---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 319"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "319"
heading: "National Integration Center"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/319"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter V — National Emergency Management"
---

# §319. National Integration Center

- (a) **In general—** There is established in the [Agency](/usc/6/311.md?p=2) a National Integration [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1).
- (b) **Responsibilities—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Administrator](/usc/6/311.md?p=1), through the National Integration [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1), and in consultation with other Federal [departments](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) and [agencies](/usc/6/311.md?p=2) and the National Advisory [Council](/usc/6/681.md?p=2), shall ensure ongoing management and maintenance of the [National Incident Management System](/usc/6/311.md?p=7), the [National Response Plan](/usc/6/311.md?p=8), and any successor to such system or plan.
  - (2) **Specific responsibilities—** The National Integration [Center](/usc/6/681.md?p=1) shall periodically review, and revise as appropriate, the [National Incident Management System](/usc/6/311.md?p=7) and the [National Response Plan](/usc/6/311.md?p=8), including—
    - (A) establishing, in consultation with the [Director](/usc/6/677a.md?p=3) of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a process to better use volunteers and donations;
    - (B) improving the use of Federal, [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17), local, and tribal [resources](/usc/6/311.md?p=11) and ensuring the effective use of [emergency response providers](/usc/6/101.md?p=6) at [emergency](/usc/6/701.md?p=6) scenes; and
    - (C) revising the [Catastrophic Incident](/usc/6/311.md?p=3) Annex, finalizing and releasing the [Catastrophic Incident](/usc/6/311.md?p=3) Supplement to the [National Response Plan](/usc/6/311.md?p=8), and ensuring that both effectively address response requirements in the event of a [catastrophic incident](/usc/6/311.md?p=3).
- (c) **Incident management—**
  - (1) **In general—**
    - (A) **National Response Plan—** The [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16), acting through the [Administrator](/usc/6/311.md?p=1), shall ensure that the [National Response Plan](/usc/6/311.md?p=8) provides for a clear chain of command to lead and coordinate the Federal response to any natural disaster, [act of terrorism](/usc/6/444.md?p=2-A), or other man-made disaster.
    - (B) **Administrator—** The chain of the command specified in the [National Response Plan](/usc/6/311.md?p=8) shall—
      - (i) provide for a role for the [Administrator](/usc/6/311.md?p=1) consistent with the role of the [Administrator](/usc/6/311.md?p=1) as the principal [emergency management](/usc/6/701.md?p=7) advisor to the President, the [Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security [Council](/usc/6/681.md?p=2), and the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) under [section 313(c)(4) of this title](/usc/6/313.md?p=c-4) and the responsibility of the [Administrator](/usc/6/311.md?p=1) under the Post-Katrina [Emergency Management](/usc/6/701.md?p=7) Reform Act of 2006, and the amendments made by that Act, relating to natural disasters, acts of [terrorism](/usc/6/101.md?p=18), and other man-made disasters; and
      - (ii) provide for a role for the [Federal Coordinating Officer](/usc/6/311.md?p=5) consistent with the responsibilities under [section 5143(b) of title 42](/usc/42/5143.md?p=b).
  - (2) **Principal Federal Official; Joint Task Force—** The Principal Federal Official (or the successor thereto) or [Director](/usc/6/677a.md?p=3) of a Joint Task Force established under [section 348 of this title](/usc/6/348.md) shall not—
    - (A) direct or replace the [incident](/usc/6/677a.md?p=6) command structure established at the [incident](/usc/6/677a.md?p=6); or
    - (B) have directive authority over the Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official, [Federal Coordinating Officer](/usc/6/311.md?p=5), or other Federal and [State](/usc/6/101.md?p=17) officials.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 509, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(13), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1405; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XIX, § 1901(d)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2670.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B)(i), is title VI of Pub. L. 109–295, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1394. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 509 of Pub. L. 107–296 was renumbered section 520 and is classified to section 321i of this title.

### Amendments

2016—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 114–328 inserted “; Joint Task Force” after “Official” in heading and “or Director of a Joint Task Force established under section 348 of this title” before “shall” in introductory provisions.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of Pub. L. 109–295 or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until Mar. 31, 2007, see section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of this title.