Executive Order 12656

Federal Register
Vol. 53. No. 228
Wednesday, November 23, 1988

Presidential Documents

Title 3-

Executive Order 12656 of November 18, 1988

The President

Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities
WHEREAS our national security is dependent upon our ability to
assure continuity of government, at every level, in any national
security emergency situation that might confront the Nation; and
WHEREAS effective national preparedness planning to meet such
an emergency, including a massive nuclear attack, is essential to
our national survival; and
WHEREAS effective national preparedness planning requires the
identification of functions that would have to be performed during
such an emergency, the assignment of responsibility for developing
plans for performing these functions, and the assignment of
responsibility for developing the capability to implement those
plans; and
WHEREAS the Congress has directed the development of such
national security emergency preparedness plans and has provided
funds for the accomplishment thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of
America, and pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 (72
Stat. 1799), the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and the Federal Civil
Defense Act, as amended, it is hereby ordered that the
responsibilities of the Federal departments and agencies in national
security emergencies shall be as follows:
PART 1-Preamble
Section 101. National Security Emergency Preparedness Policy.
(a) The policy of the United States is to have sufficient capabilities
at all levels of government to meet essential defense and civilian
needs during any national security emergency. A national security
emergency is any occurrence, including natural disaster, military
attack, technological emergency, or other emergency, that seriously
degrades or seriously threatens the national security of the United
States. Policy for national security emergency preparedness shall be

established by the President. Pursuant to the President's direction,
the National Security Council shall be responsible for developing
and administering such policy. All national security emergency
preparedness activities shall be consistent with the Constitution and
laws of the United States and with preservation of the constitutional
government of the United States.
(b) Effective national security emergency preparedness planning
requires: identification of functions that would have to be
performed during such an emergency; development of plans for
performing these functions; and development of the capability to
execute those plans.
Sec. 102.Purpose.
(a) The purpose of this Order is to assign national security
emergency preparedness responsibilities to Federal departments and
agencies. These assignments are based, whenever possible, on
extensions of the regular missions of the departments and agencies.
(b) This Order does not constitute authority to implement the plans
prepared pursuant to this Order. Plans so developed may be
executed only in the event that authority for such execution is
authorized by law.
Sec. 103. Scope.
(a) This Order addresses national security emergency preparedness
functions and activities. As used in this Order, preparedness
functions and activities include, as appropriate, policies, plans,
procedure, and readiness measures that enhance the ability of the
United States Government to mobilize for, respond to, and recover
from a national security emergency.
(b) This Order does not apply to those natural disasters,
technological emergencies, or other emergencies, the alleviation of
which is normally the responsibility of individuals, the private
sector, volunteer organizations, State and local governments, and
Federal departments and agencies unless such situations also
constitute a national security emergency.
(c) This Order does not require the provision of information
concerning, or evaluation of, military policies, plans, programs, or
states of military readiness.
(d) This Order does not apply to national security emergency

preparedness telecommunications functions and responsibilities that
are otherwise assigned by Executive Order 12472.
Sec. 104. Management of National Security Emergency
Preparedness.
(a) The National Security Council is the principal forum for
consideration of national security emergency preparedness policy.
(b) The National Security Council shall arrange for Executive
branch liaison with, and assistance to, the Congress and the Federal
judiciary on national security-emergency preparedness matters.
(c) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall serve as an advisor to the National Security Council on issues
of national security emergency preparedness, including
mobilization preparedness, civil defense, continuity of government,
technological disasters, and other issues, as appropriate. Pursuant to
such procedures for the organization and management of the
National Security Council process as the President may establish,
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency also
shall assist in the implementation of and management of the
National Security Council process as the President may establish,
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency also
shall assist in the implementation of national security emergency
preparedness policy by coordinating with the other Federal
departments and agencies and with State and local governments,
and by providing periodic reports to the National Security Council
on implementation of national security emergency preparedness
policy.
(d) National security emergency preparedness functions that are
shared by more than one agency shall be coordinated by the head of
the Federal department or agency having primary responsibility and
shall be supported by the heads of other departments and agencies
having related responsibilities.
(e) There shall be a national security emergency exercise program
that shall be supported by the heads of all appropriate Federal
departments and agencies.
(f) Plans and procedure will be designed and developed to provide
maximum flexibility to the President for his implementation of
emergency actions.

Sec. 105. Interagency Coordination.
(a) All appropriate Cabinet members and agency heads shall be
consulted regarding national security emergency preparedness
programs and policy issues. Each department and agency shall
support interagency coordination to improve preparedness and
response to a national security emergency and shall develop and
maintain decentralized capabilities wherever feasible and
appropriate.
(b) Each Federal department and agency shall work within the
framework established by, and cooperate with those organizations
assigned responsibility in. Executive Order No. 12472, to ensure
adequate national security emergency preparedness
telecommunications in support of the functions and activities
addressed by this Order.
PART 2-General Provisions
Sec. 201. General. The bead of each Federal department and
agency. as appropriate. shall:
(1) Be prepared to respond adequately to all national security
emergencies, including those that are international in scope. and
those that may occur within any region of the Nation;
(2) Consider national security emergency preparedness factors in
the conduct of his or her regular functions, particularly those
functions essential in time of emergency. Emergency plans and
programs, and an appropriate state of readiness, including
organizational infrastructure, shall be developed as an integral part
of the continuing activities of each Federal department and agency;
(3) Appoint a senior policy official as Emergency Coordinator,
responsible for developing and maintaining a multi-year, national
security emergency preparedness plan for the department or agency
to include objectives, programs, and budgetary requirements;
(4) Design preparedness measures to permit a rapid and effective
transition from routine to emergency operations, and to make
effective use of the period following initial indication of a probable
national security emergency. This will include:
(a) Development of a system of emergency actions that defines
alternatives, processes, and issues to be considered during various

stages of national security emergencies:
(b) Identification of actions that could be taken in the early stages
of a national security emergency or pending national security
emergency to mitigate the impact of or reduce significantly the lead
times associated with full emergency action implementation;
(5) Base national security emergency preparedness measures on the
use of existing authorities, organizations, resources, and systems to
the maximum extent practicable;
(6) Identify areas where additional legal authorities may be needed
to assist management and, consistent with applicable Executive
orders, take appropriate measures toward acquiring those
authorities;
(7) Make policy recommendations to the National Security Council
regarding national security emergency preparedness activities and
functions of the Federal Government;
(8) Coordinate with State and local government agencies and other
organizations, including private sector organizations, when
appropriate. Federal plans should include appropriate involvement
of and reliance upon private sector organizations in the response to
national security emergencies;
(9) Assist State, local, and private sector entities in developing
plans for mitigating the effects of national security emergencies and
for providing services that are essential to a national response;
(10) Cooperate, to the extent appropriate, in compiling, evaluating,
and exchanging relevant data related to all aspects of national
security emergency preparedness;
(11) Develop programs regarding congressional relations and public
information that could be used during national security
emergencies;
(12) Ensure a capability to provide, during a national security
emergency, information concerning Acts of Congress, presidential
proclamations, Executive orders, ,regulations, and notices of other
actions to the Archivist of the United States, for publication in the
Federal Register, or to each agency designated to maintain the
Federal Register in an emergency;
(13) Develop and conduct training and education programs that

incorporate emergency preparedness and civil defense information
necessary to ensure an effective national response;
(14) Ensure that plans consider the consequences for essential
services provided by State and local governments, and by the
private sector, if the flow of Federal funds is disrupted;
(15) Consult and coordinate with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency to ensure that those activities and
plans are consistent with current National Security Council
guidelines and policies.
Sec. 202. Continuity of Government. Tin head of each Federal
department and agency shall ensure the continuity of essential
functions in any national security emergency by providing for:
succession to office and emergency delegation of authority in
accordance with applicable law; safekeeping of essential resources,
facilities, and records; and establishment of emergency operating
capabilities.
Sec. 203. Resource Management. The head of each Federal
department and agency, as appropriate within assigned areas of
responsibility, shall:
(1) Develop plans and programs to mobilize personnel (including
reservist programs), equipment, facilities, and other resources;
(2) Assess essential emergency requirements and plan for the
possible use of alternative resources to meet essential demands
during and following national security emergencies;
(3) Prepare plans and procedures to share between and among the
responsible agencies resources such an energy, equipment, food,
land, materials, minerals, services, supplies, transportation, water,
and workforce needed to carry out assigned responsibilities and
other essential functions, and cooperate with other agencies in
developing programs to ensure availability of such resources in a
national security emergency;
(4) Develop plans to set priorities and allocate resources among
civilian and military claimants;
(5) Identify occupations and skills for which there may be a critical
need in the event of a national security emergency.
Sec. 204. Protection of Essential Resources and Facilities. The

head of each Federal department and agency, within assigned areas
of responsibility, shall:
(1) Identify facilities and resources, both government and private,
essential to the national defense and national welfare, and assess
their vulnerabilities and develop strategies, plans, and programs to
provide for the security of such facilities and resources, and to
avoid or minimize disruptions of essential services during any
national security emergency;
(2) Participate in interagency activities to assess the relative
importance of various facilities and resources to essential military
and civilian needs and to integrate preparedness and response
strategies and procedures;
(3) Maintain a capability to assess promptly the effect of attack and
other disruptions during national security emergencies.
Sec. 205. Federal Benefit, Insurance, and Loan Programs. The
head of each Federal department and agency that administers a
loan, insurance, or benefit program that relies upon the Federal
Government payment system shall coordinate with the Secretary of
the Treasury in developing plans for the continuation or restoration,
to the extent feasible, of such programs in national security
emergencies.
Sec. 206. Research. The Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy and the heads of Federal departments and
agencies having significant research and development programs
shall advise the National Security Council of scientific and
technological developments that should be considered in national
security emergency preparedness planning.
Sec. 207. Redelegation. The head of each Federal department and
agency is hereby authorized, to the extent otherwise permitted by
law, to redelegate the functions assigned by this Order, and to
authorize successive redelegations to organizations, officers, or
employees within that department or agency.
Sec. 208. Transfer of Functions. Recommendations for interagency
transfer of any emergency preparedness function assigned under
this Order or for assignment of any new emergency preparedness
function shall be coordinated with all affected Federal departments
and agencies before submission to the National Security Council.
Sec. 209. Retention of Existing Authority. Nothing in this Order

shall be deemed to derogate from assignments of functions to any
Federal department or agency or officer thereof made by law.
PART 3-Department of Agriculture
Sec. 301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall:
(1) Develop plans to provide for the continuation of agricultural
production, food processing, storage, and distribution through the
wholesale level in national security emergencies, and to provide for
the domestic distribution of seed, feed, fertilizer, and farm
equipment to agricultural producers;
(2) Develop plans to provide food and agricultural products to meet
international responsibilities in national security emergencies;
(3) Develop plans and procedures for administration and use of
Commodity Credit Corporation inventories of food and fiber
resources in national security emergencies;
(4) Develop plans for the use of resources under the jurisdiction of
the Secretary of Agriculture and, in cooperation with the Secretaries
of Commerce, Defense, and the Interior, the Board of Directors of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the heads of other government
entities, plan for the national security emergency management,
production, and processing of forest products;
(5) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, plans
and program for water to be used in agricultural production and
food processing in national security emergencies;
(6) In cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, develop
plans for a national program relating to the prevention and control
of fires in rural areas of the United States caused by the effects of
enemy attack or other national security emergencies;
(7) Develop plans to help provide the Nation's farmers with
production resources, including national security emergency
financing capabilities;
(8) Develop plans, in consonance with those of the Department of
Health and Human Services, the Department of the Interior, and the
Environmental Protection Agency, for national security emergency

agricultural health services and forestry. including:
(a) Diagnosis and control or eradication of diseases, pests, or
hazardous agents ( biological, chemical, or radiological) against
animals, crops, timber, or products thereof;
(b) Protection, treatment, and handling of livestock and poultry, or
products thereof, that have been exposed to or affected by
hazardous agents;
(c) Use and handling of crops, agricultural commodities, timber,
and agricultural lands that have been exposed to or affected by
hazardous agents; and
(d) Assuring the safety and wholesomeness, and minimizing losses
from hazards, of animals and animal products and agricultural
commodities and products subject to continuous inspection by the
Department of Agriculture or owned by the Commodity Credit
Corporation or by the Department of Agriculture;
(9) In consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United
States in agriculture related international civil emergency
preparedness planning and related activities.
Sec. 3O2. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Agriculture
shall assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out
plans for stockpiling strategic and critical agricultural materials.
PART 4-Department of Commerce
Sec. 401. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of
Commerce shall:
(1) Develop control systems for priorities, allocation, production,
and distribution of materials and other resources that will be
available to support both national defense and essential civilian
programs in a national security emergency;
(2) In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense and other
departments and agencies, identify those industrial products and
facilities that are essential to mobilization readiness, national
defense, or post-attack survival and recovery;
(3) In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense and other Federal

departments and agencies, analyze potential effects of national
security emergencies on actual production capability, taking into
account the entire production complex, including shortages of
resources, and develop preparedness measures to strengthen
capabilities for production increases in national security
emergencies;
(4) In cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, perform industry
analyses to assess capabilities of the commercial industrial base to
support the national defense, and develop policy alternatives to
improve the international competitiveness of specific domestic
industries and their abilities to meet defense program needs;
(5) In cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, develop plans
for providing emergency assistance to the private sector through
direct or participation loans for the financing of production facilities
and equipment;
(6) In cooperation with the Secretaries of State, Defense,
Transportation, and the Treasury, prepare plans to regulate and
control exports and imports in national security emergencies;
(7) Provide for the collection and reporting of census information
on human and economic resources, and maintain a capability to
conduct emergency surveys to provide information on the status of
these resources as required for national security emergencies;
(8) Develop overall plans and programs to ensure that the fishing
industry continues to produce and process essential protein in
national security emergencies;
(9) Develop plans to provide meteorological, hydrologic, marine
weather, geodetic, hydrographic, climatic, seismic, and
oceanographic data and services to Federal, State, and local
agencies, as appropriate;
(10) In coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United
States in industry-related international (NATO and allied) civil
emergency preparedness planning and related activities.
Sec. 402. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Commerce
shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out

plans for stockpiling strategic and critical materials;
(2) Support the Secretary of Agriculture in planning for the national
security management, production, and processing of forest and
fishery products;
(3) Assist, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense,
the Secretary of the Treasury in the formulation and execution of
economic measures affecting other nations.
PART 5-Department of Defense
Sec. 501. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Defense
shall:
(1) Ensure military preparedness and readiness to respond to
national security emergencies;
(2) In coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, develop, with
industry, government, and the private sector, reliable capabilities
for the rapid increase of defense production to include industrial
resources required for that production;
(3) Develop and maintain, in cooperation with the heads of other
departments and agencies, national security emergency plans,
programs, and mechanisms to ensure effective mutual support
between and among the military, civil government, and the private
sector;
(4) Develop and maintain damage assessment capabilities and assist
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and
the heads of other departments and agencies in developing and
maintaining capabilities to assess attack damage and to estimate the
effects of potential attack on the Nation;
(5) Arrange, through agreements with the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies, for the transfer of certain Federal
resources to the jurisdiction and/or operational control of the
Department of Defense in national security emergencies;
(6) Acting through the Secretary of the Army, develop, with the
concurrence of the heads of all affected departments and agencies,
overall plans for the management, control, and allocation of all
usable waters from all sources within the jurisdiction of the United

States. This includes:
(a) Coordination of national security emergency water resource
planning at the national, regional, State, and local levels;
(b) Development of plans to assure emergency provision of water
from public works projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
the Army to public water supply utilities and critical defense
production facilities during national security emergencies;
(c) Development of plans to assure emergency operation of
waterways and harbors; and
(d) Development of plans to assure the provision of potable water;
(7) In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Energy, the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and
others, as required, develop plans and capabilities for identifying,
analyzing, mitigating, and responding to hazards related to nuclear
weapons, materials, and devices; and maintain liaison, as
appropriate, with the Secretary of Energy and the Members of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure the continuity of nuclear
weapons production and the appropriate allocation of scarce
resources, including the recapture of special nuclear materials from
Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses when appropriate;
(8) Coordination with the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Energy,
as appropriate, to prepare for the use, maintenance, and
development of technologically advanced aerospace and
aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and methodologies
applicable to national security emergencies;
(9) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, the
Directors of the Selective Service System, the Office of Personnel
Management, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
plans and systems to ensure that the Nation's human resources are
available to meet essential military and civilian needs in national
security emergencies;
(10) Develop national security emergency operational procedures,
and coordinate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development with respect to residential property, for the control,
acquisition, leasing, assignment and priority of occupancy of real
property within the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense;

(11) Review the priorities and allocations systems developed by
other departments and agencies to ensure that they meet
Department of Defense needs in a national security emergency; and
develop and maintain the Department of Defense programs
necessary for effective utilization of all priorities and allocations
systems;
(12) Develop, in coordination with the Attorney General of the
United States, specific procedures by which military assistance to
civilian law enforcement authorities may be requested, considered,
and provided;
(13) In cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other
departments and agencies, identify those industrial products and
facilities that are essential to mobilization readiness, national
defense, or post-attack survival and recovery;
(14) In coorperation with the Secretary of Commerce and other
Federal departments and agencies, analyze potential effects of
national security emergencies on actual production capability,
taking into account the entire production complex, including
shortages of resources, and develop preparedness measures to
strengthen capabilities for production increases in national security
emergencies;
(15) With the assistance of the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies, provide management direction for the stockpiling of
strategic and critical materials, conduct storage, maintenance, and
quality assurance operations for the stockpile of strategic and
critical materials, and formulate plans, programs, and reports
relating to the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials.
Sec. 502. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Defense shall:
(1) Advise and assist the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies in the development of plans and programs to support
national mobilization. This includes providing, as appropriate:
(a) Military requirements, prioritized and time-phased to the extent
possible, for selected end-items and supporting services, materials,
and components;
(b) Recommendation for use of financial incentives and other
methods to improve defense production as provided by law; and

(c) Recommendation for export and import policies;
(2) Advise and assist the Secretary of State and the heads of other
Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, in planning for
the protection, evacuation, and repatriation of United States citizens
in threatened areas overseas;
(3) Support the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, in the development of
plans to restore community facilities;
(4) Support the Secretary of Energy in international liaison
activities pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
(5) In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Commerce,
assist the Secretary of the Treasury in the formulation and
execution of economic measures that affect other nations;
(6) Support the Secretary of State and the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies as appropriate in the formulation and
implementation of foreign policy, and the negotiation of
contingency and post-emergency plans, intergovernmental
agreements, and arrangements with allies and friendly nations,
which affect national security;
(7) Coordination with the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency the development of plans for mutual civilmilitary support during national security emergencies;
(8) Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor in providing
education and training to overcome shortages of critical skills.
PART 6-Department of Education
Sec. 601. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Education
shall:
(1) Assist school systems in developing their plans to provide for
the earliest possible resumption of activities following national
security emergencies;
(2) Develop plans to provide assistance, including efforts to meet
shortages of critical educational personnel, to local educational
agencies;

(3) Develop plans, in coordination with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, for dissemination of emergency
preparedness instructional material through educational institutions
and the media during national security emergencies.
Sec. 602. Support responsibilities. The Secretary of Education
shall:
(1) Develop plans to support the Secretary of Labor in providing
education and training to overcome shortages of critical skills;
(2) Support the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the
development of human services educational and training materials,
including self-help program materials for use by human service
organizations and professional schools.
PART 7-Department of Energy
Sec. 701. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Energy
shall:
(1) Conduct national security emergency preparedness planning,
including capabilities development, and administer operational
programs for all energy, resources, including:
(a) Providing information, in cooperation with Federal, State, and
energy industry officials, on energy supply and demand conditions
and on the requirements for and the availability of materials and
services critical to energy supply systems;
(b) In coordination with appropriate departments and agencies and
in consultation with the energy industry, develop implementation
plans and operational systems for priorities and allocation of all
energy resource requirements for national defense and essential
civilian needs to assure national security emergency preparedness;
(c) Developing, in consultation with the Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, plans necessary for the integration of
its power system into the national supply system;
(2) Identify energy facilities essential to the mobilization,
deployment, and sustainment of resources to support the national
security and national welfare, and develop energy supply and
demand strategies to ensure continued provision of minimum

essential services in national security emergencies;
(3) In coordination with the Secretary of Defense, ensure continuity
of nuclear weapons production consistent with national security
requirements;
(4) Assure the security of nuclear materials, nuclear weapons, or
devices in the custody of the Department of Energy, as well as the
security of all other Department of Energy programs and facilities;
(5) In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense and the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, conduct
appropriate international liaison activities pertaining to matters
within the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy;
(6) In consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and others, as
required, develop plans and capabilities for identification, analysis,
damage assessment, and mitigation of hazards from nuclear
weapons, materials, and devices;
(7) Coordinate with the Secretary of Transportation in the planning
and management of transportation resources involved in the bulk
movement of energy;
(8) At the request of or with the concurrence of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, recapture special nuclear materials from Nuclear
Regulatory Commission licensees where necessary to assure the
use, preservation, or safeguarding of such material for the common
defense and security;
(9) Develop national security emergency operational procedures for
the control, utilization, acquisition, leasing, assignment, and priority
of occupancy of real property within the jurisdiction of the
Department of Energy;
(10) Manage all emergency planning and response activities
pertaining to Department of Energy nuclear facilities.
Sec. 702. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Energy shall:
(1) Provide advice and assistance, in coordination with appropriate
agencies, to Federal, State, local officials and private sector
organizations to assess the radiological impact associated with

national security emergencies;
(2) Coordinate with the Secretaries of Defense and the Interior
regarding the operation of hydroelectric projects to assure
maximum energy output;
(3) Support the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, in the development of
plans to restore community facilities;
(4) Coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture regarding the
emergency preparedness of the rural electric supply systems
throughout the Nation and the assignment of emergency
preparedness responsibilities to the Rural Electrification
Administration.
PART 8-Department of Health and Human Services
Sec. 801. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Part 1 and 2, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall:
(1) Develop national plans and programs to mobilize the health
industry and health resources for the provision of health, mental
health, and medical services in national security emergencies;
(2) Promote the development of State and local plans and programs
for provision of health, mental health, and medical services in
national security emergencies;
(3) Develop national plans to set priorities and allocate health,
mental health, and medical services' resources among civilian and
military claimants;
(4) Develop health and medical survival information programs and
a nationwide program to train health and mental health
professionals and paraprofessionals in special knowledge and skills
that would be useful in national security emergencies;
(5) Develop programs to reduce or eliminate adverse health and
mental health effects produced by hazardous agents (biological,
chemical, or radiological), and, in coordination with appropriate
Federal agencies, develop programs to minimize property and
environmental damage associated with national security
emergencies;

(6) Develop guidelines that will assure reasonable and prudent
standards of purity and/or safety in the manufacture and distribution
of food, drugs, biological products, medical devices, food additives,
and radiological products in national security emergencies;
(7) Develop national plans for assisting State and local governments
in rehabilitation of persons injured or disabled during national
security emergencies;
(8) Develop plans and procedures to assist State and local
governments in the provision of emergency human services,
including lodging, feeding, clothing, registration and inquiry, social
services, family reunification and mortuary services and interment;
(9) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Education,
human services educational and training materials for use by human
service organizations and professional schools; and develop and
distribute, in coordination with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, civil defense information relative
to emergency human services;
(10) Develop plans and procedures, in coordination with the heads
of Federal departments and agencies, for assistance to United States
citizens or others evacuated from overseas areas.
Sec. 802. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall support the Secretary of Agriculture in the
development of plans related to national security emergency
agricultural health services.
PART 9-Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sec. 901. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall:
(1) Develop plans for provision and management of housing in
national security emergencies, including:
(a) Providing temporary housing using Federal financing and other
arrangements;
(b) Providing for radiation protection by encouraging voluntary
construction of shelters and voluntary use of cost-efficient design
and construction techniques to maximize population protection;

(2) Develop plans, in cooperation with the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies and State and local governments, to
restore community facilities, including electrical power, potable
water, and sewage disposal facilities, damaged in national security
emergencies.
PART l0-Departrnent of the Interior
Sec. 1001. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of the
Interior shall:
(1) Develop programs and encourage the exploration, development,
and mining of strategic and critical and other nonfuel minerals for
national security emergency purposes;
(2) Provide guidance to mining industries in the development of
plans and programs to ensure continuity of production during
national security emergencies;
(3) Develop and implement plans for the management, control,
allocation, and use of public land under the jurisdiction of the
Department of the Interior in national security emergencies and
coordinate land emergency planning at the Federal, State, and local
levels.
Sec. 1002. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of the interior
shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Defense in formulating and carrying out
plans for stockpiling strategic and critical minerals;
(2) Cooperate with the Secretary of Commerce in the identification
and evaluation of facilities essential for national security
emergencies;
(3) Support the Secretary of Agriculture in planning for the national
security management, production, and processing of forest
products.
PART 11-Department of Justice
Sec. 1101. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Attorney General of
the United States shall:

(1) Provide legal advice to the President and the heads of Federal
departments and agencies and their successors regarding national
security emergency powers, plans, and authorities;
(2) Coordinate Federal Government domestic law enforcement
activities related to national security emergency preparedness,
including Federal law enforcement liaison with, and assistance to,
State and local governments;
(3) Coordinate contingency planning for national security
emergency law enforcement activities that are beyond the
capabilities of State and local agencies;
(4) Develop national security emergency plans for regulation of
immigration, regulation of nationals of enemy countries, and plans
to implement laws for the control of persons entering or leaving the
United States;
(5) Develop plans and procedures for the custody and protection of
prisoners and the use of Federal penal and correctional institutions
and resource during national security emergencies;
(6) Provide information and assistance to the Federal Judicial
branch and the Federal Legislative branch concerning law
enforcement, continuity of government, and the exercise of legal
authority during national security emergencies;
(7) Develop intergovernmental and interagency law enforcement
plans and counterterrorism programs to interdict and respond to
terrorism incidents in the United States that may result in a national
security emergency or that occur during such an emergency;
(8) Develop intergovernmental and interagency law enforcement
plans to respond to civil disturbances that may result in a national
security emergency or that occur during such an emergency.
Sec. 1102. Support Responsibilities. The Attorney General of the
United States shall:
(1) Assist the heads of Federal departments and agencies, State and
local governments, and the private sector in the development of
plans to physically protect essential resources and facilities;
(2) Support the Secretaries of State and the Treasury in plans for the
protection of international organizations and foreign diplomatic,
consular, and other official personnel, property, and other assets

within the jurisdiction of the United States;
(3) Support the Secretary of the Treasury in developing plans to
control the movement of property entering and leaving the United
States;
(4) Support the heads of other Federal departments and agencies
and State and local governments in developing programs and plans
for identifying fatalities and reuniting families in national security
emergencies;
(5) Support the intelligence community in the planning of its
counterintelligence and counterterrorism programs.
PART 12-Department of Labor
Sec. 1201. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of Labor
shall:
(1) Develop plans and issue guidance to ensure effective use of
civilian workforce resources during national security emergencies.
Such plans shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
(a) Priorities and allocations, recruitment, referral, training,
employment stabilization including appeals procedures, use
assessment, and determination of critical skill categories; and
(b) Programs for increasing the availability of critical workforce
skills and occupations;
(2) In consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, develop plans
and procedures for wage, salary, and benefit costs stabilization
during national security emergencies;
(3) Develop plans and procedures for protecting and providing
incentives for the civilian labor force during national security
emergencies;
(4) In consultation with other appropriate government agencies and
private entities, develop plans and procedures for effective labormanagement relations during national security emergencies.
Sec. 1202. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of Labor shall:
(1) Support planning by the Secretary of Defense and the private

sector for the provision of human resources to critical defense
industries during national security emergencies;
(2) Support planning by the Secretary of Defense and the Director
of Selective Service for the institution of conscription in national
security emergencies.
PART 13-Department of State
Sec. 1301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2., the Secretary of State
shall:
(1) Provide overall foreign policy coordination in the formulation
and execution of continuity of government and other national
security emergency preparedness activities that affect foreign
relations;
(2) Prepare to carry out Department of State responsibilities in the
conduct of the foreign relations of the United States during national
security emergencies, under the direction of the President and in
consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, including, but not limited to:
(a) Formulation and implementation of foreign policy and
negotiation regarding contingency and post-emergency plans,
intergovernmental agreements, and arrangements with United
States' allies;
(b) Formulation, negotiation, and execution of policy affecting the
relationships of the United States with neutral states;
(c) Formulation and execution of political strategy toward hostile or
enemy states;
(d) Conduct of mutual assistance activities;
(e) Provision of foreign assistance, including continuous
supervision and general direction of authorized economic military
assistance programs;
(f) Protection or evacuation of United States citizens and nationals
abroad and safeguarding their property abroad, in consultation with
the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services;
(g) Protection of international organizations and foreign diplomatic,

consular and other official personnel and property, or other assets,
in the United States, in coordination with the Attorney General and
the Secretary of the Treasury;
(h) Formulation of policies and provisions for assistance to
displaced persons and refugees abroad;
(i) Maintenance of diplomatic and consular representation aboard;
and
(j) Reporting of and advising on conditions overseas that bear upon
national security emergencies.
Sec. 1302. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of State shall:
(1) Assist appropriate agencies in developing planning assumptions
concerning accessibility of foreign sources of supply;
(2) Support the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation, as
appropriate, with the Secretaries of Commerce and Defense, in the
formulation and execution of economic measures with respect to
other nations;
(3) Support the Secretary of Energy in international liaison
activities pertaining to nuclear materials facilities;
(4) Support the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency in the coordination and integration of United States policy
regarding the formulation and implementation of civil emergency
resources and preparedness planning;
(5) Assist the Attorney General of the United States in the
formulation of national security emergency plans for the control of
persons entering or leaving the United States.
PART 14-Department of Transportation
Sec. 1401. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of
Transportation shall:
(1) Develop plans to promulgate and manage overall national
policies, programs, procedures, and systems to meet essential civil
and military transportation needs in national security emergencies;
(2) Be prepared to provide direction to all modes of civil

transportation in national security emergencies, including air,
surface, water, pipelines, and public storage and warehousing, to
the extent such responsibility is vested in the Secretary of
Transportation. This direction may include:
(a) Implementation of priorities for all transportation resource
requirements for service, equipment, facilities, and systems;
(b) Allocation of traraportation resource capacity; and
(c) Emergency management and control of civil transportation
resources and systems, including privately owned automobiles,
urban mass transit, intermodal transportation systems, the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation and the SL Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation;
(3) Develop plans to provide for the smooth transition of the Coast
Guard as a service to the Department of the Navy during national
security emergencies. These plans shall be compatible with the
Department of Defense planning systems, especially in the areas of
port security and military readiness;
(4) In coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, represent the United
States in transportation-related international (including NATO and
allied) civil emergency preparedness planning and related activities;
(5) Coordinate with State and local highway agencies in the
management of all Federal, State, city, local, and other highways,
roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, and publicly owned highway
maintenance equipment to assure efficient and safe use of road
space during national security emergencies;
(6) Develop plans and procedures in consultation with appropriate
agency officials for maritime and port safety, law enforcement, and
security over, upon, and under the high seas and waters subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States to assure operational readiness
for national security emergency functions;
(7) Develop plans for the emergency operation of U.S. ports and
facilities, use of shipping resources (U.S. and others), provision of
government war risks insurance, and emergency construction of
merchant ships for military and civil use;
(8) Develop plans for emergency management and control of the
National Airspace System, including provision of war risk

insurance and for transfer of the Federal Aviation Administration,
in the event of war, to the Department of Defense;
(9) Coordinate the Interstate Commerce Commission's development
of plans and preparedness programs for the reduction of
vulnerability, maintenance, restoration, and operation of privately
owned railroads, motor carriers, inland waterway transportation
systems, and public storage facilities and services in national
security emergencies.
Sec. 1402. Support Responsibility. The Secretary of Transportation
shall coordinate with the Secretary of Energy in the planning and
management of transportation resources involved in the bulk
movement of energy materials.
PART 15-Department of the Treasury
Sec. 1501. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall:
(1) Develop plans to maintain stable economic conditions and a
market economv during national security emergencies; emphasize
measures to minimize inflation and disruptions; and, minimize
reliance on direct controls of the monetary, credit, and financial
systems. These plans will include provisions for:
(a) Increasing capabilities to minimize economic dislocations by
carrying out appropriate fiscal, monetary, and regulatory policies
and reducing susceptibility to manipulated economic pressures;
(b) Providing the Federal Government with efficient and equitable
financing sources and payment mechanisms;
(c) Providing fiscal authorities with adequate legal authority to meet
resource requirements;
(d) Developing, in consultation with the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, and in cooperation with the Board of
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, the National Credit Union Administration
Board, the Farm Credit Administration Board and other financial
institutions, plans for the continued or resumed operation and
liquidity of banks, savings and loans, credit unions, and farm credit
institutions, measures for the reestablishment of evidence of assets
or liabilities, and provisions for currency withdrawals and deposit

insurance;
(2) Provide for the protection of United States financial resources
including currency and coin production and redemption facilities,
Federal check disbursement facilities, and precious monetary
metals;
(3) Provide for the preservation of, and facilitate emergency
operations of public and private financial institution systems, and
provide for their restoration during or after national security
emergencies;
(4) Provide, in coordination with the Secretary of State, for
participation in bilateral and multilateral financial arrangements
with foreign governments;
(5) Maintain the Federal Government accounting and financial
reporting system in national security emergencies;
(6) Develop plans to protect the President, the Vice President, other
officers in the order of presidential succession, and other persons
designated by the President;
(7) Develop plans for restoration of the economy following an
attack; for the development of emergency monetary, credil and
Federal benefit payment programs of those Federal departments and
agencies that have responsibilities dependent on the policies or
capabilities of the Department of the Treasury; and for the
implementation of national policy on sharing war losses;
(8) Develop plans for initiating tax changes, waiving regulations,
and, in conjunction with the Secretary of Commerce or other
guaranteeing agency, granting or guaranteeing loans for the
expansion of industrial capacity, the development of technological
processes, or the production or acquisition of essential materials;
(9) Develop plans, in coordination with the heads of other
appropriate Federal departments and agencies, to acquire
emergency imports, make foreign barter arrangements, or otherwise
provide for essential material from foreign sources using, as
appropriate, the resources of the Export-Import Bank or resources
available to the Bank;
(10) Develop plans for encouraging capital inflow and discouraging
the flight of capital from the United States and, in coordination with
the Secretary of State, for the seizure and administration of assets of

enemy aliens during national security emergencies;
(11) Develop plans, in consultation with the heads of appropriate
Federal departments and agencies, to regulate financial and
commercial transactions with other countries;
(12) Develop plans, in coordination with the Secretary of
Commerce and the Attorney General of the United States, to control
the movement of property entering or leaving the United States;
(13) Cooperate and consult with the Chairman of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Board, the Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading
Commission in the development of emergenry financial control
plans and regulations for trading of stocks and commodities, and in
the development of plans for the maintenance and restoration of
stable and orderly markets;
(14) Develop plans, in coordination with the Secretary of State, for
the formulation and execution of economic measures with respect
to other nations in national security emergencies.
Sec. 1502. Support Responsibilities. The Secretary of the Treasury
shall:
(1) Cooperate with the Attorney General of the United States on
law enforcement activities, including the control of people entering
and leaving the Unite States;
(2) Support the Secretary of Labor in developing plans and
procedures for wage, salary, and benefit costs stabilization;
(3) Support the Secretary of State in plans for the protection of
international organizations and foreign diplomatic, consular, and
other official personnel and property or other assets in the United
States.
PART l6-Evironmental Protection Agency
Sec. 1601. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall:
(1) Develop Federal plans and foster development of State and local
plans designed to prevent or minimize the ecological impact of
hazardous agents (biological, chemical, or radiological) introduced

into the environment in national security emergencies;
(2) Develop, for national security emergencies, guidance on
acceptable emergency levels of nuclear radiation, assist in
determining acceptable emergency levels of biological agents, and
help to provide detection and identification of chemical agents;
(3) Develop, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, plans to
assure the provision of potable water supplies to meet community
needs under national security emergency conditions, including
claimancy for materials and equipment for public water systems.
Sec. 1602. Support Responsibilities. The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall:
(1) Assist the heads of other Federal agencies that are responsible
for developing plans for the detection, reporting, assessment,
protection against, and reduction of effects of hazardous agents
introduced into the environment;
(2) Advise the heads of Federal departments and agencies regarding
procedures for assuring compliance with environmental restrictions
and for expeditious review of requests for essential waivers.
PART 17-Federal Emergency Management Agency
Sec. 1701. Lead Responsibilifies. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall:
(1) Coordinate and support the initiation, development, and
implementation of national security emergency preparedness
programs and plans among Federal departments and agencies;
(2) Coordinate the development and implementation of plans for the
operation and continuity of essential domestic emergency functions
of the Federal Government during national security emergencies;
(3) Coordinate the development of plans, in cooperation with the
Secretary of Defense, for mutual civil-military support during
national security emergencies;
(4) Guide and assist State and local governments and private sector
organizations in achieving preparedness for national security
emergencies, including development of plans and procedures for
assuring continuity of government, and support planning for prompt

and coordinated Federal assistance to States and localities in
responding to national security emergencies;
(5) Provide the President a periodic assessment of Federal, State,
and local capabilities to respond to national security emergencies;
(6) Coordinate the implementation of policies and programs for
efficient mobilization of Federal, State, local, and private sector
resources in response to national security emergencies;
(7) Develop and coordinate with all appropriate agencies civil
defense programs to enhance Federal, State, local, and private
sector capabilities for national security emergency crisis
management, population protection, and recovery in the event of an
attack on the United States;
(8) Develop and support public information, education and training
programs to assist Federal, State, and local government and private
sector entities in planning for and implementing national security
emergency preparedness programs;
(9) Coordinate among the heads of Federal, State, and local
agencies the planning, conduct, and evaluation of national security
emergency exercises;
(10) With the assistance of the heads of other appropriate Federal
departments and agencies, develop and maintain capabilities to
assess actual attacks damage and residual recovery capabilities as
well as capabilities to estimate the effects of potential attacks on the
Nation;
(11) Provide guidance to the heads of Federal departments and
agencies on the appropriate use of defense production authorities,
including resource claimancy, in order to improve the capability of
industry and infrastructure systems to meet national securitv
emergency needs;
(12) Assist the Secretary of State in coordinating the formulation
and implementation of United States policy for NATO and other
allied civil emergency planning, including the provision of:
(a) advice and assistance to the departments and agencies in
alliance civil emergency planning matters;
(b) support to the United States Mission to NATO in the conduct of

day-to-day civil emergency planning activities; and
(c) support facilities for NATO Civil Wartime Agencies in
cooperation with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce,
Energy, State, and Transportation.
Sec. 1702. Support Responsibilities. The Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall:
(1) Support the heads of other Federal departments and agencies in
preparing plans and programs to discharge their national security
emergency preparedness responsibilities, including, but not limited
to, such programs as mobilizatian preparedness, continuity of
government planning, and continuance of industry and
infrastructure functions essential to national security;
(2) Support the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and
the Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in developing
plans and capabilities for identifying, analyzing, mitigating, and
responding to emergencies related to nuclear weapons, materials,
and devices, including mobile and fixed nuclear facilities, by
providing, inter alia, off-site coordination;
(3) Support the Administrator of General Services in efforts to
promote a government-wide program with respect to Federal
buildings and installations to minimize the effects of attack and
establish shelter management organizations.
PART 18-General Services Atiministration
Sec. 1801. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of
General Services shall:
(1) Develop national security emergency plans and procedures for
the operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and
occupied buildings managed by the General Services
Administration, and for the construction, alteration, and repair of
such buildings;
(2) Develop national security emergency operating procedures for
the control, acquisition, leasing, assignment, and priority of
occupancy of real property by the Federal Government, and by
State and local governments acting as agents of the Federal
Government, except for the military facilities and facilities with
special nuclear materials within the jurisdiction of the Departments

of Defense and Energy;
(3) Develop national security emergency operational plans and
procedures for the use of public utility services (other than
telecommunications services) by Federal departments and agencies,
except for Department of Energy-operated facilities;
(4) Develop plans and operating procedures of government-wide
supply programs to meet the requirements of Federal departments
and agencies during national security emergencies;
(5) Develop plans and operating procedures for the use, in national
security emergencies, of excess and surplus real and personal
property by Federal, State, and local govenunental entities;
(6) Develop plans, in coordination with the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, with respect to Federal buildings
and installations, to minimize the effects of attack and establish
shelter management organizations.
Sec. 1802. Support Responsibility. The Administrator of General
Services shall develop plans to assist Federal departments and
agencies in operation and maintenance of essential automated
information processing facilities during national security
emergencies.
PART l9-National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sec. 2901. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall coordinate
with the Secretary of Defense to prepare for the use, maintenance,
and development of technologically advanced aerospace and
aeronautical-related systems, equipment, and methodologies
applicable to national security emergencies.
PART 20-National Archives and Records Administration
Sec. 2001. Lead Responsibilities. ln addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Archivist of the United
States shall:
(1) Develop procedures for publication during national security
emergencies of the Federal Register for as broad public
dissemination as is practicable of presidential proclamations and
Executive orders, Federal administrative regulations, Federal

emergency notices and actions, and Acts of Congress;
(2) Develop emergency procedures for providing instructions and
advice on the handling and preservation of records critical to the
operation of the Federal Government in national security
emergencies.
PART 21-Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Sec. 2101. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Members of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall:
(1) Promote the development and maintenance of national security
emergency preparedness programs through security and safeguards
programs by licensed facilities and activities;
(2) Develop plans to suspend any licenses granted by the
Commission; to order the operations of any facility licensed under
Section 103 or 104; Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42
U.S.C. 2133 or 2134); to order the entry into any plant or facility in
order to recapture special nuclear material as determined under
Subsection (3) below; and operate such facilities;
(3) Recapture or authorize recapture of special nuclear materials
from licensees where necessary to assure the use, preservation, or
safeguarding of such materials for the common defense and
security, as determined by the Commission or as requested by the
Secretary of Energy.
Sec. 2102. Support Responsibilities. The Members of the Nuclear
Regulator Commission shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Energy in assessing damage to
Commission-licensed facilities, identifying useable facilities, and
estimating the time and actions necessary to restart inoperative
facilities;
(2) Provide advice and technical assistance to Federal, State, and
local officials and private sector organizations regarding radiation
hazards and protective actions in national security emergencies.
PART 22-Office of Personnel Management
Sec. 2201. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Office

of Personnel Management shall:
(1) Prepare plans to administer the Federal civilian personnel
system in national security emergencies, including plans and
procedures for the rapid mobilization and reduction of an
emergency Federal workforce;
(2) Develop national security emergency work force policies for
Federal civilian personnel;
(3) Develop plans to accommodate the surge of Federal personnel
security background and pre-employment investigations during
national security emergencies.
Sec. 2202. Support Responsibilities. The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall:
(1) Assist the heads of other Federal departments and agencies with
personnel management and staffing in national security
emergencies, including facilitating transfers between agencies of
employees with critical skills;
(2) In consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director
of Selective Service, develop plans and procedures for a system to
control any conscription of Federal civilian employees during
national security emergencies.
PART 23-Selective Service System
Sec. 2301. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of Selective
Service shall:
(1) Develop plans to provide by induction, as authorized by law,
personnel that would be required by the armed forces during
national security emergencies;
(2) Develop plans for implementing an alternative service program.
PART 24-Tennessee Valley Authority
Sec. 2401. Lead Responsibility. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Board of Directors of
the Tennessee Valley Authority shall develop plans and maintain
river control operations for the prevention or control of floods
affecting the Tennessee River System during national security

emergencies.
Sec. 2402. Support Responsibilities. The Board of Directors of the
Tennessee Valley Authority shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Energy in the development of plans for
the integration of the Tennessee Valley Authority power system
into nationwide national security emergency programs;
(2) Assist the Secretaries of Defense, Interior, and Transportation
and the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the
development of plans for operation and maintenance of inland
waterway transportation in the Tennessee River System during
national security emergencies.
PART 25-United States Information Agency
Sec. 2501. Lead Responsibililies. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the United
States Information Agency shall:
(1) Plan for the implementation of information programs to promote
an understanding aboard of the status of national security
emergencies within the United States;
(2) In coordination with the Secretary of State's exercise of
telecommunications functions affecting United States diplomatic
missions and consular offices overseas, maintain the capability to
provide television and simultaneous direct broadcasting in major
languages to all areas of the world, and the capability to provide
wireless file to all United States embassies during national security
emergencies.
Sec. 2502. Support Responsibilities. the Director of the United
States Information Agency shall assist the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies in planning for the use of media
resources and foreign public information programs during national
security emergencies.
PART 26-United States Postal Service
Sec. 2601. Lead Responsibility. In addilion to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Postmaster General
shall prepare plans and programs to provide essential postal
services during national security emergencies.

Sec. 2602. Support Responsibilities. The Postmaster General shall:
(1) Develop plans to assist the Attorney General of the United
States in the registration of nationals of enemy countries residing in
the Untied States;
(2) Develop plans to assist the Secretary of Health and Human
Services in registering displaced persons and families;
(3) Develop plans to assist the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies in locating and leasing privately owned property for
Federal use during national security emergencies.
PART 27-Veterans' Administration
Sec. 2701. Lead Responsibilities. In addition to the applicable
responsibilities covered in Parts 1 and 2, the Administrator of
Veterans' Affairs shall:
(1) Develop plans for provision of emergency health care services
to veteran beneficiaries in Veterans' Administration medical
facilities, to active duty military personnel and, as resources permit,
to civilians in communities affected by national security
emergencies;
(2) Develop plans for mortuary services for eligible veterans, and
advise on methods for interment of the dead during national
security emergencies.
Sec. 27O2.Support Responsibilities. The Administrator of Veterans'
Affairs shall:
(1) Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
promoting the development of State and local plans for the
provision of medical services in national security emergencies, and
develop appropriate plans to support such State and local plans;
(2) Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
developing national plans to mobilize the health care industry and
medical resources during national security emergencies;
(3) Assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in
developing national plans to set priorities and allocate medical
resources among civilian and military claimants.

PART 28-Office of Management and Budget
Sec. 2801. In addition to the applicable responsibilities covered in
Parts 1 and 2, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall prepare plans and programs to maintain its functions during
national securitv emergencies. In connection with these functions,
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall:
(1) Develop plans to ensure the preparation, clearance, and
coordination of proposed Executive orders and proclamations;
(2) Prepare plans to ensure the preparation, supervision, and control
of the budget and the formulation of the fiscal program of the
Government;
(3) Develop plans to coordinate and communicate Executive branch
views to the Congress regarding legislation and testimony by
Executive branch officials;
(4) Develop plans for keeping the President informed of the
activities of government agencies, continuing the Office of
Management and Budget's management functions, and maintaining
presidential supervision and direction with respect to legislation and
regulations in national security emergencies.
PART 29-General
Sec. 2901. Executive Order Nos. 10421 and 11490, as amended, are
hereby revoked. This Order shall be effective immediately.

RONALD REAGAN

THE WHITE HOUSE.
November 18,1988.