6 USC § 725 - Prepositioned equipment program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s725"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 725 - Prepositioned equipment program"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "725"
section_name: "Prepositioned equipment program"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Emergency Management Capabilities"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 637, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1422.)"
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# § 725. Prepositioned equipment program

**(a)** **In general** The Administrator shall establish a prepositioned equipment program to preposition standardized emergency equipment in at least 11 locations to sustain and replenish critical assets used by State, local, and tribal governments in response to (or rendered inoperable by the effects of) natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.

**(b)** **Notice** The Administrator shall notify State, local, and tribal officials in an area in which a location for the prepositioned equipment program will be closed not later than 60 days before the date of such closure.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 637, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1422.)