---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch68/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch68-schII"
sections_count: 7
---

# Subchapter II — Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief

## Sections

- [§5131. Federal and State disaster preparedness programs](/usc/42/5131.md)
- [§5132. Disaster warnings](/usc/42/5132.md)
- [§5133. Predisaster hazard mitigation](/usc/42/5133.md)
- [§5134. Interagency task force](/usc/42/5134.md)
- [§5135. Grants to entities for establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds](/usc/42/5135.md)
- [§5136. Natural hazard risk assessment](/usc/42/5136.md)
- [§5136a. Assistance and training for communities with technological hazards and related emerging threats](/usc/42/5136a.md)