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Union Calendar No. 157 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1239 

[Report No. 110–248] 

To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act 

of 1998 to provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry 

out the Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2007 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. WATERS, 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. CARSON, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WYNN, 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. AL GREEN

of Texas, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MEEK of Florida, and Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 23, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 

MCHUGH, Mr. PITTS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. WATT, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ROTHMAN, 

Mr. BARROW, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. TIAHRT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 

FOSSELLA, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KILPATRICK, 

and Mr. MILLER of North Carolina 

JULY 23, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 


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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 28, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Underground Railroad Network to 

Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and 

oversight of funds to carry out the Act, 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 ‘‘National Underground 

5 Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC 

7 PURPOSES. 

8 The National Underground Railroad Network to Free9 dom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking section 3(d); 

11 (2) by striking section 4(d); and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new sec13 tion: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) AMOUNTS.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out this Act $2,500,000 for each fiscal year, 

17 to be allocated as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) $2,000,000 is to be used for the purposes of 

2 section 3. 

3 ‘‘(2) $500,000 is to be used for the purposes of 

4 section 4. 

5 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS.—No amounts may be appro6 priated for the purposes of this Act except to the Secretary 

7 for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary as set 

8 forth in this Act.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

10 The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 

11 at the beginning of the fiscal year immediately following 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act 

of 1998 to authorize additional funding to carry out the 

Act, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 157 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1239 

[Report No. 110

–248] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Underground Railroad Netthe Act, and for other purposes. tional staff and oversight of funds to carry out work to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide addiJULY 23, 2007 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:59 Jul 24, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1239.RH H1239

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