6 USC § 315 - Functions transferred

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title: "6 USC § 315 - Functions transferred"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "315"
section_name: "Functions transferred"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(13), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1400; amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(f)(4), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5168.)"
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# § 315. Functions transferred

**(a)** **In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), there are transferred to the Agency the following:

**(1)** All functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including existing responsibilities for emergency alert systems and continuity of operations and continuity of government plans and programs as constituted on June 1, 2006, including all of its personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities, and including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto.

**(2)** The Directorate of Preparedness, as constituted on June 1, 2006, including all of its functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities, and including the functions of the Under Secretary for Preparedness relating thereto.

**(b)** **Exceptions** The following within the Preparedness Directorate shall not be transferred:

**(1)** The Office of Infrastructure Protection.

**(2)** The National Communications System.

**(3)** The National Cybersecurity Division.

**(4)** The functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, and liabilities of each component described under paragraphs (1) through (3).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–296, title V, § 505, as added Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 611(13), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1400; amended Pub. L. 115–387, § 2(f)(4), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5168.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 518 and is classified to .

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (b)(4), (5).  redesignated par. (5) as (4), substituted “(1) through (3)” for “(1) through (4)”, and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “The Office of the Chief Medical Officer.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .

### 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 former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of this title and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .