Assessments and reports
Baseline assessment
Not later than 1 year after
defines the range of capabilities needed by emergency response providers and relevant government officials to continue to communicate in the event of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters;
defines the range of interoperable emergency communications capabilities needed for specific events;
assesses the current available capabilities to meet such communications needs;
identifies the gap between such current capabilities and defined requirements; and
includes a national interoperable emergency communications inventory to be completed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission that—
identifies for each Federal department and agency—
the channels and frequencies used;
the nomenclature used to refer to each channel or frequency used; and
the types of communications systems and equipment used; and
identifies the interoperable emergency communications systems in use by public safety agencies in the United States.
Classified annex
Savings clause
Progress reports
Not later than one year after
a description of the findings of the most recent baseline assessment conducted under subsection (a);
a determination of the degree to which interoperable emergency communications capabilities have been attained to date and the gaps that remain for interoperability to be achieved;
an evaluation of the ability to continue to communicate and to provide and maintain interoperable emergency communications by emergency managers, emergency response providers, and relevant government officials in the event of—
natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters, including Incidents of National Significance declared by the Secretary under the National Response Plan; and
a catastrophic loss of local and regional communications services;
a list of best practices relating to the ability to continue to communicate and to provide and maintain interoperable emergency communications in the event of natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters; and
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