42 U.S.C. § 5186
Emergency public transportation
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 5186, Emergency public transportation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480275
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The President is authorized to provide temporary public transportation service in an area affected by a major disaster to meet emergency needs and to provide transportation to governmental offices, supply centers, stores, post offices, schools, major employment centers, and such other places as may be necessary in order to enable the community to resume its normal pattern of life as soon as possible.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Disaster Relief Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Major Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Amendments of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally