On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:59:49 PDT, shadow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>On 09-Sep-05, Frank Gilliland wrote: > > FG> <snip> > s>> Drum roll, please-- > > FG>>> ... and _will define the type and extent_ of Federal aid required. Based > FG>>> upon such Governor's request, the President may declare that an > FG>>> emergency exists. > > s>> Nuff said. > > > FG> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html > > > FG> "Nuff said." > > >Regardless of White House press releases, does or does not the statute say >the governor will define the type and extent of Federal aid required? Yes it does, and she did. > If your >desire is to refute the claim that Blanco tied Bush's hands, why cite the law >that gives her that authority? How can that give her the authority to refuse federal assistance? Because the amount in her request was underestimated? I provided the link to the relevant chapter of the US Code -- you really should have read it: ======== Sec. 5193. Amount of assistance (a) Federal share The Federal share for assistance provided under this subchapter shall be equal to not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs. (b) Limit on amount of assistance ..(1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), total assistance provided under this subchapter for a single emergency shall not exceed $5,000,000. ..(2) Additional assistance The limitation described in paragraph (1) may be exceeded when the President determines that-- ....(A) continued emergency assistance is immediately required; ....(B) there is a continuing and immediate risk to lives, property, public health or safety; and ....(C) necessary assistance will not otherwise be provided on a timely basis. ..(3) Report Whenever the limitation described in paragraph (1) is exceeded, the President shall report to the Congress on the nature and extent of emergency assistance requirements and shall propose additional legislation if necessary. ======= And that's exactly what happened. Twice. And it happened -without- any additional (and redundant) emergency declarations by the governor (added for Lowell's sake). ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
