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42 U.S.C. § 5177 — Unemployment assistance
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**(a) Benefit assistance** The President is authorized to provide to any individual unemployed as a result of a major disaster such benefit assistance as he deems appropriate while such individual is unemployed for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in [section 85(b) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section85/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) or waiting period credit. Such assistance as the President shall provide shall be available to an individual as long as the individual’s unemployment caused by the major disaster continues or until the individual is reemployed in a suitable position, but no longer than 26 weeks after the major disaster is declared. Such assistance for a week of unemployment shall not exceed the maximum weekly amount authorized under the unemployment compensation law of the State in which the disaster occurred. The President is directed to provide such assistance through agreements with States which, in his judgment, have an adequate system for administering such assistance through existing State agencies.
**(b) Reemployment assistance**
(1) **State assistance** — A State shall provide, without reimbursement from any funds provided under this chapter, reemployment assistance services under any other law administered by the State to individuals receiving benefits under this section.
(2) **Federal assistance** — The President may provide reemployment assistance services under other laws to individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster and who reside in a State which does not provide such services.
**(c) Application deadline**
(1) **In general** — With respect to a major disaster
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**(a) Benefit assistance** The President is authorized to provide to any individual unemployed as a result of a major disaster such benefit assistance as he deems appropriate while such individual is unemployed for the weeks of such unemployment with respect to which the individual is not entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in [section 85(b) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section85/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) or waiting period credit. Such assistance as the President shall provide shall be available to an individual as long as the individual’s unemployment caused by the major disaster continues or until the individual is reemployed in a suitable position, but no longer than 26 weeks after the major disaster is declared. Such assistance for a week of unemployment shall not exceed the maximum weekly amount authorized under the unemployment compensation law of the State in which the disaster occurred. The President is directed to provide such assistance through agreements with States which, in his judgment, have an adequate system for administering such assistance through existing State agencies.
**(b) Reemployment assistance**
(1) **State assistance** — A State shall provide, without reimbursement from any funds provided under this chapter, reemployment assistance services under any other law administered by the State to individuals receiving benefits under this section.
(2) **Federal assistance** — The President may provide reemployment assistance services under other laws to individuals who are unemployed as a result of a major disaster and who reside in a State which does not provide such services.
**(c) Application deadline**
(1) **In general** — With respect to a major disaster for which assistance is provided under this section and [section 5174 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5174&num=0&edition=prelim), the application deadline for an individual seeking assistance under this section shall match the application deadline for individuals and households seeking assistance under [section 5174 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section5174&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Extension** — The President may accept an application from an individual described in paragraph (1) that is submitted after the deadline described in paragraph (1) if—
(A) the individual has good cause for the late submission; and
(B) the individual submits the application before the date on which the period during which assistance is provided under this section for the applicable major disaster expires.
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**(a)** The Congress hereby finds and declares that—
(1) because disasters often cause loss of life, human suffering, loss of income, and property loss and damage; and
(2) because disasters often disrupt the normal functioning of governments and communities, and adversely affect individuals and families with great severity;
special measures, designed to assist the efforts of the affected States in expediting the rendering of aid, assistance, and emergency services, and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of devastated areas, are necessary.
**(b)** It is the intent of the Congress, by this chapter, to provide an orderly and continuing means of assistance by the Federal Government to State and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to alleviate the suffering and damage which result from such disasters by—
(1) revising and broadening the scope of existing disaster relief programs;
(2) encouraging the development of comprehensive disaster preparedness and assistance plans, programs, capabilities, and organizations by the States and by local governments;
(3) achieving greater coordination and responsiveness of disaster preparedness and relief programs;
(4) encouraging individuals, States, and local governments to protect themselves by obtaining insurance coverage to supplement or replace governmental assistance;
(5) encouraging hazard mitigation measures to reduce losses from disasters, including development of land use and construction regulations;
(6) providing Federal assistance programs for both public and private losses sustained in disasters; and
(7) identifying and improving the climate and natural hazard resilience of vulnerable communities.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Provision of assistance** — In accordance with this section, the President, in consultation with the Governor of a State, may provide financial assistance, and, if necessary, direct services, to individuals and households in the State who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs in cases in which the individuals and households are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means.
(2) **Relationship to other assistance** — Under paragraph (1), an individual or household shall not be denied assistance under paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (c) solely on the basis that the individual or household has not applied for or received any loan or other financial assistance from the Small Business Administration or any other Federal agency.
**(b) Housing assistance**
(1) **Eligibility** — The President may provide financial or other assistance under this section to individuals and households to respond to the disaster-related housing needs of individuals and households who are displaced from their predisaster primary residences or whose predisaster primary residences are rendered uninhabitable, or with respect to individuals with disabilities, rendered inaccessible or uninhabitable, as a result of damage caused by a major disaster.
(2) **Determination of appropriate types of assistance**
(A) *In general* — The President shall determine appropriate types of housing assistance to be provided under this section to individuals and households described in subsection (a)(1) based on considerations of cost effectiveness, convenience to the individuals and households, and such other factors as the President may consider appropriate.
(B) *Multiple types of assistance* — One or more types of housi
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section612c&num=0&edition=prelim), 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.
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**(a) Presidential authority** The President, whenever he determines it to be in the public interest, is authorized—
(1) through the use of Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities, to clear debris and wreckage resulting from a major disaster from publicly and privately owned lands and waters; and
(2) to make grants to any State or local government or owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility for the purpose of removing debris or wreckage resulting from a major disaster from publicly or privately owned lands and waters.
**(b) Authorization by State or local government; indemnification agreement** No authority under this section shall be exercised unless the affected State or local government shall first arrange an unconditional authorization for removal of such debris or wreckage from public and private property, and, in the case of removal of debris or wreckage from private property, shall first agree to indemnify the Federal Government against any claim arising from such removal.
**(c) Rules relating to large lots** The President shall issue rules which provide for recognition of differences existing among urban, suburban, and rural lands in implementation of this section so as to facilitate adequate removal of debris and wreckage from large lots.
**(d) Federal share** The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of debris and wreckage removal carried out under this section.
**(e) Expedited payments**
(1) **Grant assistance** — In making a grant under subsection (a)(2), the President shall provide not less than 50 percent of the President’s initial estimate of the Federal share of assistance as an initial payment in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) **Date of payment** — Not late
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 5177
agency given critical document fee waiver au-
thority under this subsection shall submit a re-
port to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives on the
costs associated with providing critical docu-
ment fee waivers as described in paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 115–254, div. D, § 1238(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132
Stat. 3465.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Disaster Recovery
Reform Act of 2018 and as part of the FAA Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2018, and not as part of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
which comprises this chapter.
Section is comprised of subsec. (a) of section 1238 of
Pub. L. 115–254. Subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 1238 of
Pub. L. 115–254 amended section 5122 of this title and
enacted provisions set out as a note under that section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Authorities provided under div. D of Pub. L. 115–254,
which enacted this section, applicable to each major
disaster and emergency declared by the President
under Pub. L. 93–288 on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as
otherwise provided, see section 1202(b) of Pub. L.
115–254, set out in an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
note under section 5121 of this title.
DEFINITIONS
For definitions of terms used in this section, see sec-
tion 1203 of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under sec-
tion 5122 of this title.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITIES UNDER
SECTION 1238 OF THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018
Memorandum of President of the United States, Dec.
21, 2018, 84 F.R. 3957, provided:
Memorandum fo
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