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FEMA-4523-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Nevada (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Amendment No. 1 to the Notice)

Nevada; Major Disaster and Related Determinations (Amendment No. 1), 85 Fed. Reg. 28648 (May 13, 2020) (Amendment No. 1, reciting the declaration 'dated April 4, 2020')

President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice) · United States (Nevada) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (Nevada)
Level
Federal
Authority
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act § 401 (42 U.S.C. § 5170); §§ 403, 406, 408 as authorized
Issued
2020-04-04 Apr. 4, 2020
Effective
declaration dated April 4, 2020; incident period January 20, 2020 and continuing (closed May 11, 2023) (read as 2020-04-04)
End
2023-05-11 (incident period closed by FEMA notice, 88 Fed. Reg. 8884, FED-152) (read as 2023-05-11)
In force
Apr. 4, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the State of Nevada and its local governments and eligible private nonprofits (Public Assistance applicants)
  • FEMA
Functions reached
  • predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Nevada] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the 'Stafford Act'). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Nevada].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)

Enforcement

Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)

Notes

Predicate only; never pleaded as the order. Declared April 4, 2020. Stafford Act § 501(b) emergency declaration for the same State: EM-3443 (all declared Mar. 13, 2020; OpenFEMA dataset read Sept. 26, 2026). No Federal Register notice of the original Nevada declaration was located through the Federal Register API (only Amendments No. 1 to No. 6); the declaration date is verified from FEMA's OpenFEMA dataset and from Amendment No. 1's recital 'State of Nevada (FEMA-4523-DR), dated April 4, 2020'.

Retrieval note

Declaration date verified from the notice text ("dated April 4, 2020") and from FEMA's OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries dataset.

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