15 USC § 2226 - Dissemination of fire prevention and control information

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s2226"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 2226 - Dissemination of fire prevention and control information"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "2226"
section_name: "Dissemination of fire prevention and control information"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–498, § 30, as added Pub. L. 101–391, § 3(a), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 748; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2100.)"
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# § 2226. Dissemination of fire prevention and control information

section 2225 of this titlesection 2224(b) of this titlesection 2224(b) of this title

The Administrator of FEMA, acting through the Administrator, is authorized to take steps to encourage the States to promote the use of automatic sprinkler systems and automatic smoke detection systems, and to disseminate to the maximum extent possible information on the life safety value and use of such systems. Such steps may include, but need not be limited to, providing copies of the guidelines described in  and of the master list compiled under  to Federal agencies, State and local governments, and fire services throughout the United States, and making copies of the master list compiled under  available upon request to interested private organizations and individuals.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–498, § 30, as added Pub. L. 101–391, § 3(a), Sept. 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 748; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2100.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2013— substituted “Administrator of FEMA” for “Director”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .