§ 2224. — Listings of places of public accommodation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2224]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Sec. 2224. Listings of places of public accommodation
(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 Director, submit to the Director 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.
(2) The Director 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) of this section, the Director 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, 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 Director shall periodically update the national master list
compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the State lists
submitted to the Director pursuant to subsection (a) of this section,
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.
(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 28, as added Pub. L. 101-391, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 25,
1990, 104 Stat. 747; amended Pub. L. 102-522, title I, Sec. 104, Oct.
26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3411.)
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-522, Sec. 104(1), struck out ``certified'' before
``places'' in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-522, Sec. 104(2), inserted ``(acting
through its Governor or the Governor's designee)'' after ``each State''
in pars. (1) and (2) and struck out ``the Governor of the State or his
designee certifies'' after ``in the State which'' in par. (1).
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2225, 2225a, 2226 of this
title.
