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50 U.S.C. § 2317 — Testing of preparedness for emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons

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50 U.S.C. § 2317 — Testing of preparedness for emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons

**(a) Emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, chemical, or biological weapons** (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and carry out a program for testing and improving the responses of Federal, State, and local agencies to emergencies involving nuclear, radiological, biological, and chemical weapons and related materials. (2) The program shall include exercises to be carried out in accordance with sections 112(c) and 238(c)(1) of title 6. (3) In developing and carrying out the program, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of any other Federal, State, and local government agencies that have an expertise or responsibilities relevant to emergencies described in paragraph (1). **(b) Annual revisions of programs** The Secretary of Homeland Security shall revise the program developed under subsection (a) not later than June 1 in each fiscal year covered by the program. The revisions shall include adjustments that the Secretary determines necessary or appropriate on the basis of the lessons learned from the exercise or exercises carried out under the program in the fiscal year, including lessons learned regarding coordination problems and equipment deficiencies.

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50 U.S.C. § 2315 — Nuclear, chemical, and biological emergency response

**(a) Department of Defense** The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense is responsible for the coordination of Department of Defense assistance to Federal, State, and local officials in responding to threats involving nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical weapons, or high-yield explosives or related materials or technologies, including assistance in identifying, neutralizing, dismantling, and disposing of nuclear, radiological, biological, chemical weapons, and high-yield explosives and related materials and technologies. **(b) Department of Energy** The Secretary of Energy shall designate an official within the Department of Energy as the executive agent for— (1) the coordination of Department of Energy assistance to Federal, State, and local officials in responding to threats involving nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons or related materials or technologies, including assistance in identifying, neutralizing, dismantling, and disposing of nuclear weapons and related materials and technologies; and (2) the coordination of Department of Energy assistance to the Department of Defense in carrying out that department’s responsibilities under subsection (a). **(c) Funding** Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated under section 301,11 See References in Text note below. $15,000,000 is available for providing assistance described in subsection (a).

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50 U.S.C. § 2312 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) The term “weapon of mass destruction” means any weapon or device that is intended, or has the capability, to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of— (A) toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors; (B) a disease organism; or (C) radiation or radioactivity. (2) The term “independent states of the former Soviet Union” has the meaning given that term in [section 5801 of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section5801&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) The term “highly enriched uranium” means uranium enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235.

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50 U.S.C. § 2317 — Rapid response information system

Page 379 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 2332 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 1 See References in Text note below. (B) the costs of such actions. (3) Not later than three years after Sep- tember 23, 1996, a report updating the informa- tion provided in the reports submitted pursu- ant to paragraphs (1) and (2), including the measures taken pursuant to subsection (d). (Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, § 1416, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2721.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is comprised of subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 1416 of Pub. L. 104–201. Subsecs. (a) to (c) of section 1416 enacted section 382 (now 282) of Title 10, Armed Forces, and sections 175a and 2332d of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and amended section 372 of Title 10. § 2317. Rapid response information system (a) Inventory of rapid response assets (1) The head of each Federal Response Plan agency shall develop and maintain an inventory of physical equipment and assets under the ju- risdiction of that agency that could be made available to aid State and local officials in search and rescue and other disaster manage- ment and mitigation efforts associated with an emergency involving weapons of mass destruc- tion. The agency head shall submit a copy of the inventory, and any updates of the inventory, to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for inclusion in the master inventory required under subsection (b). (2) Each inventory shall include a separate listing of any equipment that is excess to the needs of that agency and could be considered for disposal as excess or surplus property for use for response and training with regard to emer- gencies involving weapons of mass destruction. (b) Master inventory The A

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