Fema Disaster Cost Shares

Contents: (1) Historical Cost-Share Thresholds: Authorities and Regulations; FEMA Cost-Share Rule; (2) Timing and Frequency of Cost-Share Adjustments; (3) Cost-Share Waivers By Program Area: Cost-Share Waivers for Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation; (4) Specific Cost-Shares: Mt. St. Helens; Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew; Floods of 1993; Red River Floods of 1997; (5) Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, Dennis, and Rita; (6) Other Hurricane Katrina Cost-Shares: Section 403 Housing/Sheltering; (7) Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Other Disasters, 2009; (8) World Trade Center -- 9/11 Cost-Share Waivers; Columbia Shuttle Response; (9) Corollary Issues -- The Politics of Disasters and the Degree of Congressional Involvement; (10) Conclusion. Illus.