---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 20.329"
title: "25"
number: "20.329"
heading: "When can the Bureau provide Emergency Assistance payments?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/20.329"
---

# §20.329. When can the Bureau provide Emergency Assistance payments?


Emergency Assistance payments can be provided to individuals or families who suffer from a burnout, flood, or other destruction of their home and loss or damage to personal possessions. The Bureau will make payments only for essential needs and other non-medical necessities.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 13; Pub. L. 93-638; Pub. L. 98-473; Pub. L. 102-477; Pub. L. 104-193; Pub. L. 105-83.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 63159, Oct. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.