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15 U.S.C. § 2216 — Authorization of appropriations

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15 U.S.C. § 2216 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a)** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the foregoing provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, with respect to the payment of claims, under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), an amount not to exceed $25,210,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, which amount includes— (1) $4,781,000 for programs which are recommended in the report submitted to the Congress by the Administrator pursuant to section 2220(b)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; (2) $9,430,000 for the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control; (3) $307,000 for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits; (4) $500,000 for additional rural firefighting technical assistance and information activities; (5) $500,000 for the study required by section 2222 1 of this title; and (6) $110,000 for the study required by section 2223 1 of this title. **(b)** There are authorized to be appropriated for the additional administrative expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which are related to this chapter and which result from Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1978 (submitted June 19, 1978) and related Executive orders, an amount not to exceed $600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. **(c)** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), an amount not to exceed $23,814,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, which amount in

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**(a)** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the foregoing provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, with respect to the payment of claims, under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), an amount not to exceed $25,210,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, which amount includes— (1) $4,781,000 for programs which are recommended in the report submitted to the Congress by the Administrator pursuant to section 2220(b)(1) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; (2) $9,430,000 for the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control; (3) $307,000 for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits; (4) $500,000 for additional rural firefighting technical assistance and information activities; (5) $500,000 for the study required by section 2222 1 of this title; and (6) $110,000 for the study required by section 2223 1 of this title. **(b)** There are authorized to be appropriated for the additional administrative expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which are related to this chapter and which result from Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1978 (submitted June 19, 1978) and related Executive orders, an amount not to exceed $600,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. **(c)** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), an amount not to exceed $23,814,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, which amount includes— (1) not less than $1,100,000 for the first year of a three-year concentrated demonstration program of fire prevention and control in two States with high fire death rates; (2) not less than $2,575,000 for rural fire prevention and control; and (3) not less than $4,255,000 for research and development for the activities under [section 278f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section278f&num=0&edition=prelim) at the Fire Research Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, of which not less than $250,000 shall be available for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits. The funds authorized in paragraph (3) shall be in addition to funds authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire Research Center. **(d)** Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), to carry out the purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated— (1) $20,815,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and $23,312,800 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, which amount shall include— (A) such sums as may be necessary for the support of research and development at the Fire Research Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology under [section 278f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section278f&num=0&edition=prelim), which sums shall be in addition to those funds authorized to be appropriated under the National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for fiscal years 1981 and 1982; and (B) $654,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and $732,480 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, for executive direction by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of program activities for which appropriations are authorized by this subsection; and (2) such further sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which funds are authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection. The funds authorized under [section 278f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section278f&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be in addition to funds authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire Research Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. **(e)** Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), to carry out the purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated— (1) $15,720,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and $20,983,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985; and (2) such further sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which funds are authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection. The funds authorized under this subsection shall be in addition to funds authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire Research Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. **(f)** Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), to carry out the purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $22,037,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986 and $18,300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987. **(g)** (1) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the payment of claims under [section 2210 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2210&num=0&edition=prelim), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter— (A) $63,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, of which $2,266,000 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) $64,850,000 for fiscal year 2006, of which $2,334,000 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (C) $66,796,000 for fiscal year 2007, of which $2,404,000 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (D) $68,800,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which $2,476,000 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (E) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which $2,520,000 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (F) $72,100,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which $2,595,600 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (G) $74,263,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which $2,673,468 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (H) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2012, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (I) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2013, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (J) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2014, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (K) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2015, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (L) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2016, of which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); (M) $76,490,890 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023, of which $2,753,672 for each such fiscal year shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim); and (N) $95,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, of which $3,420,000 for each such fiscal year shall be used to carry out [section 2207(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2207/f&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) Of the amounts referred to in paragraph (1), not more than $4,150,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for National Emergency Training Center site administration. **(h)** In addition to any other amounts that are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter— (1) $500,000 for fiscal year 1995 for basic research on the development of an advanced course on arson prevention; (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the expansion of arson investigator training programs at the Academy under [section 2220 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2220&num=0&edition=prelim) and at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or through regional delivery sites; (3) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for carrying out [section 2221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2221&num=0&edition=prelim), except for salaries and expenses for carrying out [section 2221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2221&num=0&edition=prelim); and (4) $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for salaries and expenses for carrying out [section 2221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2221&num=0&edition=prelim).

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15 U.S.C. § 2202 — Declaration of purpose

It is declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to— (1) reduce the Nation’s losses caused by fire through better fire prevention and control; (2) supplement existing programs of research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments; (3) establish the United States Fire Administration and the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce; and (4) establish an intensified program of research into the treatment of burn and smoke injuries and the rehabilitation of victims of fires within the National Institutes of Health.

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6 U.S.C. § 542 — Federal air marshal program

(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security. (2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.

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15 U.S.C. § 2221 — Arson prevention grants

**(a) Definitions** As used in this section: (1) **Arson** — The term “arson” includes all incendiary and suspicious fires. (2) **Office** — The term “Office” means the Office of Fire Prevention and Arson Control of the United States Fire Administration. **(b) Grants** The Administrator, acting through the Office, shall carry out a demonstration program under which not more than 10 grant awards shall be made to States, or consortia of States, for programs relating to arson research, prevention, and control. **(c) Goals** In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall award 2-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States, or consortia of States, for projects that promote one or more of the following goals: (1) To improve the training by States leading to professional certification of arson investigators, in accordance with nationally recognized certification standards. (2) To provide resources for the formation of arson task forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving police and fire departments and other relevant local agencies, such as a State arson bureau and the office of a fire marshal of a State. (3) To combat fraud as a cause of arson and to advance research at the State and local levels on the significance and prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires. (4) To provide for the management of arson squads, including— (A) training courses for fire departments in arson case management, including standardization of investigative techniques and reporting methodology; (B) the preparation of arson unit management guides; and (C) the development and dissemination of new public education materials relating to the arson problem. (5) To combat civil unrest as a cause of arson and to advance research at the State and local

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15 U.S.C. § 278g — International activities

**(a) Financial assistance to foreign nationals** The Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to expend such sums, within the limit of appropriated funds, as the Secretary may determine desirable through direct support for activities of international organizations and foreign national metrology institutes with which the Institute cooperates to advance measurement methods, technical standards, and related basic technologies, for official representation, to host official receptions, dinners, and similar events, and to otherwise extend official courtesies, including transportation of foreign dignitaries and representatives of foreign national metrology institutes to and from the Institute, for the purpose of maintaining the standing and prestige of the Department of Commerce and the Institute, through the grant of fellowships or other appropriate form of financial or logistical assistance or support to foreign nationals not in service to the Government of the United States while they are performing scientific or engineering work at the Institute or participating in the exchange of scientific or technical information at the Institute. **(b) Foreign assistance and compensation to Institute employees** The Congress consents to the acceptance by employees of the Institute of fellowships, lectureships, or other positions for the performance of scientific or engineering activities or for the exchange of scientific or technical information, offered by a foreign government, and to the acceptance and retention by an employee of the Institute of any form of financial or other assistance provided by a foreign government as compensation for or as a means of defraying expenses associated with the performance of scientific or engineering activities or the e

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15 U.S.C. § 2201 — Congressional findings

The Congress finds that— (1) The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, established pursuant to Public Law 90–259, has made an exhaustive and comprehensive examination of the Nation’s fire problem, has made detailed findings as to the extent of this problem in terms of human suffering and loss of life and property, and has made ninety thoughtful recommendations. (2) The United States today has the highest per capita rate of death and property loss from fire of all the major industrialized nations in the world. (3) Fire is an undue burden affecting all Americans, and fire also constitutes a public health and safety problem of great dimensions. Fire kills 12,000 and scars and injures 300,000 Americans each year, including 50,000 individuals who require extended hospitalization. Almost $3 billion worth of property is destroyed annually by fire, and the total economic cost of destructive fire in the United States is estimated conservatively to be $11,000,000,000 per year. Firefighting is the Nation’s most hazardous profession. (4) Such losses of life and property from fire are unacceptable to the Congress. (5) While fire prevention and control is and should remain a State and local responsibility, the Federal Government must help if a significant reduction in fire losses is to be achieved. (6) The fire service and the civil defense program in each locality would both benefit from closer cooperation. (7) The Nation’s fire problem is exacerbated by (A) the indifference with which some Americans confront the subject; (B) the Nation’s failure to undertake enough research and development into fire and fire-related problems; (C) the scarcity of reliable data and information; (D) the fact that designers and purchasers of buildings and products generally give in

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15 U.S.C. § 278f — Fire Research Center

**(a) Establishment; programs of research; functions of Secretary; dissemination of information** There is hereby established within the Department of Commerce a Fire Research Center which shall have the mission of performing and supporting research on all aspects of fire with the aim of providing scientific and technical knowledge applicable to the prevention and control of fires. The content and priorities of the research program shall be determined in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. In implementing this section, the Secretary is authorized to conduct, directly or through contracts or grants, a fire research program, including— (1) basic and applied fire research for the purpose of arriving at an understanding of the fundamental processes underlying all aspects of fire. Such research shall include scientific investigations of— (A) the physics and chemistry of combustion processes; (B) the dynamics of flame ignition, flame spread, and flame extinguishment; (C) the composition of combustion products developed by various sources and under various environmental conditions; (D) the early stages of fires in buildings and other structures, structural subsystems and structural components in all other types of fires, including, but not limited to, forest fires, brush fires, fires underground, oil blowout fires, and waterborne fires, with the aim of improving early detection capability; (E) the behavior of fires involving all types of buildings and other structures and their contents (including mobile homes and highrise buildings, construction materials, floor and wall coverings, coatings, furnishings, and other combustible materials), and all other types of fires, including forest fires, brush fires, fires undergrou

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15 U.S.C. § 2220 — Arson prevention, detection, and control

The Administrator shall— (1) develop arson detection techniques to assist Federal agencies and States and local jurisdictions in improving arson prevention, detection, and control; (2) provide training and instructional materials in the skills and knowledge necessary to assist Federal, State, and local fire service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention, detection, and control, with particular emphasis on the needs of volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson training courses; (3) formulate methods for collection of arson data which would be compatible with methods of collection used for the uniform crime statistics of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (4) develop and implement programs for improved collection of nationwide arson statistics within the National Fire Incident Reporting System at the National Fire Data Center; (5) develop programs for public education on the extent, causes, and prevention of arson; and (6) develop handbooks to assist Federal, State, and local fire service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention and detection.

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15 U.S.C. § 2210 — Reimbursement for costs of firefighting on Federal property

**(a) Filing of claims** Each fire service that engages in the fighting of a fire on property which is under the jurisdiction of the United States may file a claim with the Administrator for the amount of direct expenses and direct losses incurred by such fire service as a result of fighting such fire. The claim shall include such supporting information as the Administrator may prescribe. **(b) Determination** Upon receipt of a claim filed under subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall determine— (1) what payments, if any, to the fire service or its parent jurisdiction, including taxes or payments in lieu of taxes, the United States has made for the support of fire services on the property in question; (2) the extent to which the fire service incurred additional firefighting costs, over and above its normal operating costs, in connection with the fire which is the subject of the claim; and (3) the amount, if any, of the additional costs referred to in paragraph (2) of this subsection which were not adequately covered by the payments referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection. **(c) Payment** The Administrator of FEMA shall forward the claim and a copy of the Administrator’s determination under subsection (b)(3) of this section to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, upon receipt of the claim and determination, pay such fire service or its parent jurisdiction, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated but subject to reimbursement (from any appropriations which may be available or which may be made available for the purpose) by the Federal department or agency under whose jurisdiction the fire occurred, a sum no greater than the amount determined with respect to the claim under subsection (b)(3) of t

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15 U.S.C. § 2206 — National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control

**(a) Establishment** The Administrator of FEMA shall establish, at the earliest practicable date, a National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control. The purpose of the Academy shall be to advance the professional development of fire service personnel and of other persons engaged in fire prevention and control activities. **(b) Superintendent** The Academy shall be headed by a Superintendent, who shall be appointed by the Administrator of FEMA. In exercising the powers and authority contained in this section the Superintendent shall be subject to the direction of the Administrator. **(c) Powers of Superintendent** The Superintendent is authorized to— (1) develop and revise curricula, standards for admission and performance, and criteria for the awarding of degrees and certifications; (2) appoint such teaching staff and other personnel as he determines to be necessary or appropriate; (3) conduct courses and programs of training and education, as defined in subsection (d) of this section; (4) appoint faculty members and consultants without regard to the provisions of title 5, governing appointments in the competitive service, and, with respect to temporary and intermittent services, to make appointments to the same extent as is authorized by [section 3109 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3109&num=0&edition=prelim); (5) establish fees and other charges for attendance at, and subscription to, courses and programs offered by the Academy. Such fees may be modified or waived as determined by the Superintendent; (6) conduct short courses, seminars, workshops, conferences, and similar education and training activities in all parts and localities of the United States, including on-site training; (7) enter into such c

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15 U.S.C. § 2216 — Authorization of appropriations

Page 1797 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 2216 SECTION 1. The Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers (Medal) is established for the purpose of recognizing those public safety officers adjudged to have shown extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty in the exercise of their official duties. As used in this section, the term ‘‘public safety officer’’ means a person serving a public agency with or without compensation: (1) as a law enforcement officer, including police, correctional, probation, or parole officers; (2) as a firefighter or emergency responder; and (3) who is employed by the Government of the United States, any State of the United States, any of- ficially recognized elective body within a State of the United States, or any Federally recognized tribal or- ganization. SEC. 2. Eligible recipients generally will be rec- ommended to the President by the Attorney General by April 1 of each year. Pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 136–137, the President designates May 15 of each year as ‘‘Peace Of- ficers Memorial Day’’ and the week in which it falls as ‘‘Police Week.’’ Presentation of the Medal shall occur at an appropriate time during the commemoration of Police Week, as far as is practicable. SEC. 3. The President may select for the Medal up to ten persons annually from among those persons rec- ommended to the President by the Attorney General. In submitting recommendations to the President, the Attorney General may consult with experts rep- resenting all segments of the public safety sector, in- cluding representatives from law enforcement, fire- fighters, and emergency services. SEC. 4. Those chosen for recognition shall receive a medal and a certificate, the designs of which shall be submitted by the Attorney General for

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