ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.

SEC. 1403. ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS. (a) Establishment of Additional Teams.—The Secretary of Defense shall— (1) establish 23 additional teams designated as Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams, for a total of 55 such teams; and (2) ensure that of such 55 teams, there is at least one team established in each State and territory. (b) Plan.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a plan, in furtherance of subsection (a), for establishing at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and territory that does not have such a team as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The plan shall include the following: (1) schedule and budget for manning, training, and equipping the new teams as rapidly as is possible without jeopardizing the attainment of full effectiveness by the new teams. (2) A discussion of whether the mission of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams should be expanded and, if so, how. (c) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term “Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team” means a team of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces that is established under section 12310(c) of title 10, United States Code, in support of emergency preparedness programs to prepare for or to respond to any emergency involving the use of a weapon of mass destruction. (2) The term “State and territory” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.