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6 U.S.C. § 321m — Nuclear incident response
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**(a) In general** At the direction of the Secretary (in connection with an actual or threatened terrorist attack, major disaster, or other emergency in the United States), the Nuclear Incident Response Team shall operate as an organizational unit of the Department. While so operating, the Nuclear Incident Response Team shall be subject to the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary.
**(b) Rule of construction** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the ordinary responsibility of the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for organizing, training, equipping, and utilizing their respective entities in the Nuclear Incident Response Team, or (subject to the provisions of this subchapter) from exercising direction, authority, and control over them when they are not operating as a unit of the Department.
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**(a) In general** At the direction of the Secretary (in connection with an actual or threatened terrorist attack, major disaster, or other emergency in the United States), the Nuclear Incident Response Team shall operate as an organizational unit of the Department. While so operating, the Nuclear Incident Response Team shall be subject to the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary.
**(b) Rule of construction** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the ordinary responsibility of the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for organizing, training, equipping, and utilizing their respective entities in the Nuclear Incident Response Team, or (subject to the provisions of this subchapter) from exercising direction, authority, and control over them when they are not operating as a unit of the Department.
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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding [section 58c(e) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section58c/e&num=0&edition=prelim) and [section 1451 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, upon the request of any entity, may enter into a fee agreement with such entity under which—
(1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide services described in subsection (b) at a United States port of entry or any other facility at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides or will provide such services;
(2) such entity shall remit to U.S. Customs and Border Protection a fee imposed under subsection (h) in an amount equal to the full costs that are incurred or will be incurred in providing such services; and
(3) if space is provided by such entity, each facility at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection services are performed shall be maintained and equipped by such entity, without cost to the Federal Government, in accordance with U.S. Customs and Border Protection specifications.
**(b) Services described** The services described in this subsection are any activities of any employee or Office of Field Operations contractor of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (except employees of the U.S. Border Patrol, as established under [section 211(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section211/e&num=0&edition=prelim)) pertaining to, or in support of, customs, agricultural processing, border security, or immigration inspection-related matters at a port of entry or any other facility at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides or will provide servic
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary, acting through the officer designated under paragraph (2), shall establish and implement the voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification program in accordance with this section.
(2) **Designation of officer** — The Secretary shall designate an officer responsible for the accreditation and certification program under this section. Such officer (hereinafter referred to in this section as the “designated officer”) shall be one of the following:
(A) The Administrator, based on consideration of—
(i) the expertise of the Administrator in emergency management and preparedness in the United States; and
(ii) the responsibilities of the Administrator as the principal advisor to the President for all matters relating to emergency management in the United States.
(B) The Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection,11 See Change of Name note below. based on consideration of the expertise of the Assistant Secretary in, and responsibilities for—
(i) protection of critical infrastructure;
(ii) risk assessment methodologies; and
(iii) interacting with the private sector on the issues described in clauses (i) and (ii).
(C) The Under Secretary for Science and Technology, based on consideration of the expertise of the Under Secretary in, and responsibilities associated with, standards.
(3) **Coordination** — In carrying out the accreditation and certification program under this section, the designated officer shall coordinate with—
(A) the other officers of the Department referred to in paragraph (2), using the expertise and responsibilities of such officers; and
(B) the Special Assistant to the Secretary for the Private Sector, based on consideration of the
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 321m
1 See Change of Name note below.
(6) developing and conducting training and
exercises to support and evaluate emergency
preparedness and response plans and oper-
ational procedures;
(7) developing and conducting training pro-
grams for security guards to implement emer-
gency preparedness and response plans and op-
erations procedures; and
(8) developing procedures to respond to re-
quests 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 busi-
ness concerns (under the meaning given that
term in section 632 of title 15), 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.
(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 523, as added Pub. L.
110–53, title IX, § 901(a), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 364;
amended Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(4)(C), Nov. 16,
2018, 132 Stat. 4178; Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title
LXXI, § 7143(c)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3662.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted ‘‘Di-
rector of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency’’ for ‘‘Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security’’.
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