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42 U.S.C. § 15702 — Definitions
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In this chapter:
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(2) **Lifelines** — The term “lifelines” means public works and utilities, including transportation facilities and infrastructure, oil and gas pipelines, electrical power and communication facilities and infrastructure, and water supply and sewage treatment facilities.
(3) **Program** — The term “Program” means the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program established by [section 15703(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section15703/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **State** — The term “State” means each of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(5) **Windstorm** — The term “windstorm” means any storm with a damaging or destructive wind component, such as a hurricane, tropical storm, northeaster, tornado, or thunderstorm.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(2) **Lifelines** — The term “lifelines” means public works and utilities, including transportation facilities and infrastructure, oil and gas pipelines, electrical power and communication facilities and infrastructure, and water supply and sewage treatment facilities.
(3) **Program** — The term “Program” means the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program established by [section 15703(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section15703/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **State** — The term “State” means each of the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(5) **Windstorm** — The term “windstorm” means any storm with a damaging or destructive wind component, such as a hurricane, tropical storm, northeaster, tornado, or thunderstorm.
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The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes, and thunderstorms can cause significant loss of life, injury, destruction of property, and economic and social disruption. All States and regions are vulnerable to these hazards.
(2) The United States currently sustains several billion dollars in economic damages each year due to these windstorms. In recent decades, rapid development and population growth in high-risk areas has greatly increased overall vulnerability to windstorms.
(3) Improved windstorm impact reduction measures have the potential to reduce these losses through—
(A) cost-effective and affordable design and construction methods and practices;
(B) effective mitigation programs at the local, State, and national level;
(C) improved data collection and analysis and impact prediction methodologies;
(D) engineering research on improving new structures and retrofitting existing ones to better withstand windstorms, atmospheric-related research to better understand the behavior and impact of windstorms on the built environment, and subsequent application of those research results; and
(E) public education and outreach.
(4) There is an appropriate role for the Federal Government in supporting windstorm impact reduction. An effective Federal program in windstorm impact reduction will require interagency coordination, and input from individuals, academia, the private sector, and other interested non-Federal entities.
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
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CODIFICATION
Section 15604 was editorially reclassified as section
30304 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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30305 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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30306 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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CHAPTER 148—WINDSTORM IMPACT
REDUCTION
Sec.
15701.
Findings.
15702.
Definitions.
15703.
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Pro-
gram.
15704.
National Advisory Committee on Windstorm
Impact Reduction.
15705.
Savings clause.
15706.
Authorization of appropriations.
15707.
Coordination.
§ 15701. Findings
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Hurricanes, tropical storms, tornadoes,
and thunderstorms can cause significant loss
of life, injury, destruction of property, and
economic and social disruption. All States and
regions are vulnerable to these hazards.
(2) The United States currently sustains sev-
eral billion dollars in economic damages each
year due to these windstorms. In recent dec-
ades,
rapid
development
and
population
growt
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