§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, §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."

Section Referred to in Other Sections

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