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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-390 Section 104(c)(2)]
[CITE: 42USC5176]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 68--DISASTER RELIEF
 
            SUBCHAPTER IV--MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 5176. Minimum standards for public and private structures

    As a condition of any disaster loan or grant made under the 
provisions of this chapter, the recipient shall agree that any repair or 
construction to be financed therewith shall be in accordance with 
applicable standards of safety, decency, and sanitation and in 
conformity with applicable codes, specifications, and standards, and 
shall furnish such evidence of compliance with this section as may be 
required by regulation. As a further condition of any loan or grant made 
under the provisions of this chapter, the State or local government 
shall agree that the natural hazards in the areas in which the proceeds 
of the grants or loans are to be used shall be evaluated and appropriate 
action shall be taken to mitigate such hazards, including safe land-use 
and construction practices, in accordance with standards prescribed or 
approved by the President after adequate consultation with the 
appropriate elected officials of general purpose local governments, and 
the State shall furnish such evidence of compliance with this section as 
may be required by regulation.

(Pub. L. 93-288, title IV, Sec. 409, formerly Sec. 406, May 22, 1974, 88 
Stat. 155; renumbered Sec. 409, Pub. L. 100-707, title I, Sec. 106(e), 
Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4703.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 409 of Pub. L. 93-288 was renumbered section 412 by 
Pub. L. 100-707 and is classified to section 5179 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5170c of this title.
