Sec. 611. Definitions
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In this subtitle: The term extreme heat means heat that substantially exceeds local climatological norms in terms of any combination of the following: Duration of an individual heat event. Intensity. Season length. Frequency. The term heat means any combination of the atmospheric parameters associated with modulating human thermal regulation, such as air temperature, humidity, solar exposure, and wind speed. The term heat event means an occurrence of extreme heat that may have heat-health implications.
The term heat-health means mental and physical health effects to humans from heat or the risk of such effects. The term planning means activities performed across time scales (including days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with scenario-based, probabilistic or deterministic information to identify and take actions to proactively mitigate heat-health risks from increased frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves and increased ambient temperature. The term preparedness means activities performed across time scales (including days, weeks, months, years, and decades) with probabilistic or deterministic information to manage risk in advance of a heat event and increased ambient temperature.
The term Tribal government means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or component reservation, individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 ( 25 U.S.C. 5131 ). The term vulnerable populations means populations that face health, financial, educational, or housing disparities that would render them more susceptible to the negative impacts of extreme heat.
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