6 U.S.C. § 318 : US Code - Section 318: National Advisory Council

Search 6 U.S.C. § 318 : US Code - Section 318: National Advisory Council

(a) Establishment
Not later than 60 days after October 4, 2006, the Secretary shall
establish an advisory body under section 451(a) of this title to
ensure effective and ongoing coordination of Federal preparedness,
protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural
disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, to be
known as the National Advisory Council.
(b) Responsibilities
The National Advisory Council shall advise the Administrator on
all aspects of emergency management. The National Advisory Council
shall incorporate State, local, and tribal government and private
sector input in the development and revision of the national
preparedness goal, the national preparedness system, the National
Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, and other
related plans and strategies.
(c) Membership
(1) In general
The members of the National Advisory Council shall be appointed
by the Administrator, and shall, to the extent practicable,
represent a geographic (including urban and rural) and
substantive cross section of officials, emergency managers, and
emergency response providers from State, local, and tribal
governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental
organizations, including as appropriate - 
(A) members selected from the emergency management field and
emergency response providers, including fire service, law
enforcement, hazardous materials response, emergency medical
services, and emergency management personnel, or organizations
representing such individuals;
(B) health scientists, emergency and inpatient medical
providers, and public health professionals;
(C) experts from Federal, State, local, and tribal
governments, and the private sector, representing standards-
setting and accrediting organizations, including
representatives from the voluntary consensus codes and
standards development community, particularly those with
expertise in the emergency preparedness and response field;
(D) State, local, and tribal government officials with
expertise in preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and
mitigation, including Adjutants General;
(E) elected State, local, and tribal government executives;
(F) experts in public and private sector infrastructure
protection, cybersecurity, and communications;
(G) representatives of individuals with disabilities and
other populations with special needs; and
(H) such other individuals as the Administrator determines to
be appropriate.
(2) Coordination with the Departments of Health and Human
Services and Transportation
In the selection of members of the National Advisory Council
who are health or emergency medical services professionals, the
Administrator shall work with the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Secretary of Transportation.
(3) Ex officio members
The Administrator shall designate 1 or more officers of the
Federal Government to serve as ex officio members of the National
Advisory Council.
(4) Terms of office
(A) In general
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term of office of
each member of the National Advisory Council shall be 3 years.
(B) Initial appointments
Of the members initially appointed to the National Advisory
Council - 
(i) one-third shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; and
(ii) one-third shall be appointed for a term of 2 years.
(d) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act
(1) In general
Notwithstanding section 451(a) of this title and subject to
paragraph (2), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), including subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 10 of
such Act, and section 552b(c) of title 5 shall apply to the
National Advisory Council.
(2) Termination
Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the National Advisory Council.