42 U.S.C. § 5203
Excess disaster assistance payments as budgetary emergency requirements
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 42 U.S.C. § 5203, Excess disaster assistance payments as budgetary emergency requirements, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480318
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:480318@1- SHA-256
20d81af1b42c997d3e86a48650fbf6788dacec6e6c3c741a2007d22f957efab1
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
Beginning in fiscal year 1993, and in each year thereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts appropriated for disaster assistance payments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) that are in excess of either the historical annual average obligation of $320,000,000, or the amount submitted in the President’s initial budget request, whichever is lower, shall be considered as “emergency requirements” pursuant to section 901(b)(2)(D) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 2, and such amounts shall on and after December 12, 1991, be so designated.
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.
- Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of "Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm" Act of 1992