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6 U.S.C. § 753 — Reporting requirements
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**(a) Federal preparedness report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 12 months after October 4, 2006, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Nation’s level of preparedness for all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
(2) **Contents** — Each report shall include—
(A) an assessment of how Federal assistance supports the national preparedness system;
(B) the results of the comprehensive assessment carried out under [section 749 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section749&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) a review of the inventory described in [section 751 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section751&num=0&edition=prelim), including the number and type of credentialed personnel in each category of personnel trained and ready to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster;
(D) an assessment of resource needs to meet preparedness priorities established under [section 746(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section746/e&num=0&edition=prelim), including—
(i) an estimate of the amount of Federal, State, local, and tribal expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and
(ii) the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities;
(E) an evaluation of the extent to which grants administered by the Department, including grants under title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [[6 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.g
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**(a) Federal preparedness report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 12 months after October 4, 2006, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Nation’s level of preparedness for all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.
(2) **Contents** — Each report shall include—
(A) an assessment of how Federal assistance supports the national preparedness system;
(B) the results of the comprehensive assessment carried out under [section 749 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section749&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) a review of the inventory described in [section 751 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section751&num=0&edition=prelim), including the number and type of credentialed personnel in each category of personnel trained and ready to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster;
(D) an assessment of resource needs to meet preparedness priorities established under [section 746(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section746/e&num=0&edition=prelim), including—
(i) an estimate of the amount of Federal, State, local, and tribal expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and
(ii) the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities;
(E) an evaluation of the extent to which grants administered by the Department, including grants under title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [[6 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]—
(i) have contributed to the progress of State, local, and tribal governments in achieving target capabilities; and
(ii) have led to the reduction of risk from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters nationally and in State, local, and tribal jurisdictions; and
(F) a discussion of whether the list of credentialed personnel of the Agency described in [section 751(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section751/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(i) complies with the strategic human capital plan developed under [section 10102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section10102&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(ii) is sufficient to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, including a catastrophic incident.
**(b) Catastrophic resource report**
(1) **In general** — The Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress annually an estimate of the resources of the Agency and other Federal agencies needed for and devoted specifically to developing the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments necessary to respond to a catastrophic incident.
(2) **Contents** — Each estimate under paragraph (1) shall include the resources both necessary for and devoted to—
(A) planning;
(B) training and exercises;
(C) Regional Office enhancements;
(D) staffing, including for surge capacity during a catastrophic incident;
(E) additional logistics capabilities;
(F) other responsibilities under the catastrophic incident annex and the catastrophic incident supplement of the National Response Plan;
(G) State, local, and tribal government catastrophic incident preparedness; and
(H) covering increases in the fixed costs or expenses of the Agency, including rent or property acquisition costs or expenses, taxes, contributions to the working capital fund of the Department, and security costs for the year after the year in which such estimate is submitted.
**(c) State preparedness report**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 15 months after October 4, 2006, and annually thereafter, a State receiving Federal preparedness assistance administered by the Department shall submit a report to the Administrator on the State’s level of preparedness.
(2) **Contents** — Each report shall include—
(A) an assessment of State compliance with the national preparedness system, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies;
(B) an assessment of current capability levels and a description of target capability levels; and
(C) a discussion of the extent to which target capabilities identified in the applicable State homeland security plan and other applicable plans remain unmet and an assessment of resources needed to meet the preparedness priorities established under [section 746(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section746/e&num=0&edition=prelim), including—
(i) an estimate of the amount of expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and
(ii) the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities.
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Not later than 180 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator shall provide guidance and training on an annual basis to State, local, and Indian tribal governments, first responders, and utility companies on—
(1) the need to prioritize assistance to hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities to ensure that such health care facilities remain functioning or return to functioning as soon as practicable during power outages caused by natural hazards, including severe weather events;
(2) how hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities should adequately prepare for power outages during a major disaster or emergency, as those terms are defined in [section 5122 of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5122&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) how State, local, and Indian tribal governments, first responders, utility companies, hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities should develop a strategy to coordinate emergency response plans, including the activation of emergency response plans, in anticipation of a major disaster, including severe weather events.
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The Administrator, in coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action management program to—
(1) analyze training, exercises, and real-world events to identify and disseminate lessons learned and best practices;
(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, after action reports to participants in exercises and real-world events; and
(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long-term trend analysis.
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**(a) Plan Development.—** Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategic human capital plan to shape and improve the workforce of the Agency.
**(b) Contents.—** The strategic human capital plan shall include—
(1) a workforce gap analysis, including an assessment of—
(A) the critical skills and competencies that will be needed in the workforce of the Agency to support the mission and responsibilities of, and effectively manage, the Agency during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this chapter;
(B) the skills and competencies of the workforce of the Agency on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and projected trends in that workforce, based on expected losses due to retirement and other attrition; and
(C) the staffing levels of each category of employee, including gaps in the workforce of the Agency on the day before the date of enactment of this chapter and in the projected workforce of the Agency that should be addressed to ensure that the Agency has continued access to the critical skills and competencies described in subparagraph (A);
(2) a plan of action for developing and reshaping the workforce of the Agency to address the gaps in critical skills and competencies identified under paragraph (1)(C), including—
(A) specific recruitment and retention goals, including the use of the bonus authorities under this chapter as well as other bonus authorities (including the program objective of the Agency to be achieved through such goals);
(B) specific strategies for developing, training, deploying, compensating, and motivating and retaining the Agency workforce and its ability to fulfill the Agency’s
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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**(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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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 601
(d) Medical countermeasures management
Not later than 120 days after the date on which
appropriations are made available to carry out
subsection (a), the Chief Medical Officer shall
develop and submit to the Secretary an inte-
grated logistics support plan for medical coun-
termeasures, including—
(1) a methodology for determining the ideal
types and quantities of medical counter-
measures to stockpile and how frequently such
methodology shall be reevaluated;
(2) a replenishment plan; and
(3) inventory tracking, reporting, and rec-
onciliation procedures for existing stockpiles
and new medical countermeasure purchases.
(e) Transfer
Not later than 120 days after December 27,
2021, the Secretary shall transfer all medical
countermeasures-related programmatic and per-
sonnel resources from the Under Secretary for
Management to the Chief Medical Officer.
(f) Stockpile elements
In determining the types and quantities of
medical countermeasures to stockpile under
subsection (d), the Secretary, acting through
the Chief Medical Officer of the Department—
(1) shall use a risk-based methodology for
evaluating types and quantities of medical
countermeasures required; and
(2) may use, if available—
(A) chemical, biological, radiological, and
nuclear risk assessments of the Department;
and
(B) guidance on medical countermeasures
of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response and the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
(g) Briefing
Not later than 180 days after December 27,
2021, the Secretary shall provide a briefing to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives regarding—
(
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 753
(C) a discussion of the extent to which tar-
get capabilities identified in the applicable
State homeland security plan and other ap-
plicable plans remain unmet and an assess-
ment of resources needed to meet the pre-
paredness priorities established under sec-
tion 746(e) of this title, including—
(i) an estimate of the amount of expendi-
tures required to attain the preparedness
priorities; and
(ii) the extent to which the use of Fed-
eral assistance during the preceding fiscal
year achieved the preparedness priorities.
(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 652, Oct. 4, 2006, 120
Stat. 1429; Pub. L. 110–53, title I, § 103, title IV,
§ 406, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 293, 304.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Homeland Security Act of 2002, referred to in
subsec. (a)(2)(E), is Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116
Stat. 2135. Title XX of the Act is classified generally to
subchapter XV (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 1 of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 101 of this title
and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2007—Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 110–53, § 406(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘section 751 of this title, including the number
and type of credentialed personnel in each category of
personnel trained and ready to respond to a natural dis-
aster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster’’ for
‘‘section 751(a) of this title’’.
Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 110–53, § 103(a), added subpar.
(E).
Subsec. (a)(2)(F). Pub. L. 110–53, § 406(2)–(4), added sub-
par. (F).
Subsec. (c)(2)(C). Pub. L. 110–53, § 103(b), which di-
rected amendment of subpar. (D) by substituting ‘‘a
discussion of the extent to which target capabilities
identified in the applicable State homeland s
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