Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60
§15707 Coordination
Title 42 › Chapter 148— WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION › § 15707
Summary
Leaders at the Department of Commerce, NIST, OSTP, and other federal agencies must share research, technology, and response methods across programs under this law. This helps coordinate the country's efforts to cut how vulnerable people and places are to the hazards the law covers.
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Title 42, §15707
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The Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies carrying out activities under this chapter and the statutes amended by this chapter shall work together to ensure that research, technologies, and response techniques are shared among the programs authorized in this chapter in order to coordinate the Nation’s efforts to reduce vulnerability to the hazards described in this chapter.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 108–360, Oct. 25, 2004, 118 Stat. 1675, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see
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note set out under section 15701 of this title and Tables.
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42 U.S.C. § 15707
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60