Emergency Declarations and Tribes: Mechanisms under Tribal and Federal Law.
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INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 33 I. TRIBAL DECLARATIONS .......................................................................... 35 II. STAFFORD ACT DECLARATION REQUESTS ............................................. 39 A. Tribal Request for a Stafford Act Declaration ............................... 39 B. State Request for a Stafford Act Declaration................................. 41 III. FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS ..................... 42 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 44
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Michigan State international law review
دوره 24 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015