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 114 STAT. 1654A-258 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX (1) The term "first responder" means an organization responsible for responding to an incident involving a weapon of mass destruction. (2) The term "weapon of mass destruction" has the meaning given that term in section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)). SEC. 1032. ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUP- PORT TEAMS. During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Defense shall establish five additional teams designated as Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (for a total of 32 such teams). SEC. 1033. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE LOAN GUARANTEES TO IMPROVE DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS TO COMBAT CYBERTERRORISM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. — ^1) Chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter: "SUBCHAPTER VII—CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION LOAN GUARANTEES "Sec. "2541. Establishment of loan guarantee program. "2541a. Fees charged and collected. "2541b. Administration. " 2541c. Transferability, additional limitations, and definition. "2541d. Reports. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— In order to meet the national security objectives in section 2501(a) of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a program under which the Secretary may issue guarantees assuring lenders against losses of principal or interest, or both principal and interest, for loans made to qualified commercial firms to fund, in whole or in part, any of the following activities: "(1) The improvement of the protection of the critical infrastructure of the commercial firms. "(2) The refinancing of improvements previously made to the protection of the critical infrastructure of the commercial firms. "(b) QUALIFIED COMMERCIAL FIRMS. —For purposes of this section, a qualified commercial firm is a company or other business entity (including a consortium of such companies or other business entities, as determined by the Secretary) that the Secretary determines— "(1) conducts a significant level of its research, development, engineering, and manufacturing activities in the United States; "(2) is a company or other business entity the majority ownership or control of which is by United States citizens or is a company or other business of a parent company that is incorporated in a country the government of which— "(A) encourages the participation of firms so owned or controlled in research and development consortia to which the government of that country provides funding directly or provides funding indirectly through international organizations or agreements; and
 * § 2541. Establishment of loan guarantee program

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