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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 15A — Reciprocal Fire Protection Agreements

§ 1856d. Funds

Statutory text

(a)

Funds available to any agency head for fire protection on installations or in connection with activities under the jurisdiction of such agency may be used to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. All sums received by any agency head for fire protection rendered pursuant to this subchapter shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a), all sums received as reimbursements for costs incurred by any Department of Defense or Department of Agriculture activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this subchapter shall be credited to the same appropriation or fund from which the expenses were paid or, if the period of availability for obligation for that appropriation has expired, to the appropriation or fund that is currently available to the activity for the same purpose. Amounts so credited shall be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as the appropriation or account to which credited.

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. Pub. L. 84–105 § 5 · 69 Stat. 188

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 1856d

    May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 5, 69 Stat. 67

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 5, 69 Stat. 67

  2. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

    Pub. L. 110–181 div. A title X § 1080 · 122 Stat. 3

    1. Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 1856d

      Pub. L. 110–181 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Added · 42 U.S.C. § 1856d

      Pub. L. 110–181 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 110–181 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1080. RETENTION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROVISION OF RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.   Section 5 of the Act of May 27, 1955 (chapter 105; 69 Stat. 67; 42 U.S.C. 1856d) is amended— (1) by striking “Funds” and inserting “(a) Funds”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all sums received for any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this Act shall be credited to the appropriation fund or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such appropriation fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the funds with which the funds are merged.” .

  3. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

    Pub. L. 112–81 div. A title III § 364(a) · 125 Stat. 1298

    Amended · 42 U.S.C. § 1856d(b)

    Pub. L. 112–81 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all sums received for any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this subchapter shall be credited to the appropriation fund or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such appropriation fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the funds with which the funds are merged.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–81 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all sums received for any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this subchapter shall be credited to the appropriation fund or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such appropriation fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the funds with which the funds are merged.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Subsection (b) of section 5 of the Act of May 27, 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1856d(b)) is amended to read as follows: “(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), all sums received as reimbursements for costs incurred by any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this Act shall be credited to the same appropriation or fund from which the expenses were paid or, if the period of availability for obligation for that appropriation has expired, to the appropriation or fund that is currently available to the activity for the same purpose. Amounts so credited shall be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as the appropriation or account to which credited.” .

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 364(b), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1380, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to reimbursements for expenditures of funds appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 31, 2011].”

  4. Agricultural Act of 2014

    Pub. L. 113–79 title VIII § 8304(f) · 128 Stat. 649

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 1856d(b)

    Pub. L. 113–79 inserted “or Department of Agriculture” after “Department of Defense”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79 inserted “or Department of Agriculture” after “Department of Defense”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (f) Amendment.— Section 5(b) of the Act of May 27, 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1856d(b)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting “or Department of Agriculture” after “Department of Defense”.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments2008–2014 · 3 rounds

2014

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–79 inserted “or Department of Agriculture” after “Department of Defense”.

2011

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–81 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all sums received for any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this subchapter shall be credited to the appropriation fund or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with funds in such appropriation fund or account and shall be available for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations as the funds with which the funds are merged.”

2008

Pub. L. 110–181 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2011 Amendment

Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 364(b), , 125 Stat. 1380, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to reimbursements for expenditures of funds appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1955–2014 · 4 acts
  1. 1955May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 5, 69 Stat. 67
  2. 2008Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1080, , 122 Stat. 335
  3. 2011Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 364(a), , 125 Stat. 1380
  4. 2014Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8304(f), , 128 Stat. 924.
Show as published

(May 27, 1955, ch. 105, § 5, 69 Stat. 67; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1080, , 122 Stat. 335; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title III, § 364(a), , 125 Stat. 1380; Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8304(f), , 128 Stat. 924.)

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