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6 U.S.C. § 313 — Immigration functions
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**(a) Annual report**
(1) **In general** — One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions.
(2) **Matter included** — The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
(A) The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department.
(B) Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type.
(C) The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog.
(D) The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type.
(E) The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved.
(F) Plans to address grievances and improve immigration services.
(G) Whether immigration-related fees were used consistent with legal requirements regarding such use.
(H) Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently.
**(b) Sense of Congress regarding immigration services** It is the sense of Con
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**(a) Annual report**
(1) **In general** — One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions.
(2) **Matter included** — The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
(A) The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department.
(B) Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type.
(C) The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog.
(D) The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type.
(E) The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved.
(F) Plans to address grievances and improve immigration services.
(G) Whether immigration-related fees were used consistent with legal requirements regarding such use.
(H) Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently.
**(b) Sense of Congress regarding immigration services** It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the quality and efficiency of immigration services rendered by the Federal Government should be improved after the transfers made by this part take effect; and
(2) the Secretary should undertake efforts to guarantee that concerns regarding the quality and efficiency of immigration services are addressed after such effective date.
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**(a) Office** The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific criteria of grant recipients and to administer grants under this section.
**(b) Safety organization grants** The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety programs for the purpose of assisting those organizations in conducting burn prevention programs or augmenting existing burn prevention programs.
**(c) Hospital grants** The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn care research.
**(d) Other grants** The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims.
**(e) Report**
(1) **In general** — The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the results of the grants provided under this section.
(2) **Content** — The report shall contain the following:
(A) A list of the organizations, hospitals, or other entities to which the grants were provided and the purpose for which those entities were provided grants.
(B) Efforts taken to ensure that potential grant applicants are provided with information necessary to develop an effective application.
(C) The Administrator’s assessment regarding the appropriate level of funding that should be provided annually through the grant program.
(D) The Administrator’s assessment regarding the app
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**(a) Exclusion of elements from benefit-cost analysis** The Secretary shall not include in the benefit base for justifying Federal flood damage reduction projects—
(1)
(A) any new or substantially improved structure (other than a structure necessary for conducting a water-dependent activity) built in the 100-year flood plain with a first floor elevation less than the 100-year flood elevation after July 1, 1991; or
(B) in the case of a county substantially located within the 100-year flood plain, any new or substantially improved structure (other than a structure necessary for conducting a water-dependent activity) built in the 10-year flood plain after July 1, 1991; and
(2) any structure which becomes located in the 100-year flood plain with a first floor elevation less than the 100-year flood elevation or in the 10-year flood plain, as the case may be, by virtue of constrictions placed in the flood plain after July 1, 1991.
**(b) Flood damage reduction benefits**
(1) **In general** — In calculating the benefits of a proposed project for nonstructural flood damage reduction, the Secretary shall calculate the benefits of the nonstructural project using methods similar to those used for calculating the benefits of structural projects, including similar treatment in calculating the benefits from losses avoided.
(2) **Avoidance of double counting** — In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary should avoid double counting of benefits.
**(c) Counties substantially located within 100-year flood plain** For the purposes of subsection (a), a county is substantially located within the 100-year flood plain—
(1) if the county is comprised of lands of which 50 percent or more are located in the 100-year flood plain; and
(2) if the Secretary determines that applicati
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**(a) Compliance with floodplain management and insurance programs** Before construction of any project for local flood protection, or any project for hurricane or storm damage reduction, that involves Federal assistance from the Secretary, the non-Federal interest shall agree to participate in and comply with applicable Federal floodplain management and flood insurance programs.
**(b) Floodplain management plans** Within 1 year after the date of signing a project cooperation agreement for construction of a project to which subsection (a) applies, the non-Federal interest shall prepare a floodplain management plan designed to reduce the impacts of future flood events in the project area. Such plan shall be implemented by the non-Federal interest not later than 1 year after completion of construction of the project.
**(c) Guidelines**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall develop guidelines for preparation of floodplain management plans by non-Federal interests under subsection (b).
(2) **Required elements** — The guidelines developed under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) address potential measures, practices, and policies to be undertaken by non-Federal interests to to 11 So in original. reduce loss of life, injuries, damages to property and facilities, public expenditures, and other adverse impacts associated with flooding and to preserve and enhance natural floodplain values; and
(B) address those measures to be undertaken by non-Federal interests to preserve the level of flood protection provided by a project to which subsection (a) applies.
(3) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to confer any regulatory authority upon the Secretary or the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
**(d) Tec
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**(a) Compilation and dissemination**
(1) **In general** — In recognition of the increasing use and development of the flood plains of the rivers of the United States and of the need for information on flood hazards to serve as a guide to such development, and as a basis for avoiding future flood hazards by regulation of use by States and political subdivisions thereof, and to assure that Federal departments and agencies may take proper cognizance of flood hazards, the Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby authorized to compile and disseminate information on floods and flood damages, including identification of areas subject to inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies, identification of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and other debris, and general criteria for guidance of Federal and non-Federal interests and agencies in the use of flood plain areas; and to provide advice to other Federal agencies and local interests for their use in planning to ameliorate the flood hazard, to avoid repetitive flooding impacts, to anticipate, prepare, and adapt to changing climatic conditions and extreme weather events, and to withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disruption due to the flood hazards.
(2) **Surveys and guides** — Surveys and guides will be made for States and political subdivisions thereof only upon the request of a State or a political subdivision thereof, and upon approval by the Chief of Engineers, and such information and advice provided them only upon such request and approval.
(3) **Identification of assistance**
(A) *In general* — To the maximum extent practicable, in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and communicate to States and non-Federal intere
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The Secretary, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service shall take necessary actions, including the posting and distribution of information and the preparation and distribution of educational materials and programs, to ensure that information relating to flood hazard areas is generally available to the public.
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) “action outside of jurisdiction” means an action, not in the course of any compensated employment involving either the performance of public safety activity or the provision of security services, by a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew that—
(A) was taken in a jurisdiction where—
(i) the law enforcement officer or firefighter then was not authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official capacity; or
(ii) the member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew then was not authorized or licensed to act, in the ordinary course, by law or by the applicable agency or entity;
(B) then would have been within the authority and line of duty of—
(i) a law enforcement officer or a firefighter to take, who was authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official capacity, in the jurisdiction where the action was taken; or
(ii) a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew to take, who was authorized or licensed by law and by a pertinent agency or entity to act, in the ordinary course, in the jurisdiction where the action was taken; and
(C) was, in an emergency situation that presented an imminent and significant danger or threat to human life or of serious bodily harm to any individual, taken—
(i) by a law enforcement officer—
(I) to prevent, halt, or respond to the immediate consequences of a crime (including an incident of juvenile delinquency); or
(II) while engaging in a rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services;
(ii) by a firefighter—
(I) while engaging in fire suppression; or
(II) while engaging in a rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services; or
(iii) by a member of a resc
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**(a) Readiness of Department Medical Centers.—**
(1) The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to provide for the readiness of Department medical centers to protect the patients and staff of such centers from a public health emergency (as defined in section 2801 of the Public Health Service Act) or otherwise to respond to such an emergency so as to enable such centers to fulfill their obligations as part of the Federal response to such emergencies.
(2) Actions under paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) the provision of decontamination equipment and personal protection equipment at Department medical centers;
(B) the provision of training in the use of such equipment to staff of such centers;
(C) organizing, training, and equipping the staff of such centers to support the activities carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 2801 of the Public Health Service Act in the event of a public health emergency and incidents covered by the National Response Plan developed pursuant to section 502(6) 11 See References in Text note below. of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, or any successor plan; and
(D) providing medical logistical support to the National Disaster Medical System and the Secretary of Health and Human Services as necessary, on a reimbursable basis, and in coordination with other designated Federal agencies.
**(b) Security at Department Medical and Research Facilities.—**
(1) The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to provide for the security of Department medical centers and research facilities, including staff and patients at such centers and facilities.
(2) In taking actions under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into account the results of the evaluation of the security needs at Department medical center
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau, and, the Northern Mariana Islands.
**(b) Authority To Transfer Property.—** The Administrator of General Services, in the Administrator’s discretion and under regulations that the Administrator may prescribe, may transfer or convey to a State, or political subdivision or instrumentality of a State, surplus real and related personal property that—
(1) the Attorney General determines is required by the transferee or grantee for correctional facility use under a program approved by the Attorney General for the care or rehabilitation of criminal offenders;
(2) the Attorney General determines is required by the transferee or grantee for law enforcement purposes; or
(3) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency determines is required by the transferee or grantee for emergency management response purposes including fire and rescue services.
**(c) No Monetary Consideration.—** A transfer or conveyance under this section shall be made without monetary consideration to the Federal Government.
**(d) Deed of Conveyance.—** The deed of conveyance of any surplus real and related personal property disposed of under this section—
(1) shall provide that all of the property be used and maintained for the purpose for which it was conveyed in perpetuity, and that if the property ceases to be used or maintained for that purpose, all or any portion of the property shall, in its then existing condition, at the option of the Government, revert to the Government; and
(2) may contain additional terms, reservations, restrictions, and conditions that the Administra
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**(a) Members** The Council shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture, or the designee of the Secretary.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the Secretary.
(3) The Secretary of Defense, or the designee of the Secretary.
(4) The Secretary of Education, or the designee of the Secretary.
(5) The Secretary of Energy, or the designee of the Secretary.
(6) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the designee of the Secretary.
(7) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or the designee of the Secretary.
(8) The Secretary of the Interior, or the designee of the Secretary.
(9) The Secretary of Labor, or the designee of the Secretary.
(10) The Secretary of Transportation, or the designee of the Secretary.
(11) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the designee of the Secretary.
(12) The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, or the designee of the Chief Executive Officer.
(13) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or the designee of the Administrator.
(14) The Administrator of General Services, or the designee of the Administrator.
(15) The Postmaster General of the United States, or the designee of the Postmaster General.
(16) The Commissioner of Social Security, or the designee of the Commissioner.
(17) The Attorney General of the United States, or the designee of the Attorney General.
(18) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or the designee of the Director.
(19) The Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, or the designee of the Director.
(20) The Director of USA FreedomCorps, or the designee of the Director.
(22) 11 So in original. No par. (21) has been enacted. The heads of such other Fed
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**(a) Establishment** There is established to carry out the provisions of this subchapter the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall constitute the National Board in accordance with subsection (b) in administering the program under this subchapter.
**(b) Members** The National Board shall consist of the Director and 6 members appointed by the Director. The initial members of the National Board shall be appointed by the Director not later than 30 days after July 22, 1987. Each such member shall be appointed from among individuals nominated by 1 of the following organizations:
(1) The United Way of America.
(2) The Salvation Army.
(3) The National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
(4) Catholic Charities U.S.A.
(5) The Council of Jewish Federations, Inc.
(6) The American Red Cross.
**(c) Chairperson** The Director shall be the Chairperson of the National Board.
**(d) Other activities** Except as otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter, the National Board shall establish its own procedures and policies for the conduct of its affairs.
**(e) Transfers from previous national board** Upon the appointment of members to the National Board under subsection (b)—
(1) the national board constituted under the emergency food and shelter program established pursuant to section 101(g) of Public Law 99–500 or Public Law 99–591 shall cease to exist; and
(2) the personnel, property, records, and undistributed program funds of such national board shall be transferred to the National Board.
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