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LegalText 42 U.S.C. § 5187 Fire management assistance us united_states_code code_section 42 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 68 DISASTER RELIEF 5187 42 U.S.C. § 5187 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip /us/usc/t42/s5187 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml 7a89dabd7d7c3fc733fce6bfab753fdcda2f6af5eceec0b08e596066435d1480 644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e e62bf4f3fa684990cdff2028c11790392b48a909526c75f173301c5ee506fa65 2026-07-04 official
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42 U.S.C. § 5187 - Fire management assistance

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(a) In general The President is authorized to provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel, to any State or local government for the mitigation, management, and control of any fire on public or private forest land or grassland that threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.

(b) Coordination with State and tribal departments of forestry In providing assistance under this section, the President shall coordinate with State and tribal departments of forestry.

(c) Essential assistance In providing assistance under this section, the President may use the authority provided under section 5170b of this title.

(d) Hazard mitigation assistance Whether or not a major disaster is declared, the President may provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with section 5170c of this title in any area affected by a fire for which assistance was provided under this section.

(e) Rules and regulations The President shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.

(Pub. L. 93288, title IV, § 420, formerly § 417, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 158; renumbered § 420, Pub. L. 100707, title I, § 106(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705; Pub. L. 106390, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1572; Pub. L. 115254, div. D, § 1204(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3438.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 115254 added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (e). 2000—Pub. L. 106390 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The President is authorized to provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel, to any State for the suppression of any fire on publicly or privately owned forest or grassland which threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Aug. 1, 2017, and authorities provided under div. D of Pub. L. 115254 applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as otherwise provided, see section 1202 of Pub. L. 115254, set out as a note under section 5121 of this title.

Effective Date of 2000 AmendmentPub. L. 106390, title III, § 303(b), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1573, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] takes effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].”

Reporting RequirementPub. L. 115254, div. D, § 1204(c), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3439, provided that: “Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 2018] and annually thereafter, the Administrator [of the Federal Emergency Management Agency] shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing a summary of any projects carried out, and any funding provided to those projects, under subsection (d) of section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) (as amended by this section).”