{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s2214","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2214.","heading":"Public safety awards","text":"\u00a7\u202f2214.\nPublic safety awards\n(a)\nEstablishment\nThere is hereby established an honorary award for the recognition of outstanding and distinguished service by public safety officers to be known as the Administrator\u2019s Award For Distinguished Public Safety Service (\u201cAdministrator\u2019s Award\u201d).\n(b)\nDescription\nThe Administrator\u2019s Award shall be presented by the Administrator of FEMA or by the Attorney General to public safety officers for distinguished service in the field of public safety.\n(c)\nAward\nEach Administrator\u2019s Award shall consist of an appropriate citation.\n(d)\nRegulations\nThe Administrator of FEMA and the Attorney General are authorized and directed to issue jointly such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.\n(e)\n\u201cPublic safety officer\u201d defined\nAs used in this section, the term \u201cpublic safety officer\u201d means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as\u2014\n(1) a firefighter;\n(2) a law enforcement officer, including a corrections or court officer; or\n(3) a civil defense officer.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s2214.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2214."},{"t":"heading","text":"Public safety awards"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Establishment"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There is hereby established an honorary award for the recognition of outstanding and distinguished service by public safety officers to be known as the Administrator\u2019s Award For Distinguished Public Safety Service (\u201cAdministrator\u2019s Award\u201d).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Description"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":" The Administrator\u2019s Award shall be presented by the Administrator of FEMA or by the Attorney General to public safety officers for distinguished service in the field of public safety.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Award"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Each Administrator\u2019s Award shall consist of an appropriate citation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Regulations"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Administrator of FEMA and the Attorney General are authorized and directed to issue jointly such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cPublic safety officer\u201d defined"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this section, the term \u201cpublic safety officer\u201d means a person serving a public agency, with or without compensation, as\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/e/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" a firefighter;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/e/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a law enforcement officer, including a corrections or court officer; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2214/e/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" a civil defense officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}