---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch68"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 68"
heading: "Disaster Relief"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch68"
sections_count: 113
---

# Chapter 68 — Disaster Relief

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Findings, Declarations, and Definitions](/usc/42/ch68-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance](/usc/42/ch68-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Major Disaster and Emergency Assistance Administration](/usc/42/ch68-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Major Disaster Assistance Programs](/usc/42/ch68-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter IV–A — Emergency Assistance Programs](/usc/42/ch68-schIV-A.md)
- [Subchapter IV–B — Emergency Preparedness](/usc/42/ch68-schIV-B.md)
- [Subchapter V — Miscellaneous](/usc/42/ch68-schV.md)