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 116 STAT. 1472 PUBLIC LAW 107-231—OCT. 1, 2002 update such procedures as appropriate. Such procedures shall include provisions— (A) regarding conflicts of interest related to service on the Team; (B) defining the circumstances under which the Director will establish and deploy a Team; (C) prescribing the appropriate size of Teams; (D) guiding the disclosure of information under section 8; (E) guiding the conduct of investigations under this Act, including procedures for providing written notice of inspection authority under section 4(a) and for ensuring compliance with any other applicable law; (F) identifying and prescribing appropriate conditions for the provision by the Director of additional resources and services Teams may need; (G) to ensure that investigations under this Act do not impede and are coordinated with any search and rescue efforts being undertaken at the site of the building failure; (H) for regular briefings of the public on the status of the investigative proceedings and findings; (I) guiding the Teams in moving and preserving evidence as described in section 4(a)(4), (b)(2), and (d)(4); (J) providing for coordination with Federal, State, and local entities that may sponsor research or investigations of building failures, including research conducted under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977; and (K) regarding such other issues as the Director considers appropriate. Federal Register, (2) PUBLICATION.— The Director shall publish promptly in publication. the Federal Register final procedures, and subsequent updates thereof, developed under paragraph (1). 15 USC 7302. SEC. 3. COMPOSITION OF TEAMS. Each Team shall be composed of individuals selected by the Director and led by an individual designated by the Director. Team members shall include at least 1 employee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and shall include other experts who are not employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, who may include private sector experts, university experts, representatives of professional organizations with appropriate expertise, and appropriate Federal, State, or local officials. Team members who are not Federal employees shall be considered Federal Government contractors. 15 USC 7303. SEC. 4. AUTHORITIES. (a) ENTRY AND INSPECTION.— In investigating a building failure under this Act, members of a Team, and any other person authorized by the Director to support a Team, on display of appropriate credentials provided by the Director and written notice of inspection authority, may— (1) enter property where a building failure being investigated has occurred, or where building components, materials, and artifacts with respect to the building failure are located, and take action necessary, appropriate, and reasonable in light of the nature of the property to be inspected to carry out the duties of the Team under section 2(b)(2)(A) and (B);

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