124 STAT. 3912 PUBLIC LAW 111–353—JAN. 4, 2011 (ii) conducting surveillance to prevent the spread of diseases. (C) EMERGENCY RESPONSE GOAL.—Ensure an efficient response to agriculture and food emergencies by— (i) immediately investigating animal disease out- breaks and suspected food contamination; (ii) preventing additional human illnesses; (iii) organizing, training, and equipping animal, plant, and food emergency response teams of— (I) the Federal Government; and (II) State, local, and tribal governments; (iv) designing, developing, and evaluating training and exercises carried out under agriculture and food defense plans; and (v) ensuring consistent and organized risk commu- nication to the public by— (I) the Federal Government; (II) State, local, and tribal governments; and (III) the private sector. (D) RECOVERY GOAL.—Secure agriculture and food production after an agriculture or food emergency by— (i) working with the private sector to develop busi- ness recovery plans to rapidly resume agriculture, food production, and international trade; (ii) conducting exercises of the plans described in subparagraph (C) with the goal of long-term recovery results; (iii) rapidly removing, and effectively disposing of— (I) contaminated agriculture and food prod- ucts; and (II) infected plants and animals; and (iv) decontaminating and restoring areas affected by an agriculture or food emergency. (3) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland Secu- rity, shall— (A) develop metrics to measure progress for the evalua- tion process described in paragraph (1)(B); and (B) report on the progress measured in subparagraph (A) as part of the National Agriculture and Food Defense strategy described in subsection (a)(1). (c) LIMITED DISTRIBUTION.—In the interest of national security, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may determine the manner and format in which the National Agriculture and Food Defense strategy established under this section is made publicly available on the Internet Web sites of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Agriculture, as described in subsection (a)(1). SEC. 109. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COORDINATING COUNCILS. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall within 180 days of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, submit to the relevant committees of Congress, Deadlines. Web posting. Reports. 21 USC 2203. Reports.
