Memorandum of February 2, 2021: Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency Management Agency To Respond to COVID–19
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In a memorandum of February 2, 2021, published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2021, the President directs the Secretary of Homeland Security and the FEMA Administrator to provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible under Public Assistance Category B, COVID-19 emergency protective measures, under sections 403, 502 and 503 of the Stafford Act. The direction covers two periods: work performed from January 21, 2021, through September 30, 2021, including that authorized by section 3(a) of the memorandum of January 21, 2021 on the National Guard; and work performed from January 20, 2020, through January 20, 2021, not including that section 3(a) work. The memorandum cites the nationwide emergency declaration of March 13, 2020. It creates no enforceable right or benefit and is subject to the availability of appropriations.
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 23 / Friday, February 5, 2021 / Presidential Documents 8281
Presidential Documents
Memorandum of February 2, 2021
Maximizing Assistance From the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency 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
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 Emer-
gency 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 memo-
randum 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 sec-
tions 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 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,
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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, February 2, 2021
[FR Doc. 2021–02569
Filed 2–4–21; 8:45 am]
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