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 118 STAT. 3840 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 measures taken to fully and aggressively implement the Incident Command System and unified command procedures. SEC. 7302. NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION MUTUAL AID. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN- MENT.—The term ‘‘authorized representative of the Federal Government’’ means any individual or individuals designated by the President with respect to the executive branch, the Chief Justice with respect to the Federal judiciary, or the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Represent- atives with respect to Congress, or their designees, to request assistance under a mutual aid agreement for an emergency or public service event. (2) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.—The term ‘‘chief operating officer’’ means the official designated by law to declare an emergency in and for the locality of that chief operating officer. (3) EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘emergency’’ means a major disaster or emergency declared by the President, or a state of emergency declared by the mayor of the District of Columbia, the Governor of the State of Maryland or the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the declaration of a local emergency by the chief operating officer of a locality, or their designees, that triggers mutual aid under the terms of a mutual aid agreement. (4) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means the employees of the party, including its agents or authorized volunteers, who are committed in a mutual aid agreement to prepare for or who respond to an emergency or public service event. (5) LOCALITY.—The term ‘‘locality’’ means a county, city, or town within the State of Maryland or the Commonwealth of Virginia and within the National Capital Region. (6) MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘mutual aid agree- ment’’ means an agreement, authorized under subsection (b), for the provision of police, fire, rescue and other public safety and health or medical services to any party to the agreement during a public service event, an emergency, or pre-planned training event. (7) NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION OR REGION.—The term ‘‘National Capital Region’’ or ‘‘Region’’ means the area defined under section 2674(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, and those counties with a border abutting that area and any munici- palities therein. (8) PARTY.—The term ‘‘party’’ means the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and any of the localities duly executing a Mutual Aid Agreement under this section. (9) PUBLIC SERVICE EVENT.—The term ‘‘public service event’’— (A) means any undeclared emergency, incident or situa- tion in preparation for or response to which the mayor of the District of Columbia, an authorized representative of the Federal Government, the Governor of the State of Maryland, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, or the chief operating officer of a locality in the National Capital Region, or their designees, requests or provides assistance under a Mutual Aid Agreement within the National Capital Region; and 42 USC 5196 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00374 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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