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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1882
To establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership Program in the
Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 2001
Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To establish the Cultural Heritage Assistance Partnership
Program in the Department of the Interior, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cultural Heritage As-
sistance Partnership Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall establish in the National Park Service a Cultural
Heritage Assistance Partnership Program.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Partnership
Program are the following:
(1) Fostering and supporting cooperative part-
nerships among Federal agencies, State and local
governments, Indian tribes, nongovernmental organi-
zations, and individuals, to preserve and enhance the
cultural heritage of the United States.
(2) Coordinating Federal programs and pro-
viding information, technical assistance, and grants
to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and non-
profit organizations, to facilitate cultural heritage
activities.
(3) Encouraging cultural heritage activities, in-
cluding by planning, developing, and promoting her-
itage areas, cultural heritage tourism, and related
cultural heritage economic and community develop-
ment.
(4) Providing Federal agencies with opportuni-
ties to participate in cultural heritage activities and
to benefit from the knowledge and experience of
non-Federal entities and individuals.
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall implement
the Partnership Program in consultation with the Citizens
Advisory Committee and the Federal Coordinating Coun-
cil, including such consultation in designing information,
technical assistance, and award programs under section
3 and grant programs under section 6.
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF SECRETARY UNDER PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM.
(a) COORDINATION.—To carry out the purposes of
the Partnership Program, the Secretary shall coordinate
with and seek the participation of organizations and agen-
cies involved in heritage areas and related cultural herit-
age tourism and economic and community development,
including the following:
(1) Private sector nonprofit organizations.
(2) Educational and training institutions.
(3) Professional societies and trade associa-
tions.
(4) State and local government agencies and af-
filiated organizations.
(5) Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
(6) International agencies and organizations.
(7) Other offices and programs in the National
Park Service and units of the National Park Sys-
tem.
(8) Federal agencies and organizations, includ-
ing Federal agencies not represented on the Federal
Coordinating Council, including the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, the Small Business Admin-
istration, the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution.
(b) INFORMATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall gather
information on cultural heritage resources and ac-
tivities, including heritage areas, cultural heritage
tourism, and related economic and community devel-
opment.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make
available to the public such information—
(A) on an Internet site; and
(B) by nonelectronic means.
(3) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON INTERNET
SITE.—The Secretary shall develop means for per-
sons, subject to reasonable terms and conditions im-
posed by the Secretary, to include on the Internet
site information about cultural heritage programs
and activities.
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To carry out the pur-
poses of the Partnership Program, the Secretary may pro-
vide or arrange for technical assistance to the types of
agencies and organizations described in subsection (a), in-
cluding by doing the following:
(1) Developing models of cultural heritage part-
nership agreements.
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall
provide administrative support for the Citizens Advisory
Committee.
(i) TERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Citizens Advisory Committee shall terminate 5
years after the date of its establishment.
(2) RENEWAL.—If the Secretary states in the
report submitted under section 7 that the Citizens
Advisory Committee will be extended under this
paragraph, the Secretary may extend the existence
of the Citizens Advisory Committee for a second 5-
year period.
SEC. 5. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL.
(a) FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL.—There is
established a Federal Cultural Heritage Coordinating
Council, which shall be composed of the following members
(or their designees):
(1) The Secretary of the Interior, who shall
serve as Chairman.
(2) The Secretary of Defense.
(3) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce.
(5) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment.
(6) The Secretary of Transportation.
(7) The Secretary of Education.
(8) The Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
(9) The Chairman of the National Endowment
for the Arts.
(10) The Chairman of the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
(11) The Director of the Institute of Museum
and Library Services.
(b) DUTIES.—The Federal Coordinating Council
shall—
(1) identify Federal programs and projects that
may be of assistance to the Secretary in imple-
menting the Partnership Program;
(2) establish and implement methods for the
members of the Federal Coordinating Council to col-
laborate with each other and with other govern-
mental agencies and nongovernmental organizations
on cultural heritage programs and projects, to the
extent permitted by law and consistent with their
missions and resources;
(3) consider methods for reducing bureaucratic
inefficiency in delivering services under existing Fed-
eral cultural heritage programs to States, Indian
tribes, and local governments; and
(4) seek to ensure that the activities conducted
under this Act are responsive to the diverse needs of
different kinds of communities, ranging from urban
centers to remote rural areas, and are balanced in
their outreach and funding.
(c) MEETINGS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Federal Coordinating
Council shall conduct at least 4 meetings each fiscal
year.
(2) CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—At least
one of the 4 meetings shall be conducted in conjunc-
tion with a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee.
(3) PUBLIC
ATTENDANCE.—The meetings of
the Federal Coordinating Council shall be open to
the public.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall
provide administrative support for the Federal Coordi-
nating Council.
(e) SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.—Each
member of the Federal Coordinating Council may provide
the Secretary with such funds, personnel, facilities, and
services under that member’s jurisdiction and control as
may be needed to implement the Partnership Program, to
the extent that such funds, personnel, facilities, and serv-
ices are otherwise available for that purpose.
(f) INTERAGENCY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this
Act, the Secretary may receive advance payments from
other agencies or accounts to be used for interagency
projects. Any project to be financed with those payments
may be initiated only with approval of the Secretary.
SEC. 6. GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants
on a competitive basis to States, Indian tribes, local gov-
ernments, and nonprofit organizations for projects to
carry out the purposes of the Partnership Program.
(b) PROJECTS.—The activities of such projects may
include the following:
(1) Developing plans, programs, training, and
informational materials relating to the development,
management, or interpretation of cultural heritage
resources and heritage areas or potential heritage
areas.
(2) Creating innovative projects that address
natural resource conservation, environmental edu-
cation, outdoor recreation, economic revitalization,
archaeology and ethnography, historic, scenic, or cul-
tural preservation, or the arts, humanities, or folk-
lore.
(3) Carrying out cultural heritage activities in
conjunction with libraries, museums, and schools.
(4) Improving the organization and manage-
ment capacity of cultural heritage organizations and
agencies.
(5) Creating or implementing innovative ways
to combine historic property restoration and con-
servation with economic and community develop-
ment.
(6) Providing electronic access, including equip-
ment and training, especially in rural or underserved
urban communities, to promote cultural heritage ac-
tivities or heritage areas.
(7) Developing alliances among heritage areas
within a State and among States.
(8) Sharing information with other nations on
cultural heritage programs in the United States.
(9) Developing programs for collecting informa-
tion on cultural heritage activities and resources in
other nations that might serve as models for similar
activities in the United States.
(c) CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary
may not make a grant under this section to any applicant
for a project unless at least 1 other entity will contribute
facilities, supplies, or services for the project.
(d) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that will
be carried out by an applicant that—
(1) has more than 2 entities contributing facili-
ties, supplies, or services to the project; or
(2) represents a broad base of interests and can
increase community involvement in the project.
(e) LIMITS ON GRANTS.—
(1) COST SHARING.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Federal share of the cost of ac-
tivities carried out with a grant under this sec-
tion may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost
of the activities.
(B) USE
OF
FUNDS
FROM
OTHER
FED-
ERAL SOURCES.—A grantee under this section
may apply funds from other Federal sources as
the matching funds required under subpara-
graph (A), if use of such funds is otherwise au-
thorized by law.
(2) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—The Secretary may
not make any grant or combination of grants under