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 PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006

120 STAT. 1425

SEC. 642. NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS.

6 USC 742.

In order to prepare the Nation for all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, the President, consistent with the declaration of policy under section 601 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195) and title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), as amended by this Act, shall develop a national preparedness goal and a national preparedness system. SEC. 643. NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS GOAL.

6 USC 743.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, acting through the Administrator, shall complete, revise, and update, as necessary, a national preparedness goal that defines the target level of preparedness to ensure the Nation’s ability to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. (b) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN.—The national preparedness goal, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be consistent with the National Incident Management System and the National Response Plan. SEC. 644. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM.

6 USC 744.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, acting through the Administrator, shall develop a national preparedness system to enable the Nation to meet the national preparedness goal. (b) COMPONENTS.—The national preparedness system shall include the following components: (1) Target capabilities and preparedness priorities. (2) Equipment and training standards. (3) Training and exercises. (4) Comprehensive assessment system. (5) Remedial action management program. (6) Federal response capability inventory. (7) Reporting requirements. (8) Federal preparedness. (c) NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS.—The national preparedness system may include national planning scenarios. SEC. 645. NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS.

6 USC 745.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies and the National Advisory Council, may develop planning scenarios to reflect the relative risk requirements presented by all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, in order to provide the foundation for the flexible and adaptive development of target capabilities and the identification of target capability levels to meet the national preparedness goal. (b) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing, revising, and replacing national planning scenarios, the Administrator shall ensure that the scenarios— (1) reflect the relative risk of all hazards and illustrate the potential scope, magnitude, and complexity of a broad range of representative hazards; and (2) provide the minimum number of representative scenarios necessary to identify and define the tasks and target capabilities required to respond to all hazards.

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