---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1161l–2"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1161l–2"
heading: "Preparation for future disasters plan by the Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1161l-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IX — Additional Programs"
  - "Part L — Student Safety and Campus Emergency Management"
---

# §1161l–2. Preparation for future disasters plan by the Secretary


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) shall continue to coordinate with the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of Homeland Security and other appropriate agencies to develop and maintain procedures to address the preparedness, response, and recovery needs of institutions of higher education in the event of a natural or manmade disaster with respect to which the President has declared a major disaster or emergency (as such terms are defined in [section 1161l–3](/usc/20/1161l–3.md) of this title).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VIII, § 823, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3410.)