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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 50 — National Flood Insurance

§ 4129. Federal Insurance Administrator; establishment of position

Statutory text

There is hereby established in the Federal Emergency Management Agency the position of Federal Insurance Administrator.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968

    Pub. L. 90–448 title XI § 1105(a) · 82 Stat. 476

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 4129

    Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1105(a), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 567

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1105(a), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 567

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) There is hereby established in the Department of Housing and Urban Development the position of Federal Insurance Administrator.

  2. Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1979

    Pub. L. 96–153 title VI § 603(a) · 93 Stat. 1101

    Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 4129

    Pub. L. 96–153 substituted “Federal Emergency Management Agency” for “Department of Housing and Urban Development”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–153 substituted “Federal Emergency Management Agency” for “Department of Housing and Urban Development”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 1105(a) of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 (title XI of the Housing and Urban Development 42 USC 3533a. Act of 1968) is amended by striking out “Department of Housing and Urban Development” and substituting in lieu thereof “Federal Emergency Management Agency”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3533a of this title.

Section was enacted as part of the Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968 and also as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and not as part of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1979—Pub. L. 96–153 substituted “Federal Emergency Management Agency” for “Department of Housing and Urban Development”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security.

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 sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Credits

1968–1979 · 2 acts
  1. 1968Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1105(a), , 82 Stat. 567
  2. 1979Pub. L. 96–153, title VI, § 603(a), , 93 Stat. 1138.
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(Pub. L. 90–448, title XI, § 1105(a), , 82 Stat. 567; Pub. L. 96–153, title VI, § 603(a), , 93 Stat. 1138.)

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