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2002 U.S. Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 15A - RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER I - PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY
Sec. 1856b - Emergency assistance

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 15A - RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS
SUBCHAPTER I - PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY
Sec. 1856b - Emergency assistance
Containssection 1856b
Date2002
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 2003
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditMay 27, 1955, ch. 105, §3, 69 Stat. 67.
Statutes at Large Reference69 Stat. 67


§1856b. Emergency assistance

In the absence of any agreement authorized or ratified by section 1856a of this title, each agency head is authorized to render emergency assistance in extinguishing fires and in preserving life and property from fire, within the vicinity of any place at which such agency maintains fire-protection facilities, when the rendition of such assistance is determined, under regulations prescribed by the agency head, to be in the best interest of the United States.

(May 27, 1955, ch. 105, §3, 69 Stat. 67.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1856c of this title.

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