1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Expiring State COVID-19 Emergency Declarations: Effects on Federal Aid Updated April 7, 2021 Some states, tribes, and territories (hereinafter “states”) may consider rescinding or sun-setting their state-level emergency an
2、d disaster declarations, as states make progress in containing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Regardless of state decisions, the federal declarations of a public health emergency (under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), two national emergencies (under
3、the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., hereinafter “Stafford Act”) and major disasters for each state (also under the Stafford Act) remain in place. This Insight examines the potential imp
4、act of lapsing state emergency declarations on the availability of federal aid, either generally or with respect to certain expenses, provided through the Stafford Act as well as six COVID-19 related supplements: the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 1