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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1606

To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management

Act of 1996 to authorize additional appropriations for historically black

colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related

to such appropriations, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 26, 2001

Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. CARSON

of Indiana, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FATTAH,

Mr. FORD, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. JACKSON of

Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MEEKS of New York,

Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE,

Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr.

TOWNS, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina,

and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To amend section 507 of the Omnibus Parks and Public

Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize additional

appropriations for historically black colleges and universities, to decrease the matching requirement related to

such appropriations, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. DECREASED MATCHING REQUIREMENT; AU2 THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

3 (a) DECREASED MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Sec4 tion 507(c) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man5 agement Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘(1) Except’’ and inserting the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except’’;

9 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’;

11 (3) by striking ‘‘(2) The Secretary’’ and insert12 ing the following:

13 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary’’;

14 (4) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (3)’’; and

16 (5) by adding at the end the following new

17 paragraph:

18 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may obligate

19 funds made available under subsection (d)(2) for a

20 grant with respect to a building or structure listed

21 on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register

22 of Historic Places only if the grantee agrees to pro23 vide, from funds derived from non-Federal sources,

24 an amount that is equal to 30 percent of the total

25 cost of the project for which the grant is provided.’’.
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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—Section

2 507(d) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage3 ment Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 470a note) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘Pursuant to’’ and inserting the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(1) 1996 AUTHORIZATION.—Pursuant to’’;

7 and

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new

9 paragraph:

10 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION.—In addi11 tion to amounts made available under paragraph

12 (1), pursuant to section 108 of the National Historic

13 Preservation Act, there is authorized to be appro14 priated $530,000,000 to carry out the purposes of

15 this section.’’.

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