§ 5152. Use and coordination of relief organizations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–288 title III § 309 · 88 Stat. 143

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5152

   Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 309, formerly § 312, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 150

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 309, formerly § 312, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 150

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 309. (a) In carrying out the purposes of this Act, any Federal 42 USC 5149. agency is authorized to accept and utilize the services or facilities of any State or local government, or of any agency, office, or employee thereof, with the consent of such government. (b) In performing any services under this Act, any Federal agency is authorized— (1) to appoint and fix the compensation of such temporary personnel as may be necessary, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in competitive 5 USC 101 et seq. service; (2) to employ experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of such title, without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates; and 5 USC 5101, 5331. (3) to incur obligations on behalf of the United States by contract or otherwise for the acquisition, rental, or hire of equipment, services, materials, and supplies for shipping, drayage, travel, and communications, and for the supervision and administration of such activities. Such obligations, including obligations arising out of the temporary employment of additional personnel, may be incurred by an agency in such amount as may be made available to it by the President.

2. 2018

   Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018

   Pub. L. 115–254 div. D § 1227 · 132 Stat. 3187

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 5152(a); 42 U.S.C. § 5152(b)

   Pub. L. 115–254 substituted “long-term recovery groups, domestic hunger relief, and other relief, or” for “and other relief or”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 115–254 substituted “long-term recovery groups, domestic hunger relief, and other relief, or” for “and other relief or”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1227. RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS.   Section 309 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5152) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “and other relief or” and inserting “long-term recovery groups, domestic hunger relief, and other relief, or”; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking “and other relief or” and inserting “long-term recovery groups, domestic hunger relief, and other relief, or”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 115–254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Aug. 1, 2017, and authorities provided under div. D of Pub. L. 115–254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as otherwise provided, see section 1202 of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 5121 of this title.

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