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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2921

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 23, 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

AN ACT

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

and universities.

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 ef11 fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond-
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1 ary education for African-American, low-income, and

2 educationally disadvantaged Americans;

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

4 Federal Government have discriminated in the allo5 cation of land and financial resources to support

6 these institutions, thus forcing them to rely on the

7 generous support of private individuals and other

8 charitable organizations;

9 (3) the development of this source of private

10 and charitable financial support for historically black

11 colleges and universities has resulted in structures

12 and buildings of historic importance and

13 architecturally unique design on the campuses of

14 these institutions; and

15 (4) many of these structures and buildings are

16 national treasures worthy of preservation and res17 toration for future generations of all Americans as

18 well as for the students and faculty of these institu19 tions.

20 SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

21 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT HISTORICALLY

22 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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

24 amounts made available to carry out the National Historic

25 Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998,
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1 the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants in accord2 ance with this section to eligible historically black colleges

3 and universities for the preservation and restoration of

4 historic buildings and structures on the campus of these

5 institutions.

6 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub7 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the

8 grantee covenants, for the period of time specified by the

9 Secretary, that—

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

11 with respect to which the grant is made without the

12 concurrence of the Secretary; and

13 (2) reasonable public access to the property

14 with respect to which the grant is made will be per15 mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu16 cational purposes.

17 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

18 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

19 HISTORIC PLACES.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph

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

21 under this section for a grant with respect to a building

22 or structure listed on the National Register of Historic

23 Places only if the grantee agrees to match, from funds

24 derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of the grant

25 with an amount that is equal or greater than the grant.
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1 (2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re2 spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir3 cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such

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

5 of historically significant resources.

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

7 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and not more than

8 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and

9 1998 may be made available under this section.

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

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

12 for grants under subsection (a) to Fisk University.

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

14 for fiscal year 1995, $10,000,000 shall be available only

15 for grants under subsection (a) to those historically black

16 colleges and universities identified for inclusion in the De17 partment of the Interior Historically Black College and

18 University Historic Preservation Initiative.

19 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

20 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this

21 Act.

22 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

23 For the purposes of this Act:

24 (1) The term ‘‘historically black colleges and

25 universities’’ has the same meaning given the term
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1 ‘‘part B institution’’ by section 322 of the Higher

2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).

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

4 means a building or structure listed on the National

5 Register of Historic Places or designated a National

6 Historic Landmark.

Passed the House of Representatives November 23,

(legislative day, November 22), 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.