{"id":"FED-105","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Colorado)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice)","authority":"Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act § 401 (42 U.S.C. § 5170); §§ 403, 406, 408 as authorized","instrument":"FEMA-4498-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Colorado (COVID-19 Pandemic)","title":"Colorado; Major Disaster and Related Determinations, 85 Fed. Reg. 31541 (May 26, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-03-28","effective":"declaration dated March 28, 2020; incident period January 20, 2020 and continuing (closed May 11, 2023)","end":"2023-05-11 (incident period closed by FEMA notice, 88 Fed. Reg. 8884, FED-152)","startDate":"2020-03-28","endDate":"2023-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["the State of Colorado and its local governments and eligible private nonprofits (Public Assistance applicants)","FEMA"],"clause":"I have determined that the emergency conditions in [Colorado] resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing, are of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the \u0027Stafford Act\u0027). Therefore, I declare that such a major disaster exists in [Colorado].... You are authorized to provide assistance for emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program [statewide]. (Standard text of the COVID-19 major disaster letters as published by FEMA; the State name and any Individual Assistance or Hazard Mitigation authorizations vary; quote from the exhibit.)","enforcement":"Predicate and funding instrument; Public Assistance Category B at 75 percent, raised to 100 percent federal share for work from January 20, 2020 (FED-007 to FED-009, FED-151)","functions":["predicate for the State layer (funds the emergency protective measures State and local orders required)"],"notes":"Predicate only; never pleaded as the order. Declared March 28, 2020. Stafford Act § 501(b) emergency declaration for the same State: EM-3436 (all declared Mar. 13, 2020; OpenFEMA dataset read Sept. 26, 2026).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-26/pdf/2020-11166.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":177467,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-105","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-105","citation":"President Donald J. Trump (major disaster declaration); Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS (notice), FEMA-4498-DR, Major Disaster Declaration for Colorado (COVID-19 Pandemic) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-105)","stateName":"","related":["FED-152","FED-007","FED-009","FED-151","FED-106","FED-117","FED-137","FED-100","FED-108","FED-110","FED-116","FED-121"]}