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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2308 |
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5 | 5 | | To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a cabinet-level |
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6 | 6 | | independent agency, and for other purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | MARCH24, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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10 | 10 | | OSKOWITZ(for himself and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; |
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11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc- |
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12 | 12 | | ture, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a pe- |
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13 | 13 | | riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- |
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14 | 14 | | sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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15 | 15 | | mittee concerned |
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16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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17 | 17 | | To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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18 | 18 | | as a cabinet-level independent agency, and for other pur- |
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19 | 19 | | poses. |
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20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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23 | 23 | | (a) S |
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24 | 24 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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25 | 25 | | ‘‘FEMA Independence Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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26 | 26 | | (b) T |
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27 | 27 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6 |
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28 | 28 | | this Act is as follows: 7 |
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29 | 29 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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33 | 33 | | Sec. 2. Establishment of FEMA as cabinet-level independent agency. |
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34 | 34 | | Sec. 3. Director; deputy directors; regional offices. |
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35 | 35 | | Sec. 4. Authority and responsibilities. |
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36 | 36 | | Sec. 5. Office of the Inspector General. |
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37 | 37 | | Sec. 6. Transfer of functions. |
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38 | 38 | | Sec. 7. Personnel and other transfers. |
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39 | 39 | | Sec. 8. Savings provisions. |
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40 | 40 | | Sec. 9. References. |
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41 | 41 | | Sec. 10. Offices and functions of Department of Homeland Security. |
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42 | 42 | | Sec. 11. Homeland security grants. |
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43 | 43 | | Sec. 12. Conforming amendments to other laws. |
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44 | 44 | | Sec. 13. Report on recommended legislation. |
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45 | 45 | | Sec. 14. Definitions. |
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46 | 46 | | SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEMA AS CABINET-LEVEL |
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47 | 47 | | 1 |
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48 | 48 | | INDEPENDENT AGENCY. 2 |
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49 | 49 | | (a) I |
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50 | 50 | | NGENERAL.—The Federal Emergency Manage-3 |
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51 | 51 | | ment Agency is established as a cabinet-level independent 4 |
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52 | 52 | | establishment in the executive branch. 5 |
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53 | 53 | | (b) M |
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54 | 54 | | ISSION.—The primary mission of the Agency is 6 |
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55 | 55 | | to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the Na-7 |
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56 | 56 | | tion from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of 8 |
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57 | 57 | | terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and 9 |
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58 | 58 | | supporting the Nation in a risk-based, comprehensive 10 |
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59 | 59 | | emergency management system of preparedness, protec-11 |
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60 | 60 | | tion, response, recovery, and mitigation. 12 |
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61 | 61 | | SEC. 3. DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTORS; REGIONAL OF-13 |
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62 | 62 | | FICES. 14 |
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63 | 63 | | (a) D |
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64 | 64 | | IRECTOR.— 15 |
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65 | 65 | | (1) I |
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66 | 66 | | N GENERAL.—The Agency shall be headed 16 |
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67 | 67 | | by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Presi-17 |
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68 | 68 | | dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-18 |
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69 | 69 | | ate, and who shall report directly to the President. 19 |
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73 | 73 | | (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall be 1 |
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74 | 74 | | appointed from among individuals who have— 2 |
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75 | 75 | | (A) a demonstrated ability in and knowl-3 |
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76 | 76 | | edge of emergency management and homeland 4 |
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77 | 77 | | security; and 5 |
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78 | 78 | | (B) not less than 5 years of executive lead-6 |
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79 | 79 | | ership and management experience in the public 7 |
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80 | 80 | | sector and 5 years of such experience in the pri-8 |
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81 | 81 | | vate sector. 9 |
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82 | 82 | | (3) E |
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83 | 83 | | XECUTIVE SCHEDULE .—Title 5, United 10 |
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84 | 84 | | States Code, is amended— 11 |
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85 | 85 | | (A) in section 5312 by adding at the end 12 |
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86 | 86 | | the following: 13 |
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87 | 87 | | ‘‘Director of the Federal Emergency Management 14 |
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88 | 88 | | Agency.’’; and 15 |
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89 | 89 | | (B) in section 5313 by striking the item 16 |
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90 | 90 | | relating to ‘‘Administrator of the Federal 17 |
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91 | 91 | | Emergency Management Agency.’’. 18 |
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92 | 92 | | (b) D |
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93 | 93 | | EPUTYDIRECTORS.— 19 |
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94 | 94 | | (1) I |
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95 | 95 | | N GENERAL.—The President may appoint, 20 |
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96 | 96 | | by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 21 |
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97 | 97 | | not more than 4 Deputy Directors to assist the Di-22 |
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98 | 98 | | rector in carrying out the functions and authorities 23 |
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99 | 99 | | of the Director. 24 |
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103 | 103 | | (2) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE .—Section 5314 of 1 |
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104 | 104 | | title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 2 |
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105 | 105 | | ‘‘Deputy Administrators, Federal Emergency Man-3 |
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106 | 106 | | agement Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Directors, 4 |
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107 | 107 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 5 |
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108 | 108 | | (c) R |
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109 | 109 | | EGIONALOFFICES.— 6 |
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110 | 110 | | (1) I |
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111 | 111 | | N GENERAL.—There shall be in the Agency 7 |
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112 | 112 | | 10 Regional Offices, as identified by the Director. 8 |
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113 | 113 | | (2) R |
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114 | 114 | | EGIONAL DIRECTORS.—Each Regional Of-9 |
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115 | 115 | | fice shall be headed by a Regional Director who shall 10 |
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116 | 116 | | be chosen by the Director. 11 |
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117 | 117 | | SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 12 |
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118 | 118 | | (a) I |
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119 | 119 | | NGENERAL.—The Director shall provide the 13 |
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120 | 120 | | Federal leadership necessary to prepare for, respond to, 14 |
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121 | 121 | | recover from, and mitigate hazards. 15 |
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122 | 122 | | (b) S |
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123 | 123 | | TAFFORDACT.—The Director shall assist the 16 |
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124 | 124 | | President in carrying out the functions under the Robert 17 |
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125 | 125 | | T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 18 |
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126 | 126 | | (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and carrying out all functions 19 |
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127 | 127 | | and authorities given to the Administrator of the Federal 20 |
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128 | 128 | | Emergency Management Agency under that Act. 21 |
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129 | 129 | | (c) M |
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130 | 130 | | ISSION.—The responsibilities of the Director 22 |
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131 | 131 | | shall include carrying out the mission of the Agency by 23 |
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132 | 132 | | leading and supporting the Nation in a comprehensive 24 |
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133 | 133 | | emergency management system of— 25 |
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137 | 137 | | (1) mitigation, by taking sustained actions to 1 |
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138 | 138 | | reduce or eliminate long-term risks to people and 2 |
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139 | 139 | | property from hazards and their effects; 3 |
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140 | 140 | | (2) preparedness, by planning, training, con-4 |
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141 | 141 | | ducting exercises, and building the emergency man-5 |
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142 | 142 | | agement profession to prepare effectively for miti-6 |
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143 | 143 | | gating, responding to, and recovering from any haz-7 |
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144 | 144 | | ard; 8 |
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145 | 145 | | (3) response, by conducting emergency oper-9 |
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146 | 146 | | ations to save lives and property through positioning 10 |
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147 | 147 | | emergency equipment, personnel, and supplies, 11 |
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148 | 148 | | through evacuating potential victims, through pro-12 |
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149 | 149 | | viding food, water, shelter, and medical care to those 13 |
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150 | 150 | | in need, and through restoring critical public serv-14 |
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151 | 151 | | ices; and 15 |
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152 | 152 | | (4) recovery, by rebuilding communities so indi-16 |
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153 | 153 | | viduals, businesses, and governments can function 17 |
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154 | 154 | | on their own, return to normal life, and protect 18 |
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155 | 155 | | against future hazards. 19 |
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156 | 156 | | (d) R |
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157 | 157 | | ESPONSEDUTIES.—In carrying out subsection 20 |
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158 | 158 | | (c)(3), the Director, at a minimum, shall— 21 |
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159 | 159 | | (1) help to ensure the effectiveness of emer-22 |
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160 | 160 | | gency response providers in responding to a hazard; 23 |
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161 | 161 | | (2) coordinate and provide the Federal Govern-24 |
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162 | 162 | | ment’s response to hazards; 25 |
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166 | 166 | | (3) build a comprehensive national incident 1 |
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167 | 167 | | management system with Federal, State, and local 2 |
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168 | 168 | | government personnel, agencies, and authorities to 3 |
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169 | 169 | | respond to hazards; 4 |
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170 | 170 | | (4) consolidate existing Federal Government 5 |
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171 | 171 | | emergency response plans into a single, coordinated 6 |
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172 | 172 | | plan to be known as the National Response Plan; 7 |
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173 | 173 | | (5) administer and ensure the implementation 8 |
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174 | 174 | | of the National Response Plan, including coordi-9 |
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175 | 175 | | nating and ensuring the readiness of each emergency 10 |
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176 | 176 | | support function under the National Response Plan; 11 |
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177 | 177 | | and 12 |
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178 | 178 | | (6) help ensure the acquisition of operable and 13 |
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179 | 179 | | interoperable communications capabilities by Fed-14 |
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180 | 180 | | eral, State, local, and tribal governments and emer-15 |
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181 | 181 | | gency response providers. 16 |
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182 | 182 | | (e) C |
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183 | 183 | | ONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT.—The Director 17 |
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184 | 184 | | shall prepare and implement the plans and programs of 18 |
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185 | 185 | | the Federal Government for— 19 |
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186 | 186 | | (1) continuity of operations; 20 |
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187 | 187 | | (2) continuity of Government; and 21 |
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188 | 188 | | (3) continuity of plans. 22 |
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189 | 189 | | (f) O |
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190 | 190 | | THERDUTIES.—The Director shall— 23 |
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191 | 191 | | (1) coordinate the National Advisory Council; 24 |
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195 | 195 | | (2) maintain and operate within the Agency the 1 |
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196 | 196 | | National Response Coordination Center (or its suc-2 |
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197 | 197 | | cessor); 3 |
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198 | 198 | | (3) develop and maintain a national emergency 4 |
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199 | 199 | | management system that is capable of preparing for, 5 |
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200 | 200 | | responding to, recovering from, and mitigating haz-6 |
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201 | 201 | | ards of all magnitudes, including catastrophic disas-7 |
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202 | 202 | | ters; and 8 |
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203 | 203 | | (4) supervise grant programs administered by 9 |
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204 | 204 | | the Agency. 10 |
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205 | 205 | | (g) A |
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206 | 206 | | LL-HAZARDSAPPROACH.—In carrying out the 11 |
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207 | 207 | | responsibilities under this section, the Director shall co-12 |
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208 | 208 | | ordinate the implementation of an all-hazards strategy 13 |
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209 | 209 | | that builds those common capabilities necessary to prepare 14 |
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210 | 210 | | for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate hazards. 15 |
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211 | 211 | | SEC. 5. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 16 |
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212 | 212 | | The Agency shall have an Office of the Inspector 17 |
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213 | 213 | | General, headed by an Inspector General, in accordance 18 |
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214 | 214 | | with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 19 |
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215 | 215 | | known as the ‘‘Inspector General Act of 1978’’). 20 |
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216 | 216 | | SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. 21 |
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217 | 217 | | (a) I |
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218 | 218 | | NGENERAL.—There shall be transferred to the 22 |
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219 | 219 | | Director all functions of the Federal Emergency Manage-23 |
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220 | 220 | | ment Agency, as such Agency was constituted on the day 24 |
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221 | 221 | | before the date of enactment of this Act. 25 |
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225 | 225 | | (b) INSPECTORGENERAL.—There shall be trans-1 |
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226 | 226 | | ferred to the Inspector General all functions relating to 2 |
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227 | 227 | | the Inspector General that were transferred from the Fed-3 |
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228 | 228 | | eral Emergency Management Agency to the Department 4 |
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229 | 229 | | of Homeland Security on or after January 1, 2003. 5 |
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230 | 230 | | (c) T |
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231 | 231 | | RANSITIONPERIOD.—The transfers under this 6 |
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232 | 232 | | section shall be carried out not later than 365 days fol-7 |
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233 | 233 | | lowing the date of enactment of this Act. During the tran-8 |
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234 | 234 | | sition period, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 9 |
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235 | 235 | | provide to the Director such assistance, including the use 10 |
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236 | 236 | | of personnel and assets, as the Director may request in 11 |
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237 | 237 | | preparing for the transfer. 12 |
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238 | 238 | | SEC. 7. PERSONNEL AND OTHER TRANSFERS. 13 |
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239 | 239 | | (a) P |
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240 | 240 | | ERSONNELAPPOINTMENTS.—The Director may 14 |
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241 | 241 | | appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and em-15 |
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242 | 242 | | ployees as may be necessary to carry out the respective 16 |
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243 | 243 | | functions transferred by section 6. 17 |
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244 | 244 | | (b) T |
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245 | 245 | | RANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-18 |
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246 | 246 | | TIONS ANDPERSONNEL.—Except as otherwise provided 19 |
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247 | 247 | | in this Act, the personnel employed in connection with, 20 |
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248 | 248 | | and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and 21 |
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249 | 249 | | unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, al-22 |
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250 | 250 | | locations, and other funds employed, used, held, arising 23 |
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251 | 251 | | from, available to, or to be made available in connection 24 |
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252 | 252 | | with the functions transferred by section 6, subject to sec-25 |
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256 | 256 | | tion 1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be trans-1 |
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257 | 257 | | ferred to the Agency. Unexpended funds transferred pur-2 |
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258 | 258 | | suant to this subsection shall be used only for the purposes 3 |
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259 | 259 | | for which the funds were originally authorized and appro-4 |
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260 | 260 | | priated. 5 |
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261 | 261 | | (c) I |
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262 | 262 | | NCIDENTALTRANSFERS.—The Director of the 6 |
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263 | 263 | | Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 7 |
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264 | 264 | | the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 8 |
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265 | 265 | | Agency, may make such determinations as may be nec-9 |
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266 | 266 | | essary with regard to the functions transferred by section 10 |
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267 | 267 | | 6, and may make such additional incidental dispositions 11 |
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268 | 268 | | of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, 12 |
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269 | 269 | | records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, au-13 |
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270 | 270 | | thorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, aris-14 |
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271 | 271 | | ing from, available to, or to be made available in connec-15 |
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272 | 272 | | tion with such functions, as may be necessary to carry out 16 |
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273 | 273 | | the provisions of this Act. The Director of the Office of 17 |
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274 | 274 | | Management and Budget shall provide for the termination 18 |
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275 | 275 | | of the affairs of all entities terminated by this Act and 19 |
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276 | 276 | | for such further measures and dispositions as may be nec-20 |
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277 | 277 | | essary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. 21 |
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278 | 278 | | (d) E |
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279 | 279 | | FFECT ONPERSONNEL.— 22 |
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280 | 280 | | (1) I |
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281 | 281 | | N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-23 |
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282 | 282 | | vided by this Act, the transfer pursuant to this Act 24 |
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283 | 283 | | of full-time personnel (except special Government 25 |
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287 | 287 | | employees) and part-time personnel holding perma-1 |
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288 | 288 | | nent positions shall not cause any such employee to 2 |
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289 | 289 | | be separated or reduced in grade or compensation 3 |
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290 | 290 | | for 1 year after the date of transfer of such em-4 |
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291 | 291 | | ployee under this Act. 5 |
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292 | 292 | | (2) E |
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293 | 293 | | XECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS .—Except 6 |
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294 | 294 | | as otherwise provided in this Act, any person who, 7 |
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295 | 295 | | on the day preceding the date of the transfers of 8 |
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296 | 296 | | functions by section 6, held a position compensated 9 |
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297 | 297 | | in accordance with the Executive Schedule pre-10 |
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298 | 298 | | scribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 11 |
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299 | 299 | | and who, without a break in service, is appointed in 12 |
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300 | 300 | | the Agency to a position having duties comparable to 13 |
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301 | 301 | | the duties performed immediately preceding such ap-14 |
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302 | 302 | | pointment shall continue to be compensated in such 15 |
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303 | 303 | | new position at not less than the rate provided for 16 |
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304 | 304 | | such previous position, for the duration of the serv-17 |
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305 | 305 | | ice of such person in such new position. 18 |
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306 | 306 | | SEC. 8. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 19 |
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307 | 307 | | (a) C |
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308 | 308 | | ONTINUINGEFFECT OFLEGALDOCUMENTS 20 |
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309 | 309 | | ANDACTIONS.— 21 |
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310 | 310 | | (1) I |
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311 | 311 | | N GENERAL.—The legal documents and ac-22 |
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312 | 312 | | tions described in paragraph (2) shall continue in ef-23 |
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313 | 313 | | fect according to their terms until modified, termi-24 |
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318 | 318 | | ance with law by the President, the Director, other 1 |
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319 | 319 | | authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, 2 |
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320 | 320 | | or by operation of law. 3 |
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321 | 321 | | (2) L |
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322 | 322 | | EGAL DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS DE -4 |
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323 | 323 | | SCRIBED.—The legal documents and actions de-5 |
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324 | 324 | | scribed in this paragraph are all orders, determina-6 |
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325 | 325 | | tions, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, 7 |
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326 | 326 | | grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, 8 |
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327 | 327 | | privileges, and other administrative actions that 9 |
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328 | 328 | | both— 10 |
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329 | 329 | | (A) have been issued, made, granted, or al-11 |
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330 | 330 | | lowed to become effective by the President, any 12 |
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331 | 331 | | Federal agency or official thereof, or by a court 13 |
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332 | 332 | | of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of 14 |
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333 | 333 | | functions that are transferred by section 6; and 15 |
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334 | 334 | | (B) are in effect on the date of the trans-16 |
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335 | 335 | | fers of functions by section 6, or were final be-17 |
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336 | 336 | | fore such date and are to become effective on 18 |
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337 | 337 | | or after such date. 19 |
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338 | 338 | | (b) P |
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339 | 339 | | ROCEEDINGSNOTAFFECTED.—The provisions 20 |
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340 | 340 | | of this Act shall not affect any proceedings, including no-21 |
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341 | 341 | | tices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any 22 |
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342 | 342 | | license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending 23 |
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343 | 343 | | before the Agency on the date of the transfers of functions 24 |
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348 | 348 | | tion 6, but such proceedings and applications shall con-1 |
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349 | 349 | | tinue. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals 2 |
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350 | 350 | | shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pur-3 |
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351 | 351 | | suant to such orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, 4 |
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352 | 352 | | and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue 5 |
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353 | 353 | | in effect until modified, terminated, superseded, or re-6 |
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354 | 354 | | voked by a duly authorized official, by a court of com-7 |
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355 | 355 | | petent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this 8 |
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356 | 356 | | paragraph shall be considered to prohibit the discontinu-9 |
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357 | 357 | | ance or modification of any such proceeding under the 10 |
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358 | 358 | | same terms and conditions and to the same extent that 11 |
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359 | 359 | | such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified 12 |
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360 | 360 | | if this Act had not been enacted. 13 |
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361 | 361 | | (c) C |
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362 | 362 | | AUSES OFACTIONNOTAFFECTED.—The provi-14 |
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363 | 363 | | sions of this Act shall not affect any cause of action com-15 |
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364 | 364 | | menced before the date of the transfers of functions by 16 |
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365 | 365 | | section 6, and in all such causes of action, proceedings 17 |
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366 | 366 | | shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in 18 |
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367 | 367 | | the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act 19 |
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368 | 368 | | had not been enacted. 20 |
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369 | 369 | | (d) N |
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370 | 370 | | ONABATEMENT OF CAUSES OFACTION.—No 21 |
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371 | 371 | | cause of action commenced by or against the Agency, or 22 |
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372 | 372 | | by or against any individual in the official capacity of such 23 |
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373 | 373 | | individual as an officer of the Agency, shall abate by rea-24 |
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374 | 374 | | son of the enactment of this Act. 25 |
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378 | 378 | | (e) ADMINISTRATIVEACTIONSRELATING TOPRO-1 |
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379 | 379 | | MULGATION OF REGULATIONS.—Any administrative ac-2 |
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380 | 380 | | tion relating to the preparation or promulgation of a regu-3 |
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381 | 381 | | lation by the Agency relating to a function transferred by 4 |
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382 | 382 | | section 6 may be continued by the Agency with the same 5 |
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383 | 383 | | effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 6 |
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384 | 384 | | SEC. 9. REFERENCES. 7 |
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385 | 385 | | (a) R |
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386 | 386 | | EFERENCES TO FEMA.—Any reference to the 8 |
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387 | 387 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency in any law, Ex-9 |
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388 | 388 | | ecutive order, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, in-10 |
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389 | 389 | | struction, delegation of authority, or other official paper 11 |
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390 | 390 | | shall be considered to refer and apply to the Agency estab-12 |
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391 | 391 | | lished by section 2. 13 |
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392 | 392 | | (b) R |
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393 | 393 | | EFERENCES TODIRECTOR ORADMINISTRATOR 14 |
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394 | 394 | | OFFEMA.—Any reference to the Director or the Admin-15 |
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395 | 395 | | istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 16 |
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396 | 396 | | in any law, Executive order, rule, regulation, certificate, 17 |
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397 | 397 | | directive, instruction, delegation of authority, or other offi-18 |
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398 | 398 | | cial paper shall be considered to refer and apply to the 19 |
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399 | 399 | | Director established by section 3(a)(1). 20 |
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400 | 400 | | (c) R |
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401 | 401 | | EFERENCES TO INSPECTORGENERAL.—Any 21 |
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402 | 402 | | reference to the Inspector General of the Federal Emer-22 |
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403 | 403 | | gency Management Agency or to the functions relating to 23 |
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404 | 404 | | such office that were transferred from the Federal Emer-24 |
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410 | 410 | | Executive order, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, in-2 |
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411 | 411 | | struction, delegation of authority, or other official paper 3 |
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412 | 412 | | shall be considered to refer and apply to the Inspector 4 |
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413 | 413 | | General established by section 5 or to the functions related 5 |
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414 | 414 | | to such office. 6 |
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415 | 415 | | SEC. 10. OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF 7 |
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416 | 416 | | HOMELAND SECURITY. 8 |
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417 | 417 | | (a) R |
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418 | 418 | | EPEALS.—The following provisions of the 9 |
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419 | 419 | | Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 10 |
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420 | 420 | | are repealed: 11 |
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421 | 421 | | (1) Section 501 (6 U.S.C. 311). 12 |
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422 | 422 | | (2) Section 503 (6 U.S.C. 313). 13 |
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423 | 423 | | (3) Section 504 (6 U.S.C. 314). 14 |
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424 | 424 | | (4) Section 505 (6 U.S.C. 315). 15 |
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425 | 425 | | (5) Section 506 (6 U.S.C. 316). 16 |
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426 | 426 | | (6) Section 507 (6 U.S.C. 317). 17 |
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427 | 427 | | (7) Section 508 (6 U.S.C. 318). 18 |
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428 | 428 | | (8) Section 509 (6 U.S.C. 319). 19 |
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429 | 429 | | (9) Section 510 (6 U.S.C. 320). 20 |
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430 | 430 | | (10) Section 513 (6 U.S.C. 321b). 21 |
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431 | 431 | | (11) Section 514 (6 U.S.C. 321c). 22 |
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432 | 432 | | (12) Section 519 (6 U.S.C. 321h). 23 |
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433 | 433 | | (b) R |
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434 | 434 | | EDESIGNATIONS.—Sections 502, 511, 512, 515, 24 |
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435 | 435 | | 517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 25 |
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439 | 439 | | and 529 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 312, 321, 321a, 321d, 1 |
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440 | 440 | | 321f, 321g, 321i, 321j, 321k, 321l, 321m, 321n, 321o, 2 |
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441 | 441 | | 321p, 321q, and 321r) are redesignated as sections 501 3 |
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442 | 442 | | through 516, respectively. 4 |
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443 | 443 | | (c) T |
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444 | 444 | | ITLEHEADING.—The heading for title V of such 5 |
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445 | 445 | | Act is amended by striking ‘‘NATIONAL EMER-6 |
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446 | 446 | | GENCY MANAGEMENT ’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER 7 |
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447 | 447 | | OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS ’’. 8 |
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448 | 448 | | (d) T |
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449 | 449 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents 9 |
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450 | 450 | | contained in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by strik-10 |
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451 | 451 | | ing the items relating to title V and inserting the fol-11 |
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452 | 452 | | lowing: 12 |
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453 | 453 | | ‘‘TITLE V—OTHER OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS |
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454 | 454 | | ‘‘Sec. 501. Definition. |
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455 | 455 | | ‘‘Sec. 502. The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. |
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456 | 456 | | ‘‘Sec. 503. Evacuation plans and exercises. |
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457 | 457 | | ‘‘Sec. 504. National Operations Center. |
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458 | 458 | | ‘‘Sec. 505. Nuclear incident response. |
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459 | 459 | | ‘‘Sec. 506. Conduct of certain public health-related activities. |
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460 | 460 | | ‘‘Sec. 507. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services. |
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461 | 461 | | ‘‘Sec. 508. Procurement of security countermeasures for strategic national |
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462 | 462 | | stockpile. |
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463 | 463 | | ‘‘Sec. 509. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers. |
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464 | 464 | | ‘‘Sec. 510. Guidance and recommendations. |
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465 | 465 | | ‘‘Sec. 511. Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification |
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466 | 466 | | program. |
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467 | 467 | | ‘‘Sec. 512. Acceptance of gifts. |
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468 | 468 | | ‘‘Sec. 513. Integrated public alert and warning system modernization. |
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469 | 469 | | ‘‘Sec. 514. National planning and education. |
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470 | 470 | | ‘‘Sec. 515. Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to |
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471 | 471 | | food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism. |
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472 | 472 | | ‘‘Sec. 516. Transfer of equipment during a public health emergency.’’. |
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473 | 473 | | (e) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 13 |
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474 | 474 | | this section shall take effect on the date on which the 14 |
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475 | 475 | | transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 15 |
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480 | 480 | | (a) R |
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481 | 481 | | EFERENCES TOADMINISTRATOR.—Title XX of 2 |
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482 | 482 | | the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 3 |
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483 | 483 | | is amended— 4 |
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484 | 484 | | (1) in section 2002(a) (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) by 5 |
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485 | 485 | | striking ‘‘, through the Administrator,’’; 6 |
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486 | 486 | | (2) in section 2009(a) (6 U.S.C. 609a(a)) by 7 |
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487 | 487 | | striking ‘‘, acting through the Administrator,’’; 8 |
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488 | 488 | | (3) in the subsection heading for section 9 |
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489 | 489 | | 2022(c) (6 U.S.C. 612(c)) by striking ‘‘ |
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490 | 490 | | BY THEAD-10 |
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491 | 491 | | MINISTRATOR’’; and 11 |
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492 | 492 | | (4) by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it 12 |
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493 | 493 | | appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 13 |
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494 | 494 | | (b) E |
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495 | 495 | | XCEPTIONS.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu-14 |
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496 | 496 | | rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended by 15 |
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497 | 497 | | subsection (a), is further amended— 16 |
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498 | 498 | | (1) in section 2001(1) (6 U.S.C. 601(1)) by 17 |
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499 | 499 | | striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears and in-18 |
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500 | 500 | | serting ‘‘Director’’; 19 |
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501 | 501 | | (2) in section 2006(b)(4)(F) (6 U.S.C. 20 |
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502 | 502 | | 607(b)(4)(F)) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting 21 |
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503 | 503 | | ‘‘Director’’; and 22 |
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504 | 504 | | (3) in section 2006(b)(5) (6 U.S.C. 607(b)(5)) 23 |
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505 | 505 | | by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 24 |
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510 | 510 | | this section shall take effect on the date on which the 2 |
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511 | 511 | | transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 3 |
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512 | 512 | | SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 4 |
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513 | 513 | | (a) I |
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514 | 514 | | MPROVEMENTS TO INFORMATION TECH-5 |
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515 | 515 | | NOLOGY.—Section 640(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency 6 |
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516 | 516 | | Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 727(a)) is 7 |
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517 | 517 | | amended by striking ‘‘, in coordination with the Chief In-8 |
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518 | 518 | | formation Officer of the Department,’’. 9 |
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519 | 519 | | (b) C |
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520 | 520 | | HIEFFINANCIALOFFICER.—Section 901(b)(2) 10 |
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521 | 521 | | of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at 11 |
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522 | 522 | | the end the following: 12 |
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523 | 523 | | ‘‘(H) The Federal Emergency Management 13 |
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524 | 524 | | Agency.’’. 14 |
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525 | 525 | | (c) R |
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526 | 526 | | EFERENCES.—Subsection (c) of section 612 of 15 |
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527 | 527 | | the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 16 |
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528 | 528 | | 2006 (6 U.S.C. 313 note) is repealed. 17 |
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529 | 529 | | (d) E |
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530 | 530 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 18 |
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531 | 531 | | this section shall take effect on the date on which the 19 |
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532 | 532 | | transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 20 |
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533 | 533 | | SEC. 13. REPORT ON RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION. 21 |
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534 | 534 | | (a) I |
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535 | 535 | | NGENERAL.—After consultation with Congress, 22 |
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536 | 536 | | the Director shall prepare a report describing rec-23 |
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542 | 542 | | Act. 2 |
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543 | 543 | | (b) S |
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544 | 544 | | UBMISSION TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 90 3 |
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545 | 545 | | days after the last day of the transition period referred 4 |
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546 | 546 | | to in section 6(c), the Director shall submit to Congress 5 |
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547 | 547 | | the report referred to in subsection (a). 6 |
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548 | 548 | | SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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549 | 549 | | In this Act: 8 |
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550 | 550 | | (1) A |
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551 | 551 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 9 |
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552 | 552 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency established 10 |
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553 | 553 | | by section 2. 11 |
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554 | 554 | | (2) D |
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555 | 555 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 12 |
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556 | 556 | | the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 13 |
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557 | 557 | | Agency established by section 3(a). 14 |
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558 | 558 | | (3) H |
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559 | 559 | | AZARD.—The term ‘‘hazard’’ has the 15 |
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560 | 560 | | meaning given that term in section 602(a) of the 16 |
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561 | 561 | | Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 17 |
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562 | 562 | | Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)) and includes 18 |
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563 | 563 | | any major disaster or emergency. 19 |
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564 | 564 | | (4) I |
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565 | 565 | | NSPECTOR GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Inspec-20 |
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566 | 566 | | tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the 21 |
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567 | 567 | | Federal Emergency Management Agency established 22 |
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568 | 568 | | by section 5. 23 |
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