TESTING OF PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES INVOLVING NUCLEAR, RADIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.

SEC. 3154. TESTING OF PREPAREDNESS FOR EMERGENCIES INVOLVING NUCLEAR, RADIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, OR BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. (a) Extension of Testing.—Section 1415 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (title XIV of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2720; 50 U.S.C. 2315) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking “of five successive fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1997” and inserting “of fiscal years 1997 through 2013”; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “of five successive fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1997” and inserting “of fiscal years 1997 through 2013”. (b) Construction of Extension With Designation of Attorney General as Lead Official.—The amendments made by subsection (a) may not be construed as modifying the designation of the President titled “Designation of the Attorney General as the Lead Official for the Emergency Response Assistance Program Under Sections 1412 and 1415 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997”, dated April 6, 2000, designating the Attorney General to assume programmatic and funding responsibilities for the Emergency Response Assistance Program under sections 1412 and 1415 of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997).116 STAT. 2739