Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§825 Rules of construction

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM › Part Part F— - Global Catastrophic Risk Management › § 825

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

It does not remove the FEMA Administrator’s emergency management powers under the Stafford Act or the Post‑Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act. It also does not give the Secretary any new powers, except to help coordinate required assessments and reports.

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Title 6, §825

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(a)Nothing in this part shall be construed to supersede the civilian emergency management authority of the Administrator under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act 11 See References in Text note below. (6 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).

(b)Nothing in this part shall be construed as providing new authority to the Secretary, except to coordinate and facilitate the development of the assessments and reports required pursuant to this part.

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References in Text

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§ 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5121 of Title 42 and Tables. The Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006, which is title VI of Pub. L. 109–295, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1394, which enacted this chapter and enacted and amended numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 701 of this title and Tables.

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6 U.S.C. § 825

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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