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PUBLIC LAW 93-288-MAY 22, 1974

[88 STAT.

E M E R G E N C Y SUPPORT T E A M S

42 USC 5144.

SEC. 304. The President shall form emergency support teams of Federal personnel to be deployed in an area affected by a major disaster or emergency. Such emergency support teams shall assist the Federal coordinating officer in carrying out his responsibilities pursuant to this Act. Upon request of the President, the head of any Federal agency is directed to detail to temporary duty with the emergency support teams on either a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as is determined necessary by the President, such personnel within the administrative jurisdiction of the head of the Federal agency as the President may need or believe to be useful for carrying out the functions of the emergency support teams, each such detail to be without loss of seniority, pay, or other employee status. EMERGENCY

42 USC 5145.

ASSISTANCE

gj,Q^ 305_ (^a) I n any emergency, the President may provide assistance to save lives and protect property and public health and safety. (b) The President may provide such emergency assistance by directing Federal agencies to provide technical assistance and advisory personnel to the affected State to assist the State and local governments in— (1) the performance of essential community services; warning of further risks and hazards; public information and assistance in health and safety measures; technical advice on management and control; and reduction of immediate threats to public health and safety; and (2) the distribution of medicine, food, and other consumable supplies, or emergency assistance. (c) I n addition, in any emergency, the President is authorized to provide such other assistance under this Act as the President deems appropriate. COOPERATION OF FEDERAL AGENCIES I N R E N D E R I N G DISASTER ASSISTANCE

42 USC 5146.

gjj(-;_ 306. (a) I n any major disaster or emergency. Federal agencies are hereby authorized, on the direction of the President, to provide assistance by— (1) utilizing or lending, with or without compensation therefor, to States and local governments, their equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other resources, other than the extension of credit under the authority of any Act; (2) distributing or rendering, through the American National Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Mennonite Disaster Service, and other relief and disaster assistance organizations, or otherwise, medicine, food and other consumable supplies, or emergency assistance; (3) donating or lending equipment and supplies, including that determined in accordance with applicable laws to be surplus to the needs and responsibilities of the Federal Government, to State and local governments for use or distribution by them for the purposes of this Act; and

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