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[CITE: 15USC2220]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                 CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
Sec. 2220. Arson prevention, detection, and control

    The Administrator shall--
        (1) develop arson detection techniques to assist Federal 
    agencies and States and local jurisdictions in improving arson 
    prevention, detection, and control;
        (2) provide training and instructional materials in the skills 
    and knowledge necessary to assist Federal, State, and local fire 
    service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention, 
    detection, and control, with particular emphasis on the needs of 
    volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson 
    training courses;
        (3) formulate methods for collection of arson data which would 
    be compatible with methods of collection used for the uniform crime 
    statistics of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
        (4) develop and implement programs for improved collection of 
    nationwide arson statistics within the National Fire Incident 
    Reporting System at the National Fire Data Center;
        (5) develop programs for public education on the extent, causes, 
    and prevention of arson; and
        (6) develop handbooks to assist Federal, State, and local fire 
    service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention and 
    detection.

(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 24, as added Pub. L. 95-422, Sec. 3(a), Oct. 5, 
1978, 92 Stat. 932; amended Pub. L. 103-254, Sec. 4, May 19, 1994, 108 
Stat. 682; Pub. L. 106-503, title I, Sec. 110(a)(1)(C), (D), Nov. 13, 
2000, 114 Stat. 2302.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-503 struck out subsec. (a) designation and struck 
out subsec. (b) which required the Administrator to submit a report to 
Congress by Mar. 15, 1979, on ways to assist the States and local 
jurisdictions with arson control.
    1994--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-254 inserted before semicolon at 
end ``, with particular emphasis on the needs of volunteer firefighters 
for improved and more widely available arson training courses''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Administrator of United States Fire Administration 
under this section and section 2221 of this title to remain vested in 
Administrator and not to be transferred to Director of 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, Sec. 1-103(a), Mar. 31, 1979, 44 F.R. 19367.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 278f, 2216 of this title.
