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Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE > CHAPTER 68—DISASTER RELIEF > SUBCHAPTER I—FINDINGS, DECLARATIONS, AND DEFINITIONS

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“Emergency” means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President, Federal assistance is needed to supplement State and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.

( Pub. L. 93–288, title I, § 102 , May 22, 1974 , 88 Stat. 144 ; Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 103(b) –(d), (f), Nov. 23, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4689 , 4690; Pub. L. 102–247, title II, § 205 , Feb. 24, 1992 , 106 Stat. 38 ; Pub. L. 106–390, title III, § 302 , Oct. 30, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1572 ; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 688 , Oct. 4, 2006 , 120 Stat. 1448 ; Pub. L. 113–2, div. B, § 1110(c) , Jan. 29, 2013 , 127 Stat. 49 ; Pub. L. 114–111, § 2(a) , Dec. 18, 2015 , 129 Stat. 2240 ; Pub. L. 115–123, div. B, title VI, § 20604(a) , Feb. 9, 2018 , 132 Stat. 85 ; Pub. L. 115–254, div. D , §§ 1214, 1238(b), Oct. 5, 2018 , 132 Stat. 3449 , 3466.)

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