Disaster Relief: Hearings, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H.R.8396, H.R.8461, H.R.8420, H.R.8390, and H.R.8435, Bills to Authorize Federal Assistance to State and Local Governments in Major Disasters; and to Authorize an Appropriation for the Reconstruction and Repair of Roads and Other Public Facilities in the States of North Dakota and Minnesota which Were Damaged Or Destroyed by Recent Floods

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 117 pages

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Page 1 - Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government to supplement the efforts and available resources of States and local governments in alleviating the damage, hardship, or suffering caused thereby...
Page 73 - An Act to authorize Federal assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, and for other purposes...
Page 2 - The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this Act ; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such department, agency, or officer as he shall direct.
Page 3 - The committee shall have the power, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923...
Page 4 - If facilities owned by the United States are damaged or destroyed in any major disaster and the Federal agency having jurisdiction thereof lacks the authority or an appropriation to repair, reconstruct, or restore such facilities, such Federal agency is hereby authorized to repair, reconstruct, or restore such facilities to the extent necessary to place them in a reasonably usable condition...
Page 2 - ... condition and to use therefor any available funds not otherwise immediately required: Provided, however, That the President shall first determine that the repair, reconstruction, or restoration is of such importance and urgency that it cannot reasonably be deferred pending the enactment of specific authorizing legislation or the making of an appropriation therefor. If sufficient funds are not available to such Federal agency for use in repairing, reconstructing, or restoring such facilities as...
Page 5 - In carrying out the purposes of this Act, any Federal agency is authorized to accept and utilize with the consent of any State or local government, the services and facilities of such State or local government, or of any agencies, officers, or employees thereof.
Page 10 - The Secretary of Defense has delegated to this Department the responsibility for expressing the views of the Department of Defense. The purpose of...
Page 2 - President to provide assistance (a) by utilizing or lending, with or without compensation therefor, to States and local governments their equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other resources, other than the extension of credit under the authority of any Act...
Page 22 - Not to exceed $8,000,000 of any money herein or hereafter appropriated for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat.

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