{"data":{"id":"us/15-u.s.c.-2202","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 U.S.C. § 2202","heading":"Declaration of purpose","body":"It is declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to—(1) reduce the Nation’s losses caused by fire through better fire prevention and control; (2) supplement existing programs of research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments; (3) establish the United States Fire Administration and the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce; and (4) establish an intensified program of research into the treatment of burn and smoke injuries and the rehabilitation of victims of fires within the National Institutes of Health.","path":["Title 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE","CHAPTER 49—FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc15@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:39Z","sha256":"031cd2c5807cb409d813bc28c067bceccb845b019039105602836e634510d452","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/15-u.s.c.-2201","next":"us/15-u.s.c.-2203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}