Subchapter II—National Park Foundation 
§ 101111. Purpose and establishment of Foundation 
To encourage private gifts of real and personal property, or any income 
from, or other interest in, the property, for the benefit of, or in connection 
with, the Service, its activities, or its services, and thereby to further the con-
servation of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or 
recreational resources for future generations of Americans, there is established 
a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Park 
Foundation to accept and administer those gifts. 
§ 101112. Board 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—The National Park Foundation shall consist of a Board 
having as members the Secretary, the Director, and no fewer than 6 private 
citizens of the United States appointed by the Secretary. 
(b) TERM OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES.—The term of the private citizen 
members of the Board is 6 years. If a successor is chosen to fill a vacancy 
occurring prior to the expiration of a term, the successor shall be chosen only 
for the remainder of that term. 
(c) CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall be the Chairman of 
the Board and the Director shall be the Secretary of the Board. 
(d) BOARD MEMBERSHIP NOT AN OFFICE.—Membership on the Board shall 
not be an office within the meaning of the statutes of the United States. 
(e) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Board serving at any time 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
(f) SEAL.—The National Park Foundation shall have an official seal, 
which shall be judicially noticed. 
(g) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman and 
there shall be at least one meeting each year. 
(h) COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.—No compensation shall be paid 
to the members of the Board for their services as members, but they shall be 
reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses in-
curred by them in the performance of their duties as members out of National 
Park Foundation funds available to the Board for those purposes. 
§ 101113. Gifts, devises, or bequests 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS, DEVISES, OR BEQUESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Park Foundation may accept, receive, 
solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, devises, or bequests, either ab-
solutely or in trust of real or personal property, or any income from, 
or other interest in, the gift, devise, or bequest, for the benefit of, or in 
connection with, the Service, its activities, or its services. 
(2) GIFT, DEVISE, OR BEQUEST THAT IS ENCUMBERED, RESTRICTED, 
OR SUBJECT TO BENEFICIAL INTERESTS.—A gift, devise, or bequest may 
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be accepted by the National Park Foundation even though it is encum-
bered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of private persons if 
any current or future interest in the gift, devise, or bequest is for the 
benefit of the Service, its activities, or its services. 
(b) WHEN GIFT, DEVISE, OR BEQUEST MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.—The Na-
tional Park Foundation may not accept any gift, devise, or bequest that en-
tails any expenditure other than from the resources of the Foundation. 
(c) INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY.—For purposes of this section, an inter-
est in real property includes easements or other rights for preservation, con-
servation, protection, or enhancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, 
historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources. 
§ 101114. Disposition of property or income 
(a) AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OR DEAL WITH PROPERTY OR INCOME.—Ex-
cept as otherwise required by the instrument of transfer, the National Park 
Foundation may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, retain, or otherwise dispose of or 
deal with any property or income from the property as the Board may deter-
mine. 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The National Park Foundation shall not engage in any 
business or make any investment that may not lawfully be made by a trust 
company in the District of Columbia, except that the Foundation may make 
any investment authorized by the instrument of transfer, and may retain any 
property accepted by the Foundation. 
(c) USE OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE IN-
TERIOR AND JUSTICE.—The National Park Foundation may utilize the serv-
ices and facilities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Justice, and the services and facilities may be made available on request to 
the extent practicable with or without reimbursement. Amounts reimbursed to 
either Department shall be returned by the Department to the account from 
which the funds for which the reimbursement is made were drawn and may, 
without further appropriation, be expended for any purpose for which the ac-
count is authorized. 
§ 101115. Corporate succession and powers and duties acting 
as trustee; personal liability for malfeasance 
(a) PERPETUAL SUCCESSION.—The National Park Foundation shall have 
perpetual succession. 
(b) POWERS AND DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.—The National Park Foundation 
shall have all the usual powers and obligations of a corporation acting as a 
trustee, including the power to sue and to be sued in its own name. 
(c) PERSONAL LIABILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS.—The members of the Board 
shall not be personally liable, except for malfeasance. 
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§ 101116. Corporate powers 
The National Park Foundation shall have the power to enter into contracts, 
to execute instruments, and generally to do any and all lawful acts necessary 
or appropriate to its purposes. 
§ 101117. Authority of Board 
In carrying out this chapter, the Board may— 
(1) adopt bylaws and regulations necessary for the administration of 
its functions; and 
(2) contract for any necessary services. 
§ 101118. Tax exemptions; contributions toward costs of local 
government; contributions, gifts, or transfers to or 
for use of United States 
(a) TAX EXEMPTION.—The National Park Foundation and any income or 
property received or owned by it, and all transactions relating to that income 
or property, shall be exempt from all Federal, State, and local taxation. 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS IN LIEU OF TAXES.—The National Park Foundation 
may— 
(1) contribute toward the costs of local government in amounts not in 
excess of those which it would be obligated to pay that government if it 
were not exempt from taxation by virtue of subsection (a) or by virtue 
of its being a charitable and nonprofit corporation; and 
(2) agree to contribute with respect to property transferred to it and 
the income derived from the property if the agreement is a condition of 
the transfer. 
(c) TRANSFERS DEEMED TO BE
TO
OR
FOR
THE USE
OF UNITED 
STATES.—Contributions, gifts, and other transfers made to or for the use of 
the Foundation shall be deemed to be contributions, gifts, or transfers to or 
for the use of the United States. 
§ 101119. Liability of United States 
The United States shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, acts, or omis-
sions of the National Park Foundation. 
§ 101120. Promotion of local fundraising support 
(a) PROGRAM.—The National Park Foundation shall design and imple-
ment a comprehensive program to assist and promote philanthropic programs 
of support at the individual System unit level. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The program under subsection (a) shall be imple-
mented to— 
(1) assist in the creation of local nonprofit support organizations; and 
(2) provide support, national consistency, and management-improving 
suggestions for local nonprofit support organizations. 
(c) PROGRAM.—The program under subsection (a)— 
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(1) shall include the greatest number of System units as is practicable; 
and 
(2) at a minimum shall include— 
(A) a standard adaptable organizational design format to estab-
lish and sustain responsible management of a local nonprofit sup-
port organization for support of a System unit; 
(B) standard and legally tenable bylaws and recommended 
money-handling procedures that can easily be adapted as applied 
to individual System units; and 
(C) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand the op-
erating expertise of personnel employed by local nonprofit support 
organizations. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The National Park Foundation shall report the 
progress of the program under subsection (a) in the annual report of the 
Foundation. 
(e) AFFILIATIONS.— 
(1) CHARTER OR CORPORATE BYLAWS.—Nothing in this section re-
quires— 
(A) a nonprofit support organization or friends group to modify 
current practices or to affiliate with the National Park Foundation; 
or 
(B) a local nonprofit support organization, established as a result 
of this section, to be bound through its charter or corporate bylaws 
to be permanently affiliated with the National Park Foundation. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—An affiliation with the National Park Founda-
tion shall be established only at the discretion of the governing board of 
a nonprofit organization. 
Chapter 1013—Employees 
Subchapter I—General Provisions 
Sec. 
101301.
Maintenance management system. 
101302.
Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activities. 
101303.
Medical attention for employees. 
101304.
Personal equipment and property. 
101305.
Travel expenses of System employees and dependents of deceased employees. 
Subchapter II—Service Career Development, Training, and Management 
101321.
Service employee training. 
101322.
Management development and training. 
Subchapter III—Housing Improvement 
101331.
Definitions. 
101332.
General authority of Secretary. 
101333.
Criteria for providing housing. 
101334.
Authorization for housing agreements. 
101335.
Housing programs. 
101336.
Contracts for the management of field employee quarters. 
101337.
Leasing of seasonal employee quarters. 
101338.
General leasing provisions. 
101339.
Assessment and priority listing. 
101340.
Use of funds. 
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