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PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 755 (5) An assessment of the degree to which States have integrated, or are planning to integrate, RAID teams into otherthan-weapon-of-mass-destruction missions of State or local WMD responders. (6) A specific description and analysis of the procedures that have been established or agreed to by States for the use in one State of a RAID team that is based in another State. (7) An identification of those States where the deployment of out-of-State RAID teams is not governed by existing interstate compacts. (8) An assessment of the Department's progress in developing an appropriate national level compact for interstate sharing of resources that would facilitate consistent and effective procedures for the use of out-of-State RAID teams. (9) An assessment of the measures that will be taken to recruit, train, maintain the proficiency of, and retain members of the RAID teams, to include those measures to provide for their career progression. (b) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) The term "Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection team" or "RAID team" refers to a military unit comprised of Active Guard and Reserve personnel organized, trained, and equipped to conduct domestic missions in the United States in response to the use of, or threatened use of, a weapon of mass destruction. (2) The term "WMD responder" means an organization responsible for responding to an incident involving a weapon of mass destruction. (3) The term "weapon of mass destruction" has the meaning given that term in section 1403(1) of the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2302(1)). SEC. 1037. REPORT ON UNIT READINESS OF UNITS CONSIDERED TO BE ASSETS OF CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM INTEGRATION OFFICE. (a) JOINT READINESS REVIEW.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall include in the quarterly readiness report submitted to Congress under section 482 of title 10, United States Code, for the first quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act an assessment of the readiness, training status, and future funding requirements of all active and reserve component units that (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) are considered assets of the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of the Department of Defense. (2) The Secretary shall set forth the assessment under paragraph (1) as an annex to the quarterly report referred to in that paragraph. The Secretary shall include in that annex a detailed description of how the active and reserve component units referred to in that paragraph are integrated with the Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection Teams in the overall Consequence Management Program Integration Office of the Department of Defense. (b) DECONTAMINATION READINESS PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall prepare a decontamination readiness plan for the Consequence Management Program Integration Office of the Department of Defense. The plan shall include the following: