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Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§315 Functions Transferred

Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER V — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › § 315

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

All functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as they were on June 1, 2006 are moved into the Agency. That includes duties like emergency alert systems and continuity plans, plus the staff, property, parts, legal powers, grant programs, and liabilities. It also moves the Directorate of Preparedness as it existed on June 1, 2006, with its functions, staff, property, parts, powers, grants, liabilities, and the related duties of the Under Secretaries. Three parts of the Preparedness Directorate are not moved. The Office of Infrastructure Protection, the National Communications System, and the National Cybersecurity Division stay out of the transfer, along with their staff, property, powers, and obligations.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §315

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), there are transferred to the Agency the following:
(1)All functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including existing responsibilities for emergency alert systems and continuity of operations and continuity of government plans and programs as constituted on June 1, 2006, including all of its personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities, and including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto.
(2)The Directorate of Preparedness, as constituted on June 1, 2006, including all of its functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities, and including the functions of the Under Secretary for Preparedness relating thereto.
(b)Exceptions
The following within the Preparedness Directorate shall not be transferred:
(1)The Office of Infrastructure Protection.
(2)The National Communications System.
(3)The National Cybersecurity Division.
(4)The functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, and liabilities of each component described under paragraphs (1) through (3).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 505 of Pub. L. 107–296 was renumbered section 518 and is classified to section 321g of this title.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b)(4), (5). Pub. L. 115–387 redesignated par. (5) as (4), substituted “(1) through (3)” for “(1) through (4)”, and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “The Office of the Chief Medical Officer.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Mar. 31, 2007, see section 614(b)(3) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 701 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

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 section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of this title and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 315

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110