2013 US Code
Title 50 - War and National Defense
Chapter 40 - DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (§§ 2301 - 2371)
Subchapter I - DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS (§§ 2311 - 2317)
Section 2314 - Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE CHAPTER 40 - DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SUBCHAPTER I - DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS Sec. 2314 - Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team |
Contains | section 2314 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XIV, §1414, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2720; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title X, §1033, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3429. |
Statutes at Large References | 110 Stat. 2720 119 Stat. 3429 |
Public Law References | Public Law 104-201, Public Law 109-163 |
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The Secretary of Defense shall develop and maintain at least one domestic terrorism rapid response team composed of members of the Armed Forces and employees of the Department of Defense who are capable of aiding Federal, State, and local officials in the detection, neutralization, containment, dismantlement, and disposal of weapons of mass destruction containing chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives.
(b) Addition to Federal response plansThe Secretary of Homeland Security shall incorporate into the National Response Plan prepared pursuant to section 312(6) of title 6, other existing Federal emergency response plans, and programs prepared under section 5196(b) of title 42 guidance on the use and deployment of the rapid response teams established under this section to respond to emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall carry out this subsection in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies involved with the emergency response plans.
(Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XIV, §1414, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2720; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, §1033, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3429.)
AMENDMENTS2006—Pub. L. 109–163, §1033(1), substituted "Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team" for "Chemical-biological emergency response team" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–163, §1033(2), substituted "radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives" for "or related materials".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163, §1033(3), in heading, substituted "plans" for "plan" and, in text, substituted "The Secretary of Homeland Security shall incorporate into the National Response Plan prepared pursuant to section 312(6) of title 6, other existing Federal emergency response plans, and" for "Not later than December 31, 1997, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall develop and incorporate into existing Federal emergency response plans and" in first sentence and "Secretary of Homeland Security" for "Director" and "coordination" for "consultation" in second sentence.
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