AppendixE-412-413 Stafford Act

STAFFORD ACT > TITLE IV > 42 U.S.C. § 5177a, §§ 412-414

(2)  who has received not less than one-half of such individual’s total income, or been
employed at least one-half of total work time in farm work; and

(3) whose annual family income within the 12 month period referred to in paragraph
(1) does not exceed the higher of the poverty level or 70 percent of the lower living
standard income level.

(c)  Authorization of Appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section.
Sec. 412. Benefits and Distribution (42 U.S.C. 5179)
(a) P
 ersons Eligible; Terms and Conditions - Whenever the President determines that, as
a result of a major disaster, low-income households are unable to purchase adequate
amounts of nutritious food, he is authorized, under such terms and conditions as he
may prescribe, to distribute through the Secretary of Agriculture or other appropriate
agencies benefit allotments to such households pursuant to the provisions of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 of 1964* (P.L. 91-671; 84 Stat. 2048) [7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.]
and to make surplus commodities available pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
(b) 
Duration of Assistance; Factors Considered - The President, through the Secretary
of Agriculture or other appropriate agencies, is authorized to continue to make such
benefit allotments and surplus commodities available to such households for so
long as he determines necessary, taking into consideration such factors as he deems
appropriate, including the consequences of the major disaster on the earning power of
the households, to which assistance is made available under this section.
(c) 
Food and Nutrition Act Provisions Unaffected - Nothing in this section shall be
construed as amending or otherwise changing the provisions of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 of 1964* [7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.] except as they relate to the availability
of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in an area affected by a major
disaster.
Sec. 413. Food Commodities (42 U.S.C. 5180)
(a) 
Emergency Mass Feeding - The President is authorized and directed to assure that
adequate stocks of food will be ready and conveniently available for emergency mass
feeding or distribution in any area of the United States which suffers a major disaster or
emergency.
(b) 
Funds for Purchase of Food Commodities - The Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize
funds appropriated under section 612c of title 7, to purchase food commodities
necessary to provide adequate supplies for use in any area of the United States in the
event of a major disaster or emergency in such area.
Sec. 414. Relocation Assistance (42 U.S.C. 5181)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person otherwise eligible for any kind of
replacement housing payment under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.] shall be denied such
* Typographical error in original.

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