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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1239 

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 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Underground 

3 Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 

4 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. HIRING STAFF FOR THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND 

6 RAILROAD NETWORK. 

7 Section 3 of the National Underground Railroad Net8 work to Freedom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l–1) is 

9 amended by striking subsection (d) and adding at the end 

10 the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(d) STAFF.—The Secretary shall appoint at least 8 

12 full time equivalent staff to assist the Secretary in car13 rying out the duties required by the Act, including pro14 viding oversight of the grant program established in sec15 tion 4.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC 

17 PURPOSES. 

18 The National Underground Railroad Network to 

19 Freedom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by striking section 4(d); and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new sec23 tion: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) AMOUNTS.—There are authorized to be appro3 priated to carry out this Act $2,500,000 for each fiscal 

4 year, to be allocated as follows: 

5 ‘‘(1) $2,000,000 is to be used for the purposes 

6 of section 3. 

7 ‘‘(2) $500,000 is to be used for the purposes of 

8 section 4. 

9 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS.—No amounts may be appro10 priated for the purposes of this Act except to the Secretary 

11 for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary as 

12 set forth in this Act. 

13 ‘‘(c) CARRY OVER.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 

14 to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 

15 shall remain available until expended.’’. 

16 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take 

18 effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year following 

19 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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