15 U.S.C. § 278f
Fire Research Center
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 278f, Fire Research Center, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440335
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There is hereby established within the Department of Commerce a Fire Research Center which shall have the mission of performing and supporting research on all aspects of fire with the aim of providing scientific and technical knowledge applicable to the prevention and control of fires. The content and priorities of the research program shall be determined in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. In implementing this section, the Secretary is authorized to conduct, directly or through contracts or grants, a fire research program, including—
basic and applied fire research for the purpose of arriving at an understanding of the fundamental processes underlying all aspects of fire. Such research shall include scientific investigations of—
research into the biological, physiological, and psychological factors affecting human victims of fire, and the performance of individual members of fire services, including—
For purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,650,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, which amount includes—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations for the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations for the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and to change the name of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration to the United States Fire Administration.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally