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 PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2169 requirements under the program developed under section 1402. The methodologies required by this subsection shall be developed using cities or local areas selected by the Attorney General, acting in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and appropriate representatives of Federal, State, and local agencies. (b) REQUIRED COMPLETION DATE. —The requirements in subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1405. ADVISORY PANEL TO ASSESS DOMESTIC RESPONSE 50 USC 2301 CAPABILITIES FOR TERRORISM INVOLVING WEAPONS OF note. MASS DESTRUCTION. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PANEL. —The Secretary of Defense, in Contracts. consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to establish a panel to assess the capabilities for domestic response to terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. (b) COMPOSITION OF PANEL; SELECTION.~(1) The panel shall be composed of members who shall be private citizens of the United States with knowledge and expertise in emergency response matters. (2) Members of the panel shall be selected by the federally funded research and development center in accordance with the terms of the contract established pursuant to subsection (a). (c) PROCEDURES FOR PANEL. —The federally funded research and development center shall be responsible for establishing appropriate procedures for the panel, including procedures for selection of a panel chairman. (d) DUTIES OF PANEL. —The panel shall— (1) assess Federal agency efforts to enhance domestic preparedness for incidents involving weapons of mass destruction; (2) assess the progress of Federal training programs for local emergency responses to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction; (3) assess deficiencies in programs for response to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, including a review of unfunded communications, equipment, and planning requirements, and the needs of maritime regions; (4) recommend strategies for ensuring effective coordination with respect to Federal agency weapons of mass destruction response efforts, and for ensuring fully effective local response capabilities for weapons of mass destruction incidents; and (5) assess the appropriate roles of State and local government in funding effective local response capabilities. (e) DEADLINE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT. —The Secretary of Defense shall enter into the contract required under subsection (a) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) DEADLINE FOR SELECTION OF PANEL MEMBERS. —Selection of panel members shall be made not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary enters into the contract required by subsection (a).

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