Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§5134 Interagency task force
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 68— - DISASTER RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION ASSISTANCE › § 5134
Summary
The President must create a task force to coordinate pre‑disaster hazard mitigation; the FEMA Administrator must chair it, and members are federal agencies, state/local governments (including Indian tribes), and American Red Cross.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §5134
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(a)The President shall establish a Federal interagency task force for the purpose of coordinating the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation programs administered by the Federal Government.
(b)The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall serve as the chairperson of the task force.
(c)The membership of the task force shall include representatives of—
(1)relevant Federal agencies;
(2)State and local government organizations (including Indian tribes); and
(3)the American Red Cross.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
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Amendments
2011—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–351 substituted “Administrator” for “Director”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For
Transfer of Functions
, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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42 U.S.C. § 5134
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73