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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3555 

To establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and rehabilitation 

of historic lighthouses. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. STABENOW) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation 

and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses. 

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 ‘‘National Lighthouse 

5 Stewardship Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVA7 TION. 

8 Title III of the National Historic Preservation Act 

9 (16 U.S.C. 470w et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 310. NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE STEWARDSHIP PILOT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en5 tity’ means a State, unit of local government, or 

6 nonprofit organization that— 

7 ‘‘(A) provides financial assistance and 

8 grants to local governmental units and non9 profit organizations to preserve and maintain 

10 historic lighthouse structures; 

11 ‘‘(B) owns a lighthouse that is listed or eli12 gible for listing on the National Register; or 

13 ‘‘(C) has a right to maintain and rehabili14 tate a lighthouse described in subparagraph (B) 

15 that is owned by the Federal Government. 

16 ‘‘(2) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Na17 tional Lighthouse Stewardship Fund established by 

18 subsection (c)(1). 

19 ‘‘(b) LIGHTHOUSE STEWARDSHIP PILOT PRO20 GRAM.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab22 lish a 3-year pilot program under which the Sec23 retary shall use amounts made available under sub24 section (c)(3) to provide grants to eligible entities to 

25 preserve and rehabilitate historic lighthouse struc26 tures. 


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1 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

2 ‘‘(A) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a 

3 grant under this subsection, an eligible entity 

4 shall submit to the Secretary an application at 

5 such time, in such form and manner, and in6 cluding such information as the Secretary may 

7 require. 

8 ‘‘(B) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.—Based 

9 on criteria established by the Secretary, the 

10 Secretary shall approve or disapprove an appli11 cation submitted under subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—On approval of an 

14 application under subparagraph (B), the 

15 Secretary shall make the grant funds avail16 able to the eligible entity. 

17 ‘‘(ii) USE OF EXISTING FUNDS.—To 

18 the maximum extent practicable, the Sec19 retary shall provide funding through exist20 ing lighthouse grant programs adminis21 tered by State governments. 

22 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE STEWARDSHIP

23 FUND.— 

24 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

25 the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 


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1 known as the ‘National Lighthouse Stewardship 

2 Fund’, consisting of such amounts as are appro3 priated to the Fund under paragraph (2). 

4 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There are appro5 priated to the Fund, out of funds of the Treasury 

6 not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 

7 amounts collected as taxes and received in the 

8 Treasury under section 60301 of title 46, United 

9 States Code, but not more than $20,000,000 for any 

10 1 fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—The Secretary of the 

12 Treasury shall transfer amounts deposited in the 

13 Fund for each fiscal year to the Secretary to provide 

14 grants to eligible entities in States based on the 

15 ratio that— 

16 ‘‘(A) the total number of lighthouses in the 

17 State; bears to 

18 ‘‘(B) the total number of lighthouses in the 

19 Inventory of Historic Light Stations prepared 

20 by the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the Fund 

22 shall remain available until expended, without fiscal 

23 year limitation.’’. 

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