Executive Order 12127
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Executive Order 12127 is the 1979 presidential directive by Jimmy Carter that created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating various federal disaster-related responsibilities into a single agency.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Executive Order 12127 canonical | 2 |
| EO 12127 | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States executive order
ⓘ
legal document ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal executive agencies of the United States ⓘ |
| authorityOf | President of the United States ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 3 of the Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ |
| consolidatedFunctionFrom |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Federal Insurance Administration ⓘ Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Preparedness Agency
National Fire Prevention and Control Administration ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| created | centralized federal emergency management structure ⓘ |
| createdAgency | Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| documentType | presidential directive ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
civil defense programs in the United States
ⓘ
federal disaster assistance programs ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | binding on federal executive agencies ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | created FEMA as the lead federal agency for emergency management ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor | organization of Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| orderNumber | 12127 ⓘ |
| partOf | United States federal emergency management policy framework ⓘ |
| president | Jimmy Carter ⓘ |
| publisher | Federal Register ⓘ |
| purpose |
to consolidate federal emergency preparedness and disaster relief functions
ⓘ
to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Executive Order 12148 ⓘ |
| reorganized |
federal disaster relief responsibilities
ⓘ
federal emergency preparedness responsibilities ⓘ |
| shortName |
Executive Order 12127
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EO 12127
|
| signedBy | Jimmy Carter ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1979-03-31 ⓘ |
| subject |
disaster relief administration
ⓘ
federal emergency management ⓘ |
| topic |
disaster management
ⓘ
emergency preparedness ⓘ |
| transferredFunctionTo | Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ |
| year | 1979 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
EO 12127