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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1469
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for grants to repair
veterans memorials.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 4, 2001
Mr. JOHN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for grants
to repair veterans memorials.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANTS TO REPAIR VETERANS MEMORIALS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Chapter
24 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 2412 Grants to repair memorials
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.—Sub-
ject to the succeeding provisions of this section, the Sec-
retary may make grants to a State or a qualified organiza-
tion for the purpose of repairing or restoring a covered
memorial.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A grant under this section may
be made only upon submission of an application to the
Secretary in such form and manner, and containing such
information, as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—(1) The amount of a
grant under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the
cost of the repair or restoration of the covered memorial,
as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) The recipient of the grant shall contribute the
excess of the aggregate costs of the repair of the covered
memorial over the grant.
‘‘(3) If a recipient of a grant under this section uses
any part of the funds provided through such grant for a
purpose other than that for which the grant was made,
the United States shall be entitled to recover from such
recipient the total of all grants made under this section
to such recipient in connection with the repair or restora-
tion of the covered memorial.
‘‘(d) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Sums received pursu-
ant to a grant in this section shall be used for the sole
purpose of repairing or restoring a covered memorial.
‘‘(e) STANDARDS.—A repair or restoration of a cov-
ered memorial under a grant under this section shall con-
form to such standards and guidelines as the Secretary
may by regulation prescribe.
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
Secretary may by regulation prescribe such additional
terms and conditions for grants under this section as the
Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘qualified organization’ means
any organization described in section 5902(a) of this
title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered memorial’ means a me-
morial or monument that the Secretary determines
commemorates the service in the Armed Forces of
an individual, or group of individuals, or a particular
military event, but does not include any memorial or
monument under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1)
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2002 and for each succeeding
fiscal year through fiscal year 2006 for the purpose of
making grants under subsection (a).
‘‘(2) Sums appropriated under paragraph (1) of this
section shall remain available until expended. If all funds
from a grant under this section have not been utilized by
a recipient for the purpose for which the grant was made
within three years after such grant is made, the United
States shall be entitled to recover any such unused grant
funds from such recipient.’’.
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