{"id":"FED-006","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (every State, Tribe, territory and the District of Columbia)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator)","authority":"Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act § 501(b) (42 U.S.C. § 5191(b)); §§ 502-503 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5192-5193)","instrument":"Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020)","title":"Letter from President Donald J. Trump on Emergency Determination under the Stafford Act","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13; incident period January 20, 2020 through May 11, 2023 (FEMA)","end":"2023-05-11 (FEMA notice, FED-152)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2023-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["FEMA","every Governor and tribal leader (invited to request major-disaster declarations)","the Secretary of the Treasury (tax-deadline relief under 26 U.S.C. § 7508A)"],"clause":"Therefore, as an initial step, I hereby determine, under section 501(b) of the Stafford Act, that an emergency exists nationwide. In accordance with this determination, the Federal Emergency Management Agency may provide, as appropriate, assistance pursuant to section 502 and 503 of the Stafford Act for emergency protective measures not authorized under other Federal statutes.","enforcement":"Predicate and funding instrument","functions":["predicate for every State\u0027s FEMA Public Assistance Category B measures (the funding behind State and local emergency operations)"],"notes":"The only nationwide Stafford Act emergency in the statute\u0027s history. FEMA\u0027s OpenFEMA dataset (read Sept. 26, 2026) lists one EM number per State dated 2020-03-13, e.g. EM-3428 (CA), EM-3434 (NY), EM-3435 (IL), EM-3441 (PA), EM-3442 (AZ), EM-3453 (MN), EM-3455 (MI), EM-3457 (OH), EM-3459 (LA), EM-3464 (GA), EM-3468 (FL), EM-3472 (AL), EM-3480 (IA), EM-3481 (KS), EM-3482 (MO), EM-3483 (NE);","sourceUrl":"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/letter-president-donald-j-trump-emergency-determination-stafford-act/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108897,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-006","citation":"President Donald J. Trump (letter to the Secretaries of Homeland Security, the Treasury and HHS and the FEMA Administrator), Emergency determination of March 13, 2020 under Stafford Act § 501(b) (nationwide emergency; implemented by FEMA as EM-3428 through EM-3580 series, one per State and territory, all dated March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-006)","stateName":"","related":["FED-152","FED-160"]}