[20040903]RS21927_缅因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 RS21927September 3, 2004Maine Emergency Management andHomeland Security Statutory AuthoritiesSummarizedKeith BeaSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance Division L. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThe primary state disaster statute (codified at Maine Rev. Stat. Ann., Title 37-B)delegates powers to the governor, the state emergency management agency, and localemergency management agencies. The statute provides for mutual aid agreementsamong political subdivisions and with Canadian provinces. Maine has established theNatural Disaster Business Assistance Fund to help businesses affected by disasters;other assistance is obtained primarily from federal aid. The governor and politicalsubdivisions may move seats of government during an emergency related to an enemyattack. 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,A