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42 U.S.C. 5170: Procedure for declaration

Created in 1988 by Public Law 93-288. Changed by 1 later law. 2 bills in this Congress would change it.

29 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 6 U.S.C. 397, 10 U.S.C. 1064, 10 U.S.C. 1146, 12 U.S.C. 3352, 15 U.S.C. 636.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2013Pub. L. 113-2

1988Pub. L. 93-288added it

42 U.S.C. 5170Procedure for declaration

(a)In general

(b)Indian tribal government requests

(c)Cost share adjustments for Indian tribal governments

(d)Newnew

431Newnew

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 10899Power Outage Family Assistance Actintroduced

H.R. 8577Disaster Declaration Transparency Act of 2026introduced

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 10899 Power Outage Family Assistance Act · introduced · would change 431
H.R. 8577 Disaster Declaration Transparency Act of 2026 · introduced · would change (d)

How it got here

2013

Pub. L. 113–2 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c). Law text

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.