Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part A · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management
§ 749. Comprehensive assessment system
Statutory text
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.
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 752 of this title is developed, revised, and updated with clear and quantifiable performance metrics, measures, and outcomes.
Contents
The assessment system established under subsection (a) shall assess—
compliance with the national preparedness system, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies;
capability levels at the time of assessment against target capability levels defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 746(a) of this title;
resource needs to meet the desired target capability levels defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 746(a) of this title; and
performance of training, exercises, and operations.
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.
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–295 title VI § 649 · 120 Stat. 1355
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 749
(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 649, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1428.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 649, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1428.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
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.
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