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§5196c Grants for construction of emergency operations centers

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 68— - DISASTER RELIEF › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV–B— - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS › Part Part A— - Powers and Duties › § 5196c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

FEMA can give grants to States and Indian tribal governments to equip, upgrade, or build State, local, and Tribal emergency operations centers. The federal government will pay no more than 75 percent of the cost.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §5196c

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(a)The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make grants to States and Indian tribal governments under this subchapter for equipping, upgrading, and constructing State, local, and Tribal emergency operations centers.
(b)Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using amounts from grants made under this section shall not exceed 75 percent.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2288 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 3412(a).

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–251 inserted “and Indian tribal governments” after “grants to States” and substituted “State, local, and Tribal” for “State and local”. 2007—Pub. L. 110–53 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, funds appropriated to carry out this subchapter may not be used for the purpose of constructing emergency operating centers (or similar facilities) in any State unless such State matches in an equal amount the amount made available to such State under this subchapter for such purpose.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2022 Amendment Pub. L. 117–251, § 11(b), Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2358, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2022].” Non-Federal Cost Share Pub. L. 108–7, div. K, title IV, § 419, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 526, provided that: “Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5196c, amounts provided in Public Law 107–117 [see Tables for classification] and subsequent appropriations Acts for the

Construction

of emergency operations centers (or similar facilities) shall only require a 25 percent non-Federal cost share.”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 5196c

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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