[20040323]RS21798_北达科他州应急管理和国土安全法定机构总结.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21798March 23, 2004North Dakota Emergency Management andHomeland Security Authorities SummarizedKeith BeaSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionL. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThe North Dakota Disaster Act delegates powers to the governor, the statesemergency management agency, and local emergency management agencies. Thestatute also provides for mutual aid agreements and outlines disaster mitigationrequirements. Assistance and funding come primarily from federal aid through theStafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq) and loans to match federal funds. Politicalsubdivisions may enter into mutual aid agreements.This report is one of a series that profiles emergency management and homelandsecurity statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each profile identifies the moresignificant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. Con