EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12656
Assignment Of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
SOURCE: The provisions of Executive Order 12656 of Nov. 18, 1988,
appear at 53 FR 47491, 3 CFR, 1988 Comp., p. 585, unless otherwise noted.
WHEREAS our national security is dependent upon our ability to assure
continuity of government, at every level, in any national security emergency
situation that might confront the Nation; and
WHEREAS effective national preparedness planning to meet such an emergency,
including a massive nuclear attack, is essential to our national survival; and
WHEREAS effective national preparedness planning requires the identification
of functions that would have to be performed during such an emergency, the
assignment of responsibility for developing plans for performing these
functions, and the assignment of responsibility for developing the capability to
implement those plans; and
WHEREAS the Congress has directed the development of such national security
emergency preparedness plans and has provided funds for the accomplishment
thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and pursuant to
Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), the National Security Act of
1947, as amended, the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the
Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended, it is hereby ordered that the
responsibilities of the Federal departments and agencies in national security
emergencies shall be as follows:
PART I--PREAMBLE
SECTION 101. National Security Emergency Preparedness Policy.
- The policy of the United States is to have sufficient capabilities at all
levels of government to meet essential defense and civilian needs during any
national security emergency. A national security emergency is any
occurrence, including natural disaster, military attack, technological
emergency, or other emergency, that seriously degrades or seriously
threatens the national security of the United States. Policy for national
security emergency preparedness shall be established by the President.
Pursuant to the President's direction, the National Security Council shall
be responsible for developing and administering such policy. All national
security emergency preparedness activities shall be consistent with the
Constitution and laws of the United States and with preservation of the
constitutional government of the United States.
- Effective national security emergency preparedness planning requires:
identification of functions that would have to be performed during such an
emergency; development of plans for performing these functions; and
development of the capability to execute those plans.
SEC. 102. Purpose.
- The purpose of this Order is to assign national security emergency
preparedness responsibilities to Federal departments and agencies. These
assignments are based, whenever possible, on extensions of the regular
missions of the departments and agencies.
- This Order does not constitute authority to implement the plans prepared
pursuant to this Order. Plans so developed may be executed only in the event
that authority for such execution is authorized by law.
SEC. 103. Scope.
- This Order addresses national security emergency preparedness functions
and activities. As used in this Order, preparedness functions and activities
include, as appropriate, policies, plans, procedures, and readiness measures
that enhance the ability of the United States Government to mobilize for,
respond to, and recover from a national security emergency.
- This Order does not apply to those natural disasters, technological
emergencies, or other emergencies, the alleviation of which is normally the
responsibility of individuals, the private sector, volunteer organizations,
State and local governments, and Federal departments and agencies unless
such situations also constitute a national security emergency.
- This Order does not require the provision of information concerning, or
evaluation of, military policies, plans, programs, or states of military
readiness.
- This Order does not apply to national security emergency preparedness
telecommunications functions and responsibilities that are otherwise
assigned by Executive Order 12472.
SEC. 104. Management of National Security Emergency Preparedness.
- The National Security Council is the principal forum for consideration of
national security emergency preparedness policy.
- The National Security Council shall arrange for Executive branch liaison
with, and assistance to, the Congress and the Federal judiciary on national
security-emergency preparedness matters.
- The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall serve as an
advisor to the National Security Council on issues of national security
emergency preparedness, including mobilization preparedness, civil defense,
continuity of government, technological disasters, and other issues, as
appropriate. Pursuant to such procedures for the organization and management
of the National Security Council process as the President may establish, the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency also shall assist in the
implementation of and management of the National Security Council process as
the President may establish, the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency also shall assist in the implementation of national
security emergency preparedness policy by coordinating with the other
Federal departments and agencies and with State and local governments, and
by providing periodic reports to the National Security Council on
implementation of national security emergency preparedness policy.
- National security emergency preparedness functions that are shared by more
than one agency shall be coordinated by the head of the Federal department
or agency having primary responsibility and shall be supported by the heads
of other departments and agencies having related responsibilities.
- There shall be a national security emergency exercise program that shall
be supported by the heads of all appropriate Federal departments and
agencies.
- Plans and procedures will be designed and developed to provide maximum
flexibility to the President for his implementation of emergency actions.
SEC. 105. Interagency Coordination.
- All appropriate Cabinet members and agency heads shall be consulted
regarding national security emergency preparedness programs and policy
issues. Each department and agency shall support interagency coordination to
improve preparedness and response to a national security emergency and shall
develop and maintain decentralized capabilities wherever feasible and
appropriate.
- Each Federal department and agency shall work within the framework
established by, and cooperate with those organizations assigned
responsibility in, Executive Order No. 12472, to ensure adequate national
security emergency preparedness telecommunications in support of the
functions and activities addressed by this Order.
PART 2--GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. General. The head of each Federal department and agency, as
appropriate, shall:
- Be prepared to respond adequately to all national security emergencies,
including those that are international in scope, and those that may occur
within any region of the Nation;
- Consider national security emergency preparedness factors in the conduct
of his or her regular functions, particularly those functions essential in
time of emergency. Emergency plans and programs, and an appropriate state of
readiness, including organizational infrastructure, shall be developed as an
integral part of the continuing activities of each Federal department and
agency;
- Appoint a senior policy official as Emergency Coordinator, responsible for
developing and maintaining a multi-year, national security emergency
preparedness plan for the department or agency to include objectives,
programs, and budgetary requirements;
- Design preparedness measures to permit a rapid and effective transition
from routine to emergency operations, and to make effective use of the
period following initial indication of a probable national security
emergency. This will include:
- Development of a system of emergency actions that defines
alternatives, processes, and issues to be considered during various
stages of national security emergencies;
- Identification of actions that could be taken in the early stages of a
national security emergency or pending national security emergency to
mitigate the impact of or reduce significantly the lead times associated
with full emergency action implementation;
- Base national security emergency preparedness measures on the use of
existing authorities, organizations, resources, and systems to the maximum
extent practicable;
- Identify areas where additional legal authorities may be needed to assist
management and, consistent with applicable Executive orders, take
appropriate measures toward acquiring those authorities;
- Make policy recommendations to the National Security Council regarding
national security emergency preparedness activities and functions of the
Federal Government;
- Coordinate with State and local government agencies and other
organizations, including private sector organizations, when appropriate.
Federal plans should include appropriate involvement of and reliance upon
private sector organizations in the response to national security
emergencies;
- Assist State, local, and private sector entities in developing plans for
mitigating the effects of national security emergencies and for providing
services that are essential to a national response;
- Cooperate, to the extent appropriate, in compiling, evaluating, and
exchanging relevant data related to all aspects of national security
emergency preparedness;
- Develop programs regarding congressional relations and public information
that could be used during national security emergencies;
- Ensure a capability to provide, during a national security emergency,
information concerning Acts of Congress, presidential proclamations,
Executive orders, regulations, and notices of other actions to the Archivist
of the United States, for publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER, or to each
agency designated to maintain the FEDERAL REGISTER in an emergency;
- Develop and conduct training and education programs that incorporate
emergency preparedness and civil defense information necessary to ensure an
effective national response;
- Ensure that plans consider the consequences for essential services
provided by State and local governments, and by the private sector, if the
flow of Federal funds is disrupted;
- Consult and coordinate with the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to ensure that those activities and plans are consistent
with current National Security Council guidelines and policies.
SEC. 202. Continuity of Government. The head of each Federal department and
agency shall ensure the continuity of essential functions in any national
security emergency by providing for: succession to office and emergency
delegation of authority in accordance with applicable law; safekeeping of
essential resources, facilities, and records; and establishment of emergency
operating capabilities.
SEC. 203. Resource Management. The head of each Federal department and
agency, as appropriate within assigned areas of responsibility, shall:
- Develop plans and programs to mobilize personnel (including reservist
programs), equipment, facilities, and other resources;
- Assess essential emergency requirements and plan for the possible use of
alternative resources to meet essential demands during and following
national security emergencies;
- Prepare plans and procedures to share between and among the responsible
agencies resources such as energy, equipment, food, land, materials,
minerals, services, supplies, transportation, water, and workforce needed to
carry out assigned responsibilities and other essential functions, and
cooperate with other agencies in developing programs to ensure availability
of such resources in a national security emergency;
- Develop plans to set priorities and allocate resources among civilian and
military claimants;
- Identify occupations and skills for which there may be a critical need in
the event of a national security emergency.
SEC. 204. Protection of Essential Resources and Facilities. The head of each
Federal department and agency, within assigned areas of responsibility, shall:
- Identify facilities and resources, both government and private, essential
to the national defense and national welfare, and assess their
vulnerabilities and develop strategies, plans, and programs to provide for
the security of such facilities and resources, and to avoid or minimize
disruptions of essential services during any national security emergency;
- Participate in interagency activities to assess the relative importance of
various facilities and resources to essential military and civilian needs
and to integrate preparedness and response strategies and procedures;
- Maintain a capability to assess promptly the effect of attack and other
disruptions during national security emergencies.
SEC. 205. Federal Benefit, Insurance, and Loan Programs. The head of each
Federal department and agency that administers a loan, insurance, or benefit
program that relies upon the Federal Government payment system shall coordinate
with the Secretary of the Treasury in developing plans for the continuation or
restoration, to the extent feasible, of such programs in national security
emergencies.
SEC. 206. Research. The Director of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy and the heads of Federal departments and agencies having significant
research and development programs shall advise the National Security Council of
scientific and technological developments that should be considered in national
security emergency preparedness planning.
SEC. 207. Relegation. The head of each Federal department and agency is
hereby authorized, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, to relegate the
functions assigned by this Order, and to authorize successive redelegations to
organizations, officers, or employees within that department or agency.
SEC. 208. Transfer of Functions. Recommendations for interagency transfer of
any emergency preparedness function assigned under this Order or for assignment
of any new emergency preparedness function shall be coordinated with all
affected Federal departments and agencies before submission to the National
Security Council.
SEC. 209. Retention of Existing Authority. Nothing in this Order shall be
deemed to derogate from assignments of functions to any Federal department or
agency or officer thereof made by law.
PART 3--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SEC. 301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
- Develop plans to provide for the continuation of agricultural production,
food processing, storage, and distribution through the wholesale level in
national security emergencies, and to provide for the domestic distribution
of seed, feed, fertilizer, and farm equipment to agricultural producers;
- Develop plans to provide food and agricultural products to meet
international responsibilities in national security emergencies;
- Develop plans and procedures for administration and use of Commodity
Credit Corporation inventories of food and fiber resources in national
security emergencies;
- Develop plans for the use of resources under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Agriculture and, in cooperation with the Secretaries of
Commerce, Defense, and the Interior, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, and the heads of other government entities, plan for the
national security emergency management, production, and processing of forest
products;
- Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, plans and programs
for water to be used in agricultural production and food processing in
national security emergencies;
- In cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, develop plans for
a national program relating to the prevention and control of fires in rural
areas of the United States caused by the effects of enemy attack or other
national security emergencies;
- Develop plans to help provide the Nation's farmers with production
resources, including national security emergency financing capabilities;
- Develop plans, in consonance with those of the Department of Health and
Human Services, the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental
Protection Agency, for national security emergency agricultural health
services and forestry, including:
- Diagnosis and control or eradication of diseases, pests, or hazardous
agents (biological, chemical, or radiological) against animals, crops,
timber, or products thereof;
- Protection, treatment, and handling of livestock and poultry, or
products thereof, that have been exposed to or affected by hazardous
agents;
- Use and handling of crops, agricultural commodities, timber, and
agricultural lands that have been exposed to or affected by hazardous
agents; and
- Assuring the safety and wholesomeness, and minimizing losses from
hazards, of animals and animal products and agricultural commodities and
products subject to continuous inspection by the Department of
Agriculture or owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation or by the
Department of Agriculture;
- In consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United States in
agriculture-related international civil emergency preparedness planning and
related activities.
SEC. 302. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Agriculture shall assist
the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out plans for stockpiling
strategic and critical agricultural materials.
PART 4--DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
SEC. 401. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Commerce shall:
- Develop control systems for priorities, allocation, production, and
distribution of materials and other resources that will be available to
support both national defense and essential civilian programs in a national
security emergency;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense and other departments and
agencies, identify those industrial products and facilities that are
essential to mobilization readiness, national defense, or post-attack
survival and recovery;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense and other Federal departments
and agencies, analyze potential effects of national security emergencies on
actual production capability, taking into account the entire production
complex, including shortages of resources, and develop preparedness measures
to strengthen capabilities for production increases in national security
emergencies;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, perform industry analyses to
assess capabilities of the commercial industrial base to support the
national defense, and develop policy alternatives to improve the
international competitiveness of specific domestic industries and their
abilities to meet defense program needs;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, develop plans for
providing emergency assistance to the private sector through direct or
participation loans for the financing of production facilities and
equipment;
- In cooperation with the Secretaries of State, Defense, Transportation, and
the Treasury, prepare plans to regulate and control exports and imports in
national security emergencies;
- Provide for the collection and reporting of census information on human
and economic resources, and maintain a capability to conduct emergency
surveys to provide information on the status of these resources as required
for national security purposes;
- Develop overall plans and programs to ensure that the fishing industry
continues to produce and process essential protein in national security
emergencies;
- Develop plans to provide meteorological, hydrologic, marine weather,
geodetic, hydrographic, climatic, seismic, and oceanographic data and
services to Federal, State, and local agencies, as appropriate;
- In coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United States in
industry-related international (NATO and allied) civil emergency
preparedness planning and related activities.
SEC. 402. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Commerce shall:
- Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out plans for
stockpiling strategic and critical materials;
- Support the Secretary of Agriculture in planning for the national security
management, production, and processing of forest and fishery products;
- Assist, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, the
Secretary of the Treasury in the formulation and execution of economic
measures affecting other nations.
PART 5--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
SEC. 501. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Defense shall:
- Ensure military preparedness and readiness to respond to national security
emergencies;
- In coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, develop, with industry,
government, and the private sector, reliable capabilities for the rapid
increase of defense production to include industrial resources required for
that production;
- Develop and maintain, in cooperation with the heads of other departments
and agencies, national security emergency plans, programs, and mechanisms to
ensure effective mutual support between and among the military, civil
government, and the private sector;
- Develop and maintain damage assessment capabilities and assist the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the heads of other
departments and agencies in developing and maintaining capabilities to
assess attack damage and to estimate the effects of potential attack on the
Nation;
- Arrange, through agreements with the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies, for the transfer of certain Federal resources to the
jurisdiction and/or operational control of the Department of Defense in
national security emergencies;
- Acting through the Secretary of the Army, develop, with the concurrence of
the heads of all affected departments and agencies, overall plans for the
management, control, and allocation of all usable waters from all sources
within the jurisdiction of the United States. This includes:
- Coordination of national security emergency water resource planning at
the national, regional, State, and local levels;
- Development of plans to assure emergency provision of water from
public works projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Army to public water supply utilities and critical defense production
facilities during national security emergencies;
- Development of plans to assure emergency operation of waterways and
harbors; and
- Development of plans to assure the provision of potable water;
- In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Energy, the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and others, as required, develop
plans and capabilities for identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and
responding to hazards related to nuclear weapons, materials, and devices;
and maintain liaison, as appropriate, with the Secretary of Energy and the
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure the continuity of
nuclear weapons production and the appropriate allocation of scarce
resources, including the recapture of special nuclear materials from Nuclear
Regulatory Commission licensees when appropriate;
- Coordinate with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, to prepare for
the use, maintenance, and development of technologically advanced aerospace
and aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and methodologies applicable to
national security emergencies;
- Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, the Directors of the
Selective Service System, the Office of Personnel Management, and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, plans and systems to ensure that the
Nation's human resources are available to meet essential military and
civilian needs in national security emergencies;
- Develop national security emergency operational procedures, and coordinate
with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with respect to
residential property, for the control, acquisition, leasing, assignment and
priority of occupancy of real property within the jurisdiction of the
Department of Defense;
- Review the priorities and allocations systems developed by other
departments and agencies to ensure that they meet Department of Defense
needs in a national security emergency; and develop and maintain the
Department of Defense programs necessary for effective utilization of all
priorities and allocations systems;
- Develop, in coordination with the Attorney General of the United States,
specific procedures by which military assistance to civilian law enforcement
authorities may be requested, considered, and provided;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other departments and
agencies, identify those industrial products and facilities that are
essential to mobilization readiness, national defense, or post-attack
survival and recovery;
- In cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other Federal
departments and agencies, analyze potential effects of national security
emergencies on actual production capability, taking into account the entire
production complex, including shortages of resources, and develop
preparedness measures to strengthen capabilities for production increases in
national security emergencies;
- With the assistance of the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies, provide management direction for the stockpiling of strategic and
critical materials, conduct storage, maintenance, and quality assurance
operations for the stockpile of strategic and critical materials, and
formulate plans, programs, and reports relating to the stockpiling of
strategic and critical materials.
SEC. 502. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Defense shall:
- Advise and assist the heads of other Federal departments and agencies in
the development of plans and programs to support national mobilization. This
includes providing, as appropriate:
- Military requirements, prioritized and time-phased to the extent
possible, for selected end-items and supporting services, materials, and
components;
- Recommendations for use of financial incentives and other methods to
improve defense production as provided by law; and
- Recommendations for export and import policies;
- Advise and assist the Secretary of State and the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies, as appropriate, in planning for the protection,
evacuation, and repatriation of United States citizens in threatened areas
overseas;
- Support the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the heads of
other agencies, as appropriate, in the development of plans to restore
community facilities;
- Support the Secretary of Energy in international liaison activities
pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
- In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Commerce, assist the
Secretary of the Treasury in the formulation and execution of economic
measures that affect other nations;
- Support the Secretary of State and the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies as appropriate in the formulation and implementation of foreign
policy, and the negotiation of contingency and post-emergency plans,
intergovernmental agreements, and arrangements with allies and friendly
nations, which affect national security;
- Coordinate with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
the development of plans for mutual civil-military support during national
security emergencies;
- Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor in providing education and
training to overcome shortages of critical skills.
PART 6--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SEC. 601. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Education shall:
- Assist school systems in developing their plans to provide for the
earliest possible resumption of activities following national security
emergencies;
- Develop plans to provide assistance, including efforts to meet shortages
of critical educational personnel, to local educational agencies;
- Develop plans, in coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, for dissemination of emergency preparedness instructional
material through educational institutions and the media during national
security emergencies.
SEC. 602. Support responsibilities. The Secretary of Education shall:
- Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor in providing education and
training to overcome shortages of critical skills;
- Support the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the development of
human services educational and training materials, including self-help
program materials for use by human service organizations and professional
schools.
PART 7--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SEC. 701. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Energy shall:
- Conduct national security emergency preparedness planning, including
capabilities development, and administer operational programs for all energy
resources, including:
- Providing information, in cooperation with Federal, State, and energy
industry officials, on energy supply and demand conditions and on the
requirements for and the availability of materials and services critical
to energy supply systems;
- In coordination with appropriate departments and agencies and in
consultation with the energy industry, develop implementation plans and
operational systems for priorities and allocation of all energy resource
requirements for national defense and essential civilian needs to assure
national security emergency preparedness;
- Developing, in consultation with the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, plans necessary for the integration of its
power system into the national supply system;
- Identify energy facilities essential to the mobilization, deployment, and
sustainment of resources to support the national security and national
welfare, and develop energy supply and demand strategies to ensure continued
provision of minimum essential services in national security emergencies;
- In coordination with the Secretary of Defense, ensure continuity of
nuclear weapons production consistent with national security requirements;
- Assure the security of nuclear materials, nuclear weapons, or devices in
the custody of the Department of Energy, as well as the security of all
other Department of Energy programs and facilities;
- In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense and the Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, conduct appropriate
international liaison activities pertaining to matters within the
jurisdiction of the Department of Energy;
- In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Members of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and others, as required, develop plans and
capabilities for identification, analysis, damage assessment, and mitigation
of hazards from nuclear weapons, materials, and devices;
- Coordinate with the Secretary of Transportation in the planning and
management of transportation resources involved in the bulk movement of
energy;
- At the request of or with the concurrence of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission and in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, recapture
special nuclear materials from Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees where
necessary to assure the use, preservation, or safeguarding of such material
for the common defense and security;
- Develop national security emergency operational procedures for the
control, utilization, acquisition, leasing, assignment, and priority of
occupancy of real property within the jurisdiction of the Department of
Energy;
- Manage all emergency planning and response activities pertaining to
Department of Energy nuclear facilities.
SEC. 702. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Energy shall:
- Provide advice and assistance, in coordination with appropriate agencies,
to Federal, State, and local officials and private sector organizations to
assess the radiological impact associated with national security
emergencies;
- Coordinate with the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior regarding the
operation of hydroelectric projects to assure maximum energy output;
- Support the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the heads of
other agencies, as appropriate, in the development of plans to restore
community facilities;
- Coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture regarding the emergency
preparedness of the rural electric supply systems throughout the Nation and
the assignment of emergency preparedness responsibilities to the Rural
Electrification Administration.
PART 8--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SEC. 801. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall:
- Develop national plans and programs to mobilize the health industry and
health resources for the provision of health, mental health, and medical
services in national security emergencies;
- Promote the development of State and local plans and programs for
provision of health, mental health, and medical services in national
security emergencies;
- Develop national plans to set priorities and allocate health, mental
health, and medical services' resources among civilian and military
claimants;
- Develop health and medical survival information programs and a nationwide
program to train health and mental health professionals and
paraprofessionals in special knowledge and skills that would be useful in
national security emergencies;
- Develop programs to reduce or eliminate adverse health and mental health
effects produced by hazardous agents (biological, chemical, or
radiological), and, in coordination with appropriate Federal agencies,
develop programs to minimize property and environmental damage associated
with national security emergencies;
- Develop guidelines that will assure reasonable and prudent standards of
purity and/or safety in the manufacture and distribution of food, drugs,
biological products, medical devices, food additives, and radiological
products in national security emergencies;
- Develop national plans for assisting State and local governments in
rehabilitation of persons injured or disabled during national security
emergencies;
- Develop plans and procedures to assist State and local governments in the
provision of emergency human services, including lodging, feeding, clothing,
registration and inquiry, social services, family reunification and mortuary
services and interment;
- Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Education, human services
educational and training materials for use by human service organizations
and professional schools; and develop and distribute, in coordination with
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, civil defense
information relative to emergency human services;
- Develop plans and procedures, in coordination with the heads of Federal
departments and agencies, for assistance to United States citizens or others
evacuated from overseas areas.
SEC. 802. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall support the Secretary of Agriculture in the development of plans related
to national security emergency agricultural health services.
PART 9--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 901. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall:
- Develop plans for provision and management of housing in national security
emergencies, including:
- Providing temporary housing using Federal financing and other
arrangements;
- Providing for radiation protection by encouraging voluntary
construction of shelters and voluntary use of cost-efficient design and
construction techniques to maximize population protection;
- Develop plans, in cooperation with the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies and State and local governments, to restore community
facilities, including electrical power, potable water, and sewage disposal
facilities, damaged in national security emergencies.
PART 10--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
SEC. 1001. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of the Interior shall:
- Develop programs and encourage the exploration, development, and mining of
strategic and critical and other nonfuel minerals for national security
emergency purposes;
- Provide guidance to mining industries in the development of plans and
programs to ensure continuity of production during national security
emergencies;
- Develop and implement plans for the management, control, allocation, and
use of public land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior
in national security emergencies and coordinate land emergency planning at
the Federal, State, and local levels.
SEC. 1002. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of the Interior shall:
- Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out plans for
stockpiling strategic and critical minerals;
- Cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce in the identification and
evaluation of facilities essential for national security emergencies;
- Support the Secretary of Agriculture in planning for the national security
management, production, and processing of forest products.
PART 11--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 1101. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Attorney General of the United
States shall:
- Provide legal advice to the President and the heads of Federal departments
and agencies and their successors regarding national security emergency
powers, plans, and authorities;
- Coordinate Federal Government domestic law enforcement activities related
to national security emergency preparedness, including Federal law
enforcement liaison with, and assistance to, State and local governments;
- Coordinate contingency planning for national security emergency law
enforcement activities that are beyond the capabilities of State and local
agencies;
- Develop national security emergency plans for regulation of immigration,
regulation of nationals of enemy countries, and plans to implement laws for
the control of persons entering or leaving the United States;
- Develop plans and procedures for the custody and protection of prisoners
and the use of Federal penal and correctional institutions and resources
during national security emergencies;
- Provide information and assistance to the Federal Judicial branch and the
Federal Legislative branch concerning law enforcement, continuity of
government, and the exercise of legal authority during National security
emergencies;
- Develop intergovernmental and interagency law enforcement plans and
counterterrorism programs to interdict and respond to terrorism incidents in
the United States that may' result in a national security emergency or that
occur during such an emergency;
- Develop intergovernmental and interagency law enforcement plans to respond
to civil disturbances that may result in a national security emergency or
that occur during such an emergency.
SEC. 1102. Support Responsibilities. The Attorney General of the United States
shall:
- Assist the heads of Federal departments and agencies, State and local
governments, and the private sector in the development of plans to
physically protect essential resources and facilities;
- Support the Secretaries of State and the Treasury in plans for the
protection of international organizations and foreign diplomatic, consular,
and other official personnel, property, and other assets within the
jurisdiction of the United States;
- Support the Secretary of the Treasury in developing plans to control the
movement of property entering and leaving the United States;
- Support the heads of other Federal departments and agencies and State and
local governments in developing programs and plans for identifying
fatalities and reuniting families in national security emergencies;
- Support the intelligence community in the planning of its
counterintelligence and counterterrorism programs.
PART 12--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SEC. 1201. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Labor shall:
- Develop plans and issue guidance to ensure effective use of civilian
workforce resources during national security emergencies. Such plans shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to:
- Priorities and allocations, recruitment, referral, training,
employment stabilization including appeals procedures, use assessment,
and determination of critical skill categories; and
- Programs for increasing the availability of critical workforce skills
and occupations;
- In consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, develop plans and
procedures for wage, salary, and benefit costs stabilization during national
security emergencies;
- Develop plans and procedures for protecting and providing incentives for
the civilian labor force during national security emergencies;
- In consultation with other appropriate government agencies and private
entities, develop plans and procedures for effective labor-management
relations during national security emergencies.
SEC. 1202. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Labor shall:
- Support planning by the Secretary of Defense and the private sector for
the provision of human resources to critical defense industries during
national security emergencies;
- Support planning by the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Selective
Service for the institution of conscription in national security
emergencies.
PART 13--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
SEC. 1301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of State shall:
- Provide overall foreign policy coordination in the formulation and
execution of continuity of government and other national security emergency
preparedness activities that affect foreign relations;
- Prepare to carry out Department of State responsibilities in the conduct
of the foreign relations of the United States during national security
emergencies, under the direction of the President and in consultation with
the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, including,
but not limited to:
- Formulation and implementation of foreign policy and negotiation
regarding contingency and post-emergency plans, intergovernmental
agreements, and arrangements with United States' allies;
- Formulation, negotiation, and execution of policy affecting the
relationships of the United States with neutral states;
- Formulation and execution of political strategy toward hostile or
enemy states;
- Conduct of mutual assistance activities;
- Provision of foreign assistance, including continuous supervision and
general direction of authorized economic and military assistance
programs;
- Protection or evacuation of United States citizens and nationals
abroad and safeguarding their property abroad, in consultation with the
Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services;
- Protection of international organizations and foreign diplomatic,
consular, and other official personnel and property, or other assets, in
the United States, in coordination with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of the Treasury;
- Formulation of policies and provisions for assistance to displaced
persons and refugees abroad;
- Maintenance of diplomatic and consular representation abroad; and
- Reporting of and advising on conditions overseas that bear upon
national security emergencies.
SEC. 1302. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of State shall:
- Assist appropriate agencies in developing planning assumptions concerning
accessibility of foreign sources of supply;
- Support the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation, as appropriate,
with the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense, in the formulation and
execution of economic measures with respect to other nations;
- Support the Secretary of Energy in international liaison activities
pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
- Support the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the
coordination and integration of United States policy regarding the
formulation and implementation of civil emergency resources and preparedness
planning;
- Assist the Attorney General of the United States in the formulation of
national security emergency plans for the control of persons entering or
leaving the United States.
PART 14--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SEC. 1401. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Transportation
shall:
- Develop plans to promulgate and manage overall national policies,
programs, procedures, and systems to meet essential civil and military
transportation needs in national security emergencies;
- Be prepared to provide direction to all modes of civil transportation in
national security emergencies, including air, surface, water, pipelines, and
public storage and warehousing, to the extent such responsibility is vested
in the Secretary of Transportation. This direction may include:
- Implementation of priorities for all transportation resource
requirements for service, equipment, facilities, and systems;
- Allocation of transportation resource capacity; and
- Emergency management and control of civil transportation resources and
systems, including privately owned automobiles, urban mass transit,
intermodal transportation systems, the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation;
- Develop plans to provide for the smooth transition of the Coast Guard as a
service to the Department of the Navy during national security emergencies.
These plans shall be compatible with the Department of Defense planning
systems, especially in the areas of port security and military readiness;
- In coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United States in
transportation-related international (including NATO and allied) civil
emergency preparedness planning and related activities;
- Coordinate with State and local highway agencies in the management of all
Federal, State, city, local, and other highways, roads, streets, bridges,
tunnels, and publicly owned highway maintenance equipment to assure
efficient and safe use of road space during national security emergencies;
- Develop plans and procedures in consultation with appropriate agency
officials for maritime and port safety, law enforcement, and security over,
upon, and under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States to assure operational readiness for national security
emergency functions;
- Develop plans for the emergency operation of US ports and facilities, use
of shipping resources (U.S. and others), provision of government war risks
insurance, and emergency construction of merchant ships for military and
civil use;
- Develop plans for emergency management and control of the National
Airspace System, including provision of war risk insurance and for transfer
of the Federal Aviation Administration, in the event of war, to the
Department of Defense;
- Coordinate the Interstate Commerce Commission's development of plans and
preparedness programs for the reduction of vulnerability, maintenance,
restoration, and operation of privately owned railroads, motor carriers,
inland waterway transportation systems, and public storage facilities and
services in national security emergencies.
SEC. 1402. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Transportation shall
coordinate with the Secretary of Energy in the planning and management of
transportation resources involved in the bulk movement of energy materials.
PART 15--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
SEC. 1501. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of the Treasury shall:
- Develop plans to maintain stable economic conditions and a market economy
during national security emergencies; emphasize measures to minimize
inflation and disruptions; and, minimize reliance on direct controls of the
monetary, credit, and financial systems. These plans will include provisions
for:
- Increasing capabilities to minimize economic dislocations by carrying
out appropriate fiscal, monetary, and regulatory policies and reducing
susceptibility to manipulated economic pressures;
- Providing the Federal Government with efficient and equitable
financing sources and payment mechanisms;
- Providing fiscal authorities with adequate legal authority to meet
resource requirements;
- Developing, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, and in cooperation with the Board of Directors of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
the National Credit Union Administration Board, the Farm Credit
Administration Board and other financial institutions, plans for the
continued or resumed operation and liquidity of banks, savings and
loans, credit unions, and farm credit institutions, measures for the
reestablishment of evidence of assets or liabilities, and provisions for
currency withdrawals and deposit insurance;
- Provide for the protection of United States financial resources including
currency and coin production and redemption facilities, Federal check
disbursement facilities, and precious monetary metals;
- Provide for the preservation of, and facilitate emergency operations of,
public and private financial institution systems, and provide for their
restoration during or after national security emergencies;
- Provide, in coordination with the Secretary of State, for participation in
bilateral and multilateral financial arrangements with foreign governments;
- Maintain the Federal Government accounting and financial reporting system
in national security emergencies;
- Develop plans to protect the President, the Vice President, other officers
in the order of presidential succession, and other persons designated by the
President;
- Develop plans for restoration of the economy following an attack; for the
development of emergency monetary, credit, and Federal benefit payment
programs of those Federal departments and agencies that have
responsibilities dependent on the policies or capabilities of the Department
of the Treasury; and for the implementation of national policy on sharing
war losses;
- Develop plans for initiating tax changes, waiving regulations, and, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Commerce or other guaranteeing agency,
granting or guaranteeing loans for the expansion of industrial capacity, the
development of technological processes, or the production or acquisition of
essential materials;
- Develop plans, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, to acquire emergency imports, make foreign barter
arrangements, or otherwise provide for essential material from foreign
sources using, as appropriate, the resources of the Export-Import Bank or
resources available to the Bank;
- Develop plans for encouraging capital inflow and discouraging the flight
of capital from the United States and, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, for the seizure and administration of assets of enemy aliens during
national security emergencies;
- Develop plans, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, to regulate financial and commercial transactions
with other countries;
- Develop plans, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the
Attorney General of the United States, to control the movement of property
entering or leaving the United States;
- Cooperate and consult with the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the Chairman of the
Commodities Futures Trading Commission in the development of emergency
financial control plans and regulations for trading of stocks and
commodities, and in the development of plans for the maintenance and
restoration of stable and orderly markets;
- Develop plans, in coordination with the Secretary of State, for the
formulation and execution of economic measures with respect to other nations
in national security emergencies.
SEC. 1502. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of the Treasury shall:
- Cooperate with the Attorney General of the United States on law
enforcement activities, including the control of people entering and leaving
the United States;
- Support the Secretary of Labor in developing plans and procedures for
wage, salary, and benefit costs stabilization;
- Support the Secretary of State in plans for the protection of
international organizations and foreign diplomatic, consular, and other
official personnel and property or other assets in the United States.
PART 16--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SEC. 1601. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall:
- Develop Federal plans and foster development of State and local plans
designed to prevent or minimize the ecological impact of hazardous agents
(biological, chemical, or radiological) introduced into the environment in
national security emergencies;
- Develop, for national security emergencies, guidance on acceptable
emergency levels of nuclear radiation, assist in determining acceptable
emergency levels of biological agents, and help to provide detection and
identification of chemical agents;
- Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, plans to assure
the provision of potable water supplies to meet community needs under
national security emergency conditions, including claimancy for materials
and equipment for public water systems.
SEC. 1602. Support Responsibilities. The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall:
- Assist the heads of other Federal agencies that are responsible for
developing plans for the detection, reporting, assessment, protection
against, and reduction of effects of hazardous agents introduced into the
environment;
- Advise the heads of Federal departments and agencies regarding procedures
for assuring compliance with environmental restrictions and for expeditious
review of requests for essential waivers.
PART 17--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SEC. 1701. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall:
- Coordinate and support the initiation, development, and implementation of
national security emergency preparedness programs and plans among Federal
departments and agencies;
- Coordinate the development and implementation of plans for the operation
and continuity of essential domestic emergency functions of the Federal
Government during national security emergencies;
- Coordinate the development of plans, in cooperation with the Secretary of
Defense, for mutual civil-military support during national security
emergencies;
- Guide and assist State and local governments and private sector
organizations in achieving preparedness for national security emergencies,
including development of plans and procedures for assuring continuity of
government, and support planning for prompt and coordinated Federal
assistance to States and localities in responding to national security
emergencies;
- Provide the President a periodic assessment of Federal, State, and local
capabilities to respond to national security emergencies;
- Coordinate the implementation of policies and programs for efficient
mobilization of Federal, State, local, and private sector resources in
response to national security emergencies;
- Develop and coordinate with all appropriate agencies civil defense
programs to enhance Federal, State, local, and private sector capabilities
for national security emergency crisis management, population protection,
and recovery in the event of an attack on the United States;
- Develop and support public information, education and training programs to
assist Federal, State, and local government and private sector entities in
planning for and implementing national security emergency preparedness
programs;
- Coordinate among the heads of Federal, State, and local agencies the
planning, conduct, and evaluation of national security emergency exercises;
- With the assistance of the heads of other appropriate Federal departments
and agencies, develop and maintain capabilities to assess actual attack
damage and residual recovery capabilities as well as capabilities to
estimate the effects of potential attacks on the Nation;
- Provide guidance to the heads of Federal departments and agencies on the
appropriate use of defense production authorities, including resource
clemency, in order to improve the capability of industry and infrastructure
systems to meet national security emergency needs;
- Assist the Secretary of State in coordinating the formulation and
implementation of United States policy for NATO and other allied civil
emergency planning, including the provision of:
- advice and assistance to the departments and agencies in alliance
civil emergency planning matters;
- support to the United States Mission to NATO in the conduct of
day-to-day civil emergency planning activities; and
- support facilities for NATO Civil Wartime Agencies in cooperation with
the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, State, and
Transportation.
SEC. 1702. Support Responsibilities. The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall:
- Support the heads of other Federal departments and agencies in preparing
plans and programs to discharge their national security emergency
preparedness responsibilities, including, but not limited to, such programs
as mobilization preparedness, continuity of government planning, and
continuance of industry and infrastructure functions essential to national
security;
- Support the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Members
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in developing plans and capabilities
for identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and responding to emergencies
related to nuclear weapons, materials, and devices, including mobile and
fixed nuclear facilities, by providing, inter alia, off-site coordination;
- Support the Administrator of General Services in efforts to promote a
government-wide program with respect to Federal buildings and installations
to minimize the effects of attack and establish shelter management
organizations.
PART 18--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIStrATION
SEC. 1801. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of General Services
shall:
- Develop national security emergency plans and procedures for the
operation, maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and occupied
buildings managed by the General Services Administration, and for the
construction, alteration, and repair of such buildings;
- Develop national security emergency operating procedures for the control,
acquisition, leasing, assignment, and priority of occupancy of real property
by the Federal Government, and by State and local governments acting as
agents of the Federal Government, except for the military facilities and
facilities with special nuclear materials within the jurisdiction of the
Departments of Defense and Energy;
- Develop national security emergency operational plans and procedures for
the use of public utility services (other than telecommunications services)
by Federal departments and agencies, except for Department of
Energy-operated facilities;
- Develop plans and operating procedures of government-wide supply programs
to meet the requirements of Federal departments and agencies during national
security emergencies;
- Develop plans and operating procedures for the use, in national security
emergencies, of excess and surplus real and personal property by Federal,
State, and local governmental entities;
- Develop plans, in coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, with respect to Federal buildings and installations, to
minimize the effects of attack and establish shelter management
organizations.
SEC. 1802. Support Responsibility. The Administrator of General Services
shall develop plans to assist Federal departments and agencies in operation and
maintenance of essential automated information processing facilities during
national security emergencies.
PART 19--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 1901. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall coordinate with the Secretary of
Defense to prepare for the use, maintenance, and development of technologically
advanced aerospace and aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and
methodologies applicable to national security emergencies.
PART 20--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 2001. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Archivist of the United States
shall:
- Develop procedures for publication during national security emergencies of
the FEDERAL REGISTER for as broad public dissemination as is practicable of
presidential proclamations and Executive orders, Federal administrative
regulations, Federal emergency notices and actions, and Acts of Congress;
- Develop emergency procedures for providing instructions and advice on the
handling and preservation of records critical to the operation of the
Federal Government in national security emergencies.
PART 21--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
SEC. 2101. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Members of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission shall:
- Promote the development and maintenance of national security emergency
preparedness programs through security and safeguards programs by licensed
facilities and activities;
- Develop plans to suspend any licenses granted by the Commission; to order
the operations of any facility licensed under Section 103 or 104; Atomic
Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2133 or 2134); to order the entry
into any plant or facility in order to recapture special nuclear material as
determined under Subsection (3) below; and operate such facilities;
- Recapture or authorize recapture of special nuclear materials from
licensees where necessary to assure the use, preservation, or safeguarding
of such materials for the common defense and security, as determined by the
Commission or as requested by the Secretary of Energy.
SEC. 2102. Support Responsibilities. The Members of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission shall:
- Assist the Secretary of Energy in assessing damage to Commission-licensed
facilities, identifying useable facilities, and estimating the time and
actions necessary to restart inoperative facilities;
- Provide advice and technical assistance to Federal, State, and local
officials and private sector organizations regarding radiation hazards and
protective actions in national security emergencies.
PART 22--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
SEC. 2201. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall:
- Prepare plans to administer the Federal civilian personnel system in
national security emergencies, including plans and procedures for the rapid
mobilization and reduction of an emergency Federal workforce;
- Develop national security emergency work force policies for Federal
civilian personnel;
- Develop plans to accommodate the surge of Federal personnel security
background and pre-employment investigations during national security
emergencies.
SEC. 2202. Support Responsibilities. The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall:
- Assist the heads of other Federal departments and agencies with personnel
management and staffing in national security emergencies, including
facilitating transfers between agencies of employees with critical skills;
- In consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of
Selective Service, develop plans and procedures for a system to control any
conscription of Federal civilian employees during national security
emergencies.
PART 23--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SEC. 2301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of Selective Service
shall:
- Develop plans to provide by induction, as authorized by law, personnel
that would be required by the armed forces during national security
emergencies;
- Develop plans for implementing an alternative service program.
PART 24--TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
SEC. 2401. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority shall develop plans and maintain river control
operations for the prevention or control of floods affecting the Tennessee River
System during national security emergencies.
SEC. 2402. Support Responsibilities. The Board of Directors of the Tennessee
Valley Authority shall:
- Assist the Secretary of Energy in the development of plans for the
integration of the Tennessee Valley Authority power system into nationwide
national security emergency programs;
- Assist the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, and Transportation and the
Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the development of plans
for operation and maintenance of inland waterway transportation in the
Tennessee River System during national security emergencies
PART 25--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
SEC. 2501. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the United States
Information Agency shall:
- Plan for the implementation of information programs to promote an
understanding abroad of the status of national security emergencies within
the United States;
- In coordination with the Secretary of State's exercise of
telecommunications functions affecting United States diplomatic missions and
consular offices overseas, maintain the capability to provide television and
simultaneous direct radio broadcasting in major languages to all areas of
the world, and the capability to provide wireless file to all United States
embassies during national security emergencies.
SEC. 2502. Support Responsibility. The Director of the United States
Information Agency shall assist the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies in planning for the use of media resources and foreign public
information programs during national security emergencies.
PART 26--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
SEC. 2601. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Postmaster General shall prepare
plans and programs to provide essential postal services during national security
emergencies.
SEC. 2602. Support Responsibilities. The Postmaster General shall:
- Develop plans to assist the Attorney General of the United States in the
registration of nationals of enemy countries residing in the Untied States;
- Develop plans to assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
registering displaced persons and families;
- Develop plans to assist the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies in locating and leasing privately owned property for Federal use
during national security emergencies.
PART 27--VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 2701. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of Veterans'
Affairs shall:
- Develop plans for provision of emergency health care services to veteran
beneficiaries in Veterans' Administration medical facilities, to active duty
military personnel and, as resources permit, to civilians in communities
affected by national security emergencies;
- Develop plans for mortuary services for eligible veterans, and advise on
methods for interment of the dead during national security emergencies.
SEC. 2702. Support Responsibilities. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs
shall:
- Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in promoting the
development of State and local plans for the provision of medical services
in national security emergencies, and develop appropriate plans to support
such State and local plans;
- Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in developing national
plans to mobilize the health care industry and medical resources during
national security emergencies;
- Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in developing national
plans to set priorities and allocate medical resources among civilian and
military claimants.
PART 28--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SEC. 2801. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1
and 2, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare plans
and programs to maintain its functions during national security emergencies. In
connection with these functions, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall:
- Develop plans to ensure the preparation, clearance, and coordination of
proposed Executive orders and proclamations;
- Prepare plans to ensure the preparation, supervision, and control of the
budget and the formulation of the fiscal program of the Government;
- Develop plans to coordinate and communicate Executive branch views to the
Congress regarding legislation and testimony by Executive branch officials;
- Develop plans for keeping the President informed of the activities of
government agencies, continuing the Office of Management and Budget's
management functions, and maintaining presidential supervision and direction
with respect to legislation and regulations in national security
emergencies.
PART 29--GENERAL
SEC. 2901. Executive Order Nos. 10421 and 11490, as amended, are hereby
revoked. This Order shall be effective immediately.
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