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6 U.S.C. § 321r — Guidance and recommendations
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**(a) In general** Consistent with their responsibilities and authorities under law, as of the day before August 3, 2007, the Administrator and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in consultation with the private sector, may develop guidance or recommendations and identify best practices to assist or foster action by the private sector in—
(1) identifying potential hazards and assessing risks and impacts;
(2) mitigating the impact of a wide variety of hazards, including weapons of mass destruction;
(3) managing necessary emergency preparedness and response resources;
(4) developing mutual aid agreements;
(5) developing and maintaining emergency preparedness and response plans, and associated operational procedures;
(6) developing and conducting training and exercises to support and evaluate emergency preparedness and response plans and operational procedures;
(7) developing and conducting training programs for security guards to implement emergency preparedness and response plans and operations procedures; and
(8) developing procedures to respond to requests for information from the media or the public.
**(b) Issuance and promotion** Any guidance or recommendations developed or best practices identified under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) issued through the Administrator; and
(2) promoted by the Secretary to the private sector.
**(c) Small business concerns** In developing guidance or recommendations or identifying best practices under subsection (a), the Administrator and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall take into consideration small business concerns (under the meaning given that term in [section 632 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-s
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**(a) In general** Consistent with their responsibilities and authorities under law, as of the day before August 3, 2007, the Administrator and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in consultation with the private sector, may develop guidance or recommendations and identify best practices to assist or foster action by the private sector in—
(1) identifying potential hazards and assessing risks and impacts;
(2) mitigating the impact of a wide variety of hazards, including weapons of mass destruction;
(3) managing necessary emergency preparedness and response resources;
(4) developing mutual aid agreements;
(5) developing and maintaining emergency preparedness and response plans, and associated operational procedures;
(6) developing and conducting training and exercises to support and evaluate emergency preparedness and response plans and operational procedures;
(7) developing and conducting training programs for security guards to implement emergency preparedness and response plans and operations procedures; and
(8) developing procedures to respond to requests for information from the media or the public.
**(b) Issuance and promotion** Any guidance or recommendations developed or best practices identified under subsection (a) shall be—
(1) issued through the Administrator; and
(2) promoted by the Secretary to the private sector.
**(c) Small business concerns** In developing guidance or recommendations or identifying best practices under subsection (a), the Administrator and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall take into consideration small business concerns (under the meaning given that term in [section 632 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section632&num=0&edition=prelim)), including any need for separate guidance or recommendations or best practices, as necessary and appropriate.
**(d) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section may be construed to supersede any requirement established under any other provision of law.
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term “agency” means any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include—
(A) the Government Accountability Office;
(B) Federal Election Commission;
(C) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or
(D) Government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities;
(2) the term “burden” means time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal agency, including the resources expended for—
(A) reviewing instructions;
(B) acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems;
(C) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
(D) searching data sources;
(E) completing and reviewing the collection of information; and
(F) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information;
(3) the term “collection of information”—
(A) means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regardless of form or format, calling for either—
(i) answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, ten or more persons, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States; or
(ii) answers to questions posed to agencies, ins
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**(a) Small business concerns**
(1) **In general** — For the purposes of this chapter, a small-business concern, including but not limited to enterprises that are engaged in the business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries, shall be deemed to be one which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation.
(2) **Establishment of size standards**
(A) *In general* — In addition to the criteria specified in paragraph (1) and subject to the requirements specified under subparagraph (C), the Administrator may specify detailed definitions or standards by which a business concern may be determined to be a small business concern for the purposes of this chapter or any other Act.
(B) *Additional criteria* — The standards described in paragraph (1) may utilize number of employees, dollar volume of business, net worth, net income, a combination thereof, or other appropriate factors.
(C) *Requirements* — Unless specifically authorized by statute, no Federal department (including the Administration when acting pursuant to subparagraph (A)) or agency may prescribe a size standard for categorizing a business concern as a small business concern, unless such proposed size standard—
(i) is proposed after an opportunity for public notice and comment;
(ii) provides for determining—
(I) the size of a manufacturing concern as measured by the manufacturing concern’s average employment based upon employment during each of the manufacturing concern’s pay periods for the preceding 24 months;
(II) the size of a business concern providing services on the basis of the annual average gross receipts of the business concern over
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In this part:
(1) **Center** — The term “Center” means the center established under [section 659 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section659&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Council** — The term “Council” means the Cyber Incident Reporting Council described in [section 681f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section681f&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Covered cyber incident** — The term “covered cyber incident” means a substantial cyber incident experienced by a covered entity that satisfies the definition and criteria established by the Director in the final rule issued pursuant to [section 681b(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section681b/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Covered entity** — The term “covered entity” means an entity in a critical infrastructure sector, as defined in Presidential Policy Directive 21, that satisfies the definition established by the Director in the final rule issued pursuant to [section 681b(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section681b/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Cyber incident** — The term “cyber incident”—
(A) has the meaning given the term “incident” in section 659 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and
(B) does not include an occurrence that imminently, but not actually, jeopardizes—
(i) information on information systems; or
(ii) information systems.
(6) **Cyber threat** — The term “cyber threat” has the meaning given the term “cybersecurity threat” in [section 650 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section650&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) **Federal entit
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In this chapter:
(1) **Public building, public use, and public work.—** — The terms “public building”, “public use”, and “public work” mean a public building of, use by, and a public work of, the Federal Government, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
(2) **United states.—** — The term “United States” includes any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(3) **Federal agency.—** — The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term “executive agency” in [section 133 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section133&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 321r
tially repealed and restated in chapter 10 (§ 1001 et seq.)
of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(a), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136
Stat. 4197, 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act
into chapter 10 of Title 5, see Disposition Table pre-
ceding section 101 of Title 5.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, and not as part
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises
this chapter.
§ 321p. National planning and education
The Secretary shall, to the extent prac-
ticable—
(1) include in national planning frameworks
the threat of an EMP or GMD event; and
(2) conduct outreach to educate owners and
operators of critical infrastructure, emergency
planners, and emergency response providers at
all levels of government regarding threats of
EMP and GMD.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 527, as added Pub. L.
114–328, div. A, title XIX, § 1913(a)(4), Dec. 23,
2016, 130 Stat. 2686.)
§ 321q. Coordination of Department of Homeland
Security efforts related to food, agriculture,
and veterinary defense against terrorism
(a) Program required
The Secretary, acting through the Assistant
Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass
Destruction Office, shall carry out a program to
coordinate the Department’s efforts related to
defending the food, agriculture, and veterinary
systems of the United States against terrorism
and other high-consequence events that pose a
high risk to homeland security.
(b) Program elements
The coordination program required by sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing:
(1) Providing oversight and management of
the Department’s responsibilities pursuant to
Homeland
Security
Presidential
Directive
9–Defe
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