§ 2202. — Declaration of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2202]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 3, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1536; Pub. L. 95-422,
Sec. 2(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 932.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act''
meaning Pub. L. 93-498, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1535, as amended, which
is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification
of the Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2201
of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1978--Par. (3). Pub. L. 95-422 substituted ``United States Fire
Administration'' for ``National Fire Prevention and Control
Administration''.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related
references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6,
Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security
Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
The National Fire Prevention and Control Administration [now United
States Fire Administration] and the National Academy for Fire Prevention
and Control and the positions of Administrator of the Administration and
Superintendent of the Academy were transferred to an independent agency
in the Executive Branch, to be known as the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and all functions vested in the Secretary of Commerce, the
Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the National Fire Prevention
and Control Administration, and the Superintendent of the National
Academy for Fire Prevention and Control pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter, with the exception of those functions under sections 2220
and 2221 of this title which remain vested in the Administrator of the
United States Fire Administration, were transferred to the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of
1978, Secs. 201, 301, June 19, 1978, 43 F.R. 41944, 92 Stat. 3788, set
out as a note under section 2201 of this title, effective Apr. 1, 1979,
pursuant to Ex. Ord. No. 12127, Secs. 1-101, 1-103(a), Mar. 31, 1979, 44
F.R. 19367.
