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Union Calendar No. 157 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1239 
[Report No. 110–248] 
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 
JULY 23, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. BRADY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. PITTS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. WATT, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ROTHMAN, 
Mr. BARROW, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. BALD-
WIN, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. TIAHRT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CLEAVER, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. SCOTT
of Georgia, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KILPATRICK, 
and Mr. MILLER of North Carolina 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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[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 February 28, 2007] 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Underground 
Railroad Network to Freedom Amendments Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SPECIFIC 
PURPOSES. 
The National Underground Railroad Network to Free-
dom Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 469l et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking section 3(d); 
(2) by striking section 4(d); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘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: 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 
at the beginning of the fiscal year immediately following 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act 
of 1998 to authorize additional funding to carry out the 
Act, and for other purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 157 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1239 
[Report No. 110–248] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Underground Railroad Net-
work to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide addi-
tional staff and oversight of funds to carry out 
the Act, and for other purposes. 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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