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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1623

To provide for the preservation and restoration of historic buildings at

historically women’s public colleges or universities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 26, 2001

Mr. PICKERING (for himself and Mr. CHAMBLISS) introduced the following

bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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’’.

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

8 In this Act:

9 (1) HISTORICALLY WOMEN’S PUBLIC COLLEGE

10 OR UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically women’s
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1 public college or university’’ means a public institu2 tion of higher education created in the United States

3 between 1836 and 1908 to provide industrial edu4 cation for women, including the institutions listed in

5 clauses (i) though (viii) of section 3(d)(2)(A).

6 (2) HISTORIC BUILDING OR STRUCTURE.—The

7 term ‘‘historic building or structure’’ means a build8 ing or structure listed (or eligible to be listed) on the

9 National Register of Historic Places, designated as

10 a National Historic Landmark, or located within a

11 designated historic district.

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

13 the Secretary of the Interior.

14 SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR

15 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AT

16 HISTORICALLY WOMEN’S PUBLIC COLLEGES

17 OR UNIVERSITIES.

18 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail20 able under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award

21 grants in accordance with this section to historically

22 women’s public colleges or universities for the pres23 ervation and restoration of historic buildings and

24 structures on their campuses.
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1 (2) SOURCE OF FUNDING.—Grants under para2 graph (1) shall be awarded from amounts appro3 priated to carry out the National Historic Preserva4 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) for fiscal years

5 2002 through 2006.

6 (b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub7 section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grant8 ee agree, for the period of time specified by the Secretary,

9 that—

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

11 with respect to which the grant is made without the

12 concurrence of the Secretary; and

13 (2) reasonable public access to the property for

14 which the grant is made will be permitted by the

15 grantee for interpretive and educational purposes.

16 (c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND

17 STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF

18 HISTORIC PLACES.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para20 graph (2), the Secretary may obligate funds made

21 available under this section for a grant with respect

22 to a building or structure listed on the National

23 Register of Historic Places, designated as a National

24 Historic Landmark, or located within a designated

25 historic district, only if the grantee agrees to provide
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1 for activities under the grant, from funds derived

2 from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50

3 percent of the costs of the program to be funded

4 under the grant with the Secretary providing 50 per5 cent of such costs under the grant.

6 (2) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—In addition to

7 cash outlays and payments, in-kind contributions of

8 property or personnel services by non-Federal inter9 ests may be used for the non-Federal share of costs

10 required by paragraph (1).

11 (d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—

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

13 more than $16,000,000 for each of the fiscal years

14 2002 through 2006 may be made available under

15 this section.

16 (2) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002.—

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

18 available under this section for fiscal year 2002,

19 there shall be available only for grants under

20 subsection (a) $2,000,000 for each of the fol21 lowing:

22 (i) Mississippi University for Women

23 in Colombus, Mississippi.

24 (ii) Georgia College and State Univer25 sity in Milledgeville, Georgia.
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1 (iii) University of North Carolina in

2 Greensboro, North Carolina.

3 (iv) Winthrop University in Rock Hill,

4 South Carolina.

5 (v) University of Montevallo in

6 Montevallo, Alabama.

7 (vi) Texas Woman’s University in

8 Denton, Texas.

9 (vii) University of Science and Arts of

10 Oklahoma in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

11 (viii) Wesleyan College in Macon,

12 Georgia.

13 (B) LESS THAN $16,000,000 AVAILABLE.—If

14 less than $16,000,000 is made available under

15 this section for fiscal year 2002, then the

16 amount made available to each of the institu17 tions listed in subparagraph (A) shall be re18 duced by the same amount.

19 (3) ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2003–

20 2006.—Any funds which are made available during

21 fiscal years 2003 through 2006 under subsection

22 (a)(2) shall be distributed by the Secretary in ac23 cordance with the provisions of subparagraphs (A)

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

25 in paragraph (2)(A) which remain eligible and desire
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1 to participate, on a uniform basis, in such fiscal

2 years.

3 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate

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

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