119-hr2549

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2549 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2549

 To authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS 
 Memorial, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 1, 2025

Mr. Garbarino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS 
 Memorial, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Island AIDS Memorial Act''.

SEC. 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.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
 the National Park Service.

    (2) Foundation.--The term ``Foundation'' means the Pines 
 Foundation.

    (3) Memorial.--The term ``Memorial'' means the Fire Island 
 AIDS Memorial authorized to be established under 

section 4

    (a) .

SEC. 4. FIRE ISLAND AIDS MEMORIAL.

    (a) Authorization To Establish Memorial.--The Foundation may 
establish and maintain a memorial at 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.--

    (1) In general.--Federal funds may not be used to design, 
 procure, prepare, install, or maintain the Memorial.

    (2) Non-federal funds.--The Director may accept and expend 
 contributions of non-Federal funds and resources for the 
 purposes described in paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) Location of Memorial.--The Director may allow the Memorial to 
be established in the area of the Fire Island National Seashore located 
along the walkway between the Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove and 
adjacent to the Carrington House.
            (d) Design of Memorial.--The final design of the Memorial shall be 
subject to the approval of the Director.
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