Pub. L. 109-295, tit. VI, subtit. B, ch. 2, sec. 633

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS.

EnactedYear: 2006Length: 250 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 633. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. Section 303 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5144) is amended—(1) by striking “sec. 303.” and all that follows through “The President shall” and inserting the following:“SEC. 303. EMERGENCY SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TEAMS.“(a) Emergency Support Teams.—The President shall” ; and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(b) Emergency Response Teams.—“(1) Establishment.—In carrying out subsection (a), the President, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall establish—“(A) at a minimum 3 national response teams; and“(B) sufficient regional response teams, including Regional Office strike teams under section 507 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; and“(C) other response teams as may be necessary to meet the incident management responsibilities of the Federal Government.“(2) Target capability level.—The Director shall ensure that specific target capability levels, as defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 646(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, are established for Federal emergency response teams.“(3) Personnel.—The President, acting through the Director, shall ensure that the Federal emergency response teams consist of adequate numbers of properly planned, organized, equipped, trained, and exercised personnel to achieve the established target capability levels. Each emergency response team shall work in coordination with State and local officials and onsite personnel associated with a particular incident.“(4) Readiness reporting.—The Director shall evaluate team readiness on a regular basis and report team readiness levels in the report required under section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006.”.
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