A bill to provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities.

Summary: Historically Women's Public Colleges or Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to historically women's public colleges or universities for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on their campuses. Specifies eight institutions to receive such grants in FY 2002 through 2006.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Historically Women's Public Colleges 
and Universities Historic Building Preservation and Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Historically women's public college or university.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``historically women's 
                public college or university'' means a public 
                institution of higher education established in the 
                United States between 1836 and 1908 to provide 
                industrial education for women.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``historically women's 
                public college or university'' includes each of the 
                institutions listed in clauses (i) though (viii) of 
                section 3(d)(2)(A).
            (2) Historic building or structure.--The term ``historic 
        building or structure'' means a building or structure--
                    (A) listed, or eligible to be listed, on the 
                National Register of Historic Places;
                    (B) designated as a national historic landmark; or
                    (C) located within a designated historic district.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND 
              STRUCTURES AT HISTORICALLY WOMEN'S PUBLIC COLLEGES AND 
              UNIVERSITIES.

    (a) Authority To Make Grants.--From amounts appropriated to carry 
out the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for 
fiscal years 2002 through 2006, the Secretary shall award grants in 
accordance with this section to historically women's public colleges 
and universities to pay the Federal share of the costs of the 
preservation and restoration of historic buildings and structures on 
the campuses of the colleges and universities.
    (b) Grant Conditions.--As a condition of the receipt of a grant 
under subsection (a), a grantee shall agree that, for a period of time 
specified by the Secretary--
            (1) no alteration shall be made to the property preserved 
        or restored using grant funds without the concurrence of the 
        Secretary; and
            (2) reasonable public access to the property shall be 
        permitted by the grantee for interpretive and educational 
        purposes.
    (c) Cost Sharing for Buildings and Structures Listed on the 
National Register of Historic Places.--
            (1) Federal share.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
        the Federal share of the cost of a grant for preservation or 
        restoration of a historic building or structure shall be 50 
        percent.
            (2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost 
        of activities under a grant under this subsection may be 
        provided in cash or in the form of in-kind goods or services.
    (d) Funding Provisions.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this act $16,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2002 through 2006.
            (2) Allocations for fiscal year 2002.--
                    (A) In general.--Of the amounts made available 
                under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2002, $2,000,000 
                shall be used to make a grant to each of the following 
                historically women's public colleges and universities:
                            (i) University of Montevallo in Montevallo, 
                        Alabama.
                            (ii) Georgia College and State University 
                        in Milledgeville, Georgia.
                            (iii) Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.
                            (iv) Mississippi University for Women in 
                        Columbus, Mississippi.
                            (v) University of North Carolina in 
                        Greensboro, North Carolina.
                            (vi) University of Science and Arts of 
                        Oklahoma in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
                            (vii) Winthrop University in Rock Hill, 
                        South Carolina.
                            (viii) Texas Woman's University in Denton, 
                        Texas.
                    (B) Less than $16,000,000 available.--If less than 
                $16,000,000 is made available under this subsection for 
                fiscal year 2002, each of the institutions specified in 
                subparagraph (A) shall receive \1/8\ of the total 
                amount made available.
            (3) Allocations for fiscal years 2003 through 2006.--For 
        each of fiscal years 2003 through 2006, the Secretary shall 
        distribute \1/8\ of the total amount made available for the 
        fiscal year under paragraph (1) to each of the grantees 
        specified in paragraph (2)(A).
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.