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 120 STAT. 1426

PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006

6 USC 746.

SEC. 646. TARGET CAPABILITIES AND PREPAREDNESS PRIORITIES.

Deadline.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES ON TARGET CAPABILITIES.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, the National Council on Disability, and the National Advisory Council, shall complete, revise, and update, as necessary, guidelines to define risk-based target capabilities for Federal, State, local, and tribal government preparedness that will enable the Nation to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters. (b) DISTRIBUTION OF GUIDELINES.—The Administrator shall ensure that the guidelines are provided promptly to the appropriate committees of Congress and the States. (c) OBJECTIVES.—The Administrator shall ensure that the guidelines are specific, flexible, and measurable. (d) TERRORISM RISK ASSESSMENT.—With respect to analyzing and assessing the risk of acts of terrorism, the Administrator shall consider— (1) the variables of threat, vulnerability, and consequences related to population (including transient commuting and tourist populations), areas of high population density, critical infrastructure, coastline, and international borders; and (2) the most current risk assessment available from the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of the threats of terrorism against the United States. (e) PREPAREDNESS PRIORITIES.—In establishing the guidelines under subsection (a), the Administrator shall establish preparedness priorities that appropriately balance the risk of all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, with the resources required to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against the hazards. (f) MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS.—The Administrator may provide support for the development of mutual aid agreements within States.

6 USC 747.

SEC. 647. EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING STANDARDS.

(a) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies and the National Advisory Council, shall support the development, promulgation, and updating, as necessary, of national voluntary consensus standards for the performance, use, and validation of equipment used by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and nongovernmental emergency response providers. (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The national voluntary consensus standards shall— (A) be designed to achieve equipment and other capabilities consistent with the national preparedness goal, including the safety and health of emergency response providers; (B) to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent with existing national voluntary consensus standards; (C) take into account, as appropriate, threats that may not have been contemplated when the existing standards were developed; and

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