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ing completion by that agency of a speci-
fied task and setting forth funding, other 
managerial controls, and guidance. 
‘‘(4) 
OPERATIONAL
READINESS.—The 
term ‘operational readiness’ means the 
capability of an organization, an asset, a 
system, or equipment to perform the mis-
sions or functions for which it is orga-
nized or designed. 
‘‘(5) 
PERFORMANCE
MEASURE.—The 
term ‘performance measure’ means a 
quantitative or qualitative characteristic 
used to gauge the results of an outcome 
compared to its intended purpose. 
‘‘(6) PERFORMANCE METRIC.—The term 
‘performance metric’ means a particular 
value or characteristic used to measure 
the outcome that is generally expressed 
in terms of a baseline and a target. 
‘‘SEC. 702. NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GOAL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, act-
ing through the Director, shall establish and 
revise as necessary a national emergency pre-
paredness goal that defines the target level of 
emergency preparedness to ensure the Na-
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tion’s ability to respond to, recover from, and 
mitigate against all hazards, including major 
disasters and other emergencies. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYS-
TEM AND NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN.—The na-
tional emergency preparedness goal, to the 
greatest extent practicable, shall be con-
sistent with the national incident manage-
ment system and national response plan. 
‘‘SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL EMER-
GENCY PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President, act-
ing through the Director, shall establish a na-
tional emergency preparedness system to en-
able the Nation to meet the national emer-
gency preparedness goal. 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS.—The national emer-
gency preparedness system includes the fol-
lowing components: 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL PLANNING SCENARIOS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in 
coordination with the heads of other 
appropriate Federal agencies and the 
Task Force established under section 
707(a), may develop planning sce-
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narios to reflect the relative risk re-
quirements presented by all hazards 
in order to provide the foundation for 
the flexible and adaptive develop-
ment of target capabilities and the 
identification of target capability lev-
els to meet the national emergency 
preparedness goal. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing 
national planning scenarios, the Di-
rector shall ensure that the sce-
narios— 
‘‘(i) reflect the relative risk of 
all hazards and illustrate the po-
tential 
scope, 
magnitude, 
and 
complexity of a broad range of 
representative hazards; and 
‘‘(ii) 
provide 
the 
minimum 
number 
of 
representative 
sce-
narios necessary to identify and 
define the tasks and target capa-
bilities required to respond to all 
hazards. 
‘‘(2) TARGET
CAPABILITIES
AND
EMER-
GENCY PREPAREDNESS PRIORITIES.— 
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‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES 
ON
TARGET
CAPABILITIES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Restoring Emergency 
Services to Protect Our Nation From 
Disasters Act of 2006, the Director, in 
coordination with the heads of other 
appropriate Federal agencies, includ-
ing the National Council on Dis-
ability, and the Task Force estab-
lished under section 707(a), shall up-
date and revise as necessary guide-
lines to define the risk-based target 
capabilities for Federal, State, and 
local 
government 
emergency 
pre-
paredness that enables the Nation to 
respond to, recover from, and miti-
gate against all hazards, including 
major 
disasters 
and 
other 
emer-
gencies. 
‘‘(B) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
GUIDE-
LINES.—The Director shall ensure that 
the guidelines are provided promptly 
to Congress and the States. The 
States are encouraged to make the 
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guidelines available to local govern-
ments within their jurisdictions. 
‘‘(C) 
OBJECTIVES.—The 
Director 
shall ensure that the guidelines estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) meet 
the following objectives: 
‘‘(i) SPECIFICITY.—The guide-
lines 
specifically 
describe 
the 
training, planning, personnel, and 
equipment that Federal, State, 
and local governments need to 
possess, or to which they need to 
have access, in order to meet the 
national emergency preparedness 
goal. 
‘‘(ii) FLEXIBILITY.—The guide-
lines are sufficiently flexible to 
allow Federal, State, and local 
government officials to set prior-
ities based on particular needs, 
while achieving nationally deter-
mined emergency preparedness 
levels within a specified time pe-
riod. 
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‘‘(iii) 
MEASURABILITY.—The 
guidelines are designed to enable 
measurement of progress toward 
specific emergency preparedness 
levels. 
‘‘(D) 
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS 
PRIORITIES.—In 
establishing 
the 
guidelines under subparagraph (A), 
the Director shall establish emer-
gency preparedness priorities that 
appropriately balance the risk of all 
hazards, including major disasters 
and other emergencies with the re-
sources required to respond to, re-
cover from, and mitigate against 
them. 
‘‘(E) MUTUAL
AID
AGREEMENTS.— 
The Director may provide support for 
the development of mutual aid agree-
ments within States. 
‘‘(3) EQUIPMENT.— 
‘‘(A) EQUIPMENT STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Direc-
tor, in coordination with the 
heads of other appropriate Fed-
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