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6 U.S.C. § 596 — Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

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6 U.S.C. § 596 — Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office

**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Department a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. **(b) Assistant Secretary** The Office shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, who shall be appointed by the President. **(c) Responsibilities** The Assistant Secretary shall serve as the Secretary’s principal advisor on— (1) weapons of mass destruction matters and strategies; and (2) coordinating the efforts of the Department to counter weapons of mass destruction. **(d) Details** The Secretary may request that the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the heads of other Federal agencies, including elements of the intelligence community, provide for the reimbursable detail of personnel with relevant expertise to the Office. **(e) Termination** The Office shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after December 21, 2018.

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6 U.S.C. § 590 — Hiring authority

In hiring personnel for the Office, the Secretary shall have the hiring and management authorities provided in section 1101 11 See References in Text note below. of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ([5 U.S.C. 3104](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim) note). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under subsection (c)(2) of such section.

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6 U.S.C. § 350 — Chief Information Officer

**(a) In general** The Chief Information Officer shall report to the Secretary, or to another official of the Department, as the Secretary may direct. **(b) Geospatial information functions** (1) **Definitions** — As used in this subsection: (A) *Geospatial information* — The term “geospatial information” means graphical or digital data depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, or boundaries of the earth and any information related thereto, including surveys, maps, charts, remote sensing data, and images. (B) *Geospatial technology* — The term “geospatial technology” means any technology utilized by analysts, specialists, surveyors, photogrammetrists, hydrographers, geodesists, cartographers, architects, or engineers for the collection, storage, retrieval, or dissemination of geospatial information, including— (i) global satellite surveillance systems; (ii) global position systems; (iii) geographic information systems; (iv) mapping equipment; (v) geocoding technology; and (vi) remote sensing devices. (2) **Office of Geospatial Management** (A) *Establishment* — The Office of Geospatial Management is established within the Office of the Chief Information Officer. (B) *Geospatial Information Officer* (i) *Appointment* — The Office of Geospatial Management shall be administered by the Geospatial Information Officer, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and serve under the direction of the Chief Information Officer. (ii) *Functions* — The Geospatial Information Officer shall assist the Chief Information Officer in carrying out all functions under this section and in coordinating the geospatial information needs of the Department. (C) *Coordination of geospatial information* — The Chief Information

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6 U.S.C. § 101 — Cyber incident review

**(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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6 U.S.C. § 592 — Urban and other high risk area communications capabilities

**(a) In general** The Secretary, in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of Defense, and with appropriate State, local, and tribal government officials, shall provide technical guidance, training, and other assistance, as appropriate, to support the rapid establishment of consistent, secure, and effective interoperable emergency communications capabilities in the event of an emergency in urban and other areas determined by the Secretary to be at consistently high levels of risk from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. **(b) Minimum capabilities** The interoperable emergency communications capabilities established under subsection (a) shall ensure the ability of all levels of government, emergency response providers, the private sector, and other organizations with emergency response capabilities— (1) to communicate with each other in the event of an emergency; (2) to have appropriate and timely access to the Information Sharing Environment described in [section 485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section485&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) to be consistent with any applicable State or Urban Area homeland strategy or plan.

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6 U.S.C. § 591h — Emergency Communications Preparedness Center

**(a) Establishment** There is established the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center (in this section referred to as the “Center”). **(b) Operation** The Secretary, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General of the United States, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies or their designees shall jointly operate the Center in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding entitled, “Emergency Communications Preparedness Center (ECPC) Charter”. **(c) Functions** The Center shall— (1) serve as the focal point for interagency efforts and as a clearinghouse with respect to all relevant intergovernmental information to support and promote (including specifically by working to avoid duplication, hindrances, and counteractive efforts among the participating Federal departments and agencies)— (A) the ability of emergency response providers and relevant government officials to continue to communicate in the event of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters; and (B) interoperable emergency communications; (2) prepare and submit to Congress, on an annual basis, a strategic assessment regarding the coordination efforts of Federal departments and agencies to advance— (A) the ability of emergency response providers and relevant government officials to continue to communicate in the event of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters; and (B) interoperable emergency communications; (3) consider, in preparing the strategic assessment under paragraph (2), the goals stated in the National Emergency Communications Plan under [section 572 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title

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6 U.S.C. § 596 — Contracting and grant making authorities

Page 297 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 596 1 See References in Text note below. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Reference to the Director for Domestic Nuclear De- tection deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Sec- retary for the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, see section 2(b)(1)(B) of Pub. L. 115–387, set out as a note under section 591 of this title. DEFINITIONS For definitions of terms used in this section, see sec- tion 901 of this title. § 593. Hiring authority In hiring personnel for the Office, the Sec- retary shall have the hiring and management authorities provided in section 1101 1 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza- tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under sub- section (c)(2) of such section. (Pub. L. 107–296, title XIX, § 1924, formerly title XVIII, § 1803, as added Pub. L. 109–347, title V, § 501(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1934; renumbered title XIX, § 1903, Pub. L. 110–53, title I, § 104(a)(1), (2), Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 294; renumbered § 1924, Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(a)(5), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5163.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National De- fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, referred to in text, is section 1101 of Pub. L. 105–261, which was formerly set out as a note under section 3104 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, prior to re- peal by Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XI, § 1121(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2452. See section 4092 of Title 10, Armed Forces. § 594. Testing authority (a) In general The Director shall coordinate with the respon- sible

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