Editorial Notes
Amendments
2013—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1802(b)(1), substituted “Administrator of FEMA” for “Director”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1812, amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator of the United States Fire Administration who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level V of the Executive Schedule pay rates (5 U.S.C. 5316). The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator shall from time to time assign or delegate, and shall act as Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Administrator.”
2012—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–166 struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,” after “President”.
2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–503 substituted “Director” for “Secretary”.
1978—Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 95–422 substituted “United States Fire Administration” for “National Fire Prevention and Control Administration”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Termination or Privatization of Functions
Pub. L. 105–108, § 4, Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2264, provided that:
“(a) In General.—
Not later than 60 days before the termination or transfer to a private sector person or entity of any significant function of the United
States Fire
Administration, as described in subsection (b), the
Administrator of the United
States Fire
Administration shall transmit to
Congress a report providing notice of that termination or transfer.
“(b) Covered Terminations and Transfers.—For purposes of subsection (a), a termination or transfer to a person or entity described in that subsection shall be considered to be a termination or transfer of a significant function of the United States Fire Administration if the termination or transfer—
“(1)
relates to a function of the
Administration that requires the expenditure of more than 5 percent of the total amount of funds made available by appropriations to the
Administration; or
“(2)
involves the termination of more than 5 percent of the employees of the
Administration.”
Notice of Reprogramming or Reorganization
Pub. L. 105–108, § 5, Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2265, provided that:
“(a) Major Reorganization Defined.—
With respect to the United
States Fire
Administration, the term ‘major reorganization’ means any reorganization of the
Administration that involves the reassignment of more than 25 percent of the employees of the
Administration.
“(b) Notice of Reprogramming.—
If any funds appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this Act [see Short Title of 1997 Amendment note set out under
section 2201 of this title] are subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the
House of Representatives, notice of that action shall concurrently be provided to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Science [now Committee on Science, Space, and Technology] of the
House of Representatives.
“(c) Notice of Reorganization.—
Not later than 15 days before any major reorganization of any program, project, or activity of the United
States Fire
Administration, the
Administrator of the United
States Fire
Administration shall provide notice to the Committees on Science [now Science, Space, and Technology] and Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the
Senate.”
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