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 116 STAT. 2212 PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 (H) Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMMIGRATION SERVICES.— It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the quality and efficiency of immigration services rendered by the Federal Government should be improved after the transfers made by this subtitle take effect; and (2) the Secretary should undertake efforts to guarantee that concerns regarding the quality and efficiency of immigration services are addressed after such effective date. TITLE V—EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 6 USC 311. SEC. 501. UNDER SECRETARY FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. There shall be in the Department a Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response headed by an Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response. 6 USC 312. SEC. 502. RESPONSIBILITIES. The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, shall include— (1) helping to ensure the effectiveness of emergency response providers to terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies; (2) with respect to the Nuclear Incident Response Team (regardless of whether it is operating as an organizational unit of the Department pursuant to this title)— (A) establishing standards and certifying when those standards have been met; (B) conducting joint and other exercises and training and evaluating performance; and (C) providing funds to the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, as appropriate, for homeland security planning, exercises and training, and equipment; (3) providing the Federal Government's response to terrorist attacks and major disasters, including— (A) managing such response; (B) directing the Domestic Emergency Support Team, the Strategic National Stockpile, the National Disaster Medical System, and (when operating as an organizational unit of the Department pursuant to this title) the Nuclear Incident Response Team; (C) overseeing the Metropolitan Medical Response System; and (D) coordinating other Federal response resources in the event of a terrorist attack or major disaster; (4) aiding the recovery from terrorist attacks and major disasters; (5) building a comprehensive national incident management system with Federal, State, and local government personnel.

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