15 U.S.C. § 2202
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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.