Sec. 303. EMERGENCY SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TEAMS.1
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## SEC. 303 EMERGENCY SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TEAMS.1 1Paragraph
(1)of section 633 of Public Law 109–295 provides as follows: SEC. 633. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS. Section 303 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5144) is amended—
(1)by striking “sec. 303.” and all that follows through “The President shall” and inserting the following: ``SEC. 303. EMERGENCY SUPPORT AND RESPONSE TEAMS. ``(a) Emergency Support Teams.—The President shall''; and Such amendment should have struck the centered section heading which precedes “Sec. 303.” and reads “emergency support team” and all that follows through “The President shall”. The amendment was executed to reflect the probable intent of Congress. ###
(a)Emergency Support Teams The President shall form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed in an area affected by a major disaster or emergency. Such emergency support teams shall assist the Federal coordinating officer in carrying out his responsibilities pursuant to this Act. Upon request of the President, the head of any Federal agency is directed to detail to temporary duty with the emergency support teams on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as is determined necessary by the President, such personnel within the administrative jurisdiction of the head of the Federal agency as the President may need or believe to be useful for carrying out the functions of the emergency support teams, each such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee status. ###
(b)Emergency Response Teams ####
(1)Establishment In carrying out subsection (a), the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall establish— #####
(A)at a minimum 3 national response teams; and #####
(B)sufficient regional response teams, including Regional Office strike teams under section 507 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; and #####
(C)other response teams as may be necessary to meet the incident management responsibilities of the Federal Government. ####
(2)Target capability level The Administrator shall ensure that specific target capability levels, as defined pursuant to the guidelines established under section 646(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, are established for Federal emergency response teams. ####
(3)Personnel The President, acting through the Administrator, shall ensure that the Federal emergency response teams consist of adequate numbers of properly planned, organized, equipped, trained, and exercised personnel to achieve the established target capability levels. Each emergency response team shall work in coordination with State and local officials and onsite personnel associated with a particular incident. ####
(4)Readiness reporting The Administrator shall evaluate team readiness on a regular basis and report team readiness levels in the report required under section 652(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. **[**[42 U.S.C. 5144](/us/usc/t42/s5144)**]**
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