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the fiscal year 1980, not to exceed $61,600,000 for fiscal year 1981, not to exceed $42,600,000 for the fiscal year 1982, not to exceed $49,752,000 for the fiscal year 1984, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1985.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 1377. This title shall take effect one hundred and twenty days following the date of its enactment, except that the Director on the basis of a finding that conditions exist necessitating the prescribing of an additional period, may prescribe a later effective date which in no event shall be more than one hundred and eighty days following such date of enactment.

Approved August 1, 1968, 11:52 a.m.

EXCERPT FROM FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 1956
[Public Law 1016, 84th Congress; 70 Stat. 1084; 42 U.S.C. 2414(e)]

FUNDS AND TREASURY BORROWINGS

SEC. 15

(e) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury from time to time and have outstanding at any one time, in an amount not exceeding $500,000,000 (or such greater amount as may be approved by the President) notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of such notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code1 and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such chapter are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.

The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by him under this section. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.

Approved August 7, 1956.

1 Comma omitted in original.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983

(Public Law 98–181; 97 Stat. 1229; 42 U.S.C. 4015 note]

FLOOD INSURANCE

SEC. 451. (a) ・・・

(gX1) The premium rates charged for flood insurance under any program established pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 may not be increased during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 1984.

Approved November 30, 1983.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983 [Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1230; 42 U.S.C 4122 note]

STUDY OF SINKHOLE INSURANCE

SEC. 453. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make a grant to a nonprofit organization, educational institution or affiliated agency or entity, or State or local agency to finance a study of the feasibility or expanding the national flood insurance program to cover damage or loss arising from sinkholes. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section.

Approved November 30, 1983.

EXCERPT FROM PUBLIC LAW 98-364

[98 Stat. 444]

An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes.

SEC. 202. For purposes of sections 1305(c), 1315, and 1363 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4012(c), 4022, and 4104) and section 202(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4106(a)), the flood elevation determination made by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency with respect to Cameron Parish in the State of Louisiana, and published in the Federal Register on July 28, 1983, and November 22, 1983, shall not be considered final before the expiration of the one-year period following the date of enactment of this Act.

Approved July 17, 1984.

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1978

[43 F.R. 182, Sept. 12, 1978]

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, June 19, 1978, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code.

PART I. FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

SEC. 101. Establishment of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is hereby established as an independent establishment in the Executive Branch, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (the "Agency").

SEC. 102. The Director. The Agency shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level II of the Executive Schedule.

SEC. 103. The Deputy Director. There shall be within the Agency a Deputy Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule. The Deputy Director shall perform such functions as the Director may from time to time prescribe and shall act as Director during the absence or disability of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the Office of the Director.

SEC. 104. Associate Directors. There shall be within the Agency not more than four Associate Driectors, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule, one of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for level V of the Executive Schedule and one of whom shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for GS-18 of the General Schedule. The Associate Directors shall perform such functions as the Director may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 105. Regional Directors. There shall be within the Agency ten regional directors who shall be appointed by the Director in the excepted service and shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter prescribed by law for GS-16 of the General Schedule.

SEC. 106. Performance of Functions. The Director may establish bureaus, offices, divisions, and other units within the Agency. The Director may from time to time make provision for the performance of any function of the Director by any officer, employee, or unit of the Agency.

PART II. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

SEC. 201. Fire Prevention. There are hereby transferred to the Director all functions vested in the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, and the Superintendent of the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control pursuant to the

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