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6 U.S.C. § 316 — Definitions
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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 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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**(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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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) Definition** In this section, the term “situational awareness” means knowledge and unified understanding of unlawful cross-border activity, including—
(1) threats and trends concerning illicit trafficking and unlawful crossings;
(2) the ability to forecast future shifts in such threats and trends;
(3) the ability to evaluate such threats and trends at a level sufficient to create actionable plans; and
(4) the operational capability to conduct continuous and integrated surveillance of the air, land, and maritime borders of the United States.
**(b) Joint task forces**
(1) **Establishment** — The Secretary may establish and operate departmental Joint Task Forces to conduct joint operations using personnel and capabilities of the Department for the purposes specified in paragraph (2).
(2) **Purposes**
(A) *In general* — Subject to subparagraph (B), the purposes referred to in paragraph (1) are or relate to the following:
(i) Securing the land and maritime borders of the United States.
(ii) Homeland security crises.
(iii) Establishing regionally-based operations.
(B) *Limitation*
(i) *In general* — The Secretary may not establish a Joint Task Force for any major disaster or emergency declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5121](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5121&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or an incident for which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has primary responsibility for management of the response under subchapter V of this chapter, including [section 314(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section314/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim), unless the responsibilities of such
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 317
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘authorities, responsibil-
ities, or functions’’.
cy, including the functions of the Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency relating thereto,
to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treat-
ment of related references, see former section 313(1) and
sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of this title and the De-
partment of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of
November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
section 542 of this title.
§ 316. Preserving the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency
(a) Distinct entity
The Agency shall be maintained as a distinct
entity within the Department.
(b) Reorganization
Section 452 of this title shall not apply to the
Agency, including any function or organiza-
tional unit of the Agency.
(c) Prohibition on changes to missions
(1) In general
The Secretary may not substantially or sig-
nificantly reduce, including through a Joint
Task Force established under section 348 of
this title, the authorities, responsibilities, or
functions of the Agency or the capability of
the Agency to perform those missions, au-
thorities, responsibilities,1 except as otherwise
specifically provided in an Act enacted after
October 4, 2006.
(2) Certain transfers prohibited
No asset, function, or mission of the Agency
may be diverted to the principal and con-
tinuing use of any other organization, unit, or
entity of the Department, including a Joint
Task Force established under section 348 of
this title, except for details or assignments
that do not reduce the capability of the Agen-
cy to perform its missions.
(d) Reprogramming and transfer of funds
In reprogramming or transferring funds, the
Secretary shall comply with any ap
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