IIA
Calendar No. 450
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2921
[Report No. 103–279]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 23, 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994
Reported by Mr. JOHNSTON, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the preservation and restora-
tion of historic buildings at historically black colleges
and universities.
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 ‘‘Historically Black Col-
leges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and
Preservation Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the Nation’s historically black colleges and
universities have contributed significantly to the ef-
fort to attain equal opportunity through postsecond-
ary education for African-American, low-income, and
educationally disadvantaged Americans;
(2) over our Nation’s history, States and the
Federal Government have discriminated in the allo-
cation of land and financial resources to support
these institutions, thus forcing them to rely on the
generous support of private individuals and other
charitable organizations;
(3) the development of this source of private
and charitable financial support for historically black
colleges and universities has resulted in structures
and 
buildings 
of 
historic 
importance 
and
architecturally unique design on the campuses of
these institutions; and
(4) many of these structures and buildings are
national treasures worthy of preservation and res-
toration for future generations of all Americans as
well as for the students and faculty of these institu-
tions.
SEC. 3. PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS FOR
HISTORIC 
BUILDINGS 
AT 
HISTORICALLY
BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
(a)
AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
GRANTS.—From
the
amounts made available to carry out the National Historic
Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995 through 1998,
the Secretary of the Interior shall make grants in accord-
ance with this section to eligible historically black colleges
and universities for the preservation and restoration of
historic buildings and structures on the campus of these
institutions.
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary of
the Interior shall administer a program of grants-in-aid
in accordance with this section to eligible historically black
colleges and universities for the preservation and restora-
tion of historic buildings and structures on the campuses
of these institutions. Such grants shall be made, subject to
the availability of appropriations therefore, from the
amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act for the fiscal years 1995
through 1998.
(b) GRANT CONDITIONS.—Grants made under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the condition that the
grantee covenants, for the period of time specified by the
Secretary, that—
(1) no alteration will be made in the property
with respect to which the grant is made without the
concurrence of the Secretary; and
(2) reasonable public access to the property
with respect to which the grant is made will be per-
mitted by the grantee for interpretive and edu-
cational purposes.
(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph
(2), the Secretary may obligate funds made available
under this section for a grant with respect to a building
or structure listed on the National Register of Historic
Places only if the grantee agrees to match, from funds
derived from non-Federal sources, the amount of the grant
with an amount that is equal or greater than the grant.
(2) The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with re-
spect to a grant if the Secretary determines from cir-
cumstances that an extreme emergency exists or that such
a waiver is in the public interest to assure the preservation
of historically significant resources.
(d) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—(1) Not more than
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and not more than
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998 may be made available under this section.
(2) Of the amounts made available under this section
for fiscal year 1995, $5,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to Fisk University.
(3) Of the amounts made available under this section
for fiscal year 1995, $10,000,000 shall be available only
for grants under subsection (a) to those historically black
colleges and universities identified for inclusion in the De-
partment of the Interior Historically Black College and
University Historic Preservation Initiative.
(4) If less than $20 million is made available in fiscal
year 1995 for the purpose of paragraph (1), such amount
shall be allocated as follows:
(A) 25 percent of such amount shall be made
available for grants to Fisk University as provided in
paragraph (2).
(B) 50 percent of such amount shall be made
available as provided in paragraphs (3).
(C) 25 percent of such amount shall be made
available for grants under subsection (a) to other eli-
gible historically black colleges and universities.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this
Act.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act: