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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7646 
To limit certain funding to any jurisdiction that has in effect a law, regula-
tion, policy, or procedure in contravention of section 1369 or section 
2101 of title 18, United States Code. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2020 
Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, and Mr. JORDAN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit certain funding to any jurisdiction that has in 
effect a law, regulation, policy, or procedure in con-
travention of section 1369 or section 2101 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
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 ‘‘Protect America’s 
Statues Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
GRANT FUNDS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not 
award a historic preservation grant to an ineligible 
jurisdiction, and any ineligible jurisdiction that has 
been awarded a historic preservation grant shall re-
turn 75 percent of the grant to the Secretary or oth-
erwise reimburse the Secretary for 75 percent of the 
amount of the grant within 30 days of the date the 
jurisdiction is identified on the list prepared under 
subsection (b). Any such monies returned or reim-
bursed shall be retained and disbursed by the Sec-
retary for the same purposes as provided under the 
original authority under which the grant was award-
ed. 
(2) GRANTS AFFECTED.—This paragraph shall 
apply to historic preservation grants awarded in the 
current fiscal year and in any other fiscal year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) DETERMINATION
OF
INELIGIBLE
JURISDIC-
TIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and not less than annually thereafter, 
the Attorney General shall— 
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(1) determine what States, units of local gov-
ernment, and other jurisdictions are ineligible juris-
dictions for the purposes of this Act; and 
(2) submit to the Secretary and Congress a 
comprehensive list of ineligible jurisdictions as deter-
mined under paragraph (1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
GRANT.—The 
term ‘‘historic preservation grant’’ means any grant 
awarded to a State, unit of local government, terri-
tory of the United States, an Indian tribe or other 
governmental entity administered by the National 
Park Service for purposes that include historic pres-
ervation or revitalization, for example, the following: 
(A) State Historic Preservation Office His-
toric Preservation Grants. 
(B) Tribal Historic Preservation Office 
Grants. 
(C) Save America’s Treasures Grants. 
(D) Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization 
Grant Program. 
(2) INELIGIBLE JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘in-
eligible jurisdiction’’ means a State, unit of local 
government, territory of the United States, an In-
dian tribe or other individual jurisdiction that has in 
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effect any law, regulation, policy, or procedure spe-
cifically within its control in contravention of section 
1369 or section 2101 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR FIXED GUIDEWAY 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(8) SPECIFIED
INELIGIBLE
JURISDICTION.— 
The term ‘specified ineligible jurisdiction’ means a 
State, unit of local government, territory of the 
United States, an Indian tribe, or other individual 
jurisdiction that has in effect any law, regulation, 
policy, or procedure specifically within its control in 
contravention of section 1369 or section 2101 of 
title 18.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(4) by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Secretary may not approve a 
grant under this section for project in an area deter-
mined to be a specified ineligible jurisdiction.’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (k)(4) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—Any obligation or fu-
ture obligation and contingent commitments 
made under this section may be revoked due to 
a finding that the project is located in a speci-
fied ineligible jurisdiction.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall update guidance issued pursuant to 
section 5309(k)(6) of title 49, United States Code, to 
carry out the amendments made by this section. 
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