§ 2204. — United States Fire Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2204]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Sec. 2204. United States Fire Administration
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established in the Department of Commerce an agency
which shall be known as the United States Fire Administration.
(b) Administrator
There shall be at the head of the Administration the Administrator
of the United States Fire Administration. The Administrator 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 provided
for level IV of the Executive Schedule pay rates (5 U.S.C. 5315). The
Administrator shall report and be responsible to the Director.
(c) Deputy Administrator
There shall be in the Administration a Deputy Administrator of the
United States Fire Administration who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who
shall be compensated at the rate now or hereafter provided for level V
of the Executive Schedule pay rates (5 U.S.C. 5316). The Deputy
Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator shall
from time to time assign or delegate, and shall act as Administrator
during the absence or disability of the Administrator or in the event of
a vacancy in the office of Administrator.
(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 5, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1536; Pub. L. 95-422,
Sec. 2(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 932; Pub. L. 106-503, title I,
Sec. 110(a)(2)(B)(i), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-503 substituted ``Director'' for
``Secretary''.
1978--Subsecs. (a) to (c). Pub. L. 95-422 substituted ``United
States Fire Administration'' for ``National Fire Prevention and Control
Administration''.
Transfer of Functions
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 sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6,
Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security
Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
Functions of National Fire Prevention and Control Administration
[now United States Fire Administration] and National Academy for Fire
Prevention and Control generally transferred to Federal Emergency
Management Agency. For further details see Transfer of Functions note
set out under section 2202 of this title.
Termination or Privatization of Functions
Pub. L. 105-108, Sec. 4, Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2264, provided
that:
``(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days before the termination or
transfer to a private sector person or entity of any significant
function of the United States Fire Administration, as described in
subsection (b), the Administrator of the United States Fire
Administration shall transmit to Congress a report providing notice of
that termination or transfer.
``(b) Covered Terminations and Transfers.--For purposes of
subsection (a), a termination or transfer to a person or entity
described in that subsection shall be considered to be a termination or
transfer of a significant function of the United States Fire
Administration if the termination or transfer--
``(1) relates to a function of the Administration that requires
the expenditure of more than 5 percent of the total amount of funds
made available by appropriations to the Administration; or
``(2) involves the termination of more than 5 percent of the
employees of the Administration.''
Notice of Reprogramming or Reorganization
Pub. L. 105-108, Sec. 5, Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2265, provided
that:
``(a) Major Reorganization Defined.--With respect to the United
States Fire Administration, the term `major reorganization' means any
reorganization of the Administration that involves the reassignment of
more than 25 percent of the employees of the Administration.
``(b) Notice of Reprogramming.--If any funds appropriated pursuant
to the amendments made by this Act [see Short Title of 1997 Amendment
note set out under section 2201 of this title] are subject to a
reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, notice of that action shall concurrently be provided to
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and
the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives.
``(c) Notice of Reorganization.--Not later than 15 days before any
major reorganization of any program, project, or activity of the United
States Fire Administration, the Administrator of the United States Fire
Administration shall provide notice to the Committees on Science and
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of the
Senate.''
Abolition of Position of Deputy Administrator
Position of Deputy Administrator of National Fire Prevention and
Control Administration abolished by section 301 of Reorganization Plan
No. 3 of 1978, Sec. 301, 43 F.R. 41944, 92 Stat. 3789, set out as a note
under section 2201 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2203 of this title.
