FEMA's disaster relief fund : elements and considerations / Angelica Conner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conner, Angelica, editor.

Series:

Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series.

Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Robert T. Stafford Emergency Relief and Disaster Assistance Act authorizes the President to issue declarations for incidents ranging from destructive, large-scale disasters to more routine, less damaging events. Declarations trigger federal assistance in the forms of various response and recovery programs under the Stafford Act to state, local, and tribal governments. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is the primary funding source for disaster response and recovery. This book discusses the declaration process and the types of declarations that can

Contents:

""FEMA�S DISASTER RELIEF FUND: ELEMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS""; ""FEMA�S DISASTER RELIEF FUND: ELEMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FEMA's DISASTER RELIEF FUND: OVERVIEW AND SELECTED ISSUES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW OF THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND""; ""CURRENT FUNDING AND BUDGETING PRACTICES FOR THE DRF""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""CONCLUDING POLICY QUESTIONS""; ""Chapter 2: DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF ""; ""SUMMARY""; ""DISASTER RELIEF FUND""

""PAST AND PRESENT AUTHORITIES RELATED TO THE DISASTER RELIEF FUND""""HOW THE DRF IS FUNDED""; ""THE DEBATE OVER EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS""; ""EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS: FY1989-FY2013""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""CONCLUDING POLICY QUESTIONS""; ""Chapter 3: FEMA'S DISASTER DECLARATION PROCESS: A PRIMER""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CONGRESS AND THE DECLARATION PROCESS""; ""PRESIDENTIAL AND GUBERNATORIAL DISCRETION""; ""PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS""; ""FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS""

""FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE IN MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS""""CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 6, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-647-0

OCLC:

916949865