§ 7301. National Construction Safety Teams

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 2002

   National Construction Safety Team Act

   Pub. L. 107–231 § 2 · 116 Stat. 1471

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 7301

   Pub. L. 107–231, § 2, Oct. 1, 2002, 116 Stat. 1471

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 107–231, § 2, Oct. 1, 2002, 116 Stat. 1471

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAMS. (a) Establishment.— The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in this Act referred to as the “Director”) is authorized to establish National Construction Safety Teams (in this Act referred to as a “Team”) for deployment after events causing the failure of a building or buildings that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential for substantial loss of life. To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall establish and deploy a Team within 48 hours after such an event. The Director shall promptly publish in the Federal Register notice of the establishment of each Team. Federal Register, publication. (b) Purpose of Investigation; Duties.— (1) Purpose.— The purpose of investigations by Teams is to improve the safety and structural integrity of buildings in the United States. (2) Duties.— A Team shall— (A) establish the likely technical cause or causes of the building failure; (B) evaluate the technical aspects of evacuation and emergency response procedures; (C) recommend, as necessary, specific improvements to building standards, codes, and practices based on the findings made pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B); and (D) recommend any research and other appropriate actions needed to improve the structural safety of buildings, and improve evacuation and emergency response procedures, based on the findings of the investigation. (c) Procedures.— (1) Development.— Not later than 3 months after the date Deadline. of the enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the United States Fire Administration and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop procedures for the establishment and deployment of Teams. The Director shall update such procedures as appropriate. Such procedures shall include provisions— (A) regarding conflicts of interest related to service on the Team; (B) defining the circumstances under which the Director will establish and deploy a Team; (C) prescribing the appropriate size of Teams; (D) guiding the disclosure of information under section 8; (E) guiding the conduct of investigations under this Act, including procedures for providing written notice of inspection authority under section 4(a) and for ensuring compliance with any other applicable law; (F) identifying and prescribing appropriate conditions for the provision by the Director of additional resources and services Teams may need; (G) to ensure that investigations under this Act do not impede and are coordinated with any search and rescue efforts being undertaken at the site of the building failure; (H) for regular briefings of the public on the status of the investigative proceedings and findings; guiding the Teams in moving and preserving evidence as described in section 4 (a)(4), (b)(2), and (d)(4); (I) providing for coordination with Federal, State, and local entities that may sponsor research or investigations of building failures, including research conducted under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977; and (J) regarding such other issues as the Director considers appropriate. (2) Publication.— The Director shall publish promptly in the Federal Register final procedures, and subsequent updates thereof, developed under paragraph (1).

2. 2002

   Cyber Security Research and Development Act

   Pub. L. 107–305 § 15 · 116 Stat. 2367

   Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 7301(c)(1)(D)

   Pub. L. 107–305, which directed the substitution of “section 7306 of this title;” for “section 7307 of this title;” in subsec. (c)(1)(d), was executed to subsec. (c)(1)(D), to reflect the probable intent of Congress

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c)(1)(D). Pub. L. 107–305, which directed the substitution of “section 7306 of this title;” for “section 7307 of this title;” in subsec. (c)(1)(d), was executed to subsec. (c)(1)(D), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 15. TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAM ACT. Section 2(c)(1)(d) of the National Construction Safety Team Act is amended by striking “section 8;” and inserting “section 7;”.

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