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Chapter 3085—National Women’s Rights 
History Project 
Sec. 
308501.
National women’s rights history project national registry. 
308502.
National women’s rights history project partnerships network. 
§ 308501. National women’s rights history project national 
registry 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make annual grants to State his-
toric preservation offices for not more than 5 years to assist the State historic 
preservation offices in surveying, evaluating, and nominating to the National 
Register of Historic Places women’s rights history properties. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall give priority to grants relating to properties associated with the multiple 
facets of the women’s rights movement, such as politics, economics, education, 
religion, and social and family rights. 
(c) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall ensure that the National Register travel 
itinerary website entitled ‘‘Places Where Women Made History’’ is updated 
to contain— 
(1) the results of the inventory conducted under subsection (a); and 
(2) any links to websites related to places on the inventory. 
(d) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal share of the cost of any 
activity carried out using any assistance made available under this section 
shall be 50 percent. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
§ 308502. National women’s rights history project partner-
ships network 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make matching grants and give technical 
assistance for development of a network of governmental and nongovernmental 
entities (referred to in this section as the ‘‘network’’), the purpose of which 
is to provide interpretive and educational program development of national 
women’s rights history, including historic preservation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Through a competitive process, the Secretary shall 
designate a nongovernmental managing entity to manage the network. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The nongovernmental managing entity des-
ignated under paragraph (1) shall work in partnership with the Director 
and State historic preservation offices to coordinate operation of the net-
work. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried 
out using any assistance made available under this section shall be 50 
percent. 
(2) STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICES.—Matching grants for 
historic preservation specific to the network may be made available 
through State historic preservation offices. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
Chapter 3087—National Maritime Heritage 
Sec. 
308701.
Policy. 
308702.
Definitions. 
308703.
National Maritime Heritage Grants Program. 
308704.
Funding. 
308705.
Designation of America’s National Maritime Museum. 
308706.
Regulations. 
308707.
Applicability of other authorities. 
§ 308701. Policy 
It shall be the policy of the Federal Government, in partnership with the 
States and local governments and private organizations and individuals, to— 
(1) use measures, including financial and technical assistance, to fos-
ter conditions under which our modern society and our historic maritime 
resources can exist in productive harmony; 
(2) provide leadership in the preservation of the historic maritime re-
sources of the United States; 
(3) contribute to the preservation of historic maritime resources and 
give maximum encouragement to organizations and individuals under-
taking preservation by private means; and 
(4) assist State and local governments to expand their maritime his-
toric preservation programs and activities. 
§ 308702. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) NATIONAL TRUST.—The term ‘‘National Trust’’ means the Na-
tional Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States established 
under section 312102 of this title. 
(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘private nonprofit 
organization’’ means any person that is exempt from taxation under sec-
tion 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(a)) and 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 
U.S.C. 501(c)(3)). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the National Maritime 
Heritage Grants Program established under section 308703(a) of this 
title. 
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(4) STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER.—The term ‘‘State His-
toric Preservation Officer’’ means a State Historic Preservation Officer 
appointed pursuant to section 302301(1) of this title by the chief execu-
tive official of a State having a State Historic Preservation Program ap-
proved by the Secretary under that section. 
§ 308703. National Maritime Heritage Grants Program 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Department of the Inte-
rior the National Maritime Heritage Grants Program, to foster in the Amer-
ican public a greater awareness and appreciation of the role of maritime en-
deavors in our Nation’s history and culture. The Program shall consist of— 
(1) annual grants to the National Trust for subgrants administered 
by the National Trust for maritime heritage education projects under 
subsection (b); and 
(2) grants to State Historic Preservation Officers for maritime herit-
age preservation projects carried out or administered by those Officers 
under subsection (c). 
(b) GRANTS FOR MARITIME HERITAGE EDUCATION PROJECTS.— 
(1) GRANTS TO NATIONAL TRUST.—The Secretary, subject to para-
graph (2), and the availability of amounts for that purpose under section 
308704(b)(1)(A) of this title, shall make an annual grant to the National 
Trust for maritime heritage education projects. 
(2) USE OF GRANTS.—Amounts received by the National Trust as an 
annual grant under this subsection shall be used to make subgrants to 
State and local governments and private nonprofit organizations to 
carry out education projects that have been approved by the Secretary 
under subsection (f) and that consist of— 
(A) assistance to any maritime museum or historical society 
for— 
(i) existing and new educational programs, exhibits, edu-
cational activities, conservation, and interpretation of artifacts 
and collections; 
(ii) minor improvements to educational and museum facili-
ties; and 
(iii) other similar activities; 
(B) activities designed to encourage the preservation of tradi-
tional maritime skills, including— 
(i) building and operation of vessels of all sizes and types 
for educational purposes; 
(ii) special skills such as wood carving, sail making, and 
rigging; 
(iii) traditional maritime art forms; and 
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(iv) sail training; 
(C) other educational activities relating to historic maritime re-
sources, including— 
(i) maritime educational waterborne-experience programs 
in historic vessels or vessel reproductions; 
(ii) maritime archeological field schools; and 
(iii) educational programs on other aspects of maritime his-
tory; 
(D) heritage programs focusing on maritime historic resources, 
including maritime heritage trails and corridors; or 
(E) the construction and use of reproductions of historic mari-
time resources for educational purposes, if a historic maritime re-
source no longer exists or would be damaged or consumed through 
direct use. 
(c) GRANTS FOR MARITIME HERITAGE PRESERVATION PROJECTS.— 
(1) GRANTS TO STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the National Maritime Initiative of the Service 
and subject to paragraph (2), and the availability of amounts for that 
purpose under section 308704(b)(1)(B) of this title, shall make grants to 
State Historic Preservation Officers for maritime heritage preservation 
projects. 
(2) USE OF GRANTS.—Amounts received by a State Historic Preserva-
tion Officer as a grant under this subsection shall be used by the Officer 
to carry out, or to make subgrants to local governments and private non-
profit organizations to carry out, projects that have been approved by 
the Secretary under subsection (f) for the preservation of historic mari-
time resources through— 
(A) identification of historic maritime resources, including un-
derwater archeological sites; 
(B) acquisition of historic maritime resources for the purposes of 
preservation; 
(C) repair, restoration, stabilization, maintenance, or other cap-
ital improvements to historic maritime resources, in accordance 
with standards prescribed by the Secretary; and 
(D) research, recording (through drawings, photographs, or other-
wise), planning (through feasibility studies, architectural and engi-
neering services, or otherwise), and other services carried out as 
part of a preservation program for historic maritime resources. 
(d) CRITERIA FOR DIRECT GRANT AND SUBGRANT ELIGIBILITY.—To qual-
ify for a subgrant from the National Trust under subsection (b), or a direct 
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