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[CITE: 42USC5148]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 68--DISASTER RELIEF
 
 SUBCHAPTER III--MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 5148. Nonliability of Federal Government

    The Federal Government shall not be liable for any claim based upon 
the exercise or performance of or the failure to exercise or perform a 
discretionary function or duty on the part of a Federal agency or an 
employee of the Federal Government in carrying out the provisions of 
this chapter.

(Pub. L. 93-288, title III, Sec. 305, formerly Sec. 308, May 22, 1974, 
88 Stat. 149; renumbered Sec. 305, Pub. L. 100-707, title I, 
Sec. 105(d), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4691.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 305 of Pub. L. 93-288 was classified to section 5145 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-707.
