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Title 42

Chapter 68

Subchapter IV-B

Part A

§ 5196

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§ 5196.Detailed functions of administration
(a)In general
In order to carry out the policy described in section 5195 of this title, the Administrator shall have the authorities
provided in this section.

(b)Federal emergency response plans and programs
The Administrator may prepare Federal response plans and programs for the emergency preparedness of the
United States and sponsor and direct such plans and programs. To prepare such plans and programs and
coordinate such plans and programs with State efforts, the Administrator may request such reports on State
plans and operations for emergency preparedness as may be necessary to keep the President, Congress, and the
States advised of the status of emergency preparedness in the United States.

(c)Delegation of emergency preparedness responsibilities
With the approval of the President, the Administrator may delegate to other departments and agencies of the
Federal Government appropriate emergency preparedness responsibilities and review and coordinate the
emergency preparedness activities of the departments and agencies with each other and with the activities of
the States and neighboring countries.

(d)Communications and warnings
The Administrator may make appropriate provision for necessary emergency preparedness communications and
for dissemination of warnings to the civilian population of a hazard.

(e)Emergency preparedness measures
The Administrator may study and develop emergency preparedness measures designed to afford adequate
protection of life and property, including—

(1) research and studies as to the best methods of treating the effects of hazards;
(2) developing shelter designs and materials for protective covering or construction;
(3) developing equipment or facilities and effecting the standardization thereof to meet emergency
preparedness requirements; and

(4) plans that take into account the needs of individuals with pets and service animals prior to, during, and
following a major disaster or emergency.

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(f)Training
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The Administrator may—

(A) conduct or arrange, by contract or otherwise, for training programs for the instruction of emergency
preparedness o cials and other persons in the organization, operation, and techniques of emergency
preparedness;

(B) conduct or operate schools or including the payment of travel expenses, in accordance with
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 and the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, and per diem
allowances, in lieu of subsistence for trainees in attendance or the furnishing of subsistence and quarters
for trainees and instructors on terms prescribed by the Administrator; and

(C) provide instructors and training aids as necessary.
(2) The terms prescribed by the Administrator for the payment of travel expenses and per diem allowances
authorized by this subsection shall include a provision that such payment shall not exceed one-half of the
total cost of such expenses.

(3) The Administrator may lease real property required for the purpose of carrying out this subsection, but
may not acquire fee title to property unless speci cally authorized by law.

(g)Public dissemination of emergency preparedness information
The Administrator may publicly disseminate appropriate emergency preparedness information by all appropriate
means.

(h)Emergency preparedness compacts
(1)
The Administrator shall establish a program supporting the development of emergency preparedness
compacts for acts of terrorism, disasters, and emergencies throughout the Nation, by—

(A) identifying and cataloging existing emergency preparedness compacts for acts of terrorism, disasters,
and emergencies at the State and local levels of government;

(B) disseminating to State and local governments examples of best practices in the development of
emergency preparedness compacts and models of existing emergency preparedness compacts, including
agreements involving interstate jurisdictions; and

(C) completing an inventory of Federal response capabilities for acts of terrorism, disasters, and
emergencies, making such inventory available to appropriate Federal, State, and local government o cials,
and ensuring that such inventory is as current and accurate as practicable.

(2)
The Administrator may—

(A) assist and encourage the States to negotiate and enter into interstate emergency preparedness
compacts;

(B) review the terms and conditions of such proposed compacts in order to assist, to the extent feasible,
in obtaining uniformity between such compacts and consistency with Federal emergency response plans
and programs;

(C) assist and coordinate the activities under such compacts; and
(D) aid and assist in encouraging reciprocal emergency preparedness legislation by the States which will
permit the furnishing of mutual aid for emergency preparedness purposes in the event of a hazard which
cannot be adequately met or controlled by a State or political subdivision thereof threatened with or
experiencing
a hazard.
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(3) A copy of each interstate emergency preparedness compact shall be transmitted promptly to the Senate

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and the House of Representatives. The consent of Congress is deemed to be granted to each such compact
upon the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the compact is transmitted to
Congress.

(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing Congress from disapproving, or withdrawing
at any time its consent to, any interstate emergency preparedness compact.

(i)Materials and facilities
(1) The Administrator may procure by condemnation or otherwise, construct, lease, transport, store, maintain,
renovate or distribute materials and facilities for emergency preparedness, with the right to take immediate
possession thereof.

(2) Facilities acquired by purchase, donation, or other means of transfer may be occupied, used, and
improved for the purposes of this subchapter before the approval of title by the Attorney General as required
by sections 3111 and 3112 of title 40.

(3) The Administrator may lease real property required for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
subsection, but shall not acquire fee title to property unless speci cally authorized by law.

(4) The Administrator may procure and maintain under this subsection radiological, chemical, bacteriological,
and biological agent monitoring and decontamination devices and distribute such devices by loan or grant to
the States for emergency preparedness purposes, under such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall
prescribe.

(j)Financial contributions
(1) The Administrator may make nancial contributions, on the basis of programs or projects approved by the
Administrator, to the States for emergency preparedness purposes, including the procurement, construction,
leasing, or renovating of materials and facilities. Such contributions shall be made on such terms or
conditions as the Administrator shall prescribe, including the method of purchase, the quantity, quality, or
speci cations of the materials or facilities, and such other factors or care or treatment to assure the
uniformity, availability, and good condition of such materials or facilities.

(2) The Administrator may make nancial contributions, on the basis of programs or projects approved by the
Administrator, to the States and local authorities for animal emergency preparedness purposes, including the
procurement, construction, leasing, or renovating of emergency shelter facilities and materials that will
accommodate people with pets and service animals.

(3) No contribution may be made under this subsection for the procurement of land or for the purchase of
personal equipment for State or local emergency preparedness workers.

(4) The amounts authorized to be contributed by the Administrator to each State for organizational
equipment shall be equally matched by such State from any source it determines is consistent with its laws.

(5) Financial contributions to the States for shelters and other protective facilities shall be determined by
taking the amount of funds appropriated or available to the Administrator for such facilities in each scal year
and apportioning such funds among the States in the ratio which the urban population of the critical target
areas (as determined by the Administrator) in each State, at the time of the determination, bears to the total
urban population of the critical target areas of all of the States.

(6) The amounts authorized to be contributed by the Administrator to each State for such shelters and
protective facilities shall be equally matched by such State from any source it determines is consistent with
its laws and, if not matched within a reasonable time, the Administrator may reallocate such amounts to other

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States under the formula described in paragraph (4).1 1 See References in Text note below. The value of any

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land contributed by any State or political subdivision thereof shall be excluded from the computation of the
State share under this subsection.

(7) The amounts paid to any State under this subsection shall be expended solely in carrying out the
purposes set forth herein and in accordance with State emergency preparedness programs or projects
approved by the Administrator. The Administrator shall make no contribution toward the cost of any program
or project for the procurement, construction, or leasing of any facility which (A) is intended for use, in whole or
in part, for any purpose other than emergency preparedness, and (B) is of such kind that upon completion it
will, in the judgment of the Administrator, be capable of producing su cient revenue to provide reasonable
assurance of the retirement or repayment of such cost; except that (subject to the preceding provisions of
this subsection) the Administrator may make a contribution to any State toward that portion of the cost of the
construction, reconstruction, or enlargement of any facility which the Administrator determines to be directly
attributable to the incorporation in such facility of any feature of construction or design not necessary for the
principal intended purpose thereof but which is, in the judgment of the Administrator necessary for the use of
such facility for emergency preparedness purposes.

(8) The Administrator shall submit to Congress a report, at least annually, regarding all contributions made
pursuant to this subsection.

(9) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of
construction work nanced with the assistance of any contribution of Federal funds made by the
Administrator under this subsection shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar
construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with sections 3141–3144,
3146, and 3147 of title 40, and every such employee shall receive compensation at a rate not less than one
and ½ times the basic rate of pay of the employee for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight
hours in any workday or 40 hours in the workweek, as the case may be. The Administrator shall make no
contribution of Federal funds without rst obtaining adequate assurance that these labor standards will be
maintained upon the construction work. The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards
speci ed in this subsection, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of
1950 (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40.

(k)Sale or disposal of certain materials and facilities
The Administrator may arrange for the sale or disposal of materials and facilities found by the Administrator to
be unnecessary or unsuitable for emergency preparedness purposes in the same manner as provided for excess
property under chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906,
4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41. Any funds received as proceeds from the sale or other disposition of
such materials and facilities shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(Pub. L. 93–288, title VI, § 611, as added Pub. L. 103–337, div. C, title XXXIV, § 3411(a)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat.
3102; amended Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2071, Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 729; Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7406, Dec.
17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3851; Pub. L. 109–308, § 3, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1725; Pub. L. 111–351, § 3(c)(2), Jan. 4, 2011,
124 Stat. 3864.)
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