10 U.S.C. § 2614 — Emergency communications equipment: acceptance from local public safety agencies for temporary use related to disasters
submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-375 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 196 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary concerned may temporarily accept communications equipment and related services from local public-safety agencies for disaster response, subject to regulations and limits. Providers of accepted services do not thereby become United States officers, employees, or agents.
(a) Authority to accept equipment. (1) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary concerned* may accept communications equipment for coordinating joint response and recovery with public-safety agencies during a disaster, and may accept services for operating and maintaining that equipment.
(b) Regulations. The Secretary of Defense must prescribe regulations for using this authority.
(c) Limitations. (1) Equipment may be accepted only as far as equipment under the Secretary concerned’s control at the possible disaster site is not enough for military communication needs during the response. (2) Related services may be accepted only as far as the needed capabilities are not available to the military commander who has custody of the equipment.
(d) Liability. A person who provides accepted services does not become a United States officer*, employee, or agent merely because the person provides those services.
Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary concerned*—
may accept communications equipment for use in coordinating joint response and recovery operations with public safety agencies in the event of a disaster; and
may accept services related to the operation and maintenance of such equipment.
The authority under subsection (a) shall be exercised under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
Equipment may be accepted under subsection (a)(1) only to the extent that communications equipment under the control of the Secretary concerned at the potential disaster response site is inadequate to meet military requirements for communicating with public safety agencies during the period of response to the disaster.
Services may be accepted under subsection (a)(2) related to the operation and maintenance of communications equipment only to the extent that the necessary capabilities are not available to the military commander having custody of the equipment.
A person providing services accepted under this section may not be considered, by reason of the provision of such services, to be an officer*, employee, or agent of the United States for any purpose.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title X, § 1051(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2053, § 2613; renumbered § 2614 and amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(19)(A), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2399.)
- 2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-375 · 118 Stat. 2053
- 2006Amended · Pub. L. 109-364 · 120 Stat. 2399
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 108-375 on 2004-10-28.
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