Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 64 — United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad
§ 5505. Disaster training for State Department personnel
Statutory text
Additional training
The Secretary of State shall institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers.
Training improvements
In expanding the training program under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with death and bereavement counselors concerning the particular demands posed by aviation tragedies and terrorist activities.
In providing such additional training under subsection (a) the Secretary of State shall consider supplementing the current training program through—
providing specialized training to create a team of “disaster specialists” to deploy immediately in a crisis; or
securing outside experts to be brought in during the initial phases to assist consular personnel.
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.
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–604 title II § 206 · 104 Stat. 3066
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 5505
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 206, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3084.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 206, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3084.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 206. DISASTER TRAINING FOR STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. (a) Additional Training.— The Secretary of State shall institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. (b) Training Improvements — (1) In expanding the training program under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with death and bereavement counselors concerning the particular demands posed by aviation tragedies and terrorist activities. (2) In providing such additional training under subsection (a) the Secretary of State shall consider supplementing the current training program through— (A) providing specialized training to create a team of “disaster specialists” to deploy immediately in a crisis; or (B) securing outside experts to be brought in during the initial phases to assist consular personnel.
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