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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1963 established jointly by the Federal Government and the several States and their political subdivisions for civil defense purposes can be effectively utilized to provide relief and assistance to people in areas of the United States struck by a hazard. The Federal Government shall provide necessary direction, coordination, and guidance and shall provide necessary assistance as authorized in this Act.". (b) DEFINITION OF HAZARD.—Section 3 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2252) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) as subsections (b) through (i), respectively; (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following new subsection (a): "(a) The term 'hazard' means an emergency or disaster resulting from— "(1) a natural disaster; or "(2) an accidental or man-caused event, including a civil disturbance and an attack-related disaster."; (3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (A) by striking out "attack" the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "attack-related disaster"; and (B) by striking out "atomic" and inserting in lieu thereof "nuclear"; (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking out "and, for the purposes of this Act" and all that follows through "natural disaster;" and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (5) by striking out subsection (d), as so redesignated, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection: "(d) The term 'civil defense' means all those activities and measures designed or undertaken to minimize the effects of a hazard upon the civilian population, to deal with the immediate emergency conditions which would be created by the hazard, and to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by the hazard. Such term shall include the following: "(1) Measures to be underUdcen in preparation for anticipated hazards (including the establishment of appropriate organizations, operational plans, and supporting agreements, the recruitment and training of personnel, the conduct of research, the procurement and stockpiling of necessary materials and supplies, the provision of suitable warning systems, the construction or preparation of shelters, shelter areas, and control centers, and, when appropriate, the non-military evacuation of civil population). "(2) Measures to be undertaken during a hazard (including the enforcement of passive defense regulations prescribed by duly established military or civil authorities, the evacuation of personnel to shelter areas, the control of traffic and panic, and the control and use of lighting and civil communications). "(3) Measures to be undertaken following a hazard (including activities forfirefighting,rescue, emergency medical, healtii and sanitation services, monitoring for specific dangers of special weapons, unexploded bomb reconnaissance, essential debris clearance, emergency welfare measures, and immediately essential emergency repair or restoration of damaged vital facilities).".

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