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handle is hein.crs/goveiau0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \Congressional ____ A4Research Service FEMA IHP Assistance for Extreme Heat: Considerations and Limitations August 15, 2022 In the summer of 2022, heat waves affecting areas throughout the United States prompted congressional questions regarding what-if any-assistance the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide to affected individuals. As detailed below, in limited circumstances, FEMA may provide funding to individuals and households to newly purchase air conditioning (AC) units and/or electric fans in areas affected by extreme heat. This Insight describes these circumstances and the forms of FEMA assistance that may be provided (with associated limitations); notes other forms of assistance that may support individuals during periods of extreme heat; and links to federal resources that can help people prepare to withstand extreme heat. When Can FEMA Provide Assistance to Help Individuals Affected by Extreme Heat? When the President approves an emergency or major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act; P.L. 93-288, as amended; codified at 42 U.S.C. §§5121 et seq.), and authorizes Individual Assistance (IA), FEMA may provide financial assistance for housing, as well as financial assistance for other needs (referred to as Other Needs Assistance or ONA), to eligible applicants through the Individuals and Households Program (IHP). There is one form of IHP-ONA that may provide financial assistance to purchase new AC units and/or electric fans; other forms of IHP financial assistance for housing and other needs may be used to repair or replace existing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVACs), as well as AC units and/or electric fans. A Stafford Act declaration of emergency or maj or disaster is required for the provision of IHP assistance. To that end, it is possible that a heat emergency could meet the statutory definition of an emergency: 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 (42 U.S.C. §5122(1)). Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11988 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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