In the Senate of the United States,
October 10, 2004.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1446) entitled ‘‘An Act to support the efforts of
the California Missions Foundation to restore and repair the
Spanish colonial and mission-era missions in the State of
California and to preserve the artworks and artifacts of these
missions, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Missions
Preservation Act’’.
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) CALIFORNIA MISSION.—The term ‘‘California
mission’’ means each of the 21 historic Spanish mis-
sions and 1 asistencia that—
(A) are located in the State;
(B) were built between 1769 and 1798; and
(C) are designated as California Registered
Historic Landmarks.
(2) 
FOUNDATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Foundation’’
means the California Missions Foundation, a non-
sectarian charitable corporation that—
(A) was established in the State in 1998 to
fund the restoration and repair of the California
missions; and
(B) is operated exclusively for charitable
purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
of California.
SEC. 3. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into a co-
operative agreement with the Foundation to provide tech-
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nical and financial assistance to the Foundation to restore
and repair—
(1) the California missions; and
(2) the artwork and artifacts associated with the
California missions.
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The cooperative agreement
may authorize the Secretary to make grants to the
Foundation to carry out the purposes described in
subsection (a).
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a
grant or other form of financial assistance under this
Act, a California mission must be listed on the Na-
tional Register of Historic Places.
(3) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant or other
form of financial assistance under this Act, the Foun-
dation shall submit to the Secretary an application
that—
(A) includes a status report on the condi-
tion of the infrastructure and associated artifacts
of each of the California missions for which the
Foundation is seeking financial assistance; and
(B) describes a comprehensive program for
the restoration, repair, and preservation of the
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infrastructure and artifacts referred to in sub-
paragraph (A), including—
(i) a description of the prioritized
preservation activities to be conducted over
a 5-year period; and
(ii) an estimate of the costs of the pres-
ervation activities.
(4) APPLICABLE LAW.—Consistent with section
101(e)(4) of the National Historic Preservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 470a(e)(4)), the Secretary shall ensure
that the purpose of any grant or other financial as-
sistance provided by the Secretary to the Foundation
under this Act—
(A) is secular;
(B) does not promote religion; and
(C) seeks to protect qualities that are his-
torically significant.
(c) REVIEW AND DETERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit a
proposed agreement to the Attorney General for re-
view.
(2) DETERMINATION.—A cooperative agreement
entered into under subsection (a) shall not take effect
until the Attorney General issues a finding that the
proposed agreement submitted under paragraph (1)
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does not violate the establishment clause of the first
amendment of the Constitution.
(d) REPORT.—As a condition of receiving financial as-
sistance under this Act, the Foundation shall annually sub-
mit to the Secretary and to the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives a report that de-
scribes the status of the preservation activities carried out
using amounts made available under this Act.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2004 through 2009.
(b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Any amounts made
available to carry out this Act shall be matched on not less
than a 1-to-1 basis by the Foundation.
(c) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Any amounts made available
to carry out this Act shall be in addition to any amounts
made available for preservation activities in the State
under the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470 et seq.).
Attest:
Secretary.