2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 15A - Reciprocal Fire Protection Agreements (Sections 1856 - 1856p)
Subchapter I - Protection of United States Property (Sections 1856 - 1856e)
Sec. 1856 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 15A - RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENTS SUBCHAPTER I - PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY Sec. 1856 - Definitions |
Contains | section 1856 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | May 27, 1955, ch. 105, §1, 69 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title X, §1060, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3444. |
Statutes at Large References | 69 Stat. 66 119 Stat. 3444 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 109-163 |
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As used in this subchapter—
(a) The term "agency head" means the head of any executive department, military department, agency, or independent establishment in the executive branch of the Government;
(b) The term "fire protection" includes personal services and equipment required for fire prevention, the protection of life and property from fire,,1 fire fighting, and emergency services, including basic medical support, basic and advanced life support, hazardous material containment and confinement, and special rescue events involving vehicular and water mishaps, and trench, building, and confined space extractions; and
(c) The term "fire organization" means any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association maintaining fire protection facilities within the United States, its Territories and possessions, and any governmental entity or public or private corporation or association which maintains fire protection facilities in any foreign country in the vicinity of any installation of the United States.
(May 27, 1955, ch. 105, §1, 69 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, §1060, Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3444.)
AMENDMENTS2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted ", fire fighting, and emergency services, including basic medical support, basic and advanced life support, hazardous material containment and confinement, and special rescue events involving vehicular and water mishaps, and trench, building, and confined space extractions" for "and fire fighting".
1 So in original.
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