Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief
§ 5156. Standards and reviews
Statutory text
The President shall establish comprehensive standards which shall be used to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal major disaster and emergency assistance programs administered under this chapter. The President shall conduct annual reviews of the activities of Federal agencies and State and local governments in major disaster and emergency preparedness and in providing major disaster and emergency assistance in order to assure maximum coordination and effectiveness of such programs and consistency in policies for reimbursement of States under this chapter.
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.
Pub. L. 93–288 title III § 313 · 88 Stat. 143
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5156
(Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4694.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4694.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 313. (a) In the processing of applications for assistance, priority 42 USC 5153. and immediate consideration shall be given by the head of the appropriate Federal agency, during such period as the President shall prescribe, to applications from public bodies situated in areas affected by major disasters, under the following Acts: (1) title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955, or any other 42 USC 1491. Act providing assistance for repair, construction, or extension of public facilities; (2) the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the provision of 42 USC 1430. low-rent housing; (3) section 702 of the Housing Act of 1954 for assistance in 40 USC 462. public works planning; (4) section 702 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 42 USC 3102. 1965 providing for grants for public facilities; (5) section 306 of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration 7 USC 1926. Act; (6) the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, 42 USC 3121 note. as amended; (7) the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as 40 USC app. 1. amended; or (8) title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 33 USC 1281. amended. (b) In the obligation of discretionary funds or funds which are not allocated among the States or political subdivisions of a State, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Commerce shall give priority to applications for projects in major disaster areas in which a Recovery Planning Council has been designated pursuant to title VIII of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Post, p. 160.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–288, , 88 Stat. 143. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5156, Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 316, , 88 Stat. 152, related to reviews and reports by President, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707, § 105(j).
A prior section 313 of Pub. L. 93–288 was classified to section 5153 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707.
Credits
(Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(j), , 102 Stat. 4694.)