2024年3月20日 · Today the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology will review the Department of Homeland Security’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) and the Office of Health Security and examine their efforts to …

2024年3月20日 · CWMD is building upon its longstanding, legislatively mandated Global Nuclear Detection Architecture in developing chemical and biological defense architectures. These nascent architectures will allow CWMD to better understand the complex CBRN defense space by

The DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) works to prevent attacks against the United States using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) through timely, responsive support to operational partners. CWMD accomplishes its mission through programs in …

2023年12月12日 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Chairman Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) released the following joint statement after the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Chairman D’Esposito’s legislation yesterday, the …

Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018. 6 USC 101 note. 6 USC 591. To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018’’. SEC. 2.

(1) weapons of mass destruction matters and strategies; and. (2) coordinating the efforts of the Department to counter weapons of mass destruction.

2023年12月12日 · The House on Tuesday approved a measure to reauthorize a Homeland Security Department office that absent congressional action will cease to exist in the coming months.

On December 21, 2018, the “Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Act of 2018” (CWMD Act) became law, authorizing the creation of CWMD to streamline the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to counter these threats.1 The CWMD Act combined two predecessor offices— the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) which focused on countering nucl...

CWMD leads DHS's efforts to prevent the use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons, and promotes readiness against such attacks by coordinating with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as the private sector.

2025年3月10日 · This legislation provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) with detection equipment, training, exercise support, operational and technical subject matter expertise, and programmatic support to prepare for, protect against, and respond to high-consequence events and acts of terrorism.