2019 US 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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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 1856b (2019)
Section Name §1856b. Emergency assistance
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

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

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, 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. 1856b - Emergency assistance
Contains section 1856b
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 69 Stat. 67
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