---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 1102"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "1102"
heading: "National Domestic Preparedness Consortium"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/1102"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Transportation Security"
  - "Subchapter I — Transportation Security Planning and Information Sharing"
---

# §1102. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/1101.md?p=2) is authorized to establish, operate, and maintain a National Domestic Preparedness Consortium within the [Department](/usc/6/1101.md?p=1).
- (b) **Members—** Members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall consist of—
  - (1) the [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Domestic Preparedness;
  - (2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
  - (3) the National [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) University;
  - (4) the National [Emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) Response and Rescue Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Texas A&M University;
  - (5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Nevada Test Site;
  - (6) the Transportation Technology [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Incorporated, in Pueblo, Colorado; and
  - (7) the National Disaster Preparedness Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), University of Hawaii.
- (c) **Duties—** The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall identify, develop, test, and deliver training to [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17), local, and tribal [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6), provide on-site and mobile training at the performance and management and planning levels, and facilitate the delivery of training by the training partners of the [Department](/usc/6/1101.md?p=1).
- (d) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/6/1101.md?p=2)—
  - (1) for the [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Domestic Preparedness—
    - (A) $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
    - (B) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
    - (C) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
    - (D) $66,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
  - (2) for the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), the National [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Biomedical Research and Training, the National [Emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) Response and Rescue Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), the National Exercise, Test, and Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), the Transportation Technology [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Incorporated, and the National Disaster Preparedness Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) each—
    - (A) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
    - (B) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
    - (C) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
    - (D) $25,500,000 for fiscal year 2011.
- (e) **Savings provision—** From the amounts appropriated pursuant to this section, the [Secretary](/usc/6/1101.md?p=2) shall ensure that future amounts provided to each of the following [entities](/usc/6/301c.md?p=2) are not less than the amounts provided to each such [entity](/usc/6/301c.md?p=2) for participation in the Consortium in fiscal year 2007—
  - (1) the [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Domestic Preparedness;
  - (2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
  - (3) the National [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) University;
  - (4) the National [Emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) Response and Rescue Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Texas A&M University; and
  - (5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), Nevada Test Site.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XII, § 1204, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 386.)