(e) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RELATING TO PRO-
MULGATION OF REGULATIONS.—Any administrative ac-
tion relating to the preparation or promulgation of a regu-
lation by the Agency relating to a function transferred by 
section 6 may be continued by the Agency with the same 
effect as if this Act had not been enacted. 
SEC. 9. REFERENCES. 
(a) REFERENCES TO FEMA.—Any reference to the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency in any law, Ex-
ecutive order, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, in-
struction, delegation of authority, or other official paper 
shall be considered to refer and apply to the Agency estab-
lished by section 2. 
(b) REFERENCES TO DIRECTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR 
OF FEMA.—Any reference to the Director or the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
in any law, Executive order, rule, regulation, certificate, 
directive, instruction, delegation of authority, or other offi-
cial paper shall be considered to refer and apply to the 
Director established by section 3(a)(1). 
(c) REFERENCES
TO INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Any 
reference to the Inspector General of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency or to the functions relating to 
such office that were transferred from the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency to the Department of Home-
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land Security on or after January 1, 2003, in any law, 
Executive order, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, in-
struction, delegation of authority, or other official paper 
shall be considered to refer and apply to the Inspector 
General established by section 5 or to the functions related 
to such office. 
SEC. 10. OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) 
are repealed: 
(1) Section 501 (6 U.S.C. 311). 
(2) Section 503 (6 U.S.C. 313). 
(3) Section 504 (6 U.S.C. 314). 
(4) Section 505 (6 U.S.C. 315). 
(5) Section 506 (6 U.S.C. 316). 
(6) Section 507 (6 U.S.C. 317). 
(7) Section 508 (6 U.S.C. 318). 
(8) Section 509 (6 U.S.C. 319). 
(9) Section 510 (6 U.S.C. 320). 
(10) Section 513 (6 U.S.C. 321b). 
(11) Section 514 (6 U.S.C. 321c). 
(12) Section 519 (6 U.S.C. 321h). 
(b) REDESIGNATIONS.—Sections 502, 511, 512, 515, 
517, 518, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 
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and 529 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 312, 321, 321a, 321d, 
321f, 321g, 321i, 321j, 321k, 321l, 321m, 321n, 321o, 
321p, 321q, and 321r) are redesignated as sections 501 
through 516, respectively. 
(c) TITLE HEADING.—The heading for title V of such 
Act is amended by striking ‘‘NATIONAL EMER-
GENCY MANAGEMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER 
OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS’’. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing the items relating to title V and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘TITLE V—OTHER OFFICES AND FUNCTIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. Definition. 
‘‘Sec. 502. The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center. 
‘‘Sec. 503. Evacuation plans and exercises. 
‘‘Sec. 504. National Operations Center. 
‘‘Sec. 505. Nuclear incident response. 
‘‘Sec. 506. Conduct of certain public health-related activities. 
‘‘Sec. 507. Use of commercially available technology, goods, and services. 
‘‘Sec. 508. Procurement of security countermeasures for strategic national 
stockpile. 
‘‘Sec. 509. Model standards and guidelines for critical infrastructure workers. 
‘‘Sec. 510. Guidance and recommendations. 
‘‘Sec. 511. Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and certification 
program. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Acceptance of gifts. 
‘‘Sec. 513. Integrated public alert and warning system modernization. 
‘‘Sec. 514. National planning and education. 
‘‘Sec. 515. Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts related to 
food, agriculture, and veterinary defense against terrorism. 
‘‘Sec. 516. Transfer of equipment during a public health emergency.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date on which the 
transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 
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SEC. 11. HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS. 
(a) REFERENCES TO ADMINISTRATOR.—Title XX of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 2002(a) (6 U.S.C. 603(a)) by 
striking ‘‘, through the Administrator,’’; 
(2) in section 2009(a) (6 U.S.C. 609a(a)) by 
striking ‘‘, acting through the Administrator,’’; 
(3) in the subsection heading for section 
2022(c) (6 U.S.C. 612(c)) by striking ‘‘BY THE AD-
MINISTRATOR’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended by 
subsection (a), is further amended— 
(1) in section 2001(1) (6 U.S.C. 601(1)) by 
striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Director’’; 
(2) 
in 
section 
2006(b)(4)(F) 
(6 
U.S.C. 
607(b)(4)(F)) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘Director’’; and 
(3) in section 2006(b)(5) (6 U.S.C. 607(b)(5)) 
by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date on which the 
transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 
SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) 
IMPROVEMENTS
TO
INFORMATION
TECH-
NOLOGY.—Section 640(a) of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 727(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, in coordination with the Chief In-
formation Officer of the Department,’’. 
(b) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—Section 901(b)(2) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(H) The Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Subsection (c) of section 612 of 
the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 
2006 (6 U.S.C. 313 note) is repealed. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date on which the 
transfers of functions by section 6 are carried out. 
SEC. 13. REPORT ON RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—After consultation with Congress, 
the Director shall prepare a report describing rec-
ommended legislation for additional technical and con-
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forming amendments to reflect the changes made by this 
Act. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the last day of the transition period referred 
to in section 6(c), the Director shall submit to Congress 
the report referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency established 
by section 2. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency established by section 3(a). 
(3) HAZARD.—The term ‘‘hazard’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 602(a) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)) and includes 
any major disaster or emergency. 
(4) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Inspec-
tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency established 
by section 5. 
Æ 
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