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6 U.S.C. § 644 — Administration and coordination
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**(a) Regional coordination** The Administrator shall ensure that—
(1) all recipients of grants administered by the Department to prevent, prepare for, protect against, or respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters (excluding assistance provided under section 203, title IV, or title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5133&num=0&edition=prelim), 5170 et seq., and 5191 et seq.)) coordinate, as appropriate, their prevention, preparedness, and protection efforts with neighboring State, local, and tribal governments; and
(2) all high-risk urban areas and other recipients of grants administered by the Department to prevent, prepare for, protect against, or respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters (excluding assistance provided under section 203, title IV, or title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5133&num=0&edition=prelim), 5170 et seq., and 5191 et seq.)) that include or substantially affect parts or all of more than 1 State coordinate, as appropriate, across State boundaries, including, where appropriate, through the use of regional working groups and requirements for regional plans.
**(b) Planning committees**
(1) **In general** — Any State or high-risk urban area receiving a grant under section 604 or 605 of this title shall establish a State planning committee or urban area working group to assist in preparation and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland security plan or the threat and hazard identification and risk assessmen
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**(a) Regional coordination** The Administrator shall ensure that—
(1) all recipients of grants administered by the Department to prevent, prepare for, protect against, or respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters (excluding assistance provided under section 203, title IV, or title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5133&num=0&edition=prelim), 5170 et seq., and 5191 et seq.)) coordinate, as appropriate, their prevention, preparedness, and protection efforts with neighboring State, local, and tribal governments; and
(2) all high-risk urban areas and other recipients of grants administered by the Department to prevent, prepare for, protect against, or respond to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters (excluding assistance provided under section 203, title IV, or title V of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ([42 U.S.C. 5133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5133&num=0&edition=prelim), 5170 et seq., and 5191 et seq.)) that include or substantially affect parts or all of more than 1 State coordinate, as appropriate, across State boundaries, including, where appropriate, through the use of regional working groups and requirements for regional plans.
**(b) Planning committees**
(1) **In general** — Any State or high-risk urban area receiving a grant under section 604 or 605 of this title shall establish a State planning committee or urban area working group to assist in preparation and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland security plan or the threat and hazard identification and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to assist in determining effective funding priorities for grants under such sections.
(2) **Composition**
(A) *In general* — The State planning committees and urban area working groups referred to in paragraph (1) shall include at least one representative from each of the following significant stakeholders:
(i) Local or tribal government officials.
(ii) Emergency response providers, which shall include representatives of the fire service, law enforcement, emergency medical services, and emergency managers.
(iii) Public health officials and other appropriate medical practitioners.
(iv) Individuals representing educational institutions, including elementary schools, community colleges, and other institutions of higher education.
(v) State and regional interoperable communications coordinators, as appropriate.
(vi) State and major urban area fusion centers, as appropriate.
(B) *Geographic representation* — The members of the State planning committee or urban area working group, as the case may be, shall be a representative group of individuals from the counties, cities, towns, and Indian tribes within the State or high-risk urban area, including, as appropriate, representatives of rural, high-population, and high-threat jurisdictions.
(3) **Existing planning committees** — Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require that any State or high-risk urban area create a State planning committee or urban area working group, as the case may be, if that State or high-risk urban area has established and uses a multijurisdictional planning committee or commission that meets the requirements of this subsection.
**(c) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that, in order to ensure that the Nation is most effectively able to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters—
(1) the Department should administer a coherent and coordinated system of both terrorism-focused and all-hazards grants;
(2) there should be a continuing and appropriate balance between funding for terrorism-focused and all-hazards preparedness, as reflected in the authorizations of appropriations for grants under the amendments made by titles I and II, as applicable, of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007; and
(3) with respect to terrorism-focused grants, it is necessary to ensure both that the target capabilities of the highest risk areas are achieved quickly and that basic levels of preparedness, as measured by the attainment of target capabilities, are achieved nationwide.
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**(a)** The Congress hereby finds and declares that—
(1) because disasters often cause loss of life, human suffering, loss of income, and property loss and damage; and
(2) because disasters often disrupt the normal functioning of governments and communities, and adversely affect individuals and families with great severity;
special measures, designed to assist the efforts of the affected States in expediting the rendering of aid, assistance, and emergency services, and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of devastated areas, are necessary.
**(b)** It is the intent of the Congress, by this chapter, to provide an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal Government to State and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate the suffering and damage which result from such disasters by—
(1) revising and broadening the scope of existing disaster relief programs;
(2) encouraging the development of comprehensive disaster preparedness and assistance plans, programs, capabilities, and organizations by the States and by local governments;
(3) achieving greater coordination and responsiveness of disaster preparedness and relief programs;
(4) encouraging individuals, States, and local governments to protect themselves by obtaining insurance coverage to supplement or replace governmental assistance;
(5) encouraging hazard mitigation measures to reduce losses from disasters, including development of land use and construction regulations;
(6) providing Federal assistance programs for both public and private losses sustained in disasters; and
(7) identifying and improving the climate and natural hazard resilience of vulnerable communities.
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**(a) Definition of small impoverished community** In this section, the term “small impoverished community” means a community of 3,000 or fewer individuals that is economically disadvantaged, as determined by the State in which the community is located and based on criteria established by the President.
**(b) Establishment of program** The President may establish a program to provide technical and financial assistance to States and local governments to assist in the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation measures that are cost-effective and are designed to reduce injuries, loss of life, and damage and destruction of property, including damage to critical services and facilities under the jurisdiction of the States or local governments.
**(c) Approval by President** If the President determines that a State or local government has identified natural disaster hazards in areas under its jurisdiction and has demonstrated the ability to form effective public-private natural disaster hazard mitigation partnerships, the President, using amounts in the National Public Infrastructure Predisaster Mitigation Fund established under subsection (i) (referred to in this section as the “Fund”), may provide technical and financial assistance to the State or local government to be used in accordance with subsection (e).
**(d) State recommendations**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Recommendations* — The Governor of each State may recommend to the President not fewer than five local governments to receive assistance under this section.
(B) *Deadline for submission* — The recommendations under subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to the President not later than October 1, 2001, and each October 1st thereafter or such later date in the year as the President may establish.
(C) *C
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**(a) In general** The Administrator may make grants to administer the Emergency Management Assistance Compact consented to by the Joint Resolution entitled “Joint Resolution granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact” (Public Law 104–321; 110 Stat. 3877).
**(b) Uses** A grant under this section shall be used—
(1) to carry out recommendations identified in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane season;
(2) to administer compact operations on behalf of all member States and territories;
(3) to continue coordination with the Agency and appropriate Federal agencies;
(4) to continue coordination with State, local, and tribal government entities and their respective national organizations; and
(5) to assist State and local governments, emergency response providers, and organizations representing such providers with credentialing emergency response providers and the typing of emergency response resources.
**(c) Coordination** The Administrator shall consult with the Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to ensure effective coordination of efforts in responding to requests for assistance.
**(d) Authorization** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
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**(a) Short title** This section may be cited as the “Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001”.
**(b) Findings** Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The information revolution has transformed the conduct of business and the operations of government as well as the infrastructure relied upon for the defense and national security of the United States.
(2) Private business, government, and the national security apparatus increasingly depend on an interdependent network of critical physical and information infrastructures, including telecommunications, energy, financial services, water, and transportation sectors.
(3) A continuous national effort is required to ensure the reliable provision of cyber and physical infrastructure services critical to maintaining the national defense, continuity of government, economic prosperity, and quality of life in the United States.
(4) This national effort requires extensive modeling and analytic capabilities for purposes of evaluating appropriate mechanisms to ensure the stability of these complex and interdependent systems, and to underpin policy recommendations, so as to achieve the continuous viability and adequate protection of the critical infrastructure of the Nation.
**(c) Policy of the United States** It is the policy of the United States—
(1) that any physical or virtual disruption of the operation of the critical infrastructures of the United States be rare, brief, geographically limited in effect, manageable, and minimally detrimental to the economy, human and government services, and national security of the United States;
(2) that actions necessary to achieve the policy stated in paragraph (1) be carried out in a public-private partnership involving corporate and non-governmental organizations; and
(3
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5133
tion with the National Weather Service of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall—
‘‘(1) conduct a study of, develop recommendations
for, and initiate a process for the use of forecasts and
data, including information that supports the Red
Flag Warnings of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration and similar weather alert and
notification methods, to establish—
‘‘(A) plans and actions, consistent with law, that
can be implemented prior to a wildfire event, in-
cluding pre-impact disaster declarations and surge
operations, that can limit the impact, duration, or
severity of the fire; and
‘‘(B) mechanisms to increase interagency collabo-
ration to expedite the delivery of disaster assist-
ance; and
‘‘(2) submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a comprehensive report regarding the study de-
scribed in paragraph (1), including any recommenda-
tions of the Administrator, and the activities of the
Administrator to carry out paragraph (1).’’
§ 5132. Disaster warnings
(a) Readiness of Federal agencies to issue warn-
ings to State and local officials
The President shall insure that all appropriate
Federal agencies are prepared to issue warnings
of disasters to State and local officials.
(b) Technical assistance to State and local gov-
ernments for effective warnings
The President shall direct appropriate Federal
agencies to provide technical assistance to State
and local governments to insure that timely and
effective disaster warning is provided.
(c) Warnings to governmental authorities and
public endangered by disaster
The President is authorized to utilize or to
make available to Federal, State, and local
agencies the facilities of the civil defense com-
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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 644
1 See References in Text note below.
1 See References in Text note below.
(1) Department
The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security.
(2) Human trafficking
The term ‘‘human trafficking’’ means an act
or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) 1
of section 7102 of title 22.
(3) Secretary
The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Homeland Security.
(Pub. L. 114–22, title IX, § 901, May 29, 2015, 129
Stat. 264.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi-
nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title IX of Pub. L. 114–22,
which is classified principally to this subchapter. For
complete classification of title IX to the Code, see Ta-
bles.
Paragraphs (9) and (10) of section 7102 of title 22, re-
ferred to in par. (2), were redesignated pars. (11) and
(12), respectively, of section 7102 of title 22 by Pub. L.
115–427, § 2(1), Jan. 9, 2019, 132 Stat. 5503.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Justice for Vic-
tims of Trafficking Act of 2015, and not as part of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this
chapter.
§ 642. Training for Department personnel to iden-
tify human trafficking
(a) In general
Not later than 180 days after May 29, 2015, the
Secretary shall implement a program to—
(1) train and periodically retrain relevant
Transportation Security Administration, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, and other De-
partment personnel that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, with respect to how to ef-
fectively deter, detect, and disrupt human
trafficking, and, where appropriate, interdict
a suspected perpetrator of human trafficking,
during the course of their primary roles and
responsibilities; and
(2) ensure
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