A qualifying determination is due in 90 days, and 120 at the outside
What the document says“not later than 90 days after the President declares a major disaster, use best available data to determine whether the major disaster is catastrophic and qualifies for assistance under the formula described in paragraph (4) or (5), unless data is insufficient to make this determination; and”
The new section 124 requires the Secretary to decide within 90 days of a presidential major disaster declaration, on the best available data, whether the disaster is catastrophic and qualifies under the formula, and where the data is not enough, to decide when it becomes sufficient but no later than 120 days after the declaration. If money is in the Fund at that point the Secretary must immediately announce an allocation, and must announce a further allocation within 15 days of any later appropriation to the Fund.
What the document actually says“not later than 90 days after the President declares a major disaster, use best available data to determine whether the major disaster is catastrophic and qualifies for assistance under the formula described in paragraph (4) or (5), unless data is insufficient to make this determination; and”
The housing agency must decide within 90 days. The clock starts when a disaster is declared. It uses the best figures it has. The question is whether the disaster qualifies.
Where the figures are not good enough, the clock runs longer. The outside limit is 120 days. Once the answer is yes, the money must be announced at once.
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