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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief

§ 5182. Legal services

Statutory text

Whenever the President determines that low-income individuals are unable to secure legal services adequate to meet their needs as a consequence of a major disaster, consistent with the goals of the programs authorized by this chapter, the President shall assure that such programs are conducted with the advice and assistance of appropriate Federal agencies and State and local bar associations.

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. Pub. L. 93–288 title IV § 415 · 88 Stat. 143

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5182

    Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 415, formerly § 412, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 157

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 415, formerly § 412, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 157

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 415. The President is authorized during, or in anticipation of, 42 USC 5185. an emergency or major disaster to establish temporary communications systems and to make such communications available to State and local government officials and other persons as he deems appropriate.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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 415 of Pub. L. 93–288 was renumbered section 418 by Pub. L. 100–707 and is classified to section 5185 of this title.

Credits

1974–1988 · 2 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 415, formerly § 412, , 88 Stat. 157
  2. 1988renumbered § 415, Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(h), , 102 Stat. 4705.
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(Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 415, formerly § 412, , 88 Stat. 157; renumbered § 415, Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(h), , 102 Stat. 4705.)

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