (6 U.S.C. 571) by—
(A)
striking paragraph (2); and
(B)
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and
(2)
in paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) (6 U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “Assistant Secretary for Grants and Planning” and inserting “Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency”.

Sec. 209 Communications training

changed The Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the appropriate component heads, shall develop a mechanism, consistent with the strategy required pursuant to the Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act (Public Law 114–29), to verify that radio users within the Department receive initial and ongoing training on the use of the radio systems of such components, including interagency radio use protocols.

Sec. 302 Chief Medical Officer

(a)
In general— Subsection (c) of section 516 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321e) is amended—
(1)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “and shall establish medical and human, animal, and occupational health exposure policy, guidance, strategies, and initiatives,” before “including—”;
(2)
added in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “, including advice on how to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against the medical effects of terrorist attacks or other high consequence events utilizing chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents or explosives”;
(3)
renumbered was (2)(4) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “, including coordinating the Department’s policy, strategy and preparedness for pandemics and emerging infectious diseases”;
(3)
removed in paragraph (5), by inserting “emergency medical services and medical first responder stakeholders,” after “the medical community”;
(4)
changed in paragraph (6), (5), by striking “and” at the end; andinserting “emergency medical services and medical first responder stakeholders,” after “the medical community,”;
(5)
added in paragraph (6), by striking “and” at the end;
(6)
added in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(7)
renumbered was (2)(7) by adding after paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs:

“(8) ensuring that the workforce of the Department has evidence-based policy, standards, requirements, and metrics for occupational health and operational medicine programs;

“(9) directing and maintaining a coordinated system for medical support for the Department’s operational activities;

“(10) providing oversight of the Department’s medical programs and providers, including—

“(A) reviewing and maintaining verification of the accreditation of the Department’s health provider workforce;

“(B) developing quality assurance and clinical policy, requirements, standards, and metrics for all medical and health activities of the Department;

“(C) providing oversight of medical records systems for employees and individuals in the Department’s care and custody; and

“(D) providing medical direction for emergency medical services activities of the Department; and

“(11) as established under section 527, maintaining a medical countermeasures stockpile and dispensing system, as necessary, to facilitate personnel readiness, and protection for working animals, employees, and individuals in the Department’s care and custody in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic.”

(b)
Medical liaisons— The Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Homeland Security may provide medical liaisons to the components of the Department to provide subject matter expertise on medical and public health issues and a direct link to the Chief Medical Officer. Such expertise may include the following:
(1)
Providing guidance on health and medical aspects of policy, planning, operations, and workforce health protection.
(2)
Identifying and resolving component medical issues.
(3)
Supporting the development and alignment of medical and health systems.
(4)
Identifying common gaps in medical and health standards, policy, and guidance, and enterprise solutions to bridge such gaps.

Sec. 403 Strategic human capital plan

changed Subsection (c) of section 10107 10102 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “2007” and inserting “2016”.

Sec. 404 Activities related to children

added

added Paragraph (2) of section 503(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 313(b)) is amended—

(1)
added in subparagraph (G), by striking “and” at the end;
(2)
added in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
added by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

added “(I) integrate the needs of children into the Agency’s activities to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including by appointing a technical expert to coordinate such activities, as necessary.”