6 U.S.C. § 321 — The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center

(a) Definition. In this section, "National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center" means the center already established under section 5195c(d) of title 42.

(b) Authority. (1) In general. The Department^* contains the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center, which acts as a source of national expertise on protecting critical infrastructure^* and keeping it running, supporting activities related to counterterrorism, threat assessment, and risk reduction, and to natural disasters, terrorist acts, or other man-made disasters.

(2) Infrastructure modeling. (A) Particular support. That support includes modeling, simulating, and analyzing the systems and property that make up critical infrastructure, to improve preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. (B) Relationship with other agencies. Every federal agency^* or department with critical infrastructure duties under Homeland^* Security Presidential Directive 7 (or whatever directive replaces it) must set up a formal relationship with the Center, through the Department, including an information-sharing agreement. (C) Purpose. That relationship exists so each such agency can make full use of the Center's abilities — especially analyzing vulnerabilities and consequences — as far as the Center's workload and priorities allow, to respond in real time to reported and expected natural disasters, terrorist acts, and other man-made disasters. The Center's modeling, simulation, and analysis under this subsection must be given to the relevant federal agencies, including those with duties under Directive 7 or its successor.