PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996
110 STAT. 2495
"(4) A not-for-profit organization that provides care for
homeless veterans and is designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as authorized to receive such donations.".
(c) CLARIFICATION OF FOOD THAT MAY BE DONATED. —Subsection (b) of such section is further amended by inserting "rations
known as humanitarian daily rations (HDRs)," after "(MREs),".
SEC. 366. ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN INAUGURATION
OF THE PRESIDENT.
(a) IN GENERAL. —Section 2543 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
'^§2543. Equipment and services: Presidential inaugural
ceremonies
"(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED. — The Secretary of Defense may,
with respect to the ceremonies relating to the inauguration of a President, provide the assistance referred to in subsection
(b)to—
"(1) the Presidential Inaugural Committee; and
"(2) the congressional Joint Inaugural Committee.
"(b) ASSISTANCE.— Assistance that may be provided under subsection (a) is the following:
"(1) Planning and carrying out activities relating to security
and safety.
"(2) Plsmning and carrying out ceremonial activities.
"(3) Loan of property.
"(4) Any other assistance that the Secretary considers
appropriate.
"(c) REIMBURSEMENT.— (1) The Presidential Inaugural Committee shall reimburse the Secretary for any costs incurred in connection with the provision to the committee of assistance referred
to in subsection (b)(4).
"(2) Costs reimbursed under paragraph (1) shall be credited
to the appropriations from which the costs were paid. The amount
credited to an appropriation shall be proportionate to the amount
of the costs charged to that appropriation.
"(d) LOANED PROPERTY. —With respect to property loaned for
a presidential inauguration under subsection (b)(3), the Presidential
Inaugural Committee shall—
"(1) return that property within nine days after the date
of the ceremony inaugurating the President;
"(2) give good and sufficient bond for the return in good
order and condition of that property;
"(3) indemnify the United States for any loss of, or damage
to, that property; and
"(4) defray any expense incurred for the delivery, return,
rehabilitation, replacement, or operation of that property.
"(e) DEFINITIONS. —In this section:
"(1) The term 'Presidential Inaugural Committee' means
the committee referred to in subsection (b)(2) of the first section
of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 721)
that is appointed with respect to the inauguration of a President-elect and Vice President-elect.
"(2) The term 'congressional Joint Inaugural Committee'
means the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives referred to in the proviso in section 9 of the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act (36 U.S.C. 729) that is
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