Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief
§ 5201. Rules and regulations
Statutory text
The President may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this chapter, and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by any section of this chapter either directly or through such Federal agency or agencies as he may designate.
Deadline for payment of assistance.—
Rules and regulations authorized by paragraph (1) shall provide that payment of any assistance under this chapter to a State shall be completed within 60 days after the date of approval of such assistance.
In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the President or his delegate may accept and use bequests, gifts, or donations of service, money, or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible, or intangible. All sums received under this subsection shall be deposited in a separate fund on the books of the Treasury and shall be available for expenditure upon the certification of the President or his delegate. At the request of the President or his delegate, the Secretary of the Treasury may invest and reinvest excess monies in the fund. Such investments shall be in public debt securities with maturities suitable for the needs of the fund and shall bear interest at rates determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration current market yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities. The interest on such investments shall be credited to, and form a part of, the fund.
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 VII § 701 · 88 Stat. 143
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5201
Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 701, formerly title VI, § 601, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 163
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 701, formerly title VI, § 601, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 163Pub. L. 96–446 · 94 Stat. 1893
Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 5201
Pub. L. 96–446 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5201
Pub. L. 96–446 added subsec. (b)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–446 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1988
Pub. L. 100–707 title I § 108(a) · 102 Stat. 4689
Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 5201(a)
Pub. L. 100–707 designated existing provision as par. (1)
Added · 42 U.S.C. § 5201(a)
Pub. L. 100–707 added par. (2)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–707 designated existing provision as par. (1) and added par. (2).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Rules.— Section 601(a) is amended— 42 USC 5201. (1) by inserting “(1)” after “Sec. 601. (a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) Deadline for payment of assistance.— Rules and regulations authorized by paragraph (1) shall provide that payment of any assistance under this Act to a State shall be completed within 60 days after the date of approval of such assistance.”.
2 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial
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.
Amendments1980–1988 · 2 rounds
1988
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–707 designated existing provision as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1980
Pub. L. 96–446 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Deadline for Issuance of Regulations
Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 113, , 102 Stat. 4711, provided that: “Regulations necessary to carry out this title and the amendments made by this title [see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 5121 of this title] shall be issued no later than the 180th day following the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
[Functions of President under section 113 of Pub. L. 100–707 delegated to Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency by section 5 of Ex. Ord. No. 12673, , 54 F.R. 12571, set out as a note under section 5195 of this title.]
Credits
1974–1994 · 4 acts
- 1974Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 701, formerly title VI, § 601, , 88 Stat. 163
- 1980Pub. L. 96–446, , 94 Stat. 1893
- 1988Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 108(a), , 102 Stat. 4707
- 1994renumbered title VII, § 701, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1), (2), , 108 Stat. 3100.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 93–288, title VII, § 701, formerly title VI, § 601, , 88 Stat. 163; Pub. L. 96–446, , 94 Stat. 1893; Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 108(a), , 102 Stat. 4707; renumbered title VII, § 701, Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(1), (2), , 108 Stat. 3100.)