---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch68/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch68-schIII"
sections_count: 33
---

# Subchapter III — Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance Administration

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

## Sections

- [§5141. Waiver of administrative conditions](/usc/42/5141.md)
- [§5142. Repealed.](/usc/42/5142.md)
- [§5143. Coordinating officers](/usc/42/5143.md)
- [§5144. Emergency support and response teams](/usc/42/5144.md)
- [§5146. Repealed.](/usc/42/5146.md)
- [§5147. Reimbursement of Federal agencies](/usc/42/5147.md)
- [§5148. Nonliability of Federal Government](/usc/42/5148.md)
- [§5149. Performance of services](/usc/42/5149.md)
- [§5150. Use of local firms and individuals](/usc/42/5150.md)
- [§5151. Nondiscrimination in disaster assistance](/usc/42/5151.md)
- [§5152. Use and coordination of relief organizations](/usc/42/5152.md)
- [§5153. Priority to certain applications for public facility and public housing assistance](/usc/42/5153.md)
- [§5154. Insurance](/usc/42/5154.md)
- [§5154a. Prohibited flood disaster assistance](/usc/42/5154a.md)
- [§5155. Duplication of benefits](/usc/42/5155.md)
- [§5156. Standards and reviews](/usc/42/5156.md)
- [§5157. Penalties](/usc/42/5157.md)
- [§5158. Availability of materials](/usc/42/5158.md)
- [§5159. Protection of environment](/usc/42/5159.md)
- [§5160. Recovery of assistance](/usc/42/5160.md)
- [§5161. Audits and investigations](/usc/42/5161.md)
- [§5161a. Audit of contracts](/usc/42/5161a.md)
- [§5162. Advance of non-Federal share](/usc/42/5162.md)
- [§5163. Limitation on use of sliding scales](/usc/42/5163.md)
- [§5164. Rules and regulations](/usc/42/5164.md)
- [§5165. Mitigation planning](/usc/42/5165.md)
- [§5165a. Minimum standards for public and private structures](/usc/42/5165a.md)
- [§5165b. Management costs](/usc/42/5165b.md)
- [§5165c. Public notice, comment, and consultation requirements](/usc/42/5165c.md)
- [§5165d. Designation of Small State and Rural Advocate](/usc/42/5165d.md)
- [§5165e. Integrated plan for administrative cost reduction](/usc/42/5165e.md)
- [§5165f. National Urban Search and Rescue Response System](/usc/42/5165f.md)
- [§5165g. National veterinary emergency teams](/usc/42/5165g.md)