Sec. 406. Post-storm surveys and assessments
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The Under Secretary shall perform one or more post-storm surveys and assessments following every hazardous weather or water event determined by the Under Secretary to be of sufficient societal importance to warrant a post-storm survey and assessment. The Under Secretary shall coordinate with Federal, State, and local governments, private entities, and relevant institutions of higher education (or a consortia thereof) when conducting post-storm surveys and assessments under this section to optimize data collection, sharing, integration, archiving, and access, as appropriate for research needs.
The Under Secretary shall make the appropriate data obtained from each post-storm survey or assessment conducted under this section available to the public as soon as practicable after conducting each such survey or assessment. In carrying out this section, the Under Secretary shall carry out the following: Examine the role of uncrewed aerial and marine systems in data collection during post-storm surveys and assessments conducted under this section. Identify gaps in tactics and procedures and update such tactics and procedures to enhance the efficiency and reliability of data obtained from post-storm surveys and assessments.
To the maximum extent practicable, increase the number of post-storm community impact studies, particularly among underobserved, underserved, or highly vulnerable populations, including by carrying out the following: Surveying individual responses. Conducting reviews of the accuracy of prior risk evaluations. Evaluating the efficacy of prior mitigation activity. Gathering survivability statistics. As appropriate, integrate community-based, social, behavioral, risk, communication, and economic sciences elements into existing post-storm surveys and assessments, including elements related to the efficacy of forecast and warning information that was shared with the public, barriers that affected the ability of the public to take action, and any challenges with respect to messaging about the hazardous weather or water event at issue.
The Under Secretary shall provide training, resources, and access to professional counseling to support the emotional and mental health and well-being of employees conducting post-storm surveys and assessments under this section. Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply to the collection of information during a survey or assessment conducted under subsection (a).