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Order 12656 - Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
Executive
Order 12656 - Assigmment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
(amended by E.O.
13286 of February 28, 2003)
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 1 - Preamble
Section 101. National Security
Emergency Preparedness Policy
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
Section 102. Purpose.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
Section 103. Scope.
(a) This Order addresses national security emergency
preparedness functions and activities. As used in this Order, preparedness
functions and activities include, as appropriate, policies, plans,
procedure, and readiness measures that enhance the ability of the
United States Government to mobilize for, respond to, and recover
from a national security emergency.
(b) 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.
(c) This Order does not require the provision of information
concerning, or evaluation of, military policies, plans, programs,
or states of military readiness.
(d) This Order does not apply to national security
emergency preparedness telecommunications functions and responsibilities
that are otherwise assigned by Executive Order 12472.
Section 104. Management of National Security Emergency Preparedness.
(a) The National Security Council is the principal
forum for consideration of national security emergency preparedness
policy.
(b) 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.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security 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 Secretary of Homeland
Security also shall assist in the implementation of and management
of the National Security Council process as the President may establish,
the Secretary of Homeland Security 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.
(d) 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.
(e) There shall be a national security emergency exercise
program that shall be supported by the heads of all appropriate
Federal departments and agencies.
(f) Plans and procedure will be designed and developed
to provide maximum flexibility to the President for his implementation
of emergency actions.
Section 105. Interagency Coordination.
(a) 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.
(b) 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
Section 201. General. The
head of each Federal department and agency. as appropriate. shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) Base national security emergency preparedness
measures on the use of existing authorities, organizations, resources,
and systems to the maximum extent practicable;
(6) 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;
(7) Make policy recommendations to the National Security
Council regarding national security emergency preparedness activities
and functions of the Federal Government;
(8) 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;
(9) 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;
(10) Cooperate, to the extent appropriate, in compiling,
evaluating, and exchanging relevant data related to all aspects
of national security emergency preparedness;
(11) Develop programs regarding congressional relations
and public information that could be used during national security
emergencies;
(12) 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;
(13) Develop and conduct training and education programs
that incorporate emergency preparedness and civil defense information
necessary to ensure an effective national response;
(14) 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;
(15) Consult and coordinate with the Secretary
of Homeland Security to ensure that those activities and plans are
consistent with current Presidential guidelines and policies.
Section 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.
Section 203. Resource Management. The head of
each Federal department and agency, as appropriate within assigned
areas of responsibility, shall:
(1) Develop plans and programs to mobilize personnel
(including reservist programs), equipment, facilities, and other
resources;
(2) Assess essential emergency requirements and plan
for the possible use of alternative resources to meet essential
demands during and following national security emergencies;
(3) Prepare plans and procedures to share between
and among the responsible agencies resources such an 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;
(4) Develop plans to set priorities and allocate resources
among civilian and military claimants;
(5) Identify occupations and skills for which there
may be a critical need in the event of a national security emergency.
Section 204. Protection qf Essential Resources
and Facilities. The head of each Federal
department and agency, within assigned areas of responsibility,
shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Maintain a capability to assess promptly the effect
of attack and other disruptions during national security emergencies.
Section 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.
Section 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.
Section. 207.
Redelegation. The head of each Federal department
and agency is hereby authorized, to the extent otherwise permitted
by law, to redelegate the functions assigned by this Order, and
to authorize successive redelegations to organizations, officers,
or employees within that department or agency.
Section 208.
Transfer of Functions. Recommendations for interagency
transfer of 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.
Section 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
Section 301. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
(1) 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;
(2) Develop plans to provide food and agricultural
products to meet international responsibilities in national security
emergencies;
(3) Develop plans and procedures for administration
and use of Commodity Credit Corporation inventories of food and
fiber resources in national security emergencies;
(4) 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;
(5) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, plans and program for water to be used in agricultural
production and food processing in national security emergencies;
(6) 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;
(7) Develop plans to help provide the Nation's farmers
with production resources, including national security emergency
financing capabilities;
(8) 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;
(9) In consultation with the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Homeland Security, represent the United States
in agriculture related international civil emergency preparedness
planning and related activities.
Sec. 3O2. 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
Section 401. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of Commerce shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) 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;
(6) 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;
(7) 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 emergencies;
(8) Develop overall plans and programs to ensure that
the fishing industry continues to produce and process essential
protein in national security emergencies;
(9) 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;
(10) In coordination with the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Homeland Security , represent the United States
in industry-related international (NATO and allied) civil emergency
preparedness planning and related activities.
Section 402. Support Responsibilities.
The Secretary of Commerce shall:
1) Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating
and carrying out plans for stockpiling strategic and critical materials;
(2) Support the Secretary of Agriculture in planning
for the national security management, production, and processing
of forest and fishery products;
(3) 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
Section 501. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of Defense shall:
(1) Ensure military preparedness and readiness to
respond to national security emergencies;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) Develop and maintain damage assessment capabilities
and assist the Secretary of Homeland Security 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;
(5) 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;
(6) 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;
(7) In consolation with the Secretaries of State and
Energy, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 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 licenses when
appropriate;
(8) Coordination 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;
(9) Develop, in coordination with the Secretaries
of Labor and Homeland Secretary, 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;
(10) 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;
(11) 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;
(12) 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;
(13) 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;
(14 ) 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;
(15) 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.
Section 502. Support Responsibilities. The
Secretary of Defense shall:
(1) 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;
- Recommendation for use of financial incentives
and other methods to improve defense production as provided by
law; and
- Recommendation for export and import policies
(1) 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:
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) Support the Secretary of Energy in international
liaison activities pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
(5) 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;
(6) 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;
(7) Coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security
the development of plans for mutual civil-military support during
national security emergencies;
(8) Develop plans to support the Secretary of
Labor in providing education and training to overcome shortages
of critical skills.
Part 6 - Department of Education
Section 601. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of Education shall:
(1) Assist school systems in developing their plans
to provide for the earliest possible resumption of activities following
national security emergencies;
(2) Develop plans to provide assistance, including
efforts to meet shortages of critical educational personnel, to
local educational agencies;
(3) Develop plans, in coordination with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, for dissemination of emergency preparedness
instructional material through educational institutions and the
media during national security emergencies.
Section 602. Support responsibilities. The
Secretary of Education shall:
(1) Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor
in providing education and training to overcome shortages of critical
skills;
(2) 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
Section 701. Lead Responsibiliiies. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of Energy shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) In coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
ensure continuity of nuclear weapons production consistent with
national security requirements;
(4) 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;
(5) In consultation with the Secretaries of State
and Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, conduct appropriate
international liaison activities pertaining to matters within the
jurisdiction of the Department of Energy;
(6) In consultation with the Secretaries of Defense
and Homeland Security, 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;
(7) Coordinate with the Secretary of Transportation
in the planning and management of transportation resources involved
in the bulk movement of energy;
(8) 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;
(9) 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;
(10) Manage all emergency planning and response activities
pertaining to Department of Energy nuclear facilities.
Section 702. Support Responsibilities. The
Secretary of Energy shall:
(1) Provide advice and assistance, in coordination
with appropriate agencies, to Federal, State, local officials and
private sector organizations to assess the radiological impact associated
with national security emergencies;
(2) Coordinate with the Secretaries of Defense and
the Interior regarding the operation of hydroelectric projects to
assure maximum energy output;
(3) 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;
(4) 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
Section 801. Lead Pesponsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Part 1 and
2, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall:
(1) 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;
(2) Promote the development of State and local plans
and programs for provision of health, mental health, and medical
services in national security emergencies;
(3) Develop national plans to set priorities and allocate
health, mental health, and medical services' resources among civilian
and military claimants;
(4) 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;
(5) 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;
(6) 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;
(7) Develop national plans for assisting State and
local governments in rehabilitation of persons injured or disabled
during national security emergencies;
(8) 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;
(9) 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 Secretary of Homeland
Security, civil defense information relative to emergency human
services;
(10) 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.
Section 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
Section 901. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall:
(1) 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;
- 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;
(2) 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
Section 1001. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of the Interior shall:
(1) Develop programs and encourage the exploration,
development, and mining of strategic and critical and other non-fuel
minerals for national security emergency purposes;
(2) Provide guidance to mining industries in the development
of plans and programs to ensure continuity of production during
national security emergencies;
(3) 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.
Section 1002. Support Responsibilities. The
Secretary of the Interior shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating
and carrying out plans for stockpiling strategic and critical minerals;
(2) Cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce in the
identification and evaluation of facilities essential for national
security emergencies;
(3) 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:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Coordinate contingency planning for national security
emergency law enforcement activities that are beyond the capabilities
of State and local agencies;
(4) 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;
(5) Develop plans and procedures for the custody and
protection of prisoners and the use of Federal penal and correctional
institutions and resource during national security emergencies;
(6) 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;
(7) 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;
(8) 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.
Section 1102. Support Responsibilities. The
Attorney General of the United States shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) Support the Secretary of the Treasury in developing
plans to control the movement of property entering and leaving the
United States;
(4) 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;
(5) Support the intelligence community in the planning
of its counterintelligence and counterterrorism programs.
Part 12 - Department of Labor
Section 1201. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Secretary of Labor shall:
(1) 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;
(2) In consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury,
develop plans and procedures for wage, salary, and benefit costs
stabilization during national security emergencies;
(3) Develop plans and procedures for protecting and
providing incentives for the civilian labor force during national
security emergencies;
(4) In consultation with other appropriate government
agencies and private entities, develop plans and procedures for
effective labor-management relations during national security emergencies.
Section 1202. Support Responsibilities. The
Secretary of Labor shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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
Section 1301. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2., the Secretary of State shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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 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
aboard; and
- Reporting of and advising on conditions overseas
that bear upon national security emergencies.
Section 1302. Support Responsibilities.
The Secretary of State shall:
(1) Assist appropriate agencies in developing planning
assumptions concerning accessibility of foreign sources of supply;
(2) 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;
(3) Support the Secretary of Energy in international
liaison activities pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
(4) Support the Secretary of Homeland Security in
the coordination and integration of United States policy regarding
the formulation and implementation of civil emergency resources
and preparedness planning;
(5) 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
Section 1401. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities
covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Transportation shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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 SL Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) 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;
(6) 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;
(7) Develop plans for the emergency operation of U.S.
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;
(8) 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;
(9) 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.
Section 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 Treasury
Section 1501. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of the Treasury shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) Provide, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, for participation in bilateral and multilateral financial
arrangements with foreign governments;
(5) Maintain the Federal Government accounting and
financial reporting system in national security emergencies;
(6) Develop plans to protect the President, the Vice
President, other officers in the order of presidential succession,
and other persons designated by the President;
(7) 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;
(8) 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;
(9) 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;
(10) 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;
(11) Develop plans, in consultation with the heads
of appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to regulate financial
and commercial transactions with other countries;
(12) 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;
(13) 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;
(14) 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.
Section 1502. Support Responsibilities. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall:
(1) Cooperate with the Attorney General of the United
States on law enforcement activities, including the control of people
entering and leaving the Unite States;
(2) Support the Secretary of Labor in developing plans
and procedures for wage, salary, and benefit costs stabilization;
(3) 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 - Evironmental Protection Agency
Section 1601. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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.
Section 1602. Support Responsibilities.
The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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 - Department of Homeland Security
Sec. 1701. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall:
(1) Coordinate and support the initiation, development,
and implementation of national security emergency preparedness programs
and plans among Federal departments and agencies;
(2) 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;
(3) Coordinate the development of plans, in cooperation
with the Secretary of Defense, for mutual civil-military support
during national security emergencies;
(4) 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;
(5) Provide the President a periodic assessment of
Federal, State, and local capabilities to respond to national security
emergencies;
(6) Coordinate the implementation of policies and
programs for efficient mobilization of Federal, State, local, and
private sector resources in response to national security emergencies;
(7) 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;
(8) 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;
(9) Coordinate among the heads of Federal, State,
and local agencies the planning, conduct, and evaluation of national
security emergency exercises;
(10) With the assistance of the heads of other appropriate
Federal departments and agencies, develop and maintain capabilities
to assess actual attacks damage and residual recovery capabilities
as well as capabilities to estimate the effects of potential attacks
on the Nation;
(11) Provide guidance to the heads of Federal
departments and agencies on the appropriate use of defense production
authorities, including resource claimancy, in order to improve the
capability of industry and infrastructure systems to meet national
security emergency needs;
(12) 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.
Section 1702. Support Responsibilities.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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
Section 1801. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Administrator of General Services shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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;
(4) Develop plans and operating procedures of government-wide
supply programs to meet the requirements of Federal departments
and agencies during national security emergencies;
(5) 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 govenunental
entities;
(6) 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.
Section 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
Section 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
Section. 2001. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Archivist of the United States shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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
Section 2101. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall:
(1) Promote the development and maintenance of national
security emergency preparedness programs through security and safeguards
programs by licensed facilities and activities;
(2)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;
(3) 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.
Section 2102. Support Responsibilities. The
Members of the Nuclear Regulator Commission shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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
Section. 2201. Lead Responsibilities. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall:
(1) 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;
(2) Develop national security emergency work force
policies for Federal civilian personnel;
(3) Develop plans to accommodate the surge of
Federal personnel security background and pre-employment investigations
during national security emergencies.
Section 2202. Support Responsibilities. The
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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
Section. 2301. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Director of Selective Service shall:
(1) Develop plans to provide by induction, as authorized
by law, personnel that would be required by the armed forces during
national security emergencies;
(2) Develop plans for implementing an alternative
service program.
Part 24 - Tennessee Valley Authority
Section. 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.
Section 2402. Support
Responsibilities. The Board of Directors
of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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
Section 2501. Lead Responsibililies. In
addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and
2, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall:
(1) Plan for the implementation of information programs
to promote an understanding aboard of the status of national security
emergencies within the United States;
(2) 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 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.
Section 2502. Support Responsibilities.
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:
(1) Develop plans to assist the Attorney General
of the United States in the registration of nationals of enemy countries
residing in the Untied States;
(2) Develop plans to assist the Secretary of Health
and Human Services in registering displaced persons and families;
(3) 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
Section 2701. Lead Responsibilities.
In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in Parts
1 and 2, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall:
(1) 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;
(2) Develop plans for mortuary services for
eligible veterans, and advise on methods for interment of the dead
during national security emergencies..
Section 27O2. Support Responsibilities. The
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall:
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) 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
Section 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 securitv
emergencies. In connection with these functions, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall:
(1) Develop plans to ensure the preparation, clearance,
and coordination of proposed Executive orders and proclamations;
(2) Prepare plans to ensure the preparation, supervision,
and control of the budget and the formulation of the fiscal program
of the Government;
(3) Develop plans to coordinate and communicate Executive
branch views to the Congress regarding legislation and testimony
by Executive branch officials;
(4) 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.
Ronald Reagan,
The White House,
November 18, 1988.
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