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Congressional Research Service Issues Insight White Paper on Stafford Act Declarations for Extreme Heat
June 21, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12384) on June 20, 2024, by Erica A. Lee, emergency management and disaster recovery specialist, and Bruce R. Lindsay, American national government specialist:

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Stafford Act Declarations for Extreme Heat

The United States has experienced record-setting high temperatures thus far in 2024, continuing a trend observed in 2023 - the hottest year on rec . . .

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