§2224 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

States must send the FEMA Administrator, within 2 years after September 25, 1990, a list of places of public accommodation in the State that affect commerce and meet the rules in section 2225. FEMA will set the procedures for the lists and how States must update them from time to time. Within 60 days after that 2-year period ends, FEMA must make a national master list, publish it in the Federal Register, give it to each federal agency, tell agency employees about it, and update and redistribute the master list as State lists change. The word “agency” has the meaning given in section 5701(1) of title 5.

Title 15, §2224

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(a)(1)Not later than 2 years after September 25, 1990, each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall, under procedures formulated by the Administrator of FEMA, submit to the Administrator of FEMA a list of those places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in the State which meet the requirements of the guidelines described in section 2225 of this title.

(2)The Administrator of FEMA shall formulate procedures under which each State (acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee) shall periodically update the list submitted pursuant to paragraph (1).

(b)(1)Not later than 60 days after the expiration of the 2-year period referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator of FEMA shall compile and publish in the Federal Register a national master list of all of the places of public accommodation affecting commerce located in each State that meet the requirements of the guidelines described in section 2225 of this title, and shall distribute such list to each agency of the Federal Government and take steps to make the employees of such agencies aware of its existence and contents.

(2)The Administrator of FEMA shall periodically update the national master list compiled pursuant to paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the State lists submitted to the Administrator of FEMA pursuant to subsection (a), and shall periodically redistribute the updated master list to each agency of the Federal Government.

(3)For purposes of this subsection, the term “agency” has the meaning given to it under section 5701(1) of title 5.

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Amendments

Pub. L. 112–239 substituted “Administrator of FEMA” for “Director” wherever appearing. 1992—Pub. L. 102–522, § 104(1), struck out “certified” before “places” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–522, § 104(2), inserted “(acting through its Governor or the Governor’s designee)” after “each State” in pars. (1) and (2) and struck out “the Governor of the State or his designee certifies” after “in the State which” in par. (1).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

§2224 Listings of places of public accommodation

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Title 15, §2224

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of Functions

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