(2) maintain and operate within the Agency the 
National Response Coordination Center (or its suc-
cessor); 
(3) develop and maintain a national emergency 
management system that is capable of preparing for, 
responding to, recovering from, and mitigating haz-
ards of all magnitudes, including catastrophic disas-
ters; and 
(4) supervise grant programs administered by 
the Agency. 
(g) ALL-HAZARDS APPROACH.—In carrying out the 
responsibilities under this section, the Director shall co-
ordinate the implementation of an all-hazards strategy 
that builds those common capabilities necessary to prepare 
for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate hazards. 
SEC. 5. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
The Agency shall have an Office of the Inspector 
General, headed by an Inspector General, in accordance 
with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Inspector General Act of 1978’’). 
SEC. 6. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be transferred to the 
Director all functions of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, as such Agency was constituted on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There shall be trans-
ferred to the Inspector General all functions relating to 
the Inspector General that were transferred from the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency to the Department 
of Homeland Security on or after January 1, 2003. 
(c) 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 Director such assistance, including the use 
of personnel and assets, as the Director may request in 
preparing for the transfer. 
SEC. 7. PERSONNEL AND OTHER TRANSFERS. 
(a) PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS.—The Director may 
appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and em-
ployees as may be necessary to carry out the respective 
functions transferred by section 6. 
(b) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND PERSONNEL.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this Act, the personnel employed in connection with, 
and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and 
unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, al-
locations, and other funds employed, used, held, arising 
from, available to, or to be made available in connection 
with the functions transferred by section 6, subject to sec-
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tion 1531 of title 31, United States Code, shall be trans-
ferred to the Agency. Unexpended funds transferred pur-
suant to this subsection shall be used only for the purposes 
for which the funds were originally authorized and appro-
priated. 
(c) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, may make such determinations as may be nec-
essary with regard to the functions transferred by section 
6, and may make such additional incidental dispositions 
of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, 
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, au-
thorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, aris-
ing from, available to, or to be made available in connec-
tion with such functions, as may be necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this Act. The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall provide for the termination 
of the affairs of all entities terminated by this Act and 
for such further measures and dispositions as may be nec-
essary to effectuate the purposes of this Act. 
(d) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided by this Act, the transfer pursuant to this Act 
of full-time personnel (except special Government 
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employees) and part-time personnel holding perma-
nent positions shall not cause any such employee to 
be separated or reduced in grade or compensation 
for 1 year after the date of transfer of such em-
ployee under this Act. 
(2) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITIONS.—Except 
as otherwise provided in this Act, any person who, 
on the day preceding the date of the transfers of 
functions by section 6, held a position compensated 
in accordance with the Executive Schedule pre-
scribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 
and who, without a break in service, is appointed in 
the Agency to a position having duties comparable to 
the duties performed immediately preceding such ap-
pointment 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 serv-
ice of such person in such new position. 
SEC. 8. SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONTINUING EFFECT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS 
AND ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The legal documents and ac-
tions described in paragraph (2) shall continue in ef-
fect according to their terms until modified, termi-
nated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accord-
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ance with law by the President, the Director, other 
authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, 
or by operation of law. 
(2) LEGAL
DOCUMENTS
AND
ACTIONS
DE-
SCRIBED.—The legal documents and actions de-
scribed in this paragraph are all orders, determina-
tions, 
rules, 
regulations, 
permits, 
agreements, 
grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, 
privileges, and other administrative actions that 
both— 
(A) have been issued, made, granted, or al-
lowed to become effective by the President, any 
Federal agency or official thereof, or by a court 
of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of 
functions that are transferred by section 6; and 
(B) are in effect on the date of the trans-
fers of functions by section 6, or were final be-
fore such date and are to become effective on 
or after such date. 
(b) PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—The provisions 
of this Act shall not affect any proceedings, including no-
tices of proposed rulemaking, or any application for any 
license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending 
before the Agency on the date of the transfers of functions 
by section 6, with respect to functions transferred by sec-
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