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[CITE: 42USC5171]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 68--DISASTER RELIEF
 
            SUBCHAPTER IV--MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 5171. Federal facilities


(a) Repair, reconstruction, restoration, or replacement of United States 
        facilities

    The President may authorize any Federal agency to repair, 
reconstruct, restore, or replace any facility owned by the United States 
and under the jurisdiction of such agency which is damaged or destroyed 
by any major disaster if he determines that such repair, reconstruction, 
restoration, or replacement is of such importance and urgency that it 
cannot reasonably be deferred pending the enactment of specific 
authorizing legislation or the making of an appropriation for such 
purposes, or the obtaining of congressional committee approval.

(b) Availability of funds appropriated to agency for repair, 
        reconstruction, restoration, or replacement of agency facilities

    In order to carry out the provisions of this section, such repair, 
reconstruction, restoration, or replacement may be begun notwithstanding 
a lack or an insufficiency of funds appropriated for such purpose, where 
such lack or insufficiency can be remedied by the transfer, in 
accordance with law, of funds appropriated to that agency for another 
purpose.

(c) Steps for mitigation of hazards

    In implementing this section, Federal agencies shall evaluate the 
natural hazards to which these facilities are exposed and shall take 
appropriate action to mitigate such hazards, including safe land-use and 
construction practices, in accordance with standards prescribed by the 
President.

(Pub. L. 93-288, title IV, Sec. 405, formerly Sec. 401, May 22, 1974, 88 
Stat. 153; renumbered Sec. 405, Pub. L. 100-707, title I, 
Sec. 106(a)(2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4696.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 405 of Pub. L. 93-288 was classified to section 5175 
of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-707.
