§1102 National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

Summary

The Secretary may create, run, and keep a National Domestic Preparedness Consortium inside the Department. The Consortium’s members are seven training centers: the Center for Domestic Preparedness; the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center; the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training; the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center; the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center; the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated; and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center. The Consortium must design, test, and provide training for State, local, and tribal emergency responders. It must offer on-site and mobile courses for operational, management, and planning staff and help other Department training partners deliver training. The law allows money for these centers: the Center for Domestic Preparedness — $57,000,000 (FY2008), $60,000,000 (FY2009), $63,000,000 (FY2010), $66,000,000 (FY2011). Each of the other six centers — $22,000,000 (FY2008), $23,000,000 (FY2009), $24,000,000 (FY2010), $25,500,000 (FY2011). The Secretary must also make sure five centers (Center for Domestic Preparedness; National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center; National Center for Biomedical Research and Training; National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center; and National Exercise, Test, and Training Center) receive at least as much funding in future years as they got in fiscal year 2007.