The President is authorized to provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies, and personnel, to any State or local government for the mitigation, management, and control of any fire on public or private forest land or grassland that threatens such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.
In providing assistance under this section, the President shall coordinate with State and tribal departments of forestry.
In providing assistance under this section, the President may use the authority provided under section 5170b of this title.
The President shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 93–288, title IV, §420, formerly §417, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 158; renumbered §420, Pub. L. 100–707, title I, §106(j), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4705; Pub. L. 106–390, title III, §303(a), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1572.)
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