resilience
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United States Code
10 U.S.C. § 2693 — in this section
Resilience.—The term "resilience" means the capability to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, flooding, wildfire, or other anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions.
16 U.S.C. § 6415 — in this chapter
The term "resilience" means the capacity for corals within their native range, coral reefs, or coral reef ecosystems to resist and recover from natural and human disturbances, and maintain structure and function to provide coral reef ecosystem services, as determined by clearly identifiable, measurable, and science-based standards.
16 U.S.C. § 6456 — in this subchapter (2 versions over time)
The terms “conservation”, “coral”, “coral reef”, “coral reef ecosystem”, “covered reef manager”, “covered State”, “Federal reef manager”, “National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy”, “restoration”, “resilience”, and “State” have the meanings given those terms in section 6415 of this title, as added by this division.
22 U.S.C. § 9303 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)
The term "resilience" means the ability of people, households, communities, countries, and agriculture and food systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses to food security, including global food catastrophes, in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.
42 U.S.C. § 300I — in this section
the term "resilience" means the ability of a community water system or an asset of a community water system to adapt to or withstand the effects of a malevolent act or natural hazard without interruption to the asset's or system's function, or if the function is interrupted, to rapidly return to a normal operating condition; and
42 U.S.C. § 300j-19a — under this section (2 versions over time)
The terms “resilience” and “natural hazard” have the meaning given such terms in section 300i–2(h) of this title.
42 U.S.C. § 300j-19g — in this section (2 versions over time)
The terms “resilience” and “natural hazard” have the meanings given those terms in section 300i–2(h) of this title.
42 U.S.C. § 17384a — in this section
In this section, the term "resilience" means the ability to withstand and reduce the magnitude or duration of disruptive events, which includes the capability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, or rapidly recover from such an event, including from deliberate attacks, accidents, and naturally occurring threats or incidents.