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Union Calendar No. 404

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1179

[Report No. 104–758]

To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic

buildings at historically black colleges and universities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 9, 1995

Mr. CLEMENT (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Resources

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Additional sponsors: Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FORD, Mr.

QUILLEN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. BISHOP, Ms.

MCKINNEY, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. GORDON,

Mr. FRAZER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CLAY, Mr. WAMP, Mr. RUSH,

Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. WYNN,

Mr. FATTAH, Mr. DELLUMS, Ms. WATERS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. EDDIE

BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, and Mr. STOKES

SEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 1995]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically black colleges

and universities.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER4 SITIES HISTORIC BUILDING RESTORATION

5 AND PRESERVATION.

6 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—From the

7 amounts made available to carry out the National Historic

8 Preservation Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall make

9 grants in accordance with this section to eligible historically

10 black colleges and universities for the preservation and res11 toration of historic buildings and structures on the campus

12 of these institutions.

13 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub14 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grantee

15 covenants, for the period of time specified by the Secretary,

16 that—

17 (1) no alteration will be made in the property

18 with respect to which the grant is made without the

19 concurrence of the Secretary; and

20 (2) reasonable public access to the property with

21 respect to which the grant is made will be permitted

22 by the grantee for interpretive and educational pur23 poses.

24 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

25 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
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1 HISTORIC PLACES.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph

2 (2), the Secretary may obligate funds made available under

3 this section for a grant with respect to a building or struc4 ture listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Reg5 ister of Historic Places only if the grantee agrees to match,

6 from funds derived from non-Federal sources, the amount

7 of the grant with an amount that is equal or greater than

8 the grant.

9 (2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re10 spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir11 cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such

12 a waiver is in the public interest to assure the preservation

13 of historically significant resources.

14 (d) FUNDING PROVISION.—Pursuant to section 108 of

15 the National Historic Preservation Act, $29,000,000 shall

16 be made available to carry out the purposes of this section.

17 Of amounts made available pursuant to this section,

18 $5,000,000 shall be available for grants to Fisk University,

19 $2,500,000 shall be available for grants to Knoxville College,

20 $2,000,000 shall be available for grants to Miles College,

21 Alabama, $1,500,000 shall be available for grants to

22 Talladega College, Alabama, $1,550,000 shall be available

23 for grants to Selma University, Alabama, $250,000 shall

24 be available for grants to Stillman College, Alabama,

25 $200,000 shall be available for grants to Concordia College,
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1 Alabama $2,900,000 shall be available for grants to Allen

2 University, South Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be available

3 for grants to Claflin College, South Carolina, $2,000,000

4 shall be available for grants to Voorhees College, South

5 Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be available for grants to Rust

6 College, Mississippi, and $3,000,000 shall be available for

7 grants to Tougaloo University, Mississippi.

8 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall develop such

9 guidelines as may be necessary to carry out this section.

10 (f) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:

11 (1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES.—The term

12 ‘‘historically black colleges and universities’’ has the

13 same meaning given the term ‘‘part B institution’’ by

14 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20

15 U.S.C. 1061).

16 (2) HISTORIC BUILDING AND STRUCTURES.—The

17 term ‘‘historic building and structures’’ means a

18 building or structure listed on, or eligible for listing

19 on, the National Register of Historic Places or des20 ignated a National Historic Landmark.
House Calendar No. 404

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1179

[Report No. 104–758]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the preservation

cally black colleges and universities.and restoration of historic buildings at historiSEPTEMBER 4, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and