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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 314a. FEMA programs

Statutory text

Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, as of , the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be responsible for the radiological emergency preparedness program and the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program.

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. Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act

    Pub. L. 109–347 title VI § 612 · 120 Stat. 1884

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 314a

    (Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, § 612, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1943.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, § 612, Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1943.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 612. FEMA PROGRAMS.    Effective date. Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, as of April 1, 2007, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be responsible for the radiological emergency preparedness program and the chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006, also known as the SAFE Port Act, and not as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

References to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency considered to refer and apply to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295, set out as a note under section 313 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–347, title VI, § 612, , 120 Stat. 1943.)

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