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6 U.S.C. § 318 — Definition
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In this subchapter, the term “Nuclear Incident Response Team” means a resource that includes—
(1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and
(2) those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions (including radiological emergency response functions) and related functions.
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In this subchapter, the term “Nuclear Incident Response Team” means a resource that includes—
(1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and
(2) those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions (including radiological emergency response functions) and related functions.
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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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In this part:
(1) **Donor** — The term “donor” means any entity that is proposing to make a donation under this chapter.
(2) **Entity** — The term “entity” means any—
(A) person;
(B) partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, or any other organized group of persons;
(C) Federal, State or local government (including any subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof); or
(D) any other private or governmental entity.
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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) Each of the terms “American homeland” and “homeland” means the United States.
(2) The term “appropriate congressional committee” means any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate having legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively, over the matter concerned.
(3) The term “assets” includes contracts, facilities, property, records, unobligated or unexpended balances of appropriations, and other funds or resources (other than personnel).
(4) The term “critical infrastructure” has the meaning given that term in [section 5195c(e) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5195c/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “Department” means the Department of Homeland Security.
(6) The term “emergency response providers” includes Federal, State, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety, fire, law enforcement, emergency response, emergency medical (including hospital emergency facilities), and related personnel, agencies, and authorities.
(7) The term “EMP” means an electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear device or nonnuclear device, including such a pulse caused by an act of terrorism.
(8) The term “executive agency” means an executive agency and a military department, as defined, respectively, in sections 105 and 102 of title 5.
(9) The term “functions” includes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, projects, activities, duties, and responsibilities.
(10) The term “GMD” means a geomagnetic disturbance caused by a solar storm or another naturally occurring phenomenon.
(11) The term “intelligence component of the Department” means any elem
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**(a) In general** The Administrator shall provide Federal leadership necessary to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, including—
(1) helping to ensure the effectiveness of emergency response providers to terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies;
(2) with respect to the Nuclear Incident Response Team (regardless of whether it is operating as an organizational unit of the Department pursuant to this subchapter)—
(A) establishing standards and certifying when those standards have been met;
(B) conducting joint and other exercises and training and evaluating performance; and
(C) providing funds to the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, as appropriate, for homeland security planning, exercises and training, and equipment;
(3) providing the Federal Government’s response to terrorist attacks and major disasters, including—
(A) managing such response;
(B) directing the Domestic Emergency Support Team and (when operating as an organizational unit of the Department pursuant to this subchapter) the Nuclear Incident Response Team;
(C) overseeing the Metropolitan Medical Response System; and
(D) coordinating other Federal response resources, including requiring deployment of the Strategic National Stockpile, in the event of a terrorist attack or major disaster;
(4) aiding the recovery from terrorist attacks and major disasters;
(5) building a comprehensive national incident management system with Federal, State, and local government personnel, agencies, and authorities, to respond to such attacks and disasters;
(6) consolidating existing Federal Government emergency response plans into a single, coordinated
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To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use national private sector networks and infrastructure for emergency response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive disasters, and other major disasters.
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 318
1401; amended Pub. L. 110–53, title IV, § 404, Aug.
3, 2007, 121 Stat. 303.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 317, Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 507, Nov.
25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2214, related to the role of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(4), Oct. 4. 2006, 120 Stat.
1395.
AMENDMENTS
2007—Subsec. (c)(2)(I) to (K). Pub. L. 110–53 added sub-
pars. (I) and (J) and redesignated former subpar. (I) as
(K).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Mar. 31, 2007, see section 614(b)(3) of
Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 701 of
this title.
§ 318. National Advisory Council
(a) Establishment
Not later than 60 days after October 4, 2006,
the Secretary shall establish an advisory body
under section 451(a) of this title to ensure effec-
tive and ongoing coordination of Federal pre-
paredness, protection, response, recovery, and
mitigation for natural disasters, acts of ter-
rorism, and other man-made disasters, to be
known as the National Advisory Council.
(b) Responsibilities
(1) In general
The National Advisory Council shall advise
the Administrator on all aspects of emergency
management. The National Advisory Council
shall incorporate State, local, and tribal gov-
ernment and private sector input in the devel-
opment and revision of the national prepared-
ness goal, the national preparedness system,
the National Incident Management System,
the National Response Plan, and other related
plans and strategies.
(2) Consultation on grants
To ensure input from and coordination with
State, local, and tribal governments and emer-
gency response providers, the Administrator
shall regularly consult a
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