42 USC 5187 - Fire management assistance

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsecs. (d), (e). Puspan. L. 115–254 added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e).

2000—Puspan. L. 106–390 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The President is authorized to provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel, to any State for the suppression of any fire on publicly or privately owned forest or grassland which threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 115–254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Aug. 1, 2017, and authorities provided under div. D of Puspan. L. 115–254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as otherwise provided, see section 1202 of Puspan. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 5121 of this title.

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Puspan. L. 106–390, title III, § 303(span), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1573, provided that:

“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] takes effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].”

Reporting Requirement

Puspan. L. 115–254, div. D, § 1204(c), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3439, provided that:

“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 2018] and annually thereafter, the Administrator [of the Federal Emergency Management Agency] shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing a summary of any projects carried out, and any funding provided to those projects, under subsection (d) of section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) (as amended by this section).”