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Before FEMA became an independent federal agency, which Cabinet department was responsible for its oversight?
  1. Department of Energy
  2. Department of Homeland Security
  3. Department of the Interior
  4. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Explanation
Answer: D - The Department of Housing and Urban Development was responsible for overseeing FEMA from 1973 to 1979, at which time it become an independent agency. It remained an independent agency until 2003, when it was moved under the jurisdiction of the new Department of Homeland Security.
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