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[CITE: 36USC151303]

 
     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. 151303. Board of directors

    (a) General.--The board of directors is the governing body of the 
corporation.
    (b) Members and Appointment.--(1) The Administrator of the United 
States Fire Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is 
an ex officio nonvoting member of the board. The Administrator appoints 
the voting members of the board.
    (2) The board consists of the following 9 voting members:
        (A) one active volunteer firefighter;
        (B) one active career firefighter;
        (C) one United States Government firefighter; and
        (D) six individuals who have a demonstrated interest in the fire 
    service.

    (3) The terms of office of the voting members are 6 years (except 
for the initial members). The terms shall be staggered so that the terms 
of 3 members expire every 2 years.
    (4) A vacancy on the board shall be filled within 60 days in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (c) Chairman.--The Chairman \1\ shall be elected by the board from 
its voting members for a 2-year term.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
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    (d) Quorum.--A majority of the current membership of the board is a 
quorum.
    (e) Meetings.--The board shall meet at the call of the chairman at 
least once a year. If a member of the board misses 3 consecutive 
meetings, that member may be removed from the board and that vacancy may 
be filled as provided in subsection (b)(4) of this section.
    (f) Status.--Appointment to the board does not constitute 
appointment as an officer or employee of the United States Government 
for the purpose of any law of the United States.
    (g) Compensation.--Members of the board serve without compensation.
    (h) Liability.--Members of the board are not personally liable, 
except for gross negligence.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1399; Pub. L. 105-354, 
Sec. 1(8), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3244.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
                                                 Pub. L. 105-225
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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151303(a).............................  36:5202(a)(1) (words before 1st  Oct. 2
6, 1992, Pub. L. 102-522, title
                                         comma).                          II, S
ecs.  203(a)-(f), 204(c)(2)
                                                                          (word
s after 2d comma), 106 Stat.
                                                                          3417,
 3419.
151303(b).............................  36:5202(a)(1) (words after 1st
                                         comma), (2), (b), (c).
151303(c).............................  36:5202(d).
151303(d).............................  36:5202(e).
151303(e).............................  36:5202(f).
151303(f).............................  36:5202(a)(3), (4).
151303(g).............................  36:5203(c)(2) (words after 2d
                                         comma).
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for ``The Foundation shall have a 
governing Board of Directors (hereafter in this chapter referred to as 
the `Board')'' for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b)(1), the words ``(hereafter in this chapter 
referred to as the `Administrator')'' in 36:5202(a)(2) are omitted as 
unnecessary. The words ``Within 3 months after October 26, 1992'' in 
36:5202(b) are omitted as obsolete.
    Subsection (b)(3) is substituted for 36:5202(b) (last sentence) to 
eliminate obsolete and unnecessary words.
    In subsection (d), the words ``for the transaction of business'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    Subsection (f)(1) is substituted for ``Appointment to the Board 
shall not constitute employment by, or the holding of an office of, the 
United States for the purposes of any Federal law'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.


                             Pub. L. 105-354

    This amends subsections (f) and (g) of section 151303 of title 36, 
as enacted by section 1 of Public Law 105-225 (Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 
1400). The amendment clarifies the restatement of 36:5202(a)(3) by 
making it clear that appointment to the board of directors of the 
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation does not constitute appointment 
as an officer or employee of the United States Government for the 
purpose of any law of the United States.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 105-354 amended subsecs. (f) and 
(g) generally and added subsec. (h). Prior to amendment, subsecs. (f) 
and (g) read as follows:
    ``(f) Status and Compensation.--Members of the board--
        ``(1) are not officers or employees of the United States 
    Government; and
        ``(2) serve without compensation.
    ``(g) Liability of Directors.--Members of the board are not 
personally liable, except for gross negligence.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-354, Sec. 3, Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3245, provided 
that: ``The amendment made by section 1(8) of this Act [amending this 
section] shall take effect as if included in the provisions of Public 
Law 105-225, as of the date of enactment of Public Law 105-225 [Aug. 12, 
1998].''
