Discuss Emergency Management, emergency and disaster declarations, and the role of the federal government enacted in the last 70 years. These are:
The first permanent statutes authorizing federal disaster assistance in 1947 and 1950
The Disaster Relief Act of 1950
The Disaster Relief Act of 1974
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (1988)
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006
Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
Research and review, submit a research paper that describes the content of the legislation, including the precipitating factors (if any) that lead up to the creation of the legislation. Be sure to compare and contrast the legislation where applicable.