(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
title)--
(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, the National Disaster Medical
System, \1\ and (when operating as an
organizational unit of the Department pursuant
to this title) the Nuclear Incident Response
Team;
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\1\ The phrase ``, the National Disaster Medical System,'' in
subsection (a)(3)(B) probably should not appear. Section 301(c)(1) of
Public Law 109-417 (120 Stat. 2854) provides for an amendment to the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 as follows:
(1) in section 502(3)(B), by striking ``, the National
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Disaster Medical System,''; and
The amendment was not executed because section 502 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 was redesignated as section 504 by section 611(8)
of Public Law 109-295 (120 Stat 1395).
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(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
national response plan;
(7) helping ensure the acquisition of operable and
interoperable communications capabilities by Federal,
State, local, and tribal governments and emergency
response providers;
(8) assisting the President in carrying out the
functions under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
and carrying out all functions and authorities given to
the Administrator under that Act;
(9) carrying out the mission of the Agency to
reduce the loss of life and property and protect the
Nation from all hazards by leading and supporting the
Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency
management system of--
(A) mitigation, by taking sustained actions
to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to
people and property from hazards and their
effects;
(B) preparedness, by planning, training,
and building the emergency management
profession to prepare effectively for, mitigate
against, respond to, and recover from any
hazard;
(C) response, by conducting emergency
operations to save lives and property through
positioning emergency equipment, personnel, and
supplies, through evacuating potential victims,
through providing food, water, shelter, and
medical care to those in need, and through
restoring critical public services; and
(D) recovery, by rebuilding communities so
individuals, businesses, and governments can
function on their own, return to normal life,
and protect against future hazards;
(10) increasing efficiencies, by coordinating
efforts relating to preparedness, protection, response,
recovery, and mitigation;
(11) helping to ensure the effectiveness of
emergency response providers in responding to a natural
disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster;
(12) supervising grant programs administered by the
Agency;
(13) administering and ensuring the implementation
of the National Response Plan, including coordinating
and ensuring the readiness of each emergency support
function under the National Response Plan;
(14) coordinating with the National Advisory
Council established under section 508;
(15) preparing and implementing the plans and
programs of the Federal Government for--
(A) continuity of operations;
(B) continuity of government; and
(C) continuity of plans;
(16) minimizing, to the extent practicable,
overlapping planning and reporting requirements
applicable to State, local, and tribal governments and
the private sector;
(17) maintaining and operating within the Agency
the National Response Coordination Center or its
successor;
(18) developing a national emergency management
system that is capable of preparing for, protecting
against, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating
against catastrophic incidents;
(19) assisting the President in carrying out the
functions under the national preparedness goal and the
national preparedness system and carrying out all
functions and authorities of the Administrator under
the national preparedness System;
(20) carrying out all authorities of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency and the Directorate of
Preparedness of the Department as transferred under
section 505; and
(21) otherwise carrying out the mission of the
Agency as described in section 503(b).
(b) All-Hazards Approach.--In carrying out the
responsibilities under this section, the Administrator shall
coordinate the implementation of a risk-based, all-hazards
strategy that builds those common capabilities necessary to
prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or
mitigate against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and
other man-made disasters, while also building the unique
capabilities necessary to prepare for, protect against, respond
to, recover from, or mitigate against the risks of specific
types of incidents that pose the greatest risk to the Nation.