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[CITE: 36USC151302]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
          CHAPTER 1513--NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 151302. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are--
        (1) primarily 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 it;
        (2) to provide financial assistance to families of fallen 
    firefighters for transportation to and lodging at non-Federal 
    facilities during the annual memorial service;
        (3) to assist State and local efforts to recognize firefighters 
    who die in the line of duty; and
        (4) to provide scholarships and other financial assistance for 
    educational purposes and job training for the spouses and children 
    of fallen firefighters.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1399.)

                 Amendment Subsequent to August 15, 1997

        Section 5201(b) of former Title 36, from which this section was 
    derived, was amended by Pub. L. 105-276, title IV, Sec. 427(a), Oct. 
    21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2510, see section 5(a) of Pub. L. 105-225, set 
    out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding section 
    101 of this title. Section 5201(b) of former Title 36 was amended as 
    follows:
        (1) by striking out former par. (1) and adding par. (1) to read 
    as follows:

    ``(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 par. (2), by inserting ``and Federal'' after ``non-
    Federal'';
        (3) in par. (3), by substituting ``Federal, State, and local'' 
    for ``State and local'' and striking out ``and'' at end;
        (4) in par. (4) by substituting a semicolon for the period at 
    end; and
        (5) by adding pars. (5) and (6) to read as follows:

    ``(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.''

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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151302................................  36:5201(b).                      Oct. 2
6, 1992, Pub. L. 102-522, title
                                                                          II, S
ec.  202(b), 106 Stat. 3417.
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                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 151309 of this title.
