assigned as required to assist the Federal Coordinating Officer in the discharge of his duties.

d. Information and Assistance Centers. When determined necessary by the responsible OEP Regional Director, one or more information and assistance centers will be established in population centers to provide a one location source of relief and assistance to individuals. Representatives of the Federal agencies which provide individual assistance and others, such as Red Cross representatives, State and local caseworkers and legal advisers, will be situated at these centers.

9. Federal Agency Responsibilities. a. General. In addition to the responsibilities of specific agencies outlined below, the following general preparedness responsibilities are prescribed for each agency:

(1) Prepare plans covering all phases of disaster operations.

(2) Develop and issue planning guidance to field offices.

(3) Establish liaison with other agencies whose responsibilities indicate a need for coordinated planning.

(4) Establish and maintain contact with State-level counterpart agencies for the purpose of coordinating disaster planning.

(5) Publish and make available for distribution information materials pertaining to disaster preparedness and operations in the area of the particular agency's interest.

(6) Select personnel for emergency assignment to disaster assistance and conduct training programs to prepare them for their duties.

(7) Be prepared to dispatch individuals or teams to a disaster area to assist State and local authorities in managing relief and recovery operations. (8) Develop the capability to assess disaster-caused damage to those public facilities which the Agency may have a knowledge of, or concern for, as part of its normal functional activities.

b. Specific. The following agencies are assigned responsibilities as listed to reflect the more probable assignment of functions by OEP in a disaster situation and to indicate those responsibilities which have been assigned by separate statute to a particular Agency. Specific assignments made by OEP under its authority are subject to change or to reassignment as the situation may require. (1) Office of Emergency Preparedness. Under provisions of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, OEP administers the President's Disaster Assistance Program and Disaster Relief Fund. Specifically, OEP administers the allocation of grants and other assistance to State, local, and individual applicants and the provision of technical assistance to State and local agencies in their relief work; promotes, encourages, and evaluates the development of comprehensive disaster relief plans, programs, and organizations by Federal, State and local departments or agencies; and acts as the President's agent in the coordination of the total Federal response to natural disasters.

(2) Department of Agriculture administers:

(a) Cost sharing conservation assistance on private property in rural

areas.

(b) Donation of USDA owned foods for emergency mass feeding by schools, local governments, the American National Red Cross, and others, and for family assistance for disaster victims.

(c) Disaster loans for repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of farm damage and to homes of eligible persons in rural areas.

(d) Food stamp distribution to eligible families.

(e) Emergency livestock feeding programs.

(f) Fire fighting in national forests and adjoining rural areas.

(g) On OEP direction, plans and finances for debris clearance and salvage and cleanup of damaged timber from private lands in predominately rural areas.

(h) On OEP direction and with OEP financing, assistance to certain States and local authorities in forest and grassland fire fighting. (3) Department of Commerce administers:

(a) Scientific and technical assistance in predisaster planning and postdisaster assistance and also educational programs designed to familiarize government officials and the general public with disaster warning methods and procedures and the potential effects of various types of disasters.

(b) Programs to assist disaster-stricken communities to plan for longrange rebuilding and economic recovery.

(c) Technical and scientific support to disaster preparedness programs of other agencies.

(d) Disaster assistance related to port areas and shipping.

(e) Assistance to defense contractors by priority allocations of materials for restoration and rehabilitation of production facilities, equipment, and materials.

(4) Department of Defense administers:

(a) The performance of disaster assistance emergency operations or tasks in response to local or State government requests, or as assigned by OEP. (b) On OEP direction, supervises or performs the removal of debris from urban areas.

(5) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) administers: (a) Programs to assist State and local government agencies in planning and preparing for emergency health and welfare services as an extension of normal programs.

(b) Financial assistance to local education agencies for the replacement, restoration, and/or operation of school facilities damaged or destroyed.

(c) Personnel assistance to State and local authorities to locate surviving stocks of foods and drugs and to determine their fitness for use.

(d) Loan of emergency medical supplies and equipment to local health authorities.

(e) Loan of stockpiled cots and blankets to the Red Cross for disaster relief operations.

(f) Mobile disaster medical teams for dispatch to disaster sites to augment local medical capability.

(g) Assistance in communicable disease control.

(h) Temporary emergency assistance and services to families with children in urgent distress due to disaster, administered by public welfare agencies (limited to States having approved plans).

(i) Financial assistance for repair of damaged homes owned by public assistance recipients, administered by public welfare agencies (limited to States having approved plans).

(j) Expedited claims and payment procedures for Social Security survivors and disability beneficiaries.

(k) Donation of Federal surplus supplies and equipment through the State Agency for Surplus Property.

(6) Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD) administers: (a) Assistance to OEP in providing temporary disaster housing and mortgage-rental assistance to disaster victims.

(b) Programs for increasing general public appreciation of disaster resistant construction and other urban disaster damage abatement measures. (c) Assistance to State and local authorities for plans and programs for long-range recovery.

(d) Programs to assist individuals and governmental entities in financing repair and rebuilding of damaged homes, community facilities and development of damaged areas.

(e) The provision of subsidized hazard insurance to disaster-prone areas. (f) Assistance to local governments in the repair and restoration of water and sewer facilities.

(7) Department of the Interior administers:

(a) Assistance to State and local authorities in planning for uninterrupted supply of fuels and electric power into disaster areas.

(b) Assistance to certain State and local authorities in developing forest fire fighting plans and interstate fire fighting compacts.

(c) Assistance to water user organizations and other governmental entities for the removal of wreckage and debris and the repair or replacement of facilities, as directed by OEP.

(d) Assistance to State and local authorities in the identification and planned reduction or elimination of geologic hazards.

(8) Department of Labor administers:

(a) Assistance to State and local authorities in mobilizing manpower for employment in disaster assistance operations.

(b) Programs to assist minority group employment in disaster areas. (c) Programs for major disaster area unemployment compensation and employment services.

(9) Department of Transportation administers:

(a) The coordination of the efforts of all Federal transportation agencies in meeting the demands for transportation facilities and service in the disaster area.

(b) Liaison with the Federal Coordinating Officer in meeting the need for all forms of transportation response.

(c) Assistance to State and local governments in planning emergency transportation measures.

(d) The removal of debris from, and the repair or reconstruction of, roads streets loctaed on the Federal Aid and other designated systems.

(e) On OEP direction, the removal of debris from, and the repair or reconstruction of, roads and streets not located on the Federal Aid or other designated systems.

(f) Provision of transportation services in rescue operations.

(g) Performance of disaster assistance to civil transportation facilities in emergency tasks as assigned by OEP.

(10) Civil Aeronautics Board. Administers and acts on requests for operating authorizations permitting certified air carriers to provide emergency air service to disaster areas.

(11) Interstate Commerce Commission. In coordination with the Department of Transportation, administers necessary arrangements for expediting movement of relief supplies to stricken areas.

(12) Office of Economic Opportunity administers as a primary responsibility and not as exclusive agent:

(a) Programs of assistance to OEP for informing victims of available aid and the guidance of underprivileged groups in disaster areas.

(b) Programs for providing legal aid to underprivileged disaster victims. (13) General Services Administration administers:

(a) Programs for providing communication and logistical support to Federal disaster relief activities and to State and local authorities to the extent they are engaged in work for the Federal Government.

(b) Programs for the distribution and use of Federal Government excess and surplus personal property in disaster relief activities.

(c) Programs to provide such common services as transportation, supplies, space, etc., as may be directed by OEP.

(14) Small Business Administration administers a program of disaster loans to victims of a major disaster for repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of property damaged or destroyed in urban areas.

10. Funding. For reimbursement of costs incurred in OEP-directed disaster activities, consult Part 1709, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32.

11. Reports. The OEP National Office will not normally request formal periodic reports of national level Federal agency disaster activities. As prescribed by OEP Regional Directors, the Federal Coordinating Officer may request periodic reports on assigned disaster tasks from regional level or equivalent Federal agency organizations.

12. Effective Date. This Circular is effective on the date of issuance.

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G. A. LINCOLN,

Director.

APPENDIX 4.-TEXT OF REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED

EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION

TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, 901-913

(Reorganization Act of 1949, as Revised by Public Law 92-179, Approved December 10, 1971)

Sec.

Chapter 9.-EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION

901. Purpose

902. Definitions.

903. Reorganization plans.

904. Additional contents of reorganization plans.

905. Limitations on powers.

906. Effective date and publication of reorganization plans.

907. Effect on other laws, pending legal proceedings, and unexpended appropriations.

908. Rules of Senate and House of Representatives on reorganization plans. 909. Terms of resolution.

910. Reference of resolution to committee.

911. Discharge of committee considering resolution.

912. Procedure after report or discharge of committee; debate.

913. Decisions without debate on motion to postpone or proceed.

§ 901. Purpose

(a) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States(1) to promote better execution of the laws, more effective management of the executive branch and of its agencies and functions, and expeditious administration of the public business;

(2) to reduce expenditures and promote economy to the fullest extent consistent with the efficient operation of the Government; (3) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable;

(4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes;

(5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government; and

(6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.

(b) Congress declares that the public interest aeru, ide

out of the purposes of subsection (a) of this section and that the purposes may be accomplished in great measure by proceeding under this chapter, and can be accomplished more speedily thereby than by the enactment of specific legislation.

(c) The President shall from time to time examine the organization of all agencies and shall determine what changes in such organization are necessary to carry out any policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

(179)

§ 902. Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter— (1) "agency" means

(A) an Executive agency or part thereof;

(B) an office or officer in the executive branch; and

(C) any and all parts of the government of the District of Columbia other than the courts thereof;

but does not include the General Accounting Office or the Comtroller General of the United States;

(2) "reorganization" means a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition, referred to in section 903 of this title;

(3) "officer" is not limited by section 2104 of this title.

§ 903. Reorganization plans

(a) Whenever the President, after investigation, finds that changes in the organization of agencies are necessary to carry out any policy set forth in section 901 (a) of this title, he shall prepare a reorganization plan specifying the reorganizations he finds are necessary. Any plan may provide for

(1) the transfer of the whole or a part of an agency, or of the whole or a part of the functions thereof, to the jurisdiction and control of another agency;

(2) the abolition of all or a part of the functions of an agency; (3) the consolidation or coordination of the whole or a part of an agency, or of the whole or a part of the functions thereof, with the whole or a part of another agency of the functions thereof; (4) the consolidation or coordination of a part of an agency or the functions thereof with another part of the same agency or the functions thereof;

(5) the authorization of an officer to delegate any of his functions; or

(6) the abolition of the whole or a part of an agency which agency or part does not have, or on the taking effect of the reorganization plan will not have, any functions.

The President shall transmit the plan (bearing an identification number) to the Congress together with a declaration that, with respect to each reorganization included in the plan, he has found that the reorganization is necessary to carry out any policy set forth in section 901(a) of this title.

(b) The President shall have a reorganization plan delivered to both Houses on the same day and to each House while it is in session, and furthermore shall not transmit more than one such plan to Congress within any period of thirty consecutive days. In his message transmitting a reorganization plan, the President shall specify with respect to each abolition of a function included in the plan the statutory authority for the exercise of the function and the reduction of expenditures (itemized so far as practicable) that it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the plan.