Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part B · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management
§ 764. National exercise simulation center
Statutory text
The President shall establish a national exercise simulation center that—
uses a mix of live, virtual, and constructive simulations to—
prepare elected officials, emergency managers, emergency response providers, and emergency support providers at all levels of government to operate cohesively;
provide a learning environment for the homeland security personnel of all Federal agencies;
assist in the development of operational procedures and exercises, particularly those based on catastrophic incidents; and
allow incident commanders to exercise decisionmaking in a simulated environment; and
uses modeling and simulation for training, exercises, and command and control functions at the operational level.
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 § 664 · 120 Stat. 1355
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 764
(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 664, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1433.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 664, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1433.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 664. NATIONAL EXERCISE SIMULATION CENTER. The President shall establish a national exercise simulation center that— (1) uses a mix of live, virtual, and constructive simulations to— (A) prepare elected officials, emergency managers, emergency response providers, and emergency support providers at all levels of government to operate cohesively; (B) provide a learning environment for the homeland security personnel of all Federal agencies; (C) assist in the development of operational procedures and exercises, particularly those based on catastrophic incidents; and (D) allow incident commanders to exercise decisionmaking in a simulated environment; and (2) uses modeling and simulation for training, exercises, and command and control functions at the operational level.
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