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[CITE: 42USC3539]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 44--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 3539. Housing and Urban Development Disaster Assistance 
        Fund
        
    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to 
establish a fund and to transfer to such fund from appropriations or 
funds available to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide disaster assistance for which the 
Secretary has been requested by the President to make resources 
available pursuant to the authority of the Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 92-383, title IV, Sec. 406, Aug. 14, 1972, 86 Stat. 553; 1973 
Reorg. Plan No. 1, Secs. 1, 3(a)(1), eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 9579, 87 
Stat. 1089; Ex. Ord. No. 11749, Sec. 2(1), Dec. 10, 1973, 38 F.R. 34177; 
Ex. Ord. No. 12148, Sec. 4-201, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239; Pub. L. 
100-707, title I, Sec. 109(s), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4710.)

                       References in Text

    The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in 
text, is Pub. L. 93-288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, as amended, known 
as the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 
which is classified principally to chapter 68 (Sec. 5121 et seq.) of 
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.
    Section was formerly classified to section 4413a of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-707 substituted ``Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act'' for ``Disaster Relief Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1744)''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``President'' substituted in text for ``Director of the Office of 
Emergency Preparedness'' pursuant to section 1 of Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1973, eff. July 1, 1973, 38 F.R. 9579, 87 Stat. 1089, set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Previously, functions of Director of Office of Emergency 
Preparedness under Disaster Relief Act of 1970, transferred to President 
by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1973, had been transferred to Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development by Ex. Ord. No. 11749, Dec. 10, 1973, 38 
F.R. 34177, which superseded Ex. Ord. No. 11725, June 27, 1973, 38 F.R. 
17175, which had provided for a similar transfer to Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development. Both of these Executive Orders were subsequently 
revoked, see Delegation of Functions note below.
    Office of Emergency Preparedness [formerly Office of Emergency 
Planning], including offices of Director, Deputy Director, Assistant 
Directors, and Regional Directors, abolished and functions vested by law 
in Office of Emergency Preparedness or Director of Office of Emergency 
Preparedness transferred to President of United States by sections 1 and 
3(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1973, eff. July 1, 1973, set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of President under Disaster Relief Act of 1970 delegated 
to Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency by section 4-201 of 
Ex. Ord. No. 12148, July 20, 1979, 44 F.R. 43239, set out as a note 
under section 5195 of this title. Sections 5-112 and 5-113 of Ex. Ord. 
No. 12148, revoked Ex. Ord. Nos. 11725 and 11749, respectively, which 
had previously transferred President's functions under Disaster Relief 
Act of 1970 to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. See Transfer 
of Functions note above.
