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[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).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2225, 2225a, 2226 of this 
title.
