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PUBLIC LAW 93-288-MAY 22, 1974

[88 STAT.

D U P L I C A T I O N OF B E N E F I T S

42 USC 5155.

gjgc^ 3i5_ (a) The President, in consultation with the head of each Federal agency administering any program providing financial assistance to persons, business concerns, or other entities suffering losses as the result of a major disaster, shall assure that no such person, business concern, or other entity will receive such assistance with respect to any part of such loss as to which he has received financial assistance under any other program. (b) The President shall assure that no person, business concern, or other entity receives any Federal assistance for any part of a loss suffered as the result of a major disaster if such person, concern, or entity received compensation from insurance or any other source for that part of such a loss. Partial compensation for a loss or a part of a loss resulting from a major disaster shall not preclude additional Federal assistance for any part of such a loss not compensated otherwise. (c) Whenever the President determines (1) that a person, business concern, or other entity has received assistance under this Act for a loss and that such person, business concern or other entity received assistance for the same loss from another source, and (2) that the amount received from all sources exceeded the amount of the loss, he shall direct such person, business concern, or other entity to pay to the Treasury an amount, not to exceed the amount of Federal assistance received, sufficient to reimburse the Federal Government for that part of the assistance which he deems excessive. REVIEWS A N D REPORTS

C(!l^relV° 42 USC 5156.

^^^' ^^^' '^^^^ President shall conduct annual reviews of ties of Federal agencies and State and local governments disaster preparedness and assistance, in order to assure coordination and effectiveness of such programs, and shall to time report thereon to the Congress.

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CRIMINAL AND CIVIL PENALTIES 42 USC 5157.

gj,(3_ ^I'j^ (^^^ j^j^y individual who fraudulently or willfully misstates any fact in connection with a request for assistance under this Act shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year or both for each violation. (b) Any individual who knowingly violates any order or regulation under this Act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. (c) Whoever knowingly misapplies the proceeds of a loan or other cash benefit obtained under any section of this Act shall be subject to a fine in an amount equal to one and one-half times the original principal amount of the loan or cash benefit. AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS

42 USC 5158.

gj,(3_ 3]^g_ "Yhe President is authorized, at the request of the Governor of an affected State, to provide for a survey of construction materials needed in the area affected by a major disaster on an emergency basis for housing repairs, replacement housing, public facilities repairs and replacement, farming operations, and business enterprises and to take appropriate action to assure the availability and fair distribution of needed materials, including, where possible, the allocation of such materials for a period of not more than one hundred and eighty days after such major disaster. Any allocation program shall be imple-

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