Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2436

 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2405

‘‘(B) opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. ‘‘(3) In any situation covered by paragraph (1)(B), the State shall be considered to have denied the equal protection of the laws secured by the Constitution. ‘‘(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall notify Congress of the determination to exercise the authority in subsection (a)(1)(A) as soon as practicable after the determination and every 14 days thereafter during the duration of the exercise of that authority.’’. (2) PROCLAMATION TO DISPERSE.—Section 334 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or those obstructing the enforcement of the laws’’ after ‘‘insurgents’’. (3) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of chapter 15 of such title is amended to read as follows: ‘‘CHAPTER 15—ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS TO RESTORE PUBLIC ORDER’’. (4) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(A) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, and at the beginning of part I of such subtitle, are each amended by striking the item relating to chapter 15 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘15 Enforcement of the Laws to Restore Public Order .......................................

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(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 15 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to sections 333 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘333. Major public emergencies; interference with State and Federal law.’’.

(b) PROVISION OF SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND EQUIPMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 152 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 2567. Supplies, services, and equipment: provision in major public emergencies ‘‘(a) PROVISION AUTHORIZED.—In any situation in which the President determines to exercise the authority in section 333(a)(1)(A) of this title, the President may direct the Secretary of Defense to provide supplies, services, and equipment to persons affected by the situation. ‘‘(b) COVERED SUPPLIES, SERVICES, AND EQUIPMENT.—The supplies, services, and equipment provided under this section may include food, water, utilities, bedding, transportation, tentage, search and rescue, medical care, minor repairs, the removal of debris, and other assistance necessary for the immediate preservation of life and property. ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—(1) Supplies, services, and equipment may be provided under this section— ‘‘(A) only to the extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession concerned are unable to provide such supplies, services, and equipment, as the case may be; and ‘‘(B) only until such authorities, or other departments or agencies of the United States charged with the provision of such supplies, services, and equipment, are able to provide such supplies, services, and equipment.

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