NEES Priorities The mission for NEES aligns with the larger national plan for earthquake and tsunami risk reduction. The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Strategic Plan for 2009-2013, submitted to Congress by the Interagency Coordinating Committee of NEHRP, outlines the role that NEES plays in the nation’s strategy for “increasing the resilience of the United States.” The NSF is one of the four NEHRP agencies with distinct but complementary goals whose coordinated effort is to address earthquake risk in the United States.