Sec. 5. Nuclear Division
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Title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 2 of this Act and as amended by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: The Secretary shall include within the CBRNE Office the Nuclear Division under title XIX, headed by the Director of the Nuclear Division (in this subtitle referred to as the Director ) pursuant to section 1901. In addition to the responsibilities specified in title XIX, the Director shall also be responsible for coordinating departmental strategy and policy relating to terrorist attacks and other high-consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radiological materials, and for coordinating Federal efforts to detect and protect against the unauthorized importation, possession, storage, transportation, development, or use of a nuclear explosive device, fissile material, or radiological material in the United States, and to protect against an attack using such devices or materials against the people, territory, or interests of the United States, in accordance with title XIX. .
Title XIX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended— in the title heading, by striking and inserting Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ; Nuclear Division in section 1901 ( 6 U.S.C. 591 )— in the heading, by striking and inserting Domestic Nuclear Detection Office ; Nuclear Division in subsection (a), by striking There shall be established in the Department a Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and inserting There is in the Department a Nuclear Division, located in the CBRNE Office ; and in subsection (b), by striking Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection, who shall be appointed by the President and inserting Director of the Nuclear Division ; in subsection
(a)of section 1902 ( 6 U.S.C. 592 )— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by inserting after responsible for the following: coordinating departmental strategy and policy relating to terrorist attacks and other high-consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radiological materials, and for ; and by striking to protect and inserting protecting ; and in paragraph (11), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and inserting Nuclear Division ; by repealing section 1903 ( 6 U.S.C. 593 ); in section 1906 ( 6 U.S.C. 596 )— in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— by striking Domestic Nuclear Detection and inserting the Nuclear Division ; and by striking paragraphs
(6)and
(7)of ; and in paragraph (2), by striking paragraphs
(6)and
(7)of ; in section 1907 ( 6 U.S.C. 596a )— by striking Annual each place it appears and inserting Biennial ; by striking each year each place it appears and inserting every 2 years ; by striking previous year each place it appears and inserting previous 2 years ; in the heading of subsection (a), by striking and inserting Annual ; and Biennial subsection (b)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Annual ; Biennial in paragraph (1), by inserting odd-numbered after each ; and in paragraph (2), by striking annual and inserting biennial ; and by adding at the end the following new section: In carrying out the mission of the Office under subparagraph
(A)of section 1902(a)(4), the Director of the Nuclear Division shall provide support for planning, organization, equipment, training, exercises, and operational assessments to Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial governments to assist such governments in implementing radiological and nuclear detection capabilities in the event of terrorist attacks or other high-consequence events utilizing nuclear or other radiological materials that pose a high risk to homeland security. Such capabilities shall be integrated into the enhanced global nuclear detection architecture referred to in such section 1902(a)(4), and shall inform and be guided by architecture studies, technology needs, and research activities of the Office. . Any reference in any law, regulation, or rule to the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office or the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection of the Department of Homeland Security shall be deemed to be a reference to the Nuclear Division or the Director of the Nuclear Division, respectively, of the Department.
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