22 USC § 5505 - Disaster training for State Department personnel

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s5505"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 5505 - Disaster training for State Department personnel"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "5505"
section_name: "Disaster training for State Department personnel"
chapter_number: 64
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO TERRORISM AFFECTING AMERICANS ABROAD"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 206, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3084.)"
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# § 5505. 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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 206, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3084.)