1.This Act may be cited as the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Restoration Act of 2005
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Federal emergency management agency</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EE61BA33205491CADB6818FBD257568" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment of
agency and director and deputy director</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE909D2D12F6247D186F17A6B16F867EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Emergency Management Agency is
established as an independent establishment in the executive branch as defined
under section 104 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F82A382A1834120A5E16947B7885902"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id712060EE2DEE44B1A1C8AD366216B59B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be the head of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall report directly
to the President.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B5976FF4BB8440989AA216D4B3264C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall have significant experience, knowledge, training, and
expertise in the area of emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and
mitigation as related to natural disasters and other national cataclysmic
events.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44C6D701784F4F2A8C5BDA97E94C95F0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive
schedule position</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
5312 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E82CBEF182C4AE59505410B920A86B6" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2513FB08649419188613DFE4A579722"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director of the Federal Emergency
Management
Agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id261E61525F124266B691B914379040EE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deputy
Director</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5806A9DE7C24E308E759CB15D954AF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Director
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall assist the Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Deputy Director shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAE2C6AC941342319C4BDDC34E707790"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall have significant experience, knowledge,
training, and expertise in the area of emergency preparedness, response,
recovery, and mitigation as related to natural disasters and other national
cataclysmic events.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB72A44BECCA74EA084B30EBFBF19601F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive
schedule position</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
5313 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AA27681182D4F09A82522B79065498B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB26CB5C2A88B44CD88B4421F4B99604B"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency
Management
Agency.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7C28E30FCA2549729D3CF8921AF81B4A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Functions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA6EF92EED96A4CE98F1F2FBD9E42E20A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The functions of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAA06C6DE95854D85B10D27523D91C8D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All functions and authorities prescribed by
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A4A18B7F3664B9AA91247587203C4E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Carrying out its mission to reduce the loss
of life and property and protect the Nation from all hazards by leading and
supporting the Nation in a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management
program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE8E2A8AFD2084E92BA6082FB9D1E8B49"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of mitigation, by taking sustained actions
to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards and
their effects;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2C217201BDE54FF2A2B097D7DA03F5BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of planning for building the emergency
management profession to prepare effectively for, mitigate against, respond to,
and recover from any hazard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBE09D3FD059348B3B6001B17FDBFB5B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of response, by conducting emergency
operations to save lives and property through positioning emergency equipment
and supplies, through evacuating potential victims, through providing food,
water, shelter, and medical care to those in need, and through restoring
critical public services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43948684C6F84A32ADB375FB5F088966"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of recovery, by rebuilding communities so
individuals, businesses, and governments can function on their own, return to
normal life, and protect against future hazards; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA11B4A53A1847D5900474CE26E06D4E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of increased efficiencies, by coordinating
efforts relating to mitigation, planning, response, and recovery.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8D10F2BE3DD44F5BFFAE7FE9449C2E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
Response Plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB716791B493E4C6C8729F09D175B1B8D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Role of
fema</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
provision of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), the
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall remain the lead agency for the
Federal Response Plan established under Executive Order No. 12148 (44 Fed. Reg.
43239) and Executive Order No. 12656 (53 Fed. Reg. 47491).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9C4F47475963410F9E08197E304D91EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Revision of
response plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall revise the Federal Response Plan to reflect
the establishment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent
establishment under this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51EE633228C347048CB81C79C0CB49E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFE5D00280234BD18A03FB3804A0852E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 507 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 317) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70C43F4B43FA43E6829B237C01298C86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) is amended by
striking the item relating to section 507.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98F4447D59184A84B576731001CFE686" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to detract from the Department of Homeland Security's
primary mission to secure the homeland from terrorist attacks.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Transfer and savings provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50269EE1116F43E0AC035528D92EB60B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, unless otherwise provided or
indicated by the context—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDC5D66F5E2784FD484196FF6B091F2B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal agency</term> has
the meaning given to the term <term>agency</term> by section 551(1) of title 5,
United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB12DC1E56D94EB8AF8C1AA2EA9EB7C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>function</term> means any
duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity,
or program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38E3C486E91F40F49646C829DC940D13"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>office</term> includes any
office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or
component thereof.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID033755C028124784967F92ABE087CFF0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Transfer of
functions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency established under
section 101 of this Act all functions which the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Homeland Security exercised
before the date of the enactment of this title.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0711C09C9DB84485A76D2E3E78801ED6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Personnel
provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAB9B9A3FA8B04075AAD90A27932256EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and
employees, including investigators, attorneys, and administrative law judges,
as may be necessary to carry out the respective functions transferred under
this title. Except as otherwise provided by law, such officers and employees
shall be appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their
compensation fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2E521231265E42E58B4578B7D1215BB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Experts and
consultants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency may obtain the services of experts and
consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and
compensate such experts and consultants for each day (including traveltime) at
rates not in excess of the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title. The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency may pay experts and consultants who are serving away from
their homes or regular place of business, travel expenses and per diem in lieu
of subsistence at rates authorized by sections 5702 and 5703 of such title for
persons in Government service employed intermittently.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7F7779779034248AD1E0F750FF93CC4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Delegation and
assignment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except where
otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided by this title, the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may delegate any of the
functions transferred to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency by this title and any function transferred or granted to such Director
after the effective date of this title to such officers and employees of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Director may designate, and may
authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be necessary or
appropriate. No delegation of functions by the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency under this section or under any other provision of
this title shall relieve such Director of responsibility for the administration
of such functions.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA30B362FD4B4638880D9EEEEC39A89C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header>Reorganization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency is authorized to allocate or reallocate any function
transferred under section 202 among the officers of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue such
organizational entities in the Federal Emergency Management Agency as may be
necessary or appropriate.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCEC29074BC174AF694F6E26A24A7B028" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Rules</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency is authorized to prescribe, in accordance with the provisions
of chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, United States Code, such rules and regulations
as the Director determines necessary or appropriate to administer and manage
the functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3F2413D328B543DFA60F546771E85E88" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Transfer and
allocations of appropriations and personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this title,
the personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, liabilities,
contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations,
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, arising
from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions
transferred by this title, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States
Code, shall be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be used only for
the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and
appropriated.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88183D53CFB34CB3BA01FC3FA1C25C24" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Incidental
transfers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, at such time or times as the Director shall
provide, is authorized to make such determinations as may be necessary with
regard to the functions transferred by this title, and to make such additional
incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts,
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations,
allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be
made available in connection with such functions, as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this title. The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide for the termination of the affairs of all entities
terminated by this title and for such further measures and dispositions as may
be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this title.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AC03B774FEF41698396A06C3A935C5E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header>Effect on
personnel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E9717A47F064262AFCE835D09854A91"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided by this title, the transfer pursuant to this title of full-time
personnel (except special Government employees) and part-time personnel holding
permanent positions shall not cause any such employee to be separated or
reduced in grade or compensation for one year after the date of transfer of
such employee under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA8851927B601454C9221236DDB96077B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Executive
Schedule positions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as
otherwise provided in this title, any person who, on the day preceding the
effective date of this title, held a position compensated in accordance with
the Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
and who, without a break in service, is appointed in the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to a position having duties comparable to the duties
performed immediately preceding such appointment shall continue to be
compensated in such new position at not less than the rate provided for such
previous position, for the duration of the service of such person in such new
position.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC6903922E67E4C29A6CAFDE63F9E9FB9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header>Savings
provisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8D1EE72A0EE043669C575B4C333880BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuing
effect of legal documents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All
orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants,
contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and other
administrative actions—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID87EC7D59785C4D988A0696303222C482"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which have been issued, made, granted, or
allowed to become effective by the President, any Federal agency or official
thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of
functions which are transferred under this title, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8740CA162F8247439E30EA1E99E8A308"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which are in effect at the time this title
takes effect, or were final before the effective date of this title and are to
become effective on or after the effective date of this title,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">shall continue in effect according
to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in
accordance with law by the President, the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency or other authorized official, a court of competent
jurisdiction, or by operation of law.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D8002AF69F04B9BB5BB61BE9A61A4C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proceedings not
affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
this title shall not affect any proceedings, including notices of proposed
rulemaking, or any application for any license, permit, certificate, or
financial assistance pending before the Federal Emergency Management Agency at
the time this title takes effect, with respect to functions transferred by this
title but such proceedings and applications shall continue. Orders shall be
issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments
shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this title had not been enacted,
and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until
modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by
a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this
subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of
any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to the same extent
that such proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this title had
not been enacted.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67DA17EDBA7F4BEDA9149145C42E92C9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suits not
affected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
this title shall not affect suits commenced before the effective date of this
title, and in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and
judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this title
had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29A337AAD0B240669DCBDABB946C145F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonabatement of
actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No suit, action, or
other proceeding commenced by or against the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, or by or against any individual in the official capacity of such
individual as an officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall
abate by reason of the enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA5206A64DFCF48EF9397BA854C6E55A3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative
actions relating to promulgation of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any administrative action relating to the
preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency relating to a function transferred under this title may be continued by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency with the same effect as if this title
had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6C78F2A37F8C4F20B5F9555850DBAE07" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Separability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a provision of this title or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, neither the
remainder of this title nor the application of the provision to other persons
or circumstances shall be affected.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID469B2837090D4D8690B462DF44004FD7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Transition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency is authorized to utilize—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID886808ED10884D27B9D3781DA5B1AA6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the services of such officers, employees,
and other personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with respect to
functions transferred by this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61708C8CF9EA45F6BDFC62249E2D452B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funds appropriated to such functions for
such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly
implementation of this title.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id611F80F1AA104E6AA2EFCD7C6595A4B6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any reference in any other Federal law,
Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document
of or pertaining to a department, agency, or office from which a function is
transferred by this title—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA828FD79EB6C444100EE2037AA004554"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the head of such department, agency, or
office is deemed to refer to the head of the department, agency, or office to
which such function is transferred; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDACC71E7B733D4BA494FD4B2271A29316"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to such department, agency, or office is
deemed to refer to the department, agency, or office to which such function is
transferred.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID281196D3BE9143B08EC1BE28088A846B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Additional
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7F613644B12C41A48E4ADAA0FA7AB3EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recommended
legislation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After
consultation with the appropriate committees of the Congress and the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency shall prepare and submit to Congress recommended legislation
containing technical and conforming amendments to reflect the changes made by
this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEF661F6BB33E43D781DBAA110368E13C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6
months after the effective date of this title, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall submit the recommended legislation referred
to under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section>