[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2394 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2394

To establish a National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation to carry 
out activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's 
                Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              August 16 (legislative day, August 11), 1994

 Mr. Campbell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation to carry 
out activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's 
                Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

    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 ``National Physical Fitness and Sports 
Foundation Establishment Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF FOUNDATION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the National Physical 
Fitness and Sports Foundation (hereinafter in this Act referred to as 
the ``Foundation''). The Foundation is a charitable and nonprofit 
corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Foundation are--
            (1) in conjunction with the President's Council on Physical 
        Fitness and Sports, to develop a list and description of 
        programs, events and other activities which would further the 
        goals outlined in Executive Order 12345 and with respect to 
        which combined private and governmental efforts would be 
        beneficial; and
            (2) to encourage and promote the participation by private 
        organizations in the activities referred to in subsection 
        (b)(1) and to encourage and promote private gifts of money and 
        other property to support those activities.
    (c) Disposition of Money and Property.--At least annually the 
Foundation shall transfer, after the deduction of the administrative 
expenses of the Foundation, the balance of any contributions received 
for the activities referred to in subsection (b), to the United States 
Public Health Service Gift Fund pursuant to section 2701 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aaa) for expenditure pursuant to the 
provisions of that section and consistent with the purposes for which 
the funds were donated.

SEC. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION.

    (a) Establishment and Membership.--The Foundation shall have a 
governing Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to in this Act as 
the ``Board''), which shall consist of nine Directors each of whom 
shall be a United States citizen--
            (1) three of whom must be knowledgeable or experienced in 
        one or more fields directly connected with physical fitness, 
        sports or the relationship between health status and physical 
        exercise; and
            (2) six of whom must be leaders in the private sector with 
        a strong interest in physical fitness, sports or the 
        relationship between health status and physical exercise.
The membership of the Board, to the extent practicable, shall represent 
diverse professional specialties relating to the achievement of 
physical fitness through regular participation in programs of exercise, 
sports and similar activities. The Assistant Secretary for Health, the 
Executive Director of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
Sports, the Director for the National Center for Chronic Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, the Director of the National Heart, 
Lung, and Blood Institute and the Director for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the 
Board. Appointment to the Board or its staff shall not constitute 
employment by, or the holding of an office of, the United States for 
the purposes of any Federal employment or other law.
    (b) Appointment and Terms.--Within ninety days from the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Directors of the Board will be appointed. 
The Directors shall serve for a term of six years; three of whom will 
be appointed by the Secretary (hereinafter referred to in this Act as 
the ``Secretary''); two by the majority leader of the Senate; one by 
the minority leader of the Senate; two by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; one by the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled within sixty 
days of said vacancy in the manner in which the original appointment 
was made, and shall be for the balance of the term of the individual 
who was replaced. No individual may serve more than two consecutive 
terms as a Director.
    (c) Chairman.--The Chairman shall be elected by the Board from its 
members for a two-year term and will not be limited in terms or 
service.
    (d) Quorum.--A majority of the current membership of the Board 
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
    (e) Meetings.--The Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman at 
least once a year. If a Director misses three consecutive regularly 
scheduled meetings, that individual may be removed from the Board and 
the vacancy filled in accordance with subsection 3(b).
    (f) Reimbursement of Expenses.--Members of the Board shall serve 
without pay, but may be reimbursed for the actual and necessary 
traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the performance 
of the duties of the Foundation, subject to the same limitations on 
reimbursement that are imposed upon employees of Federal agencies.
    (g) General Powers.--(1) The Board may complete the organization of 
the Foundation by--
            (A) appointing officers and employees;
            (B) adopting a constitution and bylaws consistent with the 
        purposes of the Foundation and the provision of this Act. In 
        establishing bylaws under this subsection, and Board shall 
        provide for policies with regard to financial conflicts of 
        interest and ethical standards for the acceptance, solicitation 
        and disposition of donations and grants to the Foundation; and
            (C) undertaking such other acts as may be necessary to 
        carry out the provisions of this Act.
    (2) The following limitations apply with respect to the appointment 
of officers and employees of the Foundation:
            (A) Officers and employees may not be appointed until the 
        Foundation has sufficient funds to pay them for their service. 
        No individual so appointed may receive pay in excess of the 
        annual rate of basic pay in effect for Executive Level V in the 
        Federal service.
            (B) The first officer or employee appointed by the Board 
        shall be the Secretary of the Board who (i) shall serve, at the 
        direction of the Board, as its chief operating officer, and 
        (ii) shall be knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating 
        to physical fitness and sports.
            (C) No Public Health Service employee nor the spouse or 
        dependent relative of such an employee may serve as an officer 
        or member of the Board of Directors or as an employee of the 
        Foundation.
            (D) Any individual who is an officer, employee, or member 
        of the Board of the Foundation may not (in accordance with the 
        policies developed under subsection 3(g)(1)(B)) personally or 
        substantially participate in the consideration or determination 
        by the Foundation of any matter that would directly or 
        predictably affect any financial interest of the individual or 
        a relative (as such term is defined in section 109 (16) of the 
        Ethics in Government Act of 1978) of the individual, of any 
        business organization or other entity, or of which the 
        individual is an officer or employee, or is negotiating for 
        employment, or in which the individual has any other financial 
        interest.

SEC. 4. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE FOUNDATION.

    (a) In General.--The Foundation--
            (1) shall have perpetual succession;
            (2) may conduct business throughout the several States, 
        territories, and possessions of the United States;
            (3) shall have its principal offices in or near the 
        District of Columbia; and
            (4) shall at all times maintain a designated agent 
        authorized to accept service of process for the Foundation. The 
        serving of notice to, or service of process upon, the agent 
        required under paragraph 4(a)(4), or mailed to the business 
        address of such agent, shall be deemed as service upon or 
        notice to the Foundation.
    (b) Seal.--The Foundation shall have an official seal selected by 
the Board which shall be judicially noticed.
    (c) Powers.--To carry out its purposes under section 2, and subject 
to the specific provisions thereof, the Foundation shall have the usual 
powers of a corporation acting as a trustee in the District of 
Columbia, including the power--
            (1) except as otherwise provided herein, to accept, 
        receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gift, devise, 
        or bequest, either absolutely or in trust, of real or personal 
        property or any income therefrom or other interest therein;
            (2) to acquire by purchase or exchange any real or personal 
        property or interest therein;
            (3) unless otherwise required by the instrument of transfer 
        to sell, donate, lease, invest, reinvest, retain, or otherwise 
        dispose of any property or income therefrom;
            (4) to sue and be sued, and complain and defend itself in 
        any court of competent jurisdiction, except for gross 
        negligence;
            (5) to enter into contracts or other arrangements with 
        public agencies and private organizations and persons and to 
        make such payments as may be necessary to carry out its 
        functions; and
            (6) to do any and all acts necessary and proper to carry 
        out the purposes of the Foundation.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act, an interest in real 
property shall be treated as including, among other things, easements 
or other rights for preservation, conservation, protection, or 
enhancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, historic, 
scientific, educational, inspirational or recreational resources. A 
gift, devise, or bequest may be accepted by the Foundation even though 
it is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial interests of 
private persons if any current or future interest therein is for the 
benefit of the Foundation.

SEC. 5. VOLUNTEER STATUS.

    The Foundation may accept, without regard to the civil service 
classification laws, rules, or regulations, the services of volunteers 
in the performance of the functions authorized herein, in the manner 
provided for under section 7(c) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
(16 U.S.C. 742f(c)).

SEC. 6. AUDIT, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND PETITION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL 
              FOR EQUITABLE RELIEF.

    (a) Audits.--For purposes of the Act entitled ``An Act for audit of 
accounts of private corporations established under Federal law'', 
approved August 30, 1964 (Public Law 88-504, 36 U.S.C. 1101-1103), the 
Foundation shall be treated as a private corporation under Federal law. 
The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services 
and the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to 
the financial and other records of the Foundation, upon reasonable 
notice.
    (b) Report.--The Foundation shall, as soon as practicable after the 
end of each fiscal year, transmit to the Secretary of the Department of 
Health and Human Services and to Congress a report of its proceedings 
and activities during such year, including a full and complete 
statement of its receipts, expenditures, and investments.
    (c) Relief With Respect To Certain Foundation Acts or Failure To 
Act.--If the Foundation--
            (1) engages in, or threatens to engage in, any act, 
        practice, or policy that is inconsistent with its purposes set 
        forth in section 2(b); or
            (2) refuses, fails, or neglects to discharge its 
        obligations under this Act, or threatens to do so
the Attorney General of the United States may petition in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia for such equitable 
relief as may be necessary or appropriate.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are hereby authorized such sums as are necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this Act: Provided, That, such sums are only available 
to the Foundation for organizational costs.
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