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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part F · Chapter 2 — National Emergency Management

§ 825. Rules of construction

Statutory text

(a)

Administrator

Nothing in this part shall be construed to supersede the civilian emergency management authority of the Administrator under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act 1 (6 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).

(b)

Secretary

Nothing in this part shall be construed as providing new authority to the Secretary, except to coordinate and facilitate the development of the assessments and reports required pursuant to this part.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act of 2022

    Pub. L. 117–263 div. G title LXXIII § 7309 · 136 Stat. 2395

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 825

    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7309, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3689.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7309, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3689.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 7309. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. (a) Administrator.— Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to supersede the civilian emergency management authority of the Administrator under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (6 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). (b) Secretary.— Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as providing new authority to the Secretary, except to coordinate and facilitate the development of the assessments and reports required pursuant to this subtitle.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–288, , 88 Stat. 143, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§ 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 of Title 42 and Tables.

The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, which is title VI of Pub. L. 109–295, , 120 Stat. 1394, which enacted this chapter and enacted and amended numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7309, , 136 Stat. 3689.)

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