Union Calendar No. 222

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2921

[Report No. 103–398]

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the preservation

cally black colleges and universities.and restoration of historic buildings at historiNOVEMBER 20, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 222

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2921

[Report No. 103–398]

To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic

buildings at historically black colleges and universities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. CLEMENT (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. FROST, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms.

EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. LLOYD, Mrs. MEEK, Mr.

RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TUCKER, and Ms. WATERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

Additional sponsors: Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GORDON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.

STARK, Mr. THORNTON, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.

PARKER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. WATT, and Mr. NADLER

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

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 August 6, 1993]

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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Historically Black Col5 leges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and

6 Preservation Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

8 Congress finds that—

9 (1) the Nation’s historically black colleges and

10 universities have contributed significantly to the effort

11 to attain equal opportunity through postsecondary

12 education for African-American, low-income, and

13 educationally disadvantaged Americans;

14 (2) over our Nation’s history, States and the

15 Federal Government have discriminated in the alloca16 tion of land and financial resources to support these

17 institutions, thus forcing them to rely on the generous

18 support of private individuals and other charitable

19 organizations;

20 (3) the development of this source of private and

21 charitable financial support for historically black col22 leges and universities has resulted in structures and

23 buildings of historic importance and architecturally

24 unique design on the campuses of these institutions;

25 and
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1 (4) many of these structures and buildings are

2 national treasures worthy of preservation and restora3 tion for future generations of all Americans as well

4 as for the students and faculty of these institutions.

5 SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

6 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT HISTORICALLY

7 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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

9 amounts made available to carry out the National Historic

10 Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998, the

11 Secretary of the Interior shall make grants in accordance

12 with this section to eligible historically black colleges and

13 universities for the preservation and restoration of historic

14 buildings and structures on the campus of these institu15 tions.

16 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub17 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grantee

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

19 that—

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

21 with respect to which the grant is made without the

22 concurrence of the Secretary; and

23 (2) reasonable public access to the property with

24 respect to which the grant is made will be permitted
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1 by the grantee for interpretive and educational pur2 poses.

3 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

4 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HIS5 TORIC PLACES.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2),

6 the Secretary may obligate funds made available under this

7 section for a grant with respect to a building or structure

8 listed on the National Register of Historic Places only if

9 the grantee agrees to match, from funds derived from non10 Federal sources, the amount of the grant with an amount

11 that is equal or greater than the grant.

12 (2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re13 spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir14 cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such

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

16 of historically significant resources.

17 (d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—(1) Not more than

18 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and not more than

19 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and

20 1998 may be made available under this section.

21 (2) Of the amounts made available under this section

22 for fiscal year 1995, $5,000,000 shall be available only for

23 grants under subsection (a) to Fisk University.

24 (3) Of the amounts made available under this section

25 for fiscal year 1995, $10,000,000 shall be available only for
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1 grants under subsection (a) to those historically black col2 leges and universities identified for inclusion in the Depart3 ment of the Interior Historically Black College and Univer4 sity Historic Preservation Initiative.

5 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

6 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act.

7 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

8 For the purposes of this Act:

9 (1) The term ‘‘historically black colleges and uni10 versities’’ has the same meaning given the term ‘‘part

11 B institution’’ by section 322 of the Higher Edu12 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).

13 (2) The term ‘‘historic building and structures’’

14 means a building or structure listed on the National

15 Register of Historic Places or designated a National

16 Historic Landmark.