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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3205 

To establish the History Is Learned from the Living grant program to 

enable communities to learn about historical movements in the United 

States in the past century through the oral histories of community 

members who participated in those movements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2015 

Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the History Is Learned from the Living grant 

program to enable communities to learn about historical 

movements in the United States in the past century 

through the oral histories of community members who 

participated in those movements, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘History Is Learned 

5 from the Living Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESERVATION 

2 OF STORIES OF HEROES OF HISTORICAL 

3 MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The historical movements in the United 

6 States over the past century have been integral to 

7 growth, progress, and innovation in the United 

8 States. 

9 (2) Notable examples of such historical move10 ments include the Women’s Suffrage, Reagan Revo11 lution, Peace, Veteran, Civil Rights, Tea Party, Chi12 cano (El Movimiento), Pro-Life, Environmental, and 

13 Deficit Reduction Movements. 

14 (3) Martin Luther King, Jr., Phyllis Schlafly, 

15 Cesar Chavez, William Buckley, Susan B. Anthony, 

16 and Ronald Reagan are among the many well-known 

17 heroes of such historical movements. 

18 (4) In addition to the well-known heroes of such 

19 historical movements, there are numerous unsung 

20 heroes living in local communities across the United 

21 States. 

22 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con23 gress that the stories of the unsung heroes of historical 

24 movements in the United States over the past century 

25 should be preserved and archived, and the historical moveVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:05 Jul 28, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3205.IH H3205

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1 ments in which they participated remembered, for genera2 tions to come. 

3 SEC. 3. HISTORY IS LEARNED FROM THE LIVING GRANT 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—There is established the His6 tory Is Learned from the Living grant program (in this 

7 section referred to as the ‘‘HILL grant program’’), to be 

8 carried out by the Secretary of the Interior. 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Under the HILL grant pro10 gram, the Secretary shall make 1-year grants in the 

11 amount of $50,000 to community groups, organizations, 

12 or institutions to— 

13 (1) carry out projects through which the com14 munity may learn about historical movements in the 

15 United States in the past century through the oral 

16 histories of members of the community who partici17 pated in those movements; and 

18 (2) submit to the Secretary a digital report on 

19 the projects, in such form and containing such infor20 mation as may be specified by the Secretary, includ21 ing— 

22 (A) each oral history described in para23 graph (1); 

24 (B) the relevance of such oral history; and 


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1 (C) the background of the community 

2 member to whom the oral history belongs. 

3 (c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

4 this section, a community group, organization, or institu5 tion shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 

6 time, in such manner, and containing such information as 

7 the Secretary may require. 

8 (d) PRESERVATION OF ORAL HISTORIES.—The Sec9 retary shall establish a system to preserve and make avail10 able to the public the digital reports submitted under sub11 section (b)(2). 

12 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

14 out the HILL grant program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

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