(a) In General.--There is established in the Agency a
National Integration Center.
(b) Responsibilities.--
(1) In general.--The Administrator, through the
National Integration Center, and in consultation with
other Federal departments and agencies and the National
Advisory Council, shall ensure ongoing management and
maintenance of the National Incident Management System,
the National Response Plan, and any successor to such
system or plan.
(2) Specific responsibilities.--The National
Integration Center shall periodically review, and
revise as appropriate, the National Incident Management
System and the National Response Plan, including--
(A) establishing, in consultation with the
Director of the Corporation for National and
Community Service, a process to better use
volunteers and donations;
(B) improving the use of Federal, State,
local, and tribal resources and ensuring the
effective use of emergency response providers
at emergency scenes; and
(C) revising the Catastrophic Incident
Annex, finalizing and releasing the
Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the
National Response Plan, and ensuring that both
effectively address response requirements in
the event of a catastrophic incident.
(c) Incident Management.--
(1) In general.--
(A) National response plan.--The Secretary,
acting through the Administrator, shall ensure
that the National Response Plan provides for a
clear chain of command to lead and coordinate
the Federal response to any natural disaster,
act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster.
(B) Administrator.--The chain of the
command specified in the National Response Plan
shall--
(i) provide for a role for the
Administrator consistent with the role
of the Administrator as the principal
emergency management advisor to the
President, the Homeland Security
Council, and the Secretary under
section 503(c)(4) and the
responsibility of the Administrator
under the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act of 2006, and the
amendments made by that Act, relating
to natural disasters, acts of
terrorism, and other man-made
disasters; and
(ii) provide for a role for the
Federal Coordinating Officer consistent
with the responsibilities under section
302(b) of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143(b)).
(2) Principal federal official.--The Principal
Federal Official (or the successor thereto) shall not--
(A) direct or replace the incident command
structure established at the incident; or
(B) have directive authority over the
Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official,
Federal Coordinating Officer, or other Federal
and State officials.