Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/681

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PUBLIC LAW 102-522—OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3417 including a field assessment of performance and determination of conditions under which a r^uction or elimination of 1 or more of those systems would result in an imacceptable risk of fire loss; and "(ii) include a comparative analysis and compartmentation using fire resistive materials and comptutmentation using noncombustible materials. "(B) The National Institute of Standards and Technology shall obtain funding from non-Federal sources in an amount equal to 25 percent of the cost of the study required by subparagraph (A). Funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology for carrying out such stud^ shall be derivedfiromamounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, for the Building and Fire Research Center at the National Institute of Standards and Technolo^, not to exceed $750,000. The stu^ shall commence until receipt of all matching funds from non-Federal sources. The scope and extent of the study shall be determined by the level of project funding. The Institute shall submit a report to Congress on the study within 30 months afl^er the date of enactment of this section. (h) RELATION TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS. — In the implementation of this section, the process for meeting space needs in urban areas shall continue to give first consideration to a centralized community business area and adjacent areas of similar character to the extent of any Federal requirement therefor.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Subsection (b) of section 31 of the Federal is use 2227 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as added by subsection "°*®- (a) of this section, shall take effect 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. TITLE n—NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGIITERS National Fallen FOUNDATION S^fonAct. SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 36 USC 5201 This title may be cited as the 'National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act". SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES OF FOUNDATION. 36 USC 5201. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is established the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Foundation"). The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be organized under the laws of the State of Maryland and is not an agency or establishment of the United States. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Foundation are— (1) primarily to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of property for the benefit of the National Fallen Firelighters'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 efiforte 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. SEC 203. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION. 36 USC 5202. (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP. —