I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3300 
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2013 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 
FEMA AND MODERNIZATION 
OF 
INTEGRATED 
PUBLIC 
ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM 
SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY. 
Section 699 of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 811) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘administration and operations’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘management 
and administration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2014, $972,145,000; 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2015, $972,145,000; and 
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2016, $972,145,000.’’. 
SEC. 102. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM MODERNIZATION. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Moderniza-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
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(b) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM MODERNIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To provide timely and effec-
tive disaster warnings under this section, the Presi-
dent, acting through the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, shall— 
(A) modernize the integrated public alert 
and warning system of the United States (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘public alert and 
warning system’’) to ensure that the President 
under all conditions is able to alert and warn 
governmental authorities and the civilian popu-
lation in areas endangered by disasters; and 
(B) implement the public alert and warn-
ing system. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.—In car-
rying out paragraph (1), the Administrator shall, 
consistent with the recommendations in the final re-
port of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 
System Advisory Committee (established under sub-
section (c))— 
(A) establish or adopt, as appropriate, 
common alerting and warning protocols, stand-
ards, terminology, and operating procedures for 
the public alert and warning system; 
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(B) include in the public alert and warning 
system the capability to adapt the distribution 
and content of communications on the basis of 
geographic location, risks, or personal user 
preferences, as appropriate; 
(C) include in the public alert and warning 
system the capability to alert and warn, and 
provide the equivalent amount of information to 
individuals with disabilities and individuals with 
access and functional needs; 
(D) ensure that training, tests, and exer-
cises are conducted for the public alert and 
warning system and that the system is incor-
porated into other training and exercise pro-
grams of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, as appropriate; 
(E) establish and integrate into the Na-
tional Incident Management System a com-
prehensive and periodic training program to in-
struct and educate Federal, State, tribal, and 
local government officials in the use of the 
Common Alerting Protocol enabled Emergency 
Alert System; 
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(F) conduct, at least once every 3 years, 
periodic nationwide tests of the public alert and 
warning system; and 
(G) ensure that the public alert and warn-
ing system is resilient, secure, and can with-
stand acts of terrorism and other external at-
tacks. 
(3) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—The public alert 
and warning system shall— 
(A) incorporate multiple communications 
technologies; 
(B) be designed to adapt to, and incor-
porate, future technologies for communicating 
directly with the public; 
(C) to the extent technically feasible, be 
designed to provide alerts to the largest portion 
of the affected population, including non-
resident visitors and tourists and individuals 
with disabilities and access and functional 
needs, and improve the ability of remote areas 
to receive alerts; 
(D) promote local and regional public and 
private partnerships to enhance community pre-
paredness and response; 
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(E) provide redundant alert mechanisms if 
practicable so as to reach the greatest number 
of people regardless of whether they have access 
to, or utilize, any specific medium of commu-
nication or any particular device; and 
(F) include a mechanism to ensure the 
protection of individual privacy. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of submission of the report 
of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 
Advisory Committee, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a detailed plan to implement the public alert 
and warning system. The plan shall include a 
timeline for implementation, a spending plan, and 
recommendations for any additional authority that 
may be necessary to fully implement this subsection. 
(5) MAXIMUM FUNDS.—The Administrator may 
use not more than $12,733,000 of the amount made 
available pursuant to section 699 of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 
2006 (6 U.S.C. 811) for each of fiscal years 2014, 
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2015, and 2016 to carry out the provisions of this 
section. 
(c) INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYS-
TEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy shall establish an advisory committee to be known 
as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System 
Advisory Committee (in this subsection referred to 
as the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee 
shall be composed of the following members (or their 
designees) to be appointed by the Administrator as 
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
this Act: 
(A) The Chairman of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission. 
(B) The Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the 
Department of Commerce. 
(C) The Assistant Secretary for Commu-
nications and Information of the Department of 
Commerce. 
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(D) Representatives of State and local gov-
ernments, representatives of emergency man-
agement agencies, and representatives of emer-
gency response providers, selected from among 
individuals nominated by national organizations 
representing governments and personnel. 
(E) Representatives from federally recog-
nized Indian tribes and national Indian organi-
zations. 
(F) Individuals who have the requisite 
technical knowledge and expertise to serve on 
the Advisory Committee, including representa-
tives of— 
(i) communications service providers; 
(ii) vendors, developers, and manufac-
turers of systems, facilities, equipment, 
and capabilities for the provision of com-
munications services; 
(iii) third-party service bureaus; 
(iv) the broadcasting industry, includ-
ing commercial and noncommercial radio 
and television stations; 
(v) the cellular industry; 
(vi) the cable industry; 
(vii) the satellite industry; and 
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(viii) 
national 
organizations 
rep-
resenting individuals with disabilities and 
access and functional needs and national 
organizations representing the elderly. 
(G) Qualified representatives of such other 
stakeholders and interested and affected parties 
as the Administrator considers appropriate. 
(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Administrator shall 
serve as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee. 
(4) MEETINGS.— 
(A) INITIAL MEETING.—The initial meet-
ing of the Advisory Committee shall take place 
not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(B) OTHER MEETINGS.—After the initial 
meeting, the Advisory Committee shall meet at 
the call of the Chairperson. 
(C) NOTICE; OPEN MEETINGS.—Meetings 
held by the Advisory Committee shall be duly 
noticed at least 14 days in advance and shall be 
open to the public. 
(D) INTERESTED
PERSONS.—Interested 
persons shall be permitted to attend, appear be-
fore, or file statements with the Advisory Com-
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mittee, in accordance with subsection (c) of sec-
tion 552b of title 5, United States Code. 
(E) MEETING
MINUTES.—The Advisory 
Committee shall keep detailed minutes of each 
meeting, which shall contain a record of the 
persons present, a complete and accurate de-
scription of matters discussed and conclusions 
reached, and copies of all reports received, 
issued, or approved by the Advisory Committee. 
(F) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 
records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appen-
dixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, 
or other documents which were made available 
to or prepared for or by the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be available for public inspection 
and copying, subject to section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, at a single location in the 
office of FEMA until the Advisory Committee 
ceases to exist. 
(5) RULES.— 
(A) QUORUM.—One-third of the members 
of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for conducting business of the Advisory 
Committee. 
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(B) SUBCOMMITTEES.—To assist the Advi-
sory Committee in carrying out its functions, 
the Chairperson may establish appropriate sub-
committees composed of members of the Advi-
sory Committee and other subject matter ex-
perts as the Chairperson considers necessary. 
(C) ADDITIONAL
RULES.—The Advisory 
Committee may adopt such other rules as are 
necessary to carry out its duties. 
(6) CONSULTATION WITH NONMEMBERS.—The 
Advisory Committee and the program offices for the 
integrated public alert and warning system for the 
United States shall regularly meet with groups that 
are not represented on the Advisory Committee to 
consider new and developing technologies that may 
be beneficial to the public alert and warning system. 
Such groups may include— 
(A) 
the 
Defense 
Advanced 
Research 
Projects Agency; 
(B) entities engaged in federally funded re-
search; and 
(C) academic institutions engaged in rel-
evant work and research. 
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(7) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall develop recommendations for an inte-
grated public alert and warning system, including— 
(A) recommendations for common alerting 
and warning protocols, standards, terminology, 
and operating procedures for the public alert 
and warning system; and 
(B) recommendations to provide for a pub-
lic alert and warning system that— 
(i) has the capability to adapt the dis-
tribution and content of communications 
on the basis of geographic location, risks, 
or personal user preferences, as appro-
priate; 
(ii) has the capability to alert and 
warn individuals with disabilities and indi-
viduals with limited English proficiency; 
(iii) incorporates multiple communica-
tions technologies; 
(iv) is designed to adapt to, and incor-
porate, future technologies for commu-
nicating directly with the public; 
(v) is designed to provide alerts to the 
largest portion of the affected population 
feasible, including nonresident visitors and 
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tourists, and improve the ability of remote 
areas to receive alerts; 
(vi) promotes local and regional public 
and private partnerships to enhance com-
munity preparedness and response; and 
(vii) provides redundant alert mecha-
nisms if practicable in order to reach the 
greatest number of people regardless of 
whether they have access to, or utilize, any 
specific medium of communication or any 
particular device. 
(8) INITIAL AND ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Admin-
istrator, the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate a report containing the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee. 
(9) FEDERAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
ACT.— 
Neither the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) nor any rule, order, or regulation pro-
mulgated under that Act shall apply to the Advisory 
Committee. 
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(10) TERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee 
shall terminate not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(d) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or 
require FEMA or any other government entity to require 
any action on the part of the Federal Communications 
Commission, the Department of Commerce, the Office of 
Emergency Communications, or any other nongovernment 
entity nor impact any existing obligations of these entities. 
TITLE II—STAFFORD ACT AND 
OTHER PROGRAMS 
SEC. 201. REAUTHORIZATION OF URBAN SEARCH AND RES-
CUE RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 327. NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE RE-
SPONSE SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
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‘‘(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
‘‘(3) HAZARD.—The term ‘hazard’ has the 
meaning given that term by section 602. 
‘‘(4) NONEMPLOYEE
SYSTEM
MEMBER.—The 
term ‘nonemployee System member’ means a System 
member not employed by a sponsoring agency or 
participating agency. 
‘‘(5) PARTICIPATING AGENCY.—The term ‘par-
ticipating agency’ means a State or local govern-
ment, nonprofit organization, or private organization 
that has executed an agreement with a sponsoring 
agency to participate in the System. 
‘‘(6) SPONSORING AGENCY.—The term ‘spon-
soring agency’ means a State or local government 
that is the sponsor of a task force designated by the 
Administrator to participate in the System. 
‘‘(7) SYSTEM.—The term ‘System’ means the 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response Sys-
tem to be administered under this section. 
‘‘(8) SYSTEM
MEMBER.—The term ‘System 
member’ means an individual who is not a full-time 
employee of the Federal Government and who serves 
on a task force or on a System management or other 
technical team. 
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‘‘(9) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘task force’ 
means an urban search and rescue team designated 
by the Administrator to participate in the System. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Administrator shall continue to 
administer the emergency response system known as the 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—In administering the System, the 
Administrator shall provide for a national network of 
standardized search and rescue resources to assist States 
and local governments in responding to hazards. 
‘‘(d) TASK FORCES.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator shall 
designate task forces to participate in the System. 
The Administrator shall determine the criteria for 
such participation. 
‘‘(2) SPONSORING AGENCIES.—Each task force 
shall have a sponsoring agency. The Administrator 
shall enter into an agreement with the sponsoring 
agency with respect to the participation of each task 
force in the System. 
‘‘(3) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(A) PARTICIPATING
AGENCIES.—A task 
force may include, at the discretion of the spon-
soring agency, one or more participating agen-
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cies. The sponsoring agency shall enter into an 
agreement with each participating agency with 
respect to the participation of the participating 
agency on the task force. 
‘‘(B) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—A task force 
may also include, at the discretion of the spon-
soring agency, other individuals not otherwise 
associated with the sponsoring agency or a par-
ticipating agency. The sponsoring agency of a 
task force may enter into a separate agreement 
with each such individual with respect to the 
participation of the individual on the task force. 
‘‘(e) MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL TEAMS.—The 
Administrator shall maintain such management teams and 
other technical teams as the Administrator determines are 
necessary to administer the System. 
‘‘(f) APPOINTMENT
OF SYSTEM MEMBERS INTO 
FEDERAL SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may ap-
point a System member into Federal service for a 
period of service to provide for the participation of 
the System member in exercises, preincident staging, 
major disaster and emergency response activities, 
and training events sponsored or sanctioned by the 
Administrator. 
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‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
CIVIL 
SERVICE LAWS.—The Administrator may make ap-
pointments under paragraph (1) without regard to 
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service. 
‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
AUTHORI-
TIES.—The authority of the Administrator to make 
appointments under this subsection shall not affect 
any other authority of the Administrator under this 
Act. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—A System member who is 
appointed into Federal service under paragraph (1) 
shall not be considered an employee of the United 
States for purposes other than those specifically set 
forth in this section. 
‘‘(g) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(1) PAY
OF
SYSTEM
MEMBERS.—Subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Administrator may 
impose by regulation, the Administrator shall make 
payments to the sponsoring agency of a task force— 
‘‘(A) to reimburse each employer of a Sys-
tem member on the task force for compensation 
paid by the employer to the System member for 
any period during which the System member is 
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appointed into Federal service under subsection 
(f)(1); and 
‘‘(B) to make payments directly to a non-
employee System member on the task force for 
any period during which the non-employee Sys-
tem member is appointed into Federal service 
under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES FILL-
ING POSITIONS OF SYSTEM MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Administrator may im-
pose by regulation, the Administrator shall 
make payments to the sponsoring agency of a 
task force to reimburse each employer of a Sys-
tem member on the task force for compensation 
paid by the employer to an employee filling a 
position normally filled by the System member 
for any period during which the System mem-
ber is appointed into Federal service under sub-
section (f)(1). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Costs incurred by an 
employer shall be eligible for reimbursement 
under subparagraph (A) only to the extent that 
the costs are in excess of the costs that would 
have been incurred by the employer had the 
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System member not been appointed into Fed-
eral service under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(3) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—A System mem-
ber shall not be entitled to pay directly from the 
Agency for a period during which the System mem-
ber is appointed into Federal service under sub-
section (f)(1). 
‘‘(h) PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, DISABILITY, OR 
DEATH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A System member who is 
appointed into Federal service under subsection 
(f)(1) and who suffers personal injury, illness, dis-
ability, or death as a result of a personal injury sus-
tained while acting in the scope of such appointment 
shall, for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 
of title 5, United States Code, be treated as though 
the member were an employee (as defined by section 
8101 of that title) who had sustained the injury in 
the performance of duty. 
‘‘(2) ELECTION OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a System member 
(or, in the case of the death of the System 
member, the System member’s dependent) is 
entitled— 
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‘‘(i) under paragraph (1) to receive 
benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 
of title 5, United States Code, by reason of 
personal injury, illness, disability, or death, 
and 
‘‘(ii) to receive benefits from a State 
or local government by reason of the same 
personal injury, illness, disability, or death, 
the System member or dependent shall elect to 
receive either the benefits referred to in clause 
(i) or (ii). 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE.—A System member or 
dependent shall make an election of benefits 
under subparagraph (A) not later than 1 year 
after the date of the personal injury, illness, 
disability, or death that is the reason for the 
benefits or until such later date as the Sec-
retary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause 
shown. 
‘‘(C) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—An election 
of benefits made under this paragraph is irrev-
ocable unless otherwise provided by law. 
‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE OR LOCAL 
BENEFITS.—Subject to such terms and conditions as 
the Administrator may impose by regulation, in the 
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event that a System member or dependent elects 
benefits from a State or local government under 
paragraph (2)(A), the Administrator shall reimburse 
the State or local government for the value of those 
benefits. 
‘‘(i) LIABILITY.—A System member appointed into 
Federal service under subsection (f)(1), while acting with-
in the scope of the appointment, is deemed an employee 
of the Federal Government under section 1346(b) of title 
28, United States Code, and chapter 171 of that title, re-
lating to tort claims procedure. 
‘‘(j) EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.— 
With respect to a System member who is not a regular 
full-time employee of a sponsoring agency or participating 
agency, the following terms and conditions apply: 
‘‘(1) SERVICE.—Service as a System member is 
deemed ‘service in the uniformed services’ for pur-
poses of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
relating to employment and reemployment rights of 
individuals who have performed service in the uni-
formed services (regardless of whether the individual 
receives compensation for such participation). All 
rights and obligations of such persons and proce-
dures for assistance, enforcement, and investigation 
shall be as provided for in such chapter. 
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‘‘(2) PRECLUSION.—Preclusion of giving notice 
of service by necessity of appointment under this 
section is deemed preclusion by ‘military necessity’ 
for purposes of section 4312(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, pertaining to giving notice of absence 
from a position of employment. A determination of 
such necessity shall be made by the Administrator 
and shall not be subject to judicial review. 
‘‘(k) LICENSES AND PERMITS.—If a System member 
holds a valid license, certificate, or other permit issued by 
any State or other governmental jurisdiction evidencing 
the member’s qualifications in any professional, mechan-
ical, or other skill or type of assistance required by the 
System, the System member is deemed to be performing 
a Federal activity when rendering aid involving such skill 
or assistance during a period of appointment into Federal 
service under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(l) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and maintain an advisory committee to pro-
vide expert recommendations to the Administrator in 
order to assist the Administrator in administering 
the System. 
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‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee 
shall be composed of members from geographically 
diverse areas, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) the chief officer or senior executive 
from at least three sponsoring agencies; 
‘‘(B) the senior emergency manager from 
at least two States that include sponsoring 
agencies; and 
‘‘(C) at least one representative rec-
ommended by the leaders of the task forces. 
‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
TERMINATION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to the advisory committee under this subsection. 
‘‘(m) 
PREPAREDNESS
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations for such purpose, the Adminis-
trator shall enter into an annual preparedness coop-
erative agreement with each sponsoring agency. 
Amounts made available to a sponsoring agency 
under such a preparedness cooperative agreement 
shall be for the following purposes: 
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‘‘(A) Training and exercises, including 
training and exercises with other Federal, 
State, and local government response entities. 
‘‘(B) Acquisition and maintenance of 
equipment, including interoperable communica-
tions and personal protective equipment. 
‘‘(C) Medical monitoring required for re-
sponder safety and health in anticipation of and 
following a major disaster, emergency, or other 
hazard, as determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Not-
withstanding section 1552(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, amounts made available for cooperative 
agreements under this subsection that are not ex-
pended shall be deposited in an agency account and 
shall remain available for such agreements without 
fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘(n) RESPONSE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 
Administrator shall enter into a response cooperative 
agreement with each sponsoring agency, as appropriate, 
under which the Administrator agrees to reimburse the 
sponsoring agency for costs incurred by the sponsoring 
agency in responding to a major disaster or emergency. 
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‘‘(o) OBLIGATIONS.—The Administrator may incur 
all necessary obligations consistent with this section in 
order to ensure the effectiveness of the System. 
‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the System and the provi-
sions of this section $35,180,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2014, 2015, and 2016. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Ad-
ministrator may use not to exceed 6 percent of the 
funds appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to 
paragraph (1) for salaries, expenses, and other ad-
ministrative costs incurred by the Administrator in 
carrying out this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY
OF
TITLE
5, 
UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Section 8101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by moving subparagraph (F) to appear 
after subparagraph (E); 
(C) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’; 
and 
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