§ 2216. — Authorization of appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2216]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Sec. 2216. Authorization of appropriations
(a) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the
foregoing provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise specifically
provided, with respect to the payment of claims, under section 2210 of
this title, an amount not to exceed $25,210,000 for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1980, which amount includes--
(1) $4,781,000 for programs which are recommended in the report
submitted to the Congress by the Administrator pursuant to section
2220(b)(1) \1\ of this title;
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(2) $9,430,000 for the National Academy for Fire Prevention and
Control;
(3) $307,000 for adjustments required by law in salaries, pay,
retirement, and employee benefits;
(4) $500,000 for additional rural firefighting technical
assistance and information activities;
(5) $500,000 for the study required by section 2222 \1\ of this
title; and
(6) $110,000 for the study required by section 2223 \1\ of this
title.
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the additional
administrative expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
which are related to this chapter and which result from Reorganization
Plan Numbered 3 of 1978 (submitted June 19, 1978) and related Executive
orders, an amount not to exceed $600,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1980.
(c) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
payment of claims under section 2210 of this title, an amount not to
exceed $23,814,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, which
amount includes--
(1) not less than $1,100,000 for the first year of a three-year
concentrated demonstration program of fire prevention and control in
two States with high fire death rates;
(2) not less than $2,575,000 for rural fire prevention and
control; and
(3) not less than $4,255,000 for research and development for
the activities under section 278f of this title at the Fire Research
Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, of
which not less than $250,000 shall be available for adjustments
required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and employee benefits.
The funds authorized in paragraph (3) shall be in addition to funds
authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire
Research Center.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
payment of claims under section 2210 of this title, to carry out the
purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated--
(1) $20,815,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982,
and $23,312,800 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, which
amount shall include--
(A) such sums as may be necessary for the support of
research and development at the Fire Research Center of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology under section
278f of this title, which sums shall be in addition to those
funds authorized to be appropriated under the National Bureau of
Standards Authorization Act for fiscal years 1981 and 1982; and
(B) $654,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982,
and $732,480 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, for
executive direction by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
of program activities for which appropriations are authorized by
this subsection; and
(2) such further sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal
years ending September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983, for
adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and
employee benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which
funds are authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
The funds authorized under section 278f of this title shall be in
addition to funds authorized in any other law for research and
development at the Fire Research Center of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
payment of claims under section 2210 of this title, to carry out the
purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated--
(1) $15,720,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984,
and $20,983,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985; and
(2) such further sums as may be necessary in each of the fiscal
years ending September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, for
adjustments required by law in salaries, pay, retirement, and
employee benefits incurred in the conduct of activities for which
funds are authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection.
The funds authorized under this subsection shall be in addition to funds
authorized in any other law for research and development at the Fire
Research Center of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(f) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
payment of claims under section 2210 of this title, to carry out the
purposes of this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated
$22,037,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986 and
$18,300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987.
(g)(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided with respect to the
payment of claims under section 2210 of this title, there are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter--
(A) $17,039,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989;
(B) $17,737,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990;
(C) $18,464,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991;
(D) $25,550,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992;
(E) $26,521,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993;
(F) $27,529,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994;
(G) $29,664,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998;
(H) $30,554,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999;
(I) $44,753,000 for fiscal year 2001, of which $3,000,000 is for
research activities, and $250,000 may be used for contracts or
grants to non-Federal entities for data analysis, including general
fire profiles and special fire analyses and report projects, and of
which $6,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, including
associated curriculum development, for fire and emergency services
personnel;
(J) $47,800,000 for fiscal year 2002, of which $3,250,000 is for
research activities, and $250,000 may be used for contracts or
grants to non-Federal entities for data analysis, including general
fire profiles and special fire analyses and report projects, and of
which $7,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, including
associated curriculum development, for fire and emergency services
personnel; and
(K) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, of which $3,500,000 is for
research activities, and $250,000 may be used for contracts or
grants to non-Federal entities for data analysis, including general
fire profiles and special fire analyses and report projects, and of
which $8,000,000 is for anti-terrorism training, including
associated curriculum development, for fire and emergency services
personnel.
(2) Of the amounts referred to in paragraph (1), not more than
$4,150,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year for
National Emergency Training Center site administration.
(h) In addition to any other amounts that are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this chapter, there are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this chapter--
(1) $500,000 for fiscal year 1995 for basic research on the
development of an advanced course on arson prevention;
(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the expansion of arson
investigator training programs at the Academy under section 2220 of
this title and at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or
through regional delivery sites;
(3) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for
carrying out section 2221 of this title, except for salaries and
expenses for carrying out section 2221 of this title; and
(4) $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for
salaries and expenses for carrying out section 2221 of this title.
(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 17, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1545; Pub. L. 94-411,
Sec. 1(a), Sept. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1254; Pub. L. 95-422, Sec. 1(a),
Oct. 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 932; Pub. L. 96-121, Sec. 1, Nov. 16, 1979, 93
Stat. 863; Pub. L. 96-472, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat.
2260; Pub. L. 97-80, title II, Sec. 201, Nov. 20, 1981, 95 Stat. 1081;
Pub. L. 98-241, title II, Sec. 201, Mar. 22, 1984, 98 Stat. 95; Pub. L.
99-97, Sept. 26, 1985, 99 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 99-359, Sec. 1, July 8,
1986, 100 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23,
1988, 102 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 100-476, Sec. 1, Oct. 6, 1988, 102 Stat.
2304; Pub. L. 102-522, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3410;
Pub. L. 103-254, Sec. 7, May 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 682; Pub. L. 105-108,
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2264; Pub. L. 106-503, title I,
Sec. 102, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2298.)
References in Text
Section 2220(b)(1) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was
repealed by Pub. L. 106-503, title I, Sec. 110(a)(1)(D), Nov. 13, 2000,
114 Stat. 2302.
Sections 2222 and 2223 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a)(5),
(6), respectively, were repealed by Pub. L. 106-503, title I,
Sec. 110(a)(1)(B), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302.
Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b),
is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
The National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for fiscal years
1981 and 1982, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(A), is Pub. L. 96-461, Oct.
15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2049, which enacted section 278g of this title,
amended sections 278d and 278h of this title, and enacted provisions set
out as notes under section 278g of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (g)(1)(I) to (K). Pub. L. 106-503 added subpars. (I)
to (K).
1997--Subsec. (g)(1)(G), (H). Pub. L. 105-108 added subpars. (G) and
(H).
1994--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-254 added subsec. (h).
1992--Subsec. (g)(1)(D) to (F). Pub. L. 102-522 added subpars. (D)
to (F).
1988--Subsecs. (c)(3), (d), (e). Pub. L. 100-418 substituted
``National Institute of Standards and Technology'' for ``National Bureau
of Standards'' wherever appearing.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100-476 added subsec. (g).
1986--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99-359 substituted ``are'' for ``is'' and
inserted ``and $18,300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1987''.
1985--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99-97 added subsec. (f).
1984--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-241 added subsec. (e).
1981--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-80 added subsec. (d).
1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-472 added subsec. (c).
1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-121 designated existing provisions as
subsec. (a), substituted provisions authorizing to be appropriated an
amount not to exceed $25,210,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980,
for provisions authorizing appropriations not to exceed $3,750,000 for
the transitional fiscal quarter of July 1, 1976 through Sept. 30, 1976,
not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977, not to
exceed $20,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1978, and not to
exceed $24,352,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1979, and added
pars. (1) to (6).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-121 added subsec. (b).
1978--Pub. L. 95-422 substituted ``except as otherwise specifically
provided, with respect to the payment of claims, under section 2210 of
this title'' for ``except section 2210 of this title'', struck out
``and'' after ``September 30, 1977'', and inserted provision authorizing
appropriation of not to exceed $24,352,000 for fiscal year ending Sept.
30, 1979.
1976--Pub. L. 94-411 substituted provisions authorizing to be
appropriated not to exceed $3,750,000 for the transitional fiscal
quarter of July 1, 1976, through Sept. 30, 1976, not to exceed
$15,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1977, and not to exceed
$20,000,000 for fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1978, for provisions
authorizing to be appropriated such sums as are necessary, not to exceed
$10,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed
$15,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of the
Treasury to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of
related references, see sections 203(4), 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.
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.
Functions of National Fire Prevention and Control Administration
[now United States Fire Administration] and National Academy for Fire
Prevention and Control generally transferred to Federal Emergency
Management Agency. For further details see Transfer of Functions note
set out under section 2202 of this title.
Arson Prevention Grants; Termination of Appropriations
Section 8 of Pub. L. 103-254 provided that: ``Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act [see Short Title of 1994 Amendment note set
out under section 2201 of this title], no funds are authorized to be
appropriated for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1996 for carrying out
the programs for which funds are authorized by this Act, or the
amendments made by this Act.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2206 of this title.
