Executive Order 12148

Executive Order 12148 was an executive order enacted by President Jimmy Carter on July 20, 1979 to transfer and reassign duties to the newly formed agency, known as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), created by Executive Order 12127. The order combined several federal agencies tasked with emergency preparedness and civil defense spread across the executive departments into a unified entity that was established as an independent agency, free of Cabinet interference, with authority as the lead federal agency in a presidentially-declared disaster.

The agency's place within the governmental structure was changed on March 1, 2003, when FEMA became part of the Department of Homeland Security's Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate.

Revocations

E.O. 12148 also revoked the following Executive Orders or parts thereof: (E.O. Numbers)

10242; Sections 1 and 2 of 10296; 10494; 10601; 10634; 10900; 10952; 11051; 11415; 11795; 11725; and 11749.

External links

National Archives page on Executive Order 12148

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States (1977–81) 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–75)

Presidency	Presidency Inauguration Camp David Accords Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty Torrijos–Carter Treaties National Energy Policy Iran hostage crisis Operation Eagle Claw Moral Equivalent of War speech 1979 energy crisis Carter Doctrine Diplomatic Relations with China 1980 Summer Olympics boycott Resolute desk SALT Department of Energy Department of Education Department of Health and Human Services State of the Union Addresses (1978 1979 1980) Cabinet Federal judicial appointments controversies Executive Order 12148 Executive Order 12170 Rabbit incident Goldwater v. Carter

Life and activities	Carter Center Presidential Library and Museum Habitat for Humanity Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project The Elders Carter–Menil Human Rights Prize Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Nairobi Agreement, 1999 UFO incident

Elections	Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966 1970 Democratic presidential primaries, 1976 1980 Democratic National Convention, 1972 1976 1980 United States presidential election, 1976 1980

Books	(Complete list) Our Endangered Values (2006) Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006 reaction and commentary) We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land (2009) White House Diary (2010) A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power (2014) A Full Life: Reflections at 90 (2015)

Honors	(Complete list) Nobel Peace Prize Presidential Medal of Freedom Freedom of the City Silver Buffalo Award Philadelphia Liberty Medal United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights Hoover Medal Christopher Award Grammy Award

Legacy	Man from Plains (2007 documentary) USS Jimmy Carter

Family	Rosalynn Carter (wife) Jack Carter (son) Amy Carter (daughter) James Earl Carter, Sr. (father) Lillian Gordy Carter (mother) Gloria Carter Spann (sister) Ruth Carter Stapleton (sister) Billy Carter (brother) Jason Carter (grandson) James Carter IV (grandson) Emily Dolvin (maternal aunt) Hugh Carter (paternal first cousin)

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