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[CITE: 36USC151305]

 
     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. 151305. Powers

    (a) General.--The corporation may--
        (1) adopt a constitution and bylaws;
        (2) adopt a seal which shall be judicially noticed; and
        (3) do any other act necessary to carry out this chapter.

    (b) Powers as Trustee.--To carry out its purposes, the corporation 
has the usual powers of a corporation acting as a trustee in Maryland, 
including the power--
        (1) to accept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any 
    gift, devise, or bequest, either absolutely or in trust, of property 
    or any income from or other interest in the property;
        (2) unless otherwise required by the instrument of transfer, to 
    sell, donate, lease, invest, or otherwise dispose of any property or 
    income from the property;
        (3) to make contracts and other arrangements with public 
    agencies and private organizations and persons and to make payments 
    necessary to carry out its functions;
        (4) to sue and be sued; and
        (5) to do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 105-354, 
Sec. 1(9), 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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151305(a).............................  36:5202(g)(1)(B), (C).           Oct. 2
6, 1992, Pub. L. 102-522, title
                                                                          II, S
ecs.  203(g)(1)(B), (C), 204(b),
                                                                          (c)(1
), (2) (words before 2d comma),
                                                                          (3)-(
5), 106 Stat. 3418, 3419.
                                        36:5203(b).
151305(b).............................  36:5203(c)(1), (2) (words
                                         before 2d comma), (3)-(5).
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    Subsection (a)(1) is substituted for 36:5202(g)(1)(B) for 
consistency in the revised title. The words ``consistent with this 
chapter'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    Subsection (a)(2) is substituted for 36:5203(b) for consistency in 
the revised title.
    Subsection (a)(3) is substituted for 36:5202(g)(1)(C) for 
consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ``under section 5201 
of this title'' and ``in addition to the powers otherwise given it under 
this chapter'' are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (1), the words 
``real or personal'' are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in 
the revised title. In clause (4), the words ``and complain and defend 
itself in any court of competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. In clause (5), the words ``any other act'' are substituted 
for ``any and all acts'' to eliminate unnecessary words.


                             Pub. L. 105-354

    This amends section 151305(b) of title 36 to correct an 
inconsistency in the revised title.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-354 struck out ``the State of'' 
before ``Maryland'' in introductory provisions.
