; (2) the Federal Government has assumed the financial responsibility for much of the emergency relief and reconstruction provided after disasters; (3) the amount of Federal financial assistance provided for disaster relief and the annual disaster relief obligations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have both been steadily increasing over time; (4) the costs of disaster assistance have been spread disproportionately to all United States citizens rather than to citizens of the areas that are most directly affected; and (5) an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced Federal budget would require major retrenchments in activities that assist citizens of the United States in times of crises and distress. (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to reaffirm the individual States’ primary responsibility for disaster relief; (2) to restore the Federal Government’s role for disaster relief to one of secondary support, provided on a reimbursable basis, in unusual or special emergency situations that require services best provided by Federal agencies