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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2014

To provide technical corrections to chapter 1513 of title 36, United States

Code, relating to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 31, 2000

Mr. SARBANES introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To provide technical corrections to chapter 1513 of title

36, United States Code, relating to the National Fallen

Firefighters Foundation.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDA4 TION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2000.

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

6 ‘‘National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Technical Cor7 rections Act of 2000’’.

8 (b) PURPOSES.—Section 151302 of title 36, United

9 States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(1) primarily—

4 ‘‘(A) to encourage, accept, and administer

5 private gifts of property for the benefit of the

6 National Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial and the

7 annual memorial service associated with the

8 memorial; and

9 ‘‘(B) to, in coordination with the Federal

10 Government and fire services (as that term is

11 defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Preven12 tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C.

13 2203)), plan, direct, and manage the memorial

14 service referred to in subparagraph (A);’’;

15 (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and Fed16 eral’’ after ‘‘non-Federal’’;

17 (3) in paragraph (3)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘State and local’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Federal, State, and local’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

21 (4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and

22 inserting a semicolon; and

23 (5) by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(5) to provide for a national program to assist

25 families of fallen firefighters and fire departments in
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1 dealing with line-of-duty deaths of those firefighters;

2 and

3 ‘‘(6) to promote national, State, and local ini4 tiatives to increase public awareness of fire and life

5 safety.’’.

6 (c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—Section 151303 of title

7 36, United States Code, is amended—

8 (1) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and in9 serting the following:

10 ‘‘(f) STATUS AND COMPENSATION.—(1) Appointment

11 to the board shall not constitute employment by or the

12 holding of an office of the United States.

13 ‘‘(2) Members of the board shall serve without com14 pensation.’’; and

15 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘(h)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘(g)’’.

17 (d) OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.—Section 151304 of

18 title 36, United States Code, is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘not more

20 than 2’’; and

21 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘are not’’

22 and inserting ‘‘shall not be considered’’.

23 (e) SUPPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.—Section

24 151307(a)(1) of title 36, United States Code, is

25 amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘During the 10-year period beginning on the

3 date of enactment of the National Fallen Fire4 fighters Foundation Technical Corrections Act of

5 2000, the Administrator’’; and

6 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘shall’’

7 and inserting ‘‘may’’.

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