Part 5
Department of Justice
SECTION 501. Functions.
The Attorney General shall perform the following emergency preparedness functions:
(1) Emergency documents and measures. Provide advice, as appropriate, with respect to
any emergency directive or procedure prepared by a department or agency as a part of its
emergency preparedness function.
(2) Industry support. As appropriate, review the legal procedures developed by the
Federal agencies concerned to be instituted if it becomes necessary for the Government to
institute extraordinary measures with respect to vital production facilities, public
facilities, communications systems, transportation systems, or other facility, system, or
service essential to national survival.
(3) Judicial and legislative liaison. In cooperation with the Office of Emergency
Preparedness, maintain liaison with Federal courts and with the Congress so there will be
mutual understanding of Federal emergency plans involving law enforcement and the
exercise of legal powers during emergencies
of various magnitudes.
(4) Legal advice. Develop emergency plans for providing legal advice to the President,
the Cabinet, and the heads of Executive departments and agencies wherever they may be
located in an emergency, and provide emergency procedures for the review as to form
and legality of Presidential proclamations, Executive orders, directives, regulations, and
documents, and of other documents requiring approval by
the President or by the Attorney General which may be issued by authorized officers after
an armed attack.
(5) Alien control and control of entry and departure.
Develop emergency plans for the control of alien enemies and other aliens within the
United States, and in consultation with the Department of State and Department of the
Treasury, develop emergency plans for the control of persons attempting to enter or leave
the United States. These plans shall specificaily include provisions for the following:
(a) The location, restraint, or custody of alien enemies.
(b) Temporary detention of alien enemies and other persons attempting to enter the
United States pending determination of their admissibility.
(c) Apprehension of deserting alien crewmen and stowaways.
(d) Investigation and control of aliens admitted as contract laborers.
(e) Control of persons entering or departing from the United States at designated ports of
entry.
(f) Increased surveillance of the borders to preclude prohibited crossings by persons.
(6) Alien property. Develop emergency plans, in consultation with the Department of
State, for the seizure and administration of property of alien enemies under provisions
of the Trading with the Enemy Act.
(7) Security standards. In consultation with the Department of Defense and with other
executive agencies, to the extent appropriate, prepare plans for adjustment of security
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standards governing the employment of Federal personnel and Federal contractors in an
emergency.
(8) Drug Control. Develop emergency plans and pro- cedures for the administration of
laws governing the import, manufacture, and distribution of narcotics. Consult with and
render all possible aid and assistance to the Office of Emergency Preparedness, the
Department of Health, Educa- tion, and Welfare, and the General Services
Administration in the allocation, distribution, and, if necessary, the replenish- ment of
Government stockpiles of narcotic drugs.
SEC. 502 Civil Defense Functions.
In consonance with national civil defense programs developed by the Department of
Defense, the Attorney General shall:
(1) Local law enforcement. Upon request, consult with and assist the Department of
Defense to plan, develop, and distribute materials for use in the instruction and training of
law enforcement personnel for civil defense emergency opera- tions; develop and carry
out a national plan for civil defense instruction and training for enforcement officers,
designed to utilize to the maximum extent practicable the resources and facilities of
existing Federal, State, and local public schools. academies, and other appropriate
institutions of learning; and assist the States in preparing for the conduct of intrastate and
interstate law enforcement operations to meet the extra- ordinary needs that would exist
for emergency police services under conditions of attack or imminent attack.
(2) Penal and correctional institutions. Develop emer- gency plans and procedures for
the custody and protection of prisoners and the use of Federal penal and correctional
insti- tutional resources, when available, for cooperation with local authorities in
connection with mass feeding and housing, for the storage of standby emergency
equipment, for the emer- gency use of prison hospitals and laboratory facilities, for the
continued availability of prison-industry products, and, in coordination with the
Department of Labor, for the develop- ment of Federal prisoner skills to appropriately
augment the total supply of manpower, advise States and their political subdivisions
regarding the use of State and local prisons, jails, and prisoners for the purpose of
relieving local situations and conditions arising from a state of emergency.
(3) Identification and location of persons. Develop emer- gency plans and procedures
for the use of the facilities and personnel of the Department of Justice in assisting the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with the development of plans and
procedures for the identification of the dead and the reuniting of families during a civil
defense emergency.
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Part 6
Post Office Department
SECTION 601 Functions.
The Postmaster General shall prepare plans and programs for emergency mail service and
shall cooperate with indicated Federal agencies, in accord- ance with existing agreements
or directives, in the following national emergency programs:
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(1) Registering of persons. Assist the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in
planning a national program and developing technical guidance for States, and directing
Post Office activities concerned with registering persons and families for the purpose of
receiving and answering welfare inquiries and reuniting families in civil defense
emergencies. The program shall include procurement, transportation, storage, and
distribution of safety notification and emergency change of address cards in quantities
and localities jointly determined by the Department of Defense and the Post Office
Department.
(2) Other emergency programs.
(a) Censorship of international mails. (Department of Defense; Department of the
Treasury; Office of Emergency Preparedness)
(b) Provision for emergency mail service to Federal agencies at both regular and
emergency sites. (General Services Administration)
(c) Emergency registration of Federal employees. (Civil Service Commission)
(d) Emergency leasing of space for Federal agencies. (General Services Administration)
(3) Registration of enemy aliens. (Department of Justice)
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Part 7
Department of the Interior
SECTION 701 Resume of Responsibilities.
The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare national emergency plans and develop
preparedness programs covering
(1) electric power;
(2) petroleum and gas;
(3) solid fuels;
(4) minerals; and
(5) water, as defined in Section 702 of this part.
SEC. 702 Definitions. As used in this part:
(1) "Electric power" means all forms of electric power and energy, including the
generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization thereof.
(2) "Petroleum" means crude oil and synthetic liquid fuel, their products, and associated
hydrocarbons, including pipelines for their movement and facilities specially designed for
their storage.
(3) "Gas" means natural gas (including helium) and manufactured gas, including
pipelines for their movement and facilities specially designed for their storage.
(4) "Solid fuels" means all forms of anthracite, bituminous, sub-bituminous, and lignitic
coals, coke, and coal chemicals produced in the coke-making process.
(5) "Minerals" means all raw materials of mineral origin (except petroleum, gas, solid
fuels, and source materials as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended)
obtained by mining and like operations and processed through the stages specified and at
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the facilities designated in an agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Commerce as being within the emergency
preparedness responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior.
(6) "Water" means water from all sources except water after its withdrawal into a
community system, or an emergency system for treatment, storage, and distribution for
public use.
SEC. 703 Resource functions.
With respect to the resources defined in Section 702, the Secretary of the Interior shall:
(1) Minerals development. Develop programs and encourage the exploration,
development, and mining of strategic and critical minerals for emergency purposes.
(2) Production. Provide guidance and leadership to assigned industries in the
development of plans and programs to insure the continuity of production in the event of
an attack, and cooperate with the Department of Commerce in the identification and
evaluation of essential facilities.
(3) Water. Develop plans with respect to water, including plans for the treatment and
disposal, after use, of water after its withdrawal into a community system or an
emergency system for treatment, storage, and distribution for public use. In developing
any plans relating to water for use on farms and in food facilities, assure that those plans
are in consonance with plans and programs of the Department of Agriculture.
(4) Electric power and natural gas. In preparedness planning for electric power and
natural gas, the Federal Power Commission shall assist the Secretary of the Interior as set
forth in Section 1901 of this order.
Part 8
Department of Agriculture
SECTION 801 Resume of Responsibilities.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare national emergency plans and develop
preparedness programs covering:
(1) food resources, farm equipment, fertilizer, and food resource facilities as defined
below;
(2) lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture;
(3) rural fire control;
(4) defense against biological and chemical warfare and radiological fallout pertaining to
agricultural activities; and
(5) rural defense information and education.
SEC. 802 Definitions. As used in this part:
(1) "Food resources" means all commodities and products, simple, mixed, or compound,
or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being eaten or
drunk, by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such
commodities or products`may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity
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to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. For the
purposes of this order, the term "food resources" shall also include all starches, sugars,
vegetable and animal fats and oils, cotton, tobacco, wool, mohair, hemp, flax fiber, and
naval stores, but shall not include any such material after it loses its identity as an
agricultural commodity or agricultural product.
(2) "Farm equipment" means machinery, equipment, and repair parts manufactured
primarily for use on farms in connection with the production or preparation for market or
use of "food resources."
(3) "Fertilizer" means any product or combination of products for plant nutrition in form
for distribution to the users thereof.
(4) "Food resource facilities" means plants, machinery, vehicles (including on farm), and
other facilities (including farm housing) for the production, processing, distribution, and
storage (including cold storage) of food resources, and for domestic distribution of farm
equipment and fertilizer.
SEC. 803 Functions.
With respect to food resources, food resource facilities, lands under the jurisdiction of the
Secre- tary, farm equipment, and fertilizer, the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
(1) Production, processing, storage, and distribution. Develop plans for priorities,
allocations, and distribution control systems and related plans, including control of use of
facilities designed to provide adequate and continuing production, processing, storage,
and distribution of essential food resources in an emergency, and to provide for the
domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer.
(2) Stockpiles. In addition to the food stockpile functions identified in Executive Order
No. 10958, take all possible measures in the administration of Commodity Credit
Corporation inventories of food resources to assure the availability of such inventories
when and where needed in an emergency. The Secretary shall also develop plans and
procedures for the proper utilization of agricultural items stockpiled for survival
purposes.
(3) Land management. Develop plans and direct activities for the emergency protection,
management, and utilization of the lands, resources, and installations under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary of Agriculture and assist in the development of plans for the
emergency operation, production, and processing of forest products in cooperation with
other Federal, State, and private agencies.
SEC. 804 Civil Defense Functions.
In consonance with national civil defense programs developed by the Department of
Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture shall:
(1) Rural fire defense. In cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, develop
plans for a national program and direct activities relating to the prevention and control of
fires in the rural areas of the United States caused by the effects of enemy attack.
(2) Biological, chemical, and radiological warfare defense. Develop plans for a national
program, direct Federal activities, and furnish technical guidance to State and local
authorities concerning
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(a) diagnosis and strengthening of defensive barriers and control or eradication of
diseases, pests, or chemicals introduced as agents of biological or chemical warfare
against animals, crops, or products thereof;
(b) protective measures, treatment, and handling of live- stock, including poultry,
agricultural commodities on farms or ranches, agricultural lands, forest lands, and water
for agricultural purposes, any of which have been exposed to or affected by radiation.
Plans shall be developed for a national program and direction of Federal activities to
assure the safety and wholesomeness and to minimize losses from biological and
chemical warfare, radiological effects, and other emergency hazards of livestock, meat
`and meat products, poultry and poultry products in establishments under the continuous
inspection of the Department of Agriculture, and agricultural commodities and products
owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation or by the Department of Agriculture.
(3) Defense information and education. Conduct a defense information and education
program in support of the Department's emergency responsibilities.
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Part 9
Department of Commerce
SECTION 901 Resume of Responsibilities
The Secretary of Commerce shall prepare national emergency plans and develop
preparedness programs covering:
(1) The production and distribution of all materials, the use of all production facilities
(except those owned by, controlled by, or under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Defense or the Atomic Energy Commission), the control of all construction materials,
and the furnishing of basic industrial services except those involving the following:
(a) Production and distribution of and use of facilities for petroleum, solid fuels, gas,
electric power, and water;
(b) Production, processing, distribution, and storage of food resources and the use of food
resource facilities for such production, processing, distribution, and storage;
(c) Domestic distribution of farm equipment and fertilizer;
(d) Use of communications services and facilities, housing and lodging facilities, and
health, education, and welfare facilities ;
(e) Production, and related distribution, of minerals as defined in Subsection 702 (5), and
source materials as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended; and the
construction and use of facilities designated as within the responsibilities of the Secretary
of the Interior;
(f) Distribution of items in the supply systems of, or controlled by, the Department of
Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission;
(g) Construction, use, and management of civil aviation facilities; and
(h) Construction and use of highways, streets, and appurtenant structures.
(2) Federal emergency operational control responsibilities with respect to ocean shipping,
ports, and port facilities, except those owned by, controlled by, or under the jurisdiction
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of the Department of Defense, and except those responsibilities of the Department of the
Treasury with respect to the entrance and clearance of vessels. The following definitions
apply to this part:
(a) "Ocean shipping" includes all overseas, coastwise, intercoastal, and Great Lakes
shipping except that solely engaged in the transportation of passengers and cargo between
United States ports on the Great Lakes.
(b) "Port" or "port area" includes any zone contiguous to or associated in the traffic
network of an ocean or Great Lakes port, or outport location, including beach loading
sites, within which facilities exist for transshipment of persons and property between
domestic carriers and carriers engaged in coastal, intercoastal, and overseas
transportation.
(c) "Port facilities" includes all port facilities, port equipment including harbor craft, and
port services normally used in accomplishing the transfer or interchange of cargo and
passengers between ocean-going vessels and other media of transportation, or in
connection therewith (including the Great Lakes).
(3) Scientific and technological services and functions, essential to emergency
preparedness plans, programs, and operations of the Federal departments and agencies, in
which the Department of Commerce has the capability, including, but not limited to:
(a) Meteorological and related services;
(b) Preparation, reproduction, and distribution of nautical and aeronautical charts,
geodetic, hydrographic, and oceanographic data, and allied services for nonmilitary
purposes;
(c) Standards of measurement and supporting services; and
(d) Research, development, testing, evaluation, applica- tion, and associated services and
activities in the various fields and disciplines of science and technology in which the
Department has special competence.
(4) Collection, compilation, and reporting of census information and the provision of
statistical and related services, as required, for emergency planning and operations.
(5) Regulation and control of exports and imports, under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Commerce, in support of national security, foreign policy, and economic
stabilization objectives.
(6) Regulation and control of transfers of capital to, and reinvestment of earnings of,
affiliated foreign nationals pursuant to authority conferred by Executive Order No. 11387
of January 1, 1968.
SEC. 902 Production Functions.
Within the areas designated in section 901 (1) hereof, the Secretary of Commerce shall:
(1) Priorities and allocations. Develop control systems for priorities, allocation,
production, and distribution, including provisions for other Federal departments and
agencies, as appropriate, to serve as allotting agents for materials and other resources
made available under such systems for designated programs and the construction and
operation of facilities assigned to them.
(2) New construction. Develop procedures by which new production facility construction
proposals will be reviewed for appropriate location in light of such area factors as
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locational security, availability of labor, water, power, housing, and other support
requirements.
(3) Industry evaluation. Identify and evaluate the national security essentiality of those
products and services, and their producing or supporting facilities, which are of
exceptional importance to mobilization readiness, national defense, or
post-attack survival and recovery.
(4) Production capability. Analyze potential effects of attack on actual production
capability, taking into account the entire production complex, including shortages of
resources, and conduct studies as a basis for recommending pre-attack measures that
would strengthen capabilities for post-attack production.
(5) Loans for plant modernization. Develop plans, in coordination with the Small
Business Administration, for providing emergency assistance to essential small business
establishments through direct loans or participation loans for the financing of production
facilities and equipment.
SEC. 903 Maritime Functions.
Within the areas designated in section 901(2) of this part, the Secretary of Commerce
shall develop plans and procedures in consonance with international treaties, under
coordinating authority of the Secretary of Transportation and in cooperation with other
appropriate Federal agencies and the States and their political subdivisions, to provide for
Federal operational control of ocean ports and shipping, including:
(1) Shipping allocation. Allocation of specific ocean shipping to meet the national
requirements, including those for military, foreign assistance, emergency procurement
programs, and those essential to the civilian economy.
(2) Ship acquisition. Provision of ships for ocean shipping by purchase, charter, or
requisition, by breakout from the national defense reserve fleet, and by construction.
(3) Operations. Operation of ocean shipping, directly or indirectly.
(4) Traffic control. Provisions for the control of passengers and cargo through port areas
to assure an orderly and continuous flow of such traffic.
(5) Traffic priority. Administration of priorities for the movement of passengers and
cargo through port areas.
(6) Port allocation. Allocation of specific ports and port facilities to meet the needs of the
Nation and our allies.
(7) Support activities. Performance of supporting activities needed to carry out the
above-described functions, such as: ascertaining national support requirements for ocean
shipping, including those for support of military and other Federal programs and those
essential to the civil economy; maintenance, repair, and arming of ships; recruiting,
training, and assigning of officers and seamen; procurement, warehousing, and issuance
of ships' stores, supplies, equipment, and spare parts; supervision of stevedoring and
bunkering; management of terminals, shipyards, repair, and other facilities; and
provision, maintenance, and restoration of port facilities.
SEC. 904 Census Functions.
Within the area designated in section 901(4) hereof, the Secretary of Commerce shall:
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(1) Provide for the collection and reporting of census information on the status of human
and economic resources, including population, housing, agriculture, manufacture, mineral
industries, business, transportation, foreign trade, construction, and governments, as
required for emergency planning purposes.
(2) Plan, create, and maintain a capability for the conduct of post-attack surveys to
provide information on the status of surviving populations and resources as required for
the programs of the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
(3) Provide for and maintain the ability to make estimates of attack effects on industry,
population, and other resources for use within the Department of Commerce.
SEC. 905 Civil Defense Functions.
In consonance with national civil defense programs developed by the Department of
Defense, the Secretary of Commerce shall:
(1) Weather functions. Prepare and issue currently, as well as in an emergency, forecasts
and estimates of areas likely to be covered by radiological fallout in event of attack and
make this information available to Federal, State, and local authorities for public
dissemination.
(2) Geodetic, hydrographic, and oceanographic data. Provide geodetic, hydrographic, and
oceanographic data and services to the Department of Defense and other governmental
agencies, as appropriate.
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Part 10
Department of Labor
SECTION 1001 Resume of Responsibilities.
The Secretary of Labor shall have primary responsibility for preparing national
emergency plans and developing preparedness programs covering civilian manpower
mobilization, more effective utilization of limited manpower resources, including
specialized personnel, wage and salary stabilization, worker incentives and protection,
manpower resources and requirements, skill development and training, research, labormanagement
relations, and critical occupations.
SEC. 1002 Functions.
The Secretary of Labor shall:
(1) Civilian manpower mobilization. Develop plans and issue guidance designed to
utilize to the maximum extent civilian manpower resources, such plans and guidance to
be developed with the active participation and assistance of the States and local political
subdivisions thereof, and of other organizations and agencies concerned with the
mobilization of the people of the United States. Such plans shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to:
(a) Manpower management. Recruitment, selection and referral, training, employment
stabilization (including appeals procedures), proper utilization, and determination of the
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skill categories critical to meeting the labor requirements of defense and essential civilian
activities;
(b) Priorities. Procedures for translating survival and production urgencies into
manpower priorities to be used as guides for allocating available workers; and
(c) Improving mobilization base. Programs for more effective utilization of limited
manpower resources, and, in cooperation with other appropriate agencies, programs for
recruitment, training, allocation, and utilization of persons possessing specialized
competence or aptitude in acquiring such competence.
(2) Wage and salary stabilization. Develop plans and procedures for wage and salary
stabilization and for the national and field organization necessary for the administration
of such a program in an emergency, including investigation, compliance, and appeals
procedures; statistical studies of wages, salaries, and prices for policy decisions and to
assist operating stabilization agencies to carry out their functions.
(3) Worker incentives and protection. Develop plans and procedures for wage and salary
compensation and death and disability compensation for authorized civil defense workers
and, as appropriate, measures for unemployment payments, reemployment rights, and
occupational safety, and other protection and incentives for the civilian labor force during
an emergency.
(4) Skill development and training. Initiate current action programs to overcome or offset
present or anticipated manpower deficiencies, including those identified as a result of
resource and requirements studies.
(5) Labor-management relations. Develop, after consultation with the Department of
Commerce, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, the National
Labor Relations Board, the Federal Mediation and Concilia- tion Service, the National
Mediation Board, and other appropriate agencies and groups, including representatives of
labor and management, plans and procedures, including organization plans, for the
maintenance of effective labor- management relations during a national emergency.