§5158 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The President may, when a state's governor asks after a major disaster, quickly find out what building materials are needed and make sure those materials are available and shared fairly. The President can reserve materials for up to 180 days and should work with the companies that normally supply them in the area. Construction materials means building supplies used to repair or replace homes, public buildings, farms, and businesses.

Title 42, §5158

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The 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 implemented by the President to the extent possible, by working with and through those companies which traditionally supply construction materials in the affected area. For the purposes of this section “construction materials” shall include building materials and materials required for repairing housing, replacement housing, public facilities repairs and replacement, and for normal farm and business operations.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 315 of Pub. L. 93–288 was classified to section 5155 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707.

§5158 Availability of materials

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Title 42, §5158

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