42 USC § 5141 - Waiver of administrative conditions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5141"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 5141 - Waiver of administrative conditions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "5141"
section_name: "Waiver of administrative conditions"
chapter_number: 68
chapter_name: "DISASTER RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(a)(2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4691.)"
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# § 5141. Waiver of administrative conditions

Any Federal agency charged with the administration of a Federal assistance program may, if so requested by the applicant State or local authorities, modify or waive, for a major disaster, such administrative conditions for assistance as would otherwise prevent the giving of assistance under such programs if the inability to meet such conditions is a result of the major disaster.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(a)(2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4691.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5141, , , , set out procedure for determination of existence of emergency or major disaster, prior to repeal by .