Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) : An Overview.

Provides overview of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC, P.L. 81-920), an interstate mutual aid compact that provides a legal structure by which States affected by a catastrophe may request emergency assistance from other States. Describes Congressional and State actions to approve an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Interstate agreements. Interstate relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides overview of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC, P.L. 81-920), an interstate mutual aid compact that provides a legal structure by which States affected by a catastrophe may request emergency assistance from other States. Describes Congressional and State actions to approve and adopt interstate compacts, the EMAC procedure for requesting assistance, including coordination with FEMA, legal and financial issues, and issues associated with EMAC implementation in homeland security efforts.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.