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TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND

ORGANIZATIONS

Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations

Part B - Organizations

CHAPTER 1526 - HELP AMERICA VOTE FOUNDATION

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CHAPTER 1526 - HELP AMERICA VOTE FOUNDATION

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Sec.

152601. Organization.

152602. Purposes.

152603. Board of directors.

152604. Officers and employees.

152605. Powers.

152606. Principal office.

152607. Service of process.

152608. Annual audit.

152609. Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief.

152610. Immunity of United States Government.

152611. Authorization of appropriations.

152612. Annual report.

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Sec. 152601. Organization

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(a) Federal Charter. - The Help America Vote Foundation (in this

chapter, the "foundation") is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Nature of Foundation. - The foundation is a charitable and

nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the

United States Government.

(c) Perpetual Existence. - Except as otherwise provided, the

foundation has perpetual existence.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1718.)

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Sec. 152602. Purposes

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(a) In General. - The purposes of the foundation are to -

(1) mobilize secondary school students (including students

educated in the home) in the United States to participate in the

election process in a nonpartisan manner as poll workers or

assistants (to the extent permitted under applicable State law);

(2) place secondary school students (including students

educated in the home) as nonpartisan poll workers or assistants

to local election officials in precinct polling places across the

United States (to the extent permitted under applicable State

law); and

(3) establish cooperative efforts with State and local election

officials, local educational agencies, superintendents and

principals of public and private secondary schools, and other

appropriate nonprofit charitable and educational organizations

exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of

such Code to further the purposes of the foundation.

(b) Requiring Activities To Be Carried Out on Nonpartisan Basis.

- The foundation shall carry out its purposes without partisan bias

or without promoting any particular point of view regarding any

issue, and shall ensure that each participant in its activities is

governed in a balanced manner which does not reflect any partisan

bias.

(c) Consultation With State Election Officials. - The foundation

shall carry out its purposes under this section in consultation

with the chief election officials of the States, the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,

and the United States Virgin Islands.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1718.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in

subsec. (a)(3), is classified to section 501 of Title 26, Internal

Revenue Code.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 152609 of this title.

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Sec. 152603. Board of directors

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(a) General. - The board of directors is the governing body of

the foundation.

(b) Members and Appointment. - (1) The board consists of 12

directors, who shall be appointed not later than 60 days after the

date of the enactment of this chapter as follows:

(A) Four directors (of whom not more than two may be members of

the same political party) shall be appointed by the President.

(B) Two directors shall be appointed by the Speaker of the

House of Representatives.

(C) Two directors shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of

the House of Representatives.

(D) Two directors shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of

the Senate.

(E) Two directors shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of

the Senate.

(2) In addition to the directors described in paragraph (1), the

chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House

Administration of the House of Representatives (or their designees)

and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules

and Administration of the Senate (or their designees) shall each

serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the board.

(3) A director is not an employee of the Federal Government and

appointment to the board does not constitute appointment as an

officer or employee of the United States Government for the purpose

of any law of the United States (except as may otherwise be

provided in this chapter).

(4) The terms of office of the directors are 4 years.

(5) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the manner in which

the original appointment was made.

(c) Chair. - The directors shall select one of the directors as

the chair of the board. The individual selected may not be a

current or former holder of any partisan elected office or a

current or former officer of any national committee of a political

party.

(d) Quorum. - The number of directors constituting a quorum of

the board shall be established under the bylaws of the foundation.

(e) Meetings. - The board shall meet at the call of the chair of

the board for regularly scheduled meetings, except that the board

shall meet not less often than annually.

(f) Reimbursement of Expenses. - Directors shall serve without

compensation but may receive travel expenses, including per diem in

lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of

title 5.

(g) Liability of Directors. - Directors are not personally

liable, except for gross negligence.

-SOURCE-

(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1718.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec.

(b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 107-252, which was

approved Oct. 29, 2002.

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Sec. 152604. Officers and employees

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(a) Appointment of Officers and Employees. - The board of

directors appoints, removes, and replaces officers and employees of

the foundation.

(b) Status and Compensation of Employees. -

(1) In general. - Officers and employees of the foundation -

(A) are not employees of the Federal Government (except as

may otherwise be provided in this chapter);

(B) shall be appointed and removed without regard to the

provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive

service; and

(C) may be paid without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter

III of chapter 53 of title 5.

(2) Availability of federal employee rates for travel. - For

purposes of any schedules of rates negotiated by the

Administrator of General Services for the use of employees of the

Federal Government who travel on official business, officers and

employees of the foundation who travel while engaged in the

performance of their duties under this chapter shall be deemed to

be employees of the Federal Government.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1719.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT

The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the

competitive service, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(B), are

classified generally to section 3301 et seq. of Title 5, Government

Organization and Employees.

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Sec. 152605. Powers

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(a) In General. - The foundation may -

(1) adopt a constitution and bylaws;

(2) adopt a seal which shall be judicially noticed; and

(3) do any other act necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) Powers as Trustee. - To carry out its purposes, the

foundation has the usual powers of a corporation acting as a

trustee in the District of Columbia, including the power -

(1) to accept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any

gift, devise, or bequest, either absolutely or in trust, of

property or any income from or other interest in property;

(2) to acquire property or an interest in property by purchase

or exchange;

(3) unless otherwise required by an instrument of transfer, to

sell, donate, lease, invest, or otherwise dispose of any property

or income from property;

(4) to borrow money and issue instruments of indebtedness;

(5) to make contracts and other arrangements with public

agencies and private organizations and persons and to make

payments necessary to carry out its functions;

(6) to sue and be sued; and

(7) to do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the

purposes of the foundation.

(c) Encumbered or Restricted Gifts. - 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 is for the benefit of the

foundation.

(d) Contracts. - The foundation may enter into such contracts

with public and private entities as it considers appropriate to

carry out its purposes.

(e) Annual Conference in Washington Metropolitan Area. - During

each year (beginning with 2003), the foundation may sponsor a

conference in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to honor

secondary school students and other individuals who have served (or

plan to serve) as poll workers and assistants and who have

otherwise participated in the programs and activities of the

foundation.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1720.)

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Sec. 152606. Principal office

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The principal office of the foundation shall be in the District

of Columbia unless the board of directors determines otherwise.

However, the foundation may conduct business throughout the States,

territories, and possessions of the United States.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1720.)

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Sec. 152607. Service of process

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The foundation shall have a designated agent to receive service

of process for the foundation. Notice to or service on the agent,

or mailed to the business address of the agent, is notice to or

service on the foundation.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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Sec. 152608. Annual audit

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The foundation shall enter into a contract with an independent

auditor to conduct an annual audit of the foundation.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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Sec. 152609. Civil action by Attorney General for equitable relief

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The Attorney General may bring a civil action in the United

States District Court for the District of Columbia for appropriate

equitable relief if the foundation -

(1) engages or threatens to engage in any act, practice, or

policy that is inconsistent with the purposes in section 152602

of this title; or

(2) refuses, fails, or neglects to carry out its obligations

under this chapter or threatens to do so.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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Sec. 152610. Immunity of United States Government

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The United States Government is not liable for any debts,

defaults, acts, or omissions of the foundation. The full faith and

credit of the Government does not extend to any obligation of the

foundation.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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Sec. 152611. Authorization of appropriations

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There are authorized to be appropriated to the foundation for

carrying out the purposes of this chapter -

(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and

(2) such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal

year.

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(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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Sec. 152612. Annual report

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As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, the

foundation shall submit a report to the Commission, the President,

and Congress on the activities of the foundation during the prior

fiscal year, including a complete statement of its receipts,

expenditures, and investments. Such report shall contain

information gathered from participating secondary school students

describing the nature of the work they performed in assisting local

election officials and the value they derived from the experience

of educating participants about the electoral process.

-SOURCE-

(Added Pub. L. 107-252, title VI, Sec. 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116

Stat. 1721.)

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