(d) UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATOR; FED-
ERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATOR.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to affect the appointment of the United 
States Fire Administrator under section 5(b) of the Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2204(b)) 
or the Federal Insurance Administrator under section 
1105(a) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4129). 
(e) TRANSITION PERIOD.—The transfers under this 
section shall be carried out not later than 120 days fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this Act. During the tran-
sition period, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
provide to the Administrator such assistance, including 
the use of personnel and assets, as the Administrator may 
request in preparing for the transfer. 
(f) TRANSITION.—The Administrator may use— 
(1) the services of such officers, employees, and 
other personnel of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity with respect to functions transferred by this 
section; and 
(2) funds appropriated to such functions for 
such period of time as may reasonably be needed to 
facilitate the orderly implementation of this section. 
(g) LIAISON OFFICE TO ENSURE COORDINATION 
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 
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The Administrator shall establish a liaison office within 
the Agency to ensure adequate coordination with the De-
partment of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 106. PERSONNEL AND OTHER TRANSFERS. 
(a) PERSONNEL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENTS.—The Administrator 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 section 105. 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. 
(2) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Admin-
istrator may obtain the services of experts and con-
sultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and compensate such experts 
and consultants for each day (including traveltime) 
during which they are engaged in the actual per-
formance of such services at rates not in excess of 
the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5315 of such title. The Adminis-
trator may pay experts and consultants who are 
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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. 
(b) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except where 
otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise pro-
vided by this title, the Administrator may delegate any 
of the functions transferred to the Administrator by sec-
tion 105 and any function transferred or granted to the 
Administrator after the date of the transfers by section 
105 to such officers and employees of the Agency as the 
Administrator may designate and may authorize succes-
sive redelegations of such functions as may be necessary 
or appropriate. No delegation of functions by the Adminis-
trator under this subsection or under any other provision 
of this title shall relieve the Administrator of responsibility 
for the administration of such functions. 
(c) REORGANIZATION.—The Administrator may allo-
cate or reallocate any function transferred under section 
105 among the officers of the Agency, and may establish, 
consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational enti-
ties in the Agency as may be necessary or appropriate if 
the Administrator, on or before the 30th day preceding 
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