115 STAT. 2318 PUBLIC LAW 107-117-^AN. 10, 2002 Applicability. 2 USC 130h. Applicability. Establishment. 2 USC 130i. Establishment. (d) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS. —Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Architect of the Capitol may transfer to the Chief Administrative Officer amounts made available to the Architect for necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings during a fiscal year in order to cover any portion of the costs incurred by the Chief Administrative Officer during the year in acquiring a building or facility pursuant to subsection (a). (e) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 904. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) subject to subsection (b), the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the head of an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may enter into a memorandum of understanding under which the agency may provide facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel, and other support services for the use of the House of Representatives during an emergency situation; and (2) the Chief Administrative OfRcer and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding. (b) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) without the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 905. (a) There is established in the House of Representatives an office to be known as the House of Representatives Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations. The Office shall be responsible for mitigation and preparedness operations, crisis management and response, resource services, and recovery operations. (b) The Speaker, in consultation with the minority leader— (1) shall provide policy direction for, and oversight of, the Office; (2) shall appoint and set the annual rate of pay for employees of the Office, including a Director, who shall be the head of the Office; (3) shall exercise, with respect to any employee of the Office, the authority referred to in section 8344(k)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, and the authority referred to in section 8468(h)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code; (4) shall approve procurement of services of experts and consultants by the Office or by committees or other entities of the House of Representatives for assignment to the Office; and (5) may request the head of any Federal department or agency to detail to the Office, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of the department or agency. (c) The day-to-day operations of the Office shall be carried out by the Director, under the supervision of a Board, to be known as the House of Representatives Continuity of Operations Board, comprised of the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief
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