US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

15 U.S.C. § 2232

Burn research

(a)

Office

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific criteria of grant recipients and to administer grants under this section.

(b)

Safety organization grants

The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety programs for the purpose of assisting those organizations in conducting burn prevention programs or augmenting existing burn prevention programs.

(c)

Hospital grants

The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn care research.

(d)

Other grants

The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims.

(e)

Report

(1)

In general

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the results of the grants provided under this section.

(2)

Content

The report shall contain the following:
(A)
A list of the organizations, hospitals, or other entities to which the grants were provided and the purpose for which those entities were provided grants.
(B)
Efforts taken to ensure that potential grant applicants are provided with information necessary to develop an effective application.
(C)
The Administrator’s assessment regarding the appropriate level of funding that should be provided annually through the grant program.
(D)
The Administrator’s assessment regarding the appropriate purposes for such grants.
(E)
Any other information the Administrator determines necessary.
(3)

Submission date

The report shall be submitted not later than .

(f)

Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section amounts as follows:
(1)
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
(2)
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]114 Stat. 1654Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c)120 Stat. 1410(, title XVII, § 1703], , , 1654A–364; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, and not as part of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 612(c) of Pub. L. 109–295section 313 of Title 6Pub. L. 109–295section 612(f)(2) of Pub. L. 109–295section 313 of Title 6“Administrator” substituted for “Director” and “Administrator’s” substituted for “Director’s” on authority of , set out as a note under , Domestic Security. Any reference to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in title VI of or an amendment by title VI to be considered to refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency until , see , set out as a note under .

Transfer of Functions

section 315(a)(1) of Title 6For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

section 542 of Title 6For 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 former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .