Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§5189c Transportation Assistance to Individuals and Households
Title 42 › CHAPTER 68 — DISASTER RELIEF › SUBCHAPTER IV — MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS › § 5189c
Summary
The President may provide transportation for people displaced by a declared incident to short- or long-term housing or back home, as the President decides.
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Title 42, §5189c
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The President may provide transportation assistance to relocate individuals displaced from their predisaster primary residences as a result of an incident declared under this chapter or otherwise transported from their predisaster primary residences under section 5170b(a)(3) or 5192 of this title, to and from alternative locations for short or long-term accommodation or to return an individual or household to their predisaster primary residence or alternative location, as determined necessary by the President.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables. Codification Another section 425 of Pub. L. 93–288 was renumbered section 427 and is classified to section 5189e of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 5189c
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102