Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief
§ 5204. Insular areas disaster survival and recovery; definitions
Statutory text
As used in sections 5204 to 5204c of this title—
the term “insular area” means any of the following: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands;
the term “disaster” means a declaration of a major disaster by the President after , pursuant to section 5170 of this title; and
the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
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.
Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–247 title II § 201 · 106 Stat. 33
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 5204
(Pub. L. 102–247, title II, § 201, Feb. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 37.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–247, title II, § 201, Feb. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 37.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. As used in this title— (1) the term “insular area” means any of the following: American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands; (2) the term “disaster” means a declaration of a major disaster by the President after September 1, 1989, pursuant to section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); and (3) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Sections 5204 to 5204c of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 102–247, , 106 Stat. 37, which enacted sections 5204 to 5204c of this title and amended section 5122 of this title.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992, and not as part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act which comprises this chapter.
Executive Documents
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.