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15 U.S.C. § 2224 — Listings of places of public accommodation
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**(a) Submissions by States**
(1) Not later than 2 years after September 25, 1990, each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall, under procedures formulated by the Administrator of FEMA, submit to the Administrator of FEMA a list of those places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in the State which meet the requirements of the guidelines described in [section 2225 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2225&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The Administrator of FEMA shall formulate procedures under which each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall periodically update the list submitted pursuant to paragraph (1).
**(b) Compilation and distribution of master list**
(1) Not later than 60 days after the expiration of the 2-year period referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator of FEMA shall compile and publish in the Federal Register a national master list of all of the places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in each State that meet the requirements of the guidelines described in [section 2225 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2225&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall distribute such list to each agency of the Federal Government and take steps to make the employees of such agencies aware of its existence and contents.
(2) The Administrator of FEMA shall periodically update the national master list compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the State lists submitted to the Administrator of FEMA pursuant to subsection (a), and shall periodically redistribute the updated master list to each agency of the Federal Government.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the
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**(a) Submissions by States**
(1) Not later than 2 years after September 25, 1990, each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall, under procedures formulated by the Administrator of FEMA, submit to the Administrator of FEMA a list of those places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in the State which meet the requirements of the guidelines described in [section 2225 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2225&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The Administrator of FEMA shall formulate procedures under which each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall periodically update the list submitted pursuant to paragraph (1).
**(b) Compilation and distribution of master list**
(1) Not later than 60 days after the expiration of the 2-year period referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator of FEMA shall compile and publish in the Federal Register a national master list of all of the places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in each State that meet the requirements of the guidelines described in [section 2225 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2225&num=0&edition=prelim), and shall distribute such list to each agency of the Federal Government and take steps to make the employees of such agencies aware of its existence and contents.
(2) The Administrator of FEMA shall periodically update the national master list compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the State lists submitted to the Administrator of FEMA pursuant to subsection (a), and shall periodically redistribute the updated master list to each agency of the Federal Government.
(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term “agency” has the meaning given to it under [section 5701(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5701/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
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(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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**(a) Contents of guidelines** The guidelines referred to in sections 2224 and 2226 of this title consist of—
(1) a requirement that hard-wired, single-station smoke detectors be installed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 74 or any successor standard to that standard in each guest room in each place of public accommodation affecting commerce; and
(2) a requirement that an automatic sprinkler system be installed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard 13 or 13–R, or any successor standard to that standard, whichever is appropriate, in each place of public accommodation affecting commerce except those places that are 3 stories or lower.
**(b) Exceptions**
(1) The requirement described in subsection (a)(2) shall not apply to a place of public accommodation affecting commerce with an automatic sprinkler system installed before October 25, 1992, if the automatic sprinkler system is installed in compliance with an applicable standard (adopted by the governmental authority having jurisdiction, and in effect, at the time of installation) that required the placement of a sprinkler head in the sleeping area of each guest room.
(2) The requirement described in subsection (a)(2) shall not apply to a place of public accommodation affecting commerce to the extent that such place of public accommodation affecting commerce is subject to a standard that includes a requirement or prohibition that prevents compliance with a provision of National Fire Protection Association Standard 13 or 13–R, or any successor standard to that standard. In such a case, the place of public accommodation affecting commerce is exempt only from that specific provision.
**(c) Effect on State and local law** The provisions of this section shall not
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2224
who develop and disseminate hazardous mate-
rials identification and response data, and who
collect, collate, analyze, and disseminate haz-
ardous materials incident data;
(2) State and local operational officials with
emergency response or relevant regulatory re-
sponsibilities; and
(3) representatives of companies engaged in
the manufacture and processing of chemicals.
(Pub. L. 101–446, § 3, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1045;
Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1112(d), Nov. 25, 2002,
116 Stat. 2276.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Firefighters’ Safe-
ty Study Act, and not as part of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1974 which comprises this
chapter.
AMENDMENTS
2002—Par. (1)(E). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted ‘‘the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,
Department of Justice,’’ for ‘‘the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms,’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after
Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as
an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Do-
mestic Security.
§ 2223c. Report and recommendations
The working group established under section
2223b of this title shall, within 1 year after Octo-
ber 22, 1990, submit a report to the Adminis-
trator and to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate presenting the re-
sults of the review carried out under sections
2223a to 2223e of this title, along with rec-
ommendations to ensure that response informa-
tion disseminated to emergency response per-
sonnel is appropriate
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