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handle is hein.crs/govciuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ICong ressin, l Rese rch Sevice Congressional Considerations Related to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma Updated September 14, 2017 This Insight provides a short overview of issues Congress may consider in relation to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It is not intended to provide up-to-date information on unfolding events. For storm-related updates and the current status of response efforts, see official government sources (e.g., Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and National Weather Service), congressional advisories from government sources, and/or news media. For additional support, please contact available CRS experts in disaster-related issue areas. Federal Declarations and Response As of September 14, in response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, President Trump has issued major disaster declarations for Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin islands, and emergency declarations for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, the Seminole lribe of Florida, and South Carolina through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act). Depending on future damage assessments, major disaster declarations could yet be made for those areas that have already received emergency declarations. These declarations can also be further amended to add counties and types of assistance as warranted. The President can also amend major disaster declarations to decrease the state cost share requirements for some of FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) grants being provided through the Stafford Act. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has deployed several medical assets to the affected regions. The HHS Secretary has also determined there to be a public health emergency under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act for Texas and Louisiana (Hurricane Harvey), and for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina (Hurricane Irma). This has allowed the Secretary to waive or modiA, some requirements of the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the counties named in the Stafford Act declarations. There are many deployable federal assets responding to Harvey and Irma, such as Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces and assets from the U.S. Coast Guard, which are funded and authorized by Congress through many different methods. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) performs flood-fighting and recovery actions for emergency power, navigation channels, structural safety and demolition, and some debris management. For information on USACE's response to hurricanes in 2017, see CRS Insight IN 10764. CRS }NStGHT Prepared for MNemberq end Cornn ttees o4 Congress ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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