Sec. 6. Reports and studies
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The Board shall periodically submit a report containing the information described in paragraph
(2)to— Congress; any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government concerned with natural hazards and public health safety; all State and Tribal governments; and the general public. The information described in this paragraph is— the results of special studies on how to reduce morbidity and mortality from incidents; an examination of techniques and methods of evaluating measures to protect the public from incidents and periodically publish recommended procedures for reviews; evaluation and examination of the effectiveness of the findings of the Board about the natural hazard and public health resilience of other departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal Government and their effectiveness in preventing loss of life, or human or economic injury; and recommend meaningful responses to reduce the likelihood of loss of life, or human or economic injury, according to the findings of the above-mentioned research, including national and regional policies and programs. Not later than June 1, 2022, and once every 2 years thereafter, the Board shall submit a report to Congress, which shall include— a statistical and analytical summary of the reviews conducted and reviewed by the Board during the prior 2 calendar years; a survey and summary of the recommendations made by the Board and the observed response to each recommendation, including the classification, containing a written justification and explanation of each recommendation as— open, if, in the determination of the Board, sufficient action to fulfill the intent of the recommendation has not been taken and still should be; closed, if, in the determination of the Board, sufficient action to fulfill the intent of the recommendation has been taken and no further action is necessary; and outdated, if, in the determination of the Board, the recommendation is no longer relevant because of any change in circumstances or actions by parties other than the intended recipient of the recommendation; an assessment of efforts of Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments to respond to recommendations made by the Board, if such entities have voluntarily provided information to the Board on the progress of the entity; a description of the training undertaken by the Board and its staff and persons sponsored by the Board; a list of natural hazards and public health incidents that caused 10 or more fatalities that the Board did not review and a recommendation with justification by the Board of whether similar incidents should be reviewed in the future; a recommendation on how, if at all, the thresholds and triggers for a review by the Board should change; an assessment of the sufficiency of Federal resources provided to State, Tribal, and local governments in aggregate relative to any vulnerabilities that the Board determines the governments have; a list of all requests for review from Governors of States and territories and chief executives of Tribal governments or recommended by the office established under section 7(f)(2) that the Board rejected, including comments and recommendations from the Board regarding whether similar incidents should be reviewed in the future; and a list of ongoing reviews that have exceeded the expected time allotted for completion by Board order and an explanation for the additional time required to complete each such review. The Board shall propagate the information described in subsection (a)(2), including by— incorporating the information into training material used by Federal, State, Tribal, and private training facilities specializing in building resilience to and responding to and recovering from natural hazards and public health incidents, as the Board deems appropriate; coordinating with professional associations related to building resilience to and responding to and recovering from natural hazards and public health incidents; collaborating with relevant Federal, State, and Tribal authorities and private organizations; and coordinating with private and public institutions of higher education and research institutions.