EXPANSION OF OPERATIONS OF CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.

SEC. 527. EXPANSION OF OPERATIONS OF CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.(a) In General.—Section 12310(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)—(A) by striking “involving—” and inserting “involving any of the following:”; and(B) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:“(A) The use or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction (as defined in section 12304(i)(2) of this title) in the United States.“(B) A terrorist attack or threatened terrorist attack in the United States that results, or could result, in catastrophic loss of life or property.“(C) The intentional or unintentional release of nuclear, biological, radiological, or toxic or poisonous chemical materials in the United States that results, or could result, in catastrophic loss of life or property.“(D) A natural or manmade disaster in the United States that results in, or could result in, catastrophic loss of life or property.”;(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:“(3) A Reserve may perform duty described in paragraph (1) only while assigned to a reserve component weapons of mass destruction civil support team.”; and120 STAT. 2197(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(7) In this subsection, the term ‘United States’ includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.”.(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.—Such section is further amended—(1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting “Operations Relating to Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorist Attacks.—”;(2) in paragraph (5), by striking “rapid assessment element team” and inserting “weapons of mass destruction civil support team”; and(3) in paragraph (6)—(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “paragraphs (1) and (3)”; and(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “paragraph (3)(B)” and inserting “paragraph (3)”.