Referring to 'national emergency' as 'two very big words,' he said designating the coronavirus crisis that way would allow him to quickly get $50 billion to states, territories and localities 'in our shared fight against this disease.'
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People walk in front of the Federal Emergency Management Agency logo at the FEMA headquarters in Washington, on Sept. 9, 2019. Under current law, emergency powers lapse within a year unless the president renews them. A national emergency can be re-declared indefinitely and that has been done frequently in practice.Enacted in 1988, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act orempowers FEMA to directly assist state and local governments during"natural catastrophes" and coordinate the nation's unified response.
A driver arrives to be tested for the coronavirus at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, New York on March 13, 2020. State officials have set up a containment area in the New York City suburb, where schools and houses of worship are closed within a 1-mile radius of a point near a synagogue where an infected person with coronavirus had attended events.
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