2/10/2020
President Donald J. Trump Approves Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration | The White House
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President Donald J. Trump Approves Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration LAND & AGRICULTURE
Issued on: January 8, 2020
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Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and ordered Federal assistance to supplement Commonwealth and local response e orts due to the emergency conditions resulting from earthquakes beginning on December 28, 2019, and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief e orts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and su ering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Sta ord Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in all 78 municipalities in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-approves-puerto-rico-emergency-declaration-4/
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2/10/2020
President Donald J. Trump Approves Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration | The White House
Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Emergency protective measures, limited to direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding. Pete Gaynor, Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Alexis Amparo as the Federal Coordinating O icer for Federal recovery operations in the a ected areas. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION MEDIA SHOULD CONTACT: FEMA NEWS DESK AT (202) 646-3272 OR FEMA-NEWSDESK@FEMA.DHS.GOV
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-approves-puerto-rico-emergency-declaration-4/
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