42 U.S.C. § 5185

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 5185 - Emergency communications

The President is authorized during, or in anticipation of, an emergency or major disaster to establish temporary communications systems and to make such communications available to State and local government officials and other persons as he deems appropriate.

42 U.S.C. § 5185

Pub. L. 93-288, title IV, §418, formerly §415, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 158; renumbered §418, Pub. L. 100-707, title I, §106(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 418 of Pub. L. 93-288 was renumbered section 421 by Pub. L. 100-707 and is classified to section 5188 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.