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title: "42 U.S.C. § 5141"
description: "Waiver of administrative conditions"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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section: "5141"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5141"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 5141 - Waiver of administrative conditions

## Text

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.

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

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5141, Pub. L. 93–288, title III, § 301, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 146, set out procedure for determination of existence of emergency or major disaster, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707, § 105(a)(2).