to carry out recommendations identified in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane season;

to administer compact operations on behalf of all member States and territories;

to continue coordination with the Agency and appropriate Federal agencies;

to continue coordination with State, local, and tribal government entities and their respective national organizations; and

to assist State and local governments, emergency response providers, and organizations representing such providers with credentialing emergency response providers and the typing of emergency response resources.