Memorandum of August 17, 2021: Maximizing Assistance To Respond to COVID–19
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A presidential memorandum of August 17, 2021, published in the Federal Register (Vol. 86, No. 159) on August 20, 2021, directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of FEMA on COVID-19 assistance under the Stafford Act. Citing the nationwide emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, it sets a policy of responding to the pandemic with the full capacity of the Federal Government, including FEMA emergency and disaster assistance. Section 2 orders FEMA to provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible under Public Assistance Category B, including work described in the January 21, 2021 memorandum on the Governors' use of the National Guard, performed from January 20, 2020, through December 31, 2021. FEMA is directed to publish the memorandum (FR Doc. 2021–18100).
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 159 / Friday, August 20, 2021 / Presidential Documents 46759
Presidential Documents
Memorandum of August 17, 2021
Maximizing Assistance To Respond to COVID–19
Memorandum for the Secretary of Homeland Security [and] the Adminis-
trator 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
of March 13, 2020, concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19)
pandemic, 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 Emer-
gency Management Agency (FEMA).
Sec. 2. Assistance for Category B COVID–19 Emergency Protective Measures.
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 work described in section 3(a) of the Presi-
dential 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),
and in section 2 of that memorandum on the Governors’ use of the National
Guard, performed from January 20, 2020, through December 31, 2021.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be con-
strued 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.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, August 17, 2021
[FR Doc. 2021–18100
Filed 8–19–21; 8:45 am]
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