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PUBLIC LAW nO-53-AUG. 3, 2007

IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE

9/11 COMMISSION ACT OF 2007

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PUBLIC LAW 1l0-53-AUG. 3, 2007

Public Law 110-53
110th Congress

An Act
To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Commis­
sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

Aug. 3, 2007
[H.R. 1]
Implementing
Recommenda­
tions of the 9/11
Commission Act
of 2007.
6 USC 101 note.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the "Implementing
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTs.-The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I-HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS
Sec. 101. Homeland Security Grant Program.

Sec. 102. Other amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Sec. 103. Amendments to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Refonn Act of

2006.
Sec. 104. Technical and confonning amendments.

TITLE II-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS
... Sec. 201. Emergency management perfonnance grant program.
Sec. 202. Grants for construction of emergency operations centers.
TITLE III-ENSURING COMMUNICATIONS INTEROPERABILITY FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS
Sec. 301. Interoperable emergency communications grant program.
Sec. 302. Border interoperability demonstration project.
TITLE IV-STRENGTHENING USE OF THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM
Sec. 401. Definitions.

Sec. 402. National exercise program design.

Sec. 403. National exercise program model exercises.

Sec. 404. Preidentifying and evaluating multijurisdictional facilities to strengthen

incident command; private sector preparedness.
Sec. 405. Federal response capability inventory.
Sec. 406. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 407. Federal preparedness.
Sec. 408. Credentialing and typing.
Sec. 409. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers.
Sec. 410. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE V-IMPROVING INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH­
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WITH STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.

Subtitle A-Homeland Security Infonnation Sharing Enhancement
501. Homeland Security Advisory System and infonnation sharing.

502. Intelligence Component Defined.

503. Role of intelligence components. training, and information sharing.

504. Infonnation sharing.

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SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

6 USC 591.
6 USC 591 et seq.
6 USC 594.
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USC 596.

(a) IN GENERAL.-The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
101 et seq.) is amended­
(1) by redesignating title XVIII, as added by the SAFE
Port Act (Public Law 109-347; 120 Stat. 1884), as title XIX;
(2) by redesignating sections 1801 through 1806, as added
by the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109-347; 120 Stat. 1884),
as sections 1901 through 1906, respectively;
(3) in section 1904(a), as so redesignated, by striking "sec­
tion 1802" and inserting "section 1902";
(4) in section 1906, as so redesignated, by striking "section
1802(a)" each place that term appears and inserting "section
1902(a)"; and
(5) in the table of contents in section l(b), by striking
the items relating to title XVIII and sections 1801 through
1806, as added by the SAFE Port Act (Public Law 109-347;
120 Stat. 1884), and inserting the following:
''TITLE XIX-DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE
"Sec. 1901. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
"Sec. 1902. Mission of Office.
"Sec. 1903. Hiring authority.
"Sec. 1904. Testing authority.
"Sec. 1905. Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies.
"Sec. 1906. Contracting and grant making authorities.
"TITLE XX-HOMELAt'\J'D SECURITY GRANTS
"Sec. 2001. Definitions.
"Subtitle A-Grants to States and High-Risk Urban Areas
"Sec. 2002. Homeland Security Grant Programs.
"Sec. 2003. Urban Area Secunty Initiative.
"Sec. 2004. State Homeland Security Grant Program.
"Sec. 2005. Grants to directly eligible tribes.
"Sec. 2006. Terrorism 'prevention.
"Sec. 2007. PrioritizatIOn.
"Sec. 2008. Use of funds.
"Subtitle B-Grants Administration
"Sec. 2021. Administration and coordination.
"Sec. 2022. Accountability.".

TITLE II-EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE GRANTS
SEC. 201. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT PRO·
GRAM.

Section 662 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 762) is amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 662. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS PRO·
GRAM.

"(a) DEFINITIONS.-In this section­
"(1) the term 'program' means the emergency management
performance grants program described in subsection (b); and
"(2) the term 'State' has the meaning given that term
in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
"(b) IN GENERAL.-The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall continue implementation of an emer­
gency management performance grants program, to make grants

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to States to assist State, local, and tribal governments in preparing
for all hazards, as authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
"(c) FEDERAL SHARE.-Except as otherwise specifically provided
by title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Federal share of the
cost of an activity carried out using funds made available under
the program shall not exceed 50 percent.
"(d) APPoRTIONMENT.-For fiscal year 2008, and each fiscal
year thereafter, the Administrator shall apportion the amounts
appropriated to carry out the program among the States as follows:
"(1) BASELINE AMOUNT.-The Administrator shall first Territories.
apportion 0.25 percent of such amounts to each of American States.
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, and the Virgin Islands and 0.75 percent of such amounts
to each of the remaining States.
.
"(2) REMAlNDER.-The Administrator shall apportion the
remainder of such amounts in the ratio that­
"(A) the population of each State; bears to
"(B) the population of all States.
"(e) CONSISTENCY IN ALLOCATION.-Notwithstanding subsection
(d), in any fiscal year before fiscal year 2013 in which the appropria­
tion for grants under this section is equal to or greater than the
appropriation for emergency management performance grants in
fiscal year 2007, no State shall receive an amount under this
section for that fiscal year less than the amount that State received
in fiscal year 2007.
"(D AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out the program­
"(1) for fiscal year 2008, $400,000,000;
"(2) for fiscal year 2009, $535,000,000;
"(3) for fiscal year 2010, $680,000,000;
"(4) for fiscal year 2011, $815,000,000; and
"(5) for fiscal year 2012, $950,000,000.".
SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTERS.

Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer­
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is amended to read as
follows:
"SEC. 614. GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTERS.

"(a) GRANTS.-The Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency may make grants to States under this title
for equipping, upgrading, and constructing State and local emer­
gency operations centers.
"(b) FEDERAL SHARE.-Notwithstanding any other provision of
this title, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out
using amounts from grants made under this section shall not exceed
75 percent.".