15 U.S.C. § 2232: Burn research

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific criteria of grant recipients and to administer grants under this section. The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety programs for the purpose of assisting those organizations in conducting burn prevention programs or augmenting existing burn prevention programs. The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn care research. The Administrator may make grants, on a competitive basis, to governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the results of the grants provided under this section. A list of the organizations, hospitals, or other entities to which the grants were provided and the purpose for which those entities were provided grants. Efforts taken to ensure that potential grant applicants are provided with information necessary to develop an effective application. The Administrator’s assessment regarding the appropriate level of funding that should be provided annually through the grant program. The Administrator’s assessment regarding the appropriate purposes for such grants. Any other information the Administrator determines necessary. The report shall be submitted not later than February 1, 2002 . $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.