---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch68/schIV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IV"
heading: "Major Disaster Assistance Programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch68-schIV"
sections_count: 34
---

# Subchapter IV — Major Disaster Assistance Programs

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

## Sections

- [§5170. Procedure for declaration](/usc/42/5170.md)
- [§5170a. General Federal assistance](/usc/42/5170a.md)
- [§5170b. Essential assistance](/usc/42/5170b.md)
- [§5170c. Hazard mitigation](/usc/42/5170c.md)
- [§5171. Federal facilities](/usc/42/5171.md)
- [§5172. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities](/usc/42/5172.md)
- [§5173. Debris removal](/usc/42/5173.md)
- [§5174. Federal assistance to individuals and households](/usc/42/5174.md)
- [§5174a. Flexibility](/usc/42/5174a.md)
- [§5174b. Critical document fee waiver](/usc/42/5174b.md)
- [§5175. Repealed.](/usc/42/5175.md)
- [§5176. Repealed.](/usc/42/5176.md)
- [§5177. Unemployment assistance](/usc/42/5177.md)
- [§5177a. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers](/usc/42/5177a.md)
- [§5178. Repealed.](/usc/42/5178.md)
- [§5179. Benefits and distribution](/usc/42/5179.md)
- [§5180. Food commodities](/usc/42/5180.md)
- [§5181. Relocation assistance](/usc/42/5181.md)
- [§5182. Legal services](/usc/42/5182.md)
- [§5183. Crisis counseling assistance and training](/usc/42/5183.md)
- [§5184. Community disaster loans](/usc/42/5184.md)
- [§5185. Emergency communications](/usc/42/5185.md)
- [§5186. Emergency public transportation](/usc/42/5186.md)
- [§5187. Fire management assistance](/usc/42/5187.md)
- [§5188. Timber sale contracts](/usc/42/5188.md)
- [§5189. Simplified procedure](/usc/42/5189.md)
- [§5189a. Appeals of assistance decisions](/usc/42/5189a.md)
- [§5189b. Date of eligibility; expenses incurred before date of disaster](/usc/42/5189b.md)
- [§5189c. Transportation assistance to individuals and households](/usc/42/5189c.md)
- [§5189d. Case management services](/usc/42/5189d.md)
- [§5189e. Essential service providers](/usc/42/5189e.md)
- [§5189f. Public assistance program alternative procedures](/usc/42/5189f.md)
- [§5189g. Unified Federal review](/usc/42/5189g.md)
- [§5189h. Agency accountability](/usc/42/5189h.md)