6 U.S.C. § 1532 — Enhancement of emergency services

(a) Within 90 days after December 18, 2015, the Secretary^* of Homeland Security, through the center established under section 659, coordinating with appropriate Federal entities and the Assistant Director for Emergency^* Communications, must establish a process allowing a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator to report cybersecurity risks or incidents involving an information system or network used by emergency response providers in the State^*. (b) Within 1 year after that date, the Secretary, through the Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, coordinating with appropriate entities and the Assistant Director and consulting the Secretary of Commerce through the NIST Director, must integrate and analyze those reports to develop information and recommendations about security and resilience measures for systems or networks used by State emergency response providers. (c) (1) Using that analysis and other relevant information, the NIST Director must continually facilitate and support methods to reduce cybersecurity risks to emergency response providers through the process in 15 U.S.C. 272(e). (2) The NIST Director must report to Congress on those activities, including methods developed, and post the report publicly on NIST’s website. (d) Nothing here requires a State to report under subsection (a), or requires a non-Federal entity to adopt a recommended measure from subsection (b) or follow subsection (c)’s activities or methods.