Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§12840 Suspension of Requirements for Disaster Areas
Title 42 › CHAPTER 130 — NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER II — INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING › Part F — General Provisions › § 12840
Summary
The Secretary may waive most requirements for funds in President-declared disasters, except rules on public notice, nondiscrimination, fair housing, labor, environment, and low-income housing affordability.
Full Legal Text
Title 42, §12840
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For funds designated under this subchapter by a recipient to address the damage in an area for which the President has declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.], the Secretary may suspend all statutory requirements for purposes of assistance under this subchapter for that area, except for those related to public notice of funding availability, nondiscrimination, fair housing, labor standards, environmental standards, and low-income housing affordability.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143. Title IV of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 5170 et seq.) of chapter 68 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to any amounts made available to carry out this subchapter after Apr. 11, 1994, and any amounts made available to carry out this subchapter before that date that remain uncommitted on that date, with Secretary to issue any
Regulations
necessary to carry out this section not later than end of 45-day period beginning on that date, see section 209 of Pub. L. 103–233, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1994 Amendment note under section 5301 of this title.
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 12840
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102