[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 23 (Friday, February 5, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8281-8282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02569]


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                Memorandum of February 2, 2021

                
Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency To Respond to COVID-19

                Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security [and] 
                the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
                Agency

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
                Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121-
                5207 (the ``Stafford Act''), I hereby order as follows:

                Section 1. Policy. Consistent with the nationwide 
                emergency declaration concerning the coronavirus 
                disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on March 13, 2020, it 
                is the policy of my Administration to combat and 
                respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and 
                capability of the Federal Government to protect and 
                support our families, schools, and businesses, and to 
                assist State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
                governments to do the same, including through emergency 
                and disaster assistance available from the Federal 
                Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

                Sec. 2. Assistance for Category B COVID-19 Emergency 
                Protective Measures. (a) FEMA shall provide a 100 
                percent Federal cost share for all work eligible for 
                assistance under Public Assistance Category B, pursuant 
                to sections 403 (42 U.S.C. 5170b), 502 (42 U.S.C. 
                5192), and 503 (42 U.S.C. 5193) of the Stafford Act, 
                including that authorized by section 3(a) of my 
                memorandum of January 21, 2021 (Memorandum to Extend 
                Federal Support to Governors' Use of the National Guard 
                to Respond to COVID-19 and to Increase Reimbursement 
                and Other Assistance Provided to States), performed 
                from January 21, 2021, through September 30, 2021.

                    (b) FEMA shall provide a 100 percent Federal cost 
                share for all work eligible for assistance under Public 
                Assistance Category B, pursuant to sections 403 (42 
                U.S.C. 5170b), 502 (42 U.S.C. 5192), and 503 (42 U.S.C. 
                5193) of the Stafford Act, but not including that 
                authorized by section 3(a) of my memorandum of January 
                21, 2021, performed from January 20, 2020, through 
                January 20, 2021.

                Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this 
                memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
                affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent 
                with applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does 
                not, create any right or benefit, substantive or 
                procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 
                party against the United States, its departments, 
                agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
                agents, or any other person.

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                    (d) The Administrator of FEMA is authorized and 
                directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal 
                Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, February 2, 2021

[FR Doc. 2021-02569
Filed 2-4-21; 8:45 am]
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