Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968

Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968

Long title	An Act to amend the Organic Act of the National Bureau of Standards to authorize a fire research and safety program, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FRSA
Enacted by	the 90th United States Congress
Effective	March 1, 1968
Citations
Public law	90-259
Statutes at Large	82 Stat. 34
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 49 § 2201
U.S.C. sections amended	15 U.S.C. ch. 7 §§ 271-278f
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1124 by Warren Magnuson (D-WA) on February 28, 1967 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, House Science and Astronautics Passed the Senate on August 16, 1967 (passed voice vote) Passed the House on February 8, 1968 (268-78, in lieu of H.R. 11284) with amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on February 16, 1968 (agreed voice vote) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on March 1, 1968

Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 was a declaration for a panoptic fire research and safety program advocated by President Lyndon Johnson on February 16, 1967.^[1] The Act of Congress established a National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control while encompassing more effective measures for fire hazards protection with the potentiality of death, injury, and damage to property. The U.S. statute petitioned a nationwide collection of comprehensive fire data with emphasis on a United States fire research program, fire safety education and training programs, demonstrations of new approaches and improvements in fire control and prevention resulting in the reduction of death, personal injury, and property damage.

The S. 1124 legislation was passed by the 90th Congressional session and enacted by the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson on March 1, 1968.^[2]