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42 U.S. Code § 280e-5. Voluntary registry for firefighter cancer incidence
(a) In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with other agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall develop and maintain, directly or through a grant or cooperative agreement, a voluntary registry of firefighters (referred to in this section as the Firefighter Registry) to collect relevant health and occupational information of such firefighters for purposes of determining cancer incidence.
(b) Use of Firefighter RegistryThe Firefighter Registry may be used for the following purposes:
(1)
To improve data collection and data coordination activities related to the nationwide monitoring of the incidence of cancer among firefighters.
(2)
To collect, consolidate, and maintain, consistent with subsection (g), epidemiological information and analyses related to cancer incidence and trends among firefighters [1]