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handle is hein.crs/goveoqg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L a Congressional * Research Service- Stafford Act Assistance for Public Health Incidents Updated March 15, 2024 This Insight provides an overview and examples of presidential declarations under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (hereinafter the Stafford Act-42 U.S.C. @5121 et seq.) in response to public health incidents including contagious diseases and water contamination. Such declarations have increased in recent years. Overview The Stafford Act authorizes the President to issue two types of declarations that could provide federal assistance to jurisdictions in response to a public health incident: an emergency declaration or a major disaster declaration. Emergency Declarations An emergency is defined broadly, and arguably includes public health incidents. The Stafford Act defines an emergency as ... 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) Emergency declarations may be issued upon detecting a threat (for example, before a hurricane makes landfall) to assist local and state, tribal, or territorial response efforts. The Stafford Act is not to supplant Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11229 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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