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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1975

To establish a grant program to restore and preserve historic buildings at

historically black colleges and universities, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 24 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1994

Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN (for herself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SASSER, Mr.

MATHEWS, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MOYNIHAN, and Mr. COCHRAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To establish a grant program to restore and preserve historic

buildings at historically black colleges and universities,

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 ‘‘Historically Black Col5 leges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and

6 Preservation Act’’.

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

8 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’’ in section 322(2) of the Higher

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

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

6 means a building or structure that is listed on the

7 National Register of Historic Places or is designated

8 as a National Historic Landmark.

9 SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

10 Congress finds that—

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

12 universities have contributed significantly to the ef13 fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond14 ary education for African-American, low-income, and

15 educationally disadvantaged Americans;

16 (2) over the course of our Nation’s history, the

17 Federal Government and the States have discrimi18 nated in the allocation of land and financial re19 sources to support the institutions, forcing them to

20 rely on the generous support of private individuals

21 and other charitable organizations;

22 (3) the development of private and charitable fi23 nancial support for historically black colleges and

24 universities has resulted in structures and buildings
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1 of historic importance and architecturally unique de2 sign on the campuses of these institutions; and

3 (4) many of the structures and buildings at his4 torically black colleges and universities are national

5 treasures worthy of preservation and restoration for

6 future generations of all Americans and for the stu7 dents and faculty of the institutions.

8 SEC. 4. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

9 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT HISTORICALLY

10 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

11 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—In fiscal years

12 1995 through 1998, the Secretary of the Interior (referred

13 to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall make grants in

14 accordance with this section to historically black colleges

15 and universities for the preservation and restoration of

16 historic buildings and structures on the campus of the

17 institutions.

18 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made pursuant to

19 this section shall be subject to the condition that the

20 grantee covenants, for a period of time specified by the

21 Secretary that—

22 (1) no alteration shall be made to the property

23 with respect to which the grant is made without the

24 concurrence of the Secretary; and
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1 (2) reasonable public access to the property

2 with respect to which the grant is made shall be per3 mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu4 cational purposes.

5 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

6 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

7 HISTORIC PLACES.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the Federal share of a grant under this

10 section for a building or structure listed on the Na11 tional Register of Historic Places shall be not more

12 than 50 percent of the cost of the grant project.

13 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may waive the

14 cost-share requirement for a grant under this sub15 section if the Secretary determines that an extreme

16 emergency exists or that a waiver is in the public in17 terest to ensure the preservation of historically sig18 nificant resources.

19 (d) FUNDING.—

20 (1) SOURCE.—The Secretary shall make grants

21 pursuant to this section from amounts made avail22 able to carry out the National Historic Preservation

23 Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.).

24 (2) LIMITATIONS.—
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1 (A) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—For fiscal year

2 1995—

3 (i) not more than $20,000,000 may be

4 made available for a grant under this sec5 tion; and

6 (ii) of such amounts—

7 (I) $5,000,000 shall be made

8 available for grants to Fisk Univer9 sity; and

10 (II) $10,000,000 shall be made

11 available for grants to historically

12 black colleges and universities identi13 fied for inclusion in the Department

14 of the Interior Historically Black Col15 lege and University Historic Preserva16 tion Initiative.

17 (B) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—For each of fis18 cal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, not more than

19 $15,000,000 may be made available for grants

20 under this section.

21 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall develop and

22 implement regulations to carry out this Act.

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