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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part C · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management

§ 773. Individuals with disabilities guidelines

Statutory text

Not later than 90 days after , and in coordination with the National Advisory Council, the National Council on Disability, the Interagency Coordinating Council on Preparedness and Individuals With Disabilities established under Executive Order No. 13347, and the Disability Coordinator (established under section 321b of this title), the Administrator shall develop guidelines to accommodate individuals with disabilities, which shall include guidelines for—

(1)

the accessibility of, and communications and programs in, shelters, recovery centers, and other facilities; and

(2)

devices used in connection with disaster operations, including first aid stations, mass feeding areas, portable payphone stations, portable toilets, and temporary housing.

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. Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006

    Pub. L. 109–295 title VI § 689(a) · 120 Stat. 1355

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 773

    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 689(a), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1448.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 689(a), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1448.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Guidelines.— Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and in coordination with the National Advisory Council, the National Council on Disability, the Interagency Coordinating Council on Preparedness and Individuals With Disabilities established under Executive Order No. 13347 (6 U.S.C. 312 note), and the Disability Coordinator (established under section 513 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this Act), the Administrator shall develop guidelines to accommodate individuals with disabilities, which shall include guidelines for— (1) the accessibility of, and communications and programs in, shelters, recovery centers, and other facilities; and (2) devices used in connection with disaster operations, including first aid stations, mass feeding areas, portable payphone stations, portable toilets, and temporary housing.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Executive Order No. 13347, referred to in text, is set out as a note under section 314 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 689(a), , 120 Stat. 1448.)

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