Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§5141 Waiver of Administrative Conditions
Title 42 › CHAPTER 68 — DISASTER RELIEF › SUBCHAPTER III — MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › § 5141
Summary
Federal agencies can, when State or local authorities ask after a major disaster, waive or change rules that would stop aid if the disaster made it impossible to meet them.
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Title 42, §5141
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Any Federal agency charged with the administration of a Federal assistance program may, if so requested by the applicant State or local authorities, modify or waive, for a major disaster, such administrative conditions for assistance as would otherwise prevent the giving of assistance under such programs if the inability to meet such conditions is a result of the major disaster.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 5141, Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 301, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 146, set out procedure for determination of existence of emergency or major disaster, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707, § 105(a)(2).
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42 U.S.C. § 5141
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102