[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992-1993, Book II)]
[September 17, 1992]
[Page 1589]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



[[Page 1589]]


White House Statement on Additional Disaster Relief for Guam
September 17, 1992

    The President today announced that he has amended his August 28, 
1992, declaration of a major disaster in the Territory of Guam to waive 
Territory and local cost sharing requirements, where permitted to do so 
by law, to allow reimbursement of 95 percent of eligible public 
assistance costs exceeding $10 per capita, and to waive the cost sharing 
requirement for the individual and family grant program as allowed under 
the provisions of the Insular Act.
    This additional relief provided by the President was in response to 
a request made by Gov. Joseph Ada. It was taken in response to the 
unprecedented damage and destruction caused by Typhoon Omar. By waiving 
customary Territory and local cost sharing requirements, the President 
can provide maximum Federal assistance to the people of Guam whose lives 
have been so severely disrupted by this disaster.