REPORT ON THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORTING HOMELAND SECURITY.

SEC. 1404. REPORT ON THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN SUPPORTING HOMELAND SECURITY. (a)Report Required.—Not later than March 1, 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 116 STAT. 2677committees a report on Department of Defense responsibilities, mission, and plans for military support of homeland security. (b) Contents of Report.—The report shall include, at a minimum, a discussion of the following: (1) The Department of Defense definition of its homeland security mission, particularly with respect to how it relates to providing military support to civil authorities, managing the consequences of terrorist attacks, and homeland defense, and the actions the Department is taking to implement the homeland security mission as so defined. (2) Changes in the roles, missions, responsibilities, organization, and capabilities of the following organizations in order to conduct their homeland security support mission, and the reasons for such changes: (A) The Office of the Secretary of Defense. (B) The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. (C) The Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. (D) The combatant commands of the Department of Defense. (3) The relationship between the Department of Defense, including its combatant commands, and the following with regard to homeland security: (A) Other departments and agencies of the Federal Government. (B) State and local governments. (C) The National Guard and Reserve components. (4) The current capability of the Department of Defense to respond to terrorist attacks employing chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high explosive or cyberterrorism weapons against personnel and critical infrastructure of the Department, including identification of the goals of the Department for being fully capable of responding to such attacks, current deficiencies in that capability, the resources required to achieve that capability, and a long-term plan to reach that capability. (5) The roles, missions, and responsibilities of the intelligence components of the Department of Defense in support of its homeland security mission, including the policies and plans for— (A) collecting and analyzing information related to homeland security; (B) sharing that information with other agencies of the Federal Government; and (C) preparing threat and risk assessments and issuing warnings. (6) A discussion of plans of the Department of Defense for training, exercising, and preparing to perform its homeland security mission, including— (A) individual and collective training for civilian and military personnel of the Department involved in homeland security; (B) integrated training with other agencies of the Federal Government, and with State and local governments, as appropriate; (C) interagency exercises and simulations; and116 STAT. 2678 (D) the development of a permanent “terrorist opposing force” capable of challenging the Department’s plans, policies, and capabilities during training events and exercises. (7) A discussion of how the Department of Defense biological defense research program supports its homeland security mission. (8) A discussion of the efforts by the Department of Defense to develop, either within the Department or through contracts with private entities, anticyberterrorism technology, including an assessment of whether and how such efforts should be increased. (9) An assessment of the need for and feasibility of developing and fielding Department of Defense regional chemical-biological incident response teams across the United States, including options for providing the resources and personnel necessary for developing and fielding any such teams. (10) A discussion of the Department of Defense plans and efforts to place new emphasis on the unique operational demands associated with homeland security while ensuring that defense of the United States remains the primary mission of the Department of Defense. (11) The resource constraints and legal impediments to implementing any of the activities discussed under paragraphs (1) through (10).