Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Authorizes GSA Personal Property Donations
GSA requested authorization from FEMA to "convey, lend, or donate" excess or surplus federal personal property assets to state and local organizations involved in relief and disaster assistance efforts under the provisions of the Stafford Act.
Mr. Richard Gray of FEMA approved GSA's request on September 12, 2005.
This authority gives GSA the flexibility to provide these assets without screening for other federal or donation requests; instead allowing the expeditious use of this property in the areas most affected by Hurricane Katrina.
The full title of the
Stafford Act is "Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act". The appropriate implementing regulation is
44 CFR 206.5.
Last Reviewed 1/26/2009