---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5193"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5193"
heading: "Amount of assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5193"
units:
  - "Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief"
  - "Subchapter IV–A — Emergency Assistance Programs"
---

# §5193. Amount of assistance

- (a) **Federal share—** The Federal share for assistance provided under this subchapter shall be equal to not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs.
- (b) **Limit on amount of assistance—**
  - (1) **In general—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#b-2), total assistance provided under this subchapter for a single [emergency](/usc/42/5122.md?p=1) shall not exceed $5,000,000.
  - (2) **Additional assistance—** The limitation described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) may be exceeded when the President determines that—
    - (A) continued [emergency](/usc/42/5122.md?p=1) assistance is immediately required;
    - (B) there is a continuing and immediate risk to lives, property, public health or safety; and
    - (C) necessary assistance will not otherwise be provided on a timely basis.
  - (3) **Report—** Whenever the limitation described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) is exceeded, the President shall report to the Congress on the nature and extent of [emergency](/usc/42/5122.md?p=1) assistance requirements and shall propose additional legislation if necessary.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–288, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 107(a), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4707.)