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42 U.S.C. § 5186

U.S. CodeFederal
Emergency public transportation
About This Law
/us/usc/t42/s5186
Title
42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter
CH68
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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The President is authorized to provide temporary public transportation service in an area affected by a major disaster to meet emergency needs and to provide transportation to governmental offices, supply centers, stores, post offices, schools, major employment centers, and such other places as may be necessary in order to enable the community to resume its normal pattern of life as soon as possible. (Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, § 419, formerly § 416, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 158; renumbered § 419, Pub. L. 100–707, title I, § 106(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705.) Editorial Notes Prior ProvisionsA prior section 419 of Pub. L. 93–288 was classified to section 5189 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–707.

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