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 112 STAT. 2510 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 Deadline. Reports. 15 USC 1201 note. 36 USC 151302 note. SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term "quaUfied student loan" with respect to national service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. SEC. 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the United States/ Mexico Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment of such Foundation. SEC. 423. (a) Within 90 days of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product Safety Commission shall make all necessary arrangements for the Committee on Toxicology of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct an independent 12-month study of the potential toxicologic risks of all flame-retardant chemicals identified by the NAS and the Commission as likely candidates for use in residential upholstered furniture for the purpose of meeting regulations proposed by the Commission for flame resistance of residential upholstered furniture. (b) Upon completion of its report, the Academy shall send the report to the Commission, which shall provide it to the Congress. (c) The Commission, before promulgating any notice of proposed rulemaking or final rulemaking setting flammability standards for residential upholstered furniture, shall consider fiiliy the findings and conclusions of the Academy. SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for researching methods to reduce methane emissions from cows, sheep, or any other ruminant livestock. SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083. SEC. 426. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations. SEC. 427. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION, (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. —Section 202 of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act (36 U.S.C. 5201) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: "(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) and related activities;"; (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting "and Federal" after "non- Federal"; (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking "State and local" and inserting "Federal, State, and local"; and (B) by striking "and" at the end; (4) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

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