Sec. 202. Advance assistance; training
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Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq. ), is amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President declares a major disaster under section 401 with respect to a jurisdiction and upon the request of the Governor or Chief Executive of the jurisdiction, the President shall conduct an intensive training for the jurisdiction and any governmental agency of the jurisdiction. The training conducted under subsection
(a)for a jurisdiction shall supplement any training or briefing convened by the jurisdiction. The training conducted under subsection
(a)shall, at a minimum, explain— the process of receiving resources and financial assistance relating to a major disaster under this Act, beginning with the declaration of the major disaster and ending with the disbursement of resources or financial assistance; each resource and financial assistance award available to the jurisdiction under this Act; the required documentation and eligibility criteria for each resource and financial assistance award available to the jurisdiction under this Act; acronyms and other terms of art regularly used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and any other concepts or processes the President determines necessary. The training required under subsection
(a)may be offered virtually when reasonably practicable. In this section, the term public assistance means assistance awarded under the programs under section 403, 406, 407, and 502. With respect to a grantee or subgrantee of public assistance using the public assistance for a project, the President— may provide not more than 75 percent of the estimated cost of the project before costs are incurred; and upon request of the grantee or subgrantee, shall provide not less than 25 percent and not more than 75 percent of the estimated cost of a project before costs are incurred if the grantee or subgrantee sustains damage, as measured by a preliminary damage assessment, which may include the sum of multiple preliminary damage assessments for projects using public assistance in the jurisdiction, that is— with respect to a project being performed in a jurisdiction with a population of not more than 2,000, not less than the annual budget of the grantee or subgrantee during the preceding fiscal year; with respect to a project being performed in a jurisdiction with a population between 2,001 and 3,500, not less than 2 times larger than the annual budget of the grantee or subgrantee during the preceding fiscal year; and with respect to a project being performed in a jurisdiction with a population between 3,501 and 5,000, not less than 3 times larger than the annual budget of the grantee or subgrantee during the preceding fiscal year. A grantee or subgrantee of public assistance receiving assistance under subsection
(b)shall provide to the Administrator methodology of the grantee or subgrantee to ensure safeguards against waste, fraud, and abuse. .
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