(a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of enactment of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform
Act of 2006, the Secretary shall establish an advisory body
under section 871(a) to ensure effective and ongoing
coordination of Federal preparedness, protection, response,
recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of
terrorism, and other man-made disasters, to be known as the
National Advisory Council.
(b) Responsibilities.--
(1) In general.--The National Advisory Council
shall advise the Administrator on all aspects of
emergency management. The National Advisory Council
shall incorporate State, local, and tribal government
and private sector input in the development and
revision of the national preparedness goal, the
national preparedness system, the National Incident
Management System, the National Response Plan, and
other related plans and strategies.
(2) Consultation on grants.--To ensure input from
and coordination with State, local, and tribal
governments and emergency response providers, the
Administrator shall regularly consult and work with the
National Advisory Council on the administration and
assessment of grant programs administered by the
Department, including with respect to the development
of program guidance and the development and evaluation
of risk-assessment methodologies, as appropriate.
(c) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The members of the National
Advisory Council shall be appointed by the
Administrator, and shall, to the extent practicable,
represent a geographic (including urban and rural) and
substantive cross section of officials, emergency
managers, and emergency response providers from State,
local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations, including as
appropriate--
(A) members selected from the emergency
management field and emergency response
providers, including fire service, law
enforcement, hazardous materials response,
emergency medical services, and emergency
management personnel, or organizations
representing such individuals;
(B) health scientists, emergency and
inpatient medical providers, and public health
professionals;
(C) experts from Federal, State, local, and
tribal governments, and the private sector,
representing standards-setting and accrediting
organizations, including representatives from
the voluntary consensus codes and standards
development community, particularly those with
expertise in the emergency preparedness and
response field;
(D) State, local, and tribal government
officials with expertise in preparedness,
protection, response, recovery, and mitigation,
including Adjutants General;
(E) elected State, local, and tribal
government executives;
(F) experts in public and private sector
infrastructure protection, cybersecurity, and
communications;
(G) representatives of individuals with
disabilities and other populations with special
needs; and
(H) such other individuals as the
Administrator determines to be appropriate.
(2) Coordination with the departments of health and
human services and transportation.--In the selection of
members of the National Advisory Council who are health
or emergency medical services professionals, the
Administrator shall work with the Secretary of Health
and Human Services and the Secretary of Transportation.
(3) Ex officio members.--The Administrator shall
designate 1 or more officers of the Federal Government
to serve as ex officio members of the National Advisory
Council.
(4) Terms of office.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the term of office of each
member of the National Advisory Council shall
be 3 years.
(B) Initial appointments.--Of the members
initially appointed to the National Advisory
Council--
(i) one-third shall be appointed
for a term of 1 year; and
(ii) one-third shall be appointed
for a term of 2 years.
(d) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 871(a) and
subject to paragraph (2), the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), including subsections
(a), (b), and (d) of section 10 of such Act, and
section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code, shall
apply to the National Advisory Council.
(2) Termination.--Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply
to the National Advisory Council.