CHAPTER 68 — Disaster Relief
113 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER II — DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION ASSISTANCE 7 sections
- § 5131. — Federal and State disaster preparedness programs
- § 5132. — Disaster warnings
- § 5133. — Predisaster hazard mitigation
- § 5134. — Interagency task force
- § 5135. — Grants to entities for establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds
- § 5136. — Natural hazard risk assessment
- § 5136a. — Assistance and training for communities with technological hazards and related emerging threats
SUBCHAPTER III — MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION 33 sections
- § 5141. — Waiver of administrative conditions
- § 5142. — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(a)(2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4691
- § 5143. — Coordinating officers
- § 5144. — Emergency support and response teams
- §§ 5145, 5146. — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(d), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4691
- § 5147. — Reimbursement of Federal agencies
- § 5148. — Nonliability of Federal Government
- § 5149. — Performance of services
- § 5150. — Use of local firms and individuals
- § 5151. — Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance
- § 5152. — Use and coordination of relief organizations
- § 5153. — Priority to certain applications for public facility and public housing assistance
- § 5154. — Insurance
- § 5154a. — Prohibited flood disaster assistance
- § 5155. — Duplication of benefits
- § 5156. — Standards and reviews
- § 5157. — Penalties
- § 5158. — Availability of materials
- § 5159. — Protection of environment
- § 5160. — Recovery of assistance
- § 5161. — Audits and investigations
- § 5161a. — Audit of contracts
- § 5162. — Advance of non-Federal share
- § 5163. — Limitation on use of sliding scales
- § 5164. — Rules and regulations
- § 5165. — Mitigation planning
- § 5165a. — Minimum standards for public and private structures
- § 5165b. — Management costs
- § 5165c. — Public notice, comment, and consultation requirements
- § 5165d. — Designation of Small State and Rural Advocate
- § 5165e. — Integrated plan for administrative cost reduction
- § 5165f. — National Urban Search and Rescue Response System
- § 5165g. — National veterinary emergency teams
SUBCHAPTER IV — MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 34 sections
- § 5170. — Procedure for declaration
- § 5170a. — General Federal assistance
- § 5170b. — Essential assistance
- § 5170c. — Hazard mitigation
- § 5171. — Federal facilities
- § 5172. — Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities
- § 5173. — Debris removal
- § 5174. — Federal assistance to individuals and households
- § 5174a. — Flexibility
- § 5174b. — Critical document fee waiver
- § 5175. — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(m)(2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4696
- § 5176. — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–390, title I, § 104(c)(2), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1559
- § 5177. — Unemployment assistance
- § 5177a. — Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers
- § 5178. — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–390, title II, § 206(c), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1571
- § 5179. — Benefits and distribution
- § 5180. — Food commodities
- § 5181. — Relocation assistance
- § 5182. — Legal services
- § 5183. — Crisis counseling assistance and training
- § 5184. — Community disaster loans
- § 5185. — Emergency communications
- § 5186. — Emergency public transportation
- § 5187. — Fire management assistance
- § 5188. — Timber sale contracts
- § 5189. — Simplified procedure
- § 5189a. — Appeals of assistance decisions
- § 5189b. — Date of eligibility; expenses incurred before date of disaster
- § 5189c. — Transportation assistance to individuals and households
- § 5189d. — Case management services
- § 5189e. — Essential service providers
- § 5189f. — Public assistance program alternative procedures
- § 5189g. — Unified Federal review
- § 5189h. — Agency accountability
SUBCHAPTER IV–A — EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 3 sections
SUBCHAPTER IV–B — EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 21 sections
Part A — Powers and Duties 8 sections
- § 5196. — Detailed functions of administration
- § 5196a. — Mutual aid pacts between States and neighboring countries
- § 5196b. — Contributions for personnel and administrative expenses
- § 5196c. — Grants for construction of emergency operations centers
- § 5196d. — Use of funds to prepare for and respond to hazards
- § 5196e. — Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund
- § 5196f. — Disaster related information services
- § 5196g. — Guidance and training by FEMA on coordination of emergency response plans
Part B — General Provisions 9 sections
- § 5197. — Administrative authority
- § 5197a. — Security regulations
- § 5197b. — Use of existing facilities
- § 5197c. — Annual report to Congress
- § 5197d. — Applicability of subchapter
- § 5197e. — Authorization of appropriations and transfers of funds
- § 5197f. — Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954
- § 5197g. — Federal Bureau of Investigation
- § 5197h. — Minority emergency preparedness demonstration program
SUBCHAPTER V — MISCELLANEOUS 12 sections
- § 5201. — Rules and regulations
- § 5202. — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 108(c), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4708
- § 5203. — Excess disaster assistance payments as budgetary emergency requirements
- § 5204. — Insular areas disaster survival and recovery; definitions
- § 5204a. — Authorization of appropriations for insular areas
- § 5204b. — Technical assistance for insular areas
- § 5204c. — Hazard mitigation for insular areas
- § 5205. — Disaster grant closeout procedures
- § 5205a. — Certain recoupment prohibited
- § 5206. — Buy American
- § 5207. — Firearms policies
- § 5208. — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–74, div. D, title III, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 963