42 U.S.C. § 5204a — Authorization of appropriations for insular areas

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary that sums as may be necessary to— (1) reconstruct essential public facilities damaged by disasters in the insular areas that occurred before February 24, 1992; and (2) enhance the survivability of essential public facilities if there is disasters in the insular areas, except that about the disaster declared by the President for Hurricane Hugo, September 1989, amounts for any fiscal year must not exceed 25 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under sections 5170b and 5172 of this title for that disaster. that sums must remain available until expended.