Sec. 9. Definitions

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In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term Executive agency under section 105 of title 5, but does not include the Government Accountability Office. The term agency extreme weather plan means a plan required under section 3(a). The term extreme weather includes observed or anticipated severe and unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including drought, wildfire, heavy precipitation, wave, high water, snowstorm, landslide, mudslide, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms (including derechos), extreme heat, extreme cold, sustained temperatures or precipitation that deviate from historical averages, and any other weather event that the Interagency Council determines qualifies as extreme weather pursuant to section 2(f)(10).

The term Interagency Council means the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management established under section 2(a). The term mitigation plan means the mitigation plan required under section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5165 ). The term National Global Change Research Plan means the National Global Change Research Plan developed under section 104 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 ( 15 U.S.C. 2934 ), or any revision thereof.

The term National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan means the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan described under part 300 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or any revision thereof. The term National Preparedness Goal means the national preparedness goal developed under section 643 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 ( 6 U.S.C. 743 ). The term National Preparedness Report means the report required by section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 ( 6 U.S.C. 752(a) ;

Public Law 109–295 ). The term preparedness means actions taken to plan, organize, equip, train, and exercise to build, apply, and sustain the capabilities necessary to prevent, protect against, ameliorate the effects of, respond to, and recover from extreme weather related damages to life, health, property, livelihoods, ecosystems, and national security. The term resilience means the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruptions.

The term senior official means a Deputy Secretary (or an equivalent officer) of an agency. The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. The term United States Global Change Research Program means the United States Global Change Research Program established under section 103 of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 ( 15 U.S.C. 2933 ). The term United States Global Change Research Program Annual Report means the report required by section 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 1990 ( 15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7) ).

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