42 USC § 5164 - Rules and regulations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s5164"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 5164 - Rules and regulations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "5164"
section_name: "Rules and regulations"
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, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(m)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4696.)"
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# § 5164. Rules and regulations

The President may prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise, either directly or through such Federal agency as the President may designate, any power or authority conferred to the President by this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 105(m)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4696.)

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