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15 U.S.C. § 7307 — National Construction Safety Team report
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Not later than 90 days after completing an investigation, a Team shall issue a public report which includes—
(1) an analysis of the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure investigated;
(2) any technical recommendations for changes to or the establishment of evacuation and emergency response procedures;
(3) any recommended specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices; and
(4) recommendations for research and other appropriate actions needed to help prevent future building failures.
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Not later than 90 days after completing an investigation, a Team shall issue a public report which includes—
(1) an analysis of the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure investigated;
(2) any technical recommendations for changes to or the establishment of evacuation and emergency response procedures;
(3) any recommended specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices; and
(4) recommendations for research and other appropriate actions needed to help prevent future building failures.
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**(a) Establishment** The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in this chapter referred to as the “Director”) is authorized to establish National Construction Safety Teams (in this chapter referred to as a “Team”) for deployment after events causing the failure of a building or buildings that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential for substantial loss of life. To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall establish and deploy a Team within 48 hours after such an event. The Director shall promptly publish in the Federal Register notice of the establishment of each Team.
**(b) Purpose of investigation; duties**
(1) **Purpose** — The purpose of investigations by Teams is to improve the safety and structural integrity of buildings in the United States.
(2) **Duties** — A Team shall—
(A) establish the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure;
(B) evaluate the technical aspects of evacuation and emergency response procedures;
(C) recommend, as necessary, specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices based on the findings made pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
(D) recommend any research and other appropriate actions needed to improve the structural safety of buildings, and improve evacuation and emergency response procedures, based on the findings of the investigation.
**(c) Procedures**
(1) **Development** — Not later than 3 months after October 1, 2002, the Director, in consultation with the United States Fire Administration and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop procedures for the establishment and deployment of Teams. The Director shall update such procedures as appropriate. Such procedures shall include provisions—
(A) re
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**(a) General authority** The Director or his designee, on behalf of a Team, may conduct hearings, administer oaths, and require, by subpoena (pursuant to subsection (e)) and otherwise, necessary witnesses and evidence as necessary to carry out this chapter.
**(b) Briefings** The Director or his designee (who may be the leader or a member of a Team), on behalf of a Team, shall hold regular public briefings on the status of investigative proceedings and findings, including a final briefing after the report required by [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim) is issued.
**(c) Public hearings** During the course of an investigation by a Team, the National Institute of Standards and Technology may, if the Director considers it to be in the public interest, hold a public hearing for the purposes of—
(1) gathering testimony from witnesses; and
(2) informing the public on the progress of the investigation.
**(d) Production of witnesses** A witness or evidence in an investigation under this chapter may be summoned or required to be produced from any place in the United States. A witness summoned under this subsection is entitled to the same fee and mileage the witness would have been paid in a court of the United States.
**(e) Issuance of subpoenas** A subpoena shall be issued only under the signature of the Director but may be served by any person designated by the Director.
**(f) Failure to obey subpoena** If a person disobeys a subpoena issued by the Director under this chapter, the Attorney General, acting on behalf of the Director, may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States to enforce the subpoena. An action under this subsection may be brought in the ju
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**(a) General rule** Except as otherwise provided in this section, a copy of a record, information, or investigation submitted or received by a Team shall be made available to the public on request and at reasonable cost.
**(b) Exceptions** Subsection (a) does not require the release of—
(1) information described by [section 552(b) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or protected from disclosure by any other law of the United States; or
(2) information described in subsection (a) by the National Institute of Standards and Technology or by a Team until the report required by [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim) is issued.
**(c) Protection of voluntary submission of information** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Team, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and any agency receiving information from a Team or the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall not disclose voluntarily provided safety-related information if that information is not directly related to the building failure being investigated and the Director finds that the disclosure of the information would inhibit the voluntary provision of that type of information.
**(d) Public safety information** A Team and the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall not publicly release any information it receives in the course of an investigation under this chapter if the Director finds that the disclosure of that information might jeopardize public safety.
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After the issuance of a public report under [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim), the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall comprehensively review the report and, working with the United States Fire Administration and other appropriate Federal and non-Federal agencies and organizations—
(1) conduct, or enable or encourage the conducting of, appropriate research recommended by the Team; and
(2) promote (consistent with existing procedures for the establishment of building standards, codes, and practices) the appropriate adoption by the Federal Government, and encourage the appropriate adoption by other agencies and organizations, of the recommendations of the Team with respect to—
(A) technical aspects of evacuation and emergency response procedures;
(B) specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices; and
(C) other actions needed to help prevent future building failures.
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Not later than February 15 of each year, the Director shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—
(1) a summary of the investigations conducted by Teams during the prior fiscal year;
(2) a summary of recommendations made by the Teams in reports issued under [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim) during the prior fiscal year and a description of the extent to which those recommendations have been implemented; and
(3) a description of the actions taken to improve building safety and structural integrity by the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the prior fiscal year in response to reports issued under [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment and functions** The Director, in consultation with the United States Fire Administration and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish an advisory committee to advise the Director on carrying out this chapter and to review the procedures developed under [section 7301(c)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7301/c/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and the reports issued under [section 7307 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7307&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Annual report** On January 1 of each year, the advisory committee shall transmit to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—
(1) an evaluation of Team activities, along with recommendations to improve the operation and effectiveness of Teams; and
(2) an assessment of the implementation of the recommendations of Teams and of the advisory committee.
**(c) Duration of advisory committee** [Section 1013 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section1013&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to the advisory committee established under this section.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 7307
Technology, and any agency receiving informa-
tion from a Team or the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, shall not disclose
voluntarily provided safety-related information
if that information is not directly related to the
building failure being investigated and the Di-
rector finds that the disclosure of the informa-
tion would inhibit the voluntary provision of
that type of information.
(d) Public safety information
A Team and the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology shall not publicly release
any information it receives in the course of an
investigation under this chapter if the Director
finds that the disclosure of that information
might jeopardize public safety.
(Pub. L. 107–231, § 7, Oct. 1, 2002, 116 Stat. 1475.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 107–231, Oct. 1,
2002, 116 Stat. 1471, known as the National Construction
Safety Team Act, which is classified principally to this
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7301 of
this title and Tables.
§ 7307. National Construction Safety Team report
Not later than 90 days after completing an in-
vestigation, a Team shall issue a public report
which includes—
(1) an analysis of the likely technical cause
or causes of the building failure investigated;
(2)
any
technical
recommendations
for
changes to or the establishment of evacuation
and emergency response procedures;
(3) any recommended specific improvements
to building standards, codes, and practices;
and
(4) recommendations for research and other
appropriate actions needed to help prevent fu-
ture building fa
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