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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2581

To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at

historically women’s public colleges or universities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 17, 2000

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. LOTT, Mr. SHELBY, Mr.

COCHRAN, Mr. CLELAND, Mr. COVERDELL, Mr. THURMOND, Mr.

HELMS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. INHOFE, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic

buildings at historically women’s public colleges or 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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Historically Women’s

5 Public Colleges or Universities Historic Building Restora6 tion and Preservation Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

2 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AT

3 HISTORICALLY WOMEN’S PUBLIC COLLEGES

4 OR UNIVERSITIES.

5 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail7 able under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Interior

8 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall

9 award grants in accordance with this section to his10 torically women’s public colleges or universities (de11 fined as public institutions of higher learning as es12 tablished in the United States between 1884 and

13 1908 to provide industrial education for women) for

14 the preservation and restoration of historic buildings

15 and structures on their campuses.

16 (2) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—Grants under para17 graph (1) shall be awarded from amounts appro18 priated to carry out the National Historic Preserva19 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for fiscal years

20 2001 through 2005.

21 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub22 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grant23 ee agree, for the period of time specified by the Secretary,

24 that—
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1 (1) no alteration will be made in the property

2 with respect to which the grant is made without the

3 concurrence of the Secretary; and

4 (2) reasonable public access to the property for

5 which the grant is made will be permitted by the

6 grantee for interpretive and educational purposes.

7 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided

8 by paragraph (2), the Secretary may obligate funds made

9 available under this section for a grant only if the grantee

10 agrees to provide for activities under the grant, from funds

11 derived from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 20

12 percent of the costs of the program to be funded under

13 the grant with the Secretary providing 80 percent of such

14 costs under the grant.

15 (d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—

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

17 more than $14,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

18 2001 through 2005 may be made available under

19 this section.

20 (2) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.—

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

22 available under this section for fiscal year

23 2001—

24 (i) $2,000,000 shall be available only

25 for grants under subsection (a) to Mis-
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1 sissippi University for Women in Colum2 bus, Mississippi;

3 (ii) $2,000,000 shall be available only

4 for grants under subsection (a) to Georgia

5 College and State University in

6 Milledgeville, Georgia;

7 (iii) $2,000,000 shall be available only

8 for grants under subsection (a) to the Uni9 versity of North Carolina at Greensboro in

10 Greensboro, North Carolina;

11 (iv) $2,000,000 shall be available only

12 for grants under subsection (a) to Win13 throp University in Rock Hill, South Caro14 lina;

15 (v) $2,000,000 shall be available only

16 for grants under subsection (a) to the Uni17 versity of Montevallo in Montevallo, Ala18 bama;

19 (vi) $2,000,000 shall be available only

20 for grants under subsection (a) to the

21 Texas Woman’s University in Denton,

22 Texas; and

23 (vii) $2,000,000 shall be available

24 only for grants under subsection (a) to the
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1 University of Science and Arts of Okla2 homa in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

3 (B) LESS THAN $14,000,000 AVAILABLE.—If

4 less than $14,000,000 is made available under

5 this section for fiscal year 2001, then the

6 amount made available to each of the 7 institu7 tions under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced

8 by a uniform percentage.

9 (3) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2002–

10 2005.—Any funds which are made available during

11 fiscal years 2002 through 2005 under subsection

12 (a)(2) shall be distributed by the Secretary in ac13 cordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (A)

14 and (B) of paragraph (2) to those grantees named

15 in paragraph (2)(A) which remain eligible and desire

16 to participate, on a uniform basis, in such fiscal

17 years.

18 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

19 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act.

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