{"identifier":"/us/usc/t6/s821","title":6,"num":"\u00a7\u202f821.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f821.\nDefinitions\nIn this part:\n(1)\nAdministrator\nThe term \u201cAdministrator\u201d means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.\n(2)\nBasic need\nThe term \u201cbasic need\u201d\u2014\n(A) means any good, service, or activity necessary to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the civilian population of the United States; and\n(B) includes\u2014\n(i) food;\n(ii) water;\n(iii) shelter;\n(iv) basic communication services;\n(v) basic sanitation and health services; and\n(vi) public safety.\n(3)\nCatastrophic incident\nThe term \u201ccatastrophic incident\u201d\u2014\n(A) means any natural or man-made disaster that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage, mass evacuations, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions in an area; and\n(B) may include an incident\u2014\n(i) with a sustained national impact over a prolonged period of time;\n(ii) that may rapidly exceed resources available to State and local government and private sector authorities in the impacted area; or\n(iii) that may significantly interrupt governmental operations and emergency services to such an extent that national security could be threatened.\n(4)\nCritical infrastructure\nThe term \u201ccritical infrastructure\u201d has the meaning given such term in\nsection 5195c(e) of title 42\n(5)\nExistential risk\nThe term \u201cexistential risk\u201d means the potential for an outcome that would result in human extinction.\n(6)\nGlobal catastrophic risk\nThe term \u201cglobal catastrophic risk\u201d means the risk of events or incidents consequential enough to significantly harm or set back human civilization at the global scale.\n(7)\nGlobal catastrophic and existential threats\nThe term \u201cglobal catastrophic and existential threats\u201d means threats that with varying likelihood may produce consequences severe enough to result in systemic failure or destruction of critical infrastructure or significant harm to human civilization. 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