Disaster Medical System,''; and
The amendment was not executed because section 502 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 was redesignated as section 504 by section 611(8)
of Public Law 109-295 (120 Stat 1395).
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(C) overseeing the Metropolitan Medical
Response System; and
(D) coordinating other Federal response
resources, including requiring deployment of
the Strategic National Stockpile, in the event
of a terrorist attack or major disaster;
(4) aiding the recovery from terrorist attacks and
major disasters;
(5) building a comprehensive national incident
management system with Federal, State, and local
government personnel, agencies, and authorities, to
respond to such attacks and disasters;
(6) consolidating existing Federal Government
emergency response plans into a single, coordinated
national response plan;
(7) helping ensure the acquisition of operable and
interoperable communications capabilities by Federal,
State, local, and tribal governments and emergency
response providers;
(8) assisting the President in carrying out the
functions under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
and carrying out all functions and authorities given to
the Administrator under that Act;
(9) carrying out the mission of the Agency to
reduce the loss of life and property and protect the
Nation from all hazards by leading and supporting the
Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive emergency
management system of--
(A) mitigation, by taking sustained actions
to reduce or eliminate long-term risks to
people and property from hazards and their
effects;
(B) preparedness, by planning, training,
and building the emergency management
profession to prepare effectively for, mitigate
against, respond to, and recover from any
hazard;
(C) response, by conducting emergency
operations to save lives and property through
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