Executive Order 12148

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United States executive order legal instrument

Executive Order 12148 is a 1979 directive by President Jimmy Carter that reorganized federal emergency management functions and consolidated them into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Executive Order 12148 canonical	3
Executive Order 12147	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States executive order ⓘ legal instrument ⓘ
appliesTo	executive branch agencies of the United States ⓘ
assignedToAgency	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
authority	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
category	1979 in American law ⓘ United States federal emergency management policy ⓘ
codifies	federal emergency management coordination under a single agency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creates	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
dateSigned	1979-07-20 ⓘ
definesRoleOf	FEMA in civil emergencies ⓘ FEMA in continuity of government planning ⓘ FEMA in natural disasters ⓘ
designates	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ surface form: FEMA as lead agency for federal emergency management
effectiveDate	1979-07-20 ⓘ
establishes	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ surface form: FEMA
federalRegisterCitation	44 FR 43239 ⓘ
follows	Executive Order 12148 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Executive Order 12147
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	centralization of federal emergency management in FEMA ⓘ
policyArea	disaster management ⓘ homeland security ⓘ public safety ⓘ
precedes	Executive Order 12196 ⓘ
presidentialAdministration	Carter administration ⓘ surface form: Presidency of Jimmy Carter
publishedIn	Federal Register ⓘ
purpose	consolidate emergency preparedness and response activities ⓘ reorganize federal emergency management functions ⓘ
relatedTo	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ Stafford Act ⓘ surface form: Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
reorganizes	federal civil defense responsibilities ⓘ federal emergency preparedness programs ⓘ
signedAt	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
subject	civil defense ⓘ disaster relief ⓘ emergency management ⓘ federal emergency preparedness ⓘ
transfersFunctionFrom	U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ surface form: Department of Commerce Department of Defense ⓘ United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ surface form: Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration Office of Science and Technology Policy ⓘ
transfersFunctionTo	Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
year	1979 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Emergency Management Agency → legalBasis → Executive Order 12148 ⓘ

Executive Order 12127 → relatedTo → Executive Order 12148 ⓘ

Executive Order 12148 → follows → Executive Order 12148 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Executive Order 12147

Executive Order 13286 → amends → Executive Order 12148 ⓘ