Potential Stafford Act Declarations for the Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Issues for Congress
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This report discusses the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, which presents several options, and could provide a number of programs, to address the Gulf Coast oil spill. The Stafford Act authorizes the President to issue "major disaster" or "emergency" declarations before or after catastrophes occur. Emergency declarations trigger aid that protects property, public health, and safety and lessens or averts the threat of an incident becoming a catastroph…
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Date:
May 13, 2010
Creator:
McCarthy, Francis X.
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