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[120 STAT. 1391]
PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 1391]

PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006

120 STAT. 1391

the processes utilized by the Coast Guard and the Office of Management and Budget to analyze and assess such modification. SEC. 553. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to take an action that would violate Executive Order No. 13149 (65 Fed. Reg. 24607; relating to greening the government through Federal fleet and transportation efficiency). SEC. 554. (a) The Transportation Security Administration shall require each air carrier and foreign air carrier that provides air transportation or intrastate air transportation to submit plans to the Transportation Security Administration on how such air carrier will participate in the voluntary provision of emergency services program established by section 44944(a) of title 49, United States Code. (b)(1) Not more than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Transportation Security Administration shall prepare a report that contains the following: (A) Procedures that qualified individuals need to follow in order to participate in the program described in subsection (a). (B) Relevant contacts for individuals interested in participating in the program described in subsection (a). (2) The Transportation Security Administration shall make the report required by paragraph (1) available, by Internet web site or other appropriate method, to the following: (A) The Congress. (B) The emergency response agency of each State. (C) The relevant organizations representing individuals to participate in the program. SEC. 555. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in conjunction with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives outlining Federal earthquake response plans for high-risk earthquake regions in the United States as determined by the United States Geological Survey. SEC. 556. Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish revised procedures for expeditiously clearing individuals whose names have been mistakenly placed on a terrorist database list or who have names identical or similar to individuals on a terrorist database list. The Secretary shall advise Congress of the procedures established. SEC. 557. Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 706. FIREARMS POLICIES.

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‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS.—No officer or employee of the United States (including any member of the uniformed services), or person operating pursuant to or under color of Federal law, or receiving Federal funds, or under control of any Federal official, or providing services to such an officer, employee, or other person, while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, may— ‘‘(1) temporarily or permanently seize, or authorize seizure of, any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under

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