Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture
§ 2270b. Department of Agriculture Inspector General investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths
Statutory text
In the case of each fatality of an officer or employee of the Forest Service that occurs due to wildfire entrapment or burnover, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an investigation of the fatality. The investigation shall not rely on, and shall be completely independent of, any investigation of the fatality that is conducted by the Forest Service.
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.
Pub. L. 107–203 § 1 · 116 Stat. 744
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2270b
(Pub. L. 107–203, § 1, July 24, 2002, 116 Stat. 744.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–203, § 1, July 24, 2002, 116 Stat. 744.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION OF FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTER DEATHS. In the case of each fatality of an officer or employee of the Forest Service that occurs due to wildfire entrapment or burnover, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an investigation of the fatality. The investigation shall not rely on, and shall be completely independent of, any investigation of the fatality that is conducted by the Forest Service.
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