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6 U.S.C. 701: Definitions

Created in 2006 by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 109-295). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 6 U.S.C. 825.

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2006Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007created it

6 U.S.C. 701Definitions

(1)the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Agency;

(2)the term "Agency" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

(3)the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means—

(4)the term "catastrophic incident" means any natural disaster, act of terrorism,…

(5)the term "Department" means the Department of Homeland Security;

(6)the terms "emergency" and "major disaster" have the meanings given the terms in…

(7)the term "emergency management" means the governmental function that…

(8)the term "emergency response provider" has the meaning given the term in…

(9)the term "Federal coordinating officer" means a Federal coordinating officer as…

(10)the term "individual with a disability" has the meaning given the term in…

(11)the terms "local government" and "State" have the meaning given the terms in…

(12)the term "National Incident Management System" means a system to enable…

(13)the term "National Response Plan" means the National Response Plan or any…

(14)the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Homeland Security;

(15)the term "surge capacity" means the ability to rapidly and substantially…

(16)the term "tribal government" means the government of an Indian tribe or…

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

Unchanged since the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007, Public Law 109-295 (Oct 4, 2006).

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.