6 U.S.C. § 319 : US Code - Section 319: National Integration Center

Search 6 U.S.C. § 319 : US Code - Section 319: National Integration Center

(a) In general
There is established in the Agency a National Integration Center.
(b) Responsibilities
(1) In general
The Administrator, through the National Integration Center, and
in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies and
the National Advisory Council, shall ensure ongoing management
and maintenance of the National Incident Management System, the
National Response Plan, and any successor to such system or plan.
(2) Specific responsibilities
The National Integration Center shall periodically review, and
revise as appropriate, the National Incident Management System
and the National Response Plan, including - 
(A) establishing, in consultation with the Director of the
Corporation for National and Community Service, a process to
better use volunteers and donations;
(B) improving the use of Federal, State, local, and tribal
resources and ensuring the effective use of emergency response
providers at emergency scenes; and
(C) revising the Catastrophic Incident Annex, finalizing and
releasing the Catastrophic Incident Supplement to the National
Response Plan, and ensuring that both effectively address
response requirements in the event of a catastrophic incident.
(c) Incident management
(1) In general
(A) National Response Plan
The Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall ensure
that the National Response Plan provides for a clear chain of
command to lead and coordinate the Federal response to any
natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster.
(B) Administrator
The chain of the command specified in the National Response
Plan shall - 
(i) provide for a role for the Administrator consistent
with the role of the Administrator as the principal emergency
management advisor to the President, the Homeland Security
Council, and the Secretary under section 313(c)(4) of this
title and the responsibility of the Administrator under the
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, and the
amendments made by that Act, relating to natural disasters,
acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters; and
(ii) provide for a role for the Federal Coordinating
Officer consistent with the responsibilities under section
5143(b) of title 42.
(2) Principal Federal Official
The Principal Federal Official (or the successor thereto) shall
not - 
(A) direct or replace the incident command structure
established at the incident; or
(B) have directive authority over the Senior Federal Law
Enforcement Official, Federal Coordinating Officer, or other
Federal and State officials.