[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1, Parts 1 to 190]
[Revised as of July 1, 1998]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR185.1]

[Page 964]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 185--MILITARY SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES (MSCA)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 185.1  Purpose.

    This part:
    (a) Consolidates all policy and responsibilities previously known as 
``Military Assistance to Civil Authorities (MACA),'' applicable to 
disaster-related civil emergencies within the United States, its 
territories, and possessions under DoD Directive 3025.1 \1\ with those 
related to attacks on the United States, which previously were known as 
``Military Support to Civil Defense (MSCD)'' under DoD Directive 
3025.10.\2\
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    \1\ The May 23, 1980 edition of this Directive has been canceled by 
DoD Directive 3025.1 dated January 15, 1993.
    \2\ Canceled by DoD Directive 3025.1, dated January 15, 1993.
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    (b) Provides for continuation of the DoD Regional Military Emergency 
Coordinator (RMEC) teams, previously developed under DoD Directive 
5030.45 \3\, to facilitate peacetime planning for MSCA and to provide 
trained teams of DoD liaison personnel to represent essential DoD 
Components, as appropriate, for response to any national security 
emergency.
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    \3\ See footnote 2 to Sec. 185.1(a).
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    (c) Constitutes a single system for MSCA, by which DoD Components 
(as defined in Sec. 185.2) shall plan for, and respond to, requests from 
civil government agencies for military support in dealing with the 
actual or anticipated consequences of civil emergencies requiring 
Federal response, or attacks, including national security emergencies as 
defined in E.O. 12656, 53 FR 47491, 3 CFR 1988 Comp., p. 585.
    (d) States the policy and responsibilities by which the Department 
of Defense responds to major disasters or emergencies in accordance with 
the Stafford Act, as amended, and supports the national civil defense 
policy and Federal or State civil defense programs, in cooperation with 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), under the authority of 
The Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.
    (e) Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent 
for MSCA.
    (f) Authorizes the publication of DoD 3025.1-M, ``DoD Manual for 
Civil Emergencies,'' consistent with DoD 5025.1-M.\4\
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    \4\ Copies may be obtained, at cost, from the National Technical 
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161.
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