Pub. L. 105-276, tit. IV, sec. 427

National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

EnactedYear: 1998Length: 392 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 427. National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. (a) Establishment and Purposes.— Section 202 of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5201) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: “(1) primarily— “(A) to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of property for the benefit of the National Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the annual memorial service associated with the memorial; and “(B) to, in coordination with the Federal Government and fire services (as that term is defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203)), plan, direct, and manage the memorial service referred to in subparagraph (A) and related activities;”; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting “and Federal” after “non-Federal”; (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking “State and local” and inserting “Federal, State, and local”; and (B) by striking “and” at the end; (4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 112 STAT. 2511 (5) by adding at the end the following: “(5) to provide for a national program to assist families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in dealing with line-of-duty deaths of those firefighters; and “(6) to promote national, State, and local initiatives to increase public awareness of fire and life safety.”. (b) Board of Directors of Foundation.— Section 203(g)(1) of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5202(g)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: “(A) appointing officers or employees;”. (c) Administrative Services and Support.— Section 205 of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5204) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND SUPPORT. “(a) In General.— During the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, the Administrator may— “(1) provide personnel, facilities, and other required services for the operation of the Foundation; and “(2) accept reimbursement for the assistance provided under paragraph (1). “(b) Reimbursement.— Any amounts received under subsection (a)(2) as reimbursement for assistance shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriations then current and chargeable for the cost of providing that assistance. “(c) Prohibition.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal personnel or stationery may be used to solicit funding for the Foundation.”.
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