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Summary

The Administrator must send Congress an annual report about how ready the Nation is for all hazards. The first report was due within 12 months after October 4, 2006, and then every year. The report must say how Federal help supports the national preparedness system, include results from the assessment under section 749, review the inventory under section 751 (including how many and what kinds of credentialed personnel are ready), estimate resources needed to meet preparedness priorities under section 746(e) (including how much Federal, State, local, and tribal spending is required and how well Federal aid in the last year met those priorities), evaluate how Department grants (including those under title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002) helped jurisdictions gain target capabilities and reduce risk, and discuss whether the Agency’s list of credentialed personnel (section 751(b)(2)) follows the strategic human capital plan in section 10102 of title 5 and is enough for responses, including catastrophic incidents. The Administrator must also send Congress, every year, an estimate of Agency and other Federal resources needed for building catastrophic-incident capabilities for Federal, State, local, and tribal governments. That estimate must cover money and staff for planning, training and exercises, Regional Office upgrades, surge staffing, extra logistics, duties in the catastrophic incident annex and supplement of the National Response Plan, State/local/tribal catastrophic preparedness, and increases in Agency fixed costs (like rent, property, taxes, working capital fund contributions, and security) for the year after submission. States that get Federal preparedness assistance must report to the Administrator on their preparedness within 15 months after October 4, 2006, and yearly after that. Each State report must assess compliance with the national preparedness system, NIMS, and the National Response Plan, describe current and target capability levels, and explain unmet target capabilities and the resources needed to meet priorities (including spending estimates and how Federal aid in the prior year performed).

Title 6, §752

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(a)Federal preparedness report

(1)In general

Not later than 12 months after October 4, 2006, and annually thereafter, the Administrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Nation’s level of preparedness for all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.

(2)Contents

Each report shall include—

(A)an assessment of how Federal assistance supports the national preparedness system;

(B)the results of the comprehensive assessment carried out under section 749 of this title;

(C)a review of the inventory described in section 751 of this title, including the number and type of credentialed personnel in each category of personnel trained and ready to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster;

(D)an assessment of resource needs to meet preparedness priorities established under section 746(e) of this title, including—

(i)an estimate of the amount of Federal, State, local, and tribal expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and

(ii)the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities;

(E)an evaluation of the extent to which grants administered by the Department, including grants under title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 [6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.]—

(i)have contributed to the progress of State, local, and tribal governments in achieving target capabilities; and

(ii)have led to the reduction of risk from natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters nationally and in State, local, and tribal jurisdictions; and

(F)a discussion of whether the list of credentialed personnel of the Agency described in section 751(b)(2) of this title—

(i)complies with the strategic human capital plan developed under section 10102 of title 5; and

(ii)is sufficient to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, including a catastrophic incident.

(b)Catastrophic resource report

(1)In general

The Administrator shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress annually an estimate of the resources of the Agency and other Federal agencies needed for and devoted specifically to developing the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments necessary to respond to a catastrophic incident.

(2)Contents

Each estimate under paragraph (1) shall include the resources both necessary for and devoted to—

(A)planning;

(B)training and exercises;

(C)Regional Office enhancements;

(D)staffing, including for surge capacity during a catastrophic incident;

(E)additional logistics capabilities;

(F)other responsibilities under the catastrophic incident annex and the catastrophic incident supplement of the National Response Plan;

(G)State, local, and tribal government catastrophic incident preparedness; and

(H)covering increases in the fixed costs or expenses of the Agency, including rent or property acquisition costs or expenses, taxes, contributions to the working capital fund of the Department, and security costs for the year after the year in which such estimate is submitted.

(c)State preparedness report

(1)In general

Not later than 15 months after October 4, 2006, and annually thereafter, a State receiving Federal preparedness assistance administered by the Department shall submit a report to the Administrator on the State’s level of preparedness.

(2)Contents

Each report shall include—

(A)an assessment of State compliance with the national preparedness system, National Incident Management System, National Response Plan, and other related plans and strategies;

(B)an assessment of current capability levels and a description of target capability levels; and

(C)a discussion of the extent to which target capabilities identified in the applicable State homeland security plan and other applicable plans remain unmet and an assessment of resources needed to meet the preparedness priorities established under section 746(e) of this title, including—

(i)an estimate of the amount of expenditures required to attain the preparedness priorities; and

(ii)the extent to which the use of Federal assistance during the preceding fiscal year achieved the preparedness priorities.

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The Homeland Security Act of 2002, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(E), is Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135. Title XX of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XV (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 1 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 110–53, § 406(1), substituted “section 751 of this title, including the number and type of credentialed personnel in each category of personnel trained and ready to respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster” for “section 751(a) of this title”. Subsec. (a)(2)(E). Pub. L. 110–53, § 103(a), added subpar. (E). Subsec. (a)(2)(F). Pub. L. 110–53, § 406(2)–(4), added subpar. (F). Subsec. (c)(2)(C). Pub. L. 110–53, § 103(b), which directed amendment of subpar. (D) by substituting “a discussion of the extent to which target capabilities identified in the applicable State homeland security plan and other applicable plans remain unmet and an assessment of resources needed” for “an assessment of resource needs”, was executed by making the substitution in subpar. (C) to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

§752 Reporting Requirements

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Title 6, §752

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