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 PUBLIC LAW 106-503—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2303 SEC. 111. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation with the Board of Visitors and representatives of trade and professional associations, State and local firefighting services, and other appropriate entities, shall conduct a review of the courses of instruction available at the National Fire Academy to ensure that they are up-to-date and complement, not duplicate, courses of instruction offered elsewhere. Not later Deadline, than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Report. Administrator shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT. —The report required by subsection (a) shall— (1) examine and assess the courses of instruction offered by the National Fire Academy; (2) identify redundant and out-of-date courses of instruction; (3) examine the current and future impact of information technology on National Fire Academy curricula, methods of instruction, and delivery of services; and (4) make recommendations for updating the curriculum, methods of instruction, and delivery of services by the National Fire Academy considering current and future needs. Statebased curricula, advances in information technologies, and other relevant factors. SEC. 112. REPEAL OF EXCEPTION TO FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENT. (a) REPEAL.— Section 4 of Public Law 103-195 (107 Stat. 2298) is hereby repealed. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 113. NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (a) PURPOSES.— Section 151302 of title 36, United States Code, 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);"; (2) by inserting "and Federal" in paragraph (2) after "non- Federal"; (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) by striking "State and local" and inserting "Federal, State, and local"; and (B) by striking "and" after the semicolon; (4) by striking "firefighters." in paragraph (4) and inserting "firefighters;"; and (5) by adding at the end the following:

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