15 U.S.C. § 2228 — CPR training

Page 1811 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 2229 gency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and li- abilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy, including the functions of the Director of the Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treat- ment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 2228. CPR training No funds shall be made available to a State or local government under section 2221 of this title unless such government has a policy to actively promote the training of its firefighters in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (Pub. L. 93–498, § 32, as added Pub. L. 103–254, § 5, May 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 682.) § 2229. Firefighter assistance (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator of FEMA The term ‘‘Administrator of FEMA’’ means the Administrator of FEMA, acting through the Administrator. (2) Available grant funds The term ‘‘available grant funds’’, with re- spect to a fiscal year, means those funds ap- propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (q)(1) for such fis- cal year less any funds used for administrative costs pursuant to subsection (q)(2) in such fis- cal year. (3) Career fire department The term ‘‘career fire department’’ means a fire department that has an all-paid force of firefighting personnel other than paid-on-call firefighters. (4) Combination fire department The term ‘‘combination fire department’’ means a fire department that has— (A) paid firefighting personnel; and (B) volunteer firefighting personnel. (5) Firefighting personnel The term ‘‘firefighting personnel’’ means in- dividuals, including volunteers, who are fire- fighters, officers of fire departments, or emer- gency medical service personnel of fire depart- ments. (6) Institution of higher education The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the meaning given such term in section 1001 of title 20. (7) Nonaffiliated EMS organization The term ‘‘nonaffiliated EMS organization’’ means a public or private nonprofit emergency medical services organization that is not af- filiated with a hospital and does not serve a geographic area in which the Administrator of FEMA finds that emergency medical services are adequately provided by a fire department. (8) Paid-on-call The term ‘‘paid-on-call’’ with respect to fire- fighting personnel means firefighting per- sonnel who are paid a stipend for each event to which they respond. (9) Volunteer fire department The term ‘‘volunteer fire department’’ means a fire department that has an all-volun- teer force of firefighting personnel. (b) Assistance program (1) Authority In accordance with this section, the Admin- istrator of FEMA may award— (A) assistance to firefighters grants under subsection (c); and (B) fire prevention and safety grants and other assistance under subsection (d). (2) Administrative assistance The Administrator of FEMA shall— (A) establish specific criteria for the selec- tion of grant recipients under this section; and (B) provide assistance with application preparation to applicants for such grants. (c) Assistance to firefighters grants (1) In general The Administrator of FEMA may, in con- sultation with the chief executives of the States in which the recipients are located, award grants on a competitive basis directly to— (A) fire departments, for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of the pub- lic and firefighting personnel throughout the United States against fire, fire-related, and other hazards; (B) nonaffiliated EMS organizations to support the provision of emergency medical services; and (C) State fire training academies for the purposes described in subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) of paragraph (3). (2) Maximum grant amounts (A) Population The Administrator of FEMA may not award a grant under this subsection in ex- cess of amounts as follows: (i) In the case of a recipient that serves a jurisdiction with 100,000 people or fewer, the amount of the grant awarded to such recipient shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any fiscal year. (ii) In the case of a recipient that serves a jurisdiction with more than 100,000 peo- ple but not more than 500,000 people, the amount of the grant awarded to such re- cipient shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year. (iii) In the case of a recipient that serves a jurisdiction with more than 500,000 but not more than 1,000,000 people, the amount of the grant awarded to such recipient shall not exceed $3,000,000 in any fiscal year. (iv) In the case of a recipient that serves a jurisdiction with more than 1,000,000 peo-