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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3205 
To establish the History Is Learned from the Living grant program to 
enable communities to learn about historical movements in the United 
States in the past century through the oral histories of community 
members who participated in those movements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the History Is Learned from the Living grant 
program to enable communities to learn about historical 
movements in the United States in the past century 
through the oral histories of community members who 
participated in those movements, 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 ‘‘History Is Learned 
from the Living Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESERVATION 
OF STORIES OF HEROES OF HISTORICAL 
MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The historical movements 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), Pro-Life, Environmental, and 
Deficit Reduction Movements. 
(3) Martin Luther King, Jr., Phyllis Schlafly, 
Cesar Chavez, William Buckley, Susan B. Anthony, 
and Ronald Reagan are among the many well-known 
heroes of such historical movements. 
(4) In addition to the well-known heroes of such 
historical movements, 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 
movements in the United States over the past century 
should be preserved and archived, and the historical move-
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ments in which they participated remembered, for genera-
tions 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 $50,000 to community groups, organizations, 
or institutions to— 
(1) carry out projects through which the com-
munity may learn about historical movements in the 
United States in the past century through the oral 
histories of members of the community who partici-
pated in those movements; and 
(2) submit to the Secretary a digital report on 
the projects, in such form and containing such infor-
mation as may be specified by the Secretary, includ-
ing— 
(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 the community 
member 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 is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out the HILL grant program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 
2017 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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