Sec. 2. Findings and purposes
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The Congress finds that— while disasters can strike anywhere within the United States, certain areas historically have been more susceptible or vulnerable to disasters; the Federal Government has assumed the financial responsibility for much of the emergency relief and reconstruction provided after disasters; the amount of Federal financial assistance provided for disaster relief and the annual disaster relief obligations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have both been steadily increasing over time; the costs of disaster assistance have been spread disproportionately to all United States citizens rather than to citizens of the areas that are most directly affected; and an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced Federal budget would require major retrenchments in activities that assist citizens of the United States in times of crises and distress.
The purposes of this Act are— to reaffirm the individual States’ primary responsibility for disaster relief; to restore the Federal Government’s role for disaster relief to one of secondary support, provided on a reimbursable basis, in unusual or special emergency situations that require services best provided by Federal agencies; and to establish a private corporation to provide risk-based insurance to the individual States to assist the States in meeting their obligations in disaster relief.