1996 US Code
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 131 - PLANNING AND COORDINATION
Sec. 2221 - Fisher House trust funds

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§2221. Fisher House trust funds

(a) Establishment.—The following trust funds are established on the books of the Treasury:

(1) The Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Army.

(2) The Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Air Force.

(3) The Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Navy.

(b) Investment.—Funds in the trust funds may be invested in securities of the United States. Earnings and gains realized from the investment of funds in a trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund.

(c) Use of Funds.—(1) Amounts in the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Army, that are attributable to earnings or gains realized from investments shall be available for the operation and maintenance of Fisher houses that are located in proximity to medical treatment facilities of the Army.

(2) Amounts in the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Air Force, that are attributable to earnings or gains realized from investments shall be available for the operation and maintenance of Fisher houses that are located in proximity to medical treatment facilities of the Air Force.

(3) Amounts in the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Navy, that are attributable to earnings or gains realized from investments shall be available for the operation and maintenance of Fisher houses that are located in proximity to medical treatment facilities of the Navy.

(4) The use of funds under this section is subject to section 1321(b)(2) of title 31.

(d) Fisher House Defined.—In this section, the term “Fisher house” means a housing facility that—

(1) is located in proximity to a medical treatment facility of the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy; and

(2) is available for residential use on a temporary basis by patients at such facilities, members of the family of such patients, and others providing the equivalent of familial support for such patients.

(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, §914(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 412; amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1008(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2633.)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in subsec. (c)(1) of this section were contained in Pub. L. 103–335, title VIII, §8017, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2620, which was set out as a note under section 1074 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title IX, §914(d)(4), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 413.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104–201, §1008(a)(1), added par. (3).

Subsec. (c)(3), (4). Pub. L. 104–201, §1008(a)(2), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 104–201, §1008(a)(3), substituted “, the Air Force, or the Navy” for “or the Air Force”.

Corpus of Trust Funds

Section 1008(b) of Pub. L. 104–201 provided that: “The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Navy, established by section 2221(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)(1)), all amounts in the accounts for Navy installations and other facilities that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 23, 1996], are available for operation and maintenance of Fisher houses, as defined in section 2221(d) of such title.”

Section 914(b) of Pub. L. 104–106 provided that:

“(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall—

“(A) close the accounts established with the funds that were required by section 8019 of Public Law 102–172 (105 Stat. 1175) and section 9023 of Public Law 102–396 (106 Stat. 1905) to be transferred to an appropriated trust fund; and

“(B) transfer the amounts in such accounts to the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Army, established by subsection (a)(1) of section 2221 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

“(2) The Secretary of the Air Force shall transfer to the Fisher House Trust Fund, Department of the Air Force, established by subsection (a)(2) of section 2221 of title 10, United States Code (as added by [sub]section (a)), all amounts in the accounts for Air Force installations and other facilities that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 10, 1996], are available for operation and maintenance of Fisher houses (as defined in subsection (d) of such section 2221).”