Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110
§321g Conduct of Certain Public Health-related Activities
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › § 321g
Summary
HHS must, with the Secretary, set priorities, goals, and plan to improve state, local, hospital readiness for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and other emerging terrorist threats and create benchmarks to measure progress.
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Title 6, §321g
Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In general
With respect to all public health-related activities to improve State, local, and hospital preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear and other emerging terrorist threats carried out by the Department of Health and Human Services (including the Public Health Service), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall set priorities and preparedness goals and further develop a coordinated strategy for such activities in collaboration with the Secretary.
(b)Evaluation of progress
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall collaborate with the Secretary in developing specific benchmarks and outcome measurements for evaluating progress toward achieving the priorities and goals described in such subsection.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 315 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 109–295.
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6 U.S.C. § 321g
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110