Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§7705c Acceptance of gifts
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 86— - EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION › § 7705c
Summary
FEMA’s Administrator may accept and use gifts, bequests, or donations of services, money, or property, even though section 1342 of title 31 might normally bar that. The Administrator must write rules saying when to accept those gifts. The rules must consider whether taking a gift would make the Administrator look unfair or hurt the honesty or appearance of honesty of the program or any official who runs it.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §7705c
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(a)In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may accept and use bequests, gifts, or donations of services, money, or property, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31.
(b)The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall establish by regulation criteria for determining whether to accept bequests, gifts, or donations of services, money, or property. Such criteria shall take into consideration whether the acceptance of the bequest, gift, or donation would reflect unfavorably on the Director’s 11 So in original. Probably should be “Administrator’s”. ability to carry out his responsibilities in a fair and objective manner, or would compromise the integrity of, or the appearance of the integrity of, the Program or any official involved in administering the Program.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification In subsec. (a), “section 1342 of title 31” was substituted for “section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 1342)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–307 substituted “Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” for “Director of the Agency” in subsecs. (a) and (b).
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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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 7705c
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73