34 U.S.C. § 10284 | Definitions

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 rescue squad or ambulance crew, while engaging in a rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services;

(2)

“candidate officer” means an individual who is enrolled or admitted, as a cadet or trainee, in a formal and officially established program of instruction or of training (such as a police or fire academy) that is specifically intended to result upon completion, in the—

(A)

commissioning of such individual as a law enforcement officer;

(B)

conferral upon such individual of official authority to engage in fire suppression (as an officer or employee of a public fire department or as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department); or

(C)

granting to such individual official authorization or license to engage in a rescue activity, or in the provision of emergency medical services, as a member of a rescue squad, or as a member of an ambulance crew that is (or is a part of) the agency or entity that is sponsoring the individual’s enrollment or admission;

(3)

“blind” means an individual who has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of a correcting lens or whose eye is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees;

(4)

“catastrophic injury” means an injury, the direct and proximate result of which is to permanently render an individual functionally incapable (including through a directly and proximately resulting neurocognitive disorder), based on the state of medicine on the date on which the claim is determined by the Bureau, of performing work, including sedentary work: Provided, That, if it appears that a claimant may be functionally capable of performing work—

(A)

the Bureau shall disregard work where any compensation provided is de minimis, nominal, honorary, or mere reimbursement of incidental expenses, such as—

(i)

work that involves ordinary or simple tasks, that because of the claimed disability, the claimant cannot perform without significantly more supervision, accommodation, or assistance than is typically provided to an individual without the claimed disability doing similar work;

(ii)

work that involves minimal duties that make few or no demands on the claimant and are of little or no economic value to the employer; or

(iii)

work that is performed primarily for therapeutic purposes and aids the claimant in the physical or mental recovery from the claimed disability; and

(B)

the claimant shall be presumed, absent clear and convincing medical evidence to the contrary as determined by the Bureau, to be functionally incapable of performing such work if the direct and proximate result of the injury renders the claimant—

(i)

blind;

(ii)

1 So in original. Probably should be “paraplegic;”.

parapalegic;  or

(iii)

quadriplegic;

(5)

“chaplain” includes any individual serving as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police department, or an officially recognized or designated public employee of a legally organized fire or police department who was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;

(6)

“child” means any natural, illegitimate, adopted, or posthumous child or stepchild of a deceased or permanently and totally disabled public safety officer who, at the time of the public safety officer’s death or fatal injury (in connection with any claim predicated upon such death or injury) or the date of the public safety officer’s catastrophic injury or of the final determination by the Bureau of any claim predicated upon such catastrophic injury, is—

(A)

18 years of age or under;

(B)

section 8101 of title 5 over 18 years of age and a student as defined in ; or

(C)

over 18 years of age and incapable of self-support because of physical or mental disability;

(7)

“firefighter” includes an individual serving as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department, including an individual who, as such a member, engages in scene security or traffic management as the primary or only duty of the individual during emergency response;

(8)

“intoxication” means a disturbance of mental or physical faculties resulting from the introduction of alcohol into the body as evidenced by—

(A)

a post-injury blood alcohol level of .20 per centum or greater; or

(B)

a post-injury blood alcohol level of at least .10 per centum but less than .20 per centum unless the Bureau receives convincing evidence that the public safety officer was not acting in an intoxicated manner immediately prior to his fatal or catastrophic injury;

or resulting from drugs or other substances in the body;

(9)

“law enforcement officer” means an individual involved in crime and juvenile delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the criminal laws (including juvenile delinquency), including, but not limited to, police, corrections, probation, parole, and judicial officers;

(10)

“member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew” means an officially recognized or designated employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew (including a ground or air ambulance service) that—

(A)

is a public agency; or

(B)

is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity serving the public that—

(i)

is officially authorized or licensed to engage in rescue activity or to provide emergency medical services; and

(ii)

engages in rescue activities or provides emergency medical services as part of an official emergency response system;

(11)

“neurocognitive disorder” means a disorder that is characterized by a clinically significant decline in cognitive functioning and may include symptoms and signs such as disturbances in memory, executive functioning (that is, higher-level cognitive processes, such as, regulating attention, planning, inhibiting responses, decision-making), visual-spatial functioning, language, speech, perception, insight, judgment, or an insensitivity to social standards;

(12)

“sedentary work” means work that—

(A)

involves lifting articles weighing no more than 10 pounds at a time or occasionally lifting or carrying articles such as docket files, ledgers, or small tools; and

(B)

despite involving sitting on a regular basis, may require walking or standing on an occasional basis;

(13)

“public agency” means the United States, any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States, or any unit of local government, department, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, and includes (as may be prescribed by regulation hereunder) a legally organized volunteer fire department that is a nonprofit entity and provides services without regard to any particular relationship (such as a subscription) a member of the public may have with such a department; and

(14)

“public safety officer” means—

(A)

an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, or as a chaplain: Provided, That (notwithstanding section 10285(b)(2) or (3) of this title) the Bureau shall, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary as determined by the Bureau, deem the actions outside of jurisdiction taken by any such law enforcement officer or firefighter, to have been taken while serving such public agency in such capacity, in any case in which the principal legal officer of such public agency, and the head of such agency, together, certify that such actions—

(i)

were not unreasonable;

(ii)

would have been within the authority and line of duty of such law enforcement officer or such firefighter to take, had they been taken in a jurisdiction where such law enforcement officer or firefighter was authorized to act, in the ordinary course, in an official capacity; and

(iii)

would have resulted in the payment of full line-of-duty death or disability benefits (as applicable), if any such benefits typically were payable by (or with respect to or on behalf of) such public agency, as of the date the actions were taken;

(B)

a candidate officer who is engaging in an activity or exercise that itself is a formal or required part of the program in which the candidate officer is enrolled or admitted, as provided in this section;

(C)

an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who is performing official duties of the Agency in an area, if those official duties—

(i)

42 U.S.C. 5121 are related to a major disaster or emergency that has been, or is later, declared to exist with respect to the area under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( et seq.); and

(ii)

are determined by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be hazardous duties;

(D)

an employee of a State, local, or tribal emergency management or civil defense agency who is performing official duties in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency in an area, if those official duties—

(i)

(ii)

are determined by the head of the agency to be hazardous duties;

(E)

a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew who, as authorized or licensed by law and by the applicable agency or entity, is engaging in rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services: Provided, That (notwithstanding section 10285(b)(2) or (3) of this title) the Bureau shall, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary as determined by the Bureau, deem the actions outside of jurisdiction taken by any such member to have been thus authorized or licensed, in any case in which the principal legal officer of such agency or entity, and the head of such agency or entity, together, certify that such actions—

(i)

were not unreasonable;

(ii)

would have been within the authority and line of duty of such member to take, had they been taken in a jurisdiction where such member was authorized or licensed by law and by a pertinent agency or entity to act, in the ordinary course; and

(iii)

would have resulted in the payment of full line-of-duty death or disability benefits (as applicable), if any such benefits typically were payable by (or with respect to or on behalf of) such applicable agency or entity, as of the date the action was taken;

(F)

omitted

(G)

an employee or contractor of the Department of Energy who—

(i)

is—

(I)

section 8331(27) of title 5 a nuclear materials courier (as defined in ); or

(II)

designated by the Secretary of Energy as a member of an emergency response team; and

(ii)

is performing official duties of the Department, pursuant to a deployment order issued by the Secretary, to protect the public, property, or the interests of the United States by—

(I)

section 2302 of title 50 assessing, locating, identifying, securing, rendering safe, or disposing of weapons of mass destruction (as defined in ); or

(II)

managing the immediate consequences of a radiological release or exposure.

Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 1204 Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609FOct. 12, 198498 Stat. 2099 Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title II, § 207]Oct. 18, 1986100 Stat. 1783–39 Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title II, § 207]Oct. 30, 1986100 Stat. 3341–39 Pub. L. 100–690, title VINov. 18, 1988102 Stat. 4341 Pub. L. 101–647, title XIIINov. 29, 1990104 Stat. 4834 Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(e)(2)Sept. 13, 1994108 Stat. 2139 Pub. L. 106–390, title III, § 305(a)Oct. 30, 2000114 Stat. 1573 Pub. L. 107–196, § 2(a)June 24, 2002116 Stat. 719 Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1164(a)Jan. 5, 2006119 Stat. 3120 Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c)Oct. 4, 2006120 Stat. 1410 Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1086(b)(1)(E)Jan. 2, 2013126 Stat. 1967 Pub. L. 116–22, title III, § 301(d)(2)June 24, 2019133 Stat. 933 Pub. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXI, § 3142Jan. 1, 2021134 Stat. 4386 Pub. L. 117–61, § 3Nov. 18, 2021135 Stat. 1475 Pub. L. 117–172, § 4(b)Aug. 16, 2022136 Stat. 2101 (, formerly § 1203, as added , , ; amended , , , 1783–56, and , , , 3341–56; renumbered § 1204 and amended , §§ 6105(d), 6106(a)(1), , ; , §§ 1301(c), 1302, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 93–288May 22, 197488 Stat. 143 section 5121 of Title 42The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in par. (14)(C)(i), (D)(i), is , , , which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§ 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

Codification

section 301(d)(2) of Pub. L. 116–22Oct. 1, 2021section 300hh–11 of Title 42Par. (14)(F) of this section, which was originally enacted as par. (9)(E) by , ceased to have force or effect on . Prior to being omitted, par. (14)(F) included within the definition of public safety officer an individual appointed to the National Disaster Medical System under , The Public Health and Welfare, performing official duties of the Department of Health and Human Services that were related to responding to a public health emergency, potential public health emergency, or other activities for which the National Disaster Medical System was activated and that were determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be hazardous.

section 3796b of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Pub. L. 99–591 Pub. L. 99–500 is a corrected version of .

Prior Provisions

section 1204 of Pub. L. 90–351 section 10285 of this titleA prior was renumbered section 1205 and is classified to .

Amendments

Pub. L. 117–172, § 4(b)(1)2022—Par. (11). , struck out “and” at end.

Pub. L. 117–172, § 4(b)(2)Par. (12)(B). , substituted semicolon for period at end.

Pub. L. 117–172, § 4(b)(3)Par. (14)(F), (G). , redesignated subpar. (F) relating to an employee or contractor of the Department of Energy as (G).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(8)2021—Pars. (1) to (3). , added pars. (1) to (3). Former pars. (1) to (3) redesignated (4) to (6), respectively.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(2)Par. (4). , added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “ ‘catastrophic injury’ means an injury, the direct and proximate consequences of which permanently prevent an individual from performing any gainful work;”.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1), redesignated par. (1) as (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (7).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (5). , redesignated par. (2) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (8).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (6). , (3), redesignated par. (3) as (6) and substituted “at the time of the public safety officer’s death or fatal injury (in connection with any claim predicated upon such death or injury) or the date of the public safety officer’s catastrophic injury or of the final determination by the Bureau of any claim predicated upon such catastrophic injury” for “at the time of the public safety officer’s fatal or catastrophic injury” in introductory provisions. Former par. (6) redesignated (9).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (7). , (4), redesignated par. (4) as (7) and inserted “, including an individual who, as such a member, engages in scene security or traffic management as the primary or only duty of the individual during emergency response” before semicolon at end. Former par. (7) redesignated (10).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (8). , redesignated par. (5) as (8). Former par. (8) redesignated (13).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (9). , (5), redesignated par. (6) as (9) and substituted “delinquency),” for “delinquency).,”. Former par. (9) redesignated (14).

Pub. L. 116–283 Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (9)(F). added subpar. (F) relating to an employee or contractor of the Department of Energy. Par. (9) was subsequently redesignated (14) by .

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (10). , redesignated par. (7) as (10).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(9)Pars. (11), (12). , added pars. (11) and (12).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (13). , (6), redesignated par. (8) as (13) and inserted “, and includes (as may be prescribed by regulation hereunder) a legally organized volunteer fire department that is a nonprofit entity and provides services without regard to any particular relationship (such as a subscription) a member of the public may have with such a department” before “; and”.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(1)Par. (14). , redesignated par. (9) as (14).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(A)Par. (14)(A). , added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: “an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, or as a chaplain;”.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(C)Par. (14)(B). , added subpar. (B). Former subpar. (B) redesignated (C).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(B)Par. (14)(C), (D). , redesignated subpars. (B) and (C) as (C) and (D), respectively.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(D)Par. (14)(E). , added subpar. (E) and struck out former subpar. (E) which read as follows: “a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew who, as authorized or licensed by law and by the applicable agency or entity, is engaging in rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services;”.

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(B)section 300hh–11 of title 42Oct. 1, 2021, redesignated subpar. (D) as (E). Former subpar. (E), relating to an individual appointed to the National Disaster Medical System under and whose effect ceased , redesignated (F).

Pub. L. 117–61, § 3(7)(B)section 300hh–11 of title 42Oct. 1, 2021Par. (14)(F). , redesignated omitted subpar. (E), relating to an individual appointed to the National Disaster Medical System under and whose effect ceased on , as (F). See Codification note above.

Pub. L. 116–22, § 301(d)(2)section 300hh–11 of title 422019—Par. (9)(E). , (3), temporarily added subpar. (E) which related to an individual appointed to the National Disaster Medical System under . See Codification note above and Termination Date of 2019 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(i)2013—Par. (1). , substituted “an injury, the direct and proximate consequences of which” for “consequences of an injury that”.

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(ii)Par. (3). , inserted “or permanently and totally disabled” after “deceased” and substituted “fatal or catastrophic injury” for “death” in introductory provisions and redesignated cls. (i) to (iii) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively.

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(iii)(II)Par. (5). , (III), redesignated cls. (i) and (ii) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, and, in subpar. (B), substituted “fatal or catastrophic injury” for “death”.

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(iii)(I), substituted “post-injury” for “post-mortem” in cls. (i) and (ii).

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(iv)Par. (7). , substituted “employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew (including a ground or air ambulance service) that—” for “public employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;” and added subpars. (A) and (B).

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(v)(I)Par. (9)(A). , substituted “or as a chaplain;” for “as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;”.

Pub. L. 112–239, § 1086(b)(1)(E)(v)(II)Par. (9)(D). –(IV), added subpar. (D).

Pub. L. 109–162, § 1164(a)(3)2006—Par. (4). , struck out “and an officially recognized or designated public employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew” before semicolon at end.

Pub. L. 109–162, § 1164(a)(4)Par. (6). , substituted “enforcement of the criminal laws (including juvenile delinquency).” for “enforcement of the laws”.

Pub. L. 109–162, § 1164(a)(1)Pars. (7) to (9). , (2), added par. (7) and redesignated former pars. (7) and (8) as (8) and (9), respectively.

Pub. L. 107–196, § 2(a)(1)2002—Pars. (2) to (7). , (2), added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) to (6) as (3) to (7), respectively. Former par. (7) redesignated (8).

Pub. L. 107–196, § 2(a)(1)Par. (8). , (3), redesignated par. (7) as (8) and inserted “as a chaplain,” after “firefighter,” in subpar. (A).

Pub. L. 106–3902000—Par. (7). added par. (7) and struck out former par. (7) which read as follows: “ ‘public safety officer’ means an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or rescue squad or ambulance crew”.

Pub. L. 103–3221994—Par. (3). struck out before semicolon at end “who was responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency”.

Pub. L. 101–647, § 1302Par. (2). , which directed amendment of par. (2) by inserting a period after “ambulance crew” and striking out “who was responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency.”, could not be executed because the phrases “ambulance crew” and “who was responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency.” did not appear in text of par. (2).

Pub. L. 101–647, § 1301(c)(1), redesignated par. (1) as (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3).

Pub. L. 101–647, § 1301(c)(1)Pars. (3) to (7). , redesignated pars. (2) to (6) as (3) to (7), respectively.

Pub. L. 100–690, § 6105(d)1988—Pars. (2) to (7). , redesignated pars. (3) to (7) as (2) to (6), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) defining a “dependent” as any individual substantially reliant for support upon income of deceased public safety officer.

Pub. L. 99–500 Pub. L. 99–5911986— and inserted “and an officially recognized or designated public employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew who was responding to a fire, rescue or police emergency” in par. (3), and substituted “, a firefighter, or rescue squad or ambulance crew” for “or a firefighter.” in par. (7).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295 section 313 of Title 6 Pub. L. 109–295Mar. 31, 2007section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295 section 313 of Title 6“Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” substituted for “Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency” in par. (9)(B)(ii) (now (14)(C)(ii)) on authority of , set out as a note under , Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–61Nov. 18, 2021Nov. 18, 2021Pub. L. 117–61Jan. 1, 2008Pub. L. 117–61 section 10281 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable to any matter pending, before the Bureau or otherwise, on , or filed (consistent with pre-existing effective dates) or accruing after that date, except that amendments to pars. (2) and (7) of this section by applicable with respect to injuries occurring on or after , see section 8(a) and (b) of , set out in a note under .

Termination Date of 2019 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–22, title III, § 301(d)(3)June 24, 2019133 Stat. 933

section 300hh–11 of Title 42October 1, 2021“The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) [amending this section and , The Public Health and Welfare] shall cease to have force or effect on .”

, , , provided that:

Effective Date of 2013 Amendment

Pub. L. 112–239Jan. 2, 2013Jan. 2, 2013section 1086(d) of Pub. L. 112–239 section 10251 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable to matters pending on , or filed or accruing after that date, with certain exceptions, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Pub. L. 107–196Sept. 11, 2001section 2(c) of Pub. L. 107–196 section 10281 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable to injuries or deaths that occur in the line of duty on or after such date, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–390, title III, § 305(b)Oct. 30, 2000114 Stat. 1574

34 U.S.C. 10284(14)(C)Oct. 30, 2000“The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] applies only to employees described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1204(7) [now 1204(14)(C) and (D)] of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [, (D)] (as amended by subsection (a)) who are injured or who die in the line of duty on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

, , , provided that:

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–647Nov. 29, 1990Nov. 29, 1990section 1303 of Pub. L. 101–647 section 10281 of this titleAmendment by effective , and not applicable with respect to injuries occurring before , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

section 6105(d) of Pub. L. 100–690June 1, 1988section 6105(e) of Pub. L. 100–690 section 10281 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Transfer of Functions

section 315(a)(1) of Title 6For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

November 25, 2002section 542 of Title 6For 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 Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .

Executive Documents

Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

section 1681 of Title 48For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.