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6 U.S.C. § 321p — Procurement of security countermeasures for Strategic National Stockpile
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** For the procurement of security countermeasures under [section 247d–6b(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d–6b/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (referred to in this section as the “security countermeasures program”), there is authorized to be appropriated up to $5,593,000,000 for the fiscal years 2004 through 2013. Of the amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence, not to exceed $3,418,000,000 may be obligated during the fiscal years 2004 through 2008, of which not to exceed $890,000,000 may be obligated during fiscal year 2004. None of the funds made available under this subsection shall be used to procure countermeasures to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm resulting from any naturally occurring infectious disease or other public health threat that are not security countermeasures under [section 247d–6b(c)(1)(B) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d–6b/c/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim).11 See References in Text note below.
**(b) Special reserve fund** For purposes of the security countermeasures program, the term “special reserve fund” means the “Biodefense Countermeasures” appropriations account or any other appropriation made under subsection (a).
**(c) Availability** Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) become available for a procurement under the security countermeasures program only upon the approval by the President of such availability for the procurement in accordance with paragraph (6)(B) of such program.
**(d) Related authorizations of appropriations**
(1) **Threat assessment capabilities** — For the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary for terror threat assessment under
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** For the procurement of security countermeasures under [section 247d–6b(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d–6b/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (referred to in this section as the “security countermeasures program”), there is authorized to be appropriated up to $5,593,000,000 for the fiscal years 2004 through 2013. Of the amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence, not to exceed $3,418,000,000 may be obligated during the fiscal years 2004 through 2008, of which not to exceed $890,000,000 may be obligated during fiscal year 2004. None of the funds made available under this subsection shall be used to procure countermeasures to diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat harm resulting from any naturally occurring infectious disease or other public health threat that are not security countermeasures under [section 247d–6b(c)(1)(B) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section247d–6b/c/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim).11 See References in Text note below.
**(b) Special reserve fund** For purposes of the security countermeasures program, the term “special reserve fund” means the “Biodefense Countermeasures” appropriations account or any other appropriation made under subsection (a).
**(c) Availability** Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) become available for a procurement under the security countermeasures program only upon the approval by the President of such availability for the procurement in accordance with paragraph (6)(B) of such program.
**(d) Related authorizations of appropriations**
(1) **Threat assessment capabilities** — For the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary for terror threat assessment under the security countermeasures program, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2006, for the hiring of professional personnel within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, who shall be analysts responsible for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threat assessment (including but not limited to analysis of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents, the means by which such agents could be weaponized or used in a terrorist attack, and the capabilities, plans, and intentions of terrorists and other non-state actors who may have or acquire such agents). All such analysts shall meet the applicable standards and qualifications for the performance of intelligence activities promulgated by the Director of Central Intelligence pursuant to section 403–4 1 of title 50.
(2) **Intelligence sharing infrastructure** — For the purpose of carrying out the acquisition and deployment of secure facilities (including information technology and physical infrastructure, whether mobile and temporary, or permanent) sufficient to permit the Secretary to receive, not later than 180 days after July 21, 2004, all classified information and products to which the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis is entitled under part A of subchapter II, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2006.
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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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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 403–3h, comprising section 103H of the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, was editorially reclassified as [section 3033 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3033&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Covered element of the intelligence community** — The term “covered element of the intelligence community” means an element of the intelligence community that is not an element of the Department of Defense.
(2) **National security satellite** — The term “national security satellite” means a satellite weighing over 400 pounds whose principle purpose is to support the national security or intelligence needs of the United States Government.
(3) **United States** — The term “United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
**(b) Requirement** Beginning January 1, 2021, except as provided in subsection (c), a covered element of the intelligence community may not award a contract for a national security satellite if the satellite uses a star tracker that is not produced in the United States, including with respect to both the software and the hardware of the star tracker.
**(c) Exception** The head of a covered element of the intelligence community may waive the requirement under subsection (b) if, on a case-by-case basis, the head certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees that—
(1) there is no available star tracker produced in the United States that meets the mission and design requirements of the national security satellite for which the star tracker will be used;
(2) the cost of a star tracker produced in the United States is unreasonable, based on a market survey; or
(3) such waiver is necessary for the national security interests of the United States based on an urgent and compelling need.
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**(a) Office of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community** There is within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence an Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.
**(b) Purpose** The purpose of the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community is—
(1) to create an objective and effective office, appropriately accountable to Congress, to initiate and conduct independent investigations, inspections, audits, and reviews on programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence;
(2) to provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed—
(A) to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration and implementation of such programs and activities; and
(B) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in such programs and activities;
(3) to provide a means for keeping the Director of National Intelligence fully and currently informed about—
(A) problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions; and
(4) in the manner prescribed by this section, to ensure that the congressional intelligence committees are kept similarly informed of—
(A) significant problems and deficiencies relating to programs and activities within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence; and
(B) the necessity for, and the progress of, corrective actions.
**(c) Inspector General of the Intelligence Community**
(1) There is an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community, who shall be the head of the Office of the Inspector Genera
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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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