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FEMA’s Community Disaster Loan Program: History, Analysis, and Issues for Congress

Categories: Federal State Relations,Govt Finance,Weather/Disasters

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42527.pdf

The Community Disaster Loan Program provides financial assistance to local governments that are having difficulty providing government services because of a recent disaster.  This report compares and analyzes three different categories  of loans issued in different time periods in the program’s history.  Also considers issues for Congress in considering amendments to the program.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists