Sec. 2879. Operation, maintenance, and preservation of Mare Island Naval Cemetery, Vallejo, California
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The Secretary of Defense may provide not more than $250,000 per fiscal year to aid in the operation, maintenance, and preservation of the Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California (in this section referred to as the Cemetery ) if, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act— the city of Vallejo, California, enters into an agreement with a nonprofit historical preservation organization (in this section referred to as the organization ) to manage the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and preservation activities of the Cemetery; and the organization enters into a memorandum of agreement with the Secretary that outlines the organization’s plan and commitment to preserve the Cemetery in perpetuity.
Assistance provided under subsection
(a)shall only be used by the organization— for the direct operation, maintenance, and preservation of the Cemetery; and to conduct an annual audit and prepare an annual report of the organization’s activities. The Secretary of Defense may reduce the amount of assistance provided under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year, or forgo the provision of assistance for a fiscal year, whenever the Secretary determines that the organization has enough operational funds to function for at least a two-year period. As a condition of receiving assistance under subsection (a), the organization shall submit to the Secretary of Defense an annual report containing an audit of the organization’s financial revenues and expenditures for the previous year and describing how funds were used. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the organization from raising additional funds to supplement the organization’s activities.