[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR280.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 280_EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS OF DISASTERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  280.1  Interim disaster procedures.

    The Secretary shall, after consultation with the official empowered 
to exercise the authority provided for by section 302(a) of the Disaster 
Relief Act of 1974, establish temporary emergency standards of 
eligibility for the duration of the emergency for households who are 
victims of a disaster which disrupts commercial channels of food 
distribution, if such households are in need of temporary food 
assistance and if commercial channels of food distribution have again 
become available to meet the temporary food needs of such households. 
Such standards as are prescribed for individual emergencies may be 
promulgated without regard to section 4(c) of this Act or the procedures 
set forth in section 553 of Title 5 of the United States Code. In 
addition to establishing temporary emergency standards of eligibility, 
the Secretary shall provide for emergency allotments to eligible 
households to replace food destroyed in a disaster. Such emergency 
allotments would be equal to the value of the food actually lost in such 
disaster but not greater than the applicable maximum monthly allotment 
for the household size.