42 U.S.C. 5170c

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief And Emergency Assistance Act, As Amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121, et seq.

Table OF CONTENTS

SUBCHAPTER I--FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . 9

5121. Congressional findings and declarations . . . . . . . . 9

5122. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SUBCHAPTER II--DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ASSISTANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5131. Federal and State disaster preparedness program . . . . . 12

5132. Disaster warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SUBCHAPTER III--MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

ADMINISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5141. Waiver of administrative conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5142. Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5143. Coordinating officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

5144. Emergency support teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

5145. Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5146. Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5147. Reimbursement of federal agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5148. Nonliability of Federal Government. . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5149. Performance of services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

5150. Use of local firms and individuals. . . . . . . . . . . . 18

5151. Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance. . . . . . . . . 19

5152. Use and coordination of relief organizations. . . . . . . 19

5153. Priority to certain applications for public facility

and public housing assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

5154. Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5155. Duplication of benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

5156. Standards and reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5157. Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5158. Availability of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5159. Protection of environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

5160. Recovery of assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5161. Audits and investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5162. Advance of Non-Federal Share. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5163. Limitation on use of sliding scales . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5164. Rules and regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SUBCHAPTER IV--MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . 28

5170. Procedure for declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5170a. General Federal Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5170b. Essential Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

5170c. Hazard Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5171. Federal facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5172. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities 35

5173. Debris removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

5174. Temporary housing assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5175. Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5176. Minimum standards for public and private structures . . . 43

5177. Unemployment assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5178. Individual and family grant programs. . . . . . . . . . . 44

5179. Food coupons and distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

5180. Food commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5181. Relocation assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5182. Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5183. Crisis counseling assistance and training . . . . . . . . 48

5184. Community disaster loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5185. Emergency communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5186. Emergency public transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5187. Fire suppression grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5188. Timber sale contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5189. Simplified procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

5189a. Appeals of assistance decisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

5189b. Date of eligibility; expenses incurred before

date of disaster 51

SUBCHAPTER IV-A--EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5191. Procedure for declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5192. Federal emergency assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

5193. Amount of assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

SUBCHAPTER IV-B--EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5195. Declaration of policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5195a. Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5195b. Administration of subchapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5196. Detailed functions of administration. . . . . . . . . . . 60

5196a. Mutual aid pacts between States and neighboring countries 65

5196b. Contributions for personnel and administrative expenses. 65

5196c. Requirement for State matching funds for construction of

emergency operating centers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

5196d. Use of funds to prepare for and respond to hazards . . . 67

5197. Administrative authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

5197a. Security regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

5197b. Use of existing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

5197c. Annual report to Congress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

5197d. Applicability of subchapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

5197e. Authorization of appropriations and transfers of funds . 72

5197f. Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954. . . . . . . . . . 72

5197g. Federal Bureau of Investigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

SUBCHAPTER V--MISCELLANEOUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

5201. Rules and regulations; acceptance of gifts . . . . . . . 75

5202. Repealed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

5203. Excess disaster assistance payments as budgetary

emergency requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

5204. Insular areas disaster survival and recovery; definitions 76

5204a. Authorization of appropriations for insular areas. . . . 76

5204b. Technical assistance for insular areas . . . . . . . . . 77

5204c. Hazard mitigation for insular areas. . . . . . . . . . . 77

CROSS-REFERENCE table

STAFFORD ACT SECTION NUMBERS TO U.S. CODE SECTIONS

Section No. in Act Section No. in 42 U.S.C. Page

101 5121. Congressional findings and declarations 10

102 5122. Definitions 10

201 5131. Federal and State disaster preparedness program 12

202 5132. Disaster warnings 13

301 5141. Waiver of administrative conditions 15

302 5143. Coordinating officers 15

303 5144. Emergency support teams 16

304 5147. Reimbursement of federal agencies 17

305 5148. Nonliability of Federal Government 17

306 5149. Performance of services 17

307 5150. Use of local firms and individuals 18

308 5151. Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance 19

309 5152. Use and coordination of relief organizations 19

310 5153. Priority to certain applications for public facility and

public housing assistance 20

311 5154. Insurance 21

312 5155. Duplication of benefits 22

313 5156. Standards and reviews 23

314 5157. Penalties 23

315 5158. Availability of materials 24

316 5159. Protection of environment 24

317 5160. Recovery of assistance 25

318 5161. Audits and investigations 25

319 5162. Advance of Non-Federal Share 26

320 5163. Limitation on use of sliding scales 27

321 5164. Rules and regulations 27

401 5170. Procedure for declaration 28

402 5170a. General Federal Assistance 28

403 5170b. Essential Assistance 29

404 5170c. Hazard Mitigation 32

405 5171. Federal facilities 34

406 5172. Repair, restoration, and replacement of

damaged facilities 35

407 5173. Debris removal 39

408 5174. Temporary housing assistance 40

409 5176. Minimum standards for public and private structures 43

410 5177. Unemployment assistance 44

411 5178. Individual and family grant programs 44

412 5179. Food coupons and distribution 46

413 5180. Food commodities 47

414 5181. Relocation assistance 47

415 5182. Legal services 47

416 5183. Crisis counseling assistance and training 47

417 5184. Community disaster loans 48

418 5185. Emergency communications 48

419 5186. Emergency public transportation 48

420 5187. Fire suppression grants 49

421 5188. Timber sale contracts 49

422 5189. Simplified procedure 50

423 5189a. Appeals of assistance decisions 51

424 5189b. Date of eligibility; expenses incurred before date of

disaster 51

501 5191. Procedure for declaration 53

502 5192. Federal emergency assistance 54

503 5193. Amount of assistance 55

601 5195. Declaration of policy 57

602 5195a. Definitions 57

603 5195b. Administration of subchapter 60

611 5196. Detailed functions of administration 60

612 5196a. Mutual aid pacts between States and neighboring countries

65

613 5196b. Contributions for personnel and administrative expenses 65

614 5196c. Requirement for State matching funds for construction of

emergency operating centers 67

615 5196d. Use of funds to prepare for and respond to hazards 67

621 5197. Administrative authority 67

622 5197a. Security regulations 69

623 5197b. Use of existing facilities 71

624 5197c. Annual report to Congress 71

625 5197d. Applicability of subchapter 72

626 5197e. Authorization of appropriations and transfers of funds 72

627 5197f. Relation to Atomic Energy Act of 1954 72

628 5197g. Federal Bureau of Investigation 73

701 5201. Rules and regulations; acceptance of gifts 75

{Sec 404} 5170c. Hazard Mitigation

(a) In General.

The President may contribute up to 75 percent of the cost of hazard

mitigation measures which the President has determined are

cost-effective and which substantially reduce the risk of future damage,

hardship, loss, or suffering in any area affected by a major disaster.

Such measures shall be identified following the evaluation of natural

hazards under section 5176 of this title and shall be subject to

approval by the President. The total of contributions under this section

for a major disaster shall not exceed 15 percent of the estimated

aggregate amount of grants to be made (less any associated

administrative costs) under this chapter with respect to the major

disaster.

(b) Property acquisition and relocation assistance.--

(1) General authority.

In providing hazard mitigation assistance under this section in

connection with flooding, the Director of the Federal Emergency

Management Agency may provide property acquisition and relocation

assistance for projects that meet the requirements of paragraph (2).

(2) Terms and conditions.

An acquisition or relocation project shall be eligible to

receive assistance pursuant to paragraph (1) only if--

(A) the applicant for the assistance is otherwise eligible to

receive assistance under the hazard mitigation grant program

established under subsection (a) of this section; and

(B) on or after December 3, 1993, the applicant for the

assistance enters into an agreement with the Director that

provides assurances that--

(i) any property acquired, accepted, or from which a

structure will be removed pursuant to the project will be

dedicated and maintained in perpetuity for a use that is

compatible with open space, recreational, or wetlands management

practices;

(ii) no new structure will be erected on property

acquired, accepted or from which a structure was removed

under the acquisition or relocation program other than--

(I) a public facility that is open on all sides and

functionally related to a designated open space;

(II) a rest room; or

(III) a structure that the Director approves in writing

before the commencement of the construction of the

structure; and

(iii) after receipt of the assistance, with respect to

any property acquired, accepted or from which a structure

was removed under the acquisition or relocation program--

(I) no subsequent application for additional disaster

assistance for any purpose will be made by the recipient to

any Federal entity; and

(II) no assistance referred to in subclause (I) will be

provided to the applicant by any Federal source.

(3) Statutory construction

Nothing in this subsection is intended to alter or otherwise

affect an agreement for an acquisition or relocation project

carried out pursuant to this section that was in effect on

December 3, 1993.