Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term act of violence means any terrorism-related or other willful act of human violence that causes loss of human life, or human or economic injury, including an explosion, arson, mass shooting, or attack by a hostile force, as determined by the Board. The term Board means the National Disaster Safety Board established under section 3. The term Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 3. The term economic injury has the meaning given the term substantial economic injury in section 7(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(b) ).
The term incident means a natural hazard, public health incident, or other circumstance that the Board decides to review. The term institution of higher education and research institution means— an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )); a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 )); a laboratory described in section 308(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 188(c)(2) ); the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium established under section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ( 6 U.S.C. 1102 ) and the members of such Consortium; and a research institution associated with an institution of higher education.
The term natural hazard means any naturally occurring hurricane, tornado, storm, heat wave, flood, high water, wind-driven water, wind storm, wildfire, wildland urban interface fire, urban conflagration fire, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, dust storm, drought, or combination thereof, that causes or threatens to cause loss of human life, or human or economic injury, as determined by the Board. The term public health incident means any infectious disease outbreak or the public health and safety consequences of chemical, radiological, and biological events, as determined by the Board.
The term State has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 ). The term technological disaster means an incident that— is caused by human error or malfunction in technology, including a dam or structural failure, a fire (other than a naturally occurring wildfire, wildland urban interface fire, urban conflagration fire, or arson), a hazardous material incident, a nuclear accident, and a power and telecommunications failure; and causes loss of human life, or human or economic injury, as determined by the Board.
The term terrorism has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101 ). The term Tribal government means the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5130 et seq.).
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