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15 U.S.C. § 7304 — Briefings, hearings, witnesses, and subpoenas
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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 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 judicial district in which the person against whom the action is brought resides, is found, or does business. The court may punish a failure to obey an order of the court to comply with the subpoena as a contempt of court.
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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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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 7306
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d)(2) to
(4), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L.
107–231, Oct. 1, 2002, 116 Stat. 1471, known as the Na-
tional Construction Safety Team Act, which is classi-
fied principally to this chapter. For complete classi-
fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 7301 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2022—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10246(h)(1), added
par. (5).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10246(h)(2)(A), sub-
stituted ‘‘Investigation’’ for ‘‘Interagency’’ in heading.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10246(h)(2)(B), inserted
‘‘or any civil suit or civil action’’ after ‘‘Federal agen-
cy’’.
§ 7304. Briefings, hearings, witnesses, and sub-
poenas
(a) General authority
The Director or his designee, on behalf of a
Team, may conduct hearings, administer oaths,
and require, by subpoena (pursuant to sub-
section (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 re-
quired by section 7307 of this title 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
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