Document ID: FEMA-2013-0006-0153
Agency: fema
Document Type: Notice
Title: Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance- FR Notice (2017)
Posted Date: 2017-01-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3016-3017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00315]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2013-0006]

Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the availability of the final 
policy Tribal Declarations Pilot Guidance. The Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) published a notice of availability and request 
for comment for the proposed policy on January 8, 2016 at 81 FR 943.

DATES: This policy is effective January 10, 2017.

ADDRESSES: This final policy is available online at http://www.regulations.gov and on FEMA's Web site at http://www.fema.gov. The 
proposed and final policy, all related Federal Register Notices, and 
all public comments received during the comment period are available at 
http://www.regulations.gov under docket ID FEMA-2013-0006. You may also 
view a hard copy of the final policy at the Office of Chief Counsel, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 8NE, 500 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Specht, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202-212-
2288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 
amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, as

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amended, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., to provide federally-recognized Indian 
Tribal governments the option to request a Presidential emergency or 
major disaster declaration.\1\ On January 8, 2016, FEMA published a 
notice seeking comment on a proposed pilot program to manage 
declaration requests from Indian Tribal governments. In response to 
comments received, FEMA made several revisions to the proposed 
guidance, including reducing the minimum damage amount from the 
proposed amount of $300,000 to $250,000, and expanding eligibility for 
individual assistance under a Tribal declaration to non-enrolled 
individuals who are members of the Tribal community.
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    \1\ Public Law 113-2, 1110.
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    FEMA is now issuing a final policy implementing the pilot program. 
This final policy does not have the force or effect of law.

(Authority: Pub. L. 113-2.)

    Dated: January 4, 2017.
W. Craig Fugate,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-00315 Filed 1-9-17; 8:45 am]
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