SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESERVATION 
OF STORIES OF HEROES OF HISTORICAL 
MOVEMENTS AND EVENTS IN THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The historical events in the United States 
over the past century have been integral to growth, 
progress, and innovation in the United States. 
(2) Notable examples of such historical move-
ments include the Women’s Suffrage, Reagan Revo-
lution, Peace, Veteran, Civil Rights, Tea Party, Chi-
cano (El Movimiento), Environmental, and Deficit 
Reduction Movements. 
(3) Martin Luther King, Jr., Gloria Steinem, 
Cesar Chavez, William Buckley, Susan B. Anthony, 
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Rachel Carson, Howard 
Jarvis and John Muir are among the many well- 
known heroes of such historical events. 
(4) In addition to the well-known heroes of such 
historical events, there are numerous unsung heroes 
living in local communities across the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the stories of the unsung heroes of historical 
events in the United States over the past century should 
be preserved and archived, and the historical events in 
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which they participated remembered, for generations to 
come. 
SEC. 3. HISTORY IS LEARNED FROM THE LIVING GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—There is established the His-
tory Is Learned from the Living grant program (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘HILL grant program’’), to be 
carried out by the Secretary of the Interior. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Under the HILL grant pro-
gram, the Secretary shall make 1-year grants in the 
amount of $200,000 to community groups, organizations, 
or institutions to— 
(1) carry out projects through which the com-
munity may learn about historical events in the 
United States in the past century through the oral 
histories of members of the community who partici-
pated in those events; and 
(2) submit to the Secretary a digital report (in-
cluding interviews, documents, videos, photos, etc.) 
on the projects, in such form and containing such 
information as may be specified by the Secretary, in-
cluding but not limited to— 
(A) each oral history described in para-
graph (1); 
(B) the relevance of such oral history; and 
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(C) the background of those interviewed 
and the community, organizations and/or insti-
tutions to whom the oral history belongs. 
(c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a community group, organization, or institu-
tion shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require. 
(d) PRESERVATION OF ORAL HISTORIES.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a system to preserve and make avail-
able to the public the digital reports submitted under sub-
section (b)(2). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the HILL grant program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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