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[Document affected by Public Law 106-501 Section 308]
[CITE: 42USC3030]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 35--PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 3030. Disaster relief reimbursements


(a) Application; limitations

    (1) The Assistant Secretary may provide reimbursements to any State, 
upon application for such reimbursement, for funds such State makes 
available to area agencies on aging in such State for the delivery of 
supportive services (and related supplies) during any major disaster 
declared by the President in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.].
    (2) Total payments to all States under paragraph (1) in any fiscal 
year shall not exceed 2 percent of the total amount appropriated and 
available to carry out subchapter IV of this chapter.
    (3) If the Assistant Secretary decides, in the 5-day period 
beginning on the date such disaster is declared by the President, to 
provide an amount of reimbursement under paragraph (1) to a State, then 
the Assistant Secretary shall provide not less than 75 percent of such 
amount to such State not later than 5 days after the date of such 
decision.

(b) Setting aside of funds by Assistant Secretary

    (1) At the beginning of each fiscal year the Assistant Secretary 
shall set aside, for payment to States under subsection (a) of this 
section, an amount equal to 2 percent of the total amount appropriated 
and available to carry out subchapter IV of this chapter.
    (2) Amounts set aside under paragraph (1) which are not obligated by 
the end of the third quarter of any fiscal year shall be made available 
to carry out subchapter IV of this chapter.

(c) Effect on other laws

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit expenditures 
by States for disaster relief for older individuals in excess of amounts 
reimbursable under this section, by using funds made available to them 
under other sections of this chapter or under other provisions of 
Federal or State law, or from private sources.

(Pub. L. 89-73, title III, Sec. 310, as added Pub. L. 95-478, title I, 
Sec. 103(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1533; amended Pub. L. 97-115, 
Secs. 3(d), 11(b)(2), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1597, 1606; Pub. L. 100-
707, title I, Sec. 109(q), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4709; Pub. L. 102-
375, title I, Sec. 102(b)(10)(A), title III, Sec. 309, Sept. 30, 1992, 
106 Stat. 1202, 1235; Pub. L. 103-171, Secs. 2(10), 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 
1993, 107 Stat. 1989, 1990.)

                       References in Text

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 93-288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 
143, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 68 
(Sec. 5121 et seq.) 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.


                               Amendments

    1993--Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 3(a)(13), substituted ``Assistant 
Secretary'' for ``Commissioner'' wherever appearing in subsecs. (a)(1), 
(3) and (b)(1).
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-171, Sec. 2(10), substituted ``Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' for ``Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-375, Secs. 102(b)(10)(A), 
309(1)(A), substituted ``area agencies on aging'' for ``area agencies'' 
and inserted ``(and related supplies)'' after ``supportive services''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 309(2), substituted ``2 
percent'' for ``5 percent'' and ``to carry out subchapter IV of this 
chapter'' for ``for carrying out the purposes of section 3035a of this 
title''.
    Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 309(1)(B), added par. (3).
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 309(2), substituted ``2 
percent'' for ``5 percent'' and ``to carry out subchapter IV of this 
chapter'' for ``for carrying out the purposes of section 3035a of this 
title''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102-375, Sec. 309(2)(B), substituted ``to 
carry out subchapter IV of this chapter'' for ``for carrying out the 
purposes of section 3035a of this title''.
    1988--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-707 substituted ``Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act'' for ``Disaster Relief Act of 1974''.
    1981--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 3(d), substituted 
``supportive services'' for ``social services''.
    Subsecs. (a)(2), (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 97-115, Sec. 11(b)(2), 
substituted reference to section 3035a of this title for reference to 
section 3035b of this title.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective at the close of Sept. 30, 1978, see section 504 of 
Pub. L. 95-478, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note 
under section 3001 of this title.
