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handle is hein.crs/govectw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional * Research Service Informing the legislative debate since 1914___________________ Stafford Act Assistance for Public Health Incidents Updated March 22, 2021 This Insight provides a brief overview 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. It also provides examples of previously issued Stafford Act declarations that address public health hazards, including the unprecedented declarations for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Overview The Stafford Act authorizes the President to issue two types of declarations that could provide federal assistance to states and localities in response to a public health incident: an emergency declaration or a major disaster declaration. Emergency Declarations An emergency is defined broadly, and arguably may include 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 can be issued before an incident when a threat is detected (for example, before a hurricane makes landfall) to supplement and coordinate local and state, tribal, or territorial response efforts. As traditionally implemented, however, the StaffordAct does not supplant or supersede other Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11229 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress-

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