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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1584

To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic

buildings at historically black colleges and universities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 29 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 28), 1996

Mr. THOMPSON (for himself, Mr. FRIST, and Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

A BILL

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. DEFINITIONS.

4 In this Act:

5 (1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI6 VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically black college or

7 university’’ means a part B institution (as defined in

8 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965

9 (20 U.S.C. 1061)).
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1 (2) HISTORIC BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.—The

2 term ‘‘historic building or structure’’ means a build3 ing or structure listed on the National Register of

4 Historic Places or designated as a national historic

5 landmark.

6 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

7 the Secretary of the Interior.

8 TITLE I—HISTORICALLY BLACK

9 COLLEGES AND UNIVER10 SITIES HISTORIC BUILDING

11 RESTORATION AND PRESER12 VATION

13 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Historically Black Col15 leges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and

16 Preservation Act’’.

17 SEC. 102. FINDINGS.

18 Congress finds that—

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

20 universities have contributed significantly to the ef21 fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond22 ary education for African-American, low-income, and

23 educationally disadvantaged Americans;

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

25 Federal Government have discriminated in the allo-
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1 cation of land and financial resources to support his2 torically black colleges and universities, forcing his3 torically black colleges and universities to rely on the

4 generous support of private individuals and chari5 table organizations;

6 (3) the development of sources of private and

7 charitable financial support for historically black col8 leges and universities has resulted in buildings and

9 structures of historic importance and architecturally

10 unique design on the campuses of those historically

11 black colleges and universities; and

12 (4) many of the buildings and structures are

13 national treasures worthy of preservation and res14 toration for future generations of Americans and for

15 the students and faculty of historically black colleges

16 and universities.

17 SEC. 103. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

18 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AT

19 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNI20 VERSITIES.

21 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make

23 grants in accordance with this section to historically

24 black colleges and universities for the preservation

25 and restoration of historic buildings and structures
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1 on the campuses of the historically black colleges

2 and universities.

3 (2) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—Subject to the

4 availability of appropriations, grants under para5 graph (1) shall be made out of amounts authorized

6 to be appropriated to carry out the National Historic

7 Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for fiscal

8 years 1996 through 1999.

9 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub10 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grant11 ee covenant, for the period of time specified by the Sec12 retary, that—

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

14 with respect to which the grant is made without the

15 concurrence of the Secretary; and

16 (2) reasonable public access to the property

17 with respect to which the grant is made will be per18 mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu19 cational purposes.

20 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

21 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

22 HISTORIC PLACES.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para24 graph (2), the Secretary may obligate funds made

25 available under this section for a grant with respect
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1 to a building or structure listed on the National

2 Register of Historic Places only if the grantee agrees

3 to match, from funds derived from non-Federal

4 sources, the amount of the grant with an amount

5 that is equal or greater than the grant.

6 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive para7 graph (1) with respect to a grant if the Secretary

8 determines from circumstances that an extreme

9 emergency exists or that a waiver is in the public in10 terest to ensure the preservation of historically sig11 nificant resources.

12 (d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—

13 (1) AMOUNTS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.—Not

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

15 more than $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

16 1996, 1997, and 1998 may be made available under

17 this section.

18 (2) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made

20 available under this section for fiscal year

21 1995—

22 (i) $5,000,000 shall be available only

23 for grants under subsection (a) to Fisk

24 University; and
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1 (ii) $10,000,000 shall be available

2 only for grants under subsection (a) to the

3 historically black colleges and universities

4 identified for inclusion in the Department

5 of the Interior Historically Black College

6 and University Historic Preservation Ini7 tiative.

8 (B) LESS THAN $20,000,000 AVAILABLE.—If

9 less than $20,000,000 is made available for fis10 cal year 1995 for the purpose of subparagraph

11 (A), the amount that is made available shall be

12 allocated as follows:

13 (i) 25 percent shall be made available

14 as provided in subparagraph (A)(i).

15 (ii) 50 percent shall be made available

16 as provided in subparagraph (A)(ii).

17 (iii) 25 percent shall be made avail18 able for grants under subsection (a) to

19 other eligible historically black colleges and

20 universities.

21 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such

22 regulations as are necessary to carry out this title.
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1 TITLE II—COOPER HALL AND

2 SCIENCE HALL PRESERVA3 TION AND RESTORATION

4 SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants

6 in accordance with this title to preserve and restore—

7 (1) Cooper Hall, Sterling College, Sterling,

8 Kansas; and

9 (2) Science Hall, Simpson College, Indianola,

10 Iowa.

11 (b) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—Subject to the availabil12 ity of appropriations, grants under subsection (a) shall be

13 made out of amounts authorized to be appropriated to

14 carry out the National Historic Preservation Act (16

15 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

16 SEC. 202. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

17 The Secretary may obligate funds made available

18 under this title only if the grantee agrees to match, from

19 funds derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of

20 the grant with an amount that is equal or greater than

21 the grant.

22 SEC. 203. FUNDING PROVISIONS.

23 Not more than $3,600,000 may be made available for

24 grants for Cooper Hall and not more than $1,500,000
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1 may be made available for grants for Science Hall under

2 this title.

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