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 92 STAT. 3788

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1978

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Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, Juru 19, 1978, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code. 5 USC app; 15

PART I. Federal Emergency AAonagement Agency

u s e 2201 note. SECTION 101.

Establishment of the Federal Emergeruy Management Agency.

There is hereby established as an independent establishment in the Executive Branch, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (the "Agency"). SECTION 102.

5 USC 5313.

The Agency shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level II of the Executive Schedule. SECTION 103.

5 USC 5315.

The Director.

The Deputy Director.

There shall be within the Agency a Deputy Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule. The Deputy Director shall perform such functions as the Director may from time to time prescribe and shall act as Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Director. SECTION 104. Associate Directors.

5 USC 5316. 5 USC 5332 note.

There shall be within the Agency not more than four Associate Directors, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule, one of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level V of the Executive Schedule and one of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for GS-18 of the General Schedule. The Associate Directors shall perform such functions as the Director may from time to time prescribe. SECTION 105.

5 USC 5332 note.

Regional Directors.

There shall be within the Agency ten regional directors who shall be appointed by the Director in the excepted service and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for OS-16 of the General Schedule. SECTION 106.

Performance of Functions.

The Director may establish bureaus, offices, divisions, and other units within the Agency. The Director may from time to time make provision for the performance of any function of the Director by any officer, employee, or unit of the Agency. PART II. Transfer of Functions

SECTION 201. Fire Prevention. There are hereby transferred to the Director all functions vested in the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, and the Superintendent of the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control pursuant to the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended, (15 U.S.C. 2201 through 2219); exclusive of the functions set forth at Sections 18 and 23 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act (15 U.S.C. 278(f) and 1511).

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