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6 U.S.C. § 608 — Chief Medical Officer

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6 U.S.C. § 608 — Chief Medical Officer

**(a) In general** There is in the Office a Chief Medical Officer, who shall be appointed by the President. The Chief Medical Officer shall report to the Assistant Secretary. **(b) Qualifications** The individual appointed as Chief Medical Officer shall be a licensed physician possessing a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of medicine and public health. **(c) Responsibilities** The Chief Medical Officer shall have the responsibility within the Department for medical issues related to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including— (1) serving as the principal advisor on medical and public health issues to the Secretary, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Assistant Secretary, and other Department officials; (2) providing operational medical support to all components of the Department; (3) as appropriate, providing medical liaisons to the components of the Department, on a reimbursable basis, to provide subject matter expertise on operational medical issues; (4) coordinating with Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments, the medical community, and others within and outside the Department, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services, with respect to medical and public health matters; and (5) performing such other duties relating to such responsibilities as the Secretary may require.

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6 U.S.C. § 321e — National Integration Center

**(a) In general** There is established in the Agency a National Integration Center. **(b) Responsibilities** (1) **In general** — The Administrator, through the National Integration Center, and in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies and the National Advisory Council, shall ensure ongoing management and maintenance of the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, and any successor to such system or plan. (2) **Specific responsibilities** — The National Integration Center shall periodically review, and revise as appropriate, the National Incident Management System and the National Response Plan, including— (A) establishing, in consultation with the Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a process to better use volunteers and donations; (B) improving the use of Federal, State, local, and tribal resources and ensuring the effective use of emergency response providers at emergency scenes; and (C) revising the Catastrophic Incident Annex, finalizing and releasing the Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the National Response Plan, and ensuring that both effectively address response requirements in the event of a catastrophic incident. **(c) Incident management** (1) **In general** (A) *National Response Plan* — The Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall ensure that the National Response Plan provides for a clear chain of command to lead and coordinate the Federal response to any natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. (B) *Administrator* — The chain of the command specified in the National Response Plan shall— (i) provide for a role for the Administrator consistent with the role of the Administrator as the principal emergency management advisor to

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6 U.S.C. § 601 — Grants to directly eligible tribes

**(a) In general** Notwithstanding [section 605(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section605/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Administrator may award grants to directly eligible tribes under [section 605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section605&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Tribal applications** A directly eligible tribe may apply for a grant under [section 605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section605&num=0&edition=prelim) by submitting an application to the Administrator that includes, as appropriate, the information required for an application by a State under [section 605(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section605/b&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Consistency with State plans** (1) **In general** — To ensure consistency with any applicable State homeland security plan, a directly eligible tribe applying for a grant under [section 605 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section605&num=0&edition=prelim) shall provide a copy of its application to each State within which any part of the tribe is located for review before the tribe submits such application to the Department. (2) **Opportunity for comment** — If the Governor of a State determines that the application of a directly eligible tribe is inconsistent with the State homeland security plan of that State, or otherwise does not support the application, not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of that application the Governor shall— (A) notify the Administrator, in writing, of that fact; and (B) provide an explanation of the reason for not supporting th

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6 U.S.C. § 608 — Prioritization

Page 308 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 608 § 608. Prioritization (a) In general In allocating funds among States and high- risk urban areas applying for grants under sec- tion 604 or 605 of this title, the Administrator shall consider, for each State or high-risk urban area— (1) its relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of terrorism, including consideration of— (A) its population, including appropriate consideration of military, tourist, and com- muter populations; (B) its population density; (C) its history of threats, including wheth- er it has been the target of a prior act of ter- rorism; (D) its degree of threat, vulnerability, and consequences related to critical infrastruc- ture (for all critical infrastructure sectors) or key resources identified by the Adminis- trator or the State homeland security plan, including threats, vulnerabilities, and con- sequences related to critical infrastructure or key resources in nearby jurisdictions; (E) the most current threat assessments available to the Department; (F) whether the State has, or the high-risk urban area is located at or near, an inter- national border; (G) whether it has a coastline bordering an ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico) or international waters; (H) its likely need to respond to acts of terrorism occurring in nearby jurisdictions; (I) the extent to which it has unmet target capabilities; (J) in the case of a high-risk urban area, the extent to which that high-risk urban area includes— (i) those incorporated municipalities, counties, parishes, and Indian tribes with- in the relevant eligible metropolitan area, the inclusion of which will enhance re- gional efforts to prevent, prepare for, pro- tect against, and respond to acts of ter- rorism; and (ii

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