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title: "54 U.S.C. § 101111"
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title_number: 54
title_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND RELATED PROGRAMS"
chapter_number: "1011"
chapter_name: "DONATIONS"
section: "101111"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101111"
status: "current"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 101111 - Purpose and establishment of Foundation

## Text

To encourage private gifts of real and personal property, or any income from, or other interest in, the property, for the benefit of, or in connection with, the Service, its activities, or its services, and thereby to further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational resources for future generations of Americans, there is established a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Park Foundation to accept and administer those gifts.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3120.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10111116 U.S.C. 19e.Pub. L. 90–209, § 1, Dec. 18, 1967, 81 Stat. 656.