50 U.S.C. § 404 : US Code - Section 404: Emergency preparedness

Search 50 U.S.C. § 404 : US Code - Section 404: Emergency preparedness

(a) Employment of personnel
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, subject
to the direction of the President, is authorized, subject to the
civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of title 5, to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel
as may be necessary to assist him in carrying out his functions.
(b) Functions
It shall be the function of the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to advise the President concerning the
coordination of military, industrial, and civilian mobilization,
including -
(1) policies concerning industrial and civilian mobilization in
order to assure the most effective mobilization and maximum
utilization of the Nation's manpower in the event of war;
(2) programs for the effective use in time of war of the
Nation's natural and industrial resources for military and
civilian needs, for the maintenance and stabilization of the
civilian economy in time of war, and for the adjustment of such
economy to war needs and conditions;
(3) policies for unifying, in time of war, the activities of
Federal agencies and departments engaged in or concerned with
production, procurement, distribution, or transportation of
military or civilian supplies, materials, and products;
(4) the relationship between potential supplies of, and
potential requirements for, manpower, resources, and productive
facilities in time of war;
(5) policies for establishing adequate reserves of strategic
and critical material, and for the conservation of these
reserves;
(6) the strategic relocation of industries, services,
government, and economic activities, the continuous operation of
which is essential to the Nation's security.
(c) Utilization of Government resources and facilities
In performing his functions, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall utilize to the maximum extent the
facilities and resources of the departments and agencies of the
Government.