[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29171]
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Notice of Adjustment of Disaster Grant Amounts
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gives notice
that the maximum amounts for Individual and Family Grants and grants to
State and local governments and private nonprofit facilities are
adjusted for disasters declared on or after October 1, 1999.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202) 646-3772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, prescribes
that grants made under Section 411, Individual and Family Grant
Program, and grants made under Section 422, Simplified Procedure,
relating to the Public Assistance program, shall be adjusted annually
to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
published by the Department of Labor.
Notice is hereby given that the maximum amount of any grant made to
an individual or family for disaster-related serious needs and
necessary expenses under Sec. 411 of the Act, with respect to any
single disaster, is increased to $13,900 for all disasters declared on
or after October 1, 1999.
Notice is also hereby given that the amount of any grant made to
the State, local government, or to the owner or operator of an eligible
private nonprofit facility, under Sec. 422 of the Act, is increased to
$48,900 for all disasters declared on or after October 1, 1999.
The increase is based on a rise in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers of 2.3 percent for the prior 12-month period. The
information was published by the Department of Labor during September
1999.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.516, Disaster
Assistance)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-29171 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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