---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 1532"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "1532"
heading: "Enhancement of emergency services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/1532"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Cybersecurity"
  - "Subchapter III — Other Cyber Matters"
---

# §1532. Enhancement of emergency services

- (a) **Collection of data—** Not later than 90 days after December 18, 2015, the [Secretary](/usc/6/1521.md?p=8) of [Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security, acting through the [center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) established under [section 659 of this title](/usc/6/659.md), in coordination with [appropriate Federal entities](/usc/6/1501.md?p=3) and the Assistant [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) for [Emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) Communications, shall establish a process by which a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator may report data on any [cybersecurity risk](/usc/6/1521.md?p=4) or [incident](/usc/6/677a.md?p=6) involving any [information system](/usc/6/1501.md?p=9) or network used by [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6) (as defined in [section 101 of this title](/usc/6/101.md)) within the [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17).
- (b) **Analysis of data—** Not later than 1 year after December 18, 2015, the [Secretary](/usc/6/1521.md?p=8) of [Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security, acting through the [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), in coordination with appropriate [entities](/usc/6/301c.md?p=2) and the Assistant [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) for [Emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) Communications, and in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/6/1521.md?p=8) of Commerce, acting through the [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall conduct integration and analysis of the data reported under [subsection (a)](#a) to develop information and recommendations on security and resilience measures for any [information system](/usc/6/1501.md?p=9) or network used by [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6).
- (c) **Best practices—**
  - (1) **In general—** Using the results of the integration and analysis conducted under [subsection (b)](#b), and any other relevant information, the [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall, on an ongoing basis, facilitate and support the development of methods for reducing [cybersecurity risks](/usc/6/1521.md?p=4) to [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6) using the process described in [section 272(e) of title 15](/usc/15/272.md?p=e).
  - (2) **Report—** The [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit to Congress a report on the result of the activities of the [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) under [paragraph (1)](#c-1), including any methods developed by the [Director](/usc/6/1521.md?p=5) under such paragraph, and shall make such report publicly available on the website of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- (d) **Rule of construction—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to—
  - (1) require a [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) to report data under [subsection (a)](#a); or
  - (2) require a [non-Federal entity](/usc/6/1501.md?p=14-A) (as defined in [section 1501 of this title](/usc/6/1501.md)) to—
    - (A) adopt a recommended measure developed under [subsection (b)](#b); or
    - (B) follow the result of the activities carried out under [subsection (c)](#c), including any methods developed under such subsection.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title IV, § 404, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2980; Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(h)(1)(H), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4183.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(h)(1)(H), substituted “section 659 of this title” for “section 148 of this title, as redesignated by section 223(a)(3) of this division,” and “Assistant Director for Emergency Communications” for “Director for Emergency Communications”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(h)(1)(H)(ii), substituted “Assistant Director for Emergency Communications” for “Director for Emergency Communications”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Reference to the Assistant Director for Emergency Communications deemed to be a reference to the Executive Assistant Director for Emergency Communications, see section 571(g) of this title, enacted Jan. 1, 2021.