36 U.S.C. § 151302
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The purposes of the corporation are—
- (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);
- (2)to provide financial assistance to families of fallen firefighters for transportation to and lodging at non-Federal and Federal facilities during the annual memorial service;
- (3)to assist Federal, State, and local efforts to recognize firefighters who die in the line of duty;
- (4)to provide scholarships and other financial assistance for educational purposes and job training for the spouses and children of fallen firefighters;
- (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.