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6 U.S.C. § 592 — Urban and other high risk area communications capabilities
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**(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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**(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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**(a) In general** The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall operate Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within Homeland Security Investigations.
**(b) Composition** Each Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit shall be composed of trained foreign law enforcement officials who shall collaborate with Homeland Security Investigations to investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational criminal activity.
**(c) Vetting requirement**
(1) **In general** — Before entry into a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit, and at periodic intervals while serving in such a unit, foreign law enforcement officials shall be required to pass certain security evaluations, which may include a background check, a polygraph examination, a urinalysis test, or other measures that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(2) **Leahy vetting required** — No member of a foreign law enforcement unit may join a Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit if the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of State, has credible information that such foreign law enforcement unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, consistent with the limitations set forth in [section 2378d of title 22](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2378d&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Approval and concurrence** — The establishment and continued support of the Transnational Criminal Investigative Units who are assigned under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall be performed with the approval of the chief of mission to the foreign country to which the personnel are assigned;
(B) shall be consistent with the duties and powers of the Secretary of State and the chief of mission for a foreign country under [section 4802 of title 2
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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 Secretary, acting through the Assistant Director for Emergency Communications, and in cooperation with the Department of National Communications System (as appropriate), shall, in cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments, Federal departments and agencies, emergency response providers, and the private sector, develop not later than 180 days after the completion of the baseline assessment under [section 573 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section573&num=0&edition=prelim), and periodically update, a National Emergency Communications Plan to provide recommendations regarding how the United States should—
(1) support and promote 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
(2) ensure, accelerate, and attain interoperable emergency communications nationwide.
**(b) Coordination** The Emergency Communications Preparedness Center under [section 576 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section576&num=0&edition=prelim) shall coordinate the development of the Federal aspects of the National Emergency Communications Plan.
**(c) Contents** The National Emergency Communications Plan shall—
(1) include recommendations developed in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Institute of Standards and Technology for a process for expediting national voluntary consensus standards for emergency communications equipment for the purchase and use by public safety agencies of interoperable emergency communications equipment and technologies;
(2) identify the appropriate capabilities
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**(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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**(a) In general** The Director shall coordinate with the responsible Federal agency or other entity to facilitate the use by the Office, by its contractors, or by other persons or entities, of existing Government laboratories, centers, ranges, or other testing facilities for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items as may be related to the missions identified in [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section592&num=0&edition=prelim). Any such use of Government facilities shall be carried out in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and contractual provisions, including those governing security, safety, and environmental protection, including, when applicable, the provisions of [section 189 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section189&num=0&edition=prelim). The Office may direct that private sector entities utilizing Government facilities in accordance with this section pay an appropriate fee to the agency that owns or operates those facilities to defray additional costs to the Government resulting from such use.
**(b) Confidentiality of test results** The results of tests performed with services made available shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed outside the Federal Government without the consent of the persons for whom the tests are performed.
**(c) Fees** Fees for services made available under this section shall not exceed the amount necessary to recoup the direct and indirect costs involved, such as direct costs of utilities, contractor support, and salaries of personnel that are incurred by the United States to provide for the testing.
**(d) Use of fees** Fees received for services made available
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The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, in carrying out the responsibilities under [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section592&num=0&edition=prelim), shall—
(1) operate extramural and intramural programs and distribute funds through grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions and contracts;
(2) ensure that activities under [section 592 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section592&num=0&edition=prelim) include investigations of radiation detection equipment in configurations suitable for deployment at seaports, which may include underwater or water surface detection equipment and detection equipment that can be mounted on cranes and straddle cars used to move shipping containers; and
(3) have the authority to establish or contract with 1 or more federally funded research and development centers to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues and carry out other responsibilities under this subchapter.
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**(a) Annual review**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly ensure interagency coordination on the development and implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture by ensuring that, not less frequently than once each year—
(A) each relevant agency, office, or entity—
(i) assesses its involvement, support, and participation in the development, revision, and implementation of the global nuclear detection architecture; and
(ii) examines and evaluates components of the global nuclear detection architecture (including associated strategies and acquisition plans) relating to the operations of that agency, office, or entity, to determine whether such components incorporate and address current threat assessments, scenarios, or intelligence analyses developed by the Director of National Intelligence or other agencies regarding threats relating to nuclear or radiological weapons of mass destruction;
(B) each agency, office, or entity deploying or operating any nuclear or radiological detection technology under the global nuclear detection architecture—
(i) evaluates the deployment and operation of nuclear or radiological detection technologies under the global nuclear detection architecture by that agency, office, or entity;
(ii) identifies performance deficiencies and operational or technical deficiencies in nuclear or radiological detection technologies deployed under the global nuclear detection architecture; and
(iii) assesses the capacity of that agency, office, or entity to implement the responsibilities of that agency, office, or entity under the global nuclear detection architectur
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 592
Act, except for the functions, personnel, budget au-
thority, and assets of such office necessary to per-
form the functions specified in section 710 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 350] (relat-
ing to workforce health and medical support), as
added by this Act; and
‘‘(B) the Management Directorate of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security all functions, personnel,
budget authority, and assets of the Office of Health
Affairs, as in existence on the day before the date of
the enactment of this Act, that are necessary to per-
form the functions of such section 710.
‘‘(2) ABOLISHMENT.—Upon completion of all transfers
pursuant to paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office of the
Department of Homeland Security and the Office of
Health Affairs of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity are abolished; and
‘‘(B) the positions of Assistant Secretary for Health
Affairs and Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection
are abolished.’’
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CHEMICAL,
BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(g), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5169, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act [Dec. 21, 2018], and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
provide a briefing and report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees (as defined in section 2 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101)) on—
‘‘(1) the organization and management of the chem-
ical, biological, radiological, and nuclear activities of
the Department of Homeland Security, including re-
search and development activities, and the location
of each activity under the organizational structure of
the Countering Weapons of Mass De
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