### Question
How does EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS define critical infrastructure?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 5195c*, **critical infrastructure** is defined as:

> systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 5195c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 68-DISASTER RELIEF > SUBCHAPTER IV&ndash;B-EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS**

