Fire Island AIDS Memorial Establishment Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title Fire Island AIDS Memorial Establishment Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Island AIDS Memorial Establishment Act .
2Purposes
This section would state that the Act has two purposes: to honor and remember the many residents of Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove, New York, who suffered and died from the AIDS epidemic, and to educate future generations about the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the Fire Island communities in New York.
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2. Purposes The purposes of the Act are— (1) to honor and remember the many residents of Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove, New York, who suffered and died from the AIDS epidemic; and (2) to educate future generations about the AIDS epidemic and the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the Fire Island communities in the State of New York.
3Definitions
This section would define three terms used in the Act. Foundation would mean the Pines Foundation, a tax-exempt organization affiliated with the Fire Island Pines Property Owners' Association. Memorial would mean the Fire Island AIDS Memorial that section 4(a) would authorize. Secretary would mean the Secretary of the Interior.
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3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Foundation The term Foundation means the Pines Foundation, a tax-exempt organization affiliated with the Fire Island Pines Property Owners’ Association. (2) Memorial The term Memorial means the Fire Island AIDS Memorial authorized to be established under section 4(a). (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
4Fire Island AIDS Memorial
This section would let the Foundation establish and maintain a memorial, to be called the Fire Island AIDS Memorial, within the boundaries of Fire Island National Seashore to honor residents of Fire Island who died of AIDS. This authorization would be subject to any terms and conditions the Secretary of the Interior considers appropriate and to the design-and-location approval described below. Federal funds could not be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the Memorial. The design and location of the Memorial would have to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
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4. Fire Island AIDS Memorial (a) Authorization To establish Memorial Subject to subsection (c) and any terms and conditions the Secretary considers appropriate, the Foundation may establish and maintain a memorial within the boundaries of Fire Island National Seashore to honor the residents of Fire Island who died of AIDS, to be known as the Fire Island AIDS Memorial . (b) Use of federal funds prohibited Federal funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the Memorial. (c) Design and location of memorial The design and location of the Memorial shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary.
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In the Senate.