---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 11331"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "11331"
heading: "Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/11331"
units:
  - "Chapter 119 — Homeless Assistance"
  - "Subchapter III — Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program"
  - "Part A — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §11331. Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board

- (a) **Establishment—** There is established to carry out the provisions of this subchapter the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board. The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) of the Federal Emergency Management [Agency](/usc/42/11317.md?p=2) shall constitute the National Board in accordance with [subsection (b)](#b) in administering the program under this subchapter.
- (b) **Members—** The National Board shall consist of the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) and 6 members appointed by the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5). The initial members of the National Board shall be appointed by the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) not later than 30 days after July 22, 1987. Each such member shall be appointed from among individuals nominated by 1 of the following organizations:
  - (1) The United Way of America.
  - (2) The Salvation Army.
  - (3) The National [Council](/usc/42/11317.md?p=1) of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
  - (4) Catholic Charities U.S.A.
  - (5) The [Council](/usc/42/11317.md?p=1) of Jewish Federations, Inc.
  - (6) The American Red Cross.
- (c) **Chairperson—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall be the Chairperson of the National Board.
- (d) **Other activities—** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, the National Board shall establish its own procedures and policies for the conduct of its affairs.
- (e) **Transfers from previous national board—** Upon the appointment of members to the National Board under [subsection (b)](#b)—
  - (1) the national board constituted under the emergency food and shelter program established pursuant to section 101(g) of Public Law 99–500 or Public Law 99–591 shall cease to exist; and
  - (2) the personnel, property, records, and undistributed program funds of such national board shall be transferred to the National Board.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–77, title III, § 301, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 489; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The emergency food and shelter program established pursuant to section 101(g) of Public Law 99–500 or Public Law 99–591, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), means the emergency food and shelter program authorized by title II of H.R. 5313 [Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987], as incorporated by reference by section 101(g) of Pub. L. 99–500, Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, and Pub. L. 99–591, Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242, which is not classified to the Code.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” in subsec. (a) on authority of section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6, Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of Pub. L. 109–295 or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until Mar. 31, 2007, see section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of Title 6.

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.