I 
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 re-
ferred 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Underground 
Railroad Network to Freedom Reauthorization Act of 
2007’’. 
SEC. 2. HIRING STAFF FOR THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND 
RAILROAD NETWORK. 
Section 3 of the National Underground Railroad Net-
work to Freedom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l–1) is 
amended by striking subsection (d) and adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) STAFF.—The Secretary shall appoint at least 8 
full time equivalent staff to assist the Secretary in car-
rying out the duties required by the Act, including pro-
viding oversight of the grant program established in sec-
tion 4.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC 
PURPOSES. 
The National Underground Railroad Network to 
Freedom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking section 4(d); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) AMOUNTS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $2,500,000 for each fiscal 
year, to be allocated as follows: 
‘‘(1) $2,000,000 is to be used for the purposes 
of section 3. 
‘‘(2) $500,000 is to be used for the purposes of 
section 4. 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS.—No amounts may be appro-
priated for the purposes of this Act except to the Secretary 
for carrying out the responsibilities of the Secretary as 
set forth in this Act. 
‘‘(c) CARRY OVER.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) 
shall remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall take 
effect at the beginning of the next fiscal year following 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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