SENSE OF CONGRESS.

SEC. 2231. [6 U.S.C. 677] SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the purpose of this subtitle is to authorize the Secretary to declare that a significant incident has occurred and to establish the authorities that are provided under the declaration to respond to and recover from the significant incident; and (2) the authorities established under this subtitle are intended to enable the Secretary to provide voluntary assistance to non-Federal entities impacted by a significant incident.