Sec. 3. Establishment and purpose
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There is established in the executive branch a National Disaster Safety Board, which shall be an independent establishment, as defined in section 104 of title 5, United States Code. The purposes of the Board are— to reduce loss of life, injury, and economic injury caused by future incidents by learning from natural hazards and public health incidents, including the impacts and underlying factors of such incidents, in a standardized way; to maintain a focus that is future-looking and national in scope, by applying what the Board learns through the trends that emerge from the incidents the Board reviews nationally to prevent loss of life, or human or economic injury, not only in the affected jurisdiction, but nationally, as the Board determines relevant; in carrying out reviews, analyses, and recommendations, is not to be accusatory in nature and the Board shall not seek to find blame in any individual or organization, or second-guess any relevant authorities; to address systemic causes behind the loss of life and human or economic injury in incidents, including by recommending the augmentation of resources available to entities responsible for managing incident consequences; and while preventing economic injury as part of the mission of the Board, when relevant, to prioritize efforts that focus on lifesaving and injury prevention, especially in disproportionately impacted communities, as its work determines them to be.