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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3014

To provide financial assistance for the establishment of a Richard Bolling

Center for the Study of Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. WHEAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide financial assistance for the establishment of a

Richard Bolling Center for the Study of Congress.

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 ‘‘Richard Bolling Center

5 for the Study of Congress Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) one of the most honored and highly re9 spected members of the United States House of

10 Representatives, Richard Bolling served the institu-
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1 tion he cherished with great distinction and excel2 lence from 1949 to 1982;

3 (2) renowned for his knowledge of the proce4 dures and history of the House of Representatives,

5 Richard Bolling was a teacher, a mentor and an in6 spiration to his colleagues and to others outside of

7 the Congress;

8 (3) one of the true architects of real change in

9 the Congress, Richard Bolling was dedicated to de10 mocracy and saw it not as a state attained, but as

11 a continuing journey and a goal still to be reached;

12 (4) nationally known as a brilliant and insight13 ful student of Congress, Richard Bolling had a deep

14 devotion for sharing his love of the Congress an en15 couraging others to study and understand the insti16 tution and its democratic principles;

17 (5) placing great value on the play of ideas and

18 the pursuit of the ideal in self-governance, Richard

19 Bolling returned to the University of Missouri-Kan20 sas City after he retired from the Congress and

21 taught every semester until he died;

22 (6) Richard Bolling achieved great and impor23 tant things for this country; in the depths of his po24 litical soul, the fire never went out; and
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1 (7) it is a fitting tribute to Richard Bolling’s

2 legacy, to his leadership, vision, scholarly passion

3 and dedication to democracy, that the fire be kept

4 alive by the establishment of the Richard Bolling

5 Center for the Study of Congress.

6 SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORITY.

7 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS.—The Sec8 retary of Education is authorized to provide funds in ac9 cordance with the provisions of this section to assist in

10 the development and construction of the Richard Bolling

11 Center for the Study of Congress at the University of Mis12 souri, Kansas City, Missouri.

13 (b) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—No payment may be

14 made under this section except upon an application at

15 such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied

16 by such information as the Secretary of Education may

17 require in order to certify the amount of eligible funds.

18 Such application shall contain assurances satisfactory to

19 the Secretary that there will be available for the purposes

20 described in subsection (c) from non-Federal sources an

21 amount equal to not less than twice the amount available

22 under this Act.

23 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided under this sec24 tion may be used for construction and program support,
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1 and for the establishment of an endowment for the provi2 sion of fellowships for Bolling scholars.

3 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated

4 pursuant to this section shall be made available to the

5 University of Missouri on or after October 1, 1994, and

6 prior to the close of the fiscal year ending September 30,

7 1997.

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

9 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

10 necessary to carry out this section for the fiscal year end11 ing September 30, 1994, and for each of the two succeed12 ing fiscal years, except that the aggregate amount so ap13 propriated shall not exceed $15,000,000. Funds appro14 priated pursuant to this section are authorized to remain

15 available until expended.

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