103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2921
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restora-
tion of historic buildings at historically black colleges
and universities.
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 ‘‘Historically Black Col-
leges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and
Preservation Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the Nation’s historically black colleges and
universities have contributed significantly to the ef-
fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond-
ary education for African-American, low-income, and
educationally disadvantaged Americans;
(2) over our Nation’s history, States and the
Federal Government have discriminated in the allo-
cation of land and financial resources to support
these institutions, thus forcing them to rely on the
generous support of private individuals and other
charitable organizations;
(3) the development of this source of private
and charitable financial support for historically black
colleges and universities has resulted in structures
and 
buildings 
of 
historic 
importance 
and
architecturally unique design on the campuses of
these institutions; and
(4) many of these structures and buildings are
national treasures worthy of preservation and res-
toration for future generations of all Americans as
well as for the students and faculty of these institu-
tions.
SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR
HISTORIC 
BUILDINGS 
AT 
HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
(a) AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
GRANTS.—From the
amounts made available to carry out the National Historic
Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998,
the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants in accord-
ance with this section to eligible historically black colleges
and universities for the preservation and restoration of
historic buildings and structures on the campus of these
institutions.
(b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grant-
ee covenants, for the period of time specified by the Sec-
retary, that—
(1) no alteration will be made in the property
with respect to which the grant is made without the
concurrence of the Secretary; and
(2) reasonable public access to the property
with respect to which the grant is made will be per-
mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu-
cational purposes.
(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph
(2), the Secretary may obligate funds made available
under this section for a grant with respect to a building
or structure listed on the National Register of Historic
Places only if the grantee agrees to match, from funds
derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of the grant
with an amount that is equal or greater than the grant.
(2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re-
spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir-
cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such
a waiver is in the public interest to assure the preservation
of historically significant resources.
(d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—(1) Not more than
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and not more than
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998 may be made available under this section.
(2) Of the amounts made available under this section
for fiscal year 1995, $5,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to Fisk University.
(3) Of the amounts made available under this section
for fiscal year 1995, $10,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to those historically black
colleges and universities identified for inclusion in the De-
partment of the Interior Historically Black College and
University Historic Preservation Initiative.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this
Act.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘historically black colleges and
universities’’ has the same meaning given the term
‘‘part B institution’’ by section 322 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
(2) The term ‘‘historic building and structures’’
means a building or structure listed on the National
Register of Historic Places or designated a National
Historic Landmark.
Passed the House of Representatives November 23
(legislative day, November 22), 1993.
Attest:
Clerk.