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Union Calendar No. 222
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2921
[Report No. 103–398]
To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restoration of historic
buildings at historically black colleges and universities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 6, 1993
Mr. CLEMENT (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. FROST, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. LLOYD, Mrs. MEEK, Mr.
RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TUCKER, and Ms. WATERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. GORDON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.
STARK, Mr. THORNTON, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.
PARKER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. MONTGOM-
ERY, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. WATT, and Mr. NADLER
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 6, 1993]
A BILL
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 effort
to attain equal opportunity through postsecondary
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 alloca-
tion 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 col-
leges 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 restora-
tion for future generations of all Americans as well
as for the students and faculty of these institutions.
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 accordance
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 institu-
tions.
(b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the grantee
covenants, for the period of time specified by the Secretary,
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 permitted
by the grantee for interpretive and educational pur-
poses.
(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HIS-
TORIC 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 col-
leges and universities identified for inclusion in the Depart-
ment of the Interior Historically Black College and Univer-
sity 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 uni-
versities’’ has the same meaning given the term ‘‘part
B institution’’ by section 322 of the Higher Edu-
cation 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.