Notes on disaster relief : US Code - Notes

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SUBCHAPTER I - FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS
Sec.
5121. Congressional findings and declarations.
5122. Definitions.

SUBCHAPTER II - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION ASSISTANCE
5131. Federal and State disaster preparedness programs.
(a) Utilization of services of other agencies.
(b) Technical assistance for the development of
plans and programs.
(c) Grants to States for development of plans and
programs.
(d) Grants for improvement, maintenance, and
updating of State plans.
5132. Disaster warnings.
(a) Readiness of Federal agencies to issue warnings
to State and local officials.
(b) Technical assistance to State and local
governments for effective warnings.
(c) Warnings to governmental authorities and public
endangered by disaster.
(d) Agreements with commercial communications
systems for use of facilities.
5133. Predisaster hazard mitigation.
(a) Definition of small impoverished community.
(b) Establishment of program.
(c) Approval by President.
(d) State recommendations.
(e) Uses of technical and financial assistance.
(f) Allocation of funds.
(g) Criteria for assistance awards.
(h) Federal share.
(i) National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.
(j) Limitation on total amount of financial
assistance.
(k) Multihazard advisory maps.
(l) Report on Federal and State administration.
(m) Termination of authority.
5134. Interagency task force.
(a) In general.
(b) Chairperson.
(c) Membership.

SUBCHAPTER III - MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
ADMINISTRATION
5141. Waiver of administrative conditions.
5142. Repealed.
5143. Coordinating officers.
(a) Appointment of Federal coordinating officer.
(b) Functions of Federal coordinating officer.
(c) State coordinating officer.
5144. Emergency support teams.
5145, 5146. Repealed.
5147. Reimbursement of Federal agencies.
5148. Nonliability of Federal Government.
5149. Performance of services.
(a) Utilization of services or facilities of State
and local governments.
(b) Appointment of temporary personnel, experts,
and consultants; acquisition, rental, or hire
of equipment, services, materials and
supplies.
5150. Use of local firms and individuals.
5151. Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance.
(a) Regulations for equitable and impartial relief
operations.
(b) Compliance with regulations as prerequisite to
participation by other bodies in relief
operations.
5152. Use and coordination of relief organizations.
5153. Priority to certain applications for public facility
and public housing assistance.
(a) Priority.
(b) Obligation of certain discretionary funds.
5154. Insurance.
(a) Applicants for replacement of damaged
facilities.
(b) Maintenance of insurance.
(c) State acting as self-insurer.
5154a. Prohibited flood disaster assistance.
(a) General prohibition.
(b) Transfer of property.
(c) Omitted.
(d) "Flood disaster area" defined.
(e) Effective date.
5155. Duplication of benefits.
(a) General prohibition.
(b) Special rules.
(c) Recovery of duplicative benefits.
(d) Assistance not income.
5156. Standards and reviews.
5157. Penalties.
(a) Misuse of funds.
(b) Civil enforcement.
(c) Referral to Attorney General.
(d) Civil penalty.
5158. Availability of materials.
5159. Protection of environment.
5160. Recovery of assistance.
(a) Party liable.
(b) Rendering of care.
5161. Audits and investigations.
(a) In general.
(b) Access to records.
(c) State and local audits.
5162. Advance of non-Federal share.
(a) In general.
(b) Terms of loans and advances.
(c) Regulations.
5163. Limitation on use of sliding scales.
5164. Rules and regulations.
5165. Mitigation planning.
(a) Requirement of mitigation plan.
(b) Local and tribal plans.
(c) State plans.
(d) Funding.
(e) Increased Federal share for hazard mitigation
measures.
5165a. Minimum standards for public and private structures.
(a) In general.
(b) Evidence of compliance.
5165b. Management costs.
(a) Definition of management cost.
(b) Establishment of management cost rates.
(c) Review.
5165c. Public notice, comment, and consultation requirements.
(a) Public notice and comment concerning new or
modified policies.
(b) Consultation concerning interim policies.
(c) Public access.

SUBCHAPTER IV - MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
5170. Procedure for declaration.
5170a. General Federal assistance.
5170b. Essential assistance.
(a) In general.
(b) Federal share.
(c) Utilization of DOD resources.
5170c. Hazard mitigation.
(a) In general.
(b) Property acquisition and relocation assistance.
(c) Program administration by States.
5171. Federal facilities.
(a) Repair, reconstruction, restoration, or
replacement of United States facilities.
(b) Availability of funds appropriated to agency
for repair, reconstruction, restoration, or
replacement of agency facilities.
(c) Steps for mitigation of hazards.
5172. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged
facilities.
(a) Contributions.
(b) Federal share.
(c) Large in-lieu contributions.
(d) Flood insurance.
(e) Eligible cost.
5173. Debris removal.
(a) Presidential authority.
(b) Authorization by State or local government;
indemnification agreement.
(c) Rules relating to large lots.
(d) Federal share.
5174. Federal assistance to individuals and households.
(a) In general.
(b) Housing assistance.
(c) Types of housing assistance.
(d) Terms and conditions relating to housing
assistance.
(e) Financial assistance to address other needs.
(f) State role.
(g) Cost sharing.
(h) Maximum amount of assistance.
(i) Rules and regulations.
5175, 5176. Repealed.
5177. Unemployment assistance.
(a) Benefit assistance.
(b) Reemployment assistance.
5177a. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and
seasonal farmworkers.
(a) In general.
(b) "Low-income migrant or seasonal farmworker"
defined.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
5178. Repealed.
5179. Food coupons and distribution.
(a) Persons eligible; terms and conditions.
(b) Duration of assistance; factors considered.
(c) Food Stamp Act provisions unaffected.
5180. Food commodities.
(a) Emergency mass feeding.
(b) Funds for purchase of food commodities.
5181. Relocation assistance.
5182. Legal services.
5183. Crisis counseling assistance and training.
5184. Community disaster loans.
(a) In general.
(b) Amount.
(c) Repayment.
(d) Effect on other assistance.
5185. Emergency communications.
5186. Emergency public transportation.
5187. Fire management assistance.
(a) In general.
(b) Coordination with State and tribal departments
of forestry.
(c) Essential assistance.
(d) Rules and regulations.
5188. Timber sale contracts.
(a) Cost-sharing arrangement.
(b) Cancellation of authority.
(c) Public notice of sale.
(d) State grants for removal of damaged timber;
reimbursement of expenses limited to salvage
value of removed timber.
5189. Simplified procedure.
5189a. Appeals of assistance decisions.
(a) Right of appeal.
(b) Period for decision.
(c) Rules.
5189b. Date of eligibility; expenses incurred before date of
disaster.

SUBCHAPTER IV-A - EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
5191. Procedure for declaration.
(a) Request and declaration.
(b) Certain emergencies involving Federal primary
responsibility.
5192. Federal emergency assistance.
(a) Specified.
(b) General.
5193. Amount of assistance.
(a) Federal share.
(b) Limit on amount of assistance.

SUBCHAPTER IV-B - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
5195. Declaration of policy.
5195a. Definitions.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Cross reference.
5195b. Administration of subchapter.
5195c. Critical infrastructures protection.
(a) Short title.
(b) Findings.
(c) Policy of the United States.
(d) Establishment of national competence for
critical infrastructure protection.
(e) Critical infrastructure defined.
(f) Authorization of appropriations.

PART A - POWERS AND DUTIES
5196. Detailed functions of administration.
(a) In general.
(b) Federal emergency response plans and programs.
(c) Delegation of emergency preparedness
responsibilities.
(d) Communications and warnings.
(e) Emergency preparedness measures.
(f) Training programs.
(g) Public dissemination of emergency preparedness
information.
(h) Emergency preparedness compacts.
(i) Materials and facilities.
(j) Financial contributions.
(k) Sale or disposal of certain materials and
facilities.
5196a. Mutual aid pacts between States and neighboring
countries.
5196b. Contributions for personnel and administrative
expenses.
(a) General authority.
(b) Plan requirements.
(c) Terms and conditions.
(d) Application of other provisions.
(e) Allocation of funds.
(f) Submission of plan.
(g) Annual reports.
5196c. Requirement for State matching funds for construction
of emergency operating centers.
5196d. Use of funds to prepare for and respond to hazards.
5196e. Radiological Emergency Preparedness Fund.

PART B - GENERAL PROVISIONS
5197. Administrative authority.
(a) In general.
(b) Advisory personnel.
(c) Services of other agency personnel and
volunteers.
(d) Gifts.
(e) Reimbursement.
(f) Printing.
(g) Rules and regulations.
(h) Failure to expend contributions correctly.
5197a. Security regulations.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Limitations on employee access to information.
(c) National security positions.
(d) Employee oaths.
5197b. Use of existing facilities.
5197c. Annual report to Congress.
5197d. Applicability of subchapter.
5197e. Authorization of appropriations and transfers of
funds.
(a) Authorization of appropriations.
(b) Transfer authority.
5197f. Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
5197g. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
5197h. Minority emergency preparedness demonstration program.
(a) In general.
(b) Activities supported.
(c) Eligible organizations.
(d) Use of funds.
(e) Application and review procedure.
(f) Authorization of appropriation.

SUBCHAPTER V - MISCELLANEOUS
5201. Rules and regulations.
5202. Repealed.
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.
(a) Statute of limitations.
(b) Rebuttal of presumption of record maintenance.
(c) Binding nature of grant requirements.
5206. Buy American.
(a) Compliance with Buy American Act.
(b) Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent
use of "Made in America" labels.