2000 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 7 - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 281a - Structural failures
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 7 - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Sec. 281a - Structural failures |
| Contains | section 281a |
| Date | 2000 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 2, 2001 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-73, §7, July 29, 1985, 99 Stat. 173; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, §5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433. |
| Statutes at Large References | 99 Stat. 173 102 Stat. 1433 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 99-73, Public Law 100-418 |
§281a. Structural failures
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, on its own initiative but only after consultation with local authorities, may initiate and conduct investigations to determine the causes of structural failures in structures which are used or occupied by the general public. No part of any report resulting from such investigation shall be admitted as evidence or used in any suit or action for damages arising out of any matter mentioned in such report.
(Pub. L. 99–73, §7, July 29, 1985, 99 Stat. 173; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, §5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)
CodificationSection was not enacted as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments1988—Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.
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