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PUBLIC LAW 109–295—OCT. 4, 2006 (v) designed to address the unique requirements of populations with special needs; and (B) shall provide assistance to State, local, and tribal governments with the design, implementation, and evaluation of exercises that— (i) conform to the requirements under subparagraph (A); (ii) are consistent with any applicable State, local, or tribal strategy or plan; and (iii) provide for systematic evaluation of readiness. (3) NATIONAL LEVEL EXERCISES.—The Administrator shall periodically, but not less than biennially, perform national exercises for the following purposes: (A) To test and evaluate the capability of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to detect, disrupt, and prevent threatened or actual catastrophic acts of terrorism, especially those involving weapons of mass destruction. (B) To test and evaluate the readiness of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to respond and recover in a coordinated and unified manner to catastrophic incidents.

6 USC 749.

SEC. 649. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator, in coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National Advisory Council, shall establish a comprehensive system to assess, on an ongoing basis, the Nation’s prevention capabilities and overall preparedness, including operational readiness. (b) PERFORMANCE METRICS AND MEASURES.—The Administrator shall ensure that each component of the national preparedness system, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies, and the reports required under section 652 is developed, revised, and updated with clear and quantifiable performance metrics, measures, and outcomes. (c) CONTENTS.—The assessment system established under subsection (a) shall assess— (1) compliance with the national preparedness system, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies; (2) capability levels at the time of assessment against target capability levels defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 646(a); (3) resource needs to meet the desired target capability levels defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 646(a); and (4) performance of training, exercises, and operations. 6 USC 750.

SEC. 650. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

The Administrator, in coordination with the National Council on Disability and the National Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action management program to— (1) analyze training, exercises, and real-world events to identify and disseminate lessons learned and best practices; (2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, after action reports to participants in exercises and real-world events; and (3) conduct remedial action tracking and long-term trend analysis.

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