In this Act [see section 1 of Pub. L. 117–251, set out as a Short Title of 2022 Amendment note under section 5121 of this title]—“(1) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Agency;
“(2) the term ‘Agency’ means the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
“(3) the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means—“(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
“(B) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
“(4) the term ‘emergency’ means an emergency declared or determined to exist by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191);
“(5) the terms ‘Indian tribal government’, ‘local government’, and ‘State’ have the meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122); and
“(6) the term ‘major disaster’ means a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).
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