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 95 STAT. 1112

PUBLIC LAW 97-86—DEC. 1, 1981 DUAL-USE POLICY

SEC. 803. (a)(1) Title II of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 is amended by adding a t the e n d thereof the following n e w section: "DUAL-USE FOR ATTACK-RELATED CIVIL DEFENSE A N D DISASTERRELATED CIVIL DEFENSE

50 USC app. ^^^^-

"SEC. 207. Funds made available to the States under this Act may be used by the States for the purposes of preparing for, and providing emergency assistance in response to, natural disasters to the extent that the use of such funds for such purposes is consistent with, contributes to, and does not detract from attack-related civil defense preparedness. The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out the preceding sentence. Such regulations shall authorize the use for natural disaster purposes of civil defense personnel, materials, and facilities supported in whole or in part through contributions under this Act if such personnel, materials, and facilities are utilized, as determined by the Administrator, in a manner that is consistent with, contributes to, and does not detract from attack-related civil defense preparedness. Regulations prescribed under this subsection shall provide terms and conditions authorizing such use to the greatest extent consistent with the purposes of this Act as expressed in section 2.". 50 USC app. (2) Subsection (h) of section 205 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2287) is 2286. repealed. 50 USC app. 2289 (3) Regulations shall be prescribed under section 207 of the Federal "°^® Civil Defense Act of 1950, a s added by paragraph (1), not later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the e n a c t m e n t of this Act. (4) The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 206 the following new item: "Sec. 207. Dual-use for attack-related civil defense and disaster-related civil defense.".

"Natural disaster."

(b) Section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2251) is amended— (1) by striking out ", in this thermonuclear age," in the first sentence; (2) by inserting "and from natural disasters" after "from attack in the second sentence; and (3) by striking out "basic" in the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof attack-related". (c) Section 3 of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2252) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph s (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) a s paragraph s (c), (d), (e), if), (g), and (h), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraph (b): "Ob) The term 'natural disaster* means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which causes, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons and, for the purposes of this Act, any explosion, civil disturbance, or any other manmade catastrophe shall be deemed to be a natural disaster;"; (3) by inserting "or by a natural disaster" in clause (1) of aragraph (c) (as so redesignated) after "attack upon the United tates"; and

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