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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part B · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 532. Explosives Training and Research Facility

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment

There is established within the Bureau an Explosives Training and Research Facility at Fort AP Hill, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

(b)

Purpose

The facility established under subsection (a) shall be utilized to train Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to—

(1)

investigate bombings and explosions;

(2)

properly handle, utilize, and dispose of explosive materials and devices;

(3)

train canines on explosive detection; and

(4)

conduct research on explosives.

(c)

Authorization of appropriations

(1)

In general

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to establish and maintain the facility established under subsection (a).

(2)

Availability of funds

Any amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.

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. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title XI § 1114 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 532

    (Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1114, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2280.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1114, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2280.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1114. EXPLOSIVES TRAINING AND RESEARCH FACILITY. (a) Establishment.— There is established within the Bureau an Explosives Training and Research Facility at Fort AP Hill, Fredericksburg, Virginia. (b) Purpose.— The facility established under subsection (a) shall be utilized to train Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers to— (1) investigate bombings and explosions; (2) properly handle, utilize, and dispose of explosive materials and devices; (3) train canines on explosive detection; and (4) conduct research on explosives. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.— (1) In general.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to establish and maintain the facility established under subsection (a). (2) Availability of funds.— Any amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–296, title XI, § 1114, , 116 Stat. 2280.)

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