42 U.S.C. § 5122 : US Code - Section 5122: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5122 : US Code - Section 5122: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) Emergency. - "Emergency" means any occasion or instance for
which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is
needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to
save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or
to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the
United States.
(2) Major disaster. - "Major disaster" means any natural
catastrophe (including any hurricane, tornado, storm, high water,
winddriven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic
eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought), or,
regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion, in any part of
the United States, which in the determination of the President
causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major
disaster assistance under this chapter to supplement the efforts
and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster
relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or
suffering caused thereby.
(3) "United States" means the fifty States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) "State" means any State of the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(5) "Governor" means the chief executive of any State.
(6) Local government. - The term "local government" means -
(A) a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public
authority, school district, special district, intrastate
district, council of governments (regardless of whether the
council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation
under State law), regional or interstate government entity, or
agency or instrumentality of a local government;
(B) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or
Alaska Native village or organization; and
(C) a rural community, unincorporated town or village, or other
public entity, for which an application for assistance is made by
a State or political subdivision of a State.
(7) "Federal agency" means any department, independent
establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the
executive branch of the Federal Government, including the United
States Postal Service, but shall not include the American National
Red Cross.
(8) Public facility. - "Public facility" means the following
facilities owned by a State or local government:
(A) Any flood control, navigation, irrigation, reclamation,
public power, sewage treatment and collection, water supply and
distribution, watershed development, or airport facility.
(B) Any non-Federal-aid street, road, or highway.
(C) Any other public building, structure, or system, including
those used for educational, recreational, or cultural purposes.
(D) Any park.
(9) Private nonprofit facility. - "Private nonprofit facility"
means private nonprofit educational, utility, irrigation,
emergency, medical, rehabilitational, and temporary or permanent
custodial care facilities (including those for the aged and
disabled), other private nonprofit facilities which provide
essential services of a governmental nature to the general public,
and facilities on Indian reservations as defined by the President.