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[CITE: 42USC5196b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 68--DISASTER RELIEF
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV-B--EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
 
                        Part A--Powers and Duties
 
Sec. 5196b. Contributions for personnel and administrative 
        expenses
        

(a) General authority

    To further assist in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter, 
the Director may make financial contributions to the States (including 
interstate emergency preparedness authorities established pursuant to 
section 5196(h) of this title) for necessary and essential State and 
local emergency preparedness personnel and administrative expenses, on 
the basis of approved plans (which shall be consistent with the Federal 
emergency response plans for emergency preparedness) for the emergency 
preparedness of the States. The financial contributions to the States 
under this section may not exceed one-half of the total cost of such 
necessary and essential State and local emergency preparedness personnel 
and administrative expenses.

(b) Plan requirements

    A plan submitted under this section shall--
        (1) provide, pursuant to State law, that the plan shall be in 
    effect in all political subdivisions of the State and be mandatory 
    on them and be administered or supervised by a single State agency;
        (2) provide that the State shall share the financial assistance 
    with that provided by the Federal Government under this section from 
    any source determined by it to be consistent with State law;
        (3) provide for the development of State and local emergency 
    preparedness operational plans, pursuant to standards approved by 
    the Director;
        (4) provide for the employment of a full-time emergency 
    preparedness director, or deputy director, by the State;
        (5) provide that the State shall make such reports in such form 
    and content as the Director may require; and
        (6) make available to duly authorized representatives of the 
    Director and the Comptroller General, books, records, and papers 
    necessary to conduct audits for the purposes of this section.

(c) Terms and conditions

    The Director shall establish such other terms and conditions as the 
Director considers necessary and proper to carry out this section.

(d) Application of other provisions

    In carrying out this section, the provisions of section \1\ 5196(h) 
and 5197(h) of this title shall apply.
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(e) Allocation of funds

    For each fiscal year concerned, the Director shall allocate to each 
State, in accordance with regulations and the total sum appropriated 
under this subchapter, amounts to be made available to the States for 
the purposes of this section. Regulations governing allocations to the 
States under this subsection shall give due regard to (1) the 
criticality of the areas which may be affected by hazards with respect 
to the development of the total emergency preparedness readiness of the 
United States, (2) the relative state of development of emergency 
preparedness readiness of the State, (3) population, and (4) such other 
factors as the Director shall prescribe. The Director may reallocate the 
excess of any allocation not used by a State in a plan submitted under 
this section. Amounts paid to any State or political subdivision under 
this section shall be expended solely for the purposes set forth in this 
section.

(f) Submission of plan

    If a State fails to submit a plan for approval as required by this 
section within 60 days after the Director notifies the States of the 
allocations under this section, the Director may reallocate such funds, 
or portions thereof, among the other States in such amounts as, in the 
judgment of the Director, will best assure the adequate development of 
the emergency preparedness capability of the United States.

(g) Annual reports

    The Director shall report annually to the Congress all contributions 
made pursuant to this section.

(Pub. L. 93-288, title VI, Sec. 613, as added Pub. L. 103-337, div. C, 
title XXXIV, Sec. 3411(a)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3106.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 2286 of Title 50, Appendix, War and National Defense, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 3412(a).
