Calendar No. 450

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2921

[Report No. 103–279]

AN ACT

To authorize appropriations for the preservation

cally black colleges and universities.and restoration of historic buildings at historiMAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 450

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2921

[Report No. 103–279]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 23, 1993

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

Resources

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress finds that—

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

4 universities have contributed significantly to the ef5 fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond6 ary education for African-American, low-income, and

7 educationally disadvantaged Americans;

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

9 Federal Government have discriminated in the allo10 cation of land and financial resources to support

11 these institutions, thus forcing them to rely on the

12 generous support of private individuals and other

13 charitable organizations;

14 (3) the development of this source of private

15 and charitable financial support for historically black

16 colleges and universities has resulted in structures

17 and buildings of historic importance and

18 architecturally unique design on the campuses of

19 these institutions; and

20 (4) many of these structures and buildings are

21 national treasures worthy of preservation and res22 toration for future generations of all Americans as

23 well as for the students and faculty of these institu24 tions.
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1 SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

2 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT HISTORICALLY

3 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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

5 amounts made available to carry out the National Historic

6 Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998,

7 the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants in accord8 ance with this section to eligible historically black colleges

9 and universities for the preservation and restoration of

10 historic buildings and structures on the campus of these

11 institutions.

12 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary of

13 the Interior shall administer a program of grants-in-aid

14 in accordance with this section to eligible historically black

15 colleges and universities for the preservation and restora16 tion of historic buildings and structures on the campuses

17 of these institutions. Such grants shall be made, subject to

18 the availability of appropriations therefore, from the

19 amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Na20 tional Historic Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995

21 through 1998.

22 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub23 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the

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

25 Secretary, that—
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1 (1) no alteration will be made in the property

2 with respect to which the grant is made without the

3 concurrence of the Secretary; and

4 (2) reasonable public access to the property

5 with respect to which the grant is made will be per6 mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu7 cational purposes.

8 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

9 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

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

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

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

13 or structure listed on the National Register of Historic

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

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

16 with an amount that is equal or greater than the grant.

17 (2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re18 spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir19 cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such

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

21 of historically significant resources.

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

23 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and not more than

24 $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and

25 1998 may be made available under this section.
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1 (2) Of the amounts made available under this section

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

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

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

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

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

7 colleges and universities identified for inclusion in the De8 partment of the Interior Historically Black College and

9 University Historic Preservation Initiative.

10 (4) If less than $20 million is made available in fiscal

11 year 1995 for the purpose of paragraph (1), such amount

12 shall be allocated as follows:

13 (A) 25 percent of such amount shall be made

14 available for grants to Fisk University as provided in

15 paragraph (2).

16 (B) 50 percent of such amount shall be made

17 available as provided in paragraphs (3).

18 (C) 25 percent of such amount shall be made

19 available for grants under subsection (a) to other eli20 gible historically black colleges and universities.

21 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

22 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this

23 Act.

24 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

25 For the purposes of this Act:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘historically black colleges and

2 universities’’ has the same meaning given the term

3 ‘‘part B institution’’ by section 322 of the Higher

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

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

6 means a building or structure listed on the National

7 Register of Historic Places or designated a National

8 Historic Landmark.

Passed the House of Representatives November 23,

(legislative day, November 22), 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.