Sec. 6. Strategy to ensure the health, safety, and general welfare of the civilian population of the united states
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, with support from the committee, shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy to— provide for the basic needs of the civilian population of the United States that is impacted by catastrophic incidents in the United States; coordinate response efforts with State and local governments, the private sector, and nonprofit relief organizations; promote personal and local readiness and non-reliance on government relief during periods of heightened tension or after catastrophic incidents; and develop international partnerships with allied nations for the provision of relief services and goods.
The strategy developed under subsection
(a)shall include a description of— actions the President will take to ensure the basic needs of the civilian population of the United States in a catastrophic incident are met; how the President will coordinate with non-Federal entities to multiply resources and enhance relief capabilities, including— State and local governments; Tribal governments; State disaster relief agencies; State and local disaster relief managers; State National Guards; law enforcement and first response entities; and nonprofit relief services; actions the President will take to enhance individual resiliency to the effects of a catastrophic incident, which actions shall include— readiness alerts to the public during periods of elevated threat; efforts to enhance domestic supply and availability of critical goods and basic necessities; and information campaigns to ensure the public is aware of response plans and services that will be activated when necessary; efforts the President will undertake and agreements the President will seek with international allies to enhance the readiness of the United States to provide for the general welfare; how the strategic plan will be implemented should multiple levels of critical infrastructure be destroyed or taken offline entirely for an extended period of time; how the strategic plan will be made operational within the larger response strategy of the United States; and the authorities the President would implicate in responding to a catastrophic incident. In designing the strategy under subsection (a), the President shall account for certain factors to make the strategy operationally viable, including the assumption that— multiple levels of critical infrastructure have been taken offline or destroyed by catastrophic incidents or the effects of catastrophic incidents; impacted sectors include— the transportation sector; the communication sector; the energy sector; the healthcare and public health sector; the water and wastewater sector; and the financial sector; State and local governments have been equally affected or made largely inoperable by catastrophic incidents or the effects of catastrophic incidents; the emergency has exceeded the response capabilities of State and local governments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ) and other relevant disaster response laws; and the United States military is sufficiently engaged in armed or cyber conflict with State or non-State adversaries, or is otherwise unable to augment domestic response capabilities in a significant manner due to a catastrophic incident. The President may incorporate existing contingency plans in the strategy developed under subsection
(a)so long as those contingency plans are amended to be operational in accordance with the requirements under this section. The strategy developed under subsection
(a)shall be available to the public but may include a classified, or other restricted, annex to be made available to the appropriate committees of Congress and appropriate government entities.
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