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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1256 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS |
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| 6 | 6 | | Memorial, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLIBRAND(for herself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Natural Resources |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire |
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| 15 | 15 | | Island AIDS Memorial, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Island AIDS Me-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | morial Establishment Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | The purposes of the Act are— 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) to honor and remember the many residents 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove, New York, 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | who suffered and died from the AIDS epidemic; and 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) to educate future generations about the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | AIDS epidemic and the impact of the AIDS epi-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | demic on the Fire Island communities in the State 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of New York. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | In this Act: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) F |
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| 36 | 36 | | OUNDATION.—The term ‘‘Foundation’’ 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | means the Pines Foundation, a tax-exempt organiza-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tion affiliated with the Fire Island Pines Property 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Owners’ Association. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) M |
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| 41 | 41 | | EMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Fire Island AIDS Memorial authorized to be es-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tablished under section 4(a). 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) S |
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| 45 | 45 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the Secretary of the Interior. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SEC. 4. FIRE ISLAND AIDS MEMORIAL. 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (a) A |
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| 49 | 49 | | UTHORIZATIONTOESTABLISHMEMORIAL.— 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Subject to subsection (c) and any terms and conditions 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Secretary considers appropriate, the Foundation may 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | establish and maintain a memorial within the boundaries 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of Fire Island National Seashore to honor the residents 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | of Fire Island who died of AIDS, to be known as the ‘‘Fire 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Island AIDS Memorial’’. 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b) USE OFFEDERALFUNDSPROHIBITED.—Fed-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | eral funds may not be used to design, procure, prepare, 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | install, or maintain the Memorial. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (c) D |
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| 63 | 63 | | ESIGN ANDLOCATION OFMEMORIAL.—The de-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | sign and location of the Memorial shall be subject to the 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | approval of the Secretary. 6 |
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