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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part A · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management

§ 744. Establishment of national preparedness system

Statutory text

(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.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–295 title VI § 644 · 120 Stat. 1355

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 744

    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 644, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1425.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 644, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1425.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 644. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM. (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.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 644, , 120 Stat. 1425.)

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