42 U.S.C. § 5161a
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall not reimburse a State or local government, an Indian tribal government (as defined in section 5122 of this title), or the owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility (as defined in section 5122 of this title) for any activities made pursuant to a contract entered into after August 1, 2017, that prohibits the Administrator or the Comptroller General of the United States from auditing or otherwise reviewing all aspects relating to the contract.
42 U.S.C. § 5161a
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 and as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, and not as part of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act which comprises this chapter.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATEAuthorities provided under div. D of Pub. L. 115-254 which enacted this section, applicable to each major disaster and emergency declared by the President under Pub. L. 93-288 on or after Jan. 1, 2016, except as otherwise provided, see section 1202(b) of Pub. L. 115-254 set out in an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment note under section 5121 of this title.
DEFINITIONSFor definitions of "Administrator" and "State" as used in this section, see section 1203 of Pub. L. 115-254 set out as a note under section 5122 of this title.
- State
- "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- United States
- "United States" means the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- owner
- The term "owner" means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person, including a cooperative or public housing agency, that has the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing.