Title: Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Protect America's Statues Act of 2020
This bill makes certain jurisdictions ineligible for historic preservation grants or fixed guideway capital investment grants. Ineligible jurisdictions are those with any law, regulation, policy, or procedure within its control in contravention of federal criminal law relating to the destruction of veterans' memorials or rioting.
The Department of the Interior may not award historic preservation grants to ineligible jurisdictions. An ineligible jurisdiction awarded a grant in the fiscal year in which this bill is enacted or after must return 75% of the grant amount.
Interior may not approve a fixed guideway capital investment grant for a project in an ineligible jurisdiction. Any obligation or commitment made under a fixed guideway capital investment grant may be revoked if the project is in an ineligible jurisdiction.
The Department of Justice shall annually submit to Interior and Congress a list of the jurisdictions that are ineligible.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7646 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7646

To limit certain funding to any jurisdiction that has in effect a law, 
 regulation, policy, or procedure in contravention of section 1369 or 
             section 2101 of title 18, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2020

  Mr. McCarthy (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Jordan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
 and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit certain funding to any jurisdiction that has in effect a law, 
 regulation, policy, or procedure in contravention of section 1369 or 
             section 2101 of title 18, United States Code.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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''.

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 return 75 percent of the grant to the 
        Secretary or otherwise 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 reimbursed shall be 
        retained and disbursed by the Secretary for the same purposes 
        as provided under the original authority under which the grant 
        was awarded.
            (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 Jurisdictions.--Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than 
annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall--
            (1) determine what States, units of local government, and 
        other jurisdictions are ineligible jurisdictions for the 
        purposes of this Act; and
            (2) submit to the Secretary and Congress a comprehensive 
        list of ineligible jurisdictions as determined 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, territory of the United States, an Indian 
        tribe or other governmental entity administered by the National 
        Park Service for purposes that include historic preservation or 
        revitalization, for example, the following:
                    (A) State Historic Preservation Office Historic 
                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 ``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, 
        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 determined to be a specified 
        ineligible jurisdiction.''; and
            (3) in subsection (k)(4) by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Revocation.--Any obligation or future 
                obligation and contingent commitments made under this 
                section may be revoked due to a finding that the 
                project is located in a specified 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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