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Memorandum of August 17, 2021

Maximizing Assistance To Respond to COVID-19, 86 Fed. Reg. 46759 (Aug. 20, 2021)

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
Stafford Act §§ 403, 502, 503
Issued
2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021
Effective
2021-08-17; 100 percent cost share for Category B work January 20, 2020 through December 31, 2021 (read as 2021-08-17)
End
extended by the Memoranda of Nov. 9, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 64055) and Mar. 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 12391) (post-period; not saved) (read as 2021-11-09)
In force
Aug. 17, 2021 to Nov. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • FEMA
Functions reached
  • predicate: contemporaneous (mid-2021Q3) presidential recital that the March 13, 2020 nationwide emergency remained the operative premise
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

Consistent with the nationwide emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is the policy of my Administration to combat and respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government... FEMA shall provide a 100 percent Federal cost share for all work eligible for assistance under Public Assistance Category B... performed from January 20, 2020, through December 31, 2021.

Enforcement

Funding directive

Notes

Issued inside the third quarter of 2021. Answers any suggestion that the federal emergency had lapsed by that quarter.